Isityhilelo 1 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

1 ¹Isityhilelo sikaYesu Krestu, awamnika sona uBawo wethu ukuze abonise izicaka zakhe izinto eziza kwenzeka kungekudala. UYesu wasazisa ngokuthumela isithunywa sakhe kwisicaka sakhe uYohane, ²owangqina ilizwi likaBawo wethu nobungqina bukaYesu Krestu—konke akubonayo.

³Unoyolo lowo usifunda ngokuvakalayo esi siprofeto, banoyolo nabo basivayo basigcine esikubhaliweyo kuso—kuba ixesha lisondele.

Ubabalo kumabandla asixhenxe

⁴UYohane, kumabandla asixhenxe akwelaseAsiya: makube lubabalo noxolo kuni oluvela kuLowo ukhoyo, owayekho, nozayo, nakoomoya abasixhenxe abaphambi kwetrone yakhe, ^a a v4 “Oomoya abasixhenxe” abaphambi kwetrone asibobabini abasixhenxe, kodwa nguMoya oyiNgcwele mnye ngokuzaliseka kwakhe kasixhenxe, ogqibezela umbuliso ovela kuBawo wethu, uMoya, noYesu. ⁵nakuYesu Krestu, ingqina elithembekileyo, owamazibulo kwabafileyo, umlawuli wookumkani bomhlaba. Kuye osithandayo nowasikhululayo ezonweni zethu ngegazi lakhe, ⁶owasenza saba bubukumkani, ababingeleli kuYise—makube kuye uzuko negunya ngonaphakade kanaphakade. Amen.

⁷Nanko esiza namafu—lonke iliso liya kumbona, nkqu nabo bamhlabayo—zonke izizwe zomhlaba ziya kumbambazelela. Ewe, amen.

⁸“Mna ndinguAlfa no-Omega,” utsho iNkosi uThixo, “okhoyo, nowayekho, nozayo, uSomandla.”

UYohane esePatmos

⁹Mna, Yohane, umzalwana wenu nesibuzana sentlungu, nobukumkani, nonyamezelo esinako kuYesu, ndandikwisiqithi esibizwa ngokuba yiPatmos ngenxa yelizwi likaBawo wethu nobungqina bukaYesu. ¹⁰NdandikuMoya ngemini yeNkosi, ndeva emva kwam izwi elikhulu linjengesigodlo,

¹¹lisithi: “Bhala oko ukubonayo encwadini, uyithumele kumabandla asixhenxe—eEfese, naseSmirna, nasePergamo, naseTiyatira, naseSardi, naseFiladelfiya, naseLawodike.”

¹²Ndaza ndaguquka ukuze ndibone izwi elalithetha nam, ndathi ndakuguquka ndabona iziphatho zezibane zegolide ezisixhenxe, ¹³phakathi kweziphatho zezibane, omnye onjengonyana womntu—uYesu—ambethe ingubo eyehla ezinyaweni zakhe, ebhinqe umbhinqo wegolide esifubeni sakhe. ^b b v13 UYohane umbona uYesu ephethe oobabini aba bantu bakwaDaniyeli 7 ngaxeshanye—“omnye onjengonyana womntu” (Daniyeli 7:13) nembonakalo yeNgwevu yemihla yakudala (Daniyeli 7:9, echazwa kwivesi elilandelayo). Iinwele ezimhlophe, indawo yetrone, igunya phezu kweentlanga—oko uDaniyeli wakubona kuphethwe ngababini, uYohane ukubona kumanyene kuYesu. ¹⁴Iinwele zentloko yakhe zazimhlophe, njengoboya, njengekhephu; amehlo akhe anjengelangatye lomlilo. ¹⁵Iinyawo zakhe zazinjengobhedu olucikizekileyo, olunyibilikiswe eziko; ilizwi lakhe linjengamanzi amaninzi egquma. ¹⁶Wayephethe iinkwenkwezi ezisixhenxe esandleni sakhe sokunene, kwaphuma emlonyeni wakhe ikrele elintlangothi mbini elibukhali, ubuso bakhe babukhazimla njengelanga ebalele.

¹⁷Ndathi ndakumbona, ndawa ezinyaweni zakhe njengofileyo. Wandibeka isandla sakhe sokunene phezu kwam, wathi: “Musa ukoyika. Ndim owokuqala nowokugqibela, ^c c v17 “Owokuqala nowokugqibela” ligama uBawo wethu azibizayo ngalo ngoIsaya (Isaya 44:6); uYesu uzibiza ngalo apha—uNyana wabelana naYise ngobuyena bobungonaphakade. ¹⁸lowo uphilileyo. Ndandifile—nanko ndiphilile ngonaphakade kanaphakade! Ndiphethe izitshixo zokuFa nelabafileyo. ¹⁹Ngoko bhala oko ukubonileyo, oko kukhoyo ngoku, noko kuya kwenzeka emva koku. ²⁰Yiyo le imfihlakalo yeenkwenkwezi ezisixhenxe ozibonileyo esandleni sam sokunene, neziphatho zezibane zegolide ezisixhenxe: iinkwenkwezi ezisixhenxe zizithunywa zamabandla asixhenxe, iziphatho zezibane ezisixhenxe ngamabandla asixhenxe.”