Umnyango Ovulekileyo Emazulwini

UYohane ubizelwa phezulu ngomnyango ovulekileyo, afike itrone isele ihleliwe. Imibane, ulwandle lweglasi, izidalwa ezingaze ziyeke ukuthi ungcwele. Amadoda amakhulu angamashumi mabini anesine ajula izithsaba zawo phantsi, exelela uBawo wethu ukuba ufanelekile, kuba zonke izinto zikho ngokuthanda kwakhe.

Isahluko 4.

Emva koku ndakhangela: nanko umnyango umi uvulekile emazulwini. Ilizwi lokuqala endandilivile, elinjengesigodlo esathetha nam, lathi: “Nyuka uze apha, ndikubonise oko kumele kwenzeke emva koku.”

Kwaoko ndaba seMoyeni, nanko itrone imi emazulwini, kukho umntu ehleli phezu kwayo. ^a Lowo wayehleli wayebonakala efana neyaspisi nesardiyo, kujikeleze itrone umnyama onjengesmarado. Izitrone ezingamashumi mabini anesine zajikeleza itrone; kuzo kwakuhleli amadoda amakhulu angamashumi mabini anesine, ambethe ezimhlophe, enezithsaba zegolide ezintlokweni zawo.

Etroneni kwaphuma imibane, nesandi, neendudumo. Phambi kwayo kwakuvutha izikhuni ezisixhenxe zomlilo—nguMoya kaBawo wethu osixhenxe. ^b Phambi kwetrone kwakukho into enjengolwandle lweglasi, ecwengekileyo njengekristale. Ngeenxa zonke zetrone, ecaleni ngalinye, kwakukho izidalwa ezine eziphilayo, zizele ngamehlo ngaphambili nangasemva. Isidalwa sokuqala sinjengengonyama, esesibini sinjengenkomo, esesithathu sinobuso obunjengobomntu, esesine sinjengokhozi oluphaphazelayo. Izidalwa ezine eziphilayo, sinye ngasinye sinamaphiko amathandathu, zizele ngamehlo ngeenxa zonke nangaphakathi. Zingaphezi imini nobusuku, zisithi: “Ungcwele, ungcwele, ungcwele iNkosi uBawo uSomandla, owayekho, osekho, nozayo!” ^c

Ngamaxesha onke izidalwa eziphilayo zinika uzuko, nembeko, nombulelo kulowo uhleli phezu kwetrone, ophila ngonaphakade kanaphakade, amadoda amakhulu angamashumi mabini anesine awa phambi kwalowo uhleli phezu kwetrone, anqule lowo uphila ngonaphakade kanaphakade, aphosa izithsaba zawo phambi kwetrone, esithi: “Ufanelwe, Bawo wethu, ukwamkela uzuko, nembeko, namandla, kuba wena wadala zonke izinto, yaye ngokuthanda kwakho zabakho zaza zadalwa.”

Imibhalo esemazantsi

^aIsityhilelo 4:2 — Lowo uhleli etroneni nguBawo wethu. ISityhilelo 5:7—apho iMvana ithabatha incwadi esongelweyo esandleni sokunene salowo uhleli etroneni—singqina ukuba uBawo noNyana bahlukile apha. NgokweSityhilelo 22:1, babelana ngetrone enye.
^bIsityhilelo 4:5 — UMoya kaBawo wethu osisixhenxe ubhekisa kuMoya oyiNgcwele ekuzaleni kwakhe okusixhenxe—kuvakalisa uIsaya 11:2, apho uMoya uhlala phezu koMesiya ngeenkalo ezisixhenxe zobulumko, nokuqonda, necebo, namandla, nokwazi, nokoyika uThixo.
^cIsityhilelo 4:8 — Isiko lamaKristu kudala siwuva lo ‘ungcwele’ ophindwe kathathu njengokunqulwa kwaBantu bobathathu—uBawo wethu, noNyana, noMoya oyiNgcwele. UBawo wethu usetroneni apha; uNyana ungenela unqulo kwisahluko esilandelayo njengeMvana; uMoya oyiNgcwele nguMoya osisixhenxe ochazwe kwivesi 5.