Incwadi Etywiniweyo
Incwadi etywiniweyo ekungekho namnye ufanelekileyo ukuyivula, aze uYohane ayililele kakhulu. Kwandule iMvana ekhangeleka ngathi yaxhelwa iyithabathe esandleni sikaYise. Ingoma entsha ingokuthengwa: abantu abathengelwa uBawo wethu kuzo zonke iilwimi, benziwa ababingeleli nookumkani.
5 1Ndabona incwadi esandleni sokunene salowo uhleli etroneni, ibhalwe macala omabini, itywiniwe ngamatywina asixhenxe. 2Ndabona isithunywa esinamandla sidanduluka ngezwi elikhulu, sisithi: “Ngubani na ofanelekileyo ukuvula incwadi nokuwaqhekeza amatywina ayo?” 3Akubangakho namnye ezulwini, nasemhlabeni, naphantsi komhlaba, onokuvula incwadi okanye ukukhangela ngaphakathi kuyo. 4Ndalila kakhulu, kuba kwakungekho namnye ofunyenwe efanelekile ukuvula incwadi okanye ukukhangela ngaphakathi kuyo. 5Waza omnye kumadoda amakhulu wathi kum: “Yeka ukulila. Khangela—iNgonyama yesizwe sakwaYuda, iNgcambu kaDavide—uYesu—woyisile, ngoko unako ukuvula incwadi namatywina ayo asixhenxe.” a a v5 INgonyama yakwaYuda ivela entsikelelweni kaYakobi (Genesis 49:9-10); iNgcambu kaDavide ivela kwisiprofeto sika-Isaya (Isaya 11:1, 10). Omabini la magama abhekisa kuYesu, lowo woyisileyo nofanelekileyo ukuyivula incwadi.
6Phakathi kwetrone nezidalwa eziphilileyo ezine, naphakathi kwamadoda amakhulu, ndabona uYesu, iMvana, emi ngokungathi wayexheliwe, eneempondo ezisixhenxe namehlo asixhenxe, angumoya kaBawo wethu osixhenxe othunyelwe kuwo wonke umhlaba. b b v6 IMvana nguYesu — exheliweyo kodwa emi. Yahlukile kuBawo wethu ohleli etroneni: kwindinyana elandelayo iMvana ithabatha incwadi esandleni sokunene sikaBawo. 7Weza wayithabatha incwadi esandleni sokunene salowo uhleli etroneni. c c v7 IMvana ithabatha incwadi esandleni sokunene salowo usetroneni—uBawo noNyana ngabantu abahlukileyo bakaThixo omnye. IMvana iza kwamkela esandleni salowo usetroneni; iMvana ayinakuba nguye ngokwakhe lowo usetroneni. 8Wathi akuyithabatha incwadi, izidalwa eziphilileyo ezine namadoda amakhulu angamashumi mabini anesine awa phambi kweMvana, elowo ephethe uhadi nezitya zegolide ezizele sisiqhumiso—eyimithandazo yabantu bakaBawo wethu abangcwele. 9Baza bavuma ingoma entsha, besithi: “Ufanelekile ukuyithabatha incwadi nokuwaqhekeza amatywina ayo, kuba waxhelwa, waza ngegazi lakho wabathengela uBawo wethu abantu abavela kuzo zonke izizwe, neelwimi, nabantu, neentlanga, 10waza wabenza ubukumkani nababingeleli kuBawo wethu, baye baya kulawula emhlabeni.”
11Ndakhangela, ndeva izwi lezithunywa ezininzi ngeenxa zonke zetrone nezidalwa eziphilileyo namadoda amakhulu—izigidi ngezigidi, amawaka ngamawaka, 12besithi ngezwi elikhulu: “Ifanelekile iMvana exheliweyo ukwamkela amandla, nobutyebi, nobulumko, negunya, nembeko, nozuko, nentsikelelo!”
13Zonke izidalwa ezisezulwini, nezisemhlabeni, nezingaphantsi komhlaba, neziselwandle, nazo zonke izinto ezikuzo, ndaziva zisithi: “Kulowo uhleli etroneni nakuyo iMvana makube yintsikelelo, nembeko, nozuko, negunya, ngonaphakade kanaphakade!”
14Zaza izidalwa eziphilileyo ezine zathi: “Amen!” baza amadoda amakhulu awa phantsi aqubuda.
