Ngamanxeba Akhe Siyaphiliswa
Inceku ikhula ingenalutho oluvelele, ingenabuhle obungaheha muntu, iyagwenywa futhi iyadelelwa. Ushintsho luza lapho abakhulumayo bevuma ukuthi babekuqonda kuhlanekezelwe: lokho ababekubona njengesijeziso phezu kwayo kwakuyicala labo uqobo, elabekwa phezu kwayo nguBaba wethu.
53 1Ngubani okholwe umbiko wethu? Ingalo kaBaba wethu yembulwe kubani na? a a v1 “Ingalo” kaBaba wethu ingumfanekiso wamandla akhe okusindisa esetshenziswa ngqo. 2Ngokuba wakhula phambi kwakhe njengohlumela oluthambile, nanjengempande ephuma emhlabathini owomileyo; wayengenaso isimo esihle noma ubukhosi obungasenza simbuke, engenabo ubuhle obungasidonsela kuye. b b v2 INceku ehluphekayo ka-Isaya inguJesu — iTestamente Elisha lisebenzisa lesi sahluko sonke kuye: 1 Petru 2:21-25, IzEnzo 8:32-35, Matewu 8:17, KwabaseRoma 4:25. 3Wayedelelwa elahlwa ngabantu, indoda yezinsizi eyayijwayelene nosizi; wayenjengalowo abantu abafihla ubuso babo kuye, wayedelelwa, thina asabi nandaba naye.
4Impela wathwala ubuhlungu bethu, wasithwala nosizi lwethu; kodwa thina samthatha njengoshayiweyo, eshaywa phansi nguBaba wethu, ehlushwa. 5Kodwa wagwazwa ngenxa yokuhlubuka kwethu; wachotshozwa ngenxa yezono zethu; isijeziso esasiletha ukuthula kithi sasiphezu kwakhe, futhi ngamanxeba akhe siyaphiliswa. c c v5 Walinyazwa esikhundleni sethu — ethatha isijeziso izono zethu ezazisifanele ukuze thina senziwe sibe saphila. UPetru usho ngokucacile: “ngamanxeba akhe niphilisiwe” (1 Petru 2:24), ekhomba uJesu. 6Sonke, njengezimvu, silahlekile; siphendukele, yilowo nalowo, endleleni yakhe siqu; uBaba wethu wabeka phezu kwakhe isono sethu sonke.
7Wacindezelwa, futhi wahlushwa, kodwa akawuvulanga umlomo wakhe; njengewundlu eliyiswa ekuhlatshweni, nanjengemvu ethulileyo phambi kwabagundi bayo, kanjalo akawuvulanga umlomo wakhe. 8Wasuswa ngokucindezelwa nangokwahlulelwa; pho ngubani esizukulwaneni sakhe owake wacabanga lokhu—ukuthi wanqunywa ezweni labaphilayo, eshaywa phansi ngenxa yokuhlubuka kwabantu bami na? 9Bamnikela ithuna nababi, wanikwa nesicebi ekufeni kwakhe, noma ayengenzanga budlova, kungekho nankohliso emlonyeni wakhe.
10Kodwa kwakuyintando kaBaba wethu ukumchoboza nokumenza ahlupheke; lapho enza ukuphila kwakhe kube ngumnikelo wecala, uyakuyibona inzalo yakhe, aphile isikhathi eside, nentando kaBaba wethu iyakuchuma ngaye. d d v10 Intando kaBaba yokuchoboza iNdodana yayiluthando — eyinikela njengomnikelo oletha abantwana bakhe ekhaya. UJohane 3:16. 11Emva kobuhlungu bomphefumulo wakhe uyakukubona ukukhanya, aneliseke; ngolwazi lwayo inceku yami elungileyo—uJesu—iyakwenza abaningi balunge, futhi iyakuthwala izono zabo. e e v11 1 Petru 2:21-25; IzEnzo 8:32-35. 12Ngakho-ke ngiyakumnika isabelo phakathi kwabaningi, abelane impango nabanamandla, ngokuba wathululela ukuphila kwakhe ekufeni wabalwa kanye nabaphuli bomthetho; kodwa wathwala isono sabaningi, futhi uyabakhulekela abaphuli bomthetho.
