UJoweli 2

2 ¹Vuthelani uphondo lwenqama eZiyoni; hlabani umkhosi entabeni yami engcwele! Bonke abahlala ezweni mabathuthumele, ngokuba usuku lukaBaba wethu luyeza— luseduze: ^a a v1 Usuku lukaBaba wethu oluhamba kulo lonke uJoweli luwusuku uBaba wethu enza ngalo—ibutho lakhe lihamba ngezwi lakhe, isahlulelo sakhe siyawa, insindiso yakhe ilandele. Abaprofethi baphatha le ndikimba efanayo, ukungenelela kukaBaba wethu okunqumayo emlandweni.

²Usuku lobumnyama nokufiphala, usuku lamafu nobumnyama obukhulu. Njengokusa okusabalala ezintabeni, kuza ibutho elikhulu nelinamandla—akuzange kube khona okunjengalo ngaphambili, futhi akusoze kube khona okunjengalo kuze kube phakade.

³Phambi kwazo umlilo uyaqothula, emuva kwazo ilangabi liyavutha. Izwe eliphambi kwazo linjengensimu yase-Edene, kodwa emuva kwazo yihlane eliyincithakalo—akukho okuphunyuka kuzo. ⁴Zibukeka njengamahhashi; njengamahhashi empi ziyagijima. ⁵Njengokududuma kwezinqola zempi ziyeqa phezu kweziqongo zezintaba, njengokubhahla kwelangabi eliqothula amabibi, njengebutho elinamandla elilungele impi.

⁶Phambi kwazo izizwe zihlukumezeka ngobuhlungu; bonke ubuso buphaphatheka. ⁷Njengamaqhawe ziyahlasela; njengamabutho zikhwela udonga. Yileyo naleyo ihamba ngomugqa wayo, ingaphambuki emkhondweni wayo. ⁸Azigudlani; yileyo naleyo igcina indlela yayo. Zifohla phakathi kwezikhali, azimiswa. ⁹Zigijimela emzini; zigijima eceleni kodonga. Zikhwela zingena ezindlini; zingena ngamafasitela njengesela. ¹⁰Phambi kwazo umhlaba uyazamazama, amazulu ayathuthumela. Ilanga nenyanga kuyafiphala, nezinkanyezi azisakhanyi.

¹¹UBaba wethu uphakamisa izwi lakhe phambili kwebutho lakhe; ikamu lakhe likhulu kakhulu, futhi banamandla labo abenza izwi lakhe. Usuku lukaBaba wethu lukhulu luyesabeka kakhulu—ngubani ongalumela?

Buyelani kuBaba Wenu

¹²“Kodwa namanje,” kusho uBaba wethu, “buyelani kimi ngenhliziyo yenu yonke, ngokuzila ukudla, ngokukhala, nangokulila. ^b b v12 UBaba uqobo uyanibiza. Amazwi athi “Buyelani kimi ngenhliziyo yenu yonke” akuyona imfuno yemikhuba yenkolo, kodwa ukulangazelela kukaBaba wethu ukuba izinhliziyo zabantwana bakhe zibuyele ekhaya.

¹³“Dabulani izinhliziyo zenu, hhayi izingubo zenu. Buyelani kuBaba wenu, ngokuba unomusa nesihawu, uyephuza ukuthukuthela, uchichima uthando lwesivumelwano, uyazisola ngokuletha inhlekelele. ¹⁴Ngubani owaziyo? Angaphenduka azisole, ashiye emuva isibusiso—umnikelo wamabele nomnikelo wophuzo kuBaba wenu.”

¹⁵Vuthelani icilongo eZiyoni; ngcwelisani ukuzila ukudla; memezani umhlangano ongcwele. ¹⁶Buthani abantu; ngcwelisani ibandla; hlanganisani abadala; qoqani abantwana, ngisho nezingane ezincela ibele. Umkhwenyana makaphume ekamelweni lakhe, nomakoti aphume ekamelweni lakhe. ¹⁷Abapristi abakhonza phambi kukaBaba wethu mabakhale phakathi kovulandi ne-altare. Mabathi, “Sindisa abantu bakho, Baba wethu, ungenzi ifa lakho libe yinto yokuklolodelwa, isiga phakathi kwezizwe. Kungani beyothi phakathi kwabantu, ‘Uphi uNkulunkulu wabo?’” ^c c v17 Abapristi babemi egcekeni elingaphakathi lethempeli laseJerusalema, phakathi kwendlu yokungena embozwe ne-altare lomnikelo wokushiswa—inhliziyo yendawo yokukhonza.

UBaba Wethu Ubuyisela Abantu Bakhe

¹⁸Khona-ke uBaba wethu waba nomhawu ngezwe lakhe, wabahawukela abantu bakhe.

¹⁹UBaba wethu waphendula abantu bakhe: “Bhekani, ngithumela kini amabele, iwayini elisha, namafutha, niyakwaneliseka ngakho. Angisayikuphinde nginenze nibe yinto yokuklolodelwa phakathi kwezizwe.”

²⁰“Ngiyakuxosha ibutho lasenyakatho libe kude nani, ngilisunduzele ezweni elomileyo neliyihlane—amaviyo alo angaphambili aye oLwandle Olufile nawangasemuva aye oLwandle lwaseMedithera. Iphunga lalo elibi liyakwenyuka; ukunuka kwalo kuyakhuphuka, ngokuba lenze izinto ezimbi kakhulu.

²¹Ungesabi, zwe; jabula uthokoze, ngokuba uBaba wethu wenze izinto ezinkulu! ²²Ningesabi, nina zilwane zasendle, ngokuba amadlelo asehlane asehluma; umuthi uthela izithelo zawo; umkhiwane nomvini kuthela ingcebo yazo. ²³Thokozani, bantwana baseZiyoni, nijabule kuBaba wenu, ngokuba uninike imvula yekwindla ukuze abonakalise ukwethembeka kwakhe; unehlisela imvula echichimayo, imvula yekwindla neyentwasahlobo, njengakuqala. ²⁴Amabala okubhula ayakugcwala amabele; izikhamo ziyakuchichima iwayini elisha namafutha.

²⁵Ngiyakunibuyisela iminyaka eyadliwa yizinkumbi—isikhonyane esiphuphumayo, isikhonyane esisencane, isikhonyane esibhubhisayo, nesikhonyane esinqamulayo—ibutho lami elikhulu engalithumela phakathi kwenu. ²⁶Niyakudla nisuthe neneliseke, nidumise igama likaBaba wenu, oniphethe ngokumangalisayo; futhi abantu bami abasayikuphinde bajabhiswe. ^d d v26 Ezwini likaBaba wethu, abantu bakhe babizwa ngokuthi bangabantwana bakhe—igama lomndeni inhliziyo yakhe ebilokhu iliphethe njalo. ²⁷Khona-ke niyakwazi ukuthi ngiphakathi kuka-Israyeli, nokuthi nginguBaba wenu, akukho omunye; futhi abantu bami abasayikuphinde bajabhiswe.

UBaba Uthulula uMoya Wakhe

²⁸“Kuyakuthi emva kwalokho, ngithululele uMoya wami phezu kwayo yonke inyama. Amadodana enu namadodakazi enu ayakuprofetha, amadoda enu amadala ayakuphupha amaphupho, izinsizwa zenu ziyakubona imibono. ^e e v28 UBaba wethu uthululela uMoya wakhe—uMoya oNgcwele—phezu kwamadodana namadodakazi akhe uqobo; uBaba, uMoya, nabantwana bangumndeni owodwa. ²⁹Ngisho naphezu kwezinceku nezincekukazi ngalezo zinsuku ngiyakuthulula uMoya wami.

³⁰Ngiyakubonakalisa izimangaliso emazulwini nasemhlabeni—igazi, umlilo, nezinsika zentuthu. ³¹Ilanga liyakuguqulwa libe ubumnyama, nenyanga ibe yigazi, ngaphambi kokufika kosuku olukhulu nolwesabekayo lukaBaba wethu.”

³²Kuyakuthi: wonke obiza igama leNkosi yethu uJesu uyakusindiswa; ngokuba eNtabeni iZiyoni naseJerusalema kuyakuba khona ukukhululwa, njengoba uBaba wethu eshilo, phakathi kwabasindileyo uBaba wethu ababizayo. ^f f v32 UPawulu ulisebenzisa leli vesi ngqo kuJesu—“wonke obiza igama leNkosi uyakusindiswa” (KwabaseRoma 10:13). Igama esilibizela insindiso nguJesu, isimemo sikaBaba wethu esivulekile sokubuyela ekhaya.