IZaga 30

30 ¹Amazwi ka-Agure indodana kaJakhe—isiprofetho. Lo muntu uthi: Ngikhathele, Baba; ngikhathele, Baba, futhi ngiphelelwe amandla. ²Ngempela nginobulwane kakhulu ukuba ngibe ngumuntu; anginakho ukuqonda komuntu. ³Angikufundanga ukuhlakanipha, futhi anginalo ulwazi ngoNgcwele. ⁴Ngubani owenyukele ezulwini wabuye wehla? Ngubani oqoqe umoya entendeni yezandla zakhe? Ngubani osonge amanzi engutsheni? Ngubani omise yonke imikhawulo yomhlaba? Ngubani igama lakhe, negama lendodana yakhe lingubani? Impela uyazi! ^a a v4 U-Agure ubuza ukuthi ngubani owenze lezi zinto nokuthi ngubani igama lendodana yakhe. UJesu waliphendula leli qhina: “Akekho owake wenyukela ezulwini ngaphandle kwalowo owehla ezulwini—iNdodana yomuntu” (uJohane 3:13). UBaba uneNdodana. ⁵Lonke izwi likaBaba wethu liyafakazeleka ukuthi liqinisile; uyisihlangu kulabo abaphephela kuye. ⁶Ungengezeli emazwini akhe, funa akukhuze akubonise ukuthi ungumqambimanga. ⁷Zimbili izinto engizicela kuwe; ungangigodleli zona ngingakafi: ⁸Susa amanga nenkohliso kude nami; ungangiphi ubumpofu noma ingcebo; ungiphe kuphela isinkwa esiyisabelo sami, ⁹ngokuba uma ngisuthi, ngingakuphika ngithi, “Ngubani uNkulunkulu?” noma uma ngimpofu, ngingeba ngingcolise igama likaNkulunkulu wami. ¹⁰Ungahlebi inceku enkosini yayo, funa ikuqalekise, bese utholakala unecala. ¹¹Kukhona isizukulwane esiqalekisa uyise futhi esingambusisi unina. ¹²Kukhona isizukulwane esihlanzekile emehlweni aso kodwa esingahlanjululwanga ekungcoleni kwaso. ¹³Kukhona isizukulwane—yeka ukuziqhenya kwamehlo aso, yeka ukwedelela kokubheka kwaso! ¹⁴Kukhona isizukulwane esinamazinyo ayizinkemba, namazinyo aso abukhali ayimimese, ukuze sidle abampofu emhlabeni nabaswele phakathi kwabantu. ¹⁵Isibungu esincela igazi sinamadodakazi amabili: “Nikeza” no “Nikeza.” Izinto ezintathu azisuthi neze; ezine azisho ukuthi, “Kwanele”: ¹⁶Ingcwaba, isizalo esiyinyumba, umhlaba ongasuthi amanzi, nomlilo ongalokothi uthi, “Kwanele.” ¹⁷Iso elihleka uyise elidelela ukulalela unina— amagwababa asesigodini ayolikopola, futhi amazinyane amanqe ayolidla. ¹⁸Zintathu izinto ezimangalisa kakhulu kimi; ezine engingaziqondi: ¹⁹indlela yokhozi esibhakabhakeni, indlela yenyoka edwaleni, indlela yomkhumbi enzikini yolwandle, nendlela yendoda nentombi. ²⁰Yiyo le indlela yowesifazane oyisiphingi: udla esule umlomo wakhe bese ethi, “Angenzanga lutho olubi.” ²¹Ngaphansi kwezinto ezintathu umhlaba uyathuthumela; ngaphansi kwezine awukwazi ukukuthwala: ²²inceku lapho isiba yinkosi, nesiwula lapho sesisuthi ukudla; ²³owesifazane ongathandwa lapho esegana ekugcineni, nencekukazi lapho isithatha indawo yenkosikazi yayo. ²⁴Zine izinto emhlabeni ezincane, kodwa zihlakaniphe kakhulu: ²⁵izintuthwane zingabantu abangenamandla, kodwa zibekelela ukudla kwazo ehlobo; ²⁶izimbila zingabantu abangenawo amandla, kodwa zakha imizi yazo emaweni; ²⁷izikhonyane azinankosi, kodwa zonke zihamba ngamaviyo; ²⁸isibankwa ungasibamba ngezandla zakho, kodwa sitholakala ezigodlweni zamakhosi. ²⁹Zintathu izinto ezinyathela ngesithunzi; ezine ezihamba ngobukhosi: ³⁰ibhubesi, elinamandla kunazo zonke izilwane, elingabuyeli emuva nhlobo; ³¹iqhude eliziqhenyayo, impongo, nenkosi enebutho layo elinayo. ³²Uma wenze ngobuwula, uziphakamisa, noma uma uceba okubi, beka isandla sakho emlonyeni wakho. ³³Ngokuba ukuphehla ubisi kuveza amasi, ukucindezela ikhala kuveza igazi, nokuvusa intukuthelo kuveza ingxabano.