ISambulo 1

1 ¹Isambulo sikaJesu Khristu, uBaba wethu amsinika sona ukuba abonise izinceku zakhe lokho okumele kwenzeke masinyane. UJesu wakwazisa ngokuthumela ingelosi yakhe encekwini yakhe uJohane, ²owafakaza ngezwi likaBaba wethu nangobufakazi bukaJesu Khristu—konke akubonayo.

³Ubusisiwe lowo ofunda ngokuzwakalayo lesi siprofetho, futhi babusisiwe labo abezwayo nabakugcinayo okulotshiwe kuso—isikhathi sesisondele.

Umusa Emabandleni Ayisikhombisa

⁴UJohane, emabandleni ayisikhombisa ase-Asiya: umusa nokuthula kini okuvela kulowo okhona, nowayekhona, nozayo, nasemimoyeni eyisikhombisa ephambi kwesihlalo sakhe sobukhosi, ^a a v4 “Imimoya eyisikhombisa” ephambi kwesihlalo sobukhosi akuzona izidalwa eziyisikhombisa kodwa nguMoya oNgcwele munye ekugcwaleni kwakhe okuphindwe kasikhombisa, ophelelisa ukubingelela okuvela kuBaba wethu, kuMoya, nakuJesu. ⁵nakuJesu Khristu, ufakazi othembekileyo, izibulo kwabafileyo, umbusi wamakhosi omhlaba. Kuye osithandayo nowasikhulula ezonweni zethu ngegazi lakhe, ⁶wasenza umbuso, abapristi kuYise—makube kuye inkazimulo namandla kuze kube phakade naphakade. Amen.

⁷Bhekani, uyeza namafu—lonke iso liyakumbona, ngisho nalabo abamgwazayo—futhi zonke izizwe zomhlaba ziyakumlilela. Yebo, amen.

⁸“Mina ngingu-Alfa no-Omega,” kusho uNkulunkulu uMbusi, “okhona nowayekhona nozayo, uSomandla.”

UJohane EPhatmose

⁹Mina, Johane, umfowenu nomhlanganyeli kini ekuhluphekeni, embusweni, nasekukhuthazeleni esikunethu kuJesu, ngangisesiqhingini esibizwa ngokuthi iPhatmose ngenxa yezwi likaBaba wethu nobufakazi bukaJesu. ¹⁰NgangikuMoya ngosuku lweNkosi, ngezwa emva kwami izwi elikhulu elinjengecilongo,

¹¹lithi: “Loba lokho okubonayo emqulwini, ukuthumele emabandleni ayisikhombisa—i-Efesu, iSmirna, iPhergamu, iThiyathira, iSardisi, iFiladelfiya, neLawodikeya.”

¹²Ngase ngiphenduka ukuba ngibone izwi elalikhuluma nami, kwathi lapho ngiphenduka ngabona izinti zezibani zegolide eziyisikhombisa, ¹³phakathi kwezinti zezibani, othile onjengendodana yomuntu—uJesu—egqoke ingubo eyehla iye ezinyaweni zakhe, ebhince ibhande legolide esifubeni sakhe. ^b b v13 UJohane ubona uJesu ethwele kokubili izimo zikaDaniyeli 7 ngasikhathi sinye—“lowo onjengendodana yomuntu” (uDaniyeli 7:13) nokubonakala kukaMdala Wezinsuku (uDaniyeli 7:9, okuchazwe evesini elilandelayo). Izinwele ezimhlophe, isimo sesihlalo sobukhosi, igunya phezu kwezizwe—lokho uDaniyeli akubona kungokwezimo ezimbili, uJohane ukubona kuhlangene kuJesu. ¹⁴Izinwele zekhanda lakhe zazimhlophe, njengoboya, njengeqhwa; amehlo akhe enjengelangabi lomlilo. ¹⁵Izinyawo zakhe zazinjengethusi elicwebezelayo, elicwengwe esithandweni somlilo; izwi lakhe linjengamanzi amaningi ahlokomayo. ¹⁶Wayephethe izinkanyezi eziyisikhombisa esandleni sakhe sokudla, kwaphuma emlonyeni wakhe inkemba ebukhali esika nhlangothi zombili, ubuso bakhe bukhanya njengelanga ngamandla alo aphelele.

¹⁷Kwathi lapho ngimbona, ngawa ezinyaweni zakhe njengofileyo. Wabeka isandla sakhe sokudla phezu kwami, wathi: “Ungesabi. Mina ngingowokuqala nowokugcina, ^c c v17 “Owokuqala nowokugcina” yisiqu uBaba wethu asithathayo ngo-Isaya (u-Isaya 44:6); uJesu usithatha sibe ngesakhe lapha—iNdodana ihlanganyela ubunjalo obuphakade bukaBaba. ¹⁸ophilayo. Ngangifile—bheka, ngiyaphila kuze kube phakade naphakade! Ngiphethe izikhiye zokufa nezethuna. ¹⁹Ngakho-ke loba lokho okubonileyo, nalokho okukhona manje, nalokho okuyokwenzeka emva kwalokhu. ²⁰Yimfihlakalo le yezinkanyezi eziyisikhombisa ozibonileyo esandleni sami sokudla, nezinti zezibani zegolide eziyisikhombisa: izinkanyezi eziyisikhombisa ziyizingelosi zamabandla ayisikhombisa, nezinti zezibani eziyisikhombisa angamabandla ayisikhombisa.”