Umnyango Ovulekile Ezulwini
UJohane ubizelwa phezulu ngomnyango ovulekile, athole isihlalo sobukhosi esesinohlezi kuso. Umbani, ulwandle lwengilazi, izidalwa ezingayeki ukuthi ungcwele. Amalunga angamashumi amabili nane aphonsa phansi imiqhele yawo, etshela uBaba wethu ukuthi ufanele ngoba konke kukhona ngentando yakhe.
4 1Emva kwalokhu ngabuka: umnyango wawuvulekile ezulwini. Izwi lokuqala engangilizwile, elinjengecilongo elikhuluma kimi, lathi: “Khuphukela lapha, ngizokukhombisa okumele kwenzeke emva kwalokhu.”
2Ngaso leso sikhathi ngaba kuMoya, kwakumi isihlalo sobukhosi ezulwini, kuhlezi othile kuso. a a v2 Lowo osesihlalweni sobukhosi nguBaba wethu. IsAmbulo 5:7 — iWundlu lithatha umqulu esandleni sokunene salowo ohlezi esihlalweni sobukhosi — liqinisekisa ukuthi uBaba neNdodana bahlukene lapha. NgeSAmbulo 22:1, babelana ngesihlalo sobukhosi. 3Lowo owayehlezi wayebukeka enjengejaspi nekarneliyani, nothingo lwenkosazana olunjengesimaragdi lwaluzungeza isihlalo sobukhosi. 4Izihlalo zobukhosi ezingamashumi amabili nane zazizungeze isihlalo sobukhosi; kuzo kwakuhlezi abadala abangamashumi amabili nane begqoke izingubo ezimhlophe, benemiqhele yegolide emakhanda abo.
5Esihlalweni sobukhosi kwaphuma imibani, imidumo, nokuduma kwezulu. Phambi kwaso kwakuvutha izibani zomlilo eziyisikhombisa—uMoya kaBaba wethu ophindwe kasikhombisa. b b v5 UMoya kaBaba wethu oyisikhombisa usho uMoya oNgcwele ekugcwaleni kwakhe okuphindwe kasikhombisa — kuvumelana no-Isaya 11:2, lapho uMoya uhlala khona phezu kukaMesiya ngezinhlangothi eziyisikhombisa zokuhlakanipha, ukuqonda, iseluleko, amandla, ulwazi, nokumesaba ngenhlonipho. 6Phambi kwesihlalo sobukhosi kwakukhona okufana nolwandle lwengilazi, olucwebezela njengekristalu. Nxazonke zesihlalo sobukhosi, kuzo zonke izinhlangothi, kwakukhona izidalwa eziphilayo ezine ezigcwele amehlo ngaphambili nangemuva. 7Isidalwa sokuqala esiphilayo sasinjengebhubesi, isidalwa sesibili esiphilayo sasinjengenkabi, isidalwa sesithathu esiphilayo sasinobuso bomuntu, isidalwa sesine esiphilayo sasinjengokhozi oluphaphayo. 8Izidalwa eziphilayo ezine, nganye inamaphiko ayisithupha, zigcwele amehlo nxazonke nangaphakathi. Zingaphumuli, imini nobusuku, zithi: “Ungcwele, ungcwele, ungcwele uBaba oyiNkosi uSomandla, owayekhona, okhona, nozayo!” c c v8 Isiko lobuKhristu kudala lezwa “ungcwele” ophindwe kathathu njengokukhonzwa kwaBantu bobathathu — uBaba wethu, iNdodana, noMoya oNgcwele. UBaba wethu usesihlalweni sobukhosi lapha; iNdodana ingena ekukhonzeni esahlukweni esilandelayo njengeWundlu; uMoya oNgcwele unguMoya oyisikhombisa oqanjwe kuvesi 5.
9Njalo lapho izidalwa eziphilayo zinika inkazimulo, udumo, nokubonga kulowo ohlezi esihlalweni sobukhosi, ophila phakade naphakade, 10abadala abangamashumi amabili nane bawa phambi kwalowo ohlezi esihlalweni sobukhosi, bakhonze lowo ophila phakade naphakade, baphonse imiqhele yabo phambi kwesihlalo sobukhosi, bethi: 11“Ufanelwe, Baba wethu, ukwamukela inkazimulo nodumo namandla, ngokuba wena wadala zonke izinto, futhi ngentando yakho zazikhona, zadalwa.”
