Umqulu Ovaliwe Ngezimpawu
Umqulu ovalwe ngezimpawu okungekho ofanele ukuwuvula, futhi uJohane ukhala kakhulu ngawo. Bese iWundlu elibukeka sengathi lihlatshiwe liwuthatha esandleni sikaBaba walo. Ihubo elisha limayelana nokuthenga: abantu abathengelwe uBaba wethu kuzo zonke izilimi, benziwa abapristi namakhosi.
5 1Ngabona umqulu esandleni sokunene salowo owayehlezi esihlalweni sobukhosi, ubhalwe nhlangothi zombili, uvalwe ngezimpawu eziyisikhombisa. 2Ngabona ingelosi enamandla imemeza ngezwi elikhulu, ithi: “Ngubani ofanele ukuvula umqulu nokuqaqa izimpawu zawo?” 3Akubangakho muntu ezulwini, nasemhlabeni, nangaphansi komhlaba, owayenamandla okuvula umqulu noma ukubuka ngaphakathi kuwo. 4Ngakhala kakhulu, ngokuba akutholakalanga muntu ofanele ukuwuvula umqulu noma ukubuka ngaphakathi kuwo. 5Omunye wamalunga wathi kimi: “Yeka ukukhala. Bheka—iBhubesi lesizwe sakwaJuda, iMpande kaDavide—uJesu—unqobile, ukuze awuvule umqulu nezimpawu zawo eziyisikhombisa.” a a v5 IBhubesi lakwaJuda livela esibusisweni sikaJakobe (uGenesise 49:9-10); iMpande kaDavide ivela esiprofethweni sika-Isaya (u-Isaya 11:1, 10). Lezi zihloko zombili zikhomba kuJesu, onqobile nofanele ukuvula umqulu.
6Phakathi kwesihlalo sobukhosi nezidalwa ezine eziphilayo, naphakathi kwamalunga, ngabona uJesu, iWundlu, limi sengathi lalihlatshiwe, linezimpondo eziyisikhombisa namehlo ayisikhombisa, anguMoya kaBaba wethu ophindwe kasikhombisa, othunyelwe emhlabeni wonke. b b v6 IWundlu nguJesu—elihlatshiwe kodwa elimi. Lihlukile kuBaba wethu ohlezi esihlalweni sobukhosi: evesini elilandelayo iWundlu lithatha umqulu esandleni sokunene sikaBaba. 7Weza wathatha umqulu esandleni sokunene salowo owayehlezi esihlalweni sobukhosi. c c v7 IWundlu lithatha umqulu esandleni sokunene salowo osesihlalweni sobukhosi—uBaba neNdodana bangaBantu abahlukene bakaNkulunkulu oyedwa. IWundlu liza ukuze lamukele esandleni salowo ohlezi esihlalweni sobukhosi; iWundlu alikwazi ukuba yilowo ohlezi esihlalweni sobukhosi ngokwakhe. 8Kwathi lapho elithatha umqulu, izidalwa ezine eziphilayo namalunga angamashumi amabili nane zawa phansi phambi kweWundlu, kwaba ngulowo nalowo enehabhu nezitsha zegolide ezigcwele impepho—imithandazo yabangcwele bakaBaba wethu. 9Base behlabelela ingoma entsha, bethi: “Ufanelwe ukuthatha umqulu nokuqaqa izimpawu zawo, ngokuba wahlatshwa, futhi ngegazi lakho wamthengela uBaba wethu abantu abavela kuzo zonke izizwe nezilimi nabantu nezizwe, 10wabenza umbuso nabapristi bakaBaba wethu, futhi bayakubusa emhlabeni.”
11Ngabuka, ngezwa izwi lezingelosi eziningi zihaqe isihlalo sobukhosi, nezidalwa eziphilayo, namalunga—izigidi ngezigidi, izinkulungwane ngezinkulungwane, 12zithi ngezwi elikhulu: “Lifanelwe iWundlu elahlatshwa ukwamukela amandla nengcebo nokuhlakanipha nezikhwepha nodumo nenkazimulo nesibusiso!”
13Zonke izidalwa ezisezulwini nezisemhlabeni nezingaphansi komhlaba nezingaselwandle, nakho konke okukuzo, ngazizwa zithi: “Kulowo ohlezi esihlalweni sobukhosi nakulo iWundlu makube khona isibusiso nodumo nenkazimulo namandla kuze kube phakade naphakade!”
14Izidalwa ezine eziphilayo zathi: “Amen!” kwathi amalunga awa phansi akhuleka.
