abadala namadikoni

Lawa ngamavesi eBhayibheli akhuluma ngawo abadala namadikoni

1 kuThimothewu 3 : 1 – 16
1 Liqinisile izwi elithi: Uma umuntu efisa isikhundla sombonisi, unxanela umsebenzi omuhle;
2 Ngakho umbhishobhi umelwe ukuba ngongasolekiyo, indoda emfazi munye, eqaphile, eqondileyo, eziphatha kahle, ephatha kahle izihambi, enekhono lokufundisa;
3 Ongadakwanga iwayini, ongesiye oshayayo, ongahaheli inzuzo embi; kodwa ibekezele, ingabi yingxabano, ingabi ngabahahayo;
4 ongamela kahle owakhe umuzi, enabantwana abamthobela ngakho konke ukuhlonipheka;
5 (Ngokuba uma umuntu engakwazi ukuphatha owakhe umuzi, angaliphatha kanjani ibandla likaNkulunkulu na?)
6 angabi ngosafufusa, funa azikhukhumeze awele ekulahlweni kukaSathane.
7 Phezu kwalokho umelwe ukunobufakazi obuhle kwabangaphandle; funa awele esihlazweni nasogibeni lukaSathane.
8 Ngokunjalo namadiyakoni amelwe ukuba nesizotha, angabi ndimimbili, angabi ngabanakwa kakhulu, angahaheli inzuzo embi;
9 nibambe imfihlakalo yokukholwa kunembeza omhlophe.
10 Nalaba mabaqale bahlolwe; khona-ke mabasebenzise isikhundla sobudikoni bengasoleki.
11 Kanjalo omkabo mababe nesizotha, bangabi ngabahlebi, abaqondileyo, abathembekile ezintweni zonke.
12 Amadiyakoni mawabe ngamadoda amfazi munye, abusa kahle abantwana nemizi yawo.
13 Ngokuba abakhonze kahle bazizuzela udumo oluhle nesibindi esikhulu ekukholweni okukuKristu Jesu.
14 Lezizinto ngikubhalela zona, ngethemba lokuza kuwe masinyane;
15 Kepha uma ngilibala, ukuze wazi ukuthi kufanele ukuziphatha kanjani endlini kaNkulunkulu, eyibandla likaNkulunkulu ophilayo, insika nesisekelo seqiniso.
16 Futhi ngokungangabazeki inkulu imfihlakalo yokumesaba uNkulunkulu: UNkulunkulu wabonakaliswa enyameni, walungisiswa emoyeni, wabonwa yizingelosi, washunyayelwa kwabezizwe, wakholeka emhlabeni, wemukelwa enkazimulweni.

IzEnzo 14 : 23
23 Sebebamisele abadala ebandleni ngebandla, bakhuleka nokuzila ukudla, babanikela eNkosini abakholwa yiyo.

IzEnzo 6 : 1 – 15
1 Ngalezo zinsuku, abafundi banda, kwavela ukukhonona kwabekhuluma isiGreki ngamaHeberu, ngokuba abafelokazi bawo babenganakwa enkonzweni yezinsuku zonke.
2 Abayishumi nambili base bebizela kubo uquqaba lwabafundi, bathi: “Akukuhle ukuba thina sishiye izwi likaNkulunkulu, sikhonze ematafuleni.
3 Ngakho-ke, bazalwane, zifuneleni phakathi kwenu amadoda ayisikhombisa anodumo oluhle, agcwele uMoya oNgcwele nokuhlakanipha, esingawabeka phezu kwalo msebenzi.
4 Kepha thina siyakukhuthalela ukukhuleka, nasenkonzweni yezwi.
5 Lelizwi lathokozisa ixuku lonke, basebekhetha uStefane, indoda egcwele ukholo loMoya oNgcwele, loFiliphu, loProkoro, loNikanori, loTimoni, loParmena, loNikolasi umproselithe waseAntiyoki;
6 ababeka phambi kwabaphostoli; sebekhulekile babeka izandla phezu kwabo.
7 Lelizwi likaNkulunkulu landa; isibalo sabafundi sanda kakhulu eJerusalema; nesixuku esikhulu sabapristi salalela ukholo.
8 Kepha uStefanu egcwele ukholo namandla wenza izimangaliso nezimangaliso ezinkulu phakathi kwabantu.
9 Kwasekusukuma abathile besinagoge elithiwa elabaKhululwa, nabaseKhurene, nabase-Aleksandriya, nabavela eKhilikhiya nase-Asiya, baphikisana noStefanu;
10 Kodwa babengelakho ukumelana lokuhlakanipha loMoya ayekhuluma ngaye.
11 Khona bakhohlisa amadoda athi: Simzwile ekhuluma amazwi enhlamba ngoMozisi langoNkulunkulu.
12 Basebevusa abantu labadala lababhali, basebesondela kuye, bambamba, bamusa emphakathini;
13 Base bemisa ofakazi bamanga abathi: “Lona kayeki ukukhuluma amazwi ayinhlamba ngale ndawo engcwele nangomthetho;
14 Ngokuba simzwile ethi loJesu waseNazaretha uzakuchitha le ndawo, aguqule amasiko uMose asinika wona.
15 Bonke ababehlezi emphakathini bamgqolozela, babona ubuso bakhe kungathi ubuso bengelosi.

KuThithu 1 : 5
5 Ngenxa yalokhu ngakutshiya eKrethe, ukuze ulungise okusilelayo, njalo umise abadala emizini yonke, njengokukulaya kwami;

Kwabase-Efesu 5 : 11
11 Futhi ningabi nenhlanganyelo nemisebenzi yobumnyama engatheli, kodwa kunalokho niyisole.

KuThithu 1 : 1 – 16
1 UPawulu, inceku kaNkulunkulu, nomphostoli kaJesu Kristu, ngokokholo lwabakhethiweyo bakaNkulunkulu, nokulazi iqiniso elingokokumesaba uNkulunkulu;
2 ethembeni lokuphila okuphakade, uNkulunkulu ongenakuqamba amanga akuthembisa kungakabikho umhlaba;
3 Kodwa ngesikhathi esifaneleyo ulibonakalisile ilizwi lakhe ngentshumayelo engiphathiswe yona ngokomlayo kaNkulunkulu uMsindisi wethu;
4 kuThithu, indodana yami uqobo ngokokholo esiluhlanganisile: Makube umusa, nesihawu, nokuthula okuvela kuNkulunkulu uBaba naseNkosini uJesu Kristu uMsindisi wethu.
5 Ngenxa yalokhu ngakutshiya eKrethe, ukuze ulungise okusilelayo, njalo umise abadala emizini yonke, njengokukulaya kwami;
6 uma ekhona ongasolekiyo, eyindoda emfazi munye, enabantwana abakholwayo abangabekwa icala lokungalaleli noma abangalaleli.
7 Ngokuba umbonisi umelwe ukuba ngongasolekiyo, njengomphathi kaNkulunkulu; ongesiye othanda ubugovu, ongasheshi ukuthukuthela, ongadakwa, ongashayi, ongesiye inzuzo embi;
8 Kodwa ophatha kuhle izihambi, othanda okuhle, ozithibileyo, olungileyo, ongcwele, ozithibileyo;
9 ebambelele ezwini elithembekileyo njengalokho efundisiwe, ukuze abe-namandla okuyala ngesifundiso esiphilileyo, nokuqinisekisa abaphikayo.
10 Ngokuba baningi abangalaleliyo nabakhuluma okuyize nabakhohlisi, ikakhulukazi abokusoka;
11 abamelwe ukuvalwa umlomo, abachitha izindlu ziphela, befundisa okungafanele ngenxa yenzuzo embi.
12 Omunye wabo, umprofethi wakubo, wathi: AmaKrethe ahlala eqamba amanga, izilwane ezimbi, izisu ezimnene.
13 Lobu bufakazi buqinisile. Ngakho-ke ubakhuze kabukhali, ukuze baphile ekukholweni;
14 bangalaleli izinganekwane zamaJuda, nemiyalo yabantu abafulathela iqiniso.
15 Kwabahlanzekile konke kuhlanzekile, kodwa kwabangcolileyo nabangakholwayo akukho okuhlanzekileyo; kodwa ngisho ingqondo nonembeza wabo kungcolile.
16 Bavuma ukuthi bayamazi uNkulunkulu; kodwa bayamphika ngemisebenzi, benengekayo, nabangalaleliyo, nakuyo yonke imisebenzi emihle bengaboshiwe.

1 kuThimothewu 3 : 2
2 Ngakho umbhishobhi umelwe ukuba ngongasolekiyo, indoda emfazi munye, eqaphile, eqondileyo, eziphatha kahle, ephatha kahle izihambi, enekhono lokufundisa;

1 kuThimothewu 5 : 22
22 Ungasheshi ubeke izandla phezu komuntu, futhi ungahlanganyeli ezonweni zabanye; zigcine uhlanzekile.