Lawa ngamavesi eBhayibheli akhuluma ngawo abantu abadala
2 kwabaseKorinte 4 : 16
16 Ngakho kasidangali; kepha noma kubhubha umuntu wethu wangaphandle, owangaphakathi wenziwa musha imihla ngemihla.
UJobe 12 : 12
12 Kwabadala kukhona ukuhlakanipha; nangobude bezinsuku ukuqonda.
Amahubo 92 : 14
14 Basayothela izithelo nasebudaleni; bayakuba zikhuluphele, bopha;
U-Isaya 46 : 4
4 Naseminyakeni yenu nginguye; ngisho nasezinweleni ezimpunga ngiyonithwala; Ngenzile, futhi ngiyakuthwala; nami ngiyakunithwala, nginisindise.
Amahubo 71 : 18
18 Manje noma sengimdala futhi ngimpunga, O Nkulunkulu, ungangishiyi; ngize ngiwazise amandla akho kulesi sizukulwane namandla akho kubo bonke abezayo.
Amahubo 91 : 16
16 Ngizomanelisa ngezinsuku ezinde futhi ngimenze abone insindiso yami.
Luka 2 : 25 – 38
25 Bheka, kwakukhona eJerusalema indoda, igama layo linguSimeyoni; futhi lo muntu wayelungile futhi esaba uNkulunkulu, elindele induduzo ka-Israyeli, futhi uMoya oNgcwele wayephezu kwakhe.
26 Kwambulelwa kuye ngoMoya oNgcwele, ukuthi akayikubona ukufa, engakamboni uKristu weNkosi.
27 Wasengena ethempelini ngoMoya;
28 Wasembamba wamgona, wabonga uNkulunkulu, wathi:
29 Manje, Nkosi, uyayiyeka inceku yakho ihambe ngokuthula njengezwi lakho.
30 Ngokuba amehlo ami abonile insindiso yakho,
31 Owulungisileyo phambi kobuso babantu bonke;
32 ukukhanya kokukhanyisa abezizwe, nenkazimulo yabantu bakho u-Israyeli.
33 UJosefa nonina bamangala ngalokho okukhulunywa ngaye.
34 USimeyoni wababusisa, wathi kuMariya unina: “Bheka, lo umiselwe ukuwa nokuvuka kwabaningi kwa-Israyeli; futhi kube yisibonakaliso esiyophikiswa;
35 (Yebo, nowakho inkemba iyakudabula umphefumulo wakho), ukuze kwambulwe imicabango yezinhliziyo eziningi.
36 Kwakukhona umprofethikazi uAna, indodakazi kaFanuweli, owesizwe sika-Asheri, esemdala kakhulu, ebehlala nendoda iminyaka eyisikhombisa kusukela ebuntombini bakhe.
37 Engumfelokazi okungathi iminyaka engamashumi ayisishiyagalombili nane, ongasuki ethempelini, ekhonza uNkulunkulu ngokuzila ukudla nangokukhuleka ubusuku nemini.
38 Naye weza ngaso leso sikhathi, wayibonga iNkosi, wakhuluma ngayo kubo bonke ababebheke ukukhululwa eJerusalema.
Johane 3 : 1 – 26
1 Kwakukhona umuntu wakubaFarisi, nguNikodemu igama lakhe, isikhulu sabaJuda;
2 Yena weza kuJesu ebusuku, wathi kuye: “Rabi, siyazi ukuthi ungumfundisi ovela kuNkulunkulu, ngokuba akakho ongenza lezi zibonakaliso ozenzayo wena, uma uNkulunkulu engenaye.
3 UJesu waphendula, wathi kuye: “Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile ngithi kuwe: Uma umuntu engazalwa ngokusha, angewubone umbuso kaNkulunkulu.
4 UNikodima wathi kuye: Umuntu angazalwa kanjani esemdala na? Angangena ngokwesibili esiswini sikanina, azalwe, na?
5 UJesu waphendula wathi: Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile ngithi kuwe: Ngaphandle kokuthi umuntu azalwe ngamanzi langoMoya, angengene embusweni kaNkulunkulu.
6 Lokho okuzelwe yinyama kuyinyama; nalokho okuzelwe nguMoya kungumoya.
7 Ungamangali ngokuba ngithe kuwe: Nimelwe ukuzalwa ngokusha.
8 Umoya uphephetha lapho othanda khona, uyawuzwa umsindo wawo, kepha awukwazi lapho uvela khona nalapho uya khona; unjalo wonke ozelwe nguMoya.
9 UNikodima waphendula wathi kuye: Kungenzeka kanjani lokhu na?
10 UJesu waphendula, wathi kuye: “Wena ungumfundisi ka-Israyeli, awuzazi lezi zinto na?
11 Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile ngithi kuwe: Sikhuluma esikwaziyo, sifakaza ngesikubonileyo; kepha anibamukeli ubufakazi bethu.
12 Uma nginitshelile okusemhlabeni, ningakholwa, niyakukholwa kanjani, uma nginitshela okwasezulwini na?
13 Akakho nowenyukele ezulwini, kuphela yena owehla ezulwini, iNdodana yomuntu esezulwini.
14 Njengokuba uMose waphakamisa inyoka ehlane, kanjalo iNdodana yomuntu imelwe ukuphakanyiswa;
15 ukuze yilowo nalowo okholwa yiyo angabhubhi, kodwa abe nokuphila okuphakade.
16 Ngokuba uNkulunkulu walithanda izwe kangaka, waze wanikela ngeNdodana yakhe ezelwe yodwa, ukuba yilowo nalowo okholwa yiyo angabhubhi, kodwa abe nokuphila okuphakade.
17 Ngoba uNkulunkulu kayithumanga iNdodana yakhe emhlabeni ukuthi ilahle umhlaba; kodwa ukuze umhlaba usindiswe ngaye.
18 Okholwa yiyo akalahlwa, kepha ongakholwayo uselahliwe, ngokuba engakholwanga egameni leNdodana kaNkulunkulu ezelwe yodwa.
19 Nakhu ukulahlwa, ukuthi ukukhanya kufikile ezweni, kepha abantu bathanda ubumnyama kunokukhanya, ngokuba imisebenzi yabo yayimibi.
20 Ngokuba yilowo nalowo owenza okubi uzonda ukukhanya, akezi ekukhanyeni, ukuze imisebenzi yakhe ingasolwa.
21 Kodwa owenza iqiniso uyeza ekukhanyeni, ukuze imisebenzi yakhe ibonakaliswe ukuthi yenziwe kuNkulunkulu.
22 Emva kwalokho uJesu nabafundi bakhe baya ezweni laseJudiya; wahlala khona nabo, wabhapathiza.
23 Naye uJohane wayebhapathiza e-Enoni eduze neSalimi, ngokuba amanzi ayemaningi lapho; beza babhapathizwa.
24 Ngokuba uJohane wayengakaphonswa etilongweni.
25 Kwase kuba khona ukuphikisana phakathi kwabafundi bakaJohane nabaJuda ngokuhlambulula.
26 Base beza kuJohane, bathi kuye: “Rabi, lowo owayenawe ngaphesheya kweJordani, owafakaza ngaye, bheka, yena uyabhapathiza, futhi bonke beza kuye.
Amahubo 100 : 1 – 5
1 (Ihubo lokudumisa.) Hlabelelani kuJehova nina mazwe onke.
2 Mkhonzeni uJehova ngokuthokoza; yizani phambi kobuso bakhe ngokuthokoza.
3 Uyazi yini ukuthi uJehova unguNkulunkulu; nguye owasenzayo, akuthina; singabantu bakhe nezimvu zedlelo lakhe.
4 Ngenani emasangweni akhe ngokubonga nasemagcekeni akhe ngokudumisa; mbongeni futhi nidumise iGama laKhe.
5 Ngokuba uJehova muhle; umusa wakhe umi phakade; futhi iqiniso lakhe livela ezizukulwaneni ngezizukulwane.
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