Lawa ngamavesi eBhayibheli akhuluma ngawo amathuba
Mathewu 25 : 1 – 46
1 Khona umbuso wezulu uyakufaniswa nezintombi eziyishumi ezathatha izibani zazo, zaphuma ukuyohlangabeza umyeni.
2 Ezinhlanu kuzo zazihlakaniphile, ezinhlanu ziyiziwula.
3 Eziyiziwula zathatha izibani zazo, azaphatha amafutha kanye lazo.
4 Kodwa ezihlakaniphileyo zaphatha amafutha ezitsheni kanye nezibani zazo.
5 Kwathi umyeni esalibele, zozela zonke zalala.
6 Kepha phakathi kobusuku kwamenyezwa ukuthi: ‘Nangu umyeni; phumani niyomhlangabeza.
7 Khona zavuka lezo zintombi zonke, zalungisa izibani zazo.
8 Eziyiziwula zasezisithi kwezihlakaniphileyo: Sipheni emafutheni enu; ngoba izibane zethu zicima.
9 Kodwa ezihlakaniphileyo zaphendula zathi: Hatshi; hlezi angasaneli thina lani; kodwa hambani kakhulu kwabathengisayo, lizithengele.
10 Zisaya kothenga, wafika umyeni; lezo ezazilungile zangena laye emshadweni, umnyango wavalwa.
11 Ngasemuva zafika nezinye izintombi, zathi: Nkosi, Nkosi, sivulele.
12 Kodwa waphendula wathi: Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Anginazi.
13 Ngakho lindani, ngokuba anazi usuku nehora iNdodana yomuntu eza ngayo.
14 Ngokuba umbuso wezulu unjengomuntu owaya ezweni elikude, wabiza izinceku zakhe, wazinika impahla yakhe.
15 Enye wayinika amatalenta ayisihlanu, enye amabili, nenye elilodwa; yilowo nalowo ngokwamandla akhe; wahle wasuka wahamba.
16 Khona obamukele amatalenta ayisihlanu wahamba wasebenza ngawo, wazuza amanye amatalenta ayisihlanu.
17 Kanjalo nobamukele amabili wazuza amanye amabili.
18 Kepha obamukele yanye waya wemba emhlabathini, wayifihla imali yenkosi yakhe.
19 Emva kwesikhathi eside yafika inkosi yalezo zinceku, yalandisana nazo.
20 Weza obamukele amatalenta ayisihlanu, waletha amanye amatalenta ayisihlanu, wathi: ‘Nkosi, wanginika amathalenta ayisihlanu; bheka, ngizuze amanye amatalenta ayisihlanu.’
21 Inkosi yakhe yathi kuye: ‘Kuhle, nceku enhle nethembekileyo!
22 Weza nobamukele amatalenta amabili, wathi: ‘Nkosi, wanginika amatalenta amabili; bheka, ngizuze amanye amatalenta amabili phezu kwawo.
23 Inkosi yakhe yathi kuye: ‘Kuhle, nceku enhle nethembekileyo; ubuthembekile ezintweni eziyingcosana, ngizakubeka phezu kwezinengi; ngena entokozweni yenkosi yakho.
24 Khona weza obamukele italenta lalinye, wathi: Nkosi, bengikwazi wena ukuthi ungumuntu olukhuni, uvuna lapho ongahlwanyelanga khona, ubutha lapho ongazange uhlakaze khona;
25 Ngase ngesaba, ngaya ngalithukusa emhlabathini italenta lakho; bheka, usunakho okwakho.
26 Inkosi yayo yaphendula, yathi kuyo: Nceku embi nevilaphayo, ubuwazi ukuthi ngivuna lapho engingahlwanyelanga khona, futhi ngibutha lapho ngingahlwazanga khona;
27 Ngakho-ke ngabe ubeke imali yami kwabahwebi, khona-ke ekufikeni kwami ngabe ngimukele okwami nenzalo.
28 Ngakho mthatheni italenta, nilinike onamatalenta ayishumi.
29 Ngokuba yilowo nalowo onakho uyakuphiwa, abe nokuchichima;
30 Lapho inceku engancediyo yiphoseleni ebumnyameni obungaphandle; lapho kuzakuba khona ukukhala lokugedla amazinyo.
31 Nxa iNdodana yomuntu iza ngenkazimulo yayo nezingelosi zonke ezingcwele kanye nayo, khona izakuhlala esihlalweni sayo sobukhosi.
32 Kuyakubuthelwa phambi kwayo izizwe zonke, ibahlukanise abanye kwabanye, njengomalusi ehlukanisa izimvu nezimbuzi;
33 Iyakumisa izimvu ngakwesokunene sayo, kodwa izimbuzi ngakwesokhohlo.
34 Khona iNkosi izakuthi kwabangakwesokunene sayo: Wozani lina elibusiswe nguBaba, lidle ilifa lombuso eliwulungiselweyo selokhu kwasekelwa umhlaba.
35 Ngokuba ngangilambile, nanginika ukudla; ngangomile, nangiphuzisa;
36 Nginqunu, nangembathisa; ngangigula, nangihambela; ngangiboshiwe, neza kimi.
37 Khona bayakuyiphendula abalungileyo, bathi: ‘Nkosi, sakubona nini ulambile, sakupha ukudla na? noma womile, sakuphuzisa na?
38 Sakubona nini ungumfokazi, sakungenisa endlini, na? noma uhamba ze, sakwembathisa na?
39 Sakubona nini ugula, noma usetilongweni, seza kuwe na?
40 Inkosi iyakuphendula, ithi kubo: Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Njengoba nikwenzile komunye walaba bafowethu abancane, nikwenzile nakimi.
41 Khona iyakuthi nakwabangakwesokhohlo: Sukani kimi nina baqalekisiweyo, niye emlilweni ophakade olungiselwe uSathane nezingelosi zakhe;
42 Ngokuba ngangilambile, kepha aninginikanga ukudla;
43 ngangingumfokazi, aningingenisanga; nginqunu, aningigqokisanga; ngigula, ngisetilongweni, aningihambelanga.
44 Khona bayakumphendula nabo, bathi: ‘Nkosi, sakubona nini ulambile, noma womile, noma ungowezizwe, noma uhamba-ze, noma ugula, noma usetilongweni, singakukhonzanga?
45 Khona izabaphendula, ithi: Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Njengoba lingakwenzanga komunye walaba abancinyane, kalikwenzanga kimi.
46 Laba bayakumuka ekujezisweni okuphakade, kepha abalungileyo baye ekuphileni okuphakade.
Izaga zikaSolomoni 6 : 6 – 11
6 Yana entuthwaneni, vila; bheka izindlela zayo, uhlakaniphe.
7 Lingelamkhokheli, umbonisi, nambusi,
8 yiphe ukudla ehlobo, uyilungisele ukudla ngesikhathi sokuvuna.
9 Uyolala kuze kube nini, sivila? uyakuvuka nini ebuthongweni bakho?
10 Ubuthongo obuncane, ukozela kancane, ukusonga izandla kancane ukuze ulale.
11 Ngakho ubumpofu bakho buyofika njengomhambi, nokuswela kwakho njengomuntu ohlomile.
Luka 19 : 12 – 27
12 Wathi-ke: “Umuntu othile wobukhosi waya ezweni elikude ukuyozithathela umbuso, abuye.
13 Wabiza izinceku zakhe eziyishumi, wazinika omina abayishumi, wathi kuzo: ‘Hhwebani ngize ngibuye.
14 Kepha izakhamuzi zakhe zazimzonda, zathuma amanxusa emva kwakhe, zithi: “Asithandi ukuba lo abuse phezu kwethu.
15 Kwathi esebuyile esewamukele umbuso, wayala ukuba kubizelwe kuye lezo zinceku abezinike imali, ukuze azi ukuthi yilowo nalowo ube zuzile kangakanani ngokuhweba.
16 Yafika eyokuqala, yathi: ‘Nkosi, umina wakho uzuze omina abayishumi.
17 Yathi kuyo: “Kuhle, nceku enhle; ngokuba ubuthembekile kokuncane, yiba namandla phezu kwemizi eyishumi.
18 Yafika neyesibili, yathi: ‘Nkosi, umina wakho uzuze omina abayisihlanu.
19 Wasesithi kuye: Lawe yiba phezu kwemizi eyisihlanu.
20 Kwasekusiza nenye, yathi: Nkosi, bheka, nangu umina wakho, ebengiwubeke eqhiyeni.
21 Ngokuba bengikwesaba, lokhu ungumuntu olukhuni; uthatha ongakubekanga, uvune ongakuhlwanyelanga.
22 Wathi kuyo: “Ngizakwahlulela ngokuphuma emlonyeni wakho, nceku embi. Ubuwazi ukuthi ngingumuntu olukhuni, othabatha engingakubekanga, avune engingakuhlwanyelanga;
23 Pho, awufakanga ngani imali yami ebhange, ukuze ekufikeni kwami ngiyibize nenzalo na?
24 Wathi kwababemi khona: “Mthatheleni umina, nimnike onawomina abayishumi.
25 Bathi kuye: Nkosi, unomina abayishumi.
26 Ngokuba ngithi kini: Yilowo nalowo onakho uyakuphiwa; lalowo ongelakho, lalokho alakho uzakwemukwa.
27 Kodwa lezozitha zami ezazingathandanga ukuthi ngibuse phezu kwazo, ziletheni lapha, lizibulale phambi kwami.
UHezekeli 3 : 19
19 Kepha uma umxwayisa omubi, angaphenduki ebubini bakhe nasendleleni yakhe embi, uyakufa ebubini bakhe; kodwa uwusindisile umphefumulo wakho.
1 kaJohane 4 : 1
1 Bathandekayo, ningakholwa yibo bonke omoya, kodwa hlolani omoya ukuthi bangabakaNkulunkulu yini; ngokuba baningi abaprofethi bamanga abaphumele ezweni.
UJeremiya 8 : 20
20 Ukuvuna kuphelile, ihlobo liphelile, thina asikasindiswa.
Luka 14 : 16 – 24
16 Wasesithi kuye: Umuntu othile wenza idili elikhulu, wamema abanengi;
17 Wathuma inceku yakhe ngesikhathi sokudla ukuba ithi kwabamenyiweyo: Wozani; ngoba konke sekulungile.
18 Basebeqala ukuzilandulela bonke nganhliziyonye. Owokuqala wathi kuye: Ngithenge isiqephu sensimu, ngimelwe ukuyosibona;
19 “Omunye wathi: ‘Ngithenge izinkabi ezingaba yisihlanu, ngisaya ukuzivivinya; ngicela ungixolele.
20 Lomunye wathi: Ngithethe umfazi, ngakho ngingeze.
21 Yafika leyo nceku, yabikela inkosi yayo lokho. Khona umninindlu wathukuthela, wathi encekwini yakhe: Phuma masinyane, uye emigwaqweni nasemigwaqweni yomuzi, ungenise lapha abampofu, nezilima, nezinyonga, nezimpumputhe.
22 Inceku yasisithi: Nkosi, sekwenziwe njengokulaya kwakho, kodwa indawo isekhona.
23 Yathi inkosi encekwini: ‘Phuma uye ezindleleni nasezintangweni, ubacindezele ukuba bangene, ukuze igcwale indlu yami.
24 Ngoba ngithi kini: Kakho kulawomadoda abemenyiwe ozakuzwa ukudla kwami kwakusihlwa.
Luka 12 : 47
47 Leyo nceku ebiyazi intando yenkosi yayo ingalungisi, ingenzanga njengentando yayo, iyakushaywa imivimbo eminingi;
Izaga zikaSolomoni 1 : 24 – 33
24 Ngokuba ngabiza, nenqaba; Ngelula isandla sami, akwabonwa muntu;
25 Kodwa kalilalelanga iseluleko sami, kalifunanga ukusolwa kwami.
26 Nami ngiyakuhleka ngenhlupheko yenu; ngiyakuklolodela ekufikeni kokwesaba kwenu;
27 Lapho ukwesaba kwakho kufika njengencithakalo, nokubhujiswa kwakho kufika njengesivunguvungu; lapho usizi nosizi lukwehlela.
28 Khona bayakungibiza, kepha angiyikuphendula; bayongifuna ekuseni, kodwa ngeke baNgithole;
29 Ngokuba bazonda ukwazi, abakhethanga ukumesaba uJehova;
30 Abezwanga lutho ngesiluleko sami; badelela konke ukusola kwami.
31 Ngakho bayakudla isithelo sendlela yabo, basuthe ngamacebo abo.
32 Ngokuba inzondo yabangenalwazi iyobabulala, nokunetha kweziwula kuyakubabhubhisa.
33 Kepha ongilalelayo uyakuhlala elondekile, athule ekwesabeni okubi.
2 kaPetru 3 : 9
9 INkosi ayilibali ngesithembiso sayo, njengalokhu abanye bathi ukulibala; kodwa uyasibekezelela, engathandi ukuthi kubhubhe namunye, kodwa ukuba bonke beze ekuphendukeni.
Kwabase-Efesu 5 : 11
11 Futhi ningabi nenhlanganyelo nemisebenzi yobumnyama engatheli, kodwa kunalokho niyisole.
Luka 13 : 25 – 28
25 Nxa umninindlu esesukumile wavala umnyango, seliqala ukuma ngaphandle lokungqongqotha emnyango, lisithi: Nkosi, Nkosi, sivulele; uyakuphendula athi kini: Anginazi lapho nivela khona;
26 Khona niyakuqala ukuthi: ‘Sadla, saphuza phambi kwakho, wafundisa emigwaqweni yakithi.’
27 Kodwa uzakuthi: Ngithi kini: Kangilazi lapho elivela khona; sukani kimi nina nonke benzi bokubi.
28 Lapho kuyakuba khona ukukhala nokugedla amazinyo, nxa senibona o-Abrahama, no-Isaka, noJakobe, nabaprofethi bonke embusweni kaNkulunkulu, kepha nina nikhishelwe ngaphandle.
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