Lawa ngamavesi eBhayibheli akhuluma ngawo ehamba ekugcotshweni kwakho
1 kaJohane 2 : 27
27 Kepha ukugcotshwa enakwemukela kuye kuhlala kini, anidingi ukuba ubani anifundise, nihlale kuye.
Kwabase-Efesu 4 : 1 – 32
1 Ngakho-ke mina, siboshwa seNkosi, ngiyanincenga ukuba nihambe ngokufanele ukubizwa enabizwa ngakho;
2 ngokuthobeka konke, nobumnene, ngokubekezela, nibekezelelana ngothando;
3 nikhuthalele ukugcina ubunye bukaMoya ngesibopho sokuthula.
4 Munye umzimba, munye uMoya, njengalokho nabizelwa ethembeni linye lokubizwa kwenu;
5 yinye iNkosi, yinye inkolo, munye umbhapathizo,
6 munye uNkulunkulu, noYise wabo bonke, ophezu kwabo bonke, okubo bonke, okini nonke.
7 Kodwa yilowo nalowo kithina uphiwe umusa ngokwesilinganiso sesipho sikaKristu.
8 Ngakho uthi: Esenyukele phezulu, wathumba abathunjwa, wapha abantu izipho.
9 (Manje lokhu ukuthi wenyuka, kuyini, ngaphandle kokuthi wehlela ezindaweni eziphansi zomhlaba na?
10 Yena owehlayo nguye laye owenyukela kakhulu phezu kwamazulu wonke, ukuze agcwalise zonke izinto.)
11 Wapha abanye ukuthi babe ngabaphostoli; labanye abaprofethi; labanye, abavangeli; labanye bangabelusi labafundisi;
12 ukuze abangcwele bapheleliswe, umsebenzi wenkonzo, ukwakhiwa komzimba kaKristu;
13 size sifike sonke ebunyeni bokukholwa, lobolwazi lweNdodana kaNkulunkulu, endodeni epheleleyo, esilinganisweni sobukhulu bokugcwala kukaKristu.
14 Ukuze singabe sisaba abantwana, sijikijelwa ngapha nangapha, siqhutshwa yiwo wonke umoya wemfundiso, ngobuqili babantu, nobuqili bobuqili abaqamekela ukudukisa ngabo;
15 Kodwa sikhuluma iqiniso othandweni, sikhulele kuye ezintweni zonke, oyinhloko, uKristu;
16 okuvela kuye ukuthi umzimba wonke uhlanganiswe ngokufaneleyo, ubumbane, ngalokho okunikezwa yilelo nalelolunga, ngokokusebenza esilinganisweni sazo zonke izitho, ukhulisa umzimba kuze kuzakheka othandweni.
17 Ngakho-ke lokhu ngiyakusho, ngifakaza eNkosini, ukuthi ningabe nisahamba njengabanye abezizwe ebuzeni bengqondo yabo;
18 Benziwe mnyama ukuqonda, behlukanisiwe nokuphila kukaNkulunkulu ngokungazi okukubo, ngenxa yobumpumputhe benhliziyo yabo;
19 abathi sebephelelwe yimizwa bazinikele emanyaleni ukuze basebenze ukungcola konke ngokuhuheka.
20 Kepha nina animfundanga kanjalo uKristu;
21 uma-ke nimuzwile, nafundiswa nguye, njengokuba iqiniso likuJesu;
22 ukuba nikhumule maqondana nenkambo yakuqala umuntu omdala, owonakala ngezinkanuko zenkohliso;
23 nenziwe basha emoyeni wengqondo yenu;
24 nembathe umuntu omusha, owadalwa ngokukaNkulunkulu ekulungeni nasebungcweleni beqiniso.
25 Ngakho lahlani amanga, nikhulume iqiniso, kube yilowo nalowo kumakhelwane wakhe, ngokuba singamalungu omunye komunye.
26 Thukuthelani, ningoni; ilanga malingashoni nisathukuthele.
27 Futhi ningamniki uSathane indawo.
28 Owebayo makangabe eseba, kodwa kunalokho makakhuthale, asebenze okuhle ngezandla zakhe, ukuze abe nokokwabela osweleyo.
29 Makungaphumi nkulumo eyonakele emlonyeni wenu, kodwa kube kuhle kube kuhle kube nokwakhayo, ukuze kube umusa kwabezwayo.
30 Ningamdabukisi uMoya oNgcwele kaNkulunkulu enabekwa uphawu ngaye kuze kube lusuku lokuhlengwa.
31 Makususwe kini konke ukufutheka, nolaka, nentukuthelo, nomsindo, nokuhlambalaza, kanye nakho konke okubi.
32 Kepha yibani nomusa omunye komunye, nihawukele, nithethelelane, njengalokho noNkulunkulu wanithethelela ngenxa kaKristu.
Johane 14 : 12
12 Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Okholwa yimi, imisebenzi engiyenzayo mina naye uyakuyenza; nemikhulu kunale uyakuyenza; ngoba mina ngiya kuBaba.
IzEnzo 2 : 17
17 “Kuyakuthi ngezinsuku zokugcina, usho uJehova, ngithulule uMoya wami phezu kwayo yonke inyama, amadodana enu namadodakazi enu ayakuprofetha, nezinsizwa zenu zibone imibono, abadala benu baphuphe amaphupho;
2 kuThimothewu 2 : 15
15 Khuphela ukuba uziveze uthembekile kuNkulunkulu, isisebenzi esingenamahloni, esiqondisa kahle izwi leqiniso.
Johane 6 : 63
63 Ngumoya ophilisayo; inyama ayisizi lutho; amazwi engiwakhuluma kini angumoya, angukuphila.
KwabaseGalathiya 3 : 27
27 Ngoba lina lonke elabhabhathizelwa kuKristu lembethe uKristu.
IzEnzo 4 : 13
13 Kwathi bebona isibindi sikaPetru noJohane, beqonda ukuthi bangabantu abangafundile nabangafundile, bamangala; base bebazi ukuthi babenoJesu.
KuThithu 3 : 5
5 Kungengemisebenzi yokulunga esayenzayo thina, kodwa ngokwesihawu sakhe wasisindisa, ngesigezo sokuzalwa kutsha, nangokwenziwa basha ngoMoya oNgcwele;
Johane 14 : 15
15 Uma ningithanda, gcinani imiyalo yami.
KwabaseRoma 5 : 1
1 Ngakho lokhu sesilungisisiwe ngokukholwa, sinokuthula kuNkulunkulu ngeNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu;
Kwabase-Efesu 4 : 11
11 Wapha abanye ukuthi babe ngabaphostoli; labanye abaprofethi; labanye, abavangeli; labanye bangabelusi labafundisi;
KwabaseRoma 10 : 17
17 Ngakho ukukholwa kuvela ngokuzwa, ukuzwa kuvela ngezwi likaNkulunkulu.
2 kuThimothewu 4 : 3
3 Ngokuba siyeza isikhathi abangayikuvuma ngaso isifundiso esiphilileyo; kodwa ngokwezinkanuko zabo bayakuzibuthela abafundisi, beluma izindlebe;
Johane 3 : 16
16 Ngokuba uNkulunkulu walithanda izwe kangaka, waze wanikela ngeNdodana yakhe ezelwe yodwa, ukuba yilowo nalowo okholwa yiyo angabhubhi, kodwa abe nokuphila okuphakade.
KwabaseRoma 1 : 1 – 32
1 UPawulu, inceku kaJesu Kristu, owabizelwa ukuba ngumphostoli, owahlukaniselwa ivangeli likaNkulunkulu,
2 (ayayithembisa ngaphambili ngabaprofethi bakhe emibhalweni engcwele,)
3 Mayelana neNdodana yakhe uJesu Kristu iNkosi yethu, owavela enzalweni kaDavide ngokwenyama;
4 futhi yabonakaliswa ukuthi iyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu ngamandla, ngomoya wobungcwele, ngokuvuka kwabafileyo;
5 esamukele ngaye umusa nobuphostoli, kube ngukulalela ekukholweni phakathi kwezizwe zonke ngenxa yegama lakhe;
6 eliphakathi kwabo lani ababiziweyo bakaJesu Kristu;
7 kubo bonke abaseRoma, abathandekayo bakaNkulunkulu, ababizelwe ukuba ngabangcwele: Makube kini umusa nokuthula okuvela kuNkulunkulu uBaba wethu naseNkosini uJesu Kristu.
8 Kuqala, ngibonga uNkulunkulu wami ngoJesu Kristu ngani nonke, ngokuba ukukholwa kwenu kukhulunywa ngakho emhlabeni wonke.
9 Ngokuba uNkulunkulu engimkhonza ngomoya wami evangelini leNdodana yakhe ungufakazi wami wokuthi angiphezi ukunikhumbula emikhulekweni yami;
10 ngincenga ukuthi, mhlawumbe mhlawumbe khathesi ngiphumelele uhambo oluphumelelayo ngentando kaNkulunkulu, lokuza kini.
11 Ngokuba ngilangazelela ukunibona, ukuze nginabele isipho esithile somoya, ukuze niqiniswe;
12 okuyikuthi ngiduduzeke kanye lani ngokholo lomunye wenu lolwami.
13 Kepha angithandi ukuba ningazi, bazalwane, ukuthi ngazimisela kaningi ukuza kini, ngavinjwa kuze kube manje, ukuze ngibe nesithelo naphakathi kwenu, nanjengakwabanye abezizwe.
14 Ngilomlandu kumaGriki lakwabezizwe; kwabahlakaniphileyo nakwabangahlakaniphile.
15 Ngakho-ke njengoba ngikimi, ngizimisele ukushumayela ivangeli nakinina baseRoma.
16 Ngokuba anginamahloni ngevangeli likaKristu, ngokuba lingamandla kaNkulunkulu kube yinsindiso kulowo nalowo okholwayo; kumJuda kuqala, nakumGreki futhi.
17 Ngokuba ukulunga kukaNkulunkulu kwembulwa kulo, kuvela ekukholweni kuye ekukholweni, njengokulotshiweyo ukuthi: Olungileyo uyakuphila ngokukholwa.
18 Ngokuba ulaka lukaNkulunkulu luyabonakaliswa luvela ezulwini phezu kwakho konke ukungamesabi uNkulunkulu nokungalungi kwabantu abaphatha iqiniso ngokungalungi;
19 Ngokuba lokho okwaziwayo ngoNkulunkulu kusobala kubo; ngoba uNkulunkulu ukubonakalisile kubo.
20 Ngokuba okungabonwayo kwakhe, amandla akhe aphakade nobuNkulunkulu bakhe kubonakala kwasekudalweni kwezwe, kuqondakala ngezenzo zakhe; ukuze bangabi lezaba;
21 Ngokuba sebemazi uNkulunkulu, kabamdumisanga njengoNkulunkulu, kababonganga; kodwa baba yize emicabangweni yabo, nenhliziyo yabo ewubuwula yaba mnyama.
22 Bezishaya abahlakaniphileyo baba yiziwula;
23 Futhi baguqula inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu ongabhubhiyo yaba ngumfanekiso womuntu obhubhayo, nezinyoni, nezilwane ezinezinyawo ezine, nezilwanyana ezinwabuzelayo.
24 Ngakho-ke uNkulunkulu wabanikela ezinkanukweni zezinhliziyo zabo ekungcoleni, bahlazisane imizimba yabo phakathi kwabo;
25 abaguqule iqiniso likaNkulunkulu libe ngamanga, bakhuleka, bakhonza okudaliweyo kunoMdali obongekayo kuze kube phakade. Amen.
26 Ngalokho uNkulunkulu wabanikela ekuhuhukeni okuyichilo, ngokuba nabesifazane babo baguqula ukwenza kwemvelo kwaba ngokuphambene nemvelo;
27 Kanjalo namadoda ayeyeka ukwenza kwemvelo kowesifazane, asha ngokukhanukelana; abesilisa benza okuyichilo namadoda, bezuza kubo imbuyiselo efanele yokuduka kwabo.
28 Nanjengalokho bengathandanga ukuba nokwazi uNkulunkulu, uNkulunkulu wabanikela engqondweni eyonakeleyo, ukuba benze okungafanele;
29 begcwele konke ukungalungi, ukukhohlakala, ukufisa, ububi; begcwele umona, ukubulala, ukuphikisana, inkohliso, ubuxhwanguxhwangu; abahlebezi,
30 nabahlebayo, abazonda uNkulunkulu, abadelelayo, nabazidlayo, nabazidlayo, nabaqambi bokubi, nabangalaleli abazali,
31 abangenakuqonda, abephula isivumelwano, abangenalo uthando lwemvelo, abangenabubele, abangenasihawu;
32 Abathi besazi ukwahlulela kukaNkulunkulu, ukuthi abenza okunjalo bafanele ukufa, abakwenzi lokho kuphela, kodwa bathokozela abakwenzayo.
Johane 5 : 1 – 47
1 Emva kwalokho kwakukhona umkhosi wabaJuda; uJesu wakhuphukela eJerusalema.
2 Kukhona-ke eJerusalema ngasesangweni lezimvu ichibi elithiwa ngesiHeberu iBethesda, linemipheme eyisihlanu.
3 Kwakulele kuyo isixuku esikhulu sabagulayo, izimpumputhe, nezinyonga, nabashwabeneyo, belindele ukuzanyazanyiswa kwamanzi.
4 Ngokuba ingelosi yayiyehla ngezikhathi ezithile echibini, izamazamise amanzi;
5 Kwakukhona lapho umuntu othile owayesegule iminyaka engamashumi amathathu nesishiyagalombili.
6 UJesu embona elele, azi ukuthi wayesenesikhathi eside enjalo, wathi kuye: “Uyathanda ukusinda na?
7 Ogulayo wamphendula wathi: Nkosi, kangilamuntu ongangifaka echibini, nxa amanzi ezanyanyiswa;
8 UJesu wathi kuye: Sukuma, uthabathe uhlaka lwakho, uhambe.
9 Wahle wasinda umuntu, wathatha uhlaka lwakhe, wahamba.
10 Base bethi abaJuda kophulukisiwe: Kuyisabatha;
11 Wabaphendula wathi: Ongiphilisileyo, nguyena wathi kimi: Thatha uhlaka lwakho, uhambe.
12 Base bembuza bathi: “Ngubani lowo othe kuwe: ‘Thabatha uhlaka lwakho, uhambe?
13 Owaphulukisiweyo wayengazi ukuthi ungubani, ngokuba uJesu wayesesukile, kukhona isixuku kuleyo ndawo.
14 Ngasemuva uJesu wamfumana ethempelini, wathi kuye: “Bheka, ususindile;
15 Wamuka lowo muntu, watshela abaJuda ukuthi nguJesu omphilisileyo.
16 Ngalokho abaJuda bamzingela uJesu, badinga ukumbulala, ngokuba wakwenza lokho ngesabatha.
17 Kodwa uJesu wabaphendula wathi: UBaba uyasebenza kuze kube khathesi, lami ngiyasebenza.
18 Ngakho-ke amaJuda adinga kakhulu ukumbulala, ngoba wayengaphuli isabatha kuphela, kodwa wabuye wathi uNkulunkulu unguYise, ezenza olingana loNkulunkulu.
19 UJesu waphendula, wathi kubo: “Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile ngithi kini: INdodana ingenze lutho ngokwayo, kuphela lokho ebona uYise ekwenza;
20 Ngokuba uYise uyayithanda iNdodana, uyikhombisa konke akwenzayo yena; uyakuyikhombisa nemisebenzi emikhulu kunale ukuba nimangale.
21 Ngokuba njengalokhu uYise evusa abafileyo, abaphilise; ngokunjalo neNdodana iyabaphilisa labo ethanda ukubaphilisa.
22 Ngokuba uYise akahluleli muntu, kepha ukunikile iNdodana konke ukwahlulela;
23 ukuze bonke bahloniphe iNdodana, njengalokhu bedumisa uYise. Ongayihloniphi iNdodana akamhloniphi uYise oyithumileyo.
24 Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Ozwa izwi lami, akholwe ngongithumileyo, unokuphila okuphakade, akayi ekwahlulelweni; kodwa wedlulile ekufeni wangena ekuphileni.
25 Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Isikhathi siyeza, sesikhona namanje, lapho abafileyo beyakulizwa izwi leNdodana kaNkulunkulu, abezwayo bayakuphila.
26 Ngokuba njengalokhu uBaba enokuphila ngokwakhe; ngokunjalo uyiphile iNdodana ibe nokuphila kuyo;
27 Uyinikile amandla okwahlulela, ngokuba iyiNdodana yomuntu.
28 Ningamangali ngalokho, ngokuba ihora liyeza, lapho bonke abasemathuneni beyakulizwa izwi layo;
29 Futhi lizaphuma; abenze okuhle baphumele ekuvukeni kokuphila; lalabo abenze okubi, ekuvukeni kokulahlwa.
30 Mina ngingenze lutho ngokwami; ngoba kangifuni intando yami, kodwa intando kaBaba ongithumileyo.
31 Uma ngizifakazela mina, ubufakazi bami abuloqiniso.
32 Ukhona omunye ofakaza ngami; ngiyazi ukuthi ubufakazi afakaza ngami buqinisile.
33 Nathumela kuJohane, walifakazela iqiniso.
34 Kodwa mina kangibamukeli ubufakazi kumuntu, kodwa ngitsho lezizinto ukuze lina lisindiswe.
35 Yena wayeyisibani esivuthayo nesikhanyayo, nina-ke nathanda ukuthokoza isikhashana ekukhanyeni kwakhe.
36 Kepha mina nginobufakazi obukhulu kunobukaJohane, ngokuba imisebenzi uBaba anginike yona ukuba ngiyifeze, yona le misebenzi engiyenzayo, iyangifakazela ukuthi uBaba ungithumile.
37 Naye uBaba ongithumileyo ufakazile ngami. Anikaze nilizwe izwi lakhe, anisibonanga isimo sakhe.
38 Aninalo izwi lakhe elihlezi kini, ngokuba anikholwa nguyena amthumileyo.
39 Hlolani imibhalo; ngokuba nithi ninokuphila okuphakade kuyo; yiyona efakaza ngami.
40 Kodwa anithandi ukuza kimi, ukuze nibe nokuphila.
41 Angilamukeli udumo ebantwini;
42 Kepha ngiyanazi ukuthi aninalo uthando lukaNkulunkulu phakathi kwenu.
43 Mina ngize egameni likaBaba, kepha aningamukeli; uma kuza omunye ngelakhe igama, niyamamukela yena.
44 Ningakholwa kanjani nina enidumisa omunye komunye, ningaludingi udumo oluvela kuNkulunkulu yedwa na?
45 Ningacabangi ukuthi ngiyakunimangalela kuBaba; ukhona onimangalelayo, uMose enimethembayo.
46 Ngokuba uma benikholwa nguMose, beniyakukholwa yimi, ngokuba yena waloba ngami.
47 Kepha uma ningakholwa yimibhalo yakhe, niyakukholwa kanjani amazwi ami na?
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