Lawa ngamavesi eBhayibheli akhuluma ngawo ukuba ngowesifazane kaNkulunkulu
1 kaPetru 3 : 3 – 6
3 Ukuhloba kwenu makungabi ngokokwangaphandle, okokwaluka izinwele, nokokufaka igolide, noma okokwembatha izingubo;
4 Kodwa makube ngumuntu osithekileyo wenhliziyo, ekuhlobeni okungaboliyo, okungomoya omnene onokuthula, okuyigugu phambi kukaNkulunkulu.
5 Ngokuba endulo bazihlobisa nabesifazane abangcwele abamethembayo uNkulunkulu, bethobela amadoda abo;
6 njengoba nje uSara wamlalela uAbrahama embiza ngokuthi nkosi;
Izaga zikaSolomoni 31 : 20
20 Uyelulela isandla sakhe kwabampofu; yebo, uyelulela izandla zakhe kwabampofu.
1 kaPetru 3 : 15
15 Kodwa ngcwelisani iNkosi uNkulunkulu ezinhliziyweni zenu, njalo lilungele ukuphendula wonke umuntu olibuza ngesizatho sethemba elikini, ngobumnene langokwesaba;
Kwabase-Efesu 5 : 1 – 33
1 Ngakho yibani ngabalingisa uNkulunkulu njengabantwana abathandekayo;
2 nihambe othandweni, njengalokho noKristu wasithanda, wazinikela ngenxa yethu, abe ngumnikelo nomhlatshelo kuNkulunkulu, abe yiphunga elimnandi.
3 Kepha ubufebe, nakho konke ukungcola, noma isangabe, makungaphathwa nakanye phakathi kwenu, njengokuba kufanele abangcwele;
4 namanyala, nenkulumo yobuwula, nokuntela, okuyizinto ezingafanele, kepha kunalokho ukubonga.
5 Ngokuba niyakwazi lokhu, ukuthi akukho sifebe, noma ongcolileyo, noma onesangabe ongokhonza izithombe, onefa embusweni kaKristu noNkulunkulu.
6 Makungabikho onikhohlisayo ngamazwi ayize, ngokuba ngenxa yalezo zinto ulaka lukaNkulunkulu lwehlela phezu kwabantwana bokungalaleli.
7 Ngakho-ke ningabi ngabahlanganyeli nabo.
8 Ngokuba nanikade nibubumnyama, kepha manje ningukukhanya eNkosini; hambani njengabantwana bokukhanya;
9 (Ngokuba isithelo sikaMoya sikubo bonke ubuhle nokulunga neqiniso;)
10 nihlola ukuthi kuyini okwamukelekayo eNkosini.
11 Futhi ningabi nenhlanganyelo nemisebenzi yobumnyama engatheli, kodwa kunalokho niyisole.
12 Ngoba izinto ezenziwa yibo ekusithekeni kulihlazo lokukhuluma.
13 Kodwa konke okusolwayo kubonakaliswa ngukukhanya, ngoba konke okubonakaliswayo kungukukhanya.
14 Ngakho uthi: Vuka wena oleleyo, uvuke kwabafileyo, uKristu uzakukukhanyisa.
15 Ngakho bhekisisani ukuthi nihamba kanjani, kungabi njengeziwula kodwa njengabahlakaniphileyo;
16 nithengisise isikhathi, ngokuba izinsuku zimbi.
17 Ngakho ningabi ngabangahlakaniphileyo, kodwa niqonde okuyintando yeNkosi.
18 Futhi ningadakwa yiwayini, lapho kukhona ukuganga; kodwa gcwaliswani ngoMoya;
19 nikhulumisana ngamahubo, nangezihlabelelo, nangamaculo okomoya, nihlabelele, nihubele eNkosini enhliziyweni yenu;
20 nimbonga njalo uNkulunkulu uBaba ngakho konke egameni leNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu;
21 nizithoba omunye komunye ngokwesaba uNkulunkulu.
22 Bafazi, thobelani amadoda enu kungathi kukuyo iNkosi.
23 Ngokuba indoda iyinhloko yomfazi, njengokuba noKristu eyinhloko yebandla, yena engumsindisi womzimba.
24 Ngakho-ke njengokuba ibandla lithobela uKristu, kanjalo nabafazi mabathobele amadoda abo kukho konke.
25 Madoda, thandani omkenu, njengalokho noKristu walithanda ibandla, wazinikela ngenxa yalo;
26 ukuze alingcwelise, alihlambulule ngesigezo samanzi ngezwi;
27 ukuze azimise phambi kwakhe ibandla elinenkazimulo, elingenasisihla, noma umbimbi, nanto enjalo; kodwa ukuthi libe ngcwele njalo lingelasici.
28 Kanjalo amadoda afanele ukuthanda omkawo njengemizimba yawo. Othanda umkakhe uzithanda yena.
29 Ngokuba akakho owake wazonda eyakhe inyama; kodwa uyayondla futhi ayinakekele, njengoba nje neNkosi ibandla.
30 Ngokuba singamalungu omzimba wakhe, awenyama yakhe, singamathambo akhe.
31 Ngalokho indoda iyakushiya uyise nonina, inamathele kumkayo, futhi labo ababili bayakuba nyamanye.
32 Le yimfihlakalo enkulu, kepha ngikhuluma ngoKristu nebandla.
33 Nokho-ke yilowo nalowo kini makathande umkakhe njengalokhu ezithanda yena; nomfazi makahloniphe indoda yakhe.
KwabaseFilipi 4 : 6
6 Ningakhathazeki ngalutho; kodwa kukho konke izicelo zenu mazaziwe nguNkulunkulu ngokukhuleka nokunxusa kanye nokubonga.
U-Isaya 40 : 28 – 31
28 Beningazi na? Anizwanga yini ukuthi uNkulunkulu waphakade, uJehova, uMdali wemikhawulo yomhlaba, akakhathali, akakhathali? akukho ukuhlolwa komqondo wakhe.
29 Unika okhatheleyo amandla; nakulabo abangenawo amandla, uyabandisa amandla.
30 Ngisho nezinsizwa ziyokhathala futhi zikhathale, nezinsizwa ziyowa ngokuphelele.
31 Kepha abamethembayo uJehova bathola amandla amasha; bayakukhuphuka ngamaphiko njengezinkozi; bayogijima bangakhathali; futhi bayohamba bangadangali.
KwabaseFilipi 4 : 13
13 Ngingakwenza konke ngaye ongiqinisayo.
Kwabase-Efesu 4 : 25 – 32
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.
Kwabase-Efesu 5 : 16
16 nithengisise isikhathi, ngokuba izinsuku zimbi.
1 kwabaseThesalonika 5 : 11
11 Ngakho-ke duduzanani kanyekanye, nakhane, njengalokhu nisenza.
Kwabase-Efesu 4 : 29
29 Makungaphumi nkulumo eyonakele emlonyeni wenu, kodwa kube kuhle kube kuhle kube nokwakhayo, ukuze kube umusa kwabezwayo.
Izaga zikaSolomoni 31 : 28
28 Abantwana bakhe bayasukuma bathi ubusisiwe; nomyeni wakhe, futhi uyamncoma.
Amahubo 20 : 4
4 Faka enhliziyweni yakho wenze wonke amasu akho.
UJeremiya 17 : 7 – 8
7 Ubusisiwe umuntu othemba kuJehova nothemba lakhe linguJehova.
8 Ngokuba uyakuba njengomuthi otshalwe ngasemanzini, onabe izimpande zawo ngasemfuleni, angaboni lapho kufika ukushisa, kepha amaqabunga awo ayakuba luhlaza; futhi ayiyikuyeka ngonyaka wesomiso, futhi ayiyikuyeka ukuthela.
1 kaJohane 4 : 7
7 Bathandekayo, masithandane, ngokuba uthando luvela kuNkulunkulu; futhi wonke onothando uzelwe nguNkulunkulu, futhi uyamazi uNkulunkulu.
U-Isaya 58 : 11
11 UJehova uyakukuhola njalo, asuthise umphefumulo wakho endaweni yokomisa, akhuluphalise amathambo akho; futhi uyoba njengensimu eniselwayo nanjengomthombo omanzi awo anganqamuki.
Izaga zikaSolomoni 14 : 1 – 35
1 Wonke owesifazane ohlakaniphileyo uyakha indlu yakhe, kepha oyisiwula uyayidiliza ngezandla zakhe.
2 Ohamba ngobuqotho uyamesaba uJehova; kepha omubi ezindleleni zakhe uyamdelela.
3 Emlonyeni weziwula kukhona induku yokuziqhenya, kepha izindebe zabahlakaniphileyo ziyabalondoloza.
4 Lapho kungekho zinkomo, umkhombe uhlanzekile;
5 Ufakazi othembekileyo akaqambi amanga, kodwa ufakazi wamanga uphafuza amanga.
6 Isideleli sifuna ukuhlakanipha, singakutholi, kepha ukwazi kulula koqondileyo.
7 Suka ebusweni bomuntu oyisiwula, uba ungaboni izindebe zolwazi kuye.
8 Ukuhlakanipha kohlakaniphileyo kungukuqonda indlela yakhe, kepha ubuwula beziwula buyinkohliso.
9 Iziwula zihleka usulu isono, kepha phakathi kwabalungileyo kukhona umusa.
10 Inhliziyo iyakwazi umunyu wayo; nomfokazi akamxubi nenjabulo yakhe.
11 Indlu yababi izachithwa, kodwa ithabhanekele labaqotho lizahluma.
12 Kukhona indlela ebonakala ilungile kumuntu, kepha ukuphela kwayo kuyindlela yokufa.
13 Nasekuhlekeni inhliziyo idabukile; futhi isiphetho saleyo njabulo sinzima.
14 Oyisihlubuki enhliziyweni uyeneliswa zindlela zakhe, nomuntu omuhle uyeneliswa nguye.
15 Ongenalwazi uyakholwa ngamazwi onke, kepha oqondileyo uyaqaphela izindlela zakhe.
16 Umuntu ohlakaniphileyo uyesaba, abaleke ebubini, kepha isiwula siyafutheka, sinesibindi.
17 Oshesha ukuthukuthela wenza ubuwula, nomuntu onamacebo amabi uyazondwa.
18 Ifa labangenalwazi lizuza ubuwula, kodwa abahlakaniphileyo bathweswa umqhele wokwazi.
19 Ababi bakhothama phambi kwabalungileyo; nababi emasangweni abalungileyo.
20 Ompofu uyazondwa nangumakhelwane wakhe, kepha abanothileyo banabangane abaningi.
21 Odelela umakhelwane wakhe uyona; kepha ohawukela abampofu, ubusisiwe.
22 Abaduki yini abaceba okubi na? kodwa umusa neqiniso kuyoba kulabo abacabanga kahle.
23 Kuwo wonke umshikashika kukhona inzuzo, kepha ukukhuluma kwezindebe kukhombisa ukwehluleka.
24 Umqhele wabahlakaniphileyo uyinotho yabo, kepha ubuwula beziwula buwubuwula.
25 Ufakazi weqiniso usindisa imiphefumulo, kodwa ufakazi wamanga uphafuza amanga.
26 Ekumesabeni uJehova kukhona ithemba elinamandla, nabantwana bakhe bayakuba nesiphephelo.
27 Ukumesaba uJehova kungumthombo wokuphila, ukuze kudeke ezingibeni zokufa.
28 Ngobuningi babantu udumo lwenkosi lukhona, kepha ngokuswelakala kwabantu kukhona ukuchithwa kwesikhulu.
29 Obekezelayo unokuqonda okukhulu, kepha onamawala emoyeni uphakamisa ubuwula.
30 Inhliziyo ephilileyo ingukuphila kwenyama, kepha inomhawu ngokubola kwamathambo.
31 Ocindezela ompofu usola uMenzi wakhe; kepha omdumisayo uhawukela abampofu.
32 Omubi uyaxoshwa ebubini bakhe, kepha olungileyo ulindela ukufa kwakhe.
33 Ukuhlakanipha kuhlezi enhliziyweni yoqondileyo, kodwa okuphakathi kweziwula kuyaziwa.
34 Ukulunga kuyasiphakamisa isizwe, kodwa isono siyisihlamba ebantwini bonke.
35 Umusa wenkosi ungowenceku ehlakaniphileyo, kepha ulaka lwayo luphezu kowenza amahloni.
1 kaPetru 3 : 1 – 22
1 Ngokunjalo, bafazi, thobelani amadoda enu; ukuze kuthi, uma bekhona abangalilaleli izwi, bazuzwe ngaphandle kwezwi ngenkambo yabafazi;
2 bebona inkambo yenu emhlophe kanye nokwesaba.
3 Ukuhloba kwenu makungabi ngokokwangaphandle, okokwaluka izinwele, nokokufaka igolide, noma okokwembatha izingubo;
4 Kodwa makube ngumuntu osithekileyo wenhliziyo, ekuhlobeni okungaboliyo, okungomoya omnene onokuthula, okuyigugu phambi kukaNkulunkulu.
5 Ngokuba endulo bazihlobisa nabesifazane abangcwele abamethembayo uNkulunkulu, bethobela amadoda abo;
6 njengoba nje uSara wamlalela uAbrahama embiza ngokuthi nkosi;
7 Kanjalo nani madoda, hlalani nabo ngokokwazi, nibanike udumo njengesitsha esibuthakathaka kakhudlwana, nanjengezindlalifa kanye nani zomusa wokuphila; ukuze imikhuleko yenu ithiye.
8 Elokugcina manibe nomqondo munye nonke, nihawukelane, nithandane njengabazalwane, nihawukele, nibe nomusa;
9 ningaphindiseli okubi ngokubi, nokuthuka ngokuthuka, kodwa ngokuphambene nibusise; nazi ukuthi nabizelwa lokho, ukuze nidle ifa lesibusiso.
10 Ngokuba lowo othanda ukuphila, nokubona izinsuku ezinhle, makabambe ulimi lwakhe kokubi, nezindebe zakhe zingakhulumi inkohliso;
11 Makagweme okubi, enze okuhle; makafune ukuthula, akulandele.
12 Ngokuba amehlo eNkosi aphezu kwabalungileyo, nezindlebe zayo zisemikhulekweni yabo; kepha ubuso beNkosi bumelene nabenza okubi.
13 Ngubani onganilimaza, uma nilingisa okuhle na?
14 Kepha uma nihlupheka ngenxa yokulunga, nibusisiwe;
15 Kodwa ngcwelisani iNkosi uNkulunkulu ezinhliziyweni zenu, njalo lilungele ukuphendula wonke umuntu olibuza ngesizatho sethemba elikini, ngobumnene langokwesaba;
16 Lilonembeza omuhle; ukuze kuthi lapho benihleba ngokungathi ningabenzi bokubi, bajabhe labo abaqamba amanga ukuziphatha kwenu okuhle kuKristu.
17 Ngokuba kungcono ukuhlupheka ngokwenza okuhle, uma kuyintando kaNkulunkulu, kunokuhlupheka nenza okubi.
18 Ngokuba noKristu wahlupheka kwaba kanye ngenxa yezono, olungileyo ngenxa yabangalungile, ukuze asiyise kuNkulunkulu, ebulawa enyameni, kodwa ephiliswa ngoMoya;
19 Ngakho wahamba washumayela imimoya esetilongweni;
20 Eyayingalaleli ngesinye isikhathi, lapho ukubekezela kukaNkulunkulu kulindile ezinsukwini zikaNowa, kusakhiwa umkhumbi, okwasindiswa ngawo abayingcosana, okungukuthi, imiphefumulo eyisishiyagalombili.
21 Umfanekiso onjengawo umbhapathizo osusisindisa ngawo manje, kungesikho ukususa insila yenyama, kodwa impendulo kanembeza omuhle kuNkulunkulu, ngokuvuka kukaJesu Kristu;
22 Owenyukela ezulwini, ongakwesokunene sikaNkulunkulu; izingelosi, namandla, namandla, kuthotshiswe phansi kwakhe.
KuThithu 2 : 1 – 15
1 Kepha wena khuluma izinto ezifanele isifundiso esiphilileyo;
2 ukuze amadoda amadala abe ahluzekile, ahloniphekile, aqondileyo, aphilile ekukholweni, othandweni, nasekubekezeleni.
3 Ngokunjalo nabesifazane asebekhulile baziphathe ngendlela efanele ubungcwele, bangabi ngabahlebi, bangabi yizigqila zewayini eliningi, babe abafundisi bokuhle;
4 ukuze bafundise abesifazane abasha ukuba nezithiyo, bathande abayeni babo, bathande abantwana babo,
5 babe ngabaqondayo, abamhlophe, abagcina imizi, abalungile, abathobela amadoda abo, ukuze izwi likaNkulunkulu lingahlanjalazwa.
6 Ngokunjalo amajaha ayale ukuthi ahluze.
7 Ezintweni zonke uzibonakalise uyisiboniso semisebenzi emihle: esifundiseni ukhombisa ukungonakali, ukulunga, ubuqotho,
8 Inkulumo ephilileyo engenakulahlwa; ukuze ophambeneyo abe namahloni, engenalutho olubi angalusho ngani.
9 Yala izinceku ukuba zilalele amakhosi azo, zibathokozise ezintweni zonke; angaphenduli futhi;
10 ingazenzisi, kodwa ibonise ukwethembeka konke okuhle; ukuze bahlotshise imfundiso kaNkulunkulu uMsindisi wethu ezintweni zonke.
11 Ngoba umusa kaNkulunkulu oletha insindiso usubonakalisiwe ebantwini bonke;
12 Isifundisa ukuthi, sidele ukungamesabi uNkulunkulu nezinkanuko zezwe, sihambe ngokuqonda, nangokulunga, nangokumesaba uNkulunkulu kuleli zwe lamanje;
13 silindele ithemba elibusisiweyo, nokubonakala kwenkazimulo kaNkulunkulu omkhulu noMsindisi wethu uJesu Kristu;
14 owazinikela ngenxa yethu, ukuze asihlenge kubo bonke ububi, futhi azihlambulule isizwe esiyisizwe, esishisekela imisebenzi emihle.
15 Khuluma lezizinto, uyale, ukhuze ngawo wonke amandla. Makungabikho muntu okudelelayo.
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