Lawa ngamavesi eBhayibheli akhuluma ngawo ama-dinosaurs
UJobe 40 : 15 – 24
15 Bheka manje umbhemu engamenza kanye nawe; udla utshani njengenkomo.
16 Bheka manje, amandla akhe asezinkalweni zakhe, namandla akhe asezinkabeni zesisu sakhe.
17 Unyakazisa umsila wakhe njengomsedari; imisipha yamatshe aso iboshwe kanyekanye.
18 Imilenze yakhe injengezinsimbi zethusi; amathambo akhe anjengemigoqo yensimbi.
19 Iyinhloko yezindlela zikaNkulunkulu: Lowo owamenzayo angasondeza inkemba yakhe kuyo.
20 Impela izintaba ziyikhiphela ukudla, lapho kudlala khona zonke izilwane zasendle.
21 Ulala phansi kwemithi ethunzini, emthunzini womhlanga nasemathafeni.
22 Imithi yethunzi imsibekela ngomthunzi wayo; iminyezane yesifufula iyamhaqa.
23 Bheka, uyaphuza umfula, akasheshi; uyethemba ukuthi angakwazi ukudweba iJordani emlonyeni wakhe.
24 Uyayibamba ngamehlo, ikhala libhoboze izingibe.
U-Isaya 27 : 1
1 Ngalolo suku uJehova uyakuhambela ngenkemba yakhe enzima nenkulu nenamandla phezu kukaLeviyathani, inyoka ehlabayo, noLeviyathani inyoka eyisigwegwe; futhi iyobulala udrako osolwandle.
UJobe 40 : 15
15 Bheka manje umbhemu engamenza kanye nawe; udla utshani njengenkomo.
Amahubo 104 : 26
26 Lapho kuhamba imikhumbi; kukhona uLeviyathani owamenza ukuba adlale kulo.
UJobe 41 : 1 – 34
1 Ungamkhipha uLeviyathani ngehhuku na? noma ulimi lwakhe wehlise ngentambo?
2 Ungafaka ihhuku ekhaleni lakhe? kumbe ubhoboze umhlathi wakhe ngeva?
3 Iyakunxusa kakhulu na? uyakukhuluma amazwi athambileyo kuwe na?
4 Ingenza isivumelwano lawe yini? Uzamthatha abe yinceku kuze kube nininini?
5 Ungadlala naye njengenyoni na? noma ufuna ukumbopha ezintombini zakho?
6 Abangane bakhe bazomenzela ukudla na? bazayabela phakathi kwabathengisi yini?
7 Ungagcwalisa isikhumba sakhe ngezinsimbi ezihlabayo na? noma ikhanda lakhe linemikhonto yezinhlanzi?
8 Beka isandla sakho phezu kwayo, khumbula impi, ungabe usayenza.
9 Bheka, ithemba lakhe liyize;
10 Akakho onesihluku esingaba nesibindi sokumvusa; pho, ngubani ongema phambi kwami?
11 Ngubani ovimbile ukuba ngimbuyisele? konke okuphansi kwezulu lonke kungokwami.
12 Angiyikufihla izitho zakhe, namandla akhe, nobuhle bakhe.
13 Ngubani ongambula ubuso bengubo yakhe na? Ngubani ongangena kuye namatomu akhe aphindwe kabili na?
14 Ngubani ongavula iminyango ebusweni bayo? amazinyo akhe mabi nxazonke.
15 Izikali zakhe zingukuzidla kwakhe, zivalelwe njengophawu oluqinile.
16 Enye isondelene kakhulu kangangokuthi akunamoya ongangena phakathi kwayo.
17 Zihlangene omunye komunye, ziyanamathelana, ukuze zingehlukani.
18 Ngokuphulukisa kwakhe ukukhanya kukhanya, namehlo akhe anjengezinkophe zokusa.
19 Emlonyeni wakhe kuphuma izibani ezivuthayo, kuqhamuke izinhlansi zomlilo.
20 Emakhaleni akhe kuphuma intuthu, kungathi ivela embizeni loba epanini.
21 Ukuphefumula kwakhe kuphemba amalahle, nelangabi liphuma emlonyeni wakhe.
22 Amandla ahlala entanyeni yakhe, nosizi luphenduka intokozo phambi kwakhe.
23 Izikali zenyama yakhe zihlangene, ziqinile kuzo; azinakunyakaziswa.
24 Inhliziyo yakhe iqinile njengetshe; yebo, iqine njengetshe lokuchola elingezansi.
25 Lapho isukuma, amaqhawe ayesaba; ngenxa yesiphambeko bayazihlambulula.
26 Inkemba yoyigwazayo ayinakubamba: umkhonto, nomcibisholo, noma inkemba.
27 Insimbi uyibheka njengotshani, nethusi njengokhuni olubolile.
28 Umcibisholo awunakumyeka abaleke, amatshe endwayimana aphenduka izinhlanga kuye.
29 Izinhlanga zibalwa njengamabibi: ihleka ukunyakaziswa komkhonto.
30 Ngaphansi kwakhe kukhona amatshe abukhali; usakaza izinto ezicijile odakeni.
31 Wenza isikhukhula samanzi sibile njengekhanzi; Wenza ulwandle lube njengekhanzi lamafutha;
32 Wenza indlela yokukhanya emva kwakhe; umuntu angacabanga ukuthi utwa lumpunga.
33 Emhlabeni akakho ofana naye, owenziwa ngokungesabi.
34 Ibona konke okuphakemeyo; iyinkosi phezu kwazo zonke izidlayo.
UGenesise 1 : 24 – 31
24 UNkulunkulu wathi: “Umhlaba mawuveze izilwane eziphilayo ngezinhlobo zazo: izinkomo, nezilwanyana ezinwabuzelayo, nezilo zomhlaba ngezinhlobo zazo; futhi kwenzeka kanje.
25 UNkulunkulu wazenza izilwane zomhlaba ngezinhlobo zazo, nezinkomo ngezinhlobo zazo, nezilwanyana ezinwabuzelayo emhlabeni ngezinhlobo zazo; uNkulunkulu wabona ukuthi kuhle.
26 UNkulunkulu wathi: Masenze abantu ngomfanekiso wethu, basifuze, babuse phezu kwezinhlanzi zolwandle, phezu kwezinyoni zezulu, naphezu kwezinkomo, naphezu kwazo zonke izilwane ezinwabuzelayo emhlabeni wonke.
27 UNkulunkulu wamdala umuntu ngomfanekiso wakhe, wamdala ngomfanekiso kaNkulunkulu; wabadala owesilisa nowesifazane.
28 UNkulunkulu wababusisa, wathi kubo: Zalani, nande, nihlale emhlabeni, niwulime. Nibuse phezu kwezinhlanzi zolwandle, nezinyoni zezulu, nezilwanyana ezinwabuzelayo emhlabeni.
29 UNkulunkulu wathi: Bhekani, ngiyaninika zonke izimila ezithela imbewu, ezisemhlabeni wonke, nemithi yonke ethela izithelo ethela imbewu; kufanele kube ngukudla kini.
30 Kepha zonke izilwane zomhlaba, nezinyoni zonke zezulu, nezilwanyana ezinwabuzelayo emhlabeni, okukhona kuzo ukuphila, ngazinika zonke izitshalo eziluhlaza zibe ngukudla. Kwenzeka kanje.
31 UNkulunkulu wabheka konke akwenzileyo, wabona ukuthi kwakukuhle kakhulu. Kwahlwa, kwaba kusasa, usuku lwesithupha.