iGenesis 1 - Contemporary Xhosa Bible 2024

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¹ Ekuqaleni uThixo wayephezu kwezulu nehlabathi.

² Umhlaba wawusenyanyeni, ungento; Kwabakho ubumnyama phezu konogumbe womhlaba kwaye uMoya kaThixo wawuhamba phezu kwamanzi.

³ Wathi uThixo, Makubekho ukukhanya, kwabakho ukukhanya.

⁴ Wakubona ke uThixo ukukhanya ukuba kulungile, wahlula uThixo phakathi kokukhanya nobumnyama.

⁵ Wathi uThixo ukukhanya yiMini, wathi ubumnyama bubusuku. Kwabakho ke ubusuku, kwasa. Yayilusuku lokuqala.

⁶ Wathi uThixo, Makubekho ithuba phakathi kwamanzi, ube ngukwahlula amanzi esibhakabhakeni.

⁷ uThixo wenza isithuba, wawahlula amanzi angaphantsi kwaloo ndawo kumanzi angaphezu kwawo.

⁸ Wawabiza uThixo amazulu, kwahlwa, kwasa ke ngowesibini umhla.

⁹ Wathi uThixo, Amanzi angaphantsi kwamazulu makahlanganiselwe ndaweni-nye, kubonakale okomileyo. Kwaye kwenzeka.

¹⁰ Umhlaba owomileyo uthi ngumhlaba; yaye indibano yamanzi walubiza ulwandle, yaye uThixo wabona ukuba kulungile.

¹¹ Wathi uThixo, Umhlaba mawuphume uhlaza, nemifuno evelisa imbewu, nemithi eyenza iziqhamo ngohlobo lwayo, embewu ikuyo, emhlabeni. Kwaye kwenzeka.

¹² Umhlaba waphuma uhlaza, nemifuno evelisa imbewu ngohlobo lwayo, nemithi eyenza iziqhamo, embewu yayo ngohlobo lwayo. Wabona uThixo ukuba kulungile.

¹³ Kwahlwa, kwasa ke ngomhla wesithathu.

¹⁴ Wathi uThixo, Makubekho izikhanyiso esibhakabhakeni, ukuba zahlule imini kubusuku; kwaye makubekho imiqondiso namaxesha nemihla neminyaka.

¹⁵ Mababe njengezikhanyiso esibhakabhakeni, zokukhanyisela ihlabathi; kwaye kwenzeka ngolu hlobo.

¹⁶ Wenza uThixo izikhanyiso ezikhulu zazibini; Isikhanyiso esikhulu ukuba silawule imini, nesikhanyiso esincinane ukuba silawule imini; Wenza neenkwenkwezi.

¹⁷ Wazibeka uThixo esibhakabhakeni ukuba zikhanyise emhlabeni;

¹⁸ nokuba zilawule imini nobusuku, zikwahlule ukukhanya nobumnyama. Wabona uThixo ukuba kulungile.

¹⁹ Kwahlwa, kwasa ke ngomhla wesine.

²⁰ Utsho uThixo ukuthi, Amanzi mawanyakazise imiphefumlo ephilileyo, neentaka eziphaphazelayo emazulwini;

²¹ Wenza uThixo oominenga mikhulu, nayo yonke imiphefumlo ephilileyo enambuzelayo, awanyakazela ngayo amanzi ngohlobo lwayo, neentaka zonke ezinamaphiko ngohlobo lwazo. Wabona uThixo ukuba kulungile.

²² Wazisikelela uThixo, wathi, Qhamani, nande, niwazalise amanzi olwandle;

²³ Kwahlwa, kwaza kwaba ngumhla wesihlanu ngengomso.

²⁴ Wathi uThixo, Umhlaba mawuphume imiphefumlo ephilileyo ngohlobo lwayo: izinto ezizitho zine, nezinambuzane, nezinto eziphilileyo zomhlaba ngohlobo lwazo. Kwaye kwenzeka ngolu hlobo.

²⁵ Wenza uThixo izinto eziphilileyo zomhlaba ngohlobo lwazo, nezinto ezizitho zine ngohlobo lwazo, nezinto zonke ezinyakazelayo emhlabeni ngohlobo lwazo. Wabona uThixo ukuba kulungile.

²⁶ Wathi uThixo, Masenze abantu ngokomfanekiselo wethu ngokufana nathi, babe nobukhosi ezintlanzini zolwandle, nasezintakeni zezulu, nasezintweni ezizitho zine, nasezinambuzaneni zonke ezinambuzelayo ehlabathini.

²⁷ Wamdala ke uThixo umntu ngokomfanekiselo wakhe; wadala indoda nenkazana.

²⁸ Wabasikelela uThixo, wathi kubo, Qhamani, nande, nihlale emhlabeni, niwulime; nobukhosi ezintlanzini zolwandle, nasezintakeni zezulu, nasezintweni zonke eziphilileyo ezinambuzelayo emhlabeni.

²⁹ Wathi uThixo, Yabonani, ndininika yonke imithi evelisa imbewu, esemhlabeni wonke, nemithi yonke evelisa iziqhamo, ethwala imbewu; mayibe kukutya kwakho.

³⁰ Kodwa zonke izinto eziphilileyo zehlabathi, neentaka zonke zezulu, nezinambuzane zonke ezisemhlabeni, ezihleli phezu kwazo, ndizinikele kuzo zonke imifuno ephuma kuyo ukuba zibe kukudla. Kwenzeke ngolu hlobo.

³¹ Wakukhangela uThixo konke akwenzileyo, nanko, ukuba kulungile kunene. Kwahlwa, kwasa ke ngomhla wesithandathu.