Umuntfu abetsi nase afa angibusise, ngangitijabulisa tinhlitiyo tebafelokati, tihlabele.
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Umuntfu abetsi nase afa angibusise, ngangitijabulisa tinhlitiyo tebafelokati, tihlabele.
“Nangabe angikahlangabetani neticelo talabamphofu, nome-ke ngenta emehlo emfelokati aphophota tinyembeti,
Sive sakho siyawutinikela mhlazana ulwa netitsa takho, emabutfo akho ayawuta kuwe ahlobe ngemvunulo lengcwele, ayawuvela njengematolo asentsatsakusa.
Shangatsi kungaba nenala emasimini, lenala isibekele ticongo tetintsaba, kube tiphihli, sincane setihlahla taseLebanoni. Shangatsi lamadolobha angagcwala bantfu, babe ngangetjani.
nifundze kwenta lokulungile! Funani umtsetfocotfo, nikhutsate labacindzetelwe. Vikelani labo labate boyise, niyimele indzaba yemfelokati.”
Ngemalanga letako, Jakobe uyawumila timphandze asime, Israyeli uyawuhluma achakaze timbali, agcwalise umhlaba wonkhe ngetitselo.
Kuyawuvela kubo tingoma tekubonga nemsindvo wekujabula. Ngiyawubandzisa ngebunyenti bangete bancishiswa; ngiyawubenta bahlonipheke, futsi bangeke bedzeleleke.
Kuwe tikhulu tabaphatsa kabi boyise, nabonina tabedzelela; ekhatsi kuwe tabacindzetela betive, taphatsa kabi intsandzane nemfelokati.
“Ngako, ngiyawusondzela kini kutakwehlulela. Ngiyawushesha kutsi ngifakaze ngimelane netangoma, netiphingi, nabofakazi bemanga, ngimelane nalabo labadlelela tisebenti emaholo ato, labo labacindzetela bafelokati netintsandzane, bemuke betive emalungelo abo, kodvwa bangangesabi mine,” kusho Simakadze longuSomandla.
“Maye kini, bafundzisi bemtsetfo nebaFarisi! Batentisi! Nivimbela bantfu umbuso welizulu, nibe nine ningangeni, nebantfu labafuna kungena anibavumeli kutsi bangene. [
Labanye babo babengemadvodza aseSiphrosi naseSirene labatsi nabefika e-Antiyokhi batjela nebetive livi leNkhosi, babashumayela liVangeli lekutsi Jesu yiNkhosi.
Kwatsi lapho amkhandza, wamletsa e-Antiyokhi. Umnyaka wonkhe bobabili babehlanganyela nebantfu belibandla, babefundzisa sicuku lesikhulu. Kwakuse-Antiyokhi lapho bafundzi babitwa kwekucala ngekutsi ngemaKhristu.
Bafundzi bavumelana kutsi ngulowo nalowo atfumele loko langakutfumela kusita bazalwane baseJudiya.
Labo labalemukela livi lakhe babhajatiswa; babengacishe babe ti-3 000 tebantfu letengetelwa kubo ngalelo langa.
Batsengisa ngetitandi, nangemapulazi nangetimphahla tabo bentela kwenetisana ngaleyo mali, kuye ngekutsi lowo nalowo udzingani.
badvumisa Nkulunkulu, babetsandzeka kubo bonkhe bantfu. Onkhe emalanga iNkhosi yayibengetela ngalabo babesindziswa.
Kodvwa lesicuku sabo sengeteka kakhulu ngebantfu labakholwa eNkhosini, labadvuna nalabasikati.
Watsi: “Saniyalisisa kutsi ningafundzisi ngelibito lalomuntfu, kodvwa ase nibuke lesenikwentile! Senisakate lemfundziso yenu yaze yagcwala lonkhe lelidolobha laseJerusalema, senifuna kutsi sibe nelicala ngekufa kwakhe!”
Ngako-ke baphostoli labali-12 babita umhlangano, bahlanganisa sonkhe sicumbi sebafundzi batsi: “Akukafaneli kutsi tsine siyekele kushumayela livi laNkulunkulu bese siyawuphatsa timali.
Ngako-ke livi laNkulunkulu lachubeka landza kakhulu. Nebunyenti bebafundzi eJerusalema bandza kakhulu, kantsi nelinyenti lebaphristi lakwemukela kukholwa.
Ngako Phetro watilungisela wahamba nabo. Nasafikile bamtsatsa bamyisa kulendlu leyayisesitezi. Bonkhe bafelokati bamsingatsa, bakhala bamkhombisa emahembe nemajazi labentiwe nguDokhasi asengakafi.
Phetro wambamba ngesandla wamsukumisa. Wase ubita emakholwa nebafelokati, wabanika yena asaphilile.
nakungusenkonzweni yemsebenti, asitinikele kuyo; umfundzisi akasebentise sipho sakhe ekufundziseni.
BangemaHebheru yini? Nami nginguye. Bangema-Israyeli yini? Nami nginguye. Batitukulwane ta-Abrahama yini? Mine-ke ngingiso.
“Niyawutsi nase nicedzile kwehlukanisa kwelishumi kwato tonkhe tivuno temhlaba wenu ngemnyaka wesitsatfu, lekunguwona mnyaka wekwelishumi, niyawukunika emaLevi, tindzindzi, netintsandzane, nebafelokati, kuze badle besutse emadolobheni enu.
Ngobe ngasokwa ngelilanga lesiphohlongo, futsi ngiweluhlanga lwaka-Israyeli, wesive sakaBhenjamini, umHebheru wemaHebheru; ngekwemtsetfo ngingumFarisi.
Kukholwa lokumsulwa lokungenasici embikwaNkulunkulu longuBabe ngunaku: kuhambela tintsandzane nebafelokati elusizini lwabo, nekutigcina ungangcoliswa live.
Nome-ke nicabanga kutsi kulite yini loku lokushiwo ngumBhalo, kutsi: “LoMoya, lambeka kitsi Nkulunkulu uyafutselana, kantsi futsi unesikhwele ngatsi”?