AMAHEBHERU 6 - IsiNdebele 2012 Translation

¹ Nje-ke asilise iimfundiso zokuthoma ngoKrestu siragele phambili kokuvuthiweko; singabuyi sithome phasi sibeke isisekelo: ngokuphenduka emisebenzini efileko nokukholwa kuZimu,

² isifundiso ngokubhajadiswa, ngokubekwa izandla, ngokuvuka kwabafileko nangokugwetjwa isiphelani.

³ Sizakwenza lokho uZimu nakavumako.

⁴ Kulikhuni ukubuya baphenduke labo abakhe bakhanyiselwa, banandipha isiphiwo sezulwini, badlelana noMoya oCwengileko,

⁵ banandipha ubumnandi belizwi lakaZimu namandla wephasi elitjha elizako,

⁶ nasele khebahlubuka kulikhuni ukubaphendula ngombana ngokuhlubuka kwabo babuye godu bayibethele esiphambanweni iNdodana kaZimu bayithela ngehlazo epepeneneni.

⁷ Ihlabathi emunya amanzi aphele ayinele nemilisa iintjalo ezilisizo kilabo abayilimileko, ibusiswa nguZimu.

⁸ Kodwana nangabe kumila kiyo ameva nekhula, ayinamsebenzi walitho begodu isengozini yokobana inikelelwe nguZimu nesiphelo sayo kutjhiswa ngomlilo.

⁹ Nanyana sikhuluma nje bathandekako, sineqiniso lezinto ezingcono mayelana nani, iye, izinto eziphathelene nokusindiswa.

¹⁰ UZimu akasuye ongakalungi, angekhe alibale umsebenzi eniwubonakalisileko ngebanga lakhe nisiza abacwengileko njengombana nenza nanjesi.

¹¹ Sikhanuka bona omunye nomunye wenu abonakalise ukukhuthala okunjalo ukuze niqinisekise ithemba lenu bekube sekupheleni;

¹² ningadondi, kodwana nilingise labo abathi ngokukholwa nangokunyamezela bazuza ilifa lesithembiso.

Ukuqiniseka kwesithembiso sakaZimu

¹³ Lokha uZimu athembisa u-Abrahamu, wazifunga ngaye ngombana kungekho omkhulu kunaye angamfunga,

¹⁴ wathi: “Kwamambala ngizokubusisa nokukubusisa, ngikwandise khulu.”

¹⁵ Ngokunjalo u-Abrahamu ngokunyamezela wazuza isithembiso.

¹⁶ Kanengi abantu bafunga ngaloyo omkhulu kunabo nesifungo esiqinisa okukhulunyiweko siqeda koke ukuphikisana.

¹⁷ Ngebanga lokobana uZimu wathanda khulu bona kubakhanyele kamhlophe labo abaziindlalifa zesithembiso, ukungaphenduki kobujamo behloswakhe wabuqinisa ngesifungo.

¹⁸ Wakwenza lokhu ukuze ngezinto ezimbili lezo ezingaphendukiko angekhe kwenzeke bona aleye amala; kuthi thina esiphephele kuye sikhuthale ngamandla sibambelele ethembeni elibekwe phambi kwethu.

¹⁹ Iye, ithembeli sinalo, liliqiniso nobudzimelelo bomphefumulo, kulithemba elingena endaweni ecwenge khulu ngemva kwetjhila lesisitho,

²⁰ lapha uJesu owasandulelako, waba sigijimi sokuthoma esangena lapho ngebanga lethu, sele aba mphristi ngokungapheliko ngokwendlela yakaMalkitsedekhi.