1:1 |
Yude, umkhonzi kaYesu Kristu, nomzalwana kaYakobi, kwabo baziintanda kuThixo uYise, nabagciniweyo nababiziweyo kuYesu Kristu: |
1:2 |
Yanga inceba, noxolo, kwaye uthando luzaliseke kuni. |
1:3 |
Zintanda kakhulu, nikhuthalele ukunibhalela ngalo usindiso esidlelana ngalo, Ndibone kuyimfuneko ukuba ndinibhalele, ndinibongoze ukuba niluzamele ukholo abalunikelwayo kwaba kanye abangcwele.. |
1:4 |
Kuba kwangena amadoda athile engabonakali, ababebhalwe ngenxa engaphambili ukuza kulo umgwebo: abangendawo abaluguqula ke ubabalo lukaThixo wethu, lube kukuzifica kubo, nabamkhanyelayo okuphela koMlawuli neNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu. |
1:5 |
Ngoko ke ndifuna ukukulumkisa. Abo babekhe bazi yonke into eyenziwa nguYesu, ekusindiseni abantu ezweni laseYiputa, kamva batshabalala ngenxa yokuba bengakholwa. |
1:6 |
Kwaye ngokwenene, iiNgelosi, abangazange bayigcine indawo yabo yokuqala, kodwa endaweni yoko bawashiya amakhaya abo, Ubagcine ngemixokelelwane engunaphakade phantsi kobumnyama, kude kube yimini enkulu yomgwebo. |
1:7 |
KwaneSodom neGomora, nezixeko ezimelene nayo, ngeendlela ezifanayo, bezinikele kuhenyuzo nokusukelana nenyama, benziwa umzekelo, beva isohlwayo somlilo ongunaphakade. |
1:8 |
Ngokufanayo kwakhona, abo okunene badyobha inyama, yaye bayalidela igunya elililo, kwaye banyelisa ubungangamsha. |
1:9 |
Xa uMikayeli Isiphatha-zingelosi, ephikisana nomtyholi, Bazama ngawo umzimba kaMoses, akabanga nabuganga bakumzisela umgwebo wonyeliso, ngoko endaweni yoko wathi: “UYehova uyakuyalela.” |
1:10 |
Kodwa aba bantu ngokuqinisekileyo bayanyelisa nantoni na abangayiqondiyo. Kwaye u, nokuba yintoni na, njengezilwanyana ezizimumu, yazi ngokwendalo, zonakalisa ngezo zinto. |
1:11 |
Yeha ke bona!! Ngokuba balandela indlela kaKayin, Bathulula ubugwenxa bukaBhileham ngenxa yenzuzo, kwaye batshabalele kwimvukelo kaKora. |
1:12 |
Aba bazenza iinqambi emathekweni abo;, besonwaba, bezondla, bengoyiki; amafu angenamanzi, ezikhukuliswa ngapha nangapha yimimoya; imithi yasekwindla, abangenasiqhamo, wafa kabini, uncothulwe; |
1:13 |
amaza alatyuzayo olwandle, bebila amagwebu ngenxa yokudideka kwabo; iinkwenkwezi ezibhadulayo, abo bagcinelwe uqhwithela lobumnyama ngonaphakade! |
1:14 |
Kwaye malunga nezi, UEnoki, owesixhenxe kuAdam, naye waprofeta, esithi: “Khangela!, uYehova uyeza enamawakawaka benceba bakhe, |
1:15 |
ukuba ibagwebe bonke, ebohlwayeni bonke abangendawo, ngenxa yemisebenzi yabo yonke yokungahloneli Thixo, abaye benza ububi ngayo, nangazo zonke izinto ezilukhuni, abathe aboni abangahloneli Thixo bazithethe kuThixo. |
1:16 |
Aba ngabakhalazi abakhalazayo, behamba ngokweenkanuko zabo. Nomlomo wabo uthetha ikratshi, ukuncoma abantu ngenxa yenzuzo. |
1:17 |
Kodwa wena, kakhulu zintanda, Khumbula amazwi axelwe kwangaphambili ngabapostile beNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu, |
1:18 |
ngubani na okuxelele oko, ngexesha lokugqibela, kwakuza kufika abagculeli, behamba ngokweenkanuko zabo, kwizinto ezimbi. |
1:19 |
Aba ngabo bazahlulayo; zizilwanyana, abangenaye uMoya. |
1:20 |
Kodwa wena, kakhulu zintanda, nizakhe ngokholo lwenu olulolona lungcwele, nithandaza nikuMoya oyiNgcwele, |
1:21 |
zigcineni eluthandweni lukaThixo, silinde inceba yeNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu kuse ebomini obungunaphakade. |
1:22 |
Ngoko ngokuqinisekileyo, bohlwaye, emva kokuba begwetyiwe. |
1:23 |
Kodwa ngokwenene, basindise, bebahlutha emlilweni. Uze ube nenceba kwabanye: ngoloyiko, nithiye kwanaleyo yenyama, Ingubo engcolileyo. |
1:24 |
Emva koko, kulowo unako ukunikhulula esonweni, nokunimisa, emsulwa, ngokugcoba, phambi kokufika kobuqaqawuli bakhe ekufikeni kweNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu, |
1:25 |
kuThixo okuphela kwamzeleyo, uMsindisi wethu, ngoYesu Kristu iNkosi yethu: kuye makubekho uzuko nobungangamela, ulawulo namandla, ngaphambi kwayo yonke iminyaka, kwaye ngoku, nakuzo zonke izigaba zexesha, ngonaphakade. Amen. |