UCanzibe 4, 2023

IZenzo 13: 13-25

13:13	Kwaye xa uPawulos nabo babenaye banduluka ngomkhombe ePafo, Bafika ePerga yasePamfili. Wemka ke uYohane kubo, wabuyela eYerusalem.
13:14	Kodwa ngokwenene, bona, bemka ePerga, wafika kwa-Antiyokwe yasePisidi. Kwaye ekungeneni kwindlu yesikhungu ngomhla weSabatha, bahlala phantsi.
13:15	Emva koko, emva kokufundwa koMthetho nabaprofeti, Abaphathi bendlu yesikhungu bathumela kubo, esithi: “Abazalwana abadumileyo, ukuba kuthe kwakho kuni ilizwi lovuselelo olu ebantwini, thetha.”
13:16	Emva koko uPawulos, ephakama ewangawangisa ngesandla ukuba kuthuleke, watsho: “Madoda akwaSirayeli, nani nimoyikayo uThixo, phulaphula ngenyameko.
13:17	UThixo woonyana bakaSirayeli wabanyula oobawo;, wabaphakamisa abantu, xa babephambukele kwilizwe laseYiputa. Kwaye ngengalo ephakamileyo, wabakhupha apho.
13:18	Kwaye kulo lonke ixesha leminyaka engamashumi amane, Wayinyamezela imikhwa yabo entlango.
13:19	Ngokutshabalalisa iintlanga ezisixhenxe ezweni lakwaKanan, wababela ilizwe labo ngeqashiso,
13:20	emva kweminyaka emalunga namakhulu amane anamashumi amahlanu. Kwaye emva kwezi zinto, wabanika abagwebi, kwada kwafika umprofeti uSamuweli.
13:21	Kwaye kamva, babongoza ukumkani. Kwaye uThixo wabanika uSawule, unyana kaKishe, indoda yesizwe sakwaBhenjamin, iminyaka engamashumi amane.
13:22	Waza wamsusa, wabavelisela ukumkani uDavide. Kwaye enikela ubungqina ngaye, uthe, ‘Ndimfumene uDavide, unyana kaYese, ndibe yindoda ngokwentliziyo yam, oya kukufeza konke endikwenzayo.’
13:23	Kwinzala yakhe, ngokweSithembiso, UThixo wazisa uYesu uMsindisi kwaSirayeli.
13:24	UYohane wayeshumayela, phambi kokufika kwakhe, ubhaptizo lwenguquko kubo bonke abantu bakwaSirayeli.
13:25	Emva koko, xa uYohane wagqiba ikhondo lakhe, Ebesitsho: ‘Andinguye lo ucinga ukuba ndinguye. Kuba, khangela!, omnye ufika emva kwam, iimbadada zeenyawo zakhe andifanelekanga ukuzikhulula.

UYohane 13: 16- 20

13:16	Amen, amen, Ndithi kuni, the servant is not greater than his Lord, and the apostle is not greater than he who sent him.
13:17	If you understand this, you shall be blessed if you will do it.
13:18	I am not speaking about all of you. I know those whom I have chosen. But this is so that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘He who eats bread with me shall lift up his heel against me.’
13:19	And I tell you this now, ngaphambi kokuba kwenzeke, so that when it has happened, you may believe that I am.
13:20	Amen, amen, Ndithi kuni, whoever receives anyone whom I send, receives me. And whoever receives me, receives him who sent me.”