dk5:33, 2:37
dv22:20, 8:1

‏ Acts 7

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1Umpristi omkhulu wasesithi: Kambe lezizinto zinjalo? 2Wasesithi: Madoda, bazalwane labobaba, lalelani a. UNkulunkulu wenkazimulo wabonakala kubaba wethu uAbrahama eseMesopotamiya b, engakahlali eHarani c, 3wasesithi kuye: Phuma elizweni lakini lezihlotsheni zakho, uze elizweni engizakutshengisa lona d. 4Wasesuka elizweni lamaKhaladiya wahlala eHarani e; kwathi esuka lapho, emva kokufa kukayise f, wamsusa wamhlalisa kulelilizwe elihlezi kilo lina khathesi g; 5kodwa kamnikanga ilifa kilo, hatshi lanyathela h; kodwa wathembisa ukumnika lona libe ngelakhe, lelenzalo yakhe emva kwakhe i, engakabi lamntwana j. 6UNkulunkulu wasekhuluma kanje esithi inzalo yakhe izakuba yisihambi elizweni lemzini, bazayenza isigqili bazayiphatha kubi k, iminyaka engamakhulu amane l; 7kodwa lesosizwe, abazakuba yizigqili kuso, ngizasigweba mina, kutsho uNkulunkulu; njalo emva kwalezizinto bazaphuma, bangikhonze kulindawo m. 8Wasemnika isivumelwano sokusoka n; ngokunjalo wazala uIsaka, wamsoka ngosuku lwesificaminwembili o; loIsaka wazala uJakobe p, loJakobe q okhokho abalitshumi lambili r. 9Okhokho s basebesiba lomona t bathengisa uJosefa eGibhithe u; kodwa uNkulunkulu wayelaye v, 10wasemkhulula kuzo zonke inhlupheko zakhe, wamnika umusa lenhlakanipho phambi kukaFaro inkosi yeGibhithe; wasembeka ukuba ngumbusi phezu kweGibhithe lowendlu yakhe yonke w. 11Kwasekufika indlala elizweni lonke leGibhithe leleKhanani, lokuhlupheka okukhulu; labobaba bethu kabatholanga ukudla x. 12Kodwa uJakobe esezwile ukuthi kukhona amabele eGibhithe, wathuma obaba bethu okokuqala y. 13Kwathi ngokwesibili z uJosefa waziswa kubafowabo aa, labakibo kaJosefa babonakaliswa kuFaro ab. 14UJosefa wasethumela wabizela kuye uyise uJakobe ac, lalo lonke usendo lwakhe ad, kulemiphefumulo ae engamatshumi ayisikhombisa lanhlanu af. 15UJakobe wasesehlela eGibhithe ag, wasesifa yena ah labobaba bethu ai; 16basebethwalelwa aj eShikemi ak, balaliswa engcwabeni uAbrahama ayelithenge ngentengo yemali al kumadodana kaHamori am , an weShikemi ao. 17Kwathi sesisondele isikhathi sesithembiso uNkulunkulu ayesifunge kuAbrahama ap, bakhula abantu banda eGibhithe aq, 18kwaze kwavela enye inkosi, eyayingamazi uJosefa ar. 19Yona yasiphatha ngobuqili isizukulu sakithi, yabahlupha obaba bethu as, ukubalahlisa insane zabo at, ukuze zingaphili au. 20Ngalesosikhathi kwazalwa uMozisi av, waba muhle kuNkulunkulu; owondliwa endlini kayise inyanga ezintathu aw. 21Eselahliwe, indodakazi kaFaro yamdobha, yazondlela yena ukuthi abe yindodana ax. 22Njalo uMozisi wafundiswa kuyo yonke inhlakanipho yamaGibhithe ay; wasesiba lamandla ngamazwi langemisebenzi az. 23Kwathi eselesikhathi seminyaka engamatshumi amane agcweleyo, kwafika enhliziyweni yakhe ba ukuthi ahambele abafowabo abantwana bakoIsrayeli bb. 24Kwathi ebona omunye ephathwa kubi, wamvikela wamphindisela ohlutshwayo, watshaya umGibhithe; 25njalo wayethemba ukuthi abafowabo bazaqedisisa ukuthi uNkulunkulu ubanika inkululeko ngesandla sakhe; kodwa kabaqedisisanga. 26Njalo ngosuku olulandelayo wazibonakalisa kubo ababesilwa, wabalamula ngamandla, esithi: Madoda, lingabazalwane; liphathanelani kubi bc? 27Kodwa lowo owayemona umakhelwane wamsunduza, esithi: Ubekwe ngubani ukuba ngumbusi lomahluleli phezu kwethu? 28Usufuna ukungibulala yini, njengoba ubulele umGibhithe izolo bd? 29Ngalelilizwi uMozisi wasebaleka, waba ngowemzini elizweni leMadiyani be, lapho azala khona amadodana amabili bf. 30Kwathi sekugcwaliseke iminyaka engamatshumi amane, kwabonakala kuye enkangala bg yentaba iSinayi ingilosi yeNkosi phakathi kwelangabi lomlilo esihlahleni bh. 31Kwathi uMozisi esebonile wamangala ngalowombono; esasondela ukuthi akhangelisise, ilizwi leNkosi lafika kuye lisithi bi: 32Mina nginguNkulunkulu waboyihlo, uNkulunkulu kaAbrahama loNkulunkulu kaIsaka loNkulunkulu kaJakobe bj. UMozisi wasethuthumela bk, kazaba lesibindi sokukhangelisisa bl. 33INkosi yasisithi kuye: Khulula amanyathela enyaweni zakho; ngoba indawo omi kiyo ingumhlabathi ongcwele bm. 34Ngikubonile lokukubona ukuhlutshwa kwabantu bami abaseGibhithe, njalo ngizwile ukububula kwabo; sengehlile ukuthi ngibakhulule; khathesi-ke woza, ngizakuthuma eGibhithe bn. 35UMozisi lo abamalayo besithi: Ubekwe ngubani ukuba ngumbusi lomahluleli? - nguye uNkulunkulu amthumayo ukuba ngumbusi lomkhululi ngesandla sengilosi eyabonakala kuye esihlahleni bo. 36Yena wabakhupha bp, esenze izimangaliso lezibonakaliso elizweni leGibhithe bq loLwandle oluBomvu br, lenkangala bs iminyaka engamatshumi amane bt. 37Nguye lowo uMozisi owathi kubantwana bakoIsrayeli: INkosi uNkulunkulu wenu uzalivusela umprofethi kubazalwane benu onjengami; lizamuzwa yena bu. 38Nguye lowo bv owayesebandleni enkangala bw, kanye lengilosi eyakhuluma laye entabeni iSinayi kanye labobaba bethu bx; owemukela by amazwi aphilayo bz, ukuze asinike; 39yena obaba bethu abangavumanga ukumlalela, kodwa bamsunduzela eceleni, basebebuyela eGibhithe ngenhliziyo zabo ca, 40besithi kuAroni: Senzele onkulunkulu abazahamba phambi kwethu; ngoba uMozisi lo, owasikhupha elizweni iGibhithe, kasazi ukuthi wehlelwe yini cb. 41Basebesenza ithole ngalezonsuku cc, baletha umhlatshelo esithombeni cd, bajabula ce ngemisebenzi yezandla zabo cf. 42Kodwa uNkulunkulu wafulathela cg, wabanikela ukuthi bakhonze ch ibutho lezulu ci; njengokulotshiweyo encwadini yabaprofethi ukuthi: Laletha kimi yini imihlatshelo leminikelo iminyaka engamatshumi amane enkangala, ndlu kaIsrayeli cj? 43Njalo lathatha ithabhanekele likaMoloki lenkanyezi kankulunkulu wenu uRefani, imifanekiso elayenza ukuthi liyikhonze ck; njalo ngizalithuthela ngaphambili kweBhabhiloni cl. 44Obaba bethu babelalo ithabhanekele lobufakazi enkangala cm, njengokulayela kwalowo owakhuluma loMozisi, ukuthi alenze ngomfanekiso ayewubonile cn; 45okwathi futhi obaba bethu abalandelayo sebelemukele balingenisa kanye co loJoshuwa empahleni yezizwe cp, uNkulunkulu azixotsha phambi kobuso babobaba cq, kwaze kwaba sensukwini zikaDavida cr; 46owathola umusa phambi kukaNkulunkulu cs, wacela ukutholela uNkulunkulu kaJakobe ithabhanekele ct. 47Kodwa uSolomoni wamakhela indlu cu. 48Kodwa cv oPhezukonke cw kahlali ethempelini cx elenziwe ngezandla cy, njengokutsho komprofethi ukuthi: 49Izulu kimi liyisihlalo sobukhosi, lomhlaba uyisenabelo senyawo zami; lizangakhela indlu enjani, kutsho iNkosi; kumbe yiyiphi indawo yami yokuphumula? 50Isandla sami kasizenzanga yini zonke lezizinto cz? 51Lina ntamo zilukhuni da , db njalo abangasokanga enhliziyweni lendlebeni dc , dd, lina limelana njalonjalo loMoya oyiNgcwele; njengaboyihlo, linjalo lani de. 52Nguwuphi owabaprofethi oyihlo abangamzingelanga df? Basebebulala labo abamemezela ngaphambili ngokuza koLungileyo dg, yena lo lina khathesi eselabangabanikeli lababulali bakhe dh; 53elemukela umlayo ngokuhlela kwezingilosi di, kodwa kaliwulondolozanga dj.

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54Bathi sebezwile lezizinto, bahlabeka enhliziyweni zabo dk, bamgedlela amazinyo dl. 55Kodwa yena egcwele uMoya oNgcwele dm, wajolozela ezulwini, wabona inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu dn, loJesu emi ngakwesokunene sikaNkulunkulu do, 56wasesithi: Khangelani, ngibona amazulu evulekile dp, leNdodana yomuntu dq imi ngakwesokunene sikaNkulunkulu dr. 57Kodwa bamemeza ngelizwi elikhulu, bavala indlebe zabo, batheleka phezu kwakhe bengqondonye; 58basebemkhuphela ngaphandle komuzi ds, bamkhanda ngamatshe dt; labafakazi du babeka phansi izembatho zabo enyaweni zejaha elithiwa nguSawuli dv. 59Bamkhanda ngamatshe uStefane dw, ebiza esithi: Nkosi Jesu dx, yemukela umoya wami dy. 60Waseguqa ngamadolo, wamemeza ngelizwi elikhulu dz esithi: Nkosi ea, ungababaleli lesisono eb. Esetshilo lokhu walala ec.

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