Waya wahlala phansi kukhashana phambi kwakhe , kungathi ibanga lokuphonsa umcibisholo , ngokuba wathi : Ngingebone ukufa komntwana . Wahlala phambi kwakhe, waphakamisa izwi lakhe, wakhala.

Abantwana bakwa -Israyeli bas uka eRamsesi , bafika eSukoti , kungathi abantu abayizinkulungwane ezingamakhulu ayisithupha behamba phansi , bengamadoda ngaphandle kwabantwana.

Indlu yakwa -Israyeli yaqamba igama lakho ngokuthi imana ; kwakunjengembewu yekoriyanderi , kumhlophe; kwezwakala emlonyeni kungathi ngamaqebelengwane anezinyosi.

Bambona uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli; phansi kwezinyawo zakhe kwakungathi kugandayiwe ngamatshe amasafire, kungathi yizulu uqobo ngokucweba.

Amadodana kaLevi enza njengez wi likaMose, kwawa ngalolo suku abantu kungathi abayizinkulungwane ezintathu.

umninindlu makeze amtshele umpristi , athi: Kungathi kubonakele isifo endlini.

Bayakukhubeka, omunye phezu komunye, kungathi kuphambi kwenkemba, bengaxoshwa muntu; aniyikuba namandla okuma phambi kwezitha zenu.

Kwavuka umoya ovela kuJehova , waletha izigwaca zivela ngaselwandle , waziwisa ngasekamu kungathi ibanga losuku ngalapha nebanga losuku ngalapha kwekamu nxazonke , nokuphakama phezu komhlaba kungathi izingalo ezimbili.

Konke enikwenzayo kwenzeni ngenhliziyo, kungathi kwenzelwa iNkosi, qha abantu,

kwawela phambi kukaJehova kungathi abayizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amane behlomele ukulwa ukuba baphume impi , baye emathafeni aseJeriko.

Abuyela kuJoshuwa , athi kuye : Mabangakhuphuki bonk e abantu ; makuhambe amadoda kungathi izinkulungwane ezimbili noma ezintathu , alichithe i -Ayi; ungabakhathazi bonke abantu ngokuya khona , ngokuba bayingcosana nje.

Wathatha amadoda kungathi izinkulungwane eziyisihlanu, wawaqamekelisa phakathi kweBethele ne-Ayi ngasentshonalanga komuzi.

UJoshuwa nabo bonke abakwa -Israyeli benza kungathi bahluliwe phambi kwabo, babaleka ngendlela eya ehlane.

Lase lima ilanga , nenyanga yahlala , abantu baze baziphindisela ezitheni zabo. Akulotshiwe yini lokho eNcwadini Yolungileyo na ? Ilanga lema phakathi nomkhathi, alisheshanga ukushona kungathi usuku lonke.

Babulala kwabakwaMowabi ngaleso sikhathi kungathi abantu abayizinkulungwane eziyishumi abayizidla kela namajaha , akwaphunyuka muntu.

UJehova wathi kuye : Impela ngiyakuba nawe ; uyakubabulala abakwaMidiyani kungathi bangumuntu munye.

OZeba noSalimuna babeseKarkori , izimpi zabo zinabo kungathi abantu abayizinkulungwane eziyishumi nanhlanu, bonke ababesele empini yonke yabasempumalanga, ngokuba kwakuwile abantu abayizinkulungwane eziyikhulu namashumi amabili abahloma inkemba.

Lapho uGali ebona abantu , wathi kuZebule : Bheka, kwehla abantu eziqongweni zezintaba . UZebule wathi kuye : Uyabona amathunzi ezintaba kungathi ngabantu.

Bonke abantu bagawula , kwaba yilowo nalowo igatsha lakhe kanjalo , bamlandela u-Abimeleki, bawabeka enqabeni, bayithungela inqaba ngomlilo phezu kwabo ; bafa bonke abantu abasembhoshongweni waseShekemi , kungathi abayinkulungwane, abesilisa nabesifazane.

UMoya kaJehova wafika phezu kwakhe ngamandla, walidwengula kungathi udwengula izinyane lembuzi , engaphethe lutho esandleni sakhe : kepha akabatshelanga uyise nonina abekwenzile.

Indlu yayigcwele abesilisa nabesifazane ; namakhosi onke amaFilisti ayelapho; ophahleni kwakukhona abantu kungathi abayizinkulungwane ezintathu, abesilisa nabesifazane, ababebukela ukudlala kukaSamsoni.

Abantu bonke bakwa-Israyeli babehlanganyele umuzi, bebumbene kungathi ngumuntu munye.

Abantwana bakwaBenjamini baphuma ukulwa nabantu , badonswa, baphuma emzini ; baqala ukubulala nokuceka abantu njengakwezinye izikhathi emendweni, omunye okhuphukela eBethele , omunye oya eGibeya ensimini, kungathi amadoda angamashumi amathathu kwa-Israyeli.

Abantu bakwa -Israyeli babuyela emuva empini ; uBenjamini wayeseqalile ukubulala nokuceka kubantu bakwa -Israyeli kungathi abantu abangamashumi amathathu, ngokuba bathi: Impela babulewe phambi kwethu njengasekulweni kwakuqala.

AmaFilisti azihlela ukuhlangana no -Israyeli; impi yaqhubeka, u-Israyeli wahlulwa phambi kwamaFilisti abulala empini ngasendle kungathi abantu abayizinkulungwane ezine.

USamuweli wamthatha uSawule nenceku yakhe , wabangenisa endlini yokudlela, wabahlalisa endaweni engumqoka phakathi kwabam enyiweyo, kungathi abangamashumi amathathu.

USamuweli wayesesuka , wakhuphuka eGiligali , waya eGibeya lakwaBenjamini. USawule wabala abantu abafumaniseka bekuye , kungathi abantu abangamakhulu ayisithupha.

Lokho kuceka kokuqala abakwenzayo uJonathani nodibi lwezikhali zakhe kwakungabantu kungathi amashumi amabili ebangeni elingathi inxenye ye - eka lensimu.

Ngiyakucibishela imicibisholo emithathu ngasec eleni kwalo , kungathi ngicibishela isigcibisholo.

Kwabuthana kuye bonke abanosizi, nabo bonke abanesikwenetu, nabo bonke abanenhliziyo enomunyu , waba yinduna phezu kwabo ; kwakukhona naye kungathi abantu abangamakhulu amane.

Wayesesuka uDavide nabantu bakhe kungathi abangamakhulu ayisithupha , baphuma eKeyila , bahamba lapho bebenokuhamba khona . Kwabikwa kuSawule ukuthi uDavide ubalekile eKeyila; wayeseyeka ukuphuma. UJonathani ukuDavide eZifi

UDavide wathi kubantu bakhe : Bhincani, kube yilowo nalowo inkemba yakhe. Zabhinca-ke, kwaba yilowo nalowo inkemba yak he; naye uDavide wabhinca inkemba yakhe ; kwakhuphuka emva kukaDavide abantu kungathi abangamakhulu amane, kepha abangamakhulu amabili bahlala empahleni.

Noma kusukuma umuntu ukukuxosha nokufuna ukuphila kwakho , umphefumulo wenkosi yami uyakube uboshiwe emshuqulwini wabaphilayo kuJehova uNkulunkulu wakho ; imiphefumulo yezitha zakho uyakuyijikijela kungathi iphakathi kwendwayimana.

Bangena khona phakathi kwendlu kungathi bayakulanda ukolweni ; bamgwaza esiswini; oRekabi noBahana umfowabo babaleka.

Umlindi wayesethi : Ngibona kungathi ukugijima kowokuqala kunjengokugijima kuka -Ahimahasi indodana kaSadoki . Yathi inkosi : Ngumuntu omuhle yena; uletha umbiko omuhle.

Inkosi yakwa -Israyeli yayisibutha abapr ofethi kungathi abantu abangamakhulu amane , yathi kubo : Ngihambe ngilwe neRamoti Gileyadi , noma ngiliyeke na ? Bathi: Yenyuka, ngokuba uJehova uyakulinikela esandleni senkosi.

Umlindi wabika wathi : Sifikile kubo , kepha asibuyi ; ukuqhuba kufana nokuqhuba kukaJehu indodana kaNimishi ; ngokuba uqhuba kungathi uyahlanya.

Lokho kwakuyinto encane emehlweni akho , Nkulunkulu; usukhulumile ngendlu yenceku yakho isekude , wangibuka kungathi ngi ngumuntu ophakemeyo, Jehova Nkulunkulu.

Wo kubona abadonsa ukona ngezintambo zamanga , nezono kungathi ngamagoda ezinqola,

Angena kungathi ng esikhala esibanzi ; phakathi kwencithakalo atheleka phezu kwami.

Ngubani owavalela ulwandle ngezicabha , lapha lwabhoboka kungathi lwaphuma esiswini,

Uguquka njengebumba lophawu lokunamathelisa ; konke kuqhamuka kungathi kwembesiwe.

Amanzi ayacasha kungathi ayitshe; ubuso botwa buhlangene.

Iphatha kalukhuni amazinyane ayo, kungathi awasiwo awayo; ayinangebhe yokuthi umshikashika wayo ungaba yize.

Wenza umgudu ukhazimule emva kwakhe; kungathi utwa lungwevu.

Ngahamba kungathi bekungumngane wami nomfowethu ; njengokhalela unina ngakhothama ngokulila.

Umphefumulo wami uyakusutha kungathi ngamanoni namafutha ; umlomo wami uyakudumisa ngezindebe ezethabayo,

Isihlalo sobubi singahlanganyela nawe yini , leso esisebenza okubi kungathi ngomthetho na?

Umsindo wesixuku ezintaben i kungathi ngowabantu aban ingi! Umsindo wokuxokozela kwemibuso yabezizwe ihlangene! UJehova Sebawoti uyabutha impi yakhe.

Sasikhulelwe, sasinobuhlungu, sabeletha kungathi umoya nje ; asenzanga insindiso emhlabeni, nabayakwakha ezweni abasazalwa.

Ngabona, bheka, kwavela umoya wesivun guvungu enyakatho, ifu elikhulu elinomlilo ovuthayo nokukhanya nxazonke zalo , kuphuma phakathi kwalo kungathi ithusi elikhazimulayo, kuvela emlilweni.

Phezu kwamakhanda ezidalwa kwakukhona kungathi umkhathi unjengekristalu elimangalisayo, owenekwe phezu kwamakhanda azo phezulu.

Uyakukudla kungathi amaqebelengwane ebhali , uwenze phambi kwabo ngendle ephuma kumuntu.

Wayeselula kungathi isandla , wangibamba ngesihluthu sekhanda lami ; uMoya wangiphakamisa phakathi komhlaba nezulu , wangiyisa ngemibono kaNkulunkulu eJerusalema esivalweni sesango legceke elingaphakathi elibheke ngasenyakatho , lapho kwakukho na isihlalo sesithombe somhawu , esibanga umhawu.

Wayesengingenisa egcekeni elingaphakathi lendlu kaJehova ; bheka, ngasemnyango weth empeli likaJehova phakathi kompheme ne -altare kwakukhona kungathi amadoda angamashumi amabili nanhlanu efulathele ithempeli likaJehova, ubuso bawo bubhekene nempumalanga, ekhonza ilanga ngasempumalanga.

Ngase ngibona, bheka, emkhathini owawuphezu kwamakhanda amakherubi kwabonakala okunjengetshe lesafire, kufana kungathi nesihlalo sobukhosi.

Kungathi omane ayenesimo sinye , njengalokho kwakuk hona isondo phakathi kwesondo.

Ngemibono kaNkulunkulu wangiyisa ezweni lakwa -Israyeli, wangibeka entabeni ephakeme kakhulu, okwakuphezu kwayo kungathi isakhiwo somuzi ngaseningizimu.

Kwathi sengiwubonile umbono mina Daniyeli , ngafuna uk uwuqonda; bheka, kwase kumi phambi kwami kungathi isimo somuntu.

Ngiyakuqinisa indlu yakwaJuda, ngisindise indlu yakwaJosefa, ngibabuyise, ngokuba nginomusa kubo , babe kungathi angizange ngibalahle , ngokuba nginguJehova uNkulunkulu wabo; ngiyakubezwa.

Wabavumela. Omoya abangcolileyo baphuma , bangena ezingulubeni ; umhlambi wagulukudela eweni , waphonseka elwandle kungathi izinkulungwane ezimbili, zaminza elwandle.

Yabheka, yathi: Ngibona abantu, ngibabona behamba; kungathi yizihlahla.

UJesu wathatha wathi kubo: Niphumile kungathi nize kumphangi, niphethe izinkemba nezinduku ukungibamba.

UMariya wahlala naye kungathi izinyanga ezintathu, wabuyela ekhaya. Ukuzalwa kukaJohane. Indumiso kaZakariya

Ngokuba yayinendodakazi eyodwa kungathi ineminyaka eyishumi nambili , yona isifa. Kepha esahamba, izixuku zamminyanisa.

Kwathi emva kwalawo mazwi kungathi izinsuku zaba yisishiyagalombili wathatha oPetru, noJohane, noJakobe, wenyukela entabeni ukuyokhuleka.

Wamonyuka kubo kungathi ibanga lokuphonsa itshe , waguqa phansi , wakhuleka,

Wathi uJesu kubapristi abakhulu , nezinduna zethempeli , namalunga ababeze kuye : Niphumile kungathi nize kumphangi niphethe izinkemba nezinduku.

UJesu wathi : Bahlaliseni abantu . Kwakukhona utshani obuningi kuleyo ndawo. Ahlala phansi-ke amadoda, umumo wawo kungathi izinkulungwame eziyisihlanu.

Khona sebegwedlile kungathi amastadiyu angamashumi amabili nanhlanu noma amashumi amathathu , babona uJesu ehamba phezu kolwandle , esondela emkhunjini; bethuka.

Sebenyukele emkhosini abafowabo , naye-ke wenyuka, kungesobala kepha kungathi kungasese.

Kwakungolokulungisela iPhasika kungathi ihora lesithupha . Wathi kubaJuda: Bhekani inkosi yenu.

Kweza noNikodemu owafika kuye kuqala ebusuku , waletha ixube lenhlaka nomhlaba kungathi amalitra ayikhulu.

Kepha abanye abafundi beza ngesikebhe, ngokuba bebengekude nenhlabathi kepha kungathi izingalo ezingamakhulu amabili , bedonsa inetha linezinhlanzi.

Kwase kubonakala kubo izilimi ezahlukeneyo kungathi ezomlilo ; zahlala phezu kwalowo nalowo kubo.

Ngakho abalamukeleyo izwi lakhe babhapathizwa , kwenezelwa ngalowo muhla abantu kungathi izinkulungwane ezintathu. Ibandla laseJerusalema

Kepha abaningi kwabezwayo izwi bakholwa ; umumo wamadoda waba kungathi izinkulungwane eziyisihlanu.

Kwathi bemgqolozela bonke ababehlezi emphakathini, babona ubuso bakhe kungathi ubuso bengelosi.

Wabona ngokusobala embonweni ingelosi kaNkulunkulu ingena kuye kungathi ngehora lesishiyagalolunye lemini, ithi: Korneliyu!

Wababekezelela ehlane kungathi iminyaka engamashumi amane.

kwadlula kungathi iminyaka engamakhulu amane namashumi ayisihlanu . Emva kwalokho wabanika abahluleli kwaze kwaba nguSamuweli umprofethi.

Kepha abathile kuzo izazi zama-Epikhuru nezamaStoyiku baphikisana naye; abanye bathi : Leli p hoshophosho lithini na ? Abanye bathi : Kungathi ungomemezela onkulunkulu abangaziwayo , ngokuba wayeshumayela ivangeli ngoJesu nangokuvuka kwabafileyo.

Ngani na? Ngokuba akubanga ngokukholwa kodwa kungathi ngemisebenzi; baqhuzuka etsheni lokuqhuzula,

uma umsebenzi womuntu usha , uyakulahlekelwa yiwo; kepha yena uqobo uyakusindiswa, nokho kube kungathi uphuma emlilweni.

Ngokuba ngubani okhetha wena na ? Unantoni ongayamukeliswanga na ? Kepha uma uyamukelisiwe, uzibongelani kungathi awuyamukeliswanga na?

Ngokuba ngithi kungathi uNkulunkulu usimisile thina baphostoli sibe ngabokugcina, sibe njengabanqunyelwe ukufa; ngokuba senziwe umbukwane wezwe nowezingelosi nowabantu.

sithi sihletshwa, sibe siphendula kahle ; senziwe kungathi siyinsila yezwe , umphucuzo wezinto zonke kuze kube manje.

Lokho engikushoyo ngalesi sibindi sokuzibonga , angikusho ngokweNkosi , kodwa ngikusho kungathi ngobuwula.

Manje-ke izithembiso zanikwa u -Abrahama nenzalo yakhe; akasho ukuthi: Ezinzalweni, kungathi ngeziningi , kepha kungathi ngeyodwa ukuthi : Nasenzalweni yakho enguKristu.

Abafazi mabathobele amadoda abo kungathi kukuyo iNkosi,

Zinceku, abangamakhosi enu ngokwenyama , balaleleni ngokwesaba nokuthuthumela ngobuqotho benhliziyo yenu kungathi kukuKristu,

nikhonze ngothando kungathi kuseNkosini kungekubantu,

Ngokukholwa badabula uLwandle Olubomvu kungathi kusemhlabathini owomileyo, okwathi abaseGibithe bekulinga lokho, baminza.

Ukulaya konke okwamanje kungathi akusikho okwentokozo , kepha kungokosizi, kodwa ngasemuva kuyabathelela isithelo esihle sokulunga labo abahlakahliswe yikho. Qinisani izandla ezibuthakathaka namadolo axegayo

Bakhumbuleni ababoshiweyo kungathi niboshiwe kanye nabo, nabaphethwe kabi, njengalokhu nani nisemzimbeni.

Uma umuntu esho ukuthi uyikholwa , engabophi ulimi lwakhe kungathi ngetomu kodwa ekhohlisa inhliziyo yakhe, ukukhonza kwalowo kuyize.

Ngokuba sonke siyakhubeka ngokuningi; uma umuntu engakhubeki ngazwi, lowo uyindoda epheleleyo enamandla okubamba nomzimba wonke kungathi ngetomu.

kodwa ngegazi el inqabileyo likaKristu kungathi elewundlu elingenacala , elingenabala;

Sesinalo izwi lesiprofetho eliqinisekile kakhulu, enenza kahle ukuliqaphela kungathi liyisibani esikhanyayo endaweni emnyama kuze kuse , ikhwezi liphumele ezinhliziyweni zenu,

NgangikuMoya ngosuku lweNkosi , ngezwa emva kwami izwi elikhulu kungathi elecilongo,

Ngase ngibona ngaphakathi kwesihlalo sobukhosi nezidalwa ezine nangaphakathi kwamalunga kumi iWundlu kungathi lihlatshiwe , linezimpondo eziyisikhombisa namehlo ayisikhombisa angoMoya abayisikhombisa bakaNkulunkulu abathunyelwe emhlabeni wonke.

Ngase ngizwa kungathi izwi phakathi kwezidalwa ezine lithi : Imbenge kakolweni ngodenariyu nezimbenge ezintathu zebhali ngodenariyu, kepha amafutha newayini ungakoni.

Kuthe ukuba liluvule uphawu lwesikhombisa , kwathi du ezulwini kungathi inxenye yehora.

Nenyoka yakhwifa, kwaphuma emlonyeni wayo emva kowesifazane amanzi kungathi umfula ukuba immukise nomfula.

Elinye lamakhanda aso kungathi lalidebezwe okokufa , kepha ingozi yaso yokufa yelashwa, umhlaba wonke walandela isilo, umangala;

Ngabona kungathi ulwandle lwengilazi luxubene no mlilo, nabavela ekunqobeni isilo nomfanekiso waso nesibalo segama laso bemi ngaselwandle lwengilazi, benamahabhu kaNkulunkulu.

Emva kwalokho ngezwa kungathi izwi elikhulu lesixuku esikhulu ezulwini , lithi: Haleluya! Insindiso, nenkazimulo, namandla ngokukaNkulunkulu wethu,

Ngase ngizwa kungathi izwi lesixuku esikhulu , linjengezwi lamanzi amaningi, nezwi lokuduma okunamandla , lithi: Haleluya! Ngokuba iNkosi uNkulunkulu wethu, uMninimandla onke, iyabusa.