Kuzo izinkambo zakhe wasuka eningizimu , wafika eBethele , leyo ndawo lapho lalikhona itende lakhe kuqala, phakathi kweBethele ne-Ayi,

indawo ye -altare abelenzile khona kuqala ; u-Abrama wakhuleka lapho egameni likaJehova.

Waqamba igama laleyo ndawo ngokuthi iBethele ; kuqala igama lomuzi laliyiLuze.

Kwathi esabeletha , omunye wakhipha isandla ; umbelethisi wathatha, wabopha esandleni sakhe ngentambo ebomvu, wathi: Lo uphume kuqala.

Amadoda esaba , ngokuba angeniswa e ndlini kaJosefa , athi: Singeniswe lapha ngenxa yemali eyabuyiselwa emasakeni ethu kuqala ukuba asizume , asehlele, asenze izigqila kanye nezimbongolo zethu.

athi: O nkosi, ngempela safika kuqala ukuthenga ukudla.

awalethe kumpristi oyakunikela ngelomnikelo wesono kuqala , alishumpule inhloko entanyeni, angalidabuli kodwa,

Ngenyanga yo kuqala ngolweshumi nane lwenyanga kusihlwa kuyiphasika likaJehova.

Bonke ababalwayo bekamu lakwaJuda babe yizinkulungwa ne eziyikhulu namashumi ayisishiyagalombili nesithupha namakhulu amane ngamabandla abo. Labo bayakusuka kuqala.

Kuqala lasuka ibhanela lekamu labantwana bakwaJuda ngamabandla abo ; uNaheshoni indodana ka-Aminadaba wayephezu kwalelo bandla.

Ulibo oluvuthwa kuqala lwakho konke okusezweni lakubo a baluletha kuJehova luyakuba ngolwakho ; yilowo nalowo ohlambulukileyo endl ini yakho uyakukudla.

Kwakuhlala khona kuqala ama -Emi, abantu abakhulu , abaningi, abade njengama-Anaki;

AmaHori nawo ayehlala eSeyiri kuqala , kepha abantwana bakwa -Esawu bawaxosha, bawachitha phambi kwabo , bakha esikhundleni sawo njengalokho u-Israyeli enza kulo izwe elaliyifa lakhe , aphiwe lona nguJehova.

Nalelo lithiwa izwe lamaRefa ; amaRefa ahlala khona kuqala ; kepha abakwa-Amoni bawabiza ngokuthi amaZamuzumi,

kepha wom bulala impela ; isandla sakho siyakuba phezu kwakhe kuqala ukumbulala, ngasemuva isandla sabantu bonke.

Ngiyakudakisa imicibisholo yami ngegazi , inkemba yami idle inyama, ngegazi lababuleweyo nelabathunjwa , kuqala kuwo amakhanda abaholi bezitha.

Bonke abakwa -Israyeli namalunga abo , nezinduna zabo , nabahluleli babo babemi ngalapha nangalapha komphongo lo phambi kwabapristi bamaLevi abathwala umphongolo wesivumelwano sikaJehova , abafokazi nabokuzalwa ekhaya, inxenye yabo ibhekene nentaba yaseGerizimu , inxenye yabo ibhekene nentaba yase-Ebali, njengalokho uMose inceku kaJehova ebeyalile , ukuba babusise abantu bakwa-Israyeli kuqala.

UJoshuwa wabuya ngaleso sikhathi, wathatha iHasori, wabulala inkosi yalo ngenkemba, ngokuba iHasori laliyinhloko yayo yonke leyo mibuso kuqala.

Igama leHebroni laliyiKiriyati Araba kuqala ngomuntu owayemkhulu kuwo ama-Anaki. Izwe lase liphumula ekulweni.

Wasuka lapho , wenyukela kwabakhileyo eDebiri ; igama leDebiri laliyiKiriyati Seferi kuqala.

Kwathi emva kokufa kukaJoshuwa aban twana bakwa -Israyeli bambuza uJehova, bathi: Ngubani phakathi kwethu oyakusikhuphukelela kuwo amaKhanani kuqala ukulwa nawo na?

UJuda wayesehlasela amaKhanani ayakhe eHebroni igama leHebroni laliyiKiriyati Araba kuqala babulala oSheshayi, no-Ahimani, noTalimayi.

Wasuka lapho, waya kwabakhe eDebiri; igama leDebiri laliyiKiriyati Seferi kuqala.

Abendlu kaJosefa bathuma bahlola iBethele ; igama lomuzi laliyiLuze kuqala.

Baqamba igama lomuzi ngokuthi uDani ngegama likaDani uyise owazalelwa u-Israyeli; kepha igama lomuzi laliyiLayishi kuqala.

Abantwana bakwa -Israyeli bavuka , bakhuphukela eBethele , babuza kuNkulunkulu, bathi: Ngubani oyakusik huphukelela kuqala ukulwa nabantwana bakwaBenjamini na? UJehova wathi: NguJuda kuqala.

Uma lowo muntu wathi kuye : Bayakushisa nokushisa amanoni kuqala , besewuthatha njengokuthanda kwakho , yathi: Hhayi, woyiletha manje; uma ungayilethi, ngiyakuyithatha ngamandla.

Endulo kwa -Israyeli, lapho umuntu ebeyakubuza kuNkulunkulu , washo wathi: Woza siye kumboni ; ngokuba lo othiwa umprofethi manje wabizwa kuqala ngokuthi umboni.

Kwathi bonke ababemazi kuqala sebebona ukuthi waprofetha nabaprofethi, abantu bathi omunye komunye : Kuyini lokhu okwehlele indodana kaKishi na? Kanti naye uSawule uphakathi kwabaprofethi na?

AmaHeberu ayenamaFilisti kuqala nawo akhuphukela ekamu nxazonke , aphendukela kwabakwa-Israyeli ababe noSawule noJonathani.

Wathi: Kuhle; ngiyakwenza isivumelwano nawe , kepha yinto inye engiyifuna kuwe , ngeyokuthi awuyikubona ubuso bami , uma ungalethi kuqala phambi kwami uMikhali indodakazi kaSawule, lapho uzayo ukubona ubuso bami.

U-Eliya wayesethi kubaprofethi bakaBali : Zikhetheleni inkunzi, niyilungise kuqala, ngokuba nibaningi, nibize igama likankulunkulu wenu , ningafaki umlilo nokho.

Wayesethi kuzo izithunywa zikaBeni Hadadi: Yitsheleni inkosi yami, inkosi, ukuthi: Konke owathumela ngakho encekwini yakho kuqala ngiyakukwenza , kepha le nto anginakuyenza. Zase zihamba izithunywa, zambuyisela izwi.

Izinsizwa zezikhulu zezifunda zaphuma kuqala ; uBeni Hadadi wathumela , bamtshela ukuthi kuphume abantu eSamariya.

Bafumana idlelo elivundileyo nelihle ; izwe lalibanzi nxazombili , lizolile, linokuthula, ngokuba ababehlala khona kuqala babe ngabakwaHamu.

Abakhileyo kuqala emafeni abo emizini yabo babe ngu -Israyeli, nabapristi, namaLevi, namaNethini.

UDavide wathi: Lowo ochitha amaJebusi kuqala uyakuba yinhloko nenduna. Kwenyuka kuqala uJowabe indodana kaSeruya, waba yinhloko.

Ngokuba ngenxa yokungawuthwali kwenu kuqala uJehova uNkulunkulu wethu wafohla kithina, ngokuba singamfunanga njengomthetho.

UNkulunkulu wami wabeka enhlizi yweni yami ukuba ngibuthe abakhulu , nababusi, nabantu, ukuze babhalwe ngezizukulwane . Ngafumana incwadi yezizukulwane zabakhuphuka kuqala, ngafumana kulotshiwe kuyo ukuthi:

Ngokuba isho kanje iNkosi uJehova , ithi: Abantu bami behlela kuqala eGibithe ukuba bagogobale khona ; i-Asiriya lamcindezela ngaphandle kwesizathu.

Iziqhingi ziyangihlalela , imikhumbi yaseTharishishi kuqala , ukuletha amadodana akho evela kude , enesiliva negolide lawo kulo igama likaJehova uNkulunkulu wakho nakoNgcwele ka-Israyeli, ngokuba uyakudumisa.

ububi babo nobubi bawoyise kanyekanye , usho uJehova, abashisa impepho ezintabeni, bangihlambalaza emagqumeni; ngiyakulinganisa kuqala umvuzo wabo ezifubeni zabo.

Kepha hambani niye endaweni yami eShilo, lapho ngalibeka khona igama lami kuqala, nibone engakwenzayo kuyo ngenxa yobubi babantu bami u - Israyeli.

Kuqala ngi yakuphindisela ngokuphindiweyo ububi babo nezono zabo , ngokuba balingcolisile izwe lami ngezidumbu zezinto zabo ezizondekayo , baligcwalisa ifa lami ngezinengiso zabo.

U-Israyeli uyimvu ezingelwayo ; izingonyama zimxoshile. Kuqala wadliwa yinkosi yase -Asiriya, nangasemuva uNebukadinesari lo , inkosi yaseBabele , ugedlile amathambo akhe.

Kwathi ngomnyaka weshumi nanye ngolo kuqala lwenyanga izwi likaJehova lafika kimi, lathi:

UDaniyeli esekwazi ukuthi umbhalo ulotshiwe, wangena endlini yakhe amafasitele ekamelo lakhe ayevulekile ebhekisa eJerusalema waguqa ngamadolo kathathu ngosuku , wakhuleka, wabonga uNkulunku lu wakhe , njengalokho enzile kuqala.

Ngomnyaka wesithathu wokubusa kwenkosi uBelishasari kwabonakala kimi mina Daniyeli umbono emva kwalokho okwabonakala kimi kuqala.

yebo, ngisakhuluma ngomkhuleko , lowo muntu uGabriyeli engambona embonweni kuqala , endiziswa ngokushesha , wangithinta ngesikhathi somnikelo wakusihlwa.

UJehova uyakusindisa amatende akwaJuda kuqala , ukuze udumo lwendlu yakwaDavide nodumo lwabakhileyo eJerusalema lungakhuliswa phezu kukaJuda.

shiya lapho umnikelo wakho phambi kwe-altare, uhambe kuqala ubuyisane nomfowenu, andukuba uze unikele umnikelo wakho.

Kodwa funani kuqala umbuso kaNkulunkulu nokulunga kwakhe , khona konke lokhu kuyakwenezelwa nina.

Mzenzisi, khipha kuqala ugongolo esweni lakho , khona-ke uzakubonisisa ukukhipha ucezwana esweni lomfowenu.

Kodwa omunye w abafundi bakhe wathi kuye : Nkosi, ngivumele ngiye kuqala ukuyakummbela ubaba.

Futhi umuntu angangena kanjani endlini yesiqhwaga , aphange impahla yaso, uma engabophi kuqala isiqhwaga, andukuba aphange indlu yaso, na?

Yekani kukhule kokubili ndawonye , kuze kuvunwe; ngesikhathi sokuvuna ngiyakuthi kwabavunayo: Buthani kuqala ukhula, nilubophe izinyanda ukuba lushiswe, nibuthele amabele engotsheni yami.

Bambuza abafundi, bathi: Pho, basholoni ababhali ukuthi u -Eliya umelwe ukufika kuqala na?

Kodwa-ke ukuba singabakhubekisi, yana elwandle, uphonse udobo, ubambe inhlanzi ephuma kuqala ; wothi ukuba uyivule umlomo , uzakufumana imali; yithathe, ubanike, usithelele mina nawe.

Mfarisi oyimpumputhe , hlanza kuqala ingaphakathi lenkezo , ukuze kuhlanzeke nengaphandle layo.

Yebo, akakho ongangena endlini yesiqhwaga, aphange impahla yaso , uma engabophi kuqala isiqhwaga, andukuba aphange indlu yaso.

Umhlabathi uthela isithelo ngokwawo , kuqala ikhaba , khona isikhwebu , besekuba yizinhlamvu ezipheleleyo esikhwetshini.

UJesu wayesethi kuye : Ake kusuthe abantwana kuqala , ngokuba akukuhle ukuthatha isinkwa sabantwana, usiphonse ezinjaneni.

Base bembuza , bethi: Basholoni ababhali ukuthi u-Eliya umelwe ukufika kuqala na?

Wayesethi kubo : Nempela u -Eliya uyeza kuqala ukuba abuyisele konke ; kepha kulotshiwe kanjani ngeNdodana yomuntu ukuthi izakuhlupheka ngokuningi, idelelwe, na?

Kepha ivangeli limelwe ukushunyayelwa kuqala ezizweni zonke.

Esevukile, kusekuseni ngosuku lokuqala lweviki , wabonakala kuqala kuMariya Magdalena ayekhiphe kuye amademoni ayisikhombisa.

Ungasho kanjani kumfowenu ukuthi : M fowethu, ake ngikhiphe ucezwana olusesweni lakho, wena ongaboni ugongolo olukwelakho iso , na? Mzenzisi, khipha kuqala ugongolo olukw elakho iso, yikhona uyakubonisisa ukukhipha ucezwana olusesweni lomfowenu.

Wayesethi komunye : Ngilandele. Wathi yena: Ngivumele ngiye kuqala ukuyakummbela ubaba.

Nomunye-ke wathi : Ngizakukulandela, Nkosi; kepha ngivumele ngiye kuqala ukuyovalelisa abasekhaya.

Kepha kuqala imelwe ukuhlupheka ngokuningi, yaliwe yilesi sizukulwane.

Nxa nizwa ngezimpi neziyaluyalu , ningethuki, ngokuba kumelwe ukuba kwenzeke lokho kuqala, kepha ukuphela akukabikho masinyane.

Kepha nxa kuqala ukuvela lokho , lulamani, niphakamise amakhanda enu , ngokuba kusondele ukukhululwa kwenu.

UJohane wafakaza ngaye , wamemeza wathi: Nguyena lo ebengisho ngaye ukuthi: Lowo ozayo emva kwami uvelile ngaphambi kwami , ngokuba wayekhona kuqala kunami.

Nguye ebengisho ngaye , ngithi: Emva kwami kuza umuntu owavela ngaphambi kwami, ngokuba wayekhona kuqala kunami.

yena wafumana kuqala umfowabo uSimoni , wathi kuye : Simfumene uMesiya, okungukuthi ngokuhunyushwa uKristu.

Wonke umuntu ubeka iwayini elimnandi kuqala , kuthi lapha sebephuze kakhulu, akhiphe elibi kunalo; wena ugcinile elimnandi kuze kube manje.

Ngokuba ingelosi yayehla izikhathi ngezikhathi , izamazamise amanzi, kuthi lowo ongene kuqala emva kokuzanyazanyiswa kwamanzi asinde esifweni sakhe, noma enasifo sini.

Pho, uma nibona iNdodana yomuntu yenyukela lapho yayikhona kuqala , niyakuthini na?

Konje umthetho wakithi uyamlahla yini umuntu ungakamuzwa kuqala, uze wazi akwenzayo, na?

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

Bagijima bobabili kanyekanye; kepha umfundi omunye wagijima kakhulu kunoPetru, wafika kuqala ethuneni;

Khona wayesengena nomfundi omunye ofike kuqala ethuneni , wabona, wakholwa;

UNkulunkulu eseyivusile iNceku yakhe wayithumela kini kuqala ukunibusisa ngokuniguqula, kube yilowo nalowo kini ebubini bakhe.

Khona oPawulu noBarnaba bakhuluma ngesibindi , bathi: Bekudingeka ukuba izwi likaNkulunkulu li khulunywe kini kuqala; kepha lokhu nilinqaba, nizisho nina nithi anifanele ukuphila okuphakade , bhekani, sesiphendukela kwabezizwe.

kodwa ngamemezela kuqala kwabaseDamaseku nakwabaseJerusalema , nakulo lonke izwe laseJudiya nakwabezizwe ukuba baphenduke, baguqukele kuNkulunkulu, benze imisebenzi efanele ukuphenduka.

kepha induna yekhulu ithanda ukusindisa uPawulu yawavimbela enhlosweni yawo, yayala ukuba labo abakwazi ukuhlamba baziphonse kuqala emanzini, bafike emhlabathini,

Kuqala-ke ngibonga uNkulunkulu wami ngoJesu Kristu ngani nonke , ngokuba ukukholwa kwenu kunconywa ezweni lonke.

Ngokuba anginamahloni ngevangeli ; ngokuba lingamandla kaNkulunkulu , kube yinsindiso kulowo nalowo okholwayo, kumJuda kuqala, nakumGreki.

Usizi nokubandezeka kuyakwehlela imiphefumulo yabantu bonke abenza okubi, umJuda kuqala, nomGreki futhi;

kepha inkazimulo nodumo nokuthula kubo bonke abenza okuhle, kumJuda kuqala, nakumGreki futhi.

Kukhulu ngezindlela zonke . Kuqala ngokuba baphathisiwe amazwi kaNkulunkulu.

Kepha ngithi : U-Israyeli wayengaqondi na ? Kuqala, uMose uthi : Mina ngiyakunivusela umhawu ngabangesiso isizwe , nginithukuthelise ngesizwe esingenangqondo.

UNkulunkulu umisile abathile ebandleni , kuqala abaphostoli , okwesibili abaprofethi, okwesithathu abafundisi, bese kuba yimisebenzi yamandla, bese kuba yiziphiwo zomusa zokuphulukisa , nokusiza, nokubusa, nezilimi ngezilimi.

Kepha yilowo nalowo ngesigaba sakhe : uKristu kuqala , bese kuba ngabangabakaKristu ekufikeni kwakhe,

Nginalelo themba ngangifuna ukuza kini kuqala , ukuze nithole umusa ngokwesibili,

futhi akubanga njengokwethemba kwethu kuphela , kepha bazinikela bon a uqobo kuqala eNkosini nakithi futhi ngentando kaNkulunkulu,

Kepha noma sasihlushiwe kuqala saphathwa kabi eFilipi , njengokuba nazi, saba nesibindi kuNkulunkulu wethu sokunishumayeza ivangeli likaNkulunkulu ngokulwa okukhulu.

ngokuba iNkosi uqobo iyakwehla ezulwini ngezwi lenhlokomo, ngephimbo lengelosi enkulu nangecilongo likaNkulun kulu, nabafileyo kuKristu bayakuvuka kuqala,

Makungabikho muntu onikhohlisayo nangayiphi indlela ; ngokuba aluyikufika, kungaveli kuqala ukuhlubuka , kwambulwe umuntu ongenamthetho, indodana yokulahlwa,

Ngakho-ke kuqala kukho konke ngiyala ukuba ukunxusa , nokukhuleka, nokucela, nokubonga kwenzelwe abantu bonke,

Ngokuba u-Adamu wabunjwa kuqala, emva kwalokho u-Eva.

Kepha uma umfelokazi enabantwana noma enabazukulwane , labo-ke mabafunde kuqala ukuhlonipha indlu yakwabo , babuyisele okufaneleyo kubazali babo, ngokuba kuyabongeka lokho phambi kukaNkulunkulu.

ngikhunjuzwe uku kholwa okungenakuzenzisa okukuwe , okwahlala kuqala kunyokokhulu uLowisi nakunyoko uYunisi, yebo, ngiyethemba, nakuwena.

Umlimi osebenzayo kufanele ukuba kwamukele yena izithelo kuqala.

thina siyakuphunyuka kanjani, uma sidebesela ukusindiswa okungaka na? -- okwakhulunywa kuqala ngeNkosi, kwaqiniswa kithina yilabo abamuzwayo,

Thina siyathanda, ngokuba yena wasithanda kuqala.

Ngakho-ke lokhu kusasele uk uba abanye bangene kukho , nalabo abashunyayezwa kuqala ivangeli bengangenanga ngokungalaleli,

uyanquma futhi usuku oluthile oluthiwa Namuhla , esho ngoDavide emva kwesikhathi esingaka njengokushiwo kuqala ukuthi : Namuhla, uma nilizwa izwi lakhe, ningazenzi lukhuni izinhliziyo zenu.

u-Abrahama wamabela okweshumi kukho konke yena ogama lakhe lithi kuqala ukuhunyushwa kwalo inkosi yokulunga , bese kuba yinkosi yaseSalema, okungukuthi inkosi yokuthula,

ongadingi imihla ngemihla njengalab o bapristi abakhulu ukunikela ngemihlatshelo ngenxa yezakhe izono kuqala nangasemuva ngenxa yezabantu; ngokuba wenza lokho kanye mhla ezinikela yena.

nazi lokhu kuqala ukuthi kasikho isiprofetho sombhalo esingachasiselwa ngumuntu ngokwakhe;

nazi kuqala lokhu ukuthi nge zinsuku zokugcina kuyakufika abahleki abahleka usulu, behamba ngezinkanuko zabo,