Yamukela Iimvakatjhi EsiKhumbuzweni Sokufa KwakaKrestu Sango-2016\nYamukela Iimvakatjhi Zethu\nNgoMatjhi 23, silindele abantu ebayi-12 miliyoni namkha iimvakatjhi ezinengi ukuthi zibe khona esiKhumbuzweni. Bazokufumana ubufakazi obuhle khulu njengombana isikhulumi sizabe sikhuluma ngesipho sakaJehova sesihlengo nezinye iimbusiso ezizokufunyanwa babantu ngomuso! (Isa 11:6-9; 35:5, 6; 65:21-23; Jwa 3:16) Nanyana kunjalo, akusisikhulumi kwaphela esizokunikela ubufakazi esenzakalweni esikhethekilekwesi. Soke singaba nengcenye ngokwamukela iimvakatjhi zethu ngethando. (Rom 15:7) Nanzi ezinye iimphakamiso ezilandelako.\nKunokobana ufike uhlale begodu ulinde ukuthoma kwehlelo lomhlangano, yamukela iimvakatjhi nabantu abapholileko ngokuthi umomotheke begodu ubalotjhise ngethabo\nKunokobana utjheje khulu labo obamemileko, naka nabanye okungenzeka beze esiKhumbuzweni ngebanga lejima lokukhambisa isimemo. Bawa abasathomako ukuza esifundweni ukuthi bahlale nawe. Funda nabo eBhayibhelinakho begodu ucule nabo\nNgemva kwekulumo, ziphe isikhathi sokuphendula imibuzo. Nangabe isikhathi silinganiselwe ngebanga lokuthi ibandla kufuze litjhidele elinye, yenza amalungiselelo wokuthi uvakatjhele umuntu loyo emalangeni. Nangabe awunayo imininingwanakhe, ungathi: “Bengingathanda ukuzwa ukuthi ucabangani ngekulumo yesiKhumbuzo. Kghani ngingakufumana njani?”


UJesu Wabelethelwe Kuphi Begodu Nini? | Ipilo KaJesu\nUJESU UBELETHELWA EBHETLEHEMA\nABELUSI BAVAKATJHELA UMNTWANA ONGUJESU\nUKhesari Arhostosi, umbusi weeNarha eziBuswa yiRoma ukhuphe umyalo wokobana boke abantu bayokutloliswa. Nje-ke uJosefa noMariya kufuze baye edorobheni uJosefa abelethelwe kilo, eBhetlehema, esewula yeJerusalema.\nAkunabususo benyawo eBhetlehema njengombana abantu bazele ukuzokutlolisa. Okukuphela kwendawo yokuhlala uJosefa noMariya abayifumanako kusesitalini, isibaya sabodumbana nezinye iinlwana. Kulapho-ke uJesu abelethelwa khona. UMariya umphuthela ngamatjhila amlalise ngemkhonjeni, indawo okubekwa kiyo ukudla kweenlwana.\nKufuze bona uZimu waba nesandla ekutheni uKhesari Arhostosi abeke umthetho wokutlolisa lo. Kubayini? Ngombana lokho kwenza bona uJesu abelethelwe eBhetlehema, idorobho ukhokhwakhe iKosi uDavida abelethelwa kilo. ImiTlolo yabikezela kade ukuthi uMbusi othenjisiweko uzokubelethelwa edorobheneli.—Mikha 5:2.\nLobu busuku obuqakatheke kwamambala! Ngaphandle emmangweni, isiqhema sabelusi sikhanyiswa mkhanyo omkhulu. Yiphazimulo kaJehova! Enye yeengilozi zakaZimu ithi kubelusi: “Ningasabi, ngombana nginilethele iindaba ezimnandi zethabo elikhulu boke abantu abazokuba nalo. Ngombana namhlanjesi edorobheni uDavida abelethelwa kilo, nibelethelwe umsindisi, onguKrestu iKosi. Nakhu enizombona ngakho: Nizokufumana umntwana aphuthelwe ngamatjhila, alaliswe ngemkhonjeni.” Khonokho, kuvela nezinye iingilozi ezinengi zithi: “Idumo kuZimu phezulu, nokuthula ephasini ebantwini abamukelwa nguye.”—Lukasi 2:10-14.\nIingilozi naziqeda ukukhamba, abelusi bathi: “Asikhambeni siye eBhetlehema siyokubona okwenzekileko, lokho uJehova asitjele khona.” (Lukasi 2:15) Barhabela khona begodu bafumana isana elinguJesu lapho ingilozi ethe bazomfumana khona. Abelusi nabacoca ngalokho ingilozi ebatjele khona, woke umuntu oyizwako indaba leyo uyarareka. UMariya yena uyakuthanda akuzwako begodu ucabangisisa ngakho ehliziywenakhe.\nNamhlanjesi abantu abanengi bakholelwa ukuthi uJesu wabelethwa ngomhlaka-25 Disemba. Kodwana endaweni yeBhetlehema, uDisemba yinyanga yezulu namakhaza. Ngasikhathi, liyakhithika nokukhithika. Ngesikhatheso somnyaka, abelusi bengekhe babe ngaphandle emmangweni nemihlambabo. Godu, umbusi weRoma bekangekhe ayale abantu ebesele banommoya wokuvukela umbuswakhe bona bakhambe amalanga emakhazeni wobusika akghadzisa umongo bayokutlolisa. Nje-ke, kusemtarini bona uJesu wabelethwa ngo-Oktoba.\nKubayini uJosefa noMariya kutlhogeka baye eBhetlehema?\nNgobusuku uJesu abelethwa ngabo, ngiyiphi into ekarisako eyenzekako?\nKubayini kunengqondo ukuphetha ngokuthi uJesu akhenge abelethwe ngomhlaka-25 Disemba?


INdlovukazi U-Esta Isindisa Abantu Bekhabo | Iimfundo ZeBhayibheli Zabantwana\nU-Esta gade amntazana womJuda ohlala eTjhutjhani okungelinye lamadorobho wePheresiya. Eminyakeni eyadlulako uNebukadinetsari wathumba u-Esta nomndenakhe eJerusalema. U-Esta wakhuliswa ngumzawakhe uMoridekayi, isisebenzi seKosi yePheresiya u-Arhatjhiverotjhi.\nIKosi u-Arhatjhiverotjhi beyifuna ukuthatha umfazi ozakuba yindlovukazi. Iinceku zayo zamlethela abantazana abanengi abahle ebeyizokukhetha kibo, u-Esta naye bekalapho. Ikosi yakhetha yena u-Esta bona abe yindlovukazi. UMoridekayi wathi u-Esta angazivezi ukuthi umJuda.\nUHamani bekayindoda ezikhakhazisako begodu bekunguye ophethe woke amakhosana. Bekafuna woke umuntu ezwe ngaye, alotjhe yena. Kodwana uMoridekayi wala ukwenza njalo, kwamsilinga khulu lokho uHamani, wafuna ukumbulala. Kuthe uHamani angafumana bona uMoridekayi umJuda, wenza amano wokuthi abulale woke amaJuda enarheni leyo. Watjela ikosi wathi: ‘AmaJuda babantu abayingozi begodu kufuze bapheliswe enarheni le.’ Yeke u-Arhatjhiverotjhi wathi: ‘Yenza okuthandako ngesizweso.’ Ikosi yamnikela igunya lokwenza nanyana yini uHamani afuna ukuyenza. UHamani wakhupha umthetho wokuthi ngelanga le-13 ngenyanga ka-Adari kubulawe woke amaJuda. Ngesikhatheso uJehova bekaqalile.\nU-Esta bekangazi litho ngomthetho loyo. UMoridekayi wathumela ikhophi ku-Esta wamtjela wathi: ‘Iya ekosini uyokuncancabeza ube uncengele nabantu bekhenu kiyo.’ U-Esta wathi: ‘Nanyana ngubani ongayokuvela phambi kwekosi angakabiziwa uzakubulawa. Nami sekudlule amalanga ama-30 ikosi ingangibizi, kodwana ngizakuya nanyana lokho kungabangela bona ngife.’\nU-Esta wangena ngaphakathi kwesigodlo. Kwathi ikosi nayimbonako yelulela ngakuye intongayo yegolide egade iyiphethe. Nje-ke u-Esta watjhidela ikosi yathi kuye: ‘Esta, ulila ngani?’ U-Esta waphendula wathi: ‘Nangabe kuyamukeleka ekosini, ngibawa ikosi noHamani beze namhlanje emnyanyeni engiwulungiselele ikosi.’ Nabafika emnyanyeni loyo, u-Esta wabamemela komunye godu umnyanya. Nabadlako emnyanyeni wesibili ikosi yabuza u-Esta yathi: ‘Siyini isililo sakho?’ U-Esta waphendula wathi: ‘Kunomuntu ofuna ukungibulala mina nesitjhaba sekhethu. Sibawa usisindise.’ Ikosi yabuza yathi: ‘Ngubani umuntu obe nesibindi esingaka sokwenza lokho?’ U-Esta waphendula wathi: ‘Mumuntu ojamelene nathi nosisitha sethu, ngitjho yena uHamani.’ Kwamnyenyisa khulu lokho u-Arhatjhiverotjhi, wathi akubulawe uHamani khonokho.\nKodwana bekunganamuntu ongawubuyisela emva umthetho owenziwe nguHamani, ngitjho nekosi ngokwayo beyingeze yakghona. Yeke ikosi yenza uMoridekayi isikhulu samakhosana, yabe yamnikela negunya lokukhupha umthetho omutjha. UMoridekayi wenza umthetho ovumela amaJuda bona azilwele nakahlaselwako. Amalanga naka-13 ngenyanga ka-Adari amaJuda ahlula amanaba wawo. Kusukela mhlokho, ilangelo aligidinga qobe mnyaka.\n“Nizakulethwa phambi kwababusi namakhosi ngebanga lami, kube bufakazi kibo nakabatjhili.”—Matewu 10:18\nImibuzo: Ngiwaphi amano arerelwa amaJuda? Kwabonakala ngani bona u-Esta uthembekile kuJehova?\nAMAVIDIYO WOKWETHULA IINCWADI ZEBHAYIBHELI\nIndaba yezinto ezenzeka emihleni ka-Esta izokuqinisa ukukholelwa kwakho emandleni kaJehova uZimu ukuthi uzobasiza abantu abaqalene neentjhijilo namhlanjesi.\nUkutjengisa ithando lokuzidela njengo-Esta, kutlhoga ikholo nesibindi.\nU-Esta watjengisa njani ukungabi marhamaru ngokuthatha amagadango ngebanga lakaJehova nabantu bakhe?


UmThethosisekelo weRiphabliki yeSewula Afrika: IHlelo 6. AmaLungiselelo WesiKhatjhana\nMy Constitution UmThethosisekelo weRiphabliki yeSewula Afrika IHlelo 6. AmaLungiselelo WesiKhatjhana\nIHlelo 6: AmaLungiselelo WesiKhatjhana\n[IHlelo 6 itjhugululwe sigaba 3 somThethosisekelo oliTjhuguluko lekuThoma lomThetho womnyaka we-1997,nangesigaba 5 somThethosisekelo oliTjhuguluko lesiBili lomThetho womnyaka we-1998 kanye nangesigaba 20 somThethosisekelo oliTjhuguluko lesiThandathu lomThetho womnyaka we-2001.]\nEHlelweneli, ngaphandle kwanyana kungakhambisani nomtlolo—\n“Isabelo” kutjhiwo ingcenye yeRiphabliki ngaphambi kokuthoma komThethosisekelo omutjha, ekhabe kuyindawo ngokuya komThethosisekelo weSewula Afrika yebandlululo ithathwa ezijameleko namkha ezibusako;\n“UmThethosisekelo omutjha” kutjhiwo umThethosisekelo weRiphabliki yeSewula Afrika womnyaka we-1996;\n“UmThetho wombuso owadlulako” kutjhiwo umThetho ophasiswe ngaphambi kobana umThethosisekelo odlulileko uthome;\n“UmThethosisekelo odlulileko” kutjhiwo umThethosisekelo weRiphabliki yeSewula Afrika womnyaka we-1993 (umThetho wenomboro 200).\n2. Ukuragela Phambili Komthetho Okhona\nWoke umthetho ogade usebenza lokha umThethosisekelo omutjha uthoma ukusebenza, uragela phambili ngokusebenza, ngaphasi kwalokhu—\nnanyana ngiliphi itjhugululo namkha ukwesulwa; begodu\nnokukhambisana nomThethosisekelo omutjha.\nUmThetho wombuso owadlulako usaragela phambili ngokusebenza ngokwesigatjana (1)—\nawunakho ukusetjenziswa okubanzi, ngokwesifunda nanyana gayiphi indlela, kunokobana beyinjalo ngaphambi komThethosisekelo odlulileko usetjenziswe ngaphandle usulwe ngokulandelana bona ube nokusetjenziswa okubanzi; begodu\nuragela phambili nokusetjenziswa baphathi labo egade bawusebenzisa ngesikhathi umThethosisekelo omutjha uthoma ukusebenza.\n3. Ihlathululo Lomthetho Osese Khona\nNgaphandle kwanyana ungakhambisani nomqondo namkha ungakhambisani, kwananyana ngiwuphi umThetho lowo obukade ukhona lokha nakuthoma ukusebenza umThethosisekelo omutjha—\nkuRiphabliki yeSewula Afrika namkha umbuso onomaziphathe, kumele kuthathwe bona kutjhiwo kuRiphabliki yeSewula Afrika ngaphasi komThethosisekelo omutjha;\nePalamende; isiBethamthetho seNarha namkha indlu yeSinethi kumele kuthathwe bona kutjhiwo yiPalamende,isiBethamthetho seNarha namkha umKhandlu weNarha ongamele iimFunda ngaphasi komThethosisekelo omutjha;\nkuMongameli, iSekela likaMongameli, uNgqongqotjhe, iSekela likaNgqongqotjhe namkha iKhabinedi, kuthathwe bonyana kutjhiwo uMongameli, iSekela likaMongameli lokuthoma, uNgqongqotjhe, iSekela likaNgqongqotjhe namkha iKhabinedi ngaphasi komThethosisekelo omutjha, ngokwesigaba 9 seHlelweli;\nkuMongameli weSinethi kumele kuthathwe bonyana kutjhiwo uSihlalo womKhandlu weNarha ongamele iimFunda;\nkusiBethamthetho sesiFunda, uNdunankulu nofana umKhandlu wezokuphatha wesiFunda kuthathwe bona kutjhiwo isiBethamthetho sesiFunda uNdunankulu namkha umKhandlu wezokuphatha ngaphansi komThethosisekelo omutjha ngokwesigaba 12; eHlelweneli; namkha\nelimini elisemthethweni nofana amalimi, kumele kuthathwe bona kutjhiwo nofana ngiliphi ilimi kulawo asemthethweni ngaphasi komThethosisekelo omutjha.\nNgaphandle kobanyana ingakhambisani nalokho okutjhiwoko nofana ingafani, kungaqalwa kunofana ngiwuphi umThetho wombuso owadlulako—\nePalamende, iNdlu yePalamende namkha isiBethamthetho namkha ibandla lesiBethamthetho nofana umbuso onamaziphathe, kufanele kuthathwe bonyana kutjhiwo—\niPalamende ngaphasi komThethosisekelo omutjha, nangabe ilawulo lomThetho lowo lifakiwe namkha linikelwe ngaphasi komThethosisekelo owadlulako namkha umThetho lo wombuso weNarha; namkha\nisiBethamthetho sesiFunda nakube ukusetjenziswa komThetho kunikelwe namkha unikelwe ngaphasi komThethosisekelo owadlulako nofana umThetho wombuso wesiFunda; namkha\nuMongameli womBuso, uNdunakulu, umlawuli namkha esinye isiphathiswa esiphezulu, iKhabinedi, ibandla laboNgqongqotjhe namkha ibandla eliphakemeko leRiphabhligi nofana umbuso onomaziphathe kufanele kuthathwe bona kutjhiwo—\nuMongameli ngaphasi komThethosisekelo, nakube ukusetjenziswa komThetho lowo kunikelwe namkha unikelwe ngaphasi komThethosisekelo owadlulako namkha eHlelweneli kuKhabinedi; namkha\nuNdunankulu wesiFunda ngaphasi komThethosisekelo omutjha, nakube ukulawulwa lokho kunikelwe namkha kunikelwe ngaphasi komThethosisekelo owadlulako namkha eHlelenweli esiGungwini seFunda.\n4. IsiBethamthetho seNarha\nNanyana ngubani ogade alilunga lesiBethamthetho seNarha ngesikhathi umThethosisekelo omuntjha uthoma ukusebenza uba, lilunga ngesikhathi sokuthoma ukusebenza komThethosisekelo.\nIsiBethamthetho seNarha njengombana sibunjwe ngokuya kwesigatjana (1) kumele ithathwe njengekhethwe ngaphasi komThethosisekelo omutjha ngokwesikhathi esiphela ngomhlaka 30 Apreli 1999.\nIsiBethamthetho seNarha libunjwa malunga ama-400 ngokwesikhathi sakhona nje, ngaphasi kwesigaba 49(4) somThethosisekelo omutjha.\nImigomo neenqunto zesiBethamthetho ezisetjenziswako lokha umThethosisekelo omutjha uthoma ukusebenza, iragela phambili ngokusebenza ngaphasi kwetjhuguluko namkha ukwesulwa.\n5. Umsebenzi Ongakaqedwa Ngaphambi KwePalamende\nNanyana ngimuphi umsebenzi ongakaqedwa siBethamthetho seNarha lokha umThethosisekelo omutjha uthoma ukusebenza kumele kuragelwe ngawo phambili ngokuya komThethosisekelo omutjha.\nNanyana ngimuphi umsebenzi ongakaqedwa phambi kweSinethi lokha umThethosisekelo omutjha nawuthoma ukusebenza, kumele udluliselwe emKhandlwini weNarha ongamele iimFunda, begodu umKhandlu loyo kumele uragele phambili ngomsebenzi loyo ngokuya komThethosisekelo omutjha.\n6. Amakhetho WesiBethamthetho SeNarha\nAmakhetho wesiBethamthetho seNarha angeze abanjwa ngaphambi kwamhlana zima-30 kuSihlabantangana 1999 ngaphandle kwalokha isiBethamthetho seNarha lipheliswe ngokwesigaba 50(2), ngemva kokuzwakalisa ivowudu yokungabi nethemba kuMongameli ngokulandela isigaba 102(2) somThethosisekelo omutjha.\nIsigaba 50(1) sijamiswa kwesikhatjhana bekube mhlana amalanga ama-30 kuSihlabantangana 1999.\nNangaphandle kwalokhu umThethosisekelo ogadungileko wesuliwe, iHlelo 2 lomThethosisekelo lowo njengobana utjhugululo sesingezelelo A seHlelweli sizakusebenza—\nbekufike amakhetho wokuthoma wesiBethamthetho seNarha gaphasi komThethosisekelo omutjha;\nukulahlekelwa bulunga besiBethamthetho seNarha ngaphasi kwamajamo obungayamaniko nalobo obutjhiwo esigabeni 47(3) kumThethosisekelo omuntjha; begodu\nekuzalisweni kweenkhundla zesiBethamthetho seNarha, ukungezelelwa, ukubuyekezwa nokusebenziswa kwamarhelo weenhlangano ekuzaliseni iinkhundla, bekufike amakhetho wesibili wesiBethamthetho seNarha ngaphasi komThethosisekelo omutjha.\nIsigaba 47(4) somThethosisekelo omutjha siyajanyiswe bekufike amakhetho wesibili wesiBethamthetho seNarha ngaphasi komThethosisekelo omutjha.\n7. UmKhandlu WeNarha Ongamele IimFunda\nNgokwesikhathi esiphela msinyana ngaphambi kokuhlala kokuthoma kwesiBethamthetho sesiFunda okubanjwa emva kwamakhethwaso wokuthoma ngaphasi komThethosisekelo omutjha—\nukujanyelwa kweenhlangano eenthunyweni zesiFunda eziya emKhandlwini weNarha ongamele iimFunda, kumele kufane nokujanyelwa kweenhlangano eenthunyweni zesiFunda lapha amaSinethi ali-10 wesiFunda enyulwa khona ngokuya kwesigaba 48 somThethosisekelo ogadungileko; begodu\nukunikelwa kwamalunga aziinthunywa zasafuthi namalunga athunyelwe kwesikhathana kweenhlangano ezijanyelweko esiBethamthethweni sesiFunda kungaleli hlobo:\n1. IPumalanga-Kapa ANC 5, NP 1 ANC 4\n2. IFreystata ANC 4, FF 1, NP 1 ANC 4\n3. IGauteng ANC 3, DP 1, FF 1, NP 1 ANC 3, NP 1\n6. ITlhagwini-Kapa ANC 3, FF 1, NP 2 ANC 2, NP 2\n7. ITlhagwini ANC 6 ANC 4\n8. ITlhagwini Tjhingalanga ANC 4, FF 1, NP 1 ANC 4\n9. ITjhingalanga-Kapa ANC 2, DP 1, NP 3 ANC 1, NP 3\nIhlangano ejanyelwe ngaphakathi kwesiBethamthetho sesiFunda—\nkumele yenyule amalunga aziinthunywa zasafuthi hlangana nabantu abagade bamaSinethi lokha umThethosisekelo omutjha nawuthoma ukusebenza begodu bayaphumelela ukusebenza njengamalunga athunyelwe ngokuzeleko; begodu\ninganyula abanye abantu njengamalunga athunyelwe safuthi kwaphela nangabe abakho abagade bamaSinethi abaphumelelako namkha inani labo liyatlhayela.\nIsiBethamthetho sesiFunda kumele sikhethe amalunga athunyelwe ngokuzeleko ngokukhambisa nezenyulo zeenhlangano.\nIingatjana (2) nesesi- (3) zisetjenziswa kwaphela lokha nakukhethwa amalunga athunyelwe safuthi emKhandlwini weNarha kwamathomo.\nIsigaba 62 (1) somThethosisekelo omutjha asizukusetjenziswa ekwenyulweni nekukhethweni kwalaba egade bamaSinethi njengamalunga athunyelwe safuthi ngokulandela isigabesi.\nImilayo nemiyalo yeSinethi egade zisetjenziswa lokha umThethosisekelo omutjha nawuthoma ukusebenza, kumele isetjenziswe malungana nemisebenzi yomKhandlu weNarha ekufikeni ezingeni lapho ingasetjenziswa khona, ngaphasi kwananyana ngiliphi itjhuguluko namkha ukwesulwa.\n8. Labo Egade BamaSinethi\nLoyo egade ayiSinethi ongakakhethwa ukuba lilunga elithunyelwe safuthi emKhandlwini weNarha ongamele iimFunda ulungelwa ukuba lilunga lesiBethamthetho sesiFunda enyulwa kiso ukuba yiSinethi ngokulandela isigaba 48 somThethosisekelo ogadungileko.\nNangabe loyo egade ayiSinethi uzikhethela ukungabi lilunga lesiBethamthetho sesiFunda, loyo muntu uthathwa njengomuntu otjhiye phasi isikhundla sobuSinethi ngelanga phambi bona umThethosisekelo uthome ukusebenza.\nUmrholo, izabelo ezingezelela umrholo nemivuzo yalowo begade ayiSinethi okhethwe njengelunga elisithunywa ngokuzeleko angeze wehlizwe ngebanga kwaphela lokukhethwa lokho.\n9. IsiGungu SeNarha\nNanyana ngubani egade anguMongameli, iSekela likaMongameli, uNgqongqotjhe namkha iSekela likaNgqongqotjhe weRiphabliki ngaphasi komThethosisekelo ogadungileko msinyana phambi kobana umThethosisekelo omutjha uthome ukusebenza, uzakuragela phambili aphathe isikhundla leso ngokulandela umThethosisekelo omutjha kodwana ngaphasi kwesigatjana (2).\nBekufike mhlana amalanga ama-30 kuSihlabantangana 1999 iingaba 84, 89, 90, 91, 93 nama-96 zomThethosisekelo omutjha zizakuthathwa njengezifundeka njengobana kwendlalwe esiNamathiselweni B seHlelweli.\nIsigatjana (2) asivimbeli uNgqongqhotjhe obegade ayiSinethi ngesikhathi umThethosisekelo omutjha uthoma ukusebenza, bona aragele phambili ukuba nguNgqongqhotjhe otjhiwo esigabeni 91(1) (a) somThethosisekelo omutjha, njengombana isigabeso sifundeka esiNamathiselweni B.\n10. IimBethamthetho ZeemFunda\nNanyana ngimuphi umuntu okhabe alilunga namkha isiphathiswa sesiBethamthetho sesiFunda masinya ngaphambi kobana umThethosisekelo omutjha uthome ukusebenza uba lilunga namkha siphathiswa sesiBethamthetho saleso sifunda ngaphasi komThethosisekelo omutjha, begodu uphatha isikhundla njengelunga namkha isiphathiswa ngokulandela umThethosisekelo omutjha begodu namkha ngimuphi umThethosisekelo ongaphasiswako.\nIsiBethamthetho sesiFunda njengobana sibunjwe ngokulandela isigatjana (1) kumele sithathwe njengesikhethwe ngokuya komThethosisekelo omutjha ngokwesikhathi esiphela mhlana amalanga am-30 kuSihlabantangana 1999.\nNgokwesikhathi saso esiphela mhlana amalanga ama-30 kuSihlabantangana 1999, begodu nangokulawulwa aba sigaba 108(4), isiBethamthetho sesiFunda sibunjwa malunga abekelwe isiBethamthetho leso ngaphasi komThethosisekelo ogadungileko kwengezelelwe ngalabo abagade bamaSinethi ababemalunga wesiBethamthetho ngokulandela isigaba 8 seHlelweli.\nImilayo nemiyalo yeemBethamthetho ezisebenzako masinya ngaphambi kobana umThethosisekelo omutjha uthome ukusebenza, zizakuragela phambili nokusebenza ngaphasi kwetjhuguluko nokusulwa.\n11. Amakhetho WeemBethamthetho\nNangaphandle kwalokha umThethosisekelo ogadungileko wesulwe, eHlelweni 2 lomThethosisekelo loyo, njengombana itjhugululwe esingezelelweni A eHlelenweni, isasetjenziswa—\nekukhethweni kwesiBethamthetho samathomo ngaphasi komThethosisekelo omutjha;\nekulahlekelweni kobulunga kusiBethamthetho ngaphasi kwamajamo angezelelwe kulawo atjhiwo esigabeni 106 (3) somThethosisekelo omutjha; begodu\nekuzaliseni kweenkhundla esiBethamthethweni, nokwengezelelweni, ukuhlolisisa nokusetjenziswa kwerhelo leenhlangano ekuzaliseni iinkhundla kuze kufike amakhetho wesibili wesiBethamthetho ngaphasi komThethosisekelo omutjha.\nIsigaba 106 (4) somThethosisekelo omutjha siyajanyiswa ngokumalungana nesiBethamthetho sesiFunda bekufike amakhetho wesibili ngaphasi komThethosisekelo omutjha.\n12. IinGungu ZeemFunda\nLowo ogade anguNdunakulu namkha ilunga lomKhandlu wezokuphatha wesiFunda lokha umThethosisekelo omutjha uthoma ukusebenza, uragela phambili kuleso sikhundla begodu uphatha isikhundla leso ngokulandela lomThethosisekelo omutjha namkha ngimuphi umThethosisekelo wesiFunda ozabe umenyezelwe, kodwana ngaphasi kwesigatjana (2).\nBekufike lapha uNdunakulu akhethwe ngemva kwamakhetho wokuthoma wesiBethamthetho sesiFunda nakathoma ukusebenza, namkha isifunda simemezela wawo umThethosisekelo nofana ngikuphi okwenzeka kokuthoma, isigaba 132 nese-136 somThethosisekelo omutjha kumele zithathwe njengezifundeka njengokutjhiwo esiNamathiselweni C eHlelweneli.\n13. ImiThethosisekelo YeemFunda\nUmThethosisekelo wesiFunda ophasiswe ngaphambi bonyana umThethosisekelo omutjha uthome ukusebenza, kumele uzalise iindingo zesigaba 143 somThethosisekelo omutjha.\n14. Imisebenzi YesiBethamthetho SesiFunda\nUmThetho omanqophana nanyana ngiyiphi indaba engaphasi kwendawo yokusebenza etleliswe eHlelweni 4 nelesi- 5 emThethwenisisekelo omutjha begodu lowo, lokha umThethosisekelo omutjha uthoma ukusebenza, bewulawulwa siPhathiswa esingaphakathi kwesiGungu seNarha, unganikelwa nguMongameli, ngesimemezelo somThetho, esiPhathisweni ngaphasi komKhandlu wezokuPhatha wesiFunda okhonjwe siGungu somKhandlu lowo wesiFunda.\nUkufika kuzinga lapho kudingeka khona bona ukunikelwa komThetho ngaphasi kwesigatjana (1) kuphumeleliswe, nguMongameli, ngesimemezelo somThetho anga—\ntjhugulula namkha amukele umThetho olawula ihlathululo namkha ukusetjenziswa;\nlokha nangabe ukunikelwa lokho akusetjenjiswa emThethweni woke namkha ingcenye yawo, itjhugululwe begodu amemezele kabutjha namatjhuguluko atjhiwo endimeni (a) namkha, ngaphandle kwazo, lezo zimiso zizakusetjenziswa ukufika kilelo zinga lokusetjenziswa; namkha\nlawula nofana ngiyiphi indaba edingekako ngokokunikelwa lokhu, kufaka hlangana ukudluliselwa kwabasenzi, namkha ukudluliselwa kwepahla, iinkolodo, amalungelo neembopho kusuka kulunga leKhabhinethe namkha lesiGungu somKhandlu wesiFunda namkha nanyana ngimuphi umNyango womBuso, ukuphatha, amaphiko wezokuphepha namkha amanye amaziko.\nIkhopi yesinye nesinye isimemezelo esikhitjhwe ngokuya isigatjana (1) namkha (2) kumele ithulwe ebandleni lesiBethamthethi nemKhandlwini weNarha ongamele iimFunda ngaphakathi kwamalangana ali-10 wokwaziswa kwesimemezelweso.\nNangabe isiBethamthetho seNarha nomKhandlu weNarha ongamele iimFunda ngesiqunto angasivumeli isimemezelo namkha nanyana ngiyiphi ingcenye yaso, isimemezelo namkha isiqalelelo siphelelwa sikhathi, ngaphandle kobana kuthinteke—\nukuba semthethweni kwakho koke okwenziwe ngokuya kwesimemezelweso ngaphambi kobana siphelelwe sikhathi; namkha\namalungelo neenfanelo ezitholakele namkha iimbopho nemisebenzi enikelwe ngaphambi kobana kuphele isikhathi.\nNangabe umThetho unikelwa ngaphasi kwesigatjana (1) nanyana ngikuphi okhunye okukhonjwa emthethweni esiPhathisweni esiwulawulako, kumele kuhlathululwe siphathiswa okunikelwe kiso.\nNanyana ngimuphi umsebenzi womThetho onikelwe ngaphasi kwesigaba 235(8) somThethosisekelo ogadungileko kufaka hlangana nanyana ngiliphi itjhuguluko, ukwamukela namkha ukwesula nesimemezelo esenziwe kabutjha mThetho omunye nomunye begodu nanyana ngiliphi igadango elithethwe ngaphasi kwalesosigaba, kuthathwa njengokwenziwe ngaphasi kwesigaba lesi.\n15. Umthetho Okhona Ongaphandle Kwamandla WePalamende Wokwenza Umthetho\nIsiPhathiswa esingaphakathi kwesiGungu seNarha esitjheja nanyana ngimuphi umthetho owela ngaphandle kwamandla wePalamende wokwenza umthetho, ngesikhathi lapha umThethosisekelo uzabe uthoma khona ukusebenza, sona siragela phambili ngokuba namandla phezu komThetho lowo bekufike lapha unikelwa khona isiPhathiswa sesiGungu sesiFunda ngokuya kwesigaba 14 seHlelweli.\nI-ayithemana (1) iphelelwa sikhathi emva kweminyaka emibili umThethosisekelo omutjha uthome ukusebenza.\nEnye nenye ikhotho okufaka hlangana namakhotho wabaRholi beNdabuko agade avele akhona maduze ngaphambi kobanyana umThethosisekelo omutjha uthome ukusebenza, azakuragela phambili ngokusebenza nokusebenzisa amandla anikezwe wona ngokulandela umThetho othintana nawo, begodu omunye nomunye ophethe isikhundla sokuba ngumahluleli uzakuragela phambili ngokuphatha lesosikhundla ngokulandela umThetho othintana nalesosikhundla, ngaphasi kwalokho—\nnanyana ngiliphi itjhuguluko namkha ukwesulwa komThetho lo; begodu\nIkhotho yomThethosisekelo esungulwe ngokomThethosisekelo ogadungileko izakuba yikhotho yomThethosisekelo ngaphasi komThethosisekelo omutjha.\n[I-ayithemana (b) isulwe ngokwesigaba 20 (a) somThethosisekelo oliTjhugululo lesiThandathu lomThetho womnyaka we-2001.]\nIkhotho ePhakemeko yezokuBuyekeza yeSewula Afrika izakuba yikhotho ePhakameko yezokuBuyekeza ngaphasi komThethosisekelo omutjha.\n[I-ayithemana (b) isulwe ngokwesigaba 20 (a) somThethosisekelo oliTjhuguluko lesiThandathu lomThetho womnyaka we-2001.]\nIKhotho ePhakemeko yesiFunda namkha yesiGodi, yeSewula Afrika namkha iKhotho ePhakemeko yomBuso weSabelo namkha iNgenye evamileko yeKhotho efana naleyo iba yiKhotho ePhakemeko ngaphasi komThethosisekelo omutjha ngaphandle kwananyana ngiliphi itjhguluko lendawo yayo yokuphatha, ngokulawulwa nginanyana ngiliphi ihlelo lokuhlanganiswa elitjhiwo esigatjaneni (6).\nNanyana ngubani ophethe isikhundla namkha othathwa njengophethe isikhundla sokuba liJaji eliNgameleko, iSekela leJaji eliNgameleko namkha iJaji leKhotho elitjhiwo endimaneni (a) lokha umThethosisekelo omutjha uthome ukusebenza, uzakuba liJaji eliNgameleko, liSekela leJaji eliNgameleko namkha iJaji leKhotho leyo ngaphasi komThethosisekelo omutjha, ngaphasi kwehlelo lokuhlanganisa elitjhiwo esigatjaneni (6).\nNgaphandle kwalokha kungakhambisani nokutjhiwo ngaphakathi namkha kungafaneli ngokusobala, okutjhiwo kunanyana ngimuphi umThetho namkha ikambiso—\nIKhotho yomThethosisekelo ngaphasi komThethosisekelo ogadungileko ifanele ihlathululwe sengathi kutjhiwo iKhotho yomThethosisekelo ngaphasi komThethosisekelo omutjha;\nIKhotho ePhakemeko yezokubuyekeza yeSewula Afrika kumele ihlathululwe sengathi kutjhiwo iKhotho ePhakemeko yezokuBuyekezwa; begodu\nIngcenye yeKhotho ePhakemeko yesiFunda namkha yesiGodi yiKhotho ePhakemeko yeSewula Afrika namkha iKhotho ePhakemeko yeNarha ezijameleko namkha ingcenye ejwayelekileko yeKhotho leyo, kumele ihlathululwe sengathi kutjhiwo iKhotho ePhakemeko.\nNgokurhaba okukghonakalako emva kobona umThethosisekelo omutjha uthome ukusebenza, amakhotho woke okufaka hlangana ukwakhiwa, ukubunjwa, ukusebenza namandla wawo nemithetho yoke ethintana nayo, okumele atjhugululwe ngokwehlelo lokuhlanganisa ngomnqopho wokusungula ihlelo lekambiso yezobulungiswa elikhambisana neendingo zomThethosisekelo omutjha.\nIlunga leKhabinedi eliziphendulela kwezekambiso yezobulungiswa, emva kokuthintana neKomitjhana yeKambiso yezoBulungiswa kumele lihlongoze ukuthoma kwehlelo lokuhlanganisa elibonelelwa epharagrafini (a).\nNanyana ngubani osesikhundleni, umThetho wokutjhugulula umThethosisekelo weRiphabliki yeSewula Afrika we-2001, uthoma ukusebenza njenge—\nMongameli weKhotho yomThethosisekelo, uba liJaji eliKhulu njengaba kutjhiwo esigabeni 167 (1) somThethosisekelo omutjha;\niSekela likaMongameli weKhotho yomThethosisekelo, liba liSekela leJaji eliKhulu njengombana kutjhiwo esigabeni 167 (1) somThethosisekelo omutjha;\nJaji eliKhulu liba nguMongameli weKhotho ekulu yokudlulisa imilandu njengombana kutjhiwo esigabeni 168 (1) somThethosisekelo omutjha; begodu\niSekela leJaji eliKhulu, liba liSekela likaMongameli weKhotho eKulu yokudlulisa imilandu njengombana kutjhiwo esigabeni 168 (1) somThethosisekelo omutjha.\nyoke imiyalo nemithetjhwana neenqophiso ezenziwa nguMongameli weKhotho yomThethosisekelo namkha iJaji eliKhulu usebenzile msinyana ngaphambi kokusebenza komThetho wokutjhugulula umThethosisekelo weRiphabliki yeSewula Afrika yomnyaka we-2001, uthoma ukusebenza kufikela usulwa namkha utjhugululwa.\nUngaphandle kokuthi kungakhambisani nokumumethweko namkha kungakhambisani, ukutjheja komunye nomunye umThetho namkha ikambiso eJajini eliKhulu namkha kuMongameli woKhotho yomThethosisekelo, kumele kuthathwe njengokutjhejwe neJaji eliKhulu njengombana kutjhiwo esigabeni 167 (1) somThethosisekelo omutjha.\n[I-ayithemana (7) ifakwe ngokwesigaba 20 (b) somThethosisekelo oliTjhuguluko lesiThandathu lomThetho we- 2001.]\n17. Imilandu Esaleleko\nUkuzwelelwa kwemilandu neembawo ezisalele emva maduze ngaphambi kobonyana umThethosisekelo omutjha uthome ukusebenza, kumele kuragelwe phambili ngazo begodu ziqedwe sengathi umThethosisekelo omutjha awukamemezelwa, ngaphandle kwalokha iinrhuluphelo zobulungiswa zibeka iindingo ezahlukileko.\n18. Amandla Wokutjhutjhisa\nIsigaba 108 somThethosisekelo ogadungileko siragela phambili ukuba namandla womThetho kuze kufike lapha umThetho weNarha obonelelwa kusigaba 179 somThethosisekelo omutjha uthoma ukusebenza. Isigaba lesi asithintani nokubekwa esikhundleni komNqophisi-mazombe wezobuTjhutjhisi ngaphasi kwesigaba 179.\nUmtjhutjhisi-mazombe ophethe isikhundla lokha umThethosisekelo omutjha uthoma ukusebenza, uragela phambili ngokusebenza ngokomThetho osetjenziswa li-ofisi lakhe, ngaphasi kwe-ayithemana (1).\n19. Ukufunga Nokuzibopha\nUmuntu lowo oragela phambili esikhundleni ngokuya kweHlelweli begodu lowo othethe isifungo sesikhundla namkha isibopho ngaphasi komThethosisekelo ogadungileko angeze akatelelwa ukubuyelela isifungo sesikhundla leso namkha‘isibopho ngaphasi komThethosisekelo omutjha.\n20. Amanye Amaziko Abunjwe MThethosisekelo\nKilesisigaba “amaziko abunjwe mThethosisekelo” kutjhiwo—\nIKomitjini yamaLungelo wobuNtu;\n[Indima (b) itjhugululwe sigaba 4 somThethosisekelo oliTjhuguluko lesiBili lomThetho womnyaka we-1998.]\niKomitjhini yokuLingana ngokoBulili;\ni-Reserve Bank yeSewula Afrika;\niKomitjhini yezeeMali neeMali zomBuso;\niKomitjhini yeKambiso yezoBulungiswa; namkha\niBhodo yamaLimi woKe weSewula Afrika.\nIziko elisungulwe mThethosisekelo ogadungileko namkha ngaphasi kwawo liragela phambili ngokusebenza ngokulandela umThetho osetjenziswa kilo, begodu omunye nomunye ophethe isikhundla sokuba lilunga lekomitjhana, ilunga leBhodo yeBhanga ePhakathi, umVikeli womPhakathi namkha umHloliincwadizombelele uzakuragela phambili ukuphatha isikhundla leso ngokulandela umThetho olawula isikhundla leso, ngaphasi—\nkwananyana ngiliphi itjhuguluko namkha ukwesulwa kwaloyo mThetho; begodu\nkwalokha kukhambisana nomThethosisekelo omutjha.\nIingatjana 199(1), 200(1), (3) nesesi-(5) ukufika kwese-(11) nesama- 201 ukufika ema-206 womThethosisekelo ogadungileko ziragela phambili ukusebenza kufikela zesulwa mThetho wePalamende ophasiswe ngokulandela isigaba 75 zomThethosisekelo omutjha.\nAmalunga weKomitjhini yeKambiso yezoBulungiswa abatjhiwo esigabeni 105(1) (h) somThethosisekelo ogadungileko abasabi malunga weKomitjhni lokha amalunga atjhiwo esigabeni 178(1)(i) somThethosisekelo omutjha abekwa eenkhundleni.\nUmKhandlu we-Volkstaat osungulwe ngokuya komThethosisekelo ogadungileko uragela phambili ngokusebenza ngokulandela umThetho othintana nawo, begodu lowo ophethe isikhundla njengelunga lomKhandlu lowo lokha umThethosisekelo omutjha uthoma ukusebenza, uragela phambili ngokuphatha isikhundla ngokulandela umThetho othintana nalesosikhundla, ngaphasi kwaloku—\nukutjhugululwa namkha ukwesulwa kwaloyo mThetho; begodu\nngokukhambisana nomThethosisekelo omutjha.\nIingaba 184A nese-184B (1) (a), (b) nesika-(d) zomThethosisekelo ogadungileko ziragela phambili ngokuba namandla bekufike lapha zesulwa mThetho wePalamende ophasiswe ngokulandela isigaba 75 somThethosisekelo omutjha.\n21. UkumEnyezelwa KomThetho Ngokweemfuno ZomThethosisekelo\nLokha umThethosisekelo omutjha utlhoga ukumenyezelwa komThetho weNarha namkha umThetho wesiFunda, lowo mThetho kumele umenyezelwe siPhathiswa esifaneleko ngaphakathi kwesikhathi esizwakalako.\nIsigaba 198(b) somThethosisekelo omutjha angeze sakatelelwa kuze kufezeke isikhathi lapha umThetho obonelelwa kuleso sigaba umemezelwa khona.\nIsigaba 199(3)(a) somThethosisekelo omutjha angeze sakatelelwa ngaphambi kokwedlula iinyanga ezintathu ngemva kobana umThetho obonelelwe esigabenesi sele umenyezelwe.\nUmThetho weNarha obonelelwa esigabeni 217(3) kumele umenyezelwe ngaphakathi kweminyaka emithathu kusukela ngelanga umThethosisekelo omutjha uthome ukusebenza ngalo, kodwana ukungabikhona komThetho lo ngaleso sikhathi akuvimbeli ukusetjenziswa kwekambiso etjhiwo esigabeni 217(2).\nBekufike isikhathi lapha umThetho wePalamende otjhiwo esigabeni 65 (2) somThethosisekelo omutjha umemezelwa, esinye nesinye isiBethamthetho sesiFunda singaqunta indlela yaso yekambiso ngelokho sizakudlulisela amandla waso kubajameli baso bonyana baphosele amavuwudu ebujameni baso kumKhandlu weNarha ongamele iimFunda.\nBekufike isikhathi lapha umThetho otjhiwo esigabeni 229(1) (b) somThethosisekelo omutjha umemezelwa khona, uMasipala uhlala anamandla wokubhadelisa imithelo, namkha umthelo loyo bewuvele unamandla wokuyibhadelisa lokha umThethosisekelo omutjha uthoma ukusebenza.\n22. Ibumbano Lesitjhaba Nokulibalelana\nNanyana kutjho ezinye iingaba zomThethosisekelo omutjha begodu nanyana umThethosisekelo ogadungileko wesulwe, zoke iingaba ezimalungana nokulibalelwa kumThethosisekelo ogadungileko ngaphasi kwesihloko“ibumbano lesitjhaba nokulibalelana”zithathwa njengengcenye yomThethosisekelo omutjha kilezo mfisakalelo zomThetho wokuthuthukisa iBumbano lesiTjhaba nokuBuyelana, 1995 (umThetho 34 we-1995) njengoba utjhugululiwe, okufaka hlangana nokuba namandla womThetho kwawo.\nNgokwehloso ye-ayithemu (1), ilanga lamhlana amalanga asi-’6 kuNobayeni 1993’ elitholakala eenqalelelweni zomThethosisekelo omdala ngaphasi kwesihloko‘ iBumbano lesiTjhaba nokuBuyelana’kumele ilungiswe ngokobana ithi, amalanga nakali‘ 11 kuMrhayili 1994’”.\n[I-ayithemana (2) ifakwe ngokwesigaba 3 somThethosisekelo oliTjhuguluko lokuThoma lomThetho womnyaka we-1997.]\n23. Umtlolo WamaLungelo WobuNtu\nUmThetho weNarha obonelelwa eengabeni 9(4), 32(2) nesama-33(3) zomThethosisekelo omutjha okumele umemezelwe ngaphakathi kweminyaka emithathu kusukela ngelanga umThethosisekelo omutjha uthoma ngalo ukusebenza.\nKuze kufike isikhathi lapho umThetho obonelelwa eengabeni 32(2) nesama- 33(3) zomThethosisekelo omutjha umemezelwa—\nIsigaba 32(1) kumele sithathwe nje ngesifundeka ngalendlela:\n“(1) Omunye nomunye umuntu unelungelo lokubonelelwa ngombiko woke ophethwe mBuso namkha elinye nelinye lamagatja wawo, kwelinye nelinye izinga lombuso kufikela lapho umbiko lowo utlhogekako ekusetjenzisweni namkha ekuvikeleni nanoma ngimaphi amalungelo wabo.”; begodu\nIingaba 33(1) nesesi-(2) kumele zithathwe njengezifundeka ngalendlela:\n“Omunye nomunye umuntu onelungelo —\n(a)\tlegadango lezokuphatha elisemthethweni lokha nanyana ngiliphi lamalungelo wabo namkha iinrhuluphelo zithinteka namkha zithuselwa;\n(b)\tlegadango lekambiso elifaneleko lokha nofana ngiliphi lamalungelo wabo namkha iimfisakelo ezisemthethweni zithinteka namkha zithuselwa;\n(c)\tlokunikelwa kwamabanga atlolwe phasi ngedango lezokuphatha elithinta nofana ngiliphi lamalungelo namkha iinrhuluphelo zabo ngaphandle kwalokha amabanga wegadango lelo azisiwe; begodu\n(d)\tisenzo sezokuphatha esilungileko malungana namabanga anikelweko lapho elinye nelinye lamalungelo wabo lithinteka namkha lithuselwa khona.”.\nIingaba 32(2) nesama-33(3) zomThethosisekelo omutjha ziphelelwa sikhathi nangabe umThetho obonelelwa kilezongaba, ngokuhlukahlukana, awumemezelwa ngaphakathi kweminyaka emithathu kusukela ngelanga umThethosisekelo omutjha uthoma ukusebenza.\n24. Ukuphatha KwakaRhulumende Nezokuphepha\nIingaba 82(4) (b), 215, 218(1), 219(1), 224 ukufikela ema-228, 236(1), (2), (3), (6), (7)(b) nesobu- (8), 237(1) nesesi- (2)(a) sama- 239(4) nesesi- (5) zomThethosisekelo ogadungileko ziragela phambili nokusebenza kwangathi umThethosisekelo ogadungileko awukasulwa, ngaphasi kwalokhu—\namatjhuguluko weengaba lezo njengokutjhiwo esiNgezelelweni D;\nnamkha ngiliphi itjhuguluko olisezakwenzwa namkha ukusulwa kwalezo iingaba zomThetho wePalamende ophasiswe ngokulandela isigaba 75 somThethosisekelo omutjha; begodu\nIKomitjhana yezabaSebenzi bakaRhulumende namaKomitjhini weensebenzi zikaRhulumende weemFunda etjhiwo eSahlukweni 13 somThethosisekelo ogadungileko, uragela phambili ngokusebenza ngokuya kweSahlukweso begodu nomThetho othintana nawo kube kwanga iSahlukweso asikatjhugululwa, bekufike isikhathi lapha iKomitjhini begodu namaKomitjhini wemisebenzi yeemFunda apheliswa khona mThetho wePalamende ophasiswe ngokuya kwesigaba 75 somThethosisekelo omutjha.\nUkwesulwa komThethosisekelo ogadungileko akuthintani nesimemezelo somThetho esikhutjhwe ngaphasi kwesigaba 237(3) somThethosisekelo ogadungileko begodu namkha ngisiphi isimemezelo somThetho esinjalo siragela phambili ngaphasi ko—\nnanyana ngiliphi itjhuguluko namkha ukwesulwa; begodu\n25. Ukungavunyelwa Okungezelelweko EsiBethamthethweni\nNanyana ngubani odosa iinyanga ezidlula ezili-12 ejele ngaphandle kwehlawulo ngaphakathi kweRiphabliki lokha umThethosisekelo omutjha uthoma ukusebenza, akanalungelo lokuba lilunga lesiBethamthetho seNarha namkha isiBethamthetho sesiFunda.\nUkungabi nelungelo komuntu ngokuya kwe-ayithemana (1)—\nkuyaphela nakube umlandu uyasulwa yikhotho yokubuyekeza namkha isigwebo sehliselwa ngaphasi kwaleso esingathatheli umuntu ilungelo leli; namkha\nkuphela iminyaka emihlanu ngemva kokukhutjhwa kwesigwebo leso.\n26. Umbuso Wendawo\nNanyana kuvezwa iinqalelelo eziseengabeni 151,155,156 nese-157 zomThethosisekelo omutjha—\niinqalelelo zomThetho wokudlulisela uRhulumende weKhaya, womnyaka we-1993 (umThetho 209 womnyaka we-1993) njengobana ungatjhugululwa ngesikhathi nesikhathi mThetho weNarha okhambisana nomThethosisekelo omutjha,uhlala usebenza ngokwemiKhandlu kaMasipala ukufikela lapha umKhandlu kaMasipala ujamiselela umKhandlu loyo namakhetho amakhulu wokukhethwa komKhandlu kaMasipala emva kokuthoma komThethosisekelo omutjha; begodu\n[I-ayithemana (a) ijanyiselelwe ngokwesigaba 5 (a) somThethosisekelo oliTjhuguluko lesiBili lomThetho womnyaka we-1998.]\numRholi weNdabuko womphakathi olandela indlela yomThetho wesintu begodu ahlala endaweni yekhansela yendawo yesikhatjhana, ikhansela yesikhatjhana yemakhaya namkha ikhansela yabajameli yesikhatjhana etjhiwo kumThetho wokudlulisela umbuso wendawo, umThetho womnyaka we-1993, begodu leyo ikhonjwe njengoba kwendlalwe esigabeni 182 somThethosisekelo ogadungileko, ngokwesikhundla sakhe, ulungela ukuba lilunga laleyo khansela kufikela lapho umKhandlu kaMasipala ujamiselela umKhandlu loyo namakhetho amakhulu wokukhethwa komKhandlu kaMasipala emva kokuthoma komThethosisekelo omutjha.\n[I-ayithemana (b) ijanyiselelwe sigaba 5(a) somThethosisekelo oliTjhuguluko lesiBili lomThetho womnyaka we-1998.]\nIsigaba 245(4) somThethosisekelo ogadungileko siragela phambili ngokusetjenziswa kuzekufike lapha ukusetjenziswa kwesigaba leso kuphelelwa sikhathi. Isigaba 16(5) nesesi-(6) somThetho wokuDlulisa uRhulumende weKhaya, womnyaka we-1993 ngeze sasulwa ngaphambi kwamhlana amalanga ama-30 kuSihlabantangana 2000.\n[[I-ayithemu (2) itjhugululwe sigaba 5 (b) somThethosisekelo oliTjhuguluko lesiBili lomThetho womnyaka we-1998.]\n27. Ukulondwa KwemiThetho YePalamende NemiThetho YeemFunda\nIingaba 82 nesama-124 zomThethosisekelo omutjha akuthintani nokulondwa kwemiThetho yePalamende namkha imiThetho yesiFunda isulwe ngaphambi kobana umThethosisekelo omutjha uthome ukusebenza.\n28. Ukurejistarwa Kwepahla Engakhambiko Yombuso\nEkubonisweni kwesitifiketi libandla elifaneleko bona ipahla imhlaba namkha ipahla engatjhidiko yombuso ingeyombuso othize ngokwesigaba 239 somThethosisekelo wangaphambili, isikhulu seencwadi zobunikazi kumele senze ukutlolisa okufana nalokho namkha imitlolo enjalo namkha phezu kwananyana ngiyiphi irejistara, incwadi yobunikazi namkha omunye umtlolo ukurejistara ipahla engatjhidisekiko ngebizo likaRhulumende lowo.\nAkunamthelo wepahla, imali namkha enye ihlawulo ebhadelwako manqophana nokutlolisa ngokuya kwe-ayithemana (1).\nHome UmThethosisekelo weRiphabliki yeSewula Afrika IHlelo 6. AmaLungiselelo WesiKhatjhana


UDavida LoGoliyathi | Izifundo ZeBhayibhili Zabantwana\nUJehova wathi kuSamuyeli: ‘Hamba kuJese. Eyinye yamadodana akhe izakuba yinkosi elandelayo yako-Israyeli.’ Yikho uSamuyeli waya kuJese. Wathi ebona indodana kaJese endala wacabanga wathi: ‘Kumele ukuthi lo nguye ozakuba yinkosi.’ Kodwa uJehova watshela uSamuyeli ukuthi kayisuye. UJehova wathi: ‘Mina ngikhangela okusenhliziyweni yomuntu hatshi lokho ayikho ngaphandle.’\nUJese waletha amanye amadodana akhe ayisithupha. Kodwa uSamuyeli wathi: ‘Akula okhethwe nguJehova phakathi kwamadodana la. Ulamanye amadodana yini?’ UJese wathi: ‘Ngilayo eyinye indodana elicinathunjana ethiwa nguDavida, yelusa izimvu.’ UDavida wathi esebuyile uJehova wathi kuSamuyeli: ‘Nguye lo engimkhethileyo.’ USamuyeli wamgcoba ukuthi abe yinkosi elandelayo yako-Israyeli ngokumthela amafutha ekhanda.\nNgokuhamba kwesikhathi, ama-Israyeli ahamba ayakulwa lamaFilisti. Ama-Filisti ayelesotsha elikhulu futhi elilamandla okwakuthiwa nguGoliyathi. Isotsha leli lalihleka ama-Israyeli lisithi: ‘Thumani umuntu azokulwa lami, anganginqoba sizakuba yizigqili zenu. Kodwa ngingamnqoba lizakuba yizigqili zethu.’\nUDavida wathunywa ukuthi ahambise ukudla kubafowabo ababengamasotsha. Wathi efika wezwa uGoliyathi ehleka ama-Israyeli. UDavida wathi kuSawuli: ‘Ngizakulwa laye.’ USawuli wathi: ‘Uzakulwa laye njani wena umncane kangaka?’ UDavida waphendula wathi: ‘UJehova uzangisiza.’\nUSawuli wagqokisa uDavida isambatho sakhe sempi kodwa yena wathi: ‘Angenelisi ukuya kulwa ngigqoke lokhu.’ UDavida wathatha isavutha sakhe waya esifuleni wafika wadobha amatshe amahlanu abutshelezi wawafaka esikhwameni sakhe. Wathi esuka lapho wagijima waya kuGoliyathi. UGoliyathi wamemeza wathi: ‘Woza lapha, ngizakubulala udliwe zinyoni lezinyamazana zeganga.’ UDavida kazange esabe kodwa waphendula wathi: ‘Wena uzokulwa lami ngenkemba langomkhonto kodwa mina ngiza kuwe ngebizo likaJehova. Alilwi lathi kodwa lilwa loNkulunkulu. Lamuhla wonke umuntu uzakwazi ukuthi uJehova ulamandla ukwedlula inkemba lomkhonto. Sizalinqoba.’\nUDavida wathatha isavutha wafaka ilitshe waseliphosa ngamandla akhe wonke. UJehova wamsiza ngoba ilitshe lelo langena latshona ebunzini likaGoliyathi, wawela phansi wafa. AmaFilisti wonke abaleka. Wena uyamthemba yini uJehova njengoDavida?\n“Ngokwabantu kakwenzeki, kodwa hatshi ngoNkulunkulu; zonke izinto ziyenzakala ngoNkulunkulu.”—UMakho 10:27\nImibuzo: UJehova wakhetha bani ukuthi abe yinkosi elandelayo yako-Israyeli? UDavida wenzani ukuze anqobe uGoliyathi?\n1 USamuyeli 16:1-13; 17:1-54\nBala indaba emnandi eseBhayibhilini ukuze ufunde ukuthi kuyini okwenza uDavida waba lesibindi.


Ungakuqinisa Njani Ukumanyana Kwethu? | Isifundo\nBALA KU Acholi Albanian American Sign Language Amharic Arabic Argentinean Sign Language Armenian Aymara Azerbaijani Azerbaijani (Cyrillic) Bashkir Batak (Karo) Batak (Simalungun) Bengali Bicol Brazilian Sign Language British Sign Language Bulgarian Catalan Cebuano Chichewa Chilean Sign Language Chinese Mandarin (Simplified) Chinese Mandarin (Traditional) Chinese Sign Language Chitonga (Malawi) Chitumbuka Chiyao Chuvash Colombian Sign Language Croatian Czech Danish Dutch Ecuadorian Sign Language English Estonian Fijian Finnish Finnish Sign Language French Georgian German Greek Guarani Gujarati Gun Hebrew Hiligaynon Hindi Hiri Motu Hungarian Ibanag Icelandic Igbo Iloko Indonesian IsiMixe (seNorth Central) Isoko Italian Italian Sign Language Japanese Japanese Sign Language Javanese Kannada Kikamba Kikuyu Kinyarwanda Kirghiz Kiribati Kirundi Korean Kurdish Kurmanji (Caucasus) Kurdish Kurmanji (Cyrillic) Latvian Lhukonzo Lithuanian Luganda Luo Macedonian Macua Malagasy Malay Malayalam Marathi Maya Mexican Sign Language Mongolian Moore Ndau Ndebele (Zimbabwe) Nepali Nias Norwegian Nyungwe Oromo Ossetian Pangasinan Papiamento (Aruba) Papiamento (Curaçao) Persian Peruvian Sign Language Polish Polish Sign Language Portuguese Punjabi Quechua (Bolivia) Romanian Runyankore Russian Russian Sign Language Samoan Sango Sena Serbian Serbian (Roman) Shona Sidama Sinhala Slovak Slovenian Solomon Islands Pidgin Spanish Spanish Sign Language Sranantongo Swahili Swedish Tagalog Tajiki Tamil Tatar Telugu Tetun Dili Thai Tigrinya Tok Pisin Tshwa Turkish Turkmen Tuvaluan Tzotzil Ukrainian Urdu Urhobo Uzbek Venezuelan Sign Language Vietnamese Waray-Waray Wolaita Yoruba Zande Zapotec (Isthmus) Zimbabwe Sign Language ulimi lwezandla lwase-Angola\n‘Kusukela kuye umzimba wonke uhlanganiswe wabanjaniswa.’—EFE. 4:16.\nIZINGOMA: 53, 107\nUkutshumayela izindaba ezinhle kwenza simanyane ngayiphi indlela?\nKuyini okunye esingakwenza ukuze kube lokumanyana ebandleni?\nIndoda lomkayo bangahlala njani bemanyene?\n1. Kuyini obekusenza ukuthi imisebenzi kaNkulunkulu iphumelele kusukela ekuqaleni?\nUJEHOVA loJesu bebelokhu bemanyene kusukela ekuqaleni. UJehova waqala ngokudala uJesu engakadali ezinye izinto. Ngemva kwalokho uJesu waba ‘ngumbumbi eceleni kwakhe’ emncedisa ukudala ezinye izinto. (Zaga. 8:30) Izinceku zikaJehova lazo bezibambisana emsebenzini ebeziwuphiwa ukuthi ziwenze. Ngokwesibonelo, uNowa lemuli yakhe babambisana lapho besakha umkhumbi. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi abako-Israyeli babambisana emsebenzini wokwakha ithabanikeli, owokulidiliza lokulithwala nxa sebethutha. Kanti njalo lasethempelini kwakulabantu ababehlabela ngamaphimbo amnandi njalo bedlala lamachacho ukuze badumise uJehova. Abantu bakaJehova baphumelela ukwenza konke lokhu ngenxa yokuthi babebambisana.—Gen. 6:14-16, 22; Nani. 4:4-32; 1 ImiLan. 25:1-8.\n2. (a) Ayesebenza njani amaKhristu ekhulu lokuqala? (b) Yiwuphi umbuzo esizaxoxa ngayo?\n2 Ukubambisana okunjengalokhu kwakukhona lasebandleni lekhulu lokuqala. Umphostoli uPhawuli wachaza ukuthi lanxa amaKhristu la ayelezipho ezitshiyeneyo futhi esenza imisebenzi etshiyeneyo ebandleni, ayemanyene. Wonke ayelandela uJesu umkhokheli webandla lobuKhristu. UPhawuli wawafanisa lomzimba olamalunga atshiyeneyo asebenza ngokubambisana. (Bala u-1 Khorinte 12:4-6, 12.) Thina sinjalo yini? Singabambisana njani labanye emsebenzini wokutshumayela, ebandleni kanye lasemulini?\nBAMBISANA LABANYE EKUTSHUMAYELENI\n3. Yiwuphi umbono owabonwa ngumphostoli uJohane?\n3 Kwathi sekusiyaphela ikhulu lokuqala umphostoli uJohane wabona izingilosi eziyisikhombisa embonweni futhi ingilosi ngayinye yayikhalisa icilongo. Lapho ingilosi yesihlanu ikhalisa icilongo layo uJohane wabona “inkanyezi eyavela emkhathini iwela emhlabeni.” “Inkanyezi” le yayilekhiye esandleni sayo njalo yavula ngayo umgodi ongelamkhawulo. Emgodini lo kwaphuma iyezi lentuthu kanye lomtshitshi wezintethe. Izintethe lezi zatshelwa ukuthi zingalimazi utshani loba izihlahla kodwa ukuthi zihlasele “labobantu ababengelalo uphawu lukaNkulunkulu.” (Isam. 9:1-4) Akuthandabuzwa ukuthi uJohane wayewazi mhlophe umonakalo ongabangelwa zintethe. Phela wayekwazi ezake zakwenza kwabaseGibhithe ngesikhathi sikaMosi. (Eks. 10:12-15) Izintethe lezi ezabonwa nguJohane embonweni zimela amaKhristu agcotshiweyo atshumayela umlayezo olamandla mayelana lenkolo yamanga. Kulezinsuku amaKhristu la asebenza ndawonye lezigidi zalabo abalethemba lokuphila emhlabeni. Ukubambisana kwamaqembu la amabili sekusize izigidi zabantu ukuthi ziphume enkolweni yamanga esetshenziswa nguSathane ukukhohlisa abantu.\n4. Yiwuphi umsebenzi okumele wenziwe ngabantu bakaNkulunkulu, futhi kuyini okungabanceda ukuthi baphumelele ukuwenza?\n4 Abantu bakaJehova balomsebenzi omkhulu kakhulu wokutshumayela ‘ivangeli loMbuso’ emhlabeni wonke ukuphela kungakafiki. (Mat. 24:14; 28:19, 20) Umsebenzi lo ugoqela ukunxusa “loba ngubani owomileyo” ukuthi azozitholela “isipho esingabhadalelwayo samanzi okuphila.” (Isam. 22:17) Njengoba singamalunga ebandla lobuKhristu singenzani ukuze siphumelele emsebenzini lo? Okungasinceda ‘yikuhlanganiswa sibanjaniswe’ labanye ebandleni.—Efe. 4:16.\n5, 6. Sibambisana njani emsebenzini wokutshumayela izindaba ezinhle?\n5 Kumele siwenze ngendlela ehlelekileyo umsebenzi lo ukuze siphumelele ukufikisa izindaba ezinhle zoMbuso ebantwini abanengi. Ngakho-ke siyaphiwa iziqondiso emabandleni ezisisizayo ukuthi sibambisane emsebenzini lo. Nxa singaqeda umhlangano wenkonzo yasensimini siyaphuma siyememezela umlayezo woMbuso ebantwini. Lokhu sikwenza ngokuxoxa labo langokubanika amabhuku atshiyeneyo asekelwe eBhayibhilini. Kwezinye izikhathi siyacelwa ukuthi sihlanganyele emikhankasweni yokutshumayela eqakathekileyo. Wena uyakwenza yini lokhu? Nxa ukwenza lokhu uyabe ubambisana labanye ekumemezeleni umlayezo wengilosi endiza emoyeni okukhulunywa ngayo kuSambulo 14:6.\n6 Kuhlala kusithokozisa kakhulu ukubala ku-Yearbook mayelana lemibiko emihle ebekhona ngenxa yokubambisana kwethu ekutshumayeleni. Cabanga langendlela esibambisana ngayo nxa sihambisa izimemo zemihlangano yezabelo, imihlangano eqakathekileyo kanye lezemihlangano yezizwe. Emibuthanweni le silalela izinkulumo ezakhayo futhi sibukele amadrama kanye leziboniso. Zonke izingxenye lezi ziyasikhuthaza ukuthi sikhuthale ekukhonzeni uJehova. Ukukhumbula ukufa kukaJesu lakho kusenza simanyane. Minyaka yonke sibakhona embuthanweni lo owenziwa ngoNisan 14 ilanga litshona ukuze sitshengise ukuthi siyambonga uNkulunkulu ngomusa wakhe ongasifanelanga kanye lokuthi siyawulalela umlayo uJesu asinika wona. (1 Khor. 11:23-26) Ilanga leli kalinanzwa ngababhaphathiziweyo kuphela. Nxa iSikhumbuzo sesizafika siyasabalala ensimini yethu sinxusa abantu ukuthi labo babuye embuthanweni lo oqakathekileyo.\n7. Kuyini esenelisa ukukufeza ngokubambisana emsebenzini wokutshumayela?\n7 Intethe eyodwa ngeke ibangele umonakalo omkhulu. Kuyafanana lathi, umuntu oyedwa ngeke enelise ukutshumayeza wonke umuntu. Kodwa ukubambisana kwethu kusenza senelise ukunceda izigidi zabantu ukuthi lazo zinike uJehova lonke udumo lenkazimulo. Lanxa kunjalo ukutshumayela kayisikho kodwa okungasinceda ukuthi sithuthukise ukumanyana ebantwini bakaNkulunkulu.\nBAMBISANA LABANYE EBANDLENI\n8, 9. (a) UPhawuli wasebenzisa wuphi umzekeliso ukuze atshengise amaKhristu ukuthi kumele ahlale emanyene? (b) Singabambisana njani labanye ebandleni?\n8 Lapho uPhawuli ebhalela abase-Efesu wakhuluma ngokuhleleka okumele kube sebandleni kanye lokuqakatheka ‘kokukhula ezintweni zonke.’ (Bala u-Efesu 4:15, 16.) Kuyini okungasinceda ukuthi sithuthuke endabeni le? UPhawuli wasebenzisa umzekeliso womzimba ukuze atshengise ukuthi umKhristu ngamunye anganceda ukuthi ibandla lihlale limanyene njalo lithobele ubukhokheli bukaJesu Khristu. Wakhuluma ngokuthi umzimba wonke ubanjaniswe “yimisipha yonke ewusekelayo.” Manje kuyini okungenziwa ngumuntu munye ngamunye ukuze ibandla limanyane futhi liqine ekukhonzeni?\n9 Okuqakathekileyo yikuzithoba kanye lokuhlonipha abadala ababekwe nguJesu ukuthi bakhokhele. (Heb. 13:7, 17) Kwezinye izikhathi kungaba nzima ukukwenza lokhu. Lanxa kunjalo singathandaza kuNkulunkulu sicele ukuthi asiphathise. Angasinika umoya wakhe ongcwele ozasinceda ukuthi sizamukele zonke iziqondiso ezivela ebadaleni. Ngakho nxa sikuthola kunzima kwezinye izikhathi ukulandela esikutsheliweyo, kumele sicabange ngokuthi ukuthobeka kwethu kungenza njani ukuthi kube lokumanyana ebandleni. Okunye njalo yikuthi ukubambisana labanye lanxa kunzima kwenza sonke sikhule ethandweni.\n10. Izinceku ezikhonzayo zinceda njani ukuthi kube lokumanyana ebandleni? (Khangela umfanekiso osekuqaliseni.)\n10 Izinceku ezikhonzayo ziyancedisa kakhulu ekwenzeni ukuthi kube lokumanyana ebandleni. Imisebenzi eyenziwa ngabazalwane laba abaleminyaka etshiyeneyo inceda wonke umuntu ebandleni. Ngokwesibonelo abazalwane laba bancedisa abadala ngokuba leqiniso lokuthi ebandleni kulamabhuku okutshumayela eneleyo. Bayancedisa ekunakekeleni lasekuhlanzeni iWolu yoMbuso njalo yibo abamukela abantu abasivakatshelayo emihlanganweni yethu. Nxa sibambisana labazalwane laba siyabe sisenza ukuthi yonke into itshelele ebandleni.—Qathanisa lo-ImiSebenzi 6:3-6.\n11. Abazalwane abasakhulayo bangancedisa njani ukuthi kube lokumanyana ebandleni?\n11 Kulabazalwane abanengi abakhulileyo asebeleminyaka eminengi besebenza gadalala ebandleni. Kodwa iminyaka yabo ingabe isisenza ukuthi kube nzima ukufeza lokho ababekwenza, nxa sekunjalo kuyabe sekudingakala ukuthi kwenziwe untshintsho. Abazalwane abasesebatsha bangancedisa kakhulu endabeni le. Lanxa kungabe kusesekunengi okumele bakufunde, ukubaqeqetsha kunganceda ukuthi bakulungele ukuthwala imisebenzi ebandleni. Kanti njalo kuyathokozisa ukubona izinceku ezikhonzayo lazo zithuthuka ukuze zifanele ukuba ngabadala. (1 Tim. 3:1, 10) Abanye abadala abasesebatsha sebathuthuka baze baba ngababonisi beziqinti njalo balusizo kakhulu kubafowethu labodadewethu emabandleni amanengi. Kasibabongi yini abazalwane laba ngomsebenzi omuhle abawenzayo?—Bala iHubo 110:3, lomTshumayeli 12:1.\nBAMBISANA LABANYE EMULINI\n12, 13. Kuyini okunganceda ukuthi kube lokubambisana emulini?\n12 Okwakhathesi ake sixoxe ngokuthi singenzani ukuze kube lokubambisana emulini yethu. Abanengi sebekubonile ukuthi ukuba lokuKhonza Kwemuli okulusizo maviki wonke kuyanceda ngoba kwenza ukuthi kube lobudlelwano obuhle phakathi kwabazali labantwababo. Ngezikhathi lezi ezimnandi imuli iyahlangana ukuze ixoxe ngezinto eziphathelane lokukhonza futhi lokhu kwenza imuli imanyane. Kanti njalo ukulungiselela izintshumayelo ngesikhathi lesi kunganceda wonke umuntu emulini ukuthi atshumayele ngendlela ephumelelayo. Ngakho nxa imuli ihlala phansi ixoxa ngeLizwi likaNkulunkulu iyamanyana, njalo kuyakhanya lokuthi bonke emulini bayamthanda uJehova futhi bazimisele ukwenza intando yakhe.\nUkukhonza kwemuli kwenza ukuthi kube lobudlelwano obuhle phakathi kwabasakhulayo lasebekhulile (Khangela izindima 12 lo- 15)\n13 Abatshadileyo bona bangabambisana njani ekudumiseni uJehova? Nxa bobabili beyizinceku zikaJehova ezithembekileyo bazajabula kakhulu futhi bamanyane emtshadweni wabo. U-Abhrahama loSara, u-Isaka loRabheka kanye lo-Elikhana loHana ngabanye ababetshadile abatshengisa ukuthi bayathandana kakhulu. Labatshadileyo lamuhla kumele benze okufananayo. (Gen. 26:8; 1 Sam. 1:5, 8; 1 Phet. 3:5, 6) Lokhu kuzakwenza bamanyane futhi basondele eduze kukaBaba wethu osezulwini.—Bala umTshumayeli 4:12.\n14. Kuyini ongakwenza ukuze uqinise umtshado wakho lanxa umkakho engakhonzi uJehova?\n14 AmaKhristu akumelanga atshade labantu abangamkhonziyo uJehova. (2 Khor. 6:14) Kodwa bakhona abafowethu labodadewethu abahlala labantu abangayisibo oFakazi bakaJehova. Abanye babo bangabe basebevele betshadile ngesikhathi befunda iqiniso. Lanxa kunjalo ukusebenzisa izimiso zikaNkulunkulu kungenza kube lokumanyana emulini. Kumele bazame ngazo zonke izindlela ukubambisana labanye babo ngendlela engasoze yephule izimiso zikaNkulunkulu. Lokhu kungaba nzima sibili, kodwa umvuzo wakhona mkhulu kakhulu. Kanti njalo ukusebenzisa izimiso zeBhayibhili kungaba nzima nxa otshade laye engatshiya ukukhonza. Lokhu kwenzakala komunye udadewethu kuthiwa nguMary. Yena lomkakhe uDavid babekhonza uJehova ndawonye, kodwa ngemva kwesikhathi umkakhe wayekela ukungena imihlangano. UMary waqhubeka engena imihlangano yebandla lemihlangano emikhulu njalo wayezama sibili ukusebenzisa izimiso zeBhayibhili emzini wakhe okugoqela lokufundisa abantwabakhe abayisithupha. Lapho abantwana sebekhulile sebengasahlali ekhaya, uMary waqalisa ukuzizwa eselesizungu. UDavid waqalisa ukubala amamagazini umkakhe ayemtshiyela wona. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi waqalisa ukuya eWolu yoMbuso njalo umzukulu wakhe oleminyaka engu-6 wayefika ambambele indawo yokuhlala. Kwakusithi nxa uDavid engayanga emhlanganweni, umzukulu wakhe wayemtshela ukuthi, “Khulu bengikukhumbula lamuhla emhlanganweni.” UDavid wabuyela kuJehova ngemva kweminyaka engu-25 njalo khathesi yena lomkakhe bayathokoza ukukhonza bendawonye.\n15. Asebeleminyaka betshadile bangabanceda njani abasanda kutshada?\n15 Ngenxa yokuthi uSathane uzithwalele ubhulo izimuli, kuqakathekile ukuthi zonke izinceku zikaNkulunkulu ezitshadileyo zihlale zibambisana emitshadweni yazo. Kungelani lokuthi usuleminyaka emingaki utshadile, cabangisisa ngokuthi kuyini ongakwenza kumbe ongakutsho ukuze uqinise umtshado wakho. Asebelesikhathi eside betshadile banganceda abasanda kutshada ukuthi labo baqinise eyabo imitshado. Bangabanxusa kwezinye izikhathi emizini yabo nxa besenza ukukhonza kwemuli. Nxa lingenza njalo abasanda kutshada bazabona indlela elithandana ngayo futhi bazabona lokuthi limanyene. Bazananzelela lokuthi ukuthandana lokumanyana kuqakathekile kungelani lokuthi umuntu useleminyaka emingaki etshadile.—Tit. 2:3-7.\n“WOZANI SIKHWELE ENTABENI KAJEHOVA”\n16, 17. Izinceku zikaNkulunkulu ezimanyeneyo khathesi zikhangeleleni esikhathini esizayo?\n16 Ama-Israyeli ayejayele ukuya eJerusalema futhi ayebambisana labanye ngesikhathi lesi. Ayelungiselela yonke into eyayidingakala emangweni. Ngemva kwalokho ayehamba ndawonye futhi encedisana. Ayefika edumisa futhi ekhonza uJehova emanyene ethempelini. (Luk. 2:41-44) Njengoba lathi sisemangweni wokuya emhlabeni omutsha, kuqakathekile ukuthi sibambisane njalo simanyane. Lokhu kudinga umzamo sibili ngoba akulula. Wena ubona angani kumele uthuthuke yini endabeni le?\n17 Cabanga ngezibusiso ezinengi esizilindeleyo! Phela kasisafanani labantu bomhlaba lo abangabambananga futhi abangazi lutho ngekusasa. Khathesi sesikubona kugcwaliseka okwaphrofethwa ngu-Isaya loMikha. Baphrofetha ukuthi abantu bakaNkulunkulu bazakhwela ‘intaba kaJehova’ bemanyene. (Isaya. 2:2-4; bala uMikha 4:2-4.) Siyakubona sibili ukuthi ‘kulezi insuku zokucina’ indlela esikhonza ngayo iphakeme kakhulu. Kodwa sizathokoza kakhulu nxa sesiphila emhlabeni omutsha ngoba bonke abantu bazabe sebemanyene futhi bebambisana labanye!


“Ngombana ukumthanda uZimu kuthobela imilayo yakhe. Imilayo yakhe ayisibudisi kithi.”—1 KAJWANISI 5:3.\n1, 2. Khuyini ekwenze bona uthande uJehova uZimu?\nUYAMTHANDA uZimu? Nengabe uzinikele kuJehova uZimu, ipendulwakho ngokuqinisekileko ingu-iye—begodu kufuze kube njalo! Kungokwemvelo ukuthanda uJehova. Ithando lethu ngoZimu libangelwa lithando analo ngathi. IBhayibhili ikubeka bunje: “Thina siyathanda, ngombana [UJehova] wasithanda qangi.”—1 KaJwanisi 4:19.\n2 UJehova uthethe igadango lokuthoma ukutjengisa ithando lakhe ngathi. Wasilungiselela ikhaya elihle eliliphasi. Ukhathalela iintlhogo zethu ezingokwenyama. (Matewu 5:43-48) Okuqakatheke khulu, utlhogomela iintlhogo zethu ezingokomoya. Usiphe iLizwi lakhe, iBhayibhili. Ukungezelela kilokho, usimema bona sithandaze kuye siqiniseka bona uzosizwa begodu uzosinikela nomoyakhe ocwengileko bona usirhelebhe. (AmaRhalani 65:2; Luka 11:13) Okuqakatheke khulu, wathumela iNdodanakhe eligugu bona ibe Mhlengi wethu kobana sitjhaphululwe esonweni nekufeni. Qala bona lithando elikhulu kangangani uJehova analo ngathi!—Funda uJwanisi 3:16; KwebeRoma 5:8.\n3. (a) Bona sihlale ethandweni lakaZimu, khuyini okufuze siyenze? (b) Ngiwuphi umbuzo oqakathekileko okufuze bona siwucabangele, begodu singayifumana kuphi ipendulo?\n3 UJehova ufuna bona sizuze ethandweni lakhe ngokungapheliko. Nokho, bona siyazuza namtjhana asizuzi, kukithi. ILizwi lakaZimu liyasiyelelisa: ‘Nihlale ethandweni lakaZimu . . . ze nibe nokuphila okungapheliko.’ (KaJuda 21) Ibizo elithi ‘nihlale’ litjho bona ukuhlala ethandweni lakaZimu, kutlhoga bonyana senze okuthileko. Kufuze sisabele ethandweni lakhe ngendlela ebonakalako. Umbuzo oqakathekileko okufuze siwucabangele, ngilo, ‘Ngingalitjengisa njani ithando lami ngoZimu?’ Ipendulo ifumaneka emezwini aphefumulelweko wompostoli uJwanisi: “Ngombana ukumthanda uZimu kuthobela imilayo yakhe. Imilayo yakhe ayisibudisi kithi.” (1 KaJwanisi 5:3) Senza kuhle ngokuhlola lokho okutjhiwo mamezwi la, ngombana sifuna ukutjengisa bona simthanda kangangani uZimethu.\n‘LOKHO OKUTJHIWO KUTHANDA UZIMU’\n4, 5. (a) Itjho ukuthini ikulumo ethi ‘ukuthanda uZimu’? (b) Hlathulula bona ithando ngoJehova lathoma njani ukukhula ehliziywenakho.\n4 ‘Ukuthanda uZimu—khuyini egade isemkhumbulweni kampostoli uJwanisi nekatlola amezwi la? Amezwi la akaqalisi ethandweni lakaZimu ngathi, kodwana ethandweni lethu ngaye. Uyakhumbula lokha ithando ngoJehova nelithoma ukukhula ehliziywenakho?\nUkuzinikela nokubhabhadiswa kulitshwayo lokuthoma kokuphila kokulalela uJehova ngombana simthanda\n5 Akhe ukhumbule okwesikhatjhana, lokha newuthoma ukufunda iqiniso ngoJehova nangeminqopho yakhe begodu waba nekholo kuye. Wazwisisa bona namtjhana wabelethwa unesono uhlukaniswe noZimu, uJehova ngoKrestu wavula indlela bonyana uzuze ukuphelela okwalahlwa ngu-Adamu begodu uzuze nokuphila okungapheliko. (Matewu 20:28; KwebeRoma 5:12, 18) Wathoma ukuzwisisa ukuqakatheka komhlatjelo uJehova awenzako ngokuthumela iNdodanakhe eligugu bona ikufele. Ihliziywakho yathinteka, wathoma ukuthanda uZimu okutjengise ithando elikhulu kangako.—Funda 1 KaJwanisi 4:9, 10.\n6. Litjengiswa njani ithando lamambala, begodu ithando ngoZimu lakutjhukumisela bona wenzeni?\n6 Nokho, amazizo anjalo gade asithomo kwaphela sethando lamambala ngoJehova. Ithando alisiwo amazizo namtjhana amezwi kwaphela. Ithando lamambala ngoZimu lihlanganisa okungaphezu kokuthi, “Ngiyamthanda uJehova.” Njengekholo, ithando lamambala litjengiswa ngezenzo. (KaJakobosi 2:26) Ngokukhethekileko, ithando libonakala ngezenzo ezithabisa loyo othandwako. Ngalokho-ke, ithando ngoJehova nelithoma ukukhula ehliziywenakho, wafuna ukuphila ngendlela ethabisa uYihlo wezulwini. UnguFakazi obhabhadisiweko? Nengabe kunjalo, ithando elikhulweli nokuzinikela kwakho kwakwenza bona wenze isiqunto esiqakatheke khulu ekuphileni kwakho. Wazinikela kuJehova bona wenze intando yakhe, begodu wakutjengisa ngokubhabhadiswa. (Funda KwebeRoma 14:7, 8) Ukuzalisa isithembiso esiqakathekilekwesi ngokuzinikela kuJehova kuhlanganisa lokho umpostoli uJwanisi azokutjho.\n‘SITHOBELA IMILAYO YAKHE’\n7. Ngimiphi eminye imilayo kaZimu, begodu ukuyithobela kuhlanganisani?\n7 UJwanisi wahlathulula bona ithando ngoZimu litjho bonyana: ‘Sithobele imilayo yakhe.’ Iyini imilayo kaZimu? UJehova usinikele imilayo embalwa ngeLizwi lakhe, iBhayibhili. Isibonelo, ulahla imikghwa enjengobudakwa, ukuhlobonga, ukhonza iinthombe, ukweba nokuleya amala. (1 KwebeKorinte 5:11; 6:18; 10:14; Kwebe-Efesu 4:28; KwebeKholose 3:9) Ukuthobela imilayo kaZimu kuhlanganisa ukuphila ngovumelana neemthetho yeBhayibhili yokuziphatha okuhle.\n8, 9. Singazi njani bona sithabisa uJehova ngitjho nebujamweni iBhayibhili engakhulumi ngabo ngokunqophileko? Nikela isibonelo.\n8 Nokho, ukuthabisa uJehova kutlhoga bona senze okungaphezu kokulalela imilayo yakhe enqophileko kwaphela. UJehova akasibekeli imilayo elawula enye nenye into esiyenzako ekuphileni kwethu kwelanga nelanga. Ngalokho, ilanga nelanga singahlangabezana nezinto ezinengi iBhayibhili engakhulumi ngazo ngokunqophileko. Ebujamweni obunjalo, singazi njani bona khuyini ethabisa uJehova? IBhayibhili itjengisa ngokunqophileko bona uyini umbono kaZimu. Njengombana sifunda iBhayibhili, siyafunda bona khuyini uJehova ayithandako nayihloyileko. (Funda AmaRhalani 97:10; Izaga 6:16-19) Siyalemuka bona ngimiphi iimbono nezenzo azithabelako. Njengombana sifunda ngobuntu neendlela zakaJehova, kulapho sizokuvumela khona bona ukucabanga kwakhe kunqophise iinqunto begodu kube nomthelela ezenzweni zethu. Ngalokho-ke, ngitjho nebujamweni okungekho umlayo weBhayibhili onqophileko, singakwazi ukulemuka bonyana ‘UZimu ufuna bona siziphathe njani.’—Kwebe-Efesu 5:17.\n9 Isibonelo, iBhayibhili ayisitjeli ngokunqophileko bonyana singabukeli iimbhayisikobho neenhlelo zeTV ezitjengisa iinturhu namtjhana ukuziphatha kumbi ngokomseme. Kodwana siyawutlhoga na umthetho onqophileko ositjela bona singabukeli izinto ezinjalo? Siyazi bona uJehova uziqala njani iintwezo. ILizwi lakhe lisitjela ngokukhanyako: “Umphefumulo [kaJehova] uhloya nanyana ngubani othanda inturhu.” (AmaRhalani 11:5) ILizwi lakhe godu lithi: “UZimu uyakwahlulela iinhlobongi neengwadla.” (KumaHebheru 13:4) Ngokukhumbula amezwi aphefumulelweko la, singalemuka bona uJehova ufuna siziphathe njani. Ngalokho sikhetha ukungazithabisi ngokubukela ihlobo leenthombe uZimethu alihloyileko. Siyazi bona uJehova uyathaba nesigegeda izinto ezisilapheleko iphaseli eliziveza njengokuzithabisa okunganangozi. *\n10, 11. Kubayini sikhetha ukulalela uJehova, begodu simlalela ngayiphi indlela?\n10 Ngiliphi ibanga eliqakathekileko lokuthobela imilayo kaZimu? Kubayini sifuna ukuphila ngokuvumelana nomkhumbulo kaZimu ngamalanga? Asikhethi indlela le ngombana sifuna ukubalekela isibetho namtjhana iimphumela efunyanwa ngilabo abangayithatheli ehloko imilayo kaZimu. (KwebeGalatiya 6:7) Kunalokho, siqala ukuthobela uJehova njengethuba eliligugu elitjengisa bona siyamthanda. Njengombana umntwana afuna ukuthabisa uyise, ngalokho nathi sifuna ukuthabisa uJehova. (AmaRhalani 5:12) NguBabethu, begodu siyamthanda. Ayikho into esilethela ithabo nokwaneliseka ukudlula ukwazi bona siphila ngendlela “eyamukelwa nguJehova.”—Izaga 12:2.\n11 Ukulalela kwethu asikwenzi ngokukatelelwa; nangokukhethakhetha. * Asikhethakhethi bona ngiyiphi imilayo esizoyilalela nesingazoyilalela, asilaleli kwaphela nengabe kubulula, nalokha kubudisi siyalalela. Kunalokho, silalela ‘ngehliziyo yethu yoke.’ (KwebeRoma 6:17) Sizizwa njengomrhubi weBhayibhili owatlolako: “Ngizokuba nethando ngemilayo yakho engiyithandileko.” (AmaRhalani 119:47) Kwamambala, siyathanda ukulalela uJehova. Siyatjheja bona uyakufanelekela—begodu ufuna bona simlalele ngokuzeleko. (Duteronomi 12:32) Sifuna uJehova atjho amezwi afanako ngathi iLizwi lakhe eliwatjhoko ngoNuwa. Malungana nehloko yomndeni ethembekileko, eyatjengisa ithando ngoZimu ngokuthembeka amakhulu weemnyaka, iBhayibhili ithi: “UNuwa wenza koke uZimu amlayela khona. Wenza njalo.”—Genesisi 6:22.\n12. Kunini lapho ukulalela kwethu kuletha khona ithabo ehliziyweni kaJehova?\n12 UJehova uzizwa njani ngokulalela kwethu ngokuzithandela? ILizwi lakhe lithi senza ‘ihliziyo yakhe ithabe.’ (Izaga 27:11) Ukulalela kwethu, kwamambala kuyaliletha na ithabo ehliziyweni yeKosi eMbusi wendawo yoke? Kwamambala kuyaliletha—begodu unebanga elizwakalako lokuthaba! UJehova wasibumba sinekululeko yokuzikhethela. Lokhu kutjho bona sinekululeko yokuzikhethela; singakhetha ukulalela uZimu namtjhana ukungamlaleli. (Duteronomi 30:15, 16, 19, 20) Nengabe ngokuzithandela sikhetha ukulalela uJehova begodu isiqunto sethu sokwenza njalo sitjhukunyiswa lithando ngoZimu, siletha ithabo elikhulu kuBabethu wezulwini. (Izaga 11:20) Sikhetha indlela yokuphila ebhedere khulu.\n“IMILAYO YAKHE AYISIBUDISI KITHI”\n13, 14. Kubayini kungathiwa “imilayo yakhe [uZimu] ayisibudisi kithi,” begodu lokhu kungatjengiswa bunjani?\n13 Umpostoli uJwanisi usitjela okuthileko okusiqinisekisako malungana neemfuneko zakaJehova: “Imilayo yakhe ayisibudisi kithi.” Ibizo lesiGirigi elitjhugululwe “ayisibudisi” ku 1 KaJwanisi 5:3 litjho bona “ayisiwo umthwalo.” * Enye itjhugululo yeBhayibhili ifundeka bunje: “Imilayo yakhe ayisigandeleli.” (New English Translation) Iimfuneko zakaJehova azigandeleli. Imilayo yakhe ayikho ngaphezu kwamandla womuntu onesono bona ayilalele.\n14 Singatjengisa ngendlela le. Umnganakho otjhidelene naye ukubawa bona umrhelebhe bona afudukele kwenye indawo. Kunamabhoksi amanengi okufuze athuthwe. Amanye abulula bona angagugwa mumuntu oyedwa, kodwana amanye abudisi begodu afuna abantu ababili bona bagugisane. Umnganakho ukhetha amabhoksi afuna bona uwathathe. Angakubawa uguge amabhoksi aziko bona abudisi ukuwaguga? Awa. Angekhe afune bona uzilimaze ngokuwaguga wedwa. Ngokufanako, uZimethu olithando nonomusa akafuni sithobele imilayo ebudisi khulu bona siyizalise. (Duteronomi 30:11-14) Angekhe afuna bona sithwale iimthwalo ebudisi njengaleyo. UJehova uyakwazi ukungabi nekghono elipheleleko kwethu, ngombana “yena ukwazi kuhle ukubumbeka kwethu, uyakhumbula bona silithuli.”—AmaRhalani 103:14.\n15. Kubayini singaqiniseka bona imilayo kaJehova yenzelwe ukusizuzisa?\n15 Imilayo kaJehova eqinisweni ayisibudisi; yenzelwe bona isizuzise. (Funda U-Isaya 48:17) UMosisi watjela ama-Israyeli wekadeni: “UJehova usilayela bona sithwale yoke iimthetho le, sisabe uJehova uZimethu sizuze bona kusikhambele kuhle ngaso soke isikhathi, siphile bekube namhlanjesi.” (Duteronomi 6:24) Nathi singaqiniseka bona ukusinikela kwakhe imilayo yakhe, uJehova usifunela okubhedere khulu—ipilo ehle nengapheliko. Kwamambala, uJehova angekhe asibawa bona senze into engasilimaza! UJehova nguZimu onokuhlakanipha okungapheliko. (KwebeRoma 11:33) Uyakwazi okusilungeleko. UJehova usibonelo esikhulu sethando. (1 KaJwanisi 4:8) Ubuntu bakhe bethando, bunomthelela kwenye nenye into ayitjhoko nayenzako. Busisekelo semilayo ayibeka phezu kweenceku zakhe.\n16. Naphezu komthelela wephasi elonakelekweli nokungapheleli kwethu, kubayini kufuze sifune indlela yokuthembeka?\n16 Lokhu akutjho bona ukulalela uZimu kuyinto ebulula ukuyenza. Kufuze silwe nomthelela wephasi elonakeleko, lelo ‘elisemandleni woKhohlakeleko.’ (1 KaJwanisi 5:19) Kufuze silwe nokungapheleli kwethu, okusenza bona siphikisane nemilayo kaZimu. (KwebeRoma 7:21-25) Kodwana ithando lethu ngoZimu lingaphumelela. UJehova ubusisa labo abafuna ukutjengisa ithando labo kuye ngokulalela. Unikela umoyakhe ocwengileko “kilabo abamlalelako.” (IZenzo 5:32) Umoya loyo ukhiqiza iinthelo ezihle kithi—iimfanelo eziligugu ezingasirhelebha bona sithembeke.—KwebeGalatiya 5:22, 23.\n17, 18. (a) Khuyini esizoyihlola encwadini le, begodu khuyini okufuze siyikhumbule njengombana senza lokho? (b) Sizokucoca ngani esahlukweni esilandelako?\n17 Encwadini le, sizokuhlola imilayo kaJehova neemthetho yokuziphatha begodu nezinye iindlela ezinengi ezitjengisa intando yakhe. Njengombana sihlola imilayo kaJehova, kunezinto ezinengi eziqakathekileko ekutlhogeka bona sizikhumbule. Kufuze sikhumbule bona uJehova akasikateleli bona sithobele iimthetho nemilayo yakhe, ufuna ukulalela okuphuma ehliziyweni. Kufuze singakhohlwa bona uJehova usibawa bonyana siphile ngendlela ezosinikela iimbusiso ezinengi nje, begodu nezisidosela ekuphileni okungapheliko kwingomuso. Akhe siqale ukulalela kwethu ngehliziyo yoke njengethuba eliligugu lokutjengisa bona simthanda kangangani uJehova.\n18 Ukusirhelebha bona sihlukanise okulungileko nokungakalungi, uJehova ngethando usinikele unembeza. Bona abe mnqophisi othembekileko, unembeza wethu kutlhogeka bona abandulwe, njengombana sizokucoca ngakho esahlukweni esilandelako.\n^ isig. 9 Qala iSahluko-6 sencwadi le bona ufumane ingcoco ekhuluma ngokuzithabisa okunganangozi.\n^ isig. 11 Nemimoya emimbi ingalalela ngokukatelela. Lokha uJesu nekalayela amademoni bona aphume ebantwini egade abalawula, amademoni akateleleka bona atjheje begodu alalele igunya lakhe, namtjhana gade angathandi ukwenza njalo.—Markosi 1:27; 5:7-13.\n^ isig. 13 KuMatewu 23:4, ibizweli liberegiswe bona lihlathulule “iimthwalo ebudisi,” iimthetho eminengi etloliweko namasiko wabantu layo abafundisi bomthetho nabaFarisi abayibeka phezu kwabantu abaqalelwa phasi. Ibizo elifanako elitjhugululwe bona “abagandelelako” kuZenzo 20:29, 30, NW liqaliswe eenhlubukini ezigandelelako “ezikhuluma amanga” ukulahlekisa abanye.\nKulalela okunjani uJehova akulindele kubakhulekeli bakhe, begodu kubayini lokhu kusizuzisa?—Duteronomi 5:28-33.\nUJehova ukuqala njengokuqakatheke kangangani ukuthembeka kwethu?—1 Samuweli 15:22, 23.\nNgisiphi isifundo esingasifunda ekuthembekeni kwakaJesu kuZimu?—Jwanisi 8:29.\nKubayini kukuhle ukulalela uJehova? —ISambulo 4:11.\nUngayifikela njani ihliziyo yomntwanakho ngomlayezo weBhayibheli?


UJesu Nomfazi emThonjeni | Iimfundo ZeBhayibheli Zabantwana\nNgemva kwePhasika, uJesu nabafundi bakhe badlula eSamariya nababuyela eGalile. Nabafika hlanu kwedorobho leSikhari, uJesu wajama endaweni ebizwa ngomthombo kaJakopo. Nakasaphumulile lapho, abafundi bakhe batjhinga edorobheni bayokuthenga ukudla.\nKweza umfazi azokukha amanzi lapho. UJesu wathi kuye: “Akhe ungiphe amanzi, ngisele.” Umfazi loyo wathi: ‘Kubayini ukhuluma nami? Ngimfazi womSamariya. AmaJuda awakhulumisani nama- Samariya.’ UJesu wathi kuye: ‘Ngathana bewazi ukuthi ngingubani, bewuzakuthi nawungibawa amanzi, ngikuphe amanzi wokuphila.’ ‘Utjho ukuthini? Ngombana naku nethunga awunalo,’ sekubuza yena umfazi lo. UJesu wathi: ‘Nanyana ngubani osela amanzi engimnikela wona angekhe aphinde ome.’ Umfazi lo wathi: “Mnimzana, ngipha amanzi lawo.”\nNgemva kwalokho uJesu wathi kuye: ‘Iza nendodakwakho la emthonjeni.’ Yena wathi: ‘Anginandoda.’ UJesu wathi: ‘Uqinisile ngombana watjhada kahlanu, begodu nje uhlala nendoda engakakutjhadi.’ Umfazi lo wathi: ‘Ngiyabona bonyana umphorofidi. Abantu bekhethu bakholelwa bona uZimu singamlotjha entabeni le kwaphela, kodwana amaJuda athi siyokulotjha eJerusalema kwaphela. Ngiyathemba bona nakufika uMesiya, uzasifundisa bona kulotjhwa njani.’ Njeke uJesu watjho into angazange khekayitjele omunye umuntu, wathi: ‘NginguMesiya.’\nUmfazi loyo wagijimela ngekhabo wayokutjela amaSamariya wathi: ‘Ngicabanga ukuthi ngimtholile uMesiya. Wazi koke ngami. Izani nizombona!’ Bamlandela babuyela naye emthonjeni, bafika balalela uJesu nakafundisako.\nAmaSamariya abawa uJesu bona ahlale edorobheni lawo. Wahlala lapho amalanga amabili wafundisa, begodu abanengi bamkholwa. Batjela umfazi womSamariya bathi: ‘Ngemva kokulalela indoda le, sesiyazi ukuthi ngiyo ezokusindisa iphasi.’\n“‘Yiza!’ Omunye nomunye owomileko akeze; nanyana ngubani othandako akathathe amanzi wokuphila ngesihle.”—IsAmbulo 22:17\nImibuzo: Umfazi womSamariya wararwa yini uJesu nakakhuluma naye? UJesu wamtjelani?\nUJesu umtjela into okungenzeka akakab’ ukuyitjela nanyana ngubani.


IKosi UNebukadinetsari Namasokana Amane WeBhabheli | Iimfundo ZeBhayibheli Zabantwana\nKwathi uNebukadinetsari nakasa amakhosana wakwaJuda eBhabheli, wakhetha u-Atjhipenazi ongundunakulu bona awagade. UNebukadinetsari watjela u-Atjhipenazi bona akhethe amasokana aphilileko, ahlakaniphileko nanejamo. Amasokana lawo bewazokubandulwa iminyaka emithathu yoke. Ibandulwelo belizowalungisela ukuba ziinduna zeBhabheli eziphakemeko. Amasokana la bekufuze afundiswe ukutlola, ukufunda nokukhuluma ilimi lesi-Akkadi ebelikhulunywa eBhabheli. Bekulindeleke nokuthi adle ukudla okufana nekwekosi. Amasokana amane la, amabizwawo bekunguDanyela, uRhananiya, uMitjhayeli no-Azariya. U-Atjhipenazi wawathiya namabizo amatjha weBhabheli, uDanyela waba nguBhelithetjhatsari, uRhananiya waba nguTjhedreke, uMitjhayeli waba nguMitjhaka, u-Azariya waba ngu-Abhedinigo. Kghani ifundo leyo beyingawavimba angasalotjha uJehova?\nAmasokana la bewazimisele ukulalela uJehova. Bewazi kuhle ukuthi akukafaneli adle ukudla kwekosi ngebanga lokuthi umThetho kaJehova bewuthi kusilaphele. Yeke athi kundunakulu: ‘Sibawa ungasiphi ukudla kwekosi.’ U-Atjhipenazi yena wathi: ‘Nanibhala ukudla bese ikosi inibone nehla ngokozimba, izongibulala!’\nUDanyela waba nombono ngendaba le. Wathi ku-Atjhipenazi: ‘Ngibawa usiphe amirorho namanzi amalanga abe litjhumi. Bese usimadanise namasokana adla ukudla kwekosi.’ Undunakulu wavuma.\nNgemva kwamalanga alitjhumi, uDanyela nabanganibakhe abathathu bebondleke ukudlula amanye la amasokana. UJehova bekathabe kanganani ngendlela abamlalela ngayo! Wabe wapha uDanyela ukuhlakanipha kokuzwisisa amabhudango nemibono yakhona.\nKwathi nakuphela ibandulo, u-Atjhipenazi wasa amasokana kuNebukadinetsari. Ikosi yakhuluma nawo, yabona nokuthi uDanyela, uRhananiya, uMitjhayeli no-Azariya bebahlakaniphile begodu baphapheme ukudlula amasokana amanye la. Wabakhetha bobane njalo basebenza esigodlweni sakhe. Ikosi beyinande ibabuza nayifuna iseluleko izintweni eziqakathekileko. UJehova wenza amasokana la ahlakanipha ukudlula woke amadoda abosongqondonqondo nabosomlingo bekosinapho.\nNanyana bebasenarheni yakosobantu nje, uDanyela uRhananiya, uMitjhayeli no-Azariya azange balibale ukuthi babantu bakaJehova. Kghani nawe ungakghona ukuhlale umkhumbula uJehova, ngitjho nanyana ababelethi bakho bakude nawe?\n“Akungabikhona umuntu onyaza ubutjha bakho, kodwana yiba sibonelo kabakholwako ngokukhuluma nangokuziphatha, ngethando, ngokukholwa nangepilo emsulwa.”—1 Thimothi 4:12\nImibuzo: Kubayini uDanyela nabangani bakhe abathathu balalela uJehova? UJehova wabasiza njani?\nUTjhedreke, uMitjhaka, no-Abhedinigo babhala ukukhothamela isithombe segolide sekosi.\nThandaza qobe langa njengoDanyela!


UJesu Khristu—UMesiya Owayethenjisiwe | Okufundiswa LiBhayibhili\nUJesu Khristu—UMesiya Owayethenjisiwe\nUJEHOVA UNKULUNKULU waphefumulela abaphrofethi beBhayibhili abanengi ukuze basincede simazi uMesiya. Babhala okunengi ngalapho ayezazalelwa khona, inkonzo yakhe kanye lokufa kwakhe okwakuzakhulula isintu. Zonke iziphrofetho lezi eziseBhayibhilini zagcwaliseka kuJesu Khristu. Leziziphrofetho ziliqiniso njalo zicace ngendlela emangalisayo. Ukuze kusikhanyele lokhu, ake sikhangele iziphrofetho ezithile ezazikhuluma ngokuzalwa kukaMesiya kanye lokukhula kwakhe.\nUmphrofethi u-Isaya waphrofetha ukuthi uMesiya wayezavela kusendo lweNkosi uDavida. (U-Isaya 9:7) Lakanye uJesu wazalwa engowosendo lukaDavida.—UMathewu 1:1, 6-17.\nUMikha, omunye umphrofethi kaNkulunkulu, waphrofetha ukuthi umntwana lo wayezacina esengumbusi njalo wayezazalelwa ‘eBhethilehema Efratha.’ (UMikha 5:2) Ngesikhathi uJesu ezalwa kwakulamadolobho amabili elizweni lako-Israyeli ayebizwa ngokuthi yiBhethilehema. Elinye laliseduze leNazaretha esigabeni esisenyakatho yelizwe kanti njalo elinye laliseduze leJerusalema koJuda. IBhethilehema eyayiseduze leJerusalema yayibizwa ngokuthi yi-Efratha. UJesu wazalelwa kulelodolobho, khona kanye lapho isiphrofetho esasithe uzazalelwa khona!—UMathewu 2:1.\nEsinye futhi isiphrofetho seBhayibhili sasithe iNdodana kaNkulunkulu ‘yayizakhutshwa eGibhithe.’ UJesu wahamba labazali bakhe eGibhithe esesengumntwana, basebebuyela laye elizweni lakibo uHerodi esefile. Ngaleyondlela kwagcwaliseka isiphrofetho.—UHoseya 11:1; UMathewu 2:15.\nEtshathini elisekhasini 200, amavesi angaphansi kwesihloko esithi “ Isiphrofetho” amumethe iziphrofetho ezimayelana loMesiya. Sicela uqathanise amavesi la lalawo angaphansi kwesihloko esithi “Ukugcwaliseka kwaso.” Ukwenza lokhu kuzaqhubeka kuqinisa ukukholwa kwakho ukuthi iLizwi likaNkulunkulu liliqiniso.\nNgesikhathi uhlola amavesi la, hlala ukhumbula ukuthi amavesi angaphansi kwesihloko esithi “Isiphrofetho” abhalwa kusasele amakhulu eminyaka ukuthi uJesu azalwe. UJesu wathi: “Konke kumele kugcwaliseke okwalotshwa ngami eMthethweni kaMosi labaPhrofethi lamaHubo.” (ULukha 24:44) Lawe ungazibonela eBhayibhilini lakho ukuthi zonke iziphrofetho zagcwaliseka ngokupheleleyo!\nIZIPHROFETHO EZIMAYELANA LOMESIYA\nWazalwa esizwaneni sakoJuda\nWazalwa yintombi emsulwa\nWavela kusendo lweNkosi uDavida\nUMathewu 1:1, 6-17\nUJehova wambiza ngokuthi yiNdodana yakhe\nUJohane 12:37, 38\nWangena eJerusalema egade ubabhemi\nWathengiswa ngumngane wakhe osekhwapheni\nUJohane 13:18, 21-30\nWathengiswa ngenhlamvu zesiliva ezingu-30\nWathula phambi kwabamangaleli bakhe\nBenza inkatho ngezigqoko zakhe\nUJohane 19:34, 37\nAmathambo akhe awazange ephulwe\nUJohane 19:33, 36\nImiSebenzi 2:24, 27\nWahlaliswa esandleni sokunene sikaNkulunkulu\nThumeza Thumeza UJesu Khristu—UMesiya Owayethenjisiwe


USamsoni LoDelila | Izifundo ZeBhayibhili Zabantwana\nBALA KU Acholi Afrikaans Albanian American Sign Language Amharic Arabic Armenian Azerbaijani Azerbaijani (Cyrillic) Basque Bassa (Cameroon) Batak (Karo) Bicol Bislama Boulou Bulgarian Catalan Cebuano Chichewa Chinese Mandarin (Simplified) Chinese Mandarin (Traditional) Chitonga Chitonga (Malawi) Chitonga (Zimbabwe) Chitumbuka Chiyao Chokwe Chol Chuabo Cibemba Croatian Czech Dangme Danish Dutch Ecuadorian Sign Language Edo Efik English Estonian Ewe Fijian Finnish Fon French Ga Galician Garifuna Georgian German German Sign Language Greek Guarani Gun Haitian Creole Hausa Herero Hiligaynon Hindi Hmong (White) Hungarian Iban Ibinda Igbo Iloko Indonesian Irish Isoko Italian Italian Sign Language Kabiye Kabuverdianu Kannada Karen (S'gaw) Kazakh Kekchi Kikaonde Kikongo Kikuyu Kimbundu Kinyarwanda Kirghiz Kiribati Kirundi Kisonge Kongo Korean Kwangali Kwanyama Latvian Lhukonzo Lingala Lithuanian Lomwe Low German Luganda Luo Macedonian Macua Malagasy Malay Malayalam Mam Marathi Maya Mazatec (Huautla) Mixe Moore Myanmar Nahuatl (Central) Nahuatl (Guerrero) Nahuatl (Huasteca) Nahuatl (Northern Puebla) Ndebele Ndebele (Zimbabwe) Ndonga Ngabere Ngangela Nias Nigerian Pidgin Norwegian Nyungwe Nzema Okpe Ossetian Otetela Pangasinan Pidgin (Cameroon) Polish Ponapean Portuguese Portuguese (Portugal) Punjabi Quechua (Ancash) Quechua (Ayacucho) Quechua (Cuzco) Quiche Quichua (Chimborazo) Quichua (Imbabura) Romanian Russian Samoan Sango Sena Sepedi Serbian Serbian (Roman) Sesotho (South Africa) Setswana Seychelles Creole Shona Sinhala Slovak Slovenian Spanish Sranantongo Sunda Swahili Swati Swedish Tagalog Tahitian Tamil Tandroy Tarascan Tatar Telugu Thai Tiv Tojolabal Totonac Tshwa Tsonga Turkish Twi Tzeltal Tzotzil Ukrainian Umbundu Urhobo Uruund Uzbek Valencian Venda Vezo Vietnamese Waray-Waray Wayuunaiki Wolaita Xhosa Yoruba Zapotec (Lachiguiri) Zulu\nAma-Israyeli amanengi aphinda aqalisa ukukhonza izithombe. Lokhu kwenza uJehova wavumela amaFilisti ukuthi awathwalise nzima. Kodwa ayekhona ama-Israyeli ayekhonza uJehova. UManowa wayengomunye wawo. Yena lomkakhe babengelabantwana. Ngelinye ilanga umkaManowa wavakatshelwa yingilosi eyayithunywe nguJehova. Yathi kuye: ‘Uzakuba lendodana njalo izakhulula ama-Israyeli kumaFilisti. Izakuba ngumNaziri.’ Uyakwazi ukuthi ayengobani amaNaziri? Ayengabantu ababekhonza uJehova njalo besenza umsebenzi oqakathekileyo. AmaNaziri ayengavunyelwa ukugela inwele.\nNgokuhamba kwesikhathi umkaManowa wabeletha indodana njalo bayithi nguSamsoni. USamsoni wathi esekhulile uJehova wamenza waba lamandla kakhulu. Ngesinye isikhathi wabulala isilwane ngezandla zakhe. Waphinda wabulala amaFilisti angu-30 eyedwa. AmaFilisti ayemzonda futhi ayehlala ezama ukumbulala. Ngobunye ubusuku uSamsoni esedolobheni okuthiwa yiGaza, amaFilisti ahamba ayamlindela egedini ledolobho ukuze ambulale ekuseni. Kodwa uSamsoni wavuka phakathi kobusuku wayakhupha igedi lelo walithwala emahlombe akhe wayalitshiya phezu kwentaba eseduze leHebhroni.\nAmaFilisti ahamba kowesifazane okuthiwa nguDelila owayethandana loSamsoni afika athi: ‘Sizakunika imali enengi nxa ungasitshela ukuthi uSamsoni uwathatha ngaphi amandla akhe. Sifuna ukumbamba simfake ejele.’ UDelila wavuma ngoba wayeyifuna imali leyo. USamsoni waqalisa esala ukutshela uDelila ukuthi wayewathatha ngaphi amandla. Kodwa uDelila wayehlala embuza waze wacina emtshelile. Wathi: ‘Angikaze ngigele inwele zami ngoba ngingumNaziri. Nxa ngingagela ngiyasala ngingelamandla.’ USamsoni waphambanisa ngokutshela uDelila imfihlo yakhe.\nUDelila wahle wawatshela amaFilisti. Wenza uSamsoni walala wasebiza omunye ukuthi azomgela. UDelila wamemeza wathi: ‘Samsoni, nanka amaFilisti!’ USamsoni wathi evuka wayengaselawo amandla. AmaFilisti ambamba amkhupha amehlo asemfaka ejele.\nNgelinye ilanga amaFilisti abuthana ethempelini likankulunkulu wawo uDagoni. Aqalisa ukumemeza esithi: ‘Unkulunkulu wethu usinike uSamsoni, mletheni lapha!’ Walethwa wamiswa phakathi laphakathi kwezinsika ezimbili, amaFilisti aseqalisa ukumhleka. USamsoni wakhuleka wathi: ‘Jehova, ngicela unginike amandla okokucina.’ Ngaleso sikhathi, inwele zakhe zasezikhulile. Wafuqa izinsika ezimbili ayeme phakathi laphakathi kwazo ngamandla akhe onke. Ithempeli ladilikela abantu bonke ababekhonapho bafa, loSamsoni laye wafa.\n“Ngingazenza zonke izinto ngaye onginika amandla.”—KwabaseFiliphi 4:13\nImibuzo: Kuyini okwakusenza ukuthi uSamsoni abe lamandla? Kwenzakalani uSamsoni esetshele uDelila ukuthi amandla akhe avela ngaphi?


Liyini iBhayibhili?—Ibhuku Elivela kuNkulunkulu | Okufundiswa LiBhayibhili\nIBhayibhili—Ibhuku Elivela kuNkulunkulu\nIBhayibhili lehlukene njani lamanye amabhuku?\nIBhayibhili lingakunceda njani ukuthi ulwisane lezinhlupho zakho?\nKungani ungazithemba iziphrofetho ezibhalwe eBhayibhilini?\n1, 2. IBhayibhili liyisipho esithokozisayo esivela kuNkulunkulu ngayiphi indlela?\nUSASIKHUMBULA yini isikhathi lapho owemukela khona isipho esihle esivela kumngane wakho omthandayo? Kufanele ukuthi wajabula kakhulu lapho usamukela. Phela isipho sikutshela okuthile ngomuntu okunike sona. Sikutshela ukuthi uyabuqakathekisa ubungane benu. Akuthandabuzwa ukuthi wabonga kakhulu ngesipho somngane wakho owayekucabangile.\n2 IBhayibhili liyisipho esingasibonga kakhulu esivela kuNkulunkulu. Ibhuku leli elingafanani lamanye lisivezela izinto ebesingasoze sizazi. Ngokwesibonelo, lisitshela ngokudalwa kwamazulu agcwele izinkanyezi, umhlaba, kanye lokudalwa kwendoda lowesifazana bokuqala. IBhayibhili lilezimiso esingazithemba ezingasinceda ukuthi silwisane lezinhlupho kanye lezinkathazo ezisempilweni. Lichasisa ukuthi uNkulunkulu uzayigcwalisa njani injongo yakhe lokuthi uzaletha njani izimo ezingcono emhlabeni. Liyisipho esithokozisayo sibili!\n3. Ukuthi uJehova wasinika iBhayibhili kusitshelani ngaye, njalo kungani lokhu kusithokozisa?\n3 IBhayibhili liyisipho esisithokozisa kakhulu ngenxa yokuthi lisitshela okuthile ngalowo owasinika lona, uJehova uNkulunkulu. Ukusinika kwakhe iBhayibhili kutshengisa ukuthi ufuna simazi ngcono. Yikho-ke iBhayibhili lingakunceda ukuthi usondele kuJehova.\n4. Kuyini okukumangalisayo ngokusakazwa kweBhayibhili?\n4 Nxa uleBhayibhili, ayisuwe wedwa olalo. IBhayibhili lidindwe ngezindimi ezedlula 2 600 lilonke loba liyingxenye. Yikho-ke, abantu abedlula amaphesenti angu-90 emhlabeni wonke balalo. Ngokwesilinganiso, iviki ngayinye kusakazwa amaBhayibhili edlula imiliyoni! Sekwadindwa amabhiliyoni amaBhayibhili, lilonke loba liyingxenye. Kuyakhanya ukuthi akula elinye ibhuku elinjengeBhayibhili.\nIBhayibhili okuthiwa yi-“New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures” litholakala ngezindimi ezinengi\n5. IBhayibhili ‘liphefumulelwe nguNkulunkulu’ ngayiphi indlela?\n5 Okunye njalo yikuthi iBhayibhili ‘liphefumulelwe nguNkulunkulu.’ (Bala u-2 Thimothi 3:16.) Njani? IBhayibhili liyaziphendulela: ‘Abantu bakhuluma kuvela kuNkulunkulu beholwa ngumoya ongcwele.’ (2 UPhetro 1:21) Ubabamkhulu angacela umzukulu ukuthi ambhalele incwadi. Incwadi leyo ilemicabango lemilayezo kababamkhulu. Yikho-ke, kayisiyo ncwadi yomzukulu kodwa yincwadi kababamkhulu. Ngendlela efananayo, iBhayibhili lilomlayezo kaNkulunkulu hatshi owamadoda alibhalayo. Ngakho iqiniso yikuthi iBhayibhili ‘liyilizwi likaNkulunkulu.’—1 KwabaseThesalonika 2:13.\nLIYAVUMELANA NJALO LILEQINISO\n6, 7. Kungani ukuvumelana kwezingxenye zeBhayibhili ezehlukeneyo kumangalisa kakhulu?\n6 Kwathatha iminyaka edlula 1 600 ukuthi iBhayibhili libhalwe. Abalobi balo baphila ngezikhathi ezingafananiyo njalo babevela ezindaweni ezitshiyeneyo. Abanye babengabalimi, abanye bengabagoli benhlanzi njalo abanye bengabelusi. Kanti njalo abanye babengabaphrofethi, abanye bengabahluleli njalo abanye babengamakhosi. Umlobi weVangeli uLukha wayengudokotela. IBhayibhili liyavumelana kusukela ekuqaliseni kuze kufike ekucineni kwalo lanxa abalobi balo babetshiyene. *\n7 Ibhuku lokuqala leBhayibhili lisitshela ngokuthi izinhlupho zabantu zaqalisa njani. Ibhuku lokucina lisitshela ukuthi umhlaba wonke uzakuba lipharadayisi kumbe isivande. Konke okwabhalwa eBhayibhilini kwenzakala phakathi kwezinkulungwane zeminyaka njalo kuyangenelana lokugcwaliseka kwenjongo kaNkulunkulu. Ukuvumelana kweBhayibhili kuyamangalisa. Lokhu yikho ebesingakukhangelela ebhukwini elivela kuNkulunkulu.\n8. Nika izibonelo ezitshengisa ukuthi iBhayibhili likhuluma iqiniso ngesayensi.\n8 IBhayibhili liyavumelana lesayensi. Lilezinto ezazingakaziwa ngesikhathi libhalwa. Ngokwesibonelo, ibhuku likaLevi lilemithetho yama-Israyeli asendulo emayelana lenhlanzeko lokuhlalisa abantu abalemikhuhlane ethelelwanayo endaweni yabo bodwa. Izizwe ezaziseduze lawo zazingakwazi lokho. Ngesikhathi abantu besaqagela ukuthi umhlaba umi unjani, iBhayibhili laselithe uyindingilizi kumbe ibhora. (U-Isaya 40:22) IBhayibhili lakhuluma iqiniso ngomhlaba lathi ‘uphanyekwe phezu kweze.’ (UJobe 26:7) Kuliqiniso ukuthi iBhayibhili kayisilo bhuku lesayensi. Kodwa nxa likhuluma ngesayensi likhuluma iqiniso. Lokhu yikho ebesingakukhangelela ebhukwini elivela kuNkulunkulu.\n9. (a) IBhayibhili litshengisa njani ukuthi imbali ekulo iliqiniso njalo singayithemba? (b) Ukuthembeka kwabalobi beBhayibhili kukutshelani ngalo?\n9 Imbali eseBhayibhilini iliqiniso njalo singayithemba. IBhayibhili libeka izinto njengoba zinjalo. Izindaba ezikulo kaziqambi amabizo abantu kuphela kodwa zisinika losendo lwabo. * Abalobi bembali kabajayelanga ukubhala ngokwehlulwa kwesizwe sabo, kodwa abalobi beBhayibhili babethembekile, babebhala lamaphutha abo kanye lawesizwe sakibo. Ngokwesibonelo, ebhukwini leBhayibhili u-AmaNani, umlobi uMosi wabhala ngephutha ayelenzile acina eselijeziselwa. (AmaNani 20:2-12) Ukuthembeka okunjalo akujayelekanga emabhukwini embali kodwa kuyatholakala eBhayibhilini ngoba lilibhuku elivela kuNkulunkulu.\nIBHUKU ELILOKUHLAKANIPHA OKULUSIZO\n10. Kungani kungasimangalisi ukuthi iBhayibhili libhuku elilosizo?\n10 IBhayibhili liphefumulelwe nguNkulunkulu yikho ‘lilosizo ekufundiseni, ekukhuzeni, lasekuqondiseni.’ (2 KuThimothi 3:16) Libhuku elilosizo. Litshengisa ukuthi liyayizwisisa kakhulu indlela esidalwe ngayo. Lokhu akusimangalisi ngoba uMlobi walo, uJehova uNkulunkulu, nguye uMdali! Uyayizwisisa indlela esicabanga ngayo kanye lemizwa yethu ukwedlula thina. UJehova uyakwazi okumele sikwenze ukuze sithokoze. Uyazazi lezinto okungamelanga sizenze.\n11, 12. (a) UJesu wakhuluma ngani eNtshumayelweni yakhe yaseNtabeni? (b) Yiziphi ezinye izimiso esizithola eBhayibhilini, njalo kungani iseluleko salo sisebenza lalamuhla?\n11 Cabanga ngenkulumo kaJesu okuthiwa yiNtshumayelo yaseNtabeni ebhalwe kuMathewu izahluko 5, 6 lo-7. Entshumayelweni yakhe eyayilamandla, uJesu wakhuluma ngezinto ezitshiyeneyo ezigoqela indlela esingathola ngayo intokozo yeqiniso, indlela yokulungisa izingxabano, indlela esingakhuleka ngayo kanye lombono okumele sibe lawo ngenotho. Amazwi kaJesu alokhu elamandla njalo elusizo lalamuhla njengoba ayenjalo ngesikhathi ewakhuluma.\n12 Ezinye izimiso zeBhayibhili zimayelana lokuhlalisana kwezimuli, imikhuba yokusebenza kanye lendlela okumele siphilisane ngayo labanye. Izimiso zeBhayibhili zisebenza ebantwini bonke njalo iseluleko salo siyanceda ngaso sonke isikhathi. Inhlakanipho esiyithola eBhayibhilini ifinqwa ngamazwi kaNkulunkulu abhalwa ngumphrofethi u-Isaya athi: “Mina nginguJehova, uNkulunkulu wakho, okufundisa lokho okuhle kakhulu kuwe.”—U-Isaya 48:17.\nUmlobi weBhayibhili u-Isaya waphrofetha ngokuwa kweBhabhiloni\n13. UJehova waphefumulela umphrofethi u-Isaya ukuthi abhaleni mayelana leBhabhiloni?\n13 IBhayibhili lileziphrofetho ezinengi njalo ezinye zakhona sezagcwaliseka. Nansi isibonelo. Esebenzisa umphrofethi u-Isaya owaphila ngekhulu lesi-8 B.C.E., uJehova wakhuluma kuseselesikhathi ukuthi idolobho leBhabhiloni lalizabhidlizwa. (U-Isaya 13:19; 14:22, 23) Kwabhalwa amazwi ayetshengisa ukuthi idolobho lalizanqotshwa njani. Ibutho elalizahlasela lalizawomisa umfula weBhabhiloni beselingena edolobheni lelo lingazange lilwe. Akusikho kodwa okwakhulunywayo. Isiphrofetho sika-Isaya saqamba lebizo lenkosi eyayizanqoba iBhabhiloni, uKhurosi.—Bala u-Isaya 44:27–45:2.\n14, 15. Amazwi esiphrofetho sika-Isaya amayelana leBhabhiloni agcwaliseka njani?\n14 Ngemva kweminyaka engu-200, ngo-October 5/6, 539 B.C.E. ebusuku, ibutho lafika eduze laseBhabhiloni. Umlawuli walo kwakungubani? Kwakuyinkosi yasePhesiya okuthiwa nguKhurosi. Kwasekuyisikhathi sokuthi isiphrofetho esimangalisayo sigcwaliseke. Kodwa ibutho likaKhurosi lalizahlasela iBhabhiloni lingazange lilwe yini njengoba kwakuphrofethiwe?\n15 Ngobusuku lobo, amaBhabhiloni ayeledili njalo ayezibona evikelekile phakathi kwemiduli emikhulu yedolobho lawo. Ngalesosikhathi, uKhurosi ngokuhlakanipha waphambula amanzi omfula ayegeleza edolobheni. Masinyane nje, amanzi ayesebohlile, ibutho lakhe selisenelisa ukuchapha umfula lisondele emidulini yedolobho lelo. Kodwa ibutho likaKhurosi lalizadlula njani emidulini yeBhabhiloni? Ngalobobusuku, amasango edolobho aphongutshiywa evuliwe ngesizatho esingaziwayo!\n16. (a) U-Isaya wathini ngesiphetho seBhabhiloni? (b) Isiphrofetho sika-Isaya esimayelana lokubhidlizwa kweBhabhiloni sagcwaliseka njani?\n16 Mayelana leBhabhiloni isiphrofetho sathi: “Akuyikuhlalwa kulo futhi loba kwakhiwe kulo kuzo zonke izizukulwane; akulam-Arabhi ozamisa ithente lakhe khona loba umalusi ozaphumuza imihlambi yakhe khona.” (U-Isaya 13:20) Isiphrofetho lesi asikhulumanga ngokuwa kwedolobho kuphela. Kodwa satshengisa lokuthi iBhabhiloni lalizahlala lilunxiwa kuze kube nini lanini. Ungazibonela ngawakho ubufakazi obutshengisa ukuthi amazwi la agcwaliseka ngoba kulendawo engahlali muntu eBhabhiloni lasendulo, engamakhilomitha angu-80 eningizimu yaseBaghdad e-Iraq. Lokhu kutshengisa amazwi la akhulunywa nguJehova esebenzisa u-Isaya agcwaliseka: “Ngizalithanyela ngomthanyelo wencithakalo.”—U-Isaya 14:22, 23. *\n17. Ukugcwaliseka kweziphrofetho zeBhayibhili kuluqinisa njani ukholo lwethu?\n17 Ukubona ukuthi iBhayibhili libhuku elileziphrofetho esingazithemba kuqinisa ukholo lwethu. Silesizatho esihle sokuthemba ukuthi uJehova uNkulunkulu uzagcwalisa isithembiso sakhe somhlaba olipharadayisi ngoba wagcwalisa izithembiso ayezenzile kudala. (Bala amaNani 23:19.) Akuthandabuzwa ukuthi ‘silethemba lokuphila okungapheliyo, uNkulunkulu ongaqambi manga akuthembisa ekuqaleni kwesikhathi.’—KuThithusi 1:2, The Holy Bible in Ndebele. *\n18. Yiwaphi amazwi alamandla akhulunywa ngumphostoli ongumKhristu uPhawuli mayelana ‘lelizwi likaNkulunkulu’?\n18 Esixoxe ngakho esahlukweni lesi kutshengisa ngendlela ecacileyo ukuthi iBhayibhili alifanani lamanye amabhuku sibili. Liyavumelana, likhuluma iqiniso ngesayensi langembali, lilokuhlakanipha okuluncedo njalo lileziphrofetho esingazithemba. Kodwa kulokunye eliqakatheke ngakho. Umphostoli ongumKhristu uPhawuli wabhala wathi: “Ilizwi likaNkulunkulu liyaphila njalo liyasebenza. Libukhali kulenkemba esika inxa zombili, ingena ize yehlukanise umphefumulo lomoya, amalunga lomnkantsho; lahlulela imicabango lomumo wenhliziyo.”—KumaHebheru 4:12.\n19, 20. (a) IBhayibhili lingakunceda njani ukuthi uzihlole? (b) Ungatshengisa njani ukuthi uyasiqakathekisa isipho esihle esiliBhayibhili esisinikwe nguNkulunkulu?\n19 Ukubala “ilizwi” kumbe umlayezo kaNkulunkulu eBhayibhilini kungantshintsha izimpilo zethu. Kungasinceda ukuthi sizihlole ngendlela esingakaze sizihlole ngayo. Singathi siyamthanda uNkulunkulu, kodwa indlela esilalela ngayo okufundiswa liLizwi lakhe eliphefumulelweyo iBhayibhili izaveza imicabango yethu yeqiniso kanye lomumo wezinhliziyo zethu.\n20 IBhayibhili libhuku elivela kuNkulunkulu sibili. Libhuku okumele silibale, silifunde njalo silithande. Tshengisa ukuthi uyasiqakathekisa isipho lesi esivela kuNkulunkulu ngokuqhubeka uhlola okuphakathi kwaso. Njengoba uqhubeka usenza njalo, uzayizwisisa ngcono injongo kaNkulunkulu ngabantu. Esihlokweni esilandelayo sizaxoxa ngokuthi injongo leyo iyini njalo izagcwaliseka njani.\n^ indima 6 Lanxa abanye abantu besithi ezinye izingxenye zeBhayibhili ziyaphikisana, lokhu akulabufakazi. Khangela isahluko 7 sebhuku lesiZulu elithi IBhayibheli—Izwi LikaNkulunkulu Noma Elomuntu? eladindwa ngoFakazi bakaJehova.\n^ indima 9 Ngokwesibonelo khangela usendo lukaJesu olubhalwe kuLukha 3:23-38.\n^ indima 16 Ukuze uthole okunengi ngeziphrofetho zeBhayibhili, khangela amakhasi 27 kusiya ku-29 ebhukwini lesiZulu elithi Incwadi Yabo Bonke Abantu elidindwe ngoFakazi bakaJehova.\n^ indima 17 Isiphrofetho seBhayibhili esimayelana lokubhidlizwa kweBhabhiloni ayisiso sodwa esagcwalisekayo. Kulezinye ezigoqela ukubhidlizwa kweThire leNineve. (UHezekheli 26:1-5; UZefaniya 2:13-15) Kulesiphrofetho sikaDanyeli esakhuluma ngokulandelana kwemibuso yomhlaba eyayizabusa ngemva kweBhabhiloni. Imibuso le igoqela iMedo-Phesiya leGirisi. (UDanyeli 8:5-7, 20-22) Khangela iSengezo esthi “UJesu Khristu—UMesiya Owayethenjisiwe,”, ukuze ubone iziphrofetho ezinengi eziphathelane loMesiya ezagcwaliseka kuJesu Khristu.\nIBhayibhili liphefumulelwe nguNkulunkulu yikho lileqiniso njalo singalithemba.—2 KuThimothi 3:16.\nOkutholakala eLizwini likaNkulunkulu kulusizo ekuphileni kwethu nsukuzonke.—U-Isaya 48:17.\nIzithembiso zikaNkulunkulu ezitholakala eBhayibhilini zizagcwaliseka loba sekutheni.—AmaNani 23:19.\nThumeza Thumeza IBhayibhili—Ibhuku Elivela kuNkulunkulu