‘UNkulunkulu akakude kulowo nalowo kithi.’—IZENZO 17:27.\n1, 2. (a) Uma sibheka esibhakabhakeni esigcwele izinkanyezi, imiphi imibuzo esingayibuza ngoMdali? (b) IBhayibheli lisiqinisekisa kanjani ukuthi abantu ababona neze abangelutho emehlweni kaJehova?\nWAKE wabheka yini esibhakabhakeni esigcwele izinkanyezi ngobusuku obucwathile wakhexa? Lona kanye inani lezinkanyezi nobukhulu bomkhathi kwenza sibambe ongezansi. Kulo mkhathi omkhulukazi, umhlaba umane nje uyichashaza. Ingabe lokhu kusho ukuthi uMdali, “oPhezukonke emhlabeni wonke,” uphakeme kakhulu ukuba angazikhathaza ngabantu noma ukude kakhulu futhi akaphenyeki ukuba bangamazi?—IHubo 83:18.\n2 IBhayibheli liyasiqinisekisa ukuthi abantu ababona neze abangelutho emehlweni kaJehova. Eqinisweni, iZwi likaNkulunkulu lisikhuthaza ukuba simfune, lithi: ‘Akakude kulowo nalowo kithi.’ (IzEnzo 17:27; 1 IziKronike 28:9) Yebo, uma sithatha izinyathelo zokusondela kuNkulunkulu, uyosabela emizamweni yethu. Kanjani? Amazwi ombhalo wethu wonyaka ka-2003 anikeza le mpendulo ejabulisayo: “Uyosondela kini.” (Jakobe 4:8) Ake sixoxe ngezinye zezibusiso ezinhle uJehova azithululela labo abaseduze naye.\nIsipho Esivela KuJehova Ngokwakhe\n3. Isiphi isipho uJehova asinika labo abasondela kuye?\n3 Okokuqala, izinceku zikaJehova zinesipho esiyigugu asibekele abantu bakhe. Wonke amandla, ingcebo nemfundo etholakala kulesi simiso sezinto ayinakusinikeza lesi sipho. Yisipho esivela kuJehova ngokwakhe asinika labo abaseduze naye. Siyini? IZwi likaNkulunkulu liyaphendula: “Uma . . . uzwakalisa izwi lakho ufuna ikhono lokwahlukanisa, uma uqhubeka ukufuna njengokungathi ufuna isiliva, futhi uqhubeka ukuhlwaya njengokungathi uhlwaya ingcebo efihliweyo, uma wenza kanjalo uyokuqonda ukumesaba uJehova, futhi uyoluthola ulwazi ngoNkulunkulu. Ngoba uJehova unikeza ukuhlakanipha.” (IzAga 2:3-6, NW) Cabanga nje ngabantu abangaphelele bekwazi ukuthola “ulwazi ngoNkulunkulu”! Leso sipho —ulwazi olutholakala eZwini likaNkulunkulu—siqhathaniswa ‘nengcebo efihliweyo.’ Ngani?\n4, 5. Kungani “ulwazi ngoNkulunkulu” lungase luqhathaniswe ‘nengcebo efihliweyo’? Bonisa.\n4 Phakathi kokunye, ulwazi ngoNkulunkulu lunenzuzo enkulu. Esinye sezibusiso zalo eziyigugu kakhulu yithemba lokuphila okuphakade. (Johane 17:3) Kodwa lolo lwazi luyasicebisa kwamanje. Ngokwesibonelo, ngenxa yokutadisha kwethu iZwi likaNkulunkulu ngokucophelela, siyazazi izimpendulo zemibuzo ebalulekile enjengokuthi: Lingubani igama likaNkulunkulu? (IHubo 83:18) Siyini isimo sangempela sabafileyo? (UmShumayeli 9:5, 10) Iyini injongo kaNkulunkulu ngomhlaba nesintu? (Isaya 45:18) Sazi nokuthi indlela engcono kakhulu yokuphila ukusebenzisa iseluleko esihlakaniphile seBhayibheli. (Isaya 30:20, 21; 48:17, 18) Ngakho, sineseluleko esinengqondo esisisiza sibhekane nezinkathazo zokuphila futhi siphile ngendlela ethuthukisa injabulo nokwaneliseka kwangempela. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukutadisha kwethu iZwi likaNkulunkulu kusisize ukuba sazi izimfanelo zikaJehova ezinhle kakhulu nokuba sisondele kuye. Yini engaba yigugu ngaphezu kobuhlobo obuseduze noJehova obusekelwe ‘olwazini ngoNkulunkulu’?\n5 Kunesinye isizathu esenza ukuba ulwazi ngoNkulunkulu luqhathaniswe ‘nengcebo efihliweyo.’ Njengezinto eziningi eziyingcebo, luyivelakancane emhlabeni. Kubantu abasemhlabeni abayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyisithupha, abakhulekeli bakaJehova abangaba izigidi eziyisithupha, noma oyedwa kwabayinkulungwane, baye bathola “ulwazi ngoNkulunkulu.” Ukubonisa ukuthi kuyilungelo eliyingqayizivele kangakanani ukwazi iqiniso leZwi likaNkulunkulu, cabanga ngombuzo owodwa nje weBhayibheli: Kwenzekani kubantu lapho befa? Siyazi ukuthi imiBhalo ithi umphefumulo uyafa nokuthi abafileyo abazi lutho. (Hezekeli 18:4) Kodwa, inkolelo engamanga yokuthi okuthile okuphakathi komuntu kuqhubeka kuphila ngemva kokufa yamukelwa izinkolo eziningi emhlabeni. Iyingxenye ebalulekile yezinkolo zeLobukholwa. Ikhona nasenkolweni yobuBuddha, ubuHindu, ubu-Islam, ubuJain, ubuJuda, ubuShinto, ubuSikh neyobuTao. Cabanga nje—izinkulungwane zezigidi zabantu zidukiswe yile nkolelo eyodwa engamanga!\n6, 7. (a) Obani kuphela abangathola “ulwazi ngoNkulunkulu”? (b) Isiphi isibonelo esibonisa ukuthi uJehova usibusise ngokuqonda abangenakho abaningi “abahlakaniphile nabanengqondo”?\n6 Kungani bengebaningi abantu abathole “ulwazi ngoNkulunkulu”? Kungoba umuntu akanakukwazi ukuyiqonda ngokugcwele incazelo yeZwi likaNkulunkulu ngaphandle kosizo lwaKhe. Khumbula, lolu lwazi luyisipho. UJehova ulunika kuphela labo abazimisele ukufuna eZwini lakhe ngobuqotho nangokuthobeka. Labo kungase kungabi “abahlakaniphile ngendlela engokwenyama.” (1 Korinte 1:26) Abaningi phakathi kwabo bangase babhekwe njengabantu “abangafundile nabavamile” ngokwezindinganiso zezwe. (IzEnzo 4:13) Kodwa lokho akusho lutho. UJehova usivuza ‘ngolwazi ngoNkulunkulu’ ngenxa yezimfanelo azithola ezinhliziyweni zethu.\n7 Cabanga ngalesi sibonelo. Izazi eziningi kweLobukholwa ziye zabhala imibono nezincazelo eziningiliziwe ngeBhayibheli. Lezo zincwadi zingase zichaze isizinda somlando, incazelo yamagama esiHeberu nawesiGreki, nokunye. Ekufundeni kwazo okungako, ingabe lezi zazi zilutholile ngempela “ulwazi ngoNkulunkulu”? Ingabe zisiqonda ngokucacile isihloko seBhayibheli—ukulwelwa kobukhosi bukaJehova ngoMbuso wakhe wasezulwini? Ingabe ziyazi ukuthi uJehova uNkulunkulu akayona ingxenye kaZiqu-zintathu? Thina siziqonda ngokunembile izinto ezinjalo. Ngani? UJehova usibusise ngokuqonda amaqiniso angokomoya abangawaqondi abaningi “abahlakaniphile nabanengqondo.” (Mathewu 11:25) Yeka indlela uJehova ababusisa ngayo labo abaseduze naye!\n“UJehova Uyalondoloza Bonke Abamthandayo”\n8, 9. (a) UDavide wasichaza kanjani esinye isibusiso salabo abaseduze noJehova? (b) Kungani amaKristu eqiniso edinga isivikelo sikaNkulunkulu?\n8 Labo abaseduze noJehova bajabulela nesinye isibusiso—isivikelo sakhe. Umhubi uDavide, owayekwazi kahle ukuhlupheka, wabhala: “UJehova useduze nabo bonke abambizayo, bonke abambizayo ngeqiniso. Uyasuthisa ukufisa kwabamesabayo; uyezwa ukukhala kwabo, abasindise. UJehova uyalondoloza bonke abamthandayo.” (IHubo 145:18-20) Yebo, uJehova useduze nalabo abamthandayo futhi ngaleso sizathu angaphendula ngokushesha lapho bekhalela usizo.\n9 Kungani sidinga isivikelo sikaNkulunkulu? Ngaphezu kokuzwa imiphumela yokuphila kulezi “zikhathi ezibucayi okunzima ukubhekana nazo,” amaKristu eqiniso ayizisulu eziyinhloko zeSitha esikhulu sikaJehova, uSathane uDeveli. (2 Thimothewu 3:1) Leso sitha esinobuqili sizimisele ‘ukusishwabadela.’ (1 Petru 5:8) USathane uyasishushisa, asicindezele futhi asilinge. Ubheka nezimo zengqondo nezenhliziyo angase azisebenzise. Unomgomo: ukwenza buthaka ukholo lwethu asishwabadele ngokomoya. (IsAmbulo 12:12, 17) Njengoba sibhekene nesitha esinamandla kangaka, akusimisi yini idolo ukwazi ukuthi “uJehova uyalondoloza bonke abamthandayo”?\n10. (a) UJehova ubalondoloza kanjani abantu bakhe? (b) Hlobo luni lwesivikelo olubaluleke kunazo zonke, futhi ngani?\n10 Nokho, uJehova ubalonda kanjani abantu bakhe? Isithembiso sakhe sokusivikela asiqinisekisi ukuphila okungenazinkinga kulesi simiso; futhi akusho ukuthi ubophekile ukusenzela izimangaliso. Nokho, uJehova uyabavikela ngokoqobo abantu bakhe njengeqembu. Akasoze amvumele uDeveli aqothule abakhulekeli beqiniso emhlabeni! (2 Petru 2:9) Ngaphezu kwakho konke, uJehova uyasivikela ngokomoya. Usinika esikudingayo ukuze sikhuthazelele izilingo futhi sivikele ubuhlobo bethu naye. Ekugcineni, isivikelo esingokomoya yisona esibaluleke kakhulu. Ngani? Uma nje sisenobuhlobo noJehova, akukho lutho—ngisho nokufa—olungasilimaza unomphela.—Mathewu 10:28.\n11. Imaphi amalungiselelo uJehova awenzele ukuvikela abantu bakhe ngokomoya?\n11 UJehova wenze amalungiselelo amaningi okubavikela ngokomoya labo abaseduze naye. NgeZwi lakhe, iBhayibheli, usinika ukuhlakanipha kokubhekana nezilingo ezihlukahlukene. (Jakobe 1:2-5) Ukusebenzisa iseluleko esisebenzisekayo esitholakala emiBhalweni kuyawenza umehluko. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uJehova ubanika “umoya ongcwele [labo] abacela kuye.” (Luka 11:13) Lowo moya ungamandla amakhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni, ngakho ungasihlomisa ngempela ukuba sibhekane ngokuphumelelayo nanoma ikuphi ukuvivinywa noma isilingo esingasehlela. NgoKristu, uJehova unikeza ‘izipho ezingabantu.’ (Efesu 4:8) La madoda afanelekayo ngokomoya alwela ukubonakalisa uzwela lukaJehova olusuka enhliziyweni lapho esiza akholwa nabo.—Jakobe 5:14, 15.\n12, 13. (a) UJehova usinikeza ngaziphi izindlela ukudla okungokomoya ngesikhathi esifanele? (b) Uzizwa kanjani ngamalungiselelo kaJehova okusigcina siphilile ngokomoya?\n12 UJehova unikeza nokunye ukuze asilondoloze: ukudla okungokomoya ngesikhathi esifanele. (Mathewu 24:45) Ngezincwadi, kuhlanganise ne-Nqabayokulinda ne-Phaphama!, nangemihlangano yebandla, eyesifunda neyesigodi, uJehova usinikeza esikudingayo ngesikhathi esikudinga ngaso. Sikhona isikhathi osikhumbulayo lapho uzwa okuthile emhlanganweni wobuKristu, noma wesifunda noma wesigodi okwakuthinta inhliziyo futhi kwakuqinisa noma kwakududuza? Ingabe wake wafunda isihloko komunye womagazini abashiwo ngenhla wezwa sengathi sibhalelwe wena?\n13 Esinye sezikhali zikaSathane eziphumelela kakhulu ukudumazeka, futhi asigomekile kukho. Wazi kahle ukuthi ukudangala okungapheli kungasiqeda amandla, kusenze sibe izisulu ezilula. (IzAga 24:10) Ngenxa yokuthi uSathane uzama ukusizakala ngemizwa yokudangala, sidinga usizo. Ngezikhathi ezithile omagazini INqabayokulinda ne-Phaphama! baye bakhipha izihloko ezisisiza silwisane nokudangala. Omunye udade wabhala lokhu ngesinye salezo zihloko: “Ngisifunda cishe nsuku zonke lesi sihloko, kodwa ngisafikelwa izinyembezi. Ngisibeka eceleni kombhede ukuze sibe seduze noma nini lapho ngizizwa ngidangele. Ngezihloko ezinjengalesi, ngiyazizwa nje izandla zikaJehova ezivikelayo zingigona.” * Asimbongi yini uJehova ngokusinika ukudla okungokomoya ngesikhathi esifanele? Khumbula, amalungiselelo akhe okusigcina siphilile ngokomoya awubufakazi bokuthi useduze nathi nokuthi usifake ngaphansi kwesivikelo sakhe.\nUkufinyelela ‘UMuzwi Womthandazo’\n14, 15. (a) Isiphi isibusiso uJehova asinika labo abaseduze naye? (b) Kungani ukukwazi ukufinyelela uJehova ngomthandazo kuyilungelo elimangalisayo?\n14 Uke waphawula yini ukuthi lapho abantu bethola amandla negunya, ngokuvamile kuba nzima ngabangaphansi kwabo ukuba babafinyelele? Nokho, kuthiwani ngoJehova uNkulunkulu? Ingabe naye ukude kakhulu ukuba abe nesithakazelo emazwini ashiwo kuye abantu abangelutho? Lutho neze! Isipho somthandazo singesinye sezibusiso uJehova asinike labo abasondelene naye. Kuyilungelo elimangalisayo ngempela ukukwazi ukufinyelela ‘uMuzwi womthandazo.’ (IHubo 65:2) Ngani?\n15 Ngokwesibonelo: Isikhulu esiphethe inkampani enkulu sinemisebenzi eminingi. Siyanquma ukuthi iziphi izinto esizozenza sona mathupha nokuthi iziphi esizoziphathisa abanye. Ngokufanayo, iNkosi enguMbusi wendawo yonke inganquma ukuthi iziphi izinto ezozihilela kuzo nokuthi iziphi ezoziphathisa abanye. Cabanga ngakho konke uJehova akuphathise iNdodana yakhe ethandekayo, uJesu. INdodana inikwe “igunya lokuba yahlulele.” (Johane 5:27) Izingelosi ‘zenziwe zamthobela.’ (1 Petru 3:22) Umoya kaJehova ongcwele onamandla unikwe uJesu ukuba umsize ahole abafundi bakhe emhlabeni. (Johane 15:26; 16:7) Yingakho uJesu athi: “Lonke igunya linikezwe mina ezulwini nasemhlabeni.” (Mathewu 28:18) Kodwa, uma kuziwa emithandazweni yethu, uJehova ukhetha ukuzibambela mathupha. Yingakho iBhayibheli lisiyala ukuba sibhekise imithandazo yethu kuJehova kuphela, senze kanjalo egameni likaJesu.—IHubo 69:13; Johane 14:6, 13.\n16. Kungani singaqiniseka ukuthi uJehova uyayilalela ngempela imithandazo yethu?\n16 Ingabe uJehova uyayilalela ngempela imithandazo yethu? Ukube ubengakhathali noma engenandaba, ubengeke asikhuthaze ukuba ‘siphikelele emthandazweni’ noma siphonse imithwalo nezinkathazo zethu kuye. (Roma 12:12; IHubo 55:22; 1 Petru 5:7) Izinceku ezithembekile ngezikhathi zeBhayibheli zaziqiniseka ngokuphelele ukuthi uJehova uyayilalela imithandazo. (1 Johane 5:14) Ngakho, umhubi uDavide wathi: ‘UJehova uyalizwa izwi lami.’ (IHubo 55:17) Nathi sinezizathu zokuqiniseka ukuthi uJehova useduze, ukulungele ukuzwa yonke imicabango nokukhathazeka kwethu.\nUJehova Uyazivuza Izinceku Zakhe\n17, 18. (a) UJehova uzizwa kanjani ngenkonzo yokwethembeka yezidalwa zakhe ezihlakaniphile? (b) Chaza indlela izAga 19:17 ezibonisa ngayo ukuthi uJehova uyaziqaphela izenzo zethu zesihe.\n17 Isikhundla sikaJehova njengoMbusi Wendawo Yonke asithintwa yilokho abantu abangelutho abangase bakwenze noma benqabe ukukwenza. Noma kunjalo, uJehova unguNkulunkulu onokwazisa. Uyayazisa—empeleni iyigugu kuye—inkonzo yokwethembeka yezidalwa zakhe ezihlakaniphile. (IHubo 147:11) Ngakho-ke, nansi enye inzuzo etholwa yilabo abasondelene noJehova: Uyazivuza izinceku zakhe.—Heberu 11:6.\n18 IBhayibheli libonisa ngokucacile ukuthi uJehova uyakwazisa okwenziwa abakhulekeli bakhe. Ngokwesibonelo, siyafunda: “Onomusa kompofu utsheleka uJehova, nomsebenzi wakhe uyawubuyisela kuye.” (IzAga 19:17) Ukucabangela kukaJehova abampofu ngesihe kwabonakala eMthethweni KaMose. (Levitikusi 14:21; 19:15) UJehova uzizwa kanjani lapho silingisa isihe sakhe endleleni esiphatha ngayo abampofu? Lapho sipha ompofu, singalindele kubuyiselwa, uJehova ukubheka njengokungathi kutshelekwa Yena. UJehova uthembisa ukuthi uyokhokha leso sikweletu ngomusa nezibusiso. (IzAga 10:22; Mathewu 6:3, 4; Luka 14:12-14) Yebo, lapho sibonisa isihawu kwesikholwa naye oswele, kuyayithinta inhliziyo kaJehova. Asive sibonga ngokwazi ukuthi uBaba wethu osezulwini uyaziqaphela izenzo zethu zesihe!—Mathewu 5:7.\n19. (a) Kungani singaqiniseka ukuthi uJehova uyakwazisa lokho esikwenza emsebenzini wokushumayela nokwenza abafundi? (b) UJehova uzivuza kanjani izenzo eziyinkonzo ezenzelwa ukusekela uMbuso wakhe?\n19 UJehova ukwazisa ngokukhethekile lokho esikwenzela uMbuso wakhe. Lapho sisondela kuJehova, kulindelekile ukuba sifune ukusebenzisa isikhathi, amandla nempahla yethu ukuze sihlanganyele ngokugcwele kangangokunokwenzeka emsebenzini wokushumayela ngoMbuso nokwenza abafundi. (Mathewu 28:19, 20) Ngezinye izikhathi, singase sibe nomuzwa wokuthi kuncane esikufezayo. Inhliziyo yethu engaphelele ingase isenze sizibuze nanokuthi kazi uJehova uyayijabulela yini imizamo yethu. (1 Johane 3:19, 20) Kodwa uJehova wazisa noma isiphi isipho esisuka enhliziyweni eshukunyiswa uthando—kungakhathaliseki ukuthi sincane kangakanani. (Marku 12:41-44) IBhayibheli liyasiqinisekisa: “UNkulunkulu akayena ongalungile ukuba akhohlwe umsebenzi wenu nothando enalubonisa kulo igama lakhe.” (Heberu 6:10) Ngempela, uJehova ukhumbula futhi avuze ngisho nesenzo esincane kakhulu esiyinkonzo esenzelwa ukusekela uMbuso wakhe. Ngaphezu kwezibusiso ezicebile ezingokomoya esizithola manje, singalindela izinjabulo zokuphila ezweni elisha elizayo, lapho uJehova eyovula khona isandla sakhe ngomusa anelise izifiso ezilungile zabo bonke abasondelene naye!—IHubo 145:16; 2 Petru 3:13.\n20. Kuwo wonke unyaka ka-2003, singawakhumbula kanjani amazwi ombhalo wethu wonyaka, kube namuphi umphumela?\n20 Kuwo wonke unyaka ka-2003, masizibuze ukuthi siyaqhubeka yini sizama ukusondela kuBaba wethu osezulwini. Uma sikwenza, singaqiniseka ukuthi uyosabela, njengoba ethembisile. ‘UNkulunkulu akanakuqamba amanga.’ (Thithu 1:2) Uma usondela kuye, uyosondela kuwe. (Jakobe 4:8) Ube yini umphumela? Izibusiso ezichichimayo manje nethemba lokusondela nakakhulu kuJehova kulo lonke iphakade!\n^ par. 13 Wayekhuluma ngesihloko esithi “UJehova Mkhulu Kunezinhliziyo Zethu,” esikuyi-Nqabayokulinda ka-May 1, 2000, amakhasi 28-31.\n• Isiphi isipho uJehova asinika labo abasondela kuye?\n• Imaphi amalungiselelo uJehova awenzela ukuvikela abantu bakhe ngokomoya?\n• Kungani kuyilungelo eliphawulekayo ukukwazi ukufinyelela uJehova ngomthandazo?\n• IBhayibheli libonisa kanjani ukuthi uJehova uyayazisa inkonzo yokwethembeka yezidalwa zakhe ezihlakaniphile?\nUJehova usibusise ngokuqonda amaqiniso angokomoya\nUJehova unikeza isivikelo esingokomoya\nUJehova useduze, ukulungele ukulalela yonke imithandazo yethu\nThumelela Thumelela “Uyosondela Kini”\nw02 12/15 kk. 13-18


Amavesi Ebhayibhelini Esiqwini: Amagciwane / Izifo -> UNkulunkulu\nUNkulunkulu: [Amagciwane / Izifo]\nHambani bantu bami, lingene emakamelweni enu, livale iminyango yenu ngemva kwenu, licatshe okwesikhatshana, luze ludlule ulaka.\n I Nkosi yamabandla ithi: Khangelani, ububi buphuma kwesinye isizwe busiya kwesinye, isiphepho esikhulu siyavunguza, sisuka endaweni ezikhatshana zomhlaba. Ngalolosuku ababulewe yi Nkosi bazasukela komunye umkhawulo womhlaba baze bafike komunye; kabayikukhalelwa, kabayikubuthwa bangcwatshwe, bazakuba ngamalongwe emhlabathini.\n Uba ngivala amazulu ukuze kungabi lazulu, kumbe uba ngilaya intethe ukuqeda ilizwe, kumbe uba ngithumela umatshayabhuqe wesifo phakathi kwabantu bami, uba abantu bami ibizo lami elibizwa phezu kwabo bezithoba, bakhuleke badinge ubuso bami, baphenduke ezindleleni zabo ezimbi, mina-ke ngizakuzwa ngisemazulwini, ngithethelele isono sabo, ngelaphe ilizwe labo.\n Lalapho selivule uphawu lwesibili, ngezwa isidalwa esiphilayo sesibili sisithi: Woza ubone! Kwasekuphuma elinye ibhiza elibomvu; loligadileyo kwanikwa kuye ukususa ukuthula emhlabeni, lokuthi babulalane; kwasekunikelwa kuye inkemba enkulu. Lalapho selivule uphawu lwesithathu, ngezwa isidalwa esiphilayo sesithathu sisithi: Woza ubone! Ngasengibona, khangela-ke, ibhiza elimnyama, loligadileyo elesikali esandleni sakhe. Ngasengisizwa ilizwi phakathi kwezidalwa ezine eziphilayo lisithi: Ingcebethu yamabele ngodenariyo *, lengcebethu ezintathu zebhali* ngodenariyo; lamafutha lewayini ungakoni. Lalapho selivule uphawu lwesine, ngezwa ilizwi lesidalwa sesine lisithi: Woza ubone! Ngasengibona, khangela-ke, ibhiza eliliganu, loligadileyo, ibizo lakhe linguKufa, lesihogo salandelana laye. Kwasekunikelwa kukho amandla okubulala kuze kube yingxenye yesine yomhlaba, ngenkemba langendlala langokufa, langezilo zomhlaba.\nKodwa isandla se Nkosi saba nzima phezu kwabeAshidodi, yabachitha, yabatshaya ngamathumba ophayo, iAshidodi lemingcele yayo.\nKodwa silayo limpahla eligugu ezitsheni zebumba, ukuze ubuhlekazi bamandla bube ngobukaNkulunkulu, njalo bungaveli kithi;\nUngabi labanye onkulunkulu phambi kwami.\nZithobeni phambi kweNkosi, njalo izaliphakamisa.\nLingakhathazeki ngalutho, kodwa ezintweni zonke, izicelo zenu kazaziwe kuNkulunkulu ngomkhuleko langonxuso kanye lokubonga,\n Busisa i Nkosi, mphefumulo wami, ungakhohlwa zonke izinzuzo zayo, ethethelela zonke izono zakho, eyelapha zonke izifo zakho,\n Kwasekusuka umoya ovela e Nkosi ni, waletha izagwaca zivela elwandle, wazehlisela phezu kwenkamba, phose uhambo losuku ngapha, njalo phose uhambo losuku ngapha, zizingelezele inkamba, njalo okungaba zingalo ezimbili phezu komhlabathi. Abantu basebesukuma lolosuku lonke, lobusuku bonke, losuku lonke olulandelayo, bebutha izagwaca. Lowo owayelezinlutshwana wayebuthe amahomeri* alitshumi; bazichayela zona inhlangothi zonke zenkamba. Inyama isesephakathi kwamazinyo abo ingakahlafunwa, intukuthelo ye Nkosi yabavuthela abantu, njalo i Nkosi yabatshaya abantu ngenhlupheko enkulu kakhulu.\n I Nkosi yasisithi kuMozisi lakuAroni: Zithatheleni izandla zenu ezigcweleyo zomlotha weziko, njalo uMozisi awutsahazele emazulwini phambi kwamehlo kaFaro. Njalo uzakuba luthuli olucolekileyo phezu kwelizwe lonke leGibhithe, njalo luzakuba phezu kwabantu laphezu kwezifuyo lube lithumba eliphihlika amathuthuva elizweni lonke leGibhithe. Basebethatha umlotha weziko, bema phambi kukaFaro; uMozisi wasewutsahazela emazulwini, waba lithumba eliphihlika amathuthuva ebantwini lezifuyweni. Njalo abalumbi babengeme phambi kukaMozisi ngenxa yamathumba; ngoba amathumba ayephezu kwabalumbi laphezu kwawo wonke amaGibhithe.\n Kubaleni njenge ntokozo yonke, bazalwane bami, nxa liwela ezilingweni ezizinhlobonhlobo, lisazi ukuthi ukuhlolwa kokholo lwenu kuveza ukubekezela; kodwa ukubekezela kakube lomsebenzi opheleleyo, ukuze libe ngabapheleleyo liphelelisiwe, lingasileli ngalutho. Njalo uba kukhona kini oswele inhlakanipho, kacele kuNkulunkulu ophanayo ngesihle kibo bonke, futhi kasoli, njalo uzayinikwa. Kodwa kacele ekholweni engathandabuzi ngalutho; ngoba othandabuzayo unjengegagasi lolwandle eliqhutshwa ngumoya lizuliswe.\n Zasezikhululwa ingilosi ezine ezazilungiselwe ihola losuku lenyanga lomnyaka, ukuze zibulale ingxenye yesithathu yabantu. Lenani lamabutho agade amabhiza laliyizigidi ezimbili zezigidi; ngasengisizwa inani lawo. Ngasengiwabona ngokunje amabhiza embonweni, labagadi bawo, belezivikelo zesifuba zomlilo lezehiyakinte * lezesibabule; lamakhanda amabhiza ayenjengamakhanda ezilwane, lemilonyeni yawo kwaphuma umlilo lentuthu lesibabule. Ngalezi ezintathu kwabulawa ingxenye yesithathu yabantu, ngomlilo langentuthu langesibabule okwaphuma emilonyeni yawo. Ngoba amandla awo asemlonyeni wawo, lemisileni yawo; ngoba imisila yawo injengezinyoka ilamakhanda, langawo ayalimaza.\n Kodwa lolosuku lalelohola kakho owaziyo ngakho, ngitsho lengilosi ezisezulwini, ngitsho leNdodana, ngaphandle kukaBaba. Qaphelani, lilinde likhuleke; ngoba kalazi ukuthi isikhathi sinini. Njengomuntu owasuka elizweni lakibo watshiya indlu yakhe, wanika inceku zakhe amandla, kuleyo laleyo umsebenzi wayo, walaya umlindisango ukuthi alinde. Ngakho lindani; ngoba kalazi ukuthi inkosi yendlu izafika nini, kusihlwa, loba phakathi kobusuku, loba ekukhaleni kweqhude, loba emadabukakusa; hlezi ifike ilijume, ilifice lilele. Lalokhu engikutsho kini ngikutsho kubo bonke: Lindani.\n Ngizakuthi e Nkosi ni: Uy isiphephelo sami lenqaba yami, uNkulunkulu wami, engithemba kuye. Sibili yena uzakukhulula emjibileni womthiyi, kuye umatshayabhuqe wesifo obhubhisayo. Uzakusibekela ngensiba zakhe, uzathembela langaphansi kwempiko zakhe; iqiniso lakhe liyisihlangu lehawu. Kawuyikwesaba isesabiso sebusuku, umtshoko ophaphayo emini, umatshayabhuqe wesifo ohambayo emnyameni, incithakalo ebhubhisayo emini enkulu. Bazakuwa abayinkulungwane eceleni kwakho, labayizinkulungwane ezilitshumi ngakwesokunene sakho; kuwe kakuyikusondela. Uzakhangela nje ngamehlo akho, ubone impindiselo kwababi. Ngoba wena, Nkosi, uyisiphephelo sami; umenzile oPhezukonke waba yindawo yakho yokuhlala. Kakulabubi obuzakwehlela, lenhlupheko kayiyikusondela ethenteni lakho. Ngoba uzalaya ingilosi zakhe ngawe, ukuthi zikulondoloze endleleni zakho zonke. Zizakuphatha ezandleni, hlezi utshayeke ngonyawo lwakho elitsheni. Uzanyathela isilwane lebululu, uzagxoba ibhongo lesilwane, lomgobho. Ngoba uyangithanda kakhulu, ngakho ngizamkhulula; ngizambeka phezulu, ngoba uyalazi ibizo lami.\n Abanye besakhuluma ngethempeli, ukuthi liceciswe ngamatshe amahle langezipho, wathi: Lezizinto elizibonayo, kuzafika insuku okungayikutshiywa ngazo ilitshe phezu kwelitshe, elingayikudilizelwa phansi. Basebembuza, besithi: Mfundisi, pho lezizinto zizakuba nini? Lesibonakaliso siyini, lapho sekuzakwenzeka lezizinto? Wasesithi: Qaphelani ukuthi lingaduhiswa; ngoba abanengi bazakuza ebizweni lami, besithi: Ngi nguye; futhi: Isikhathi sesisondele. Ngakho lingabalandeli. Njalo nxa lisizwa ngezimpi langeziphithiphithi, lingethuki; ngoba lezizinto zimele ukuthi zenzeke kuqala, kodwa ukuphela kakuhle ku fik e. Wasesithi kubo: Isizwe sizavukela isizwe, lombuso u vuk ele umbuso; njalo kuzakuba khona ukuzamazama komhlaba okukhulu indawo ngendawo lezindlala labomatshayabhuqe bezifo; kube khona lezinto ezesabekayo lezibonakaliso ezinkulu ezivela ezulwini. Kodwa ngaphambi kwakho konke lokhu bazalibamba ngezandla zabo, ba li zingele, ba li nikele emasinagogeni lezintolongweni, ba li se phambi kwamakhosi lababusi, ngenxa yebizo lami. Njalo lokhu kuzaphenduka kini kube yibufakazi. Ngakho kubekeni enhliziyweni zenu ukuthi linganakani ngaphambili nge lizakuphendula; ngoba mina ngizalinika umlomo lenhlakanipho, abangekuphike, bamelane lakho, bonke abayizitha zenu. Njalo lizanikelwa langabazali labafowenu lezihlobo labangane, njalo bazabulala abanye benu. Njalo lizazondwa yibo bonke ngenxa yebizo lami. Kodwa kakuyikulahleka ngitsho unwele lwekhanda lenu. Ekubekezeleni kwenu zuzani imiphefumulo yenu. Kodwa nxa libona iJerusalema ihanqwe ngamabutho, yazini-ke ukuthi sekusondele ukuchitheka kwayo. Ngalesosikhathi abaseJudiya kababalekele ezintabeni; labaphakathi kwayo baphume; labasemaphandleni bangangeni kuyo. Ngoba lezi zinsuku zempindiselo, ukuze kugcwaliseke zonke izinto ezilotshiweyo. Kodwa maye kwabakhulelweyo labamunyisayo ngalezonsuku! Ngoba kuzakuba khona ukuhlupheka okukhulu emhlabeni, lolaka kulesisizwe. Njalo bazakuwa ngobukhali benkemba, bathunjelwe ezizweni zonke; leJerusalema inyathelelwe phansi ngabezizwe, kuze kugcwaliseke izikhathi zabezizwe. Kuzakuba khona izibonakaliso elangeni lenyangeni lezinkanyezini; lemhlabeni usizi lwezizwe ngokudideka; kudume ulwandle lamagagasi, abantu baphele amandla ngenxa yokwesaba langokubona lokho okuzayo emhlabeni; ngoba amandla amazulu azazanyazanyiswa. Khona-ke bezayibona iNdodana yomuntu isiza eyezini ilamandla lenkazimulo enkulu. Njalo nxa kuqala ukwenzeka lezizinto, manini liqonde njalo liphakamise amakhanda enu; ngoba kusondele ukukhululwa kwenu. Wasebatshela umfanekiso: Khangelani umkhiwa lazo zonke izihlahla; nxa sezihluma, liyazibonela lani likwazi ukuthi ihlobo selisondele. Ngokunjalo lani, nxa libona lezizinto zisenzeka, yazini ukuthi umbuso kaNkulunkulu useduze. Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Lesisizukulwana asisoze sidlule, kuze kwenzeke zonke izinto. Kuzadlula izulu lomhlaba, kodwa amazwi ami kawasoze adlule. Njalo ziqapheleni, ukuthi inhliziyo zenu zingasindwa ngenxa yokuminza lokudakwa lokuphisekela izinto zalokhukusila, lalolosuku lulifikele lingananzelele; ngoba luzafika njengomjibila phezu kwabo bonke abahlezi ebusweni bomhlaba wonke. Ngakho lindani ngezikhathi zonke likhulekele ukuthi lifanele ukuphepha zonke lezizinto ezizakwenzeka, lokuma phambi kweNdodana yomuntu. Njalo wayefundisa ethempelini emini; kodwa ebusuku wayephuma ayehlala entabeni ethiwa ngeyeMihlwathi. Lekuseni kakhulu abantu bonke babesiza kuye ethempelini ukumuzwa.\n UJesu wasephuma wasuka ethempelini; basebesondela abafundi bakhe ukumtshengisa izakhiwo zethempeli. UJesu wasesithi kubo: Kaliziboni yini zonke lezizinto? Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Akusoze kutshiywe lapha ilitshe elilodwa phezu kwelitshe, elingasoze lidilizelwe phansi. Kwathi esehlezi entabeni yeMihlwathi, abafundi beza kuye bebodwa, bathi: Sitshele, lezizinto zizakuba nini? Lesibonakaliso sokuza kwakho, lesokuphela kwesikhathi sizakuba yini? UJesu wasephendula wathi kubo: Qaphelani, kungabi khona oliduhisayo; ngoba abanengi bazakuza ngebizo lami, besithi: Mina nginguKristu; futhi baduhise abanengi. Njalo lizakuzwa ngezimpi lamahungahunga ezimpi; nanzelelani, lingethuki; ngoba konke lokhu kufanele kwenzeke; kodwa ukuphela kakukabi khona. Ngoba isizwe sizavukela isizwe, lombuso u vuk ele umbuso; njalo kuzakuba khona indlala labomatshayabhuqe bezifo lokuzamazama komhlaba indawo ngendawo; kodwa zonke lezizinto ziyikuqala kwemihelo. Lapho-ke bazalinikela ekuhluphekeni, balibulale; futhi lizazondwa yizizwe zonke ngenxa yebizo lami. Njalo ngalesosikhathi abanengi bazakhubeka, banikelane, bazondane. Futhi kuzavuka abaprofethi bamanga abanengi, baduhise abanengi. Njalo ngenxa yokwanda kobubi, uthando lwabanengi luzaphola; kodwa ophikelelayo kuze kube sekupheleni, nguye ozasindiswa. Njalo lelivangeli lombuso lizatshunyayelwa emhlabeni wonke kube yibufakazi ezizweni zonke; khona-ke kuzafika ukuphela. Ngakho nxa libona amanyala encithakalo, akhulunywa nguDaniyeli umprofethi, emi endaweni engcwele (obalayo kaqedisise), khona labo abaseJudiya kababalekele ezintabeni; ophezu kophahla lwendlu angehli ukuthatha ulutho endlini yakhe; losemasimini angabuyeli emuva uku ya thatha izembatho zakhe. Kodwa maye kwabakhulelweyo labamunyisayo ngalezonsuku ! Kodwa khulekani ukuthi ukubaleka kwenu kungabi sebusika, loba ngesabatha. Ngoba ngalesosikhathi kuzakuba khona ukuhlupheka okukhulu, okungazanga kube khona kusukela ekuqaleni komhlaba kuze kube khathesi, njalo okungasayikuba khona. Uba-ke lezonsuku bezingafinyezwanga, bekungesindiswe nyama; kodwa ngenxa yabakhethiweyo lezonsuku zizafinyezwa. Ngalesosikhathi nxa umuntu esithi kini: Khangelani, nangu uKristu, kumbe nanguya, lingakholwa. Ngoba kuzavuka okristu bamanga labaprofethi bamanga, benze izibonakaliso ezinkulu lezimangaliso, ukuze kuthi, nxa kungenzeka, baduhise labakhethiweyo. Khangelani, sengilitshelile ngaphambili. Ngakho uba bengathi kini: Khangelani, usenkangala, lingaphumi; khangelani, us endlini yensitha, lingakholwa. Ngoba njengalokhu umbane ubaneka empumalanga ukhanye lentshonalanga, kuzakuba njalo lokufika kweNdodana yomuntu. Ngoba loba ngaphi lapho okukhona isidumbu, lapho amanqe azakubuthana khona. Njalo masinyane emva kokuhlupheka kwalezonsuku, ilanga lizafiphazwa, lenyanga kayiyikupha ukukhanya kwayo, lenkanyezi zizakuwa ezulwini, lamandla amazulu azazanyazanyiswa. Khona-ke sizabonakala ezulwini isibonakaliso seNdodana yomuntu; njalo besezikhala zonke izizwe zomhlaba, sezibona iNdodana yomuntu isiza emayezini ezulu ilamandla lenkazimulo enkulu. Njalo izathuma izingilosi zayo lokukhala okukhulu kophondo, beseziqoqa abakhethiweyo bayo emimoyeni emine, kusukela emkhawulweni omunye wamazulu kuze kube komunye umkhawulo wawo. Kodwa fundani umfanekiso emkhiweni; nxa khathesi ugatsha lwawo selusiba buthakathaka, njalo luhlume amahlamvu, liyazi ukuthi ihlobo seliseduze; ngokunjalo lani, nxa libona lezizinto zonke, yazini ukuthi kuseduze kuseminyango. Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Lesisizukulwana asisoze sidlule, kuze kwenzeke zonke lezizinto. Kuzadlula izulu lomhlaba, kodwa amazwi ami awasoze adlule.


UmThethosisekelo weRiphabliki yeSewula Afrika: 11. ZokuPhepha\nMy Constitution UmThethosisekelo weRiphabliki yeSewula Afrika 11. ZokuPhepha\nIsahluko 11: ZokuPhepha (198-210)\n198. Iinkambisolawulo Ezilawulako\nIinkambisolawulo ezilandelako ilawula zokuphepha kweNarha ngaphakathi kweRiphabliki:\nUkuphepha kweNarha kumele kutjengise ukuzibopha kwamaSewula Afrika, ngokwehlukana kwawo kodwana basitjhaba sinye, ukuphila nje ngabantu abalinganako, baphile ngokuthula, nangaphandle kokwesaba, ukutlhoga nokufuna ipilo engcono.\nIsibopho sokuphila ngokuthula nomusa sivimbela nanyana ngimuphi umuntu osisakhamuzi seSewula Afrika ekuzibandakanyeni ngaphakathi kwenturhu yeenkhali, ngaphakathi kweNarha namkha emaphasini wangaphandle, ngaphandlekwangendlela enikelwe ngokuya komThethosisekelo namkha umThetho weNarha.\nIkuphepha kwenarha kufanele kulandelwe ngokukhambisana nomThetho, okufaka hlangana nomThetho wamazwe.\nUkuphepha kwenarha kuzakulawulwa ngaphasi kwePalamende neKhabinedi.\n199. Ukusungulwa, Ukwakhiwa Nokuziphatha Kwamaziko Wezokuphepha\nAmaziko wezokuphepha weRiphabliki akhiwa libutho lezokuvikela elilodwa, amaziko wezesipholisa nawezobuhloli asungulwe ngokuya komThethosisekelo.\nIbutho lezokuvikela ngilo kwaphela ibutho elisemthethweni ngaphakathi kweRiphabliki.\nNgaphandle kwamaziko wezokuphepha asungulwe ngokuya komThethosisekelo, iinhlangano ezihlome ngeenkhali namkha imisebenzi, ingasungulwa kwaphela ngokuya komThetho weNarha.\nAmaziko wezokuphepha kumele asungulwe begodu akhiwe ngokuya komThetho weNarha.\nImaziko wezokuphepha kumele asebenze begodu afundise begodu abawe amalungawo bona asebenze ngokuya komThethosisekelo nomThetho okufaka hlangana umThetho wamazwe neemvumelwano zeentjhabatjhaba ezibopha iRiphabliki.\nAlikho ilunga lananyana ngiliphi iziko lezokuphepha okumele lithobele isiqunto okusepepeneneni bona asikho emthethweni.\nNanyana kungaba maziko wezokuphepha namkha ngimaphi amalungawo okungezeka bona ekwenzeni imisebenzabo—\nbakhubaze iinrhuluphelo zeenhlangano zezombanganarha ezivunyelwa mThetho ngokuya komThethosisekelo; namkha\nbaragele phambili ngendlela esekelako nanyana ngiliphi irhuluphelo lehlangano yezombanganarha.\nUkuphumelelisa iinkambisolawulo zokwenza izinto bupepenene begodu nangobuziphendulelo, amaKomidi wePalamende ahlonywe linengi leenhlangano, kumele abeke ilihlo phezu kwamaziko wezokuphepha ngendlela ebekwe mThetho weNarha namkha imilayo nemiyalo yePalamende.\n200. IButho LezokuVikela\nIButho lezokuVikela kumele lijanyiswe belilawulwe njengeButho lezokuVikela eliziphethe kuhle.\nUmsebenzi oqakatheke khulu weButho lezokuVikela kujamela nokuvikela iRiphabliki, inarha yoke elingaphakathi kwayo nabantu bayo ngokuya komThethosisekelo neenkambisolawulo zomThetho weentjhabatjhaba olawula ukusetjenziswa kwamandla.\n201. Isibopho Sezombanganarha\nIlunga leKhabinedi kumele libe nesibopho sezevikeleko.\nNguMongameli kwaphela, njengeHloko yesiGungu seNarha, ongagunyaza ukusetjenziswa kwaButho lezokuVikela—\nekuvikeleni iRiphabliki; namkha\nekufezekiseni iimbopho zeentjhabatjhaba.\nNangabe ibutho lezokuphepha lisetjenziselwe nanyana ngisiphi isizathu esitjhiwo esigatjaneni (2), uMongameli kumele azise iPalamende msinya nangokuzeleko ngalokhu —\namabanga wokusetjenziswa kweButho lezokuVikela;\nngananyana ngiyiphi indawo lapha iButho lezokuVikela lisetjenziswa khona;\ninani labantu abasetjenziswako; begodu\nnesikhatheso iButho lezokuVikela okulindwe ngaso bona lisetjenziswe.\nNangabe iPalamende ayihlali ngaphakathi kwamalanga alikhomba emva kokusetjenziswa kweButho lezokuVikela ngendlela okutjhiwo ngayo kusigatjana (2), uMongameli kumele ethule umbiko otlhogekako esigatjaneni 3 kukomidi elawulako.\n202. Ilawulo LeButho LezokuVikela\nUMongameli njengeHloko yesiGungu seNarha, umLawuli-oyiHloko weButho lezokuVikela, begodu kumele anikele umLawuli weButho lezokuVikela umsebenzi.\nIlawulo leButho lezokuVikela kumele lisetjenziswe ngokuya kwenqophiso yelunga leKhabinedi elinesibopho sezokuvikeleka ngaphasi kwelawulo kaMongameli.\n203. Ubujamo BokuVikela INarha\nUMongameli angamemezela ubujamo bokuvikela inarha begodu kumele azise iPalamende msinya nangokuzeleko—\nnanyana kukuphi lapha iButho lezokuPhepha lithunjelwe khona; begodu\nnenani labantu ababandakanyekako.\nNangabe iPalamende ayihlali lokha ubujamo bokuvikela inarha bumenyezelwa, uMongameli kumele abizele iPalamende emhlnganweni okhethekileko ngaphakathi kwamalanga alikhomba kusukela ngelanga lesimemezelo.\nIsimemezelo sobujamo bokuvikela inarha siphelelwa sikhathi ngaphandle nangabe sivunyelwa yiPalamende ngaphakathi kwamalanga alikhomba kusukela ngelanga lesimemezelo.\n204. UNobhala Womphakathi Kwezokuphepha\nUNobhala womphakathi weButho lezokuVikela kumele lisungulwe mThetho weNarha ukwenzela bona isebenze ngaphasi kwelawulo lelunga leKhabinedi elinesibopho sezokuphepha.\n205. Imisebenzi YobuPholisa\nImisebenzi yobuPholisa beNarha kumele ijanyiswe ngendlela ezakusebenza eNarheni zombelele, eemFundeni, nalapha kufaneleko, emazingeni kaRhulumende wemaKhaya.\nUmThetho weNarha kumele usungule amandla nemisebenzi yobuPholisa begodu kumele ubonelele bona imisebenzi yobuPholisa ikghone ukufeza iimbopho zawo ngekghono, nokutjhejwa kweendingo zeemFunda\nIminqopho yemisebenzi yobuPholisa kuvimbela, ukuqeda begodu nokuphenyisisa ubulelesi, ukuletha ukuthula emphakathini, ukuvikela nokuqinisekisa abakhi beRiphabliki nepahla yabo, ukulonda nokukatelela umThetho.\n206. Isibopho Sezombanganarha\nIlunga leKhabinedi kumele lizibophelele kwezobuPholisa, begodu kumele libeke umthethokambiso wezobuPholisa beNarha emva kokuthintana nemibuso yeemfunda begodu nokutjheja iindingo zeemFunda.\nUmThethokambiso weNarha wezobuPholisa ungenza iinqalelelo zemithethokambiso eyahlukahlukeneko manqophana neemFunda ezahlukneko ngemva kokutjheja iindingo zobuPholisa nezinto eziqakathekileko kunezinye zeemFundezo.\nIsiFunda ngasinye sinelungelo—\nlokubeka ilihlo ngokuziphatha kwezobuPholisa;\nukubeka ilihlo, okufaka hlangana ukwamukela imibiko malungana nekghono lemisebenzi yezobuPholisa;\nukwenyula izinga letjhebiswano hlangana nezobuPholisa nomphakathi;\nukulinganisa ikghono elifikelelwa ngezobuPholisa obubonakalako; begodu\nlokuthintana nelunga leKhabinedi eliziphendulela kwezobuPholisa nokwenza iimphakamiso manqophana nobulelesi ngaphakathi kwesiFunda.\nIsiGungu sesiFunda esinesibopho semisebenzi yobuPholisa—\nesithweswe yona siSahlukwesi;\nesinikelwe yona mThetho weNarha; begodu\nesinikelwe yona ngokomthethokambiso wenarha wezobuPholisa.\nUkwenzela bona akwazi ukwenza imisebenzi etjhiwo esigatjaneni (3); isiFunda—\nsingaphenya, namkha sibeke iKomitjhini yePhenyo bona iphenye iinghonghoyilo ezitjhoko bona amapholisa akasebenzi kuhle namkha ukungakhambisani kuhle hlangana namaPholisa nomphakathi othileko; begodu\nkumele yenze iimphakhamiso elungeni leKhabinedi elinesibopho sezobuPholisa.\nekwamukelweni kweenghonghoyilo ezethulwe siGungu sesiFunda, igatja lobuPholisa leenghonghoyilo elizijameleko elisungulwe mThetho weNarha kumele liphenye nanyana ngikuphi ukungasebenzi kuhle, namkha ubulelesi obenziwe lilunga lezobuPholisa esiFundeni.\nUmThetho weNarha kumele ubonelele iphahla lokusungulwa, amandla, imisebenzi nokulawulwa kwezobupholisa bendawo.\nIkomidi ebunjwe lilunga leKhabinedi namalunga wesiGungu somKhandlu weemFunda okumele lisungulwe ukwenzela bona libonelele ukusebenzisana kwezobuPholisa nokuthintana hlangana kwamazinga wombuso.\nIsiBethamthetho sesiFunda singabawa uKomitjhinara wamaPholisa wesiFunda bona avele ngaphambi kwananyana ngiyiphi ikomidi yaso ukuzokuphendula iimbuzo.\n207. ILawulo Lezobupholisa\nUMongameli, njengeHloko yesiGungu seNarha kumele afake emsebenzini umuntu onguMma namkha uBaba bona abe nguKomitjhinara weNarha Zombelele wezobuPholisa bona alawule begodu aphathe imisebenzi yobuPholisa.\nUKomitjhinara weNarha Zombelele kumele asebenzise amandla aphathe imisebenzi yobuPholisa ngokuya komThethokambiso yobuPholisa yeNarha neenqophiso ezibuya elungeni leKhabinedi elinesibopho sokusebenza kobuPholisa.\nUKomitjhinara weNarha Zombelele, ngokuzwana nesiGungu sezokuPhatha sesiFunda kumele abeke esikhundleni uMma namkha uBaba njengoKomitjhinara wesiFundeso, kodwana nangabe uKomitjhinara weNarha Zombelele nesiGungu sesiFunda abakghoni ukuzwana ngalowo okumele anikelwe umsebenzi, lilunga leKhabinedi elinesibopho sezobupholisa kumele libe ngumlamuli kilokho.\nAboKhomitjhinara besiFunda banesibopho sezobuPholisa eemFundeni zabo—\nnjengombana kujanyiswe mThetho weNarha; begodu\nngokulawulwa mamandla kaKomitjhinara weNarha Zombelele ngale kokuphatha imisebenzi yobuPholisa ngokuya kwesigatjana (2).\nUKomitjhinara wesiFunda kumele bona njalo ngonyaka abikele isiBethamthetho sobupholisa besiFundeni, begodu kumele athumele iKhophi yombiko kuKomitjhinara weNarha Zombelele.\nNangabe uKomitjhinara wesiFunda angasathenjwa siGungu sesiFunda, isiGungweso singabeka indlela efaneleko yekambiso yokususwa namkha ukutjhidiswa namkha ukuthathwa kwegadango lokukhalima uKomitjhinara lowo ngokuya komThetho weNarha.\n208. Unobhala Womphakathi Wezobupholisa\nIgatja labuNobhala bomphakathi kwezobupholisa kumele lisungulwe mThetho weNarha bona lisebenze ngaphasi kwelawulo lelunga leKhabinedi elinesibopho sezobuPholisa.\n209. Ukusungulwa Nelawulo Lemisebenzi YezobuHloli\nNanyana ngimuphi umsebenzi wezobuHloli, ngaphandle kwananyana ngiyiphi enye ingcenye yebutho lezokuvikela, namkha umsebenzi wezobupholisa, ungasungulwa kwaphela nguMongameli njengeHloko yesiGungu seNarha, begodu nangokuya komThetho weNarha.\nUMongameli, njengeHloko yesiGungu seNarha kumele aqatjhe uMma namkha uBaba njengeHloko yomunye nomunye umsebenzi wezobuHloli osungulwe ngokuya kwesigatjana (1), begodu kumele abe nobuzibophelelo bezombanganarha ukwenzela ukulawula nokuphatha nanyana ngimuphi wemisebenzi leyo, namkha akhombe ilunga leKhabinedi ukuthatha ubuzibophenlelo.\n210. Amandla, Imisebenzi Nokubeka Ilihlo\nUmThetho weNarha kumele ulawule iminqopho; amandla nemisebenzi yezobuHloli, okufaka hlangana nanyana ngiyiphi ingcenye yezobuHloli bebutho lezokuvikela namkha yezobuPholisa; begodu kumele ubonelele—\nukuthintanisa kwayo yoke imisebenzi yezobuHloli; begodu\nnokubeka ilihlo Mphakathi phezu kwemisebenzi leyo eyenziwa mHloli oqatjhwe nguMongameli njengeHloko yesiGungu seNarha, begodu avunyelwe ngesiqunto esemukelwe okungasenani buncani besibili esithathwini bamalunga wesiBethamthetho seNarha.\nHome UmThethosisekelo weRiphabliki yeSewula Afrika 11. ZokuPhepha


Gen 16 | Ndebele | STEP | USarayi umkaAbrama wayengamzaleli-ke abantwana ; wayelencekukazi umGibhithekazi , lebizo layo linguHagari .\ne20.18; 30.2. 1 Sam. 1.5,6.\nh31.53. 1 Sam. 24.12.\niJobe 2.6. Jer. 38.5.\nk20.1. Eks. 15.22. 1 Sam. 15.7.\nl25.18; Eks. 15.22.\nm17.20; 21.18; 25.12-18.\nn17.19. Mat. 1.21. Luka 1.13,31.\ntNani 13.26. 14.7; 20.1.\n1 USarayi umkaAbrama wayengamzaleli-ke abantwana a ; wayelencekukazi umGibhithekazi b , lebizo layo linguHagari c . 2USarayi d wasesithi kuAbrama: Khangela-ke, i Nkosi ingivalile ukuze ngingazali e ; ake ungene encekwini yami, mhlawumbe ngingakhiwa ngayo. UAbrama waselalela ilizwi likaSarayi. 3Ngakho uSarayi umkaAbrama wamthatha uHagari umGibhithekazi incekukazi yakhe, ekupheleni kweminyaka elitshumi uAbrama esehlale elizweni leKhanani f , wasemnika uAbrama indoda yakhe ukuthi abe ngumkakhe. 4Wasengena kuHagari, wasethatha isisu. Esebonile ukuthi uzithwele, inkosikazi yakhe yasideleleka emehlweni akhe g . 5USarayi wasesithi kuAbrama: Ububi bami buphezu kwakho. Mina nginike incekukazi yami esifubeni sakho, ithe isibonile ukuthi izithwele, ngiyadeleleka emehlweni ayo. I Nkosi kayahlulele phakathi kwami lawe h . 6UAbrama wasesithi kuSarayi: Khangela, incekukazi yakho isesandleni sakho i . Yenza kuyo lokho okuhle emehlweni akho. USarayi waseyiphatha kubi, yasibaleka ebusweni bakhe j .\n7Ingilosi ye Nkosi yasiyifica emthonjeni wamanzi enkangala k , emthonjeni endleleni eya eShuri l . 8Yasisithi: Hagari, ncekukazi kaSarayi, uvela ngaphi, uya ngaphi? Yasisithi: Ngibalekela ubuso bukaSarayi inkosikazi yami. 9Ingilosi ye Nkosi yasisithi kuyo: Buyela enkosikazini yakho, ubusuzehlisela ngaphansi kwezandla zayo. 10Ingilosi ye Nkosi yathi kuyo futhi: Ngizakwandisa kakhulu inzalo yakho m ukuze ingabalwa ngenxa yobunengi. 11Ingilosi ye Nkosi yasisithi kuyo: Khangela, uzithwele, futhi uzazala indodana, njalo uzayitha ibizo layo n uthi nguIshmayeli ▼\n▼ uIshmayeli: okuyikuthi, uNkulunkulu uzakuzwa.\n, ngoba i Nkosi izwile ukuhlupheka kwakho. 12Yona-ke izakuba ngumuntu ongubabhemi ongathambanga p , isandla sayo simelane labo bonke, lesandla sabo bonke simelane layo; izahlala phambi kobuso babafowabo bonke q . 13Waselitha ibizo le Nkosi eyakhuluma laye lokuthi: Wena Nkulunkulu wokubona. Ngoba wathi: Lapha lami ngimkhangele yini ongibonayo? 14Ngakho umthombo wabizwa ngokuthi iBeri-Lahayi-Royi r , ▼\n▼ iBeri-Lahayi-Royi: okuyikuthi, umthombo walowo ophilayo engibona.\n; khangela, uphakathi kweKadeshi t leBeredi. 15UHagari wasemzalela uAbrama indodana; uAbrama wasesitha ibizo lendodana yakhe, uHagari ayizalayo, wathi nguIshmayeli u . 16Njalo uAbrama wayeleminyaka engamatshumi ayisificaminwembili lesithupha mhla uHagari emzalela uAbrama uIshmayeli.


FUNDA NGELINYE ILIMI Afrikaans Cakchiquel (Central) Cambodian Chitonga Chokwe Chol Cibemba Cinyanja Dangme English Ewe Frentji Ga Garifuna Greenlandic Hmong (White) Iban IsiNdebele Karen (S'gaw) Kikaonde Kikongo Kiluba Kimbundu Kongo Kwangali Kwanyama Laotian Lingala Lunda Luvale Maltese Mam Mambwe-Lungu Mazatec (Huautla) Myanmar Nahuatl (Central) Nahuatl (Huasteca) Nahuatl (Northern Puebla) Ndonga Ngabere Nzema Otetela Pidgin (Cameroon) Portuguese Quechua (Ancash) Quechua (Ayacucho) Quechua (Cuzco) Sepedi Sesotho (Lesotho) Silozi Spanish Swahili (Congo) Swati Tahitian Tariyana Tlapanec Tojolabal Totonac Tshiluba Tsonga Tswana Twi Umbundu Uruund Venda Wayuunaiki Xhosa Zulu\n“Qalani bona lingangani ithando uBaba asiphe lona!”—1 JWANISI 3:1.\nIINGOMA: 91, 13\nUNGAYIHLATHULULA NA IMIBUZO LE?\nKubayini kubudisi ngabanye abantu ukuzwisisa ukuthi uZimu uyabathanda?\nUJehova usitjengisa njani ukuthi uyasithanda ngendlela asitlhogomela ngayo nendlela asifundisa ngayo iqiniso?\nYini esenza sithi uJehova uyasithanda nakasikhalimako?\n1. Yini le umpostoli uJwanisi asikhuthaza bona sicabange ngayo? Kubayini kufuze sicabange ngayo?\nUMPOSTOLI UJWANISI usikhuthaza bona sicabangisise ngendlela uJehova asithanda ngayo. KuJwanisi 3:1 uthi: “Qalani bona lingangani ithando uBaba asiphe lona!” Nasicabangisisa ngendlela uJehova asithanda ngayo, nezinto azenzako ukusitjengisa ukuthi uyasithanda, kusenza sitjhidelane naye besimthande khulu.\n2. Kubayini kanti kubudisi kabanye abantu ukukholwa bonyana uZimu uyabathanda?\n2 Kuyadanisa ukwazi ukuthi abanye abantu abazwisisi ukuthi uZimu angabathanda. Badlumbana bonyana uZimu akanamsebenzi nabo. Kungenzeka bacabanga ukuthi uZimu ubekela abantu imithetho, bese abajezise nabayeqako. Ngapha iimfundiso ezinengi ezimamala zenza abanye baphethe ngokuthi uZimu unehliziyo embi nokuthi akukghonakali ukumthanda. Kuthi abanye bathi uZimu uthanda boke abantu kungakhathaliseki ukuthi benzani. Kodwana ukufunda kwakho iBhayibheli kukusizile wazwisisa iqiniso ngoJehova. Njenganje sebele wazi bona ithando bubuntu bakhe obuveleleko, nokuthi wanikela ngeNdodanakhe bona ibe sihlengo sakho. (Jwanisi 3:16; 1 Jwanisi 4:8) Kungenzeka bona wehlakalelwe zizinto ezinengi ezibuhlungu epilweni. Bese ugcine sele ungasazwisisi kuhle bona uJehova ukuthanda kangangani.\n3. Yini engasisiza sizwisise indlela uJehova asithanda ngayo?\n3 Nasizakuzwisisa ithando lakaJehova kufuze sithome ngokuzwisisa ukuthi uJehova nguye owasidalako. Ukuphilokhu sikuphiwe nguye. (Funda IRhubo 100:3-5.) Ngikho iBhayibheli nalibiza umuntu wokuthoma limbize “umsa kaZimu.” (Lukasi 3:38) UJesu yena wasifundisa ukuthi sibize uJehova ngokuthi “Baba wethu osezulwini.” (Matewu 6:9) Yeke uJehova unguBabethu, begodu usithanda ngendlela ubaba olungileko athanda ngayo abantwabakhe.\n4. (a) UJehova unguBaba onjani? (b) Esihlokwenesi nakesilandelako sizokucoca ngani?\n4 Ebantwini abakhuliswa bobaba abakhahlamezako, kubudisi ukuzwisisa ukuthi umuntu ongubaba angaba nethando. UJehova akabaphathi njalo abantwana bakhe nangelanga lomhlolo. Akakho ubaba ongasiphatha kuhle njengaye. (IRhubo 27:10) Usithanda khulu begodu usitlhogomela ngeendlela ezinengi. Nasingalizwa ithando uJehova analo ngathi, nathi sizomthanda kwamanikelela. (Jakopo 4:8) Kilesi sihloko sizokudemba iindlela ezine uJehova asitjengisa ngazo bona uyasithanda. Bese kuthi kesilandelako kube neendlela ezine thina esingatjengisa ngazo ukuthi siyamthanda uJehova.\nUJEHOVA UNETHANDO BEGODU UYAPHANA\n5. UZimu ubapheni abantu boke?\n5 Ngesikhathi umpostoli uPowula ase-Athene eGrisi, wayelela bona bekunabosingazimu abanengi, wayelela nokuthi abantu bakhona bakholelwa ukuthi abosingazimaba babapha ukuphila. Yeke wabatjela bona ‘uZimu ubumbe iphasi nakho koke okukilo.’ Nakaragako wathi: “Nguye opha koke okuphilako ipilo, umphefumulo nezinto zoke.” (IzEnzo 17:24, 25, 28) UJehova usipha koke esikutlhogako bona siphile nokuthi sithabele ukuphila. Akhucabange ngezinye izinto asiphe zona ngebanga lokuthi uyasithanda.\n6. Likhaya elinjani uJehova asiphe lona? (Qala isithombe esisekuthomeni.)\n6 Ngokwesibonelo, uJehova wasenzela iphasi elihle kwamambala. (IRhubo 115:15, 16) Kiwo woke amaplanethi awadalile, nakuliphasi lona likhetheke kwamanikelela. Abosiyazi bahlolisise umkayi bathola amaplanethi amanengi, kodwana bekube ngalesi isikhathi abakabi ukufumana iplanethi enakho koke umuntu akutlhogako bona aphile. UJehova usiphe koke esikutlhogako bona siphile, bewasihlobisela nephaseli laba lihle, laba yindawo ephephileko esikuthabelako ukuhlala kiyo. (Isaya 45:18) Nasicabanga ngekhaya uBabethu uJehova asiphe lona, siyayizwa indlela asithanda ngayo.—Funda uJobho 38:4, 7 neRhubo 8:3-5.\n7. Indlela uJehova asibumbe ngayo itjengisa njani ukuthi uyasithanda?\n7 Enye indlela uJehova asitjengisa ngayo ukuthi uyasithanda kukuthi asibumbe sibe nekghono lokumlingisa. (Genesisi 1: 27) Lokhu kutjho ukuthi siyalizwa ithando asithanda ngalo bese nathi senze izenzo ezitjengisa bona siyamthanda. UJehova wazi kuhle bona lokho kuyasithabisa. Ngaphezu kwakho koke, abantwana bayathaba nabazi ukuthi ababelethi babo bayabathanda. Ungalibali ukuthi noJesu wasifundisa ukuthi sizokuthaba kwamambala nasitjhidelene noBabethu uJehova. (Matewu 5:3) ‘Usinjingisa ngakho koke’ esikuthabelako. Kusepepeneneni ukuthi uyaphana nokuthi usithanda khulu.—1 Thimothi 6:17; IRhubo 145:16.\n8. Kubayini sifuna uJehova asifundise?\n8 Abobaba bayabathanda abantwababo begodu abafuni bona bakhohliswe. Kodwana ababelethi abanengi namhlanjesi abakhambisani nombono weBhayibheli omalungana nokulungileko nokungakalungi. Yeke abakghoni ukufundisa abantwababo isimilo. Bese lokho, kanengi kwenze umndeni ungathabi bewuhlangahlangane. (IzAga 14:12) Kodwana indlela uJehova abafundisa ngayo abantwabakhe izidlula zoke. Ngikho iBhayibheli lithi ‘unguZimu othembekileko.’ (IRhubo 31:6; [31:5 NW]) Uyakuthabela ukusifundisa iqiniso asifundise nokuthi simlotjhe njani. Usifundisa nokuphila bhedere. (Funda IRhubo 43:3.) Alo ungathi yini le uJehova asifundisa yona etjengisa ukuthi uyasithanda?\nAbobaba abamaKrestu balingisa uJehova ngokufundisa abantwababo iqiniso, babasize nangokuthi babe nesikhozi noBababo wezulwini (Qala iingaba 8-10)\n9, 10. (a) Kubayini kanti uJehova asitjela ngaye? (b) Yini asifundisa yona ngehloswakhe, nangathi?\n9 Kokuthoma nje, uJehova usitjela ngaye ngokwakhe. Ufuna ukuthi simazi. (Jakopo 4:8) Ngikho asitjela bona ibizo lakhe ngubani. Kuhlekuhle, ibizo lakheli livela iinkhathi ezinengi ukudlula nanyana ngiliphi ibizo eliseBhayibhelini. Abuye asitjele nokuthi umuMuntu onjani. Bese kuthi nasiqala indalwakhe, sivele sibone ukuthi uJehova unamandla begodu uhlakaniphile. (Roma 1:20) Nasitjhinga eBhayibhelini khona sibona indlela agweba ngayo, sibone nendlela asithanda ngayo. Njengombana siraga nokwazi ubuntu obuhle bakaJehova, sizizwa sitjhidelana naye.\nNjengombana siraga nokwazi ubuntu obuhle bakaJehova, sizizwa sitjhidelene naye\n10 UJehova usifundisa nangehloswakhe. Asitjele nokuthi simalungu womndenakhe. Uyasivezela bona yini ayilindele kithi khona sizokusebenza ngokuthula namanye amalungu womndeni lo. IBhayibheli likubeka emtarini ukuthi uZimu khenge asibumbele ukuthi sizilawule. (Joromiya 10:23) UJehova ukwazi kuhle nje okusilungeleko. Nasifuna ukuphila ngokuthula sithabile, ayikho enye indlela ngaphandle kokuthi sivumele uJehova asilawule. UJehova usifundise amaqiniso aqakathekileko la ngombana asithanda.\n11. UBabethu onethando usitjeleni ngengomuso?\n11 Ubaba obathandako abantwabakhe uyacabanga ngengomuso labo. Angithi phela ufuna baphumelele epilweni. Kuyadanisa ukwazi ukuthi abantu abanengi namhlanjesi batshwenyekile ngengomuso. Inengi limotjha isikhathi salo lisebenzela izinto ezingekhe zahlala zikhona. (IRhubo 90:10) Siyathaba thina ngombana uBabethu uJehova usifundise ukuthi siyiphila njani ipilo encono namhlanjesi. Wabuye wasithembisa nengomuso elihle nelikarisako!\nUJEHOVA UHLAHLELA ABANTWABAKHE INDLELA, BEKABAKHALIME\n12. UJehova wenzani nakalinga ukurhelebha uKayini noBharurhu?\n12 UJehova uthe angabona ukuthi uKayini ukhasela eziko, walinga ukumsiza ngokumbuza ukuthi, “Usilingwe yini? Kanti nawenza okuhle uzakhe umomotheke na?” (Genesisi 4:6, 7) UKayini ngekanakhe yesirhwarhwa, akhenge alamukele isizo lakaJehova, yeke kwafuze aqalane nemiphumela yalokho akwenzileko. (Genesisi 4:11-13) UJehova godu walemuka bona indlela uBharurhu enza ngayo izinto beyimtjhiya aphelelwe mamandla begodu adanile. UJehova wamtjela-ke ukuthi indlelakhe yokucabanga ayikalungi, wamtjela nokuthi kufuze enze izinto ngenye indlela. UBharurhu yena-ke walalela isiyalo sakaJehova, ngambala wasinda.—Joromiya 45:2-5.\n13. Abantu bakaZimu bafundani ebudisini abahlangabezene nabo?\n13 UJehova usikhalima bekasinqophise ngombana asithanda. (Hebheru 12:6) EBhayibhelini sifunda ngeenceku zakaJehova ezathembekako, uJehova wazibandula zaba babantu abancono. Ngokwesibonelo, uJosefa, uMosi, noDavida baqalana neenkhathi ezibudisi tle. Kibo boke ubudisobo uJehova gade anabo. Izinto abazifundako njengombana baqalene nobudisi nje zabasiza lokha uJehova nakabaphathisa umthwalo. Nasifunda iBhayibheli bese sihlangane nemilando le sibone nendlela asekela nabandula ngayo abantu bakhe, sivele sibone ukuthi uJehova uyasithanda.—Funda IzAga 3:11, 12.\n14. Nasenze imitjhapho uJehova usitjengisa njani ukuthi uyasithanda?\n14 Ngitjho nanyana senza imitjhapho, uJehova uhlala asithanda. Nasingalungisa kilokho asikhalime kikho, uzosilibalela ngombana yena “uyathethelela nokuthethelela.” (Isaya 55:7) Kutjho ukuthini-ke lokho? Indlela uDavida akhuluma ngayo ngokulibalela kwakaJehova itjengisa bona ngambala sinoBaba unomusa, “Yena olibalela woke amacalakho, elaphe zoke izifo zakho, okuhlenga uphephe emgodini wokufa, akubusise ngokwethembeka nangomusa. Njengepumalanga idedelene netjingalanga, ngokunjalo ususa iimphambeko zethu kithi.” (IRhubo 103:3, 4, 12) UJehova usikhalima ngeendlela ezahlukeneko. Nakube kufuze ulungise, uyarhaba na ekulungiseni imitjhaphwakho? Okufuze uhlale ukukhumbula kukuthi uJehova usikhalima ngombana asithanda.—IRhubo 30:6; [30:5 NW].\n15. Ngiyiphi enye indlela uJehova asitjengisa ngayo ukuthi uyasithanda?\n15 Ubaba onethando uyawuvikela umndenakhe. Phela ngikho lokho uBabethu uJehova akwenzako kithi. Umrhubi nakakhuluma ngoJehova uthi, “welusa amaphilo wabathembekileko bakhe, abahlenge esandleni seenkhohlakali.” (IRhubo 97:10) Akhucabange ngendlela olivala msinyana ngakho ilihlo lakho nawubona ngasuthi kunento efuna ukukuphandla. Lokho ukwenza ngombana amehlwakho aqakathekile kuwe. UJehova wenza njalo nakafuna ukukuvikela, ngombana nawe uqakathekile kuye.—Funda uZakariya 2:8.\nUJehova uyarhaba nakufuze avikele abantu bakhe ngombana baqakathekile kuye\n16, 17. UJehova wabavikela njani abantu bakhe bekadeni? Ukwenza njani lokho namhlanjesi?\n16 Enye indlela uJehova ebekavikela ngayo abantu bakhe bekadeni usayisebenzisa nanje, usebenzisa iingilozi zakhe. (IRhubo 91:11) Ingilozi yinye kwaphela yabulala amajoni wama-Asiriya ayi-185 000 ngobusuku bunye, yasindisa abantu bakaZimu. (2 AmaKhosi 19:35) Ngesikhathi samaKrestu wokuthoma iingilozi zasindisa uPitrosi, uPowula nabanye etrongweni. (IzEnzo 5:18-20; 12:6-11) Kungasikade, kenye inarha ye-Afrika khekwaba nepi embi khulu. Inarha leyo yayihlangahlangene tle ngebanga lepi, ukweba, ukukatwa, nokubulawa kwabantu. Ngitjho nanyana kungekho namunye kubafowethu owafako, abanengi baloba koke ebebanakho. Kodwana boke njalo balizwa ithando lakaJehova, gade bazi ukuthi bekabatlhogomela. Bebathabile emitlhagweni ebebaqalane nayo. Kwathi ngesikhathi isikhambeli semzimkhulu sibavakatjhele, salotjhisa abazalwana nabodade ngokubabuza bona bavuke njani, baphendula bathi: “Sithokoza uJehova ngokuthi sivuke kuhle!”\n17 Iye khona abanye abakhulekeli bakaJehova abanjengoStefani bayabulawa ngebanga lokuthi bathembekile kuZimu. UJehova akakuvimbeli ngasosoke isikhathi bona kungenzeki lokho. Kodwana uyabavikela abantu bakhe njengesiqhema, uyabayelelisa ngeendlela ezihlukahlukeneko uSathana azisebenzisako bona abagalaje. (Efesu 6:10-12) Iinyeleliswezi sizifumana eBhayibhelini neencwadini ezivela ehlanganweni kaJehova. Ngokwesibonelo, sifundiswa ngengozi ye-inthanethi, yokuthanda imali, yokubukela amamuvi wabantu abenza izinto ezikhohlakeleko newokulwa, kunye neencwadi namkha imidlalo ekhohlakeleko. Njenganje kukhanya khulu ukuthi uJehova uyasithanda nokuthi ufuna ukusivikela.\nKULILUNGELO ELIKHULU UKUTHANDWA NGUZIMU\n18. Akhutjho-ke bona uzizwa njani ngendlela uJehova akuthanda ngayo?\n18 UMosi nakacabanga ngaso soke isikhathi ebekalotjha ngaso uJehova, waqiniseka ukuthi uJehova uyamthanda. Wathi: “Ekuseni yewusisuthise ngokwethembeka kwakho ukuze sithabe, sename emalangenethu woke.” (IRhubo 90:14) Kusibusiso ukuthi sizwisise besizwe indlela uJehova asithanda ngayo. Kulilungelo kithi ukuthandwa nguJehova! Nasinje sizizwa njengompostoli uJwanisi owathi: “Qalani bona lingangani ithando uBaba asiphe lona!”—1 Jwanisi 3:1.\nUJehova uyasithanda: UJehova uyasithanda ngombana sibantwabakhe. Zinengi-ke izinto azenzele umndenakhe ukuwutjengisa bona uyawuthanda\nUJehova uyasikhalima: UJehova uyasifundisa, asikhalime, abe asilungise. Uyasisiza bona senze okulungileko. UJehova nakabona okuthileko okutlhoga ukulungiswa kithi, uyasitjela ngakho asisize sibone ukuthi yini esingayenza, ukwenzela bonyana sihlale sitjhidelane naye


Khuyini Eyenzekako Ngemva Kokufa?\nIsiThala | Septemba 2015\nFUNDA NGELINYE ILIMI Acholi Afrikaans Albanian Amharic Arabic Armenian Aymara Batak (Toba) Bicol Bulgarian Catalan Cebuano Chichewa Chinese Mandarin (Simplified) Chinese Mandarin (Traditional) Chitonga Chitumbuka Chiyao Chokwe Chol Cibemba Croatian Czech Dangme Danish Dutch Efik English Estonian Ewe Fijian Finnish Frentji Ga Garifuna Georgian Greek Guarani Gun Haitian Creole Hausa Hebrew Hiligaynon Hiri Motu Hmong (White) Hungarian Iban Icelandic Igbo Iloko Indonesian IsiNdebele Isoko Japanese Jarimani Karen (S'gaw) Kazakh Kikamba Kikaonde Kikongo Kikuyu Kiluba Kimbundu Kinyarwanda Kirghiz Kiribati Kirundi Kisi Kisonge Kongo Korean Krio Kwangali Kwanyama Lamba Lhukonzo Lingala Lithuanian Luganda Luo Luvale Macedonian Malagasy Mam Mambwe-Lungu Maya Mazatec (Huautla) Mixe Mizo Moore Myanmar Nahuatl (Central) Nahuatl (Huasteca) Nahuatl (Northern Puebla) Ndebele (Zimbabwe) Ndonga Ngabere Norwegian Nyaneka Nzema Ossetian Otetela Pangasinan Papiamento (Aruba) Papiamento (Curaçao) Polish Portuguese Quechua (Bolivia) Quichua (Imbabura) Romanian Runyankore Russian Sango Sepedi Serbian Serbian (Roman) Sesotho (Lesotho) Shona Sidama Silozi Sinhala Slovak Slovenian Spanish Sranantongo Swahili Swahili (Congo) Swedish Tagalog Tahitian Tariyana Tatar Thai Tiv Tlapanec Tojolabal Tok Pisin Totonac Tshiluba Tsonga Tswana Turkish Tuvaluan Twi Tzotzil Ukrainian Umbundu Uruund Venda Vietnamese Wayuunaiki Xhosa Yoruba Zande Zande Zapotec (Isthmus) Zulu\nISIHLOKO ESINGAPHANDLE | UMUNTU NAKAFAKO—ANGABUYE APHILE GODU?\n“Bengicabanga ukuthi kuneendawo ezimbili lapho umuntu nakafako angaya kizo: ezulwini, esirhogweni. Bengazi ukuthi angifaneleki ukuya ezulwini nofana esirhogweni. Bengingazwisisi kuhle ukuthi siyini isirhogo. Akhenge khengilibone ibizo elinjalo eBhayibhelini. Bekumane kuyinto etjhiwo babantu.”—Kutjho uLionel.\n“Ngafundiswa ukuthi boke abantu baya ezulwini ngemva kokufa, kodwana bengingakukholelwa lokho. Bengicabanga ukuthi umuntu nakafako kuphela koke—okutjho ukuthi alikho ingomuso ekufeni.”—Kutjho uFernando.\nKghani wakhe wazibuza ukuthi: ‘Kwenzekani ekufeni? Mhlamunye abantu esibathandako abahlongakeleko bayatlhaga endaweni ethileko? Sisazobabona na godu? Singaqiniseka njani ngalokho?’ Sibawa ucabange ngalokho okufundiswa miTlolo. Kokuthoma, akhesihlole lokho okutjhiwo yiBhayibheli ngokuthi ukufa kunjani. Ngemva kwalokho sizokucoca ngethemba esilinikelwa liliZwi lakaZimu, iBhayibheli.\nBunjani ubujamo babantu abahlongakeleko?\nIPENDULO YEBHAYIBHELI: “Abaphilako bayazi bonyana bazokuhlongakala, kodwana abahlongakeleko abazi litho; abasenamvuzo ngombana ukukhunjulwa kwabo akusekho. Nanyana yini ofuna ukuyenza ngesandla sakho, yenze ngamandlakho woke ngombana endaweni yabafileko lapha uya khona, akusasetjenzwa, akuhlelwa, akunalwazi namkha ukuhlakanipha.” *—UMtjhumayeli 9:5, 10.\nKodwana ibizo elithi iThuna litjho indawo lapho abantu baya khona nebafako; liyindawo engokomfanekiso namkha ubujamo lapho ungenzi litho khona. Indoda ethembekileko uJobho beyinombono onjani ngendaba yeThuna? Walahlekelwa ngikho koke egade inakho nabantwana bakhe ngelanga linye, kwathi kwamva wahlunguphazwa ngamathumba amambi emzimbenakhe woke. Warabhela uZimu wathi: “Inga ungangifihla endaweni yabafileko [“isirhogo,” indlela i-Catholic Douay iyilandisa ngayo], ungithukuse.” (Jobho 1:13-19; 2:7; 14:13) Kuyakhanya ukuthi uJobho akhange azwisise bona iThuna sirhogo somlilo, indawo lapho azokuhlunguphazwa khona ngokudluleleko. Kunalokho, bekacabanga ukuthi liyindawo yokuphumula.\nKunenye indlela esingafunda ngayo ngobujamo babafileko. Singahlola iindaba ezingokomTlolo eziphefumulelweko ezimalungana nabantu ababunane abavuswa ekufeni.—Qala ibhoksi elithi, “ Abantu Ababunane Abavuswa Ekufeni Okukhulunywe Ngabo Ebhayibhelini.”\nAkakho namunye ebantwini ababunane okukhulunywe ngabo ababa sendaweni ethabisako nofana yokuhlunguphazwa. Nangabe abantu abavuswakwabo baya endaweni leyo nabafako, kghani bengeze na batjele abantu ngokwenzekileko? Bengeze na iindabezi zafakwa emlandwini ophefumulelweko weBhayibheli, ukwenzele ukuthi nabanye bezwe ngazo? EmiTlolweni, ayikho neyodwa indaba enjalo. Ebantwini ababunanabo akakho noyedwa owakhuluma ngokufa kwakhe. Kubayini kunjalo? Kungombana bebangezwa litho, balele ubuthongo obukhulu. Eqinisweni, ngezinye iinkhathi iBhayibheli lisebenzisa ukulala njengomfanekiso ohlathulula ukufa. Ngokwesibonelo, uDavida othembekileko noStefani bobabili ‘balala ubuthongo besiphelani.’—IzEnzo 7:60; 13:36.\nYeke, liyini ithemba ngabahlongakeleko? Kghani bangakhe bavuke na ebuthongweni?\n^ isig. 7 Ku-New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures, ibizo elithi “iThuna” ngesiHebheru lijamele elithi “Tjhiyoli” kuthi ngesiGirigi litjho “iHayidesi.” Amanye amaBhayibheli asebenzisa ibizo elithi “isirhogo,” kodwana indaba yokuhlunguphazwa emlilweni yabantu abahlongakeleko ayisingokomTlolo.\nABANTU ABABUNANE ABAVUSWA EKUFENI OKUKHULUNYWE NGABO EBHAYIBHELINI *\nIndodana yomhlolokazi Umphorofidi u-Eliya wavusa indodana yomhlolokazi ehlala eTsarifathi, etlhagwini yakwa-Israyeli.—1 AmaKhosi 17:17-24.\nUmsanyana Omtjhunemi U-Eliya owangena esikhundleni somphorofidi u-Elitjha, wavusa umsanyana edorobheni leTjhunemi wambuyisela ebabelethi bakhe.—2 AmaKhosi 4:32-37.\nIndoda esethuneni Isidumbu sendoda ebeyisandu kufa saphoselwa ethuneni ebelinamathambo ka-Elitjha. Umzimba wendoda le nawukghwatha amathambo womphorifidi, indoda leyo yavuka.—2 AmaKhosi 13:20, 21.\nIndodana yomhlolokazi weNayini UJesu wathomana nomngcwabo uphuma ngaphandle kweNayini wavusa isokaneli walinikela unina ebakalila kabuhlungu.—Lukasi 7:11-15.\nIndodakazi kaJayirosi UJayirosi, umphathi wesinagogi, warabhela uJesu ukuthi asize indodakazakhe ekuguleni. UJesu wayivusa msinyana ngemva kobana seyihlongakele.—Lukasi 8:41, 42, 49-56.\nULazaru, umngani kaJesu othandekako ULazaru gade sele anamalanga amane ahlongakele uJesu nakamvusako phambi kwabantu abanengi ebebabukele.—Jwanisi 11:38-44.\nUDorkasi Umpostoli uPitrosi wavusa umma othandekako, ebekaziwa ngezenzo zakhe ezinengi zomusa.—IzEnzo 9:36-42.\nU-Ewuterhusi U-Ewuterhusi isokaneli lawa phezulu efesidereni lahlongakala; umpostoli uPowula walivusa labuye laphila godu.—IzEnzo 20:7-12.\n^ isig. 15 Isihloko esilandelako sitjengisa ukuqakatheka kwevuko lakaJesu Krestu, nendlela elihluke ngayo ebantwini ababunane.\nISIHLOKO SESIGUBUZESO Khuyini Eyenzekako Ngemva Kokufa?\nISIHLOKO SESIGUBUZESO Umuntu Nakahlongakalako Kuphelile Ngaye Na?\nISIHLOKO SESIGUBUZESO Ithemba Ngabahlongakeleko—Ungaqiniseka Njani?\nIBHAYIBHELI LITJHUGULULA AMAPHILO Ipilwami Yasuka Kokumbi Yaya Kokumbi Khulu\nLINGISA IKHOLO LABO “Waba Ngumma Kwa-Israyeli”\nText Unkhethani wokudawnloda ezifundelwa emtjhinini ISITHALA Septemba 2015 | Umuntu Nakafako—Angabuye Aphile Godu?\nSeptemba 2015 | Umuntu Nakafako—Angabuye Aphile Godu?\nISITHALA Septemba 2015 | Umuntu Nakafako—Angabuye Aphile Godu?


USara: UZimu Wambiza “NgeKosazana”\nLINGISA UKUKHOLWA KWABO | USARA\nUSARA nanguya uthewukele emsebenzinakhe, unande aqala ummango. Ubambisene neenceku zakhe ezihlakaniphileko nezikhutheleko bathabe! NoSara naye udlala yakhe indima njengombana amfazi owaziwa ngokukhuthala. Akhumbone ngamehlengqondo nangu uhlikihla izandla abe azilule nemisipha. Mhlamunye bekathunga itjhuba ebelidabuke etendeni ebahlala kilo. Nawumqalako nokuluphala sekuzipha amandla, isambatho sakhe esenziwe ngoboya bembuzi sesibhabhukile ngebanga lokutjhisa kwelanga nezulu. Koke lokhu kukhumbuza uSara ukuthi isikhathi sikhambe kangangani solo babafuduki. Sekumalangantambama, nawuqala nelanga seliyokutjhinga. Solo bagcinene ekuseni bano-Abrahamu. * Amehlwakhe solo aqale lapho u-Abrahamu atjhinge khona ekuseni nakakhambako. Nangu abobotheka njengombana abona indodakwakhe iqaqada umbundu oseduze kwalapha bahlala khona.\nBesekudlule iminyaka elitjhumi yoke u-Abrahamu afuduka nomndenakhe omkhulu bayama uMlambo iYufrathe baya eKanana. USara wayisekela ngakho koke indodakwakhe, ngoba bekazi ukuthi kunendima eqakatheke khulu kuJehova ebekufanele ayidlale. Bekufuze abelethe umntwana okhethekileko, obekazokuveza isitjhaba esibusisekileko. Kodwana bekuzokwenzeka njani lokho? Phela sikhuluma ngomfazi oyinyumba, oneminyaka ema-75 yoke. Kungenzeka naye bekazibuza ukuthi, ‘Ngingasizalisa njani isithembiso sakaJehova njengombana ngingasililitho ngaphandle kokuba mfazi ka-Abrahamu?’ Kuyazwisiseka bona bekatshwenyekile ngendaba le.\nNathi ngasikhathi khesizibuze ukuthi iinthembiso zakaZimu zizakhe zizaliseke na? Akusilula ukuba nesineke, khulukhulu nasilindele ukuzaliseka kwethemba esililulukele. Khuyini esiyifundako esibonelweni somfazi oveleleko lo?\nBekungasikade umndeni lo ubuye eGibhide. (Genesisi 13:1-4) Bebahlala ematendeni emibundwini esepumalanga yeBhethe-Eli, amaKanana bekajayele ukuyibiza ngeLuzi. USara bekathi nakajame endaweni le, ayibone kuhle iNarha yesiThembiso. Bekunemizi yamaKanana neendlela ezikhamba ziyokufika kezinye iinarha ezikude. Nanyana bekukuhle njalo endaweni leyo, kodwana nakulidorobha lekhaboSara beliphuma phambili. Wakhulela e-Uri esedorobheni leMesopotamiya, bekulibanga eliyi-1 900km ukuya khona. Wasukela iinhlobo zakhe emva, ipilo elula yedorobhenelo, iintolo ezihlukahlukeneko, amamakethe kunye nekhaya elimabothobotho elifulelwe kuhle nelinamaboda aqinileko, kungenzeka nendluleyo beyitjhubhelwe ngamaphayiphu wamanzi. Akhesithi kuyenzeka nangu uSara utlhuwile ukhumbula emva ekhabo, sekalulukela ipilo ebekayiphila asesemntwana, bekuzokuba yindaba ezakuthiwani?\nTjheja okwatjhiwo mpostoli uPowula nakatlolako eminyakeni ezi-2 000 eyadlulako. Nakakhuluma ngokukholwa kwaka-Abrahamu noSara, wathi: “Nangathana bebahlala bakhumbula inarha abaphuma kiyo, bebazakuba nethuba lokubuyela emva.” (Hebheru 11:8, 11, 15) Akakho namunye kibo bobabili owakhumbula emva. Ngathana bebazicabangela bona kwaphela, bebangabuyela lapho bavela khona. Ukubuyela kwabo e-Uri bekuzobaphundisa ngelungelo uJehova ebekabaphe lona. Imikhumbulwabo beyizokufadalala bangasaba ziimbonelo zokukholwa ezikghwathe iinhliziyo zabanengi.\nKunokuqala emva, uSara waqala phambili. Waraga nokusekela indodakwakhe ekhambwenelo, ayisiza nakuphuthwa amatende, kukhanjwe nemihlambi kubuywe kuhlonywe amatende kabutjha. Wakghodlhelela iintjhijilo namatjhuguluko amanengi. UJehova wavuselela isithembiso asenza no-Abrahamu, kodwana ngakuSara kusathe du!—Genesisi 13:14-17; 15:5-7.\nLafika elingaliko, uSara wafikelwa mcabango wokuthi akhulume no-Abrahamu ngeqhinga ebelisolo lisengqondwenakhe. Akhumbone ngamehlwengqondo, nawumqalako uhlangahlangene, athi ku-Abrahamu: “Uthi uyabona nje bona uZimu ungivale isibeletho na?” Alo bekungaba njani nawungabelethisa incekwami uHagari umntwana ukwazi ukuba ngubaba? Cabanga ngobuhlungu abuzwako nakabawa indodakwakhe into enjalo. Isibawo esinje singazwakala siyinto elumelako ebantwini banamhlanjesi, nokho, ngesikhatheso bekuyinto ejayelekileko ukuthi indoda ithathe umfazi wesibili ukwenzela bona ibe nedlalifa. * Kghani uSara bekacabanga ukuthi ngiyo ihloso kaZimu le yokuthi u-Abrahamu uzakuba nesitjhaba. Kinanyana ngikuphi, bekazimisele ukuzidela ngalendlela. U-Abrahamu wayithini indaba le? IBhayibheli lithi, “walalela [uSara].”—Genesisi 16:1-3.\nAlo isenzo sakaSaresi sitjho ukuthi bekatjhukunyiswa nguJehova? Akusinjalo. Lokhu bekumane kuveza indlela abantu abacabanga ngayo. USara bekacabanga ukuthi nguZimu omnikelele ngobuhlungobu, bekangazi nokuthi uZimu unehloso ngaye. Ngikho iqhinga alenzakwela lambangela ubuhlungu namatlhuwo. Nanyana kunjalo, into ayenza le beyitjho khona ukuthi akasimarhamaru. Ephasini abantu bafuna yoke into engcono ibe ngeyabo, kodwana uSara wenza into ebukwako. Nasingahlala sibeka uZimu phambili kuneemfiso zethu, singakghona ukulingisa ukukholwa kwakaSara.\nBekungakabiphi uHagari azithwele umntwana ka-Abrahamu. Kungenzeka bekazitjela ukuthi ukuzithwala kwakhe kuzomenza aqakatheke ukudlula uSara bewathoma nokumnyefula. USara wasala abambe ongenzasi! Kuthi kusese njalo, uSara sekufanele akhalime uHagari, uZimu no-Abrahamu bamvumela bona enze njalo. UHagari wabeletha indodana u-Itjhimayeli, bese kwakhamba iminyaka. (Genesisi 16:4-9, 16) USara nakana-89, indodakwakhe inama-99 bafumana umlayezo ovela kuJehova. Umlayezo loyo wabarara tle!\nUJehova wabuye godu wathembisa umnganakhe u-Abrahamu bona uzokwandisa iinzukulwana zakhe. Wamtjhugulula nebizo ebekaziwa ngalo ekuthomeni elithi Abramu, wamnikela ibizo elithi Abrahamu elitjho ukuthi, “uYise weZizwe eziNengi.” Watjhugulula nebizo lakaSarayi ekungenzeka belitjho ukuthi “ukuPhikisana,” wamupha elithi Sara, nathi ngilo ibizo esimazi ngalo. Alo litjho ukuthini ibizweli? Litjho ‘iKosazana!’ UJehova wahlathulula nokuthi kubayini amuphe ibizweli umfazi lo. Wathi: “Ngizambusisa, ngikuphe indodana ngaye. Iye, ngizambusisa bona abe ngunina wezizwe; amakhosi wezizwe azakuvela kuye.”—Genesisi 17:5, 15, 16.\nIsivumelwano sakaJehova sokuletha isizukulwana esizokubusisa izizwe zoke, besizokuzaliswa yindodana kaSara. Umsanyana ebekazokubelethwa lo yena uZimu wamupha ibizo elithi-Isaka, okutjho “ukuHlekwa.” Ilanga u-Abrahamu ezwa ngalo ukuthi uJehova ubusise uSara ngomntwana ongowakhe, “wahloma ihloko phasi kodwana wahleka.” (Genesisi 17:17) Into le yamrara beyamkara. (Roma 4:19, 20) USara yena?\nKwafika amadoda amathathu etendeni laka-Abrahamu. Bekusemini ekulu. Abatjhadikazaba bangasabuza bathome batinazelele iimvakatjhi ezifikileko. U-Abrahamu athi kuSara: “Rhaba uthathe upumpana weflowuru esefiweko, uyibhice wenze iimphaphatha.” Phela ukwemukela iimvakatjhi bekuyinto ekulu ngesikhatheso. U-Abrahamu azange apanele uSara kube nguye owenza umsebenzi ayedwa, wagijima naye wayokuhlaba ikunzana elikonyana, walungisa ukudla nokuselwako kwaba kunengi. (Genesisi 18:1-8) “Amadoda” la bekuziingilozi zakaJehova. Kungenzeka umpostoli uPowula bekanesenzakalwesi engqondwenakhe nakatlolako wathi: “Ningalibali ukwamukela abayeni ngombana ngokwenza njalo abanye bangenisa iingilozi bangalemuki.” (Hebheru 13:2) Ungakghona na ukulingisa isibonelo esihle sokwamukela abayeni njengo-Abrahamu noSara?\nUSara bekakuthanda ukwamukela iimvakatjhi\nIngilozi nayibuyelela ihlathululela u-Abrahamu ngesithembiso sakaZimu ngokuthi uSara uzokubeletha indodana, uSara bekajame ngemva komnyango wetende alalele. Amezwi lawo aba yinto engakholwekiko kuye. Wahlulwa kuzibamba wazihleka wathi: “Njengombana ngimdala ngiphelile nje, nomyenami naye selaluphele kangaka, uthi ngingabe ngisakitwakitwa yindoda na.” Ingilozi imbuze msinyana ithi: “Kungabe kukhona okungabhalela [“uJehova,” NW] na?” Kungokwemvelo bonyana abantu bazizwe ngendlela uSara azizwa ngayo le. Wafikelwa kukwesaba wathi: “Azange khengihleke mina.” Ingilozi yaphinda yathi: “Hawu, Sara uhlekile.”—Genesisi 18:9-15.\nKghani ukuhleka kwakaSara lokhu bekutjho ukuthi akanakho ukukholwa? Akusinjalo. IBhayibheli lithi: “Ngokukholwa u-Sara wafumana amandla wokubeletha selaluphele nanyana bekayinyumba ngombana bekasazi bonyana uthembekile owathembisako.” (Hebheru 11:11) USara bekazi ukuthi uJehova angazalisa nanyana ngisiphi sithembiso asifunako. Ngubani ongathi akakutlhogi ukukholwa okunjalo? Senza kuhle nangokulwela ukwazi uZimu weBhayibheli ngcono. Sizokugcina sesibonile ukuthi ligadango elihle elathathwa nguSara. UJehova uthembekile uzifeza zoke neenthembiso zakhe, lokho angakwenza nangendlela engasirara besizihleke!\n“YENZA KOKE USARA AKUTJELA KHONA”\nUJehova wambusisa uSara ngokukholwa kwakhe\nNakaneminyaka eli-90 ubudala, uSara kwakhani athatjiswa sikhathi ebekasolo asilindile bewaluphala. Wabelethela ubabakwakhe indodana, u-Abrahamu besele anekhulu leminyaka. U-Abrahamu wathiya umntwanakhe ngo-Isaka namkha “uMhlekwa” njengokutjho kwakaZimu. Mbone engqondwenakho uSara adiniwe kodwana uthabile, athi: “UZimu ungilethele isihleko; woke okuzwako lokhu uzokuhleka nami.” (Genesisi 21:6) Le bekuyikarisomraro evela kuJehova, wahlala athabile bekwafika lapho ahlongakala khona. Nokho, isibusiswesi besikhambisana nomsebenzi.\nU-Isaka nakaneminyaka emihlanu ubudala, umndeni wamenzela umnyanya wokuthi alunyulwe ebeleni. Kodwana bekukhona okungakhambi kuhle. Sifunda ngokuthi uSara “wabona” iziga ebezenziwa ngu-Itjhimayeli, indodana kaHagari. Isokaneli belineminyaka eli-19 ubudala likokomeja u-Isaka osemncani. Into le beyingasikudlala nje. Umpostoli uPowula waphefumulelwa bona atlole ukuthi isenzo saka-Itjhimayelesi bekukutlhorisa. USara bekayibone kuhle into le, bekusisenzo esibeka ukuphila kwendodanakhe engozini. USara bekazi kuhle bonyana u-Isaka bekaligugu elingaphezu kokumane abe yindodanakhe. Bekazokufeza indima kaJehova. Waqina isibindi wakhuluma no-Abrahamu. Wambawa bona aqothe uHagari no-Itjhimayeli.—Genesisi 21:8-10; Galatiya 4:22, 23, 29.\nU-Abrahamu wayithini indaba le? IBhayibheli lithi: “Lokhu kwamtshwenya u-Abrahamu ngombana u-Itjhimayeli naye bekuyindodanakhe.” Bekamthanda u-Itjhimayeli, bekangakghoni ukuyimukela indaba le ehliziywenakhe. UJehova bekayizwisisa kuhle indaba, ngalokho wayingenela. IBhayibheli lithi: “UZimu wathi ku-Abrahamu: ‘Ungatshwenyeki ngomsana nekhobokakazi lakho. Yenza koke uSara akutjela khona ngombana iinzukulwana zakho zizokuthiyelelwa ngo-Isaka.’” UJehova waqinisekisa u-Abrahamu ngokuthi uHagari nendodanakhe uzabatlhogomela. U-Abrahamu walalela.—Genesisi 21:11-14.\nUSara waba mfazi wamambala ku-Abrahamu. Akhenge amane atjele indodakwakhe lokho ebekufanele ikuzwe. Wathi nakabona kuphakama umraro ebewuzokuliya umndenakhe nengomuso labo, wakhuluma nendodakwakhe ngesineke. Bekungasikho ukudelela akwenzakokhu. Ngitjho nompostoli uPitrosi njengombana bekayindoda ethetheko, waqalisela kuSara njengomfazi osibonelo esiphuma phambili nowahlonipha indodakwakhe ngokuzikileko. (1 Korinte 9:5; 1 Pitrosi 3:5, 6) Ekhabolakhona, ngathana uSara wathula ngendaba le, bekuzokutjho khona ukuthi ubhalelwe kuhlonipha u-Abrahamu. Lokho bekuzokufaka umndeni woke emrarweni. Ngehlonipho uSara wenza ebekufuze akwenze.\nAbafazi abanengi basihlonipha khulu isibonelo sakaSara. Bafunde ukuveza okuseenhliziyweni zabo batjele amadodabo, bafunda nokukhuluma nabo nangehlonipho. Abanye abafazi bangafisa nokuthi thana uJehova angangenela nakeyabo imitjhado ngendlela enza ngayo endabeni kaSara. Khonapho basafunda kuSara ngesibonelo sakhe sethando, ukukholwa nesineke.\nNanyana uJehova ambiza “ngeKosazana,” kodwana azange alindele ukuphathelwa phezulu\nNanyana umfazi othandekako lo bekabizwa “ngeKosazana” nje, kodwana yena bekangakalindeli ukuphathelwa phezulu. Akusirari nokuthi nakahlongakalako besele aneminyaka eli-127 ubudala. “U-Abrahamu wangena ngetendeni lakaSara bona amhloboke abe amlilele.” * (Genesisi 23:1, 2) Kufanele ukuthi bekayikhumbula ‘ikosazanakhe.’ UJehova uZimu naye uyamhlulukela umfazi wokukholwa lo, uzimisele nokumvusa ephasini elitjha, epharadesi. Iimbusiso ezingapheliko zilindele uSara nabo boke abalingisa ukukholwa kwakhe.—Jwanisi 5:28, 29.\n^ isig. 3 Ekuthomeni abatjhadikazaba bebaziwa ngo-Abramu noSarayi, ekukhambeni kwesikhathi uZimu wabathiya amabizo amatjha. Kodwana ukwenza izinto zibe lula, sizokusebenzisa amabizo abadume ngawo.\n^ isig. 10 UJehova bekasivumela isithembu isikhathi esithileko. Ekukhambeni kwesikhathi watjela uJesu Krestu bona avuselele umtjhado wabuyela ekambisweni yabatjhadikazi ababili be-Edeni.—Genesisi 2:24; Matewu 19:3-9.\n^ isig. 25 USara nguye yedwa umfazi iBhayibheli elikhuluma ngeminyaka ayiphilako.


“Ungumfazi Omuhle Kakhulu”—IBhayibhili Likhuluma Ngokholo LukaSara\nBALA KU Afrikaans Albanian Amharic Arabic Armenian Armenian (West) Aymara Azerbaijani Azerbaijani (Cyrillic) Baoule Bashkir Batak (Karo) Batak (Simalungun) Bengali Biak Bislama Bulgarian Catalan Cebuano Chichewa Chin (Hakha) Chinese Cantonese (Simplified) Chinese Cantonese (Traditional) Chinese Mandarin (Simplified) Chinese Mandarin (Traditional) Chitonga Chitonga (Malawi) Chitumbuka Chiyao Chokwe Chuvash Cibemba Cinyanja Croatian Czech Dangme Danish Drehu Dutch Efik English Estonian Ewe Fijian Finnish Fon French Ga Georgian German Greek Guarani Gun Haitian Creole Hausa Hebrew Hiligaynon Hindi Hiri Motu Hungarian Ibanag Icelandic Igbo Iloko Indonesian IsiKamba IsiPortuguese (esikhulunywa eBrazil) IsiSerbian (Cyrillic) Isoko Italian Japanese Javanese Kabiye Kazakh Kikaonde Kikongo Kikuyu Kiluba Kimbundu Kinyarwanda Kirghiz Kiribati Kirundi Kisonge Kongo Korean Kurdish Kurmanji (Caucasus) Kurdish Kurmanji (Cyrillic) Kwangali Kwanyama Lingala Lithuanian Luganda Lunda Luo Luvale Macedonian Malagasy Malay Malayalam Maltese Mam Mambwe-Lungu Mauritian Creole Maya Mbunda Mizo Myanmar Nahuatl (Northern Puebla) Ndebele Ndebele (Zimbabwe) Ndonga Nepali Ngangela Nias Niuean Norwegian Nyaneka Oromo Ossetian Pangasinan Papiamento (Aruba) Papiamento (Curaçao) Persian Polish Portuguese (Portugal) Quechua (Ancash) Quechua (Ayacucho) Quechua (Bolivia) Quechua (Cuzco) Quichua (Imbabura) Rarotongan Romanian Russian Samoan Sepedi Serbian (Roman) Sesotho (Lesotho) Sesotho (South Africa) Setswana Seychelles Creole Shona Silozi Sinhala Slovak Slovenian Solomon Islands Pidgin Spanish Sranantongo Swahili Swahili (Congo) Swati Swedish Tagalog Tamil Tatar Tetun Dili Thai Tigrinya Tiv Tojolabal Tok Pisin Tongan Tshiluba Tsonga Turkish Twi Tzotzil Ukrainian Umbundu Urdu Urhobo Venda Vietnamese Wallisian Waray-Waray Wayuunaiki Xhosa Yoruba Zande Zulu\nLINGISELA UKHOLO LWABO | USARA\n“Ungumfazi Omuhle Kakhulu”\nUSARA wayemi endlini yakhe ethalaza ngapha langapha. Ake umbone ngelihlo lengqondo owesifazana lo, ubukeka edanile yini? Nxa kunjalo, kungaba lula ukuthi simzwisise ukuthi yindaba enjalo. Yena lomkakhe u-Abhrahama basebelesikhathi eside behlala ndawonye endlini le futhi bekulikhaya labo sibili. *\nBabehlala e-Uri, idolobho elalinothile lilabantu abazingcitshi ekwenzeni imisebenzi yezandla labalamabhizimusi. Kufanele ukuthi labo babekhomba ngophakathi. Umuzi wabo wawungasindawo yokugcina impahla kuphela kodwa kulapho uSara lomkakhe ababesiba lezikhathi ezimnandi lezibuhlungu bendawonye. Kulapho futhi ababethandaza khona izikhathi ezinengi kuJehova uNkulunkulu wabo ababemthanda. Yikho uSara wayelezizathu ezinhle zokulithanda ikhaya lakhe.\nLanxa kunjalo uSara wayezimisele ukukutshiya konke lokhu ayeqalisa impilo entsha. Mhlawumbe wayeleminyaka engaba ngu-60 njalo wayezahamba izindawo ayengakaze azigxobe, ahlalele evalweni futhi engasoze abuyele emzini wakhe. Kuyini okwenza impilo yakhe yantshintsha? Thina sifundani endleleni atshengisa ngayo ukholo?\n“TSHIYA ILIZWE LAKINI”\nKungenzakala ukuthi uSara wakhulela e-Uri futhi imuli yangakibo yayihlala edolobheni lelo. Khathesi idolobho lelo kalisekho, selingamanxiwa kuphela. Kodwa ngezinsuku zikaSara imikhumbi yabathengisi yayitheleka ngoMfula uYufrathe iletha izimpahla eziligugu ezivela phetsheya. Kwakungasibantu ezitaladini ze-Uri kulitshebetshebe, ngapha izikepe lazo zingena ziphuma kungathi zimpolompolo. Akumcabange uSara ekhulela edolobheni elinje futhi esazi phose wonke umuntu ngebizo. Laye wayesaziwa ngoba wayemuhle okwelanga liphuma.\nEBhayibhilini kukhulunywa kakhulu ngokholo lukaSara. Wayengakhonzi unkulunkulu wenyanga owayekhonzwa ngabanengi e-Uri, lapho okwakulomphongolo kankulunkulu lo wawumude utshaya khonale. Kodwa uSara wayekhonza uNkulunkulu weqiniso uJehova. IMibhalo ayisitsheli ukuthi waluthola ngaphi ulwazi ngoNkulunkulu. Uyise wayeke wakhonza izithombe. USara watshada lo-Abhrahama indoda eyayindala kulaye ngeminyaka engu-10. * (UGenesisi 17:17) Ngemva kwesikhathi esithile u-Abhrahama waba ‘nguyise wabo bonke abakholwayo.’ (KwabaseRoma 4:11) Bendawonye bakha umtshado oqinileyo futhi babehloniphana, bekhulumisana kuhle njalo bebambisana lanxa babephakathi kobunzima. Okuqakathekileyo yikuthi babemanyene ngoba bonke babemthanda uNkulunkulu.\nUSara wayemthanda kakhulu umkakhe futhi bobabili babehlala lezihlobo zabo e-Uri. Kodwa njengoba ungekho umuzi ongathunqi intuthu, iBhayibhili lisitshela ukuthi uSara “wayeyinyumba; wayengelabantwana.” (UGenesisi 11:30) Ngalezonsuku kwakulihlazo ukuswela inzalo. Lanxa kunjalo wahlala ethembekile kuNkulunkulu lakumkakhe. ULothi umntanomnewabo ka-Abhrahama owayeyintandane wayesengani yindodana yabo. Babezikholisela impilo kodwa ngelinye ilanga izinto zathi phendu!\nU-Abhrahama wafika kuSara ethabe emanzi te! Wayengakukholwa lokhu okwakwenzakele. UNkulunkulu wayekhulume laye esebenzisa ingilosi. Akumcabange uSara esekhangele umkakhe embuza esithi: “Utheni kuwe? Ngicela ungitshele.” Engxenye u-Abhrahama wahlala phansi ukuze ayicacade kuhle indaba yakhe. Wamchathekela lokho uJehova ayemtshele khona: “Tshiya ilizwe lakini labantu bakini uye elizweni engizakutshengisa lona.” (ImiSebenzi 7:2, 3) Ukuthaba konke sekuphelile baqalisa ukucabangisisa ngalokho uJehova ayethe bakwenze. Kwasekumele batshiye impilo yabo entofontofo bayephila emathenteni. USara wathini? Kungenzakala ukuthi u-Abhrahama wayemkhangele ngelokhozi efuna ukubona ukuthi uzathini. USara wayezamsekela yini umkakhe?\nThina asikaze senze isinqumo esifanana xathu laleso okwakumele senziwe nguSara. Lanxa kunjalo sonke empilweni kumele senze izinqumo. Siphila emhlabeni olabantu abagijimisana lenotho, abaqakathekisa impahla abalayo lokuphila impilo entofontofo. Kodwa iBhayibhili lisikhuthaza ukuthi sifake uMbuso kuqala futhi sithokozise uNkulunkulu hatshi thina. (UMathewu 6:33) Kumele sicabangisise ngesinqumo esenziwa nguSara futhi sizibuze ukuthi, ‘Ngizakhethani empilweni yami?’\nUSara wayetshaywa likhanda ngesikhathi epakitsha impahla zakhe, ezibuza ukuthi athatheni njalo atshiyeni. Wayengasoze athathe izinto ezinkulu ezazingeke zithwalwe ngobabhemi lamakamela lezinto ababengasoze bazisebenzise sebehlala emathenteni. Kungenzakala ukuthi ezinye impahla zabo ezinengi bazithengisa kumbe bazinika abanye. Babezatshiya impilo yedolobheni lapho ababehlala duze lemakethe, bethenga izilimo, inyama, izithelo, izigqoko lokunye ababekudinga.\nUkholo lukaSara lwamenza watshiya ubuntofontofo base-Uri\nKungenzakala ukuthi kwakunzima ukuthi uSara atshiye umuzi wakhe. Nxa kuyikuthi umuzi wabo wawufanana lezakhiwo ezinengi zase-Uri ezatholwa ngabavumbulula izinto zembali, wayengabe elahlekelwe sibili. Eminye imizi yakhona yayilezindlu ezinengi, ilamanzi ampompozayo kanye lezimpompi. Ngitsho labayanga babengenelisa ukuba lendlu elemiduli, uphahla kanye lesivalo. Kodwa ithente lalingeke libavikele nxa izigebengu sezibahlasela. Kanti njalo babengathwaliswa nzima yizilwane, ingwe, amabhere lamakhanka ngoba yizo izinyamazana ezazijayelekile.\nPho kuthiwani ngezihlobo zabo? USara wayezatshiya obani? UNkulunkulu wabalaya ukuthi ‘batshiye ilizwe lakubo labantu bakibo’ futhi lokho kwakuzakubanzima kakhulu kuSara. Njengoba uSara wayengowesifazana owayelomusa lothando kufanele ukuthi wayengazithontisi izihlobo zakhe. Kwakubuhlungu kakhulu ukuzitshiya ngoba wayengasoze aphinde azibone. Lanxa kunjalo uSara wabalesibindi waqhubeka elungiselela uhambo lwabo.\nLanxa kwakunzima uSara wayeseziqoqile impahla zakhe eselindele ilanga ababezasuka ngalo. UThera wayesegugile kodwa laye wayezahamba lo-Abhrahama loSara. (UGenesisi 11:31) Lokhu kwakuzenza uSara abe lomsebenzi omkhulu wokunakekela umzali wakhe osekhulile. ULothi laye wahamba labo. Bamlalela uJehova ‘basuka elizweni lamaKhaledi.’—ImiSebenzi 7:4.\nBaqala baqonda eHarani umango ongamakhilomitha angaba ngu-960 enyakatho ntshonalanga belandela uMfula uYufrathe. Bafika bahlala khona okwesikhathi esithile. Kungenzakala ukuthi uThera wayesegula kakhulu engasenelisi ukuqhubeka ngohambo. Bahlala lapho uThera waze wafa eseleminyaka engu-205. Belapho uJehova waphinda wakhuluma lo-Abhrahama emtshela ukuthi asuke elizweni lelo aye elizweni azamtshengisa lona. UNkulunkulu wakhuluma esinye isithembiso esithi: “Ngizakwenza ube yisizwe esikhulu.” (UGenesisi 12:2-4) Kodwa bathi besuka eHarani u-Abhrahama wayeseleminyaka engu-75 uSara esele-65 futhi babelokhu bengelamntwana. Manje isizwe sasizakuba khona njani ku-Abhrahama? Wayezathatha omunye umfazi yini? Engxenye uSara wayesecabanga ngesithembu ngoba sasijayelekile ngalezonsuku.\nBasuka eHarani baqhubeka ngohambo lwabo. Kodwa nanzelela ukuthi ngobani abasebehamba labo. IBhayibhili lisitshela ukuthi imuli ka-Abhrahama yasuka lenotho ababeyitholile kanye “labantu ababebatholile eHarani.” (UGenesisi 12:5) Babengobani abantu laba? Kungenzakala babeyizisebenzi zabo. Kusegcekeni ukuthi u-Abhrahama loSara babetshumayeza labo ababefuna ukulalela. Amanye amaJuda akudala athi ivesi le ikhuluma ngabantu abasebephendukele enkolweni yeqiniso, sebefuna ukukhonza uJehova. Nxa kunjalo kutsho ukuthi ukholo oluqinileyo lukaSara lwamenza wakhuluma ngokuqiniseka lapho exoxela abanye ngoNkulunkulu kanye lethemba ayelalo. Kuqakathekile ukuthi sicabangisise ngokholo lwethu ngoba siphila labantu abangelakholo lethemba. Uzimisele yini ukuxoxela abanye okuhle okufunda eBhayibhilini?\nKungenzakala bachapha uMfula uYufrathe ngo-Nisani 14, 1943 B.C.E., basebeqonda eningizimu elizweni uJehova ayebathembise lona. (U-Eksodusi 12:40, 41) Akumbone ngelihlo lengqondo uSara ethalaza ngapha langapha ekhangwa yibuhle bendawo le kanye lomkhathi omuhle. Eduzane lezihlahla ezinkulu zaseMore eShekemu, uJehova waphinda wabonakala ku-Abhrahama wathi kuye: “Lelilizwe ngizalinika isizukulwane sakho.” Ibala elithi “isizukulwane” lalisitsho okukhulu ku-Abhrahama. Kungenzakala ukuthi lamkhumbuza esivandeni sase-Edeni lapho uJehova akhuluma khona ngenzalo eyayizachoboza uSathane. UJehova wayemtshelile u-Abhrahama ukuthi isizwe esasizaphuma kuye sasizakwenza ukuthi abantu bonke emhlabeni babusiswe.—UGenesisi 3:15; 12:2, 3, 6, 7.\nLanxa kunjalo imuli le yahlangana lobunzima. Indlala yayisibhahile elizweni laseKhenani yikho u-Abhrahama wabona kungcono ukuthi ahambe lemuli yakhe baqonde eningizimu, eGibhithe. Kodwa kukhona okwasekunuka santungwana kulesosabelo. Yikho wakhuluma loSara wathi: “Ngiyazi ukuthi ungumfazi omuhle kakhulu. AmaGibhithe azakuthi ekubona athi, ‘Lo ngumkakhe.’ Lapho-ke bazangibulala wena bakuyekele uphile. Ubokuthi ungudadewethu, ukuze ngiphathwe kuhle ukuze kukulungele lempilo yami isindiswe ngenxa yakho.” (UGenesisi 12:10-13) Yindaba u-Abhrahama wenza isicelo lesi esingajayelekanga?\nAbanye abaphikisi bacabanga ukuthi u-Abhrahama wayeqamba amanga futhi eligwala kodwa lokhu akusiloqiniso ngoba uSara wayengudadewabo sibili. Icebo u-Abhrahama alenzayo lalilihle kakhulu. Bobabili babekwazi ukuthi injongo kaNkulunkulu yokuthi inzalo lesizwe kuphume ku-Abhrahama yayiqakathekile. Ngakho ukuze kwenzakale lokhu kwakumele u-Abhrahama avikelwe. Kanti njalo ubufakazi obuvezwa yilabo abavumbulula izinto zembali butshengisa ukuthi kwakujayelekile ukuthi ababusi baseGibhithe bathathe umfazi womuntu babulale umkakhe. Yikho u-Abhrahama wenza ngokuhlakanipha futhi uSara wazithoba, walalela.\nKwathi u-Abhrahama efika eGibhithe, ezinye izikhulu zikaFaro zabona ukuthi uSara wayengumfazi omuhle kakhulu. Yikho zahamba zayatshela uFaro ngaye, yena wasebalaya ukuthi bamlethe kuye. Akucabange ubuhlungu u-Abhrahama abuzwayo ngalesosikhathi, lokwesaba uSara ayeselakho. Kukhanya uSara kazange akhahlanyezwe njengesibotshwa kodwa waphathwa njengesivakatshi esihlonitshwayo. Engxenye uFaro wayesenza lokhu efuna ukumncenga lokumhuga ngenotho yakhe ukuze abe ngumkakhe, abesehamba esiyamcela kumnewabo.—UGenesisi 12:14-16.\nAkumbone ngelihlo lengqondo uSara ebuka indawo yaseGibhithe esewindini kumbe evulandini. Wayesizwa njani esephakathi kobuntofontofo, elezibiliboco phambi kwakhe? Wathatheka yini ngobunkanyankanya ayebubona esikhosini obabudlula obase-Uri? Akucabange indlela uSathane ayezathokoza ngayo aluba uSara wakhetha ukutshiya umkakhe waba yindlovukazi kaFaro. Kodwa uSara kazange akwenze lokhu, waqhubeka ethembekile kumkakhe lakuNkulunkulu. Bonke abantu abatshadileyo kumele bathembeke ngaleyondlela lanxa siphila emhlabeni ogcwele abantu abangaziphathanga. Uzamlingisela yini uSara, uthembeke kotshade laye lasebanganeni bakho?\nUSara wathembeka kumkakhe lanxa wahlangana lesilingo esigodlweni sikaFaro\nUJehova wehlisela izifo ezimbi kuFaro lendlu yakhe ukuze avikele uSara. Kwathi uFaro edobha udletshana lokuthi uSara ngumka-Abhrahama wahle wambuyisela njalo walaya ukuthi u-Abhrahama lemuli yakhe baphume baphele eGibhithe. (UGenesisi 12:17-20) U-Abhrahama wathaba wafa ngesikhathi ethola umkakhe. Khumbula ukuthi wayemtshele amazwi la: “Ngiyazi ukuthi ungumfazi omuhle kakhulu.” Kodwa ubuhle ayebuqakathekisa kakhulu kuSara yibuhle bangaphakathi, lobo obuligugu kakhulu emehlweni kaJehova. (1 Phetro 3:1-5) Sonke kumele sibe lobuhle lobu. Singamlingisela uSara ngokufaka uMbuso kuqala, ngokutshela abanye ngoNkulunkulu langokuhlala sithembekile kuNkulunkulu lanxa sihlangana lezilingo zokuthi siziphathe kubi.\n^ indima 3 Ekuqaleni amabizo abo kwakungu-Abhrama loSarayi kodwa baziwa kakhulu ngamabizo abawaphiwa nguJehova.—UGenesisi 17:5, 15.\n^ indima 8 USara wayengudadewabo ka-Abhrahama ngoba bobabili babezalwa nguThera kodwa belabomama abatshiyeneyo. (UGenesisi 20:12) Kuqakathekile ukuthi sikhumbule ukuthi izinto kudala zazingafanani lalamuhla ngoba khathesi akuvunyelwa ukutshada lesihlobo. Kudala abantu babeseduze lempilo eyalahlwa ngu-Adamu lo-Eva, yayingafanani laleyo esilayo lamuhla. Babelemizimba eqine saka yikho ukutshada lesihlobo kwakungabangeli ingozi ebantwaneni. Ngemva kweminyaka engu-400 impilo yayisifanana laleyo esilayo lamuhla. Yikho ngalesosikhathi uMthetho kaMosi wawungasavumeli ukuthi umuntu ahlangane lesihlobo sakhe emacansini.—ULevi 18:6.\nThumeza Thumeza “Ungumfazi Omuhle Kakhulu”\nIBHAYIBHILI LIYAMTSHINTSHA UMUNTU Ngangiyithanda Kakhulu I-Baseball\nText Izindlela zokudawuniloda amabhuku akuwebhusayithi INQABAYOKULINDA Kuyanceda Yini Ukwazi Ngabagadi Bamabhiza Amane?\nThumeza Thumeza INQABAYOKULINDA Kuyanceda Yini Ukwazi Ngabagadi Bamabhiza Amane?\nKuyanceda Yini Ukwazi Ngabagadi Bamabhiza Amane?\nINQABAYOKULINDA Kuyanceda Yini Ukwazi Ngabagadi Bamabhiza Amane?