UMongameli Emmerson Mnangagwa uxoxisana labamhlophe eHarare.\nUMongameli Emmerson Mnangagwa uthi kulokuthula okumangalisayo kwele Zimbabwe okwamanje ngesikhathi sokhetho.\nUthi abantu kumele baqhubekele phambili bekhankasela ukhetho ngokuthula.\nUMnangagwa wethule lokhu ngo eRudhaka Stadium eMarondera esabelweni seMashonaland East emhlanganweni webandla leZanu PF wokukhankasela ukhetho oluzayo.\nUMnangagwa uthe udlakela kalufunakali eZimbabwe.\n“Kasifuni ukuthi kube lodlakela. Bazaliqala kodwa lingaphindiseli. Lingabantu abalenhlonipho njalo liyakwazi okumele likwenze. Lingethuswa ngokungamabandla lokhu okungalancedo. Sokusele amalanga amalutshwana ukuthi kubelokhetho. Kulezi insuku kulokuthula okumangalisayo eZimbabwe. Abantu bayahamba lapho abafuna ukuyakhona ngesikhathi sokukhankasela ukhetho. Thina sizingcwethi kwezombusazwe.”\nUMnangagwa uthe amabandla aphikisayo achitha isikhathi elwisana leZimbabwe Electoral Commission kulokuthi akhankasele ukhetho oluzayo.\n“IZEC kayisilohlangothi lukahulumende. IZEC izimele yodwa. Akulabandla okumele litshele iZEC ukuthi kumele yenzeni. IZEC kumele yenze konke ekufunayo ilandela isisekelo sombuso welizwe. Kubandla leZanu PF siyahlonipha isisekelo sombuso welizwe. Ngakho-ke ngithi akumelanga kubelodlakela ngesikhathi sokhetho oluzayo.”\nUphinde wathi uyalalela okukhulunywa ngabantu.\n“Esikukhulumayo lapha yikuthi umongameli wenu ngumongameli wabantu ngoba uyalalela abantu. Umongameli ngumuntu omele abantu njalo owenza konke okufiswa ngabantu. Inkokheli yebandla leZanu PF yinkokheli yabantu. Konke okukhulunywa ngabantu yikho esikulalelayo. Abantu yibo abakhokhela ibandla leZanu PF. Ilizwi labantu lilizwi lika Nkulunkulu.”\nUthe uhulumende wakhe uzaqhubekela phambili enika abantu inkomo ukwenzela ukuthi bathuthukisa umnotho wabo.


Isazela Lokuthethelelwa—“Ungihlambulule Esonweni Sami” (IHubo 51:2)\nINGXENYE 3 Ukukhutshwa Ngabanye—Lapho ‘Silensolo Ngomunye’\nINGXENYE 4 Isazela—“Ungihlambulule Esonweni Sami”\nBALA KU Abua Afrikaans Albanian American Sign Language Amharic Arabic Armenian Australian Sign Language Aymara Azerbaijani Azerbaijani (Cyrillic) Baoule Basque Bassa (Cameroon) Bengali Bicol Bislama Boulou Bulgarian Cambodian Catalan Cebuano Chichewa Chilean Sign Language Chinese Mandarin (Simplified) Chinese Mandarin (Traditional) Chitonga Chitonga (Malawi) Chitumbuka Chiyao Cibemba Cinyanja Colombian Sign Language Croatian Czech Damara Dangme Danish Douala Drehu Dutch Edo Efik English Estonian Ewe Fijian Finnish Finnish Sign Language French French Sign Language Ga Galician Georgian German Gokana Greek Greenlandic Guarani Gujarati Gun Haitian Creole Hausa Hebrew Herero Hiligaynon Hindi Hiri Motu Hungarian Icelandic Igbo Iloko Indonesian Indonesian Sign Language Isoko Italian Italian Sign Language Japanese Japanese Sign Language Kannada Karen (S'gaw) Kazakh Khana Kikamba Kikaonde Kikongo Kikuyu Kiluba Kimbundu Kinyarwanda Kirghiz Kiribati Kirundi Kisi Kisonge Kongo Korean Korean Sign Language Krio Kwangali Kwanyama Lamba Latvian Lenje Lingala Lithuanian Lomwe Luganda Lunda Luo Macedonian Macua Malagasy Malay Malayalam Maltese Mambwe-Lungu Marathi Marshallese Mauritian Creole Maya Mexican Sign Language Mixe Mizo Mongolian Moore Myanmar Nahuatl (Central) Nahuatl (Guerrero) Nahuatl (Huasteca) Nahuatl (Northern Puebla) Ndau Ndebele Ndebele (Zimbabwe) Ndonga Ngabere Niuean Norwegian Nyaneka Nyungwe Nzema Okpe Oromo Ossetian Otetela Pangasinan Papiamento (Curaçao) Persian Peruvian Sign Language Pidgin (Cameroon) Polish Polish Sign Language Portuguese Portuguese (Portugal) Punjabi Quebec Sign Language Quechua (Ancash) Quechua (Ayacucho) Quechua (Bolivia) Quechua (Cuzco) Romanian Russian Russian Sign Language Samoan Sango Sena Sepedi Serbian Sesotho (Lesotho) Setswana Seychelles Creole Shona Sidama Silozi Sinhala Slovak Slovenian Solomon Islands Pidgin Spanish Sranantongo Swahili Swahili (Congo) Swati Swedish Tagalog Tahitian Tamil Tatar Telugu Thai Tigrinya Tiv Tongan Totonac Tshiluba Tshwa Tsonga Turkish Turkmen Twi Tzotzil Ukrainian Umbundu Urdu Urhobo Uruund Uzbek Valencian Venda Venezuelan Sign Language Vietnamese Wallisian Waray-Waray Wolaita Xhosa Yoruba Zande Zapotec (Isthmus) Zimbabwe Sign Language Zulu\nIsazela—“Ungihlambulule Esonweni Sami”\n“Umsebenzi engangisanda kuwuthola wasenza saba yimuli ekhomba ngophakathi, kodwa wangithela phakathi kwezinto ezinenginengi ezingalunganga. Ngaqalisa ukunanza amaholideyi, ukungena kwezombusazwe kanye lokungena enye insonto. Ngangingasayifezi inkonzo okweminyaka engu-40, senginguFakazi kaJehova ngebizo nje. Njengoba isikhathi sasitshova umuzwa wokuthi sengone kakhulu okokuthi uJehova ngeke angithethelele wawulokhu ukhula. Lami ngangingelaso isizatho sokuzigeza, ngoba phela ngangilazi iqiniso ngesikhathi ngiqalisa ukuhlanhlatha.”—UMartha.\nNxa ubona angathi izono zakho zimbi kakhulu loba zinengi kakhulu ukuthi uJehova akuthethelele, sicela ucabange ngalokho akunxusa ukuthi ukwenze okulotshwe ku-Isaya 1:18. Uthi: “ ‘Wozani khathesi nje, sibonisane [“silungisise izindaba,” NW ] sikanye,’ kutsho uJehova. ‘Lanxa izono zenu zibomvu gebhu, zizakuba mhlophe nke njengongqoqwane.’ ” Ngitsho lezono ezikhanya angathi kazisuseki njengependa ebomvu gebhu engcolise isigqoko esimhlophe nke, uJehova angazithethelela.\nUJehova kafuni ukuthi uhlale uthwele nzima ulokhu uthonisiswa yisazela. Kodwa kumele wenzeni ukuze uthole inkululeko ebangelwa yikuthethelelwa nguNkulunkulu lokuba lomzwangedwa ohlanzekileyo? Khangela izinto ezimbili ezenziwa yiNkosi uDavida. Okokuqala yathi: “Ngizazivuma iziphambeko zami kuJehova.” (IHubo 32:5) Uzakhumbula ukuthi uJehova usekunxusile ukuthi usondele kuye ngomthandazo lokuthi ‘libonisane.’ Samukele leso simemo. Vuma izono zakho kuJehova umtshele ukuthi uzizwa njani sibisibili. Ngenxa yalokho okwakwenzakale empilweni yakhe, uDavida wathandaza esithi: “Ungihlambulule esonweni sami.” “Inhliziyo edabukileyo, ezisolayo, hawu Nkulunkulu, kawuyikuyilahla.”—IHubo 51:2, 17.\nOkwesibili, uDavida wasizwa ngumphrofethi uNathani owayengummeli kaNkulunkulu obekiweyo. (2 USamuyeli 12:13) Lamuhla uJehova usebenzisa abadala bamabandla abaqeqetshiweyo ukuze basize izoni eziphendukayo ukuthi zilungisise ubuhlobo bazo loJehova. Nxa ungahamba uyexoxa labo bazasebenzisa iMibhalo njalo bathandaze ngenhliziyo yonke ukuze bathobe inhliziyo yakho, behlise kumbe baqede imicabango ekudonsela emuva, bakuncedise lokuthi ukhonze kuhle.—UJakhobe 5:14-16.\nUJehova ufuna ukuthi lawe uzizwele ubuhle bokuba lomzwangedwa ongelacala. Ufuna lokuthi uyetshela abanye ngaye langezinjongo zakhe ukhululekile njalo ujabula kakhulu, kungelasazela esikukhathazayo. (IHubo 65:1-4) Khumbula ukuthi uyakunxusa ukuthi uze kuye ‘ukuze izono zakho zesulwe, ukuze kufike izikhathi zokuhlambulula okuvela eNkosini.’—ImiSebenzi 3:19.


UJesu Ufundisa UNikhodemusi Ukuthi Kutjho Ukuthini ‘Ukubelethwa Kabutjha’ | Ipilo KaJesu\nUfundisa UNikhodemusi Ebusuku\nUJESU UKHULUMA NONIKHODEMUSI\nWKUTJHO UKUTHINI ‘UKUBELETHWA KABUTJHA’?\nNgesikhathi aseJerusalema ayokugidinga iPhasika langomnyaka ka-30, uJesu wenza iimangaliso. Ngebanga lalokho, abantu abanengi bayamkholwa. UNikhodemusi, umFarisi olilunga lekhotho ephakemeko yamaJuda ekuthiwa yiSanhedrini, uyakubona lokho uJesu akwenzako begodu ukareka kwamambala. Ufuna ukuyizwa kuhle indaba le, nje-ke uvakatjhela uJesu ebusuku, mhlamunye ngombana unevadlwana lokuthi abanye abarholi bamaJuda bazomnyaza nabangambona.\nUNikhodemusi uthi, “Rabi, siyazi ukuthi umfundisi ovela kuZimu, ngombana akunamuntu ongenza iimbonakaliso ozenzakwezi ngaphandle kokuthi uZimu anaye.” UJesu utjela uNikhodemusi ukuthi umuntu angekhe angene emBusweni kaZimu, ngaphandle kokuthi “abelethwe kabutjha.”—Jwanisi 3:2, 3.\nKodwana umuntu angabelethwa njani kabutjha? Ngilokho uNikhodemusi akubuzako nakathi, “Angithi angekhe angena ngesibelethweni sakanina abelethwe godu?”—Jwanisi 3:4.\nAwa, ukubelethwa kabutjha akutjho lokho. UJesu uyahlathulula: “Ngaphandle kokuthi umuntu abelethwe ngamanzi nangommoya, angekhe angene emBusweni kaZimu.” (Jwanisi 3:5) UJesu wabelethwa “ngamanzi nangommoya,” ngesikhathi abhajadiswa begodu ummoya ocwengileko wehlela kuye. Ngesikhatheso kwezwakala nesimemezelo sivela ezulwini sithi: “Le yiNdodanami, engiyithandako, engiyamukeleko.” (Matewu 3:16, 17) Ngokunjalo uZimu wamemezela ukuthi uJesu sekayindodanakhe ezeswe ngommoya ocwengileko, enethemba lokungena emBusweni wezulwini. Ngokukhamba kwesikhathi, ngePentekoste langomnyaka ka-33, ummoya ocwengileko uzokuthululelwa kwabanye ababhajadisiweko, nabo-ke bazokubelethwa kabutjha babe madodana kaZimu azeswe ngommoya.—IzEnzo 2:1-4.\nUNikhodemusi akakuzwisisi lokho uJesu amfundisa khona ngomBuso. Nje-ke, uJesu unikela ihlathululo enabileko malungana nesabelo sakhe esikhethekileko njengombana ayiNdodana kaZimu emumuntu wenyama. UJesu uthi: “Njengombana uMosi aphakamisa inyoka emmangweni, neNdodana yomuntu kufuze iphakanyiswe, bona woke umuntu okholwa kiyo abe nokuphila okungapheliko.”—Jwanisi 3:14, 15.\nEkadeni ama-Israyeli alunywa ziinyoka ezinetjhefu kwatlhogeka aqale inyoka yekoporo ukuze asindiswe. (Numeri 21:9) Ngokufanako, boke abantu kufuze bakholwe eNdodaneni kaZimu ukuze basindiswe esonweni nokufa begodu bafumane ukuphila okungapheliko. Aveza ubukhulu bethando lakaJehova endabeni le, uJesu uthi kuNikhodemusi: “UZimu walithanda khulu iphasi kangangobana wanikela ngeNdodanakhe ebelethwe yodwa, bonyana woke umuntu otjengisa ukukholwa kiyo angabhujiswa kodwana abe nokuphila okungapheliko.” (Jwanisi 3:16) Ngokutjho lokhu uJesu ukwenza kukhanye bha ukuthi uyindlela abantu abazokusindiswa ngayo. Lokhu kwenzeka khonapha eJerusalema ngemva kweenyanga ezingaba sithandathu athome umsebenzakhe.\nGodu uJesu uthi kuNikhodemusi: “UZimu azange athumele iNdodanakhe ephasini bona izokwahlulela iphasi.” Lokhu kutjho ukuthi azange athunyelwe bona azokukhupha isahlulelo sokuthi iphasi limlandu, ahlulele boke abantu ukuthi bayokutjhatjalaliswa. Kunalokho, uJesu uthi wathunyelwa ‘bona iphasi lisindiswe ngaye.’—Jwanisi 3:17.\nUNikhodemusi uze kuJesu ngobumnyama ngebanga lokusaba. Yeke ngokuhlakanipha uJesu usonga ikulumiswano yabo ngokuthi: “Nje-ke nasi isisekelo sesahlulelo: kukuthi ukukhanya [uJesu ukukhanya ngepilwakhe neemfundiso zakhe] kuzile ephasini, kodwana abantu bathande ubumnyama kunokukhanya, ngombana imisebenzi yabo beyimimbi. Ngombana loyo owenza izinto ezonakeleko uyakuzonda ukukhanya begodu akezi ekukhanyeni, ukuze imisebenzakhe ingazokuvezwa. Kodwana loyo owenza okuliqiniso uyeza ekukhanyeni, ukuze imisebenzakhe ibonakaliswe ukuthi yenziwe ngokuvumelana noZimu.”—Jwanisi 3:19-21.\nNje-ke, sekusezandleni zakaNikhodemusi, omFarisi nomfundisi kwa-Israyeli, bona acabangisise ngalokho asand’ ukukuzwa okumalungana nendima kaJesu emnqophweni kaZimu.\nKhuyini eyenza uNikhodemusi avakatjhele uJesu, begodu kubayini amvakatjhela ebusuku?\nKutjho ukuthini ‘ukubelethwa kabutjha’?\nKungamuphi umqondo uJesu angakezeli ‘ukuzokwahlulela iphasi’?\nUkufa KwakaJesu Nokuvuka Kwakhe—Kungatjho Ukuthini Kuwe?\nAmaqiniso asithandathu asisekelo weBhayibheli ahlathulula ukuthi ukufa komuntu oyedwa kungalethela abantu abanengi ukuphila.


FUNDA NGELINYE ILIMI Afrikaans Albanian Amharic Arabic Armenian Bicol Cebuano Chinese Mandarin (Simplified) Chinese Mandarin (Traditional) Colombian Sign Language Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English Estonian Ewe Finnish Frentji Georgian Greek Greenlandic Haitian Creole Hiligaynon Hungarian Iloko Indonesian IsiNdebele Japanese Jarimani Kinyarwanda Kirghiz Korean Kwanyama Latvian Lingala Lithuanian Malagasy Malay Myanmar Ndonga Norwegian Oromo Pangasinan Polish Portuguese Quechua (Ayacucho) Romanian Russian Sepedi Serbian Sesotho (Lesotho) Shona Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swati Swedish Tagalog Tariyana Thai Tsonga Tswana Turkish Twi Ukrainian Umbundu Venda Vietnamese Waray-Waray Xhosa Zulu\n‘Loyo oziphatha njengomncani kini noke nguye omkhulu.’—LUKA 9:48.\nUNGAKGHONA UKUFUMANA IIMPENDULO?\nYini engasisiza sihlawulele umoya wokuba ngomncani?\nKungaziphi iindlela omncani ‘amkhulu’?\nSingakutjengisa njani ukuthobeka emtjhadweni, ebandleni, nebuhlotjeni bethu nabanye?\n1, 2. Ngisiphi isiyeleliso uJesu asinikela abapostoli bakhe, begodu kubayini abanikela sona?\nBEKUMNYAKA ka-32 C.E. UJesu gade asesifundeni seGaleliya nekuphakama ubudisi. Abapostoli bakhe abambalwa bebaphikisana ngokobana ngubani omkhulu hlangana nabo. UmTloli weVangeli uLuka uyabika: “Kwaba khona ukuphikisana hlangana nabafundi bakaJesu, bafuna ukwazi bona ngubani omkhulu hlangana nabo na. UJesu wazi bona ithini imikhumbulo yabo. Yeke wathatha umntwana, wamjamisa eqadi kwakhe. Wathi kibo: ‘Loyo owamukela umntwana lo ngebizo lami, wamukela mina; naloyo owamukela mina, wamukela loyo ongithumileko. Ngombana loyo oziphatha njengomncani kini noke nguye omkhulu.’” (Luka 9:46-48) Ngomusa kodwana ngokuqinileko, uJesu wasiza abapostoli bona babone itlhogeko yokuthobeka.\n2 Kghani isiyeleleliso sakaJesu sokuziphatha njengomncani besivumelana nemithethokambiso yamaJuda yangekhulu lokuthoma? Namtjhana besiphambene nomoya abawujayeleko? Ikhuluma ngobujamo obujayelekileko bangesikhatheso, i-Theological Dictionary of the New Testament ihlathulula ithi: “Kunanyana ngisiphi isenzakalo, kuhlala kunombuzo wokobana ngubani omkhulu begodu kibo bekuqakathekile ukunikela umuntu ngamunye ihlonipho emfaneleko.” UJesu wayelelisa abapostoli bakhe bona bangafani nabantu abavamileko.\n3. (a) Ukuziphatha njengomncani kutjho ukuthini, begodu kubayini kungaba sitjhijilo ngathi ukuziphatha njalo? (b) Ngimiphi imibuzo ephakamako malungana nomoya wokuba ngomncani?\n3 Ibizo lesiGirigi elitjhugululwe ngokobana “omncani” litjho umuntu onesizotha, othobekileko, ophasi, ongakaqakatheki namtjhana onganagunya. UJesu wasebenzisa umntwana ukukhanyisela abapostoli bona kufuze bathobeke begodu babe nesizotha. Isiyelelisweso siyasebenza kumaKrestu weqiniso namhlanjesi njengombana bekunjalo ngekhulu lokuthoma. Singakufumana kubudisi ukuziphatha njengabancani—kobunye ubujamo. Ukungapheleli kwethu kusibangela bona sizikhakhazise begodu silinge ukuzenza abangcono kunabanye. Ubujamo bokuba marhamaru esiphila ngaphasi kwabo nomoya wephasi ungasenza sizibone siqakatheke ukudlula abanye, sithande ukuphikisana namtjhana sifune abanye benze izinto ngendlela yethu. Yini engasisiza sihlawulele umoya wokuba ngomncani? ‘Omncani hlangana nathi mkhulu’ njani? Kukuziphi iindawo ekuphileni lapho kufuze silwele ukutjengisa umoya wokuthobeka kizo?\n‘QALA UKUDEPHA KOMNOTHO NOKUHLAKANIPHA NELWAZI LAKAZIMU!’\n4, 5. Yini engasitjhukumisela bona sihlawulele ukuthobeka? Bonisa.\n4 Indlela esingahlawulela ngayo ukuthobeka kuzindla ngobukhulu bakaJehova nekamadaniswa nathi. Eqinisweni, “akuphenyeki ukuzwisisa kwakhe.” (Isa. 40:28) Akhuluma ngeengcenye ezithileko zephazimulo kaJehova, umpostoli uPowula watlola: ‘Qala ukudepha komnotho nokuhlakanipha nelwazi lakaZimu! Ngubani ongahlathulula iinqunto zakhe? Ngubani ongazifumana iindlela zakhe na?’ (Rom. 11:33) Nanyana ilwazi lesintu ngezinto ezinengi lakhula khulu kusukela uPowula atlola amezwi lawo eminyakeni ezi-2 000 eyadlulako, amezwi layo aseseliqiniso. Kungakhathaliseki bona kungangani esikwaziko, kufuze kusenze sithobeke ukwazi bona akukalinganiselwa lokho okungafundwa ngoJehova, umsebenzakhe, neendlela zakhe.\n5 Ukwazi bona kungaphezu kwamandlethu ukuhlolisisa iindlela zakaZimu kwasiza uLeo * bona aziqale njengomncani. Njengesokana, uLeo bekanekareko kezesayensi. Anesifiso sokwazi okunengi ngendawo yoke, wenza iimfundo ezimalungana neenkwekwezi namaplanethi nokhunye okusesibhakabhakeni (astrophysics) begodu wafikelela isiphetho esiqakathekileko. Uthi: “Kilokho egade ngikufunda, ngabona bona iimfundiso zesayensi zizodwa ngeze zikghone ukusiza abantu bayizwisise ngokupheleleko indawo yoke. Ngalokho ngatjhentjha ngafundela zomthetho.” Ngokukhamba kwesikhathi, uLeo waba ligqwetha lesifunda kwamva waba lijaji lekhotho. Ekugcineni, yena nomkakhe bafunda iBhayibhili naboFakazi bakaJehova, bamukela iqiniso begodu baba ziinceku zakaZimu ezizinikeleko. Naphezu kwesizinda sakhe, khuyini eyasiza uLeo bona aziphathe njengomncani? Ngaphandle kokuzaza, uyaphendula, “Kulemuka bonyana kungakhathaliseki bona kungangani esikufunda ngoJehova nangendalo yoke, kusese nokunengi esingakufunda.”\nUJehova uyasihlonipha ngokusinikela ithuba lokutjhumayela iindaba ezimnandi\n6, 7. (a) Ngisiphi isibonelo esikarisako sokuthobeka uJehova asinikela sona? (b) Ukuthobeka kwakaZimu kumenza njani omncani abe ‘mkhulu’?\n6 Okhunye okusisiza bona sithobeke kukobana uJehova ngokwakhe utjengisa ukuthobeka. Cabanga ngalokhu: “Siziinceku zakaZimu.” (1 Kor. 3:9) Akhe ucabange! UJehova uZimu wobukhulu obungamadanisekiko, uyasihlonipha ngendlela le ngokusinikela ithuba lokwenza ikonzwethu ngokusebezisa iliZwi lakhe, iBhayibhili. Nanyana uJehova kunguye owenza iimbewu zikhule, usinikela isikhundla esihloniphekileko sokusivumela bona sisebenze naye. (1 Kor. 3:6, 7) Akusisibonelo esikarisako sokuthobeka sakaZimu lesi? Kwamambala, isibonelo sakaJehova sokuthobeka kufuze sibe sikhuthazo esikhulu kithi soke bona siziphathe njengabancani.\n7 Isibonelo sakaZimu sokuthobeka saba nomphumela okarisako kumrhalani uDavidi. Wabhinela uJehova wathi: “Uzonginikela isiviko sakho sephuluso, begodu ukuthobeka kwakho ngikho okungenza ngibe mkhulu.” (2 Sam. 22:36) UDavidi wafumana boke ubukhulu egade anabo kwa-Israyeli ngokuthobeka kwakaJehova—ngokukhothama kwakaZimu nofana ngokuzithoba kwakhe bona amnake. (Rha. 113:5-7) Kuhlukile na ngathi? Ukhona na kithi oneemfanelo, amakghono namalungelo, ‘angasisipho’ esivela kuJehova? (1 Kor. 4:7) Umuntu oziphatha njengomncani, ‘mkhulu’ ngombana uba yinceku kaJehova eligugu. (Luka 9:48) Akhe sibone bonyana kubayini lokhu kunjalo.\n‘OMNCANI KINI NGUYE OMKHULU’\n8. Ukuthobeka kukuthinta njani ukucabanga kwethu ngehlangano kaJehova?\n8 Ukuthobeka kuqakathekile bona saneliseke ehlanganweni kaZimu begodu sisekele amalungiselelo webandla. Ngokwesibonelo, cabangela uPetra, intombi eyakhuliswa emndenini waboFakazi. Afuna ukwenza izinto ngendlelakhe, uPetra wazihlukanisa nebandla. Ngemva kweminyaka, wathoma ukuzihlanganisa nebandla godu. Kwanje uthabile ngokuba sehlanganweni kaJehova begodu uzimisele ukusekela ilungiselelo lebandla. Yini eyenza watjhentjha ukucabanga kwakhe? Uyatlola: “Okwangenza ngazizwa ngamukelekile ehlanganweni kaZimu, ngafuna ukuzwisisa nokuhlawulela iimfanelo eembili eziqakatheke khulu ezitlhogekako ezikuthobeka nesizotha.”\n9. Ngikuphi ukucabanga umuntu othobekileko anakho malungana nokudla okungokomoya esikufumanako, begodu lokho kumenza njani aqakatheke khulu?\n9 Umuntu othobekileko uwathabela ngokusuka ehliziyweni amalungiselelo kaJehova, ahlanganisa ukudla okungokomoya. Ngalokho, umuntu onjalo uba mfundi okhutheleko weBhayibhili begodu onetjiseko yokufunda abomagazini ISithalasokulinda ne-Phaphama! Njengezinye iinceku zakaJehova ezinengi ezithembekileko, ukwenza umkhuba ukufunda iincwadi ezitjha ngaphambi kokuzibeka etjhelfini lebulungelo lakhe leencwadi. Nengabe ngokuthobeka sitjengisa ukuthokoza ngokufunda nokutaditjha iincwadi zethu ezisekelwe eBhayibhilini, siyathuthuka ngokomoya begodu uJehova uyakghona ukusisebenzisa ngokuzeleko ekonzwenakhe.—Heb. 5:13, 14.\n10. Singawutjengisa njani umoya wokuba mncani ebandleni?\n10 Loyo oziphatha njengomncani ‘mkhulu’ ngenye indlela. Ibandla ngalinye linamadoda afanelekako akhethwe ngaphasi kokunqophiswa mumoya kaJehova ocwengileko bona akhonze njengabadala. Enza amalungiselelo wezinto ezingokomoya ezinjengemihlangano yebandla, ikonzo yesimini nokwalusa. Nesitjengisa umoya wokuba ngomncani ngokuzimisela ukusekela amalungiselelo la, sisekela ethabweni, ekuthuleni nebunyeni bebandla. (Funda amaHebheru 13:7, 17.) Newukhonza njengomdala namtjhana inceku ekhonzako, awumthokozi ngokuzithoba na uJehova ngokukunikela ilungelo elinjalo lekonzo?\n11, 12. Ngikuphi ukucabanga okuzosenza sibe ligugu ngokungeziweko ehlanganweni kaJehova, begodu kubayini kunjalo?\n11 Loyo oziphatha njengomncani ‘mkhulu,’ namtjhana uqakatheke khulu ehlanganweni kaJehova, ngombana ukuthobeka kwakhe kumenza abe yinceku kaZimu ehle nelisizo. UJesu kwafuze ayelelise abafundi bakhe bona baziphathe njengabancani ngombana abanye babo besele bangenwe mumoya wangesikhatheso. ULuka 9:46 uthi, “Kwaba khona ukuphikisana hlangana nabafundi bakaJesu, bafuna ukwazi bona ngubani omkhulu hlangana nabo na.” Kghani kungenzeka bona nathi sithome ukucabanga bonyana singcono kunabanye esikholwa kunye nabo namtjhana siphakeme kunabanye abantu? Abanengi ephasini elisibhodileko batjhukunyiswa kuzikhakhazisa nokuba marhamaru. Kufuze sizihlukanise ebantwini abazikhakhazisako ngokobana sithobeke. Nesenza njalo begodu sibeka intando kaJehova mantanzi, abanakwethu nabodadwethu bazokukhuthazeka nebanathi.\n12 Isiyeleliso sakaJesu sokuziphatha njengabancani siyakhuthaza kwamambala. Akukafuzi na silwele ukutjengisa umoya wokuba ngabancani kizo zoke iingcenye zokuphila? Akhe sicoce ngobujamo obuthathu.\nLWELA UKUBA NGOMNCANI\n13, 14. Indoda namtjhana umfazi angaziphatha njani njengomncani, begodu lokhu kungawuthinta njani umtjhado?\n13 Emtjhadweni. Abantu abanengi namhlanjesi batshwenyeka khulu ngokulwela amalungelwabo ngitjho nanyana ukwenza njalo kutjho ukuphula amalungelo wabanye. Nokho, othobekileko unqotjhiswa mumoya uPowula asikhuthaza bona sibe nawo. Encwadinakhe, watlola: “Yeke asinqophele kilokho okuletha ukuthula nokusenza sakhane.” (Rom. 14:19) Umuntu oziphatha njengomncani ulwela ukuba nokuthula nabantu boke begodu khulukhulu umlinganakhe womtjhado amthandako.\n14 Cabangela zokuzithabisa. Abatjhadileko bangaba neembono engafani nekuziwa endabeni yokuzithabisa. Mhlamunye indoda ingathanda ukuhlala ithulile ekhaya ngesikhathi sokuphumula ifunde incwadi. Ngakelinye ihlangothi, umfazi angafuna ukuzikhipha ayokudla ngaphandle namtjhana ayokuvakatjhela abangani. Ngeze kwaba lula na ngomfazi ukuhlonipha indodakwakhe nekabona bonyana itjengisa ukuthobeka nokobana iyazicabangela kwamambala izinto azithandako nangazithandiko kunokobana itshwenyeke kwaphela ngalokho ekufunako? Qala bona indoda imthanda begodu imazisa kangangani umkayo neyibona bona akalingi ukwenza izinto ngendlela yakhe kodwana uyazicabangela iimfiso zayo! Isibopho somtjhado sizokuqina lokha umlingani ngamunye aziphatha njengomncani.—Funda uFilipi 2:1-4.\n15, 16. Ngimuphi umoya uDavidi awukhuthazako kuRhalani 131, begodu lokhu kufuze kukuthinte njani ukuziphatha kwethu ebandleni?\n15 Ebandleni. Ephasini, abantu abanengi baphilela ukwanelisa iimfiso zabo. Abakghoni ukubekezela begodu ukulinda kusilingo. Ukuhlawulela umoya wokuba mncani kusisiza bona silindele uJehova. (Funda iRhalani 131:1-3) Iinzuzo zokuthobeka nokulindela uJehova zisivikelo neembusiso, induduzo nokwaneliseka. Kungebangelo uDavidi akhuthaza ama-Israyeli akunye nawo bona alindele uZimawo ngokubekezela!\n16 Ungafumana induduzo efanako newulindela uJehova ngokuthobeka. (Rha. 42:5) Mhlamunye ‘ufisa umsebenzi omuhle’ begodu ngalokho ‘ufuna ukuba mbonisi.’ (1 Thi. 3:1-7) Kwamambala, kufuze wenze koke okusemandlenakho bona uvumele umoya ocwengileko uveze kuwe iimfanelo ezitlhogekako bona ube mbonisi. Kodwana kuthiwani nengabe ngakuwe kubonakala kuthatha isikhathi eside kunakwabanye? Othobekileko, owalindela ngokuthobeka amalungelo wekonzo, uzokuragela phambili akhonza uJehova ngokuthaba begodu uzokuthabela nanyana ngisiphi isabelo asinikelwako.\n17, 18. (a) Sizuzani nesifuna ukulitjalelwa begodu sizimisele nokulibalela abanye? (b) Ngiyiphi ikambo ekhuthazwa encwadini yezAga 6:1-5?\n17 Ebuhlotjeni bethu nabanye. Ukubawa ukulitjalelwa kubudisi ebantwini abanengi. Nokho, iinceku zakaZimu zihlawulela umoya wokuba ngomncani ngokuvuma iimtjhaphwazo begodu zibawe ukulitjalelwa. Godu zikulungele ukulibalela abanye iimtjhaphwabo. Nanyana kunini ukuzikhakhazisa kubangela ukuhlukana nokungazwani, ukulibalela kuthuthukisa ukuthula ebandleni.\n18 Kungatlhogeka ‘sizithobe’ ngokubawa ukulitjalelwa ngomunye umuntu nesibhalelwa kukwenza into ebesivumelene ngayo ngebanga lobujamo obungaphezu kwamandlethu. Nanyana angasola omunye umuntu, umKristu othobekileko utjheja khulu imitjhaphwakhe begodu azimisele ukuyivuma.—Funda izAga 6:1-5.\nNgimaphi amathuba onawo wokuziphatha njengomncani?\n19. Ngimaphi amabanga ngamunye wethu okufuze awathabele ngeenluleko zeBhayibhili zokobana siziphathe njengabancani?\n19 Qala bona sisithabela kangangani isikhuthazo esingokomTlolo sokuhlawulela umoya wokuba ngomncani! Nanyana ngezinye iinkhathi singakufumana kubudisi ukutjengisa umoya onjalo, ukuba nombono onqophileko ngesikhundla sethu ebuhlobeni esinabo nomBumbi wethu nokuthabela ukuthobeka kwakhe kungasitjhukumisela bona sihlawulele ifanelo ehle leyo. Ngokwenza njalo, kwamambala sizokutjengisa bona siziinceku zakaJehova eziqakathekileko ngokungeziweko. Ngalokho, kwanga ngamunye angaziphatha njengomncani.\n^ isig. 5 Amabizo atjhentjhiwe.


Umitjhado Emphakathini wamaNtwana\nUmtjhado hlangana namaNtwana akusiyindaba yomuntu munye, kodwana yindaba yestjhaba, eyenza bona ubuhlobo bubesemthweni hlangana nemindeni. Umtjhado wenza wenza bona umkhwenyani nomakoti babe badala. Nanyana kunganamihlolo yokuhlobana ngokwegazi esitjhabeni samaNtwana, kusathandwa bona abomzala bathathane.\nUmtjhado - (lenyalo) wenziwa amalanga amabili, kokuthoma, wenzelwa ekhabo likamakoti, ngemva kwalokho uye ekhabo ndoda. Nanyana amaNtwana amanengi abazalwani, imitjhado yenziwa ngesiko labo lesintu.\nUmkhwenyani wembatha isudu, ayilakanise ngeporiyana eyenziwe ngesikhumba sesilwane. Umakoti yena umbatha ivunulo epheleleko yeskhabo, ekubalwa hlangana iinsiba zifaka edugwini elembethe ehloko, ezivamise kobana zibe bomvu, hlaza kwesibhakabhaka nanyana zibe mhlophe ngebala.\nUkungezelela, erhabini elimhlophe alimbathwa ngaphambili, umbatha ingubo ekufanele kobana ahlale ayibeke emahlombe nakangena ekhakwakhe. Lokhu kukhombisa bona ungumakoti wamaNtwana begodu angakakhohlwa kobana akusingewalapho, umamazalakhe aze amenzele umnyanya okhombisa bona sele angewemndenini loyo nokobana wamukelekile.\nKodwana, lokha umakothi wamaNtwana alingana nendodakhe ngobujamo, kudlunjanwa kobana sele amdala kwaphela ngemva kokobana abelethe izibulo lakhe, ngemva kokobana sele kuboniwe kobana uyarhona ukubeletha. Kulapho kwaphela lapha avunyelwe kobana angembatha izambatho zevunolo zabomma bamaNtwana ekulirhabi elirhatjiswe ngemva nangaphambili - qobe malanga.


Uthando lukaJesu Olupheleleyo Lutshengisa Uthando lukaYise | Sondela\nBALA KU Afrikaans Albanian Amharic Arabic Armenian Aymara Baoule Bengali Bicol Bulgarian Cambodian Catalan Cebuano Chichewa Chinese Mandarin (Simplified) Chinese Mandarin (Traditional) Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English Estonian Ewe Finnish French Ga Georgian German Greek Haitian Creole Hausa Hiligaynon Hindi Hungarian Iloko Indonesian Italian Japanese Kikuyu Kiluba Kinyarwanda Kirghiz Kirundi Kisonge Kongo Korean Kwanyama Latvian Lingala Lithuanian Luganda Luo Macedonian Malagasy Malayalam Maltese Myanmar Ndebele (Zimbabwe) Ndonga Niuean Norwegian Pangasinan Papiamento (Aruba) Papiamento (Curaçao) Persian Polish Portuguese Punjabi Quechua (Bolivia) Rarotongan Romanian Russian Sepedi Serbian Sesotho (Lesotho) Setswana Seychelles Creole Shona Slovak Slovenian Solomon Islands Pidgin Spanish Sranantongo Swahili Swedish Tagalog Tahitian Tamil Thai Tiv Tok Pisin Tongan Tshiluba Tsonga Turkish Twi Ukrainian Uruund Venda Vietnamese Xhosa Yoruba Zulu\nUkwazi Uthando lukaKhristu\n1-3. (a) Kuyini okwenza uJesu wafuna ukuba njengoYise? (b) Yiziphi izingxenye zothando lukaJesu esizazihlola?\nWAKE wabona yini umfana omncane ezama ukulingisela uyise? Umfana lo angalingisela indlela uyise ahamba, akhulume loba enze ngayo. Ngokuya kwesikhathi umfana lo angalingisela ubuntu bukayise kanye lendlela uyise aqakathekisa ngayo izinto eziphathelane lokukhonza. Indlela umfana lo athanda futhi abuke ngayo uyise yiyo emenza afune ukuba njengaye.\n2 Kuthiwani-ke ngobudlelwano obuphakathi kukaJesu loYise osezulwini? UJesu wathi: “Ngiyamthanda uBaba.” (UJohane 14:31) Akulamuntu ongathanda uJehova ukwedlula iNdodana le, eyayiloYise okwesikhathi eside ezinye izidalwa zingakabi khona. Uthando lolu yilo olwabangela ukuthi iNdodana le ifune ukuba njengoYise.—UJohane 14:9.\n3 Ezahlukweni ezidlulileyo zebhuku leli, sixoxe ngendlela uJesu alingisela ngayo amandla, ukwahlulela okuhle kanye lenhlakanipho kaJehova. Kodwa, uJesu watshengisa njani ukuthi ulothando njengoYise? Asihloleni izingxenye ezintathu zothando lukaJesu ezigoqela ukuzinikela, isihawu sobubele kanye lokuthethelela kwakhe.\n“Kakho Olothando Olukhulu Kulaye”\n4. Kungani uJesu eyisibonelo esedlula abantu bonke sokuba lothando lokuzinikela?\n4 UJesu uyisibonelo esikhulu kakhulu sokutshengisa uthando lokuzinikela. Ukuzinikela kugoqela ukukhangela izinkathazo lezinswelo zabanye singakakhangeli ezethu. UJesu walutshengisa njani uthando olunjalo? Yena ngokwakhe wathi: “Kakho olothando olukhulu kulaye onikela ukuphila kwakhe kubangane bakhe.” (UJohane 15:13) UJesu kabanjwanga ngamandla ukuthi anikele ngokuphila kwakhe okungela sono ngenxa yethu. Akulamuntu owake watshengisa uthando ngendlela enkulu kangaka. UJesu waphinda watshengisa uthando lokuzinikela ngezinye izindlela.\n5. Kungani ukusuka kweNdodana kaNkulunkulu ezulwini kwakutshengisa ukuthi ilothando lokuzinikela?\n5 INdodana kaNkulunkulu ezelwe yodwa yayilesikhundla esiphezulu ezulwini ingakabuyi emhlabeni. Yayilobudlelwano obuseduze loJehova kanye lexuku lezidalwa zomoya. Kungelani lezibusiso eyayilazo, iNdodana le ethandekayo ‘yazidela, yathatha isimo senceku, yaba ngumuntu.’ (KwabaseFiliphi 2:7, The Holy Bible in Ndebele) Yavuma ngokuzithandela ukuthi ibuye emhlabeni izophila labantu abalesono ‘ngaphansi kwamandla omubi.’ (1 UJohane 5:19) Lokho okwenziwa yiNdodana kaNkulunkulu kwakutshengisa ukuthi yayilothando lokuzinikela olukhulu kakhulu.\n6, 7. (a) UJesu watshengisa ngaziphi izindlela uthando lokuzinikela phakathi layo yonke inkonzo yakhe esemhlabeni? (b) Yisiphi isibonelo esithintayo sothando olungazifuneli okwalo esibhalwe kuJohane 19:25-27?\n6 UJesu watshengisa uthando lokuzinikela ngezindlela ezinengi phakathi layo yonke inkonzo yakhe esemhlabeni. Kazange aqakathekise injabulo yakhe kuleyabanye loba nini. Wadela ukukhomba ngophakathi okuthandwa ngabantu ngoba wayegxile kakhulu enkonzweni yakhe. Waze wathi “Amakhanka alemilindi lezinyoni zezulu zilezidleke, kodwa iNdodana yomuntu kayilandawo yokubeka ikhanda layo.” (UMathewu 8:20) Njengoba wayeyingcitshi ekubazeni, uJesu wayengabaza impahla zendlini ezinhle azithengise azuze imali enengi njalo wayengazakhela indlu enhle. Kodwa kazange asebenzise ubungcitshi bakhe ukuthi azinothise.\n7 Esinye isibonelo esithintayo sokuthi uJesu wayelothando lokuzinikela sibhalwe kuJohane 19:25-27. Cabanga ngeminakano okungenzeka yayidunga ingqondo lenhliziyo kaJesu ngesikhathi semini esezakufa. Ngesikhathi esizwa ubuhlungu esesigodweni, wayekhathazeke ngabafundi bakhe, umsebenzi wokutshumayela, kanye lendlela ukuthembeka kwakhe okwakuzathinta ngayo ibizo likaYise. Liqiniso ithemba labantu bonke lalisemahlombe akhe! Lanxa kwasekusele isikhatshana ukuthi afe, uJesu watshengisa ukuthi wayelokhu emthanda unina, uMariya, okungenzeka ukuthi wayesengumfelokazi. UJesu wacela umphostoli uJohane ukuthi anakekele uMariya amgcine njengonina omzalayo, ngemva kwalokho umphostoli lo wahamba loMariya wayamgcina emzini wakhe. UJesu walungiselela ukuthi unina abe lenhlalakahle ekuphileni njalo athole usizo ezindabeni zokukhonza. Le kwakuyindlela engcono kakhulu yokutshengisa uthando olungazifuneli okwalo!\n8. Litshoni ibala lesiGiriki elisetshenziswe eBhayibhilini ukuze kuchazwe isihawu sikaJesu?\n8 UJesu wayelesihawu njengoYise. IMibhalo iyatshengisa ukuthi uJesu wayesenza konke okusemandleni akhe ukuthi ancede labo ababehlupheka ngenxa yokuthi wayebazwela kakhulu. IBhayibhili lisebenzisa ibala lesiGiriki elihunyutshwe ngokuthi ‘ukuzwela isihawu’ ukuze lichaze isihawu sikaJesu. Esinye isikhwicamfundo sithi: “Lichaza . . . umuzwa oqubuka ekujuleni kwenhliziyo yomuntu. Libala lesiGiriki elilamandla ukwedlula wonke elichaza ukuba lesihawu.” Cabanga ngezinye izehlakalo lapho isihawu esikhulu esabangela ukuthi uJesu enze okuthile.\n9, 10. (a) Kwakutheni uJesu labaphostoli bazebacine sebedinga indawo ethuleyo? (b) UJesu wenzani ngesikhathi ephanjaniswa lixuku, futhi kungani wenza njalo?\n9 Wezwa efuna ukuncedisa ezindabeni zokukhonza. Indaba ebhalwe kuMakho 6:30-34 itshengisa okuyikho sibili okwakusenza uJesu atshengise isihawu. Kubone ngelihlo lengqondo okwakusenzakala lapho. Abaphostoli babethabe bemanzi te, ngoba babevela kwenza umsebenzi omkhulu wokutshumayela. Babuyela kuJesu bambikela belamadlabuzane ngakho konke ababekubonile lababekuzwile. Kodwa ixuku elikhulu labuthana phambi kukaJesu labaphostoli bakhe, baze behluleka lokudla. Njengomuntu owayelelihlo elibukhali, uJesu wananzelela ukuthi abaphostoli basebediniwe. Wathi kubo: “Ngilandelani lodwa siye endaweni ethuleyo ukuze liphumule.” Bagada isikepe baquma enyakatho yoLwandle lwaseGalile besiya endaweni ethuleyo. Kodwa ixuku labantu lababona besuka. Abanye futhi bezwa ngakho. Ixuku lonke leli lathathela ngesiqubu liqonde ekhunjini olusenyakatho, laze laqalela lesikepe ukuyafika khona!\n10 UJesu wacaphuka yini ngokuphanjaniswa kwakhe efuna ukuphumula? Ngitsho lakancane! Inhliziyo yakhe yathinteka lapho efica izinkulungwane zabantu zimlindele. UMakho wabhala wathi: “Ebona ixuku elikhulu labantu wabazwela isihawu ngoba babenjengezimvu ezingelamelusi. Ngakho wasebafundisa izinto ezinengi.” UJesu wabona ukuthi munye ngamunye wabantu laba wayedinga ukuncediswa ezindabeni zokukhonza. Babenjengezimvu ezazinhlanhlatha, zingelamelusi owayezinqanda kumbe azivikele. UJesu wayekwazi ukuthi abantukazana babengananzwa ngabakhokheli benkolo ababengelazwelo, okwakumele babengabelusi abakhathalelayo. (UJohane 7:47-49) Wabazwela kakhulu abantu laba, wahle waqalisa ukubafundisa “ngombuso kaNkulunkulu.” (ULukha 9:11) Nanzelela ukuthi uJesu wabazwela abantu laba engakaboni lokuthi babezakwamukela njani lokho ayezabafundisa khona. Ngamanye amazwi, kakusikho kuthi wasala elesihawu sobubele ngemva kokufundisa ixuku kodwa isihawu sobubele yiso esamenza ukuthi alifundise.\n“Welula isandla sakhe wayibamba indoda”\n11, 12. (a) Ngezikhathi zeBhayibhili abantu ababelobulephero babephathwa njani, kodwa uJesu wenzani ngesikhathi elandwa yindoda “eyayigcwele ubulephero”? (b) Kufanele ukuthi indoda elobulephero yazizwa njani ngesikhathi uJesu eyibamba, kanti isibonelo somunye udokotela sikutshengisa njani lokhu?\n11 Wazizwa efuna ukuqeda ubuhlungu. Abantu ababelemikhuhlane etshiyeneyo basondela kuJesu ngoba babenanzelela ukuthi wayelesihawu. Lokhu kwakhanya kakhulu lapho uJesu elandwa yindoda “eyayigcwele ubulephero” ngesikhathi kulexuku labantu elalimlandela. (ULukha 5:12) Ngezikhathi zeBhayibhili, abantu ababelobulephero babehlaliswa bodwa ukuze bangatheleli abanye umkhuhlane lo. (AmaNani 5:1-4) Kodwa ngokuya kwesikhathi abakhokheli abangorabi benza kwaba lombono omubi ngobulephero njalo bafaka eyabo imithetho ecindezelayo. * Nanzelela kodwa indlela uJesu akhuluma ngayo lendoda le: “Kweza kuye indoda eyayilobulephero yamncenga iguqe phansi ngamadolo yathi, ‘Aluba uthanda ungangihlambulula.’ Eyizwela isihawu uJesu welula isandla sakhe wayibamba indoda. Wathi, ‘Ngiyathanda. Hlanzeka!’ Masinyane ubulephero baphela.” (UMakho 1:40-42) UJesu wayekwazi ukuthi indoda le yayisephula umthetho ngokuba phakathi kwabantu. Kulokuthi ayixotshele khatshana, uJesu wathinteka kakhulu waze wenza okwakungalindelwanga. UJesu wayibamba!\n12 Ubona angani indoda le yazizwa njani ngesikhathi uJesu eyibamba? Ngokwesibonelo, udokotela uPaul Brand oyingcitshi yokwelapha ubulephero ulandisa ngokwenzakala ngesikhathi eselapha indoda ethile e-India. Esayihlola, wayigona indoda le waseyichazela esebenzisa umtoliki ukuthi wayezayelapha njani. Indoda le elobulephero yahle yaqalisa ukukhala. Udokotela wabuza wathi: “Kulolutho olubi engilukhulumileyo yini?” Umtoliki waseyibuza indoda le ngolimi lwayo, wasetshela udokotela ukuthi: “Hatshi dokotela. Uthi ukhaliswa yikuthi umgonile. Wena ungowokuqala ukumthinta ngemva kweminyaka eminengi engakaze athintwe ngumuntu.” Endabeni yendoda eyalanda uJesu, ukuthintwa kwayo kwakuqakathekile kakhulu kuyo. Umkhuhlane owawusuyibangele ukuthi ibe yindlubu ewele ephokweni wahle waphela du ngemva kokuthi uJesu eyithinte kanye nje kuphela!\n13, 14. (a) UJesu wahlangana labantu ababesiya ngaphi ngesikhathi esebanga edolobheni leNayini, futhi kuyini okwakuzwisa usizi kakhulu? (b) Uzwelo lukaJesu lwamenza ukuthi amenzeleni umfelokazi weNayini?\n13 Wazizwa efuna ukuqeda ukuhlupheka. UJesu kwakumzwisa ubuhlungu ukubona abantu behlupheka. Ngokwesibonelo, cabanga ngendaba etholakala kuLukha 7:11-15. Indaba etholakala lapho yenzakala phakathi laphakathi kwenkonzo kaJesu. Wahlangana labantu ababesiya emngcwabeni ngesikhathi esebanga entubeni yedolobho leGalile okuthiwa yiNayini. Isehlakalo leso sasizwisa usizi ngendlela engajayelekanga. Ijaha elalizelwe laba yilo lodwa laselifile, kanti njalo unina wayengumfelokazi. Kungenzakala ukuthi abantu babeke beza emngcwabeni womkakhe, ngakho kwakungayisikho kokuqala ukuthi umfelokazi lo abuthanelwe ngalendlela. Khathesi kwasekufe indodana yakhe okungenzakala ukuthi yiyo yodwa eyayimgcinile. Ixuku labantu elalimphelekezela lalingahlanganisa abantu ababeqhinqa isililo njalo abanye behlabela izingoma zemfeni. (UJeremiya 9:17, 18; UMathewu 9:23) UJesu wazwela kakhulu umama lo owayehlulukelwe, owayehamba eceleni kohlaka olwaluthwele isidumbu somntanakhe.\n14 UJesu “wamzwela usizi” umfelokazi lo. Wakhuluma ngelizwi eliduduzayo wathi: “Ungakhali.” Wasondela wathinta uhlaka engacelwanga. Ababethwele uhlaka bama bathi khwimilili futhi kungenzakala lokuthi ixuku labantu lalo lenza njalo. Ekhuluma ngelizwi elilamandla, uJesu wathi emuntwini owayefile: “Jaha, ngithi kuwe vuka!” Kwenzakalani ngemva kwalokhu? “Indoda efileyo yavuka yahlala, yasikhuluma” angani ngumuntu osanda kuphaphama ebuthongweni bukabhuka! Besekulandela amazwi athinta kakhulu: “UJesu wayinika unina.”\n15. (a) Izindaba eziseBhayibhilini ezimayelana loJesu zitshengisa njani ukuthi isihawu sibangela ukuthi umuntu athathe inyathelo elithile? (b) Singamlingisela njani uJesu endabeni le?\n15 Kuyini esikufundayo ezindabeni lezi? Endabeni yinye ngayinye, nanzelela ukuthi isihawu sibangela njani ukuthi umuntu athathe inyathelo elithile. UJesu wayesithi angabona abanye abantu behlupheka wayebazwela, njalo kwakumehlula ukuthi abatshiye engabenzelana lutho. Singamlingisela njani? Thina amaKhristu kumele sitshumayele izindaba ezinhle futhi senze abafundi. Isizathu esikhulu sokwenza umsebenzi lo yikuthi siyamthanda uNkulunkulu. Kodwa kasikhumbuleni ukuthi umsebenzi lo udinga ukuthi sibe lesihawu. Nxa singazwela abantu njengoJesu, sizakwenza konke okusemandleni ethu ukuthi sibatshele izindaba ezinhle. (UMathewu 22:37-39) Kuthiwani-ke ngokuba lesihawu kubazalwane bethu abahluphekayo kumbe abahlulukelweyo? Asenelisi ukwenza izimangaliso zokwelapha abagulayo kumbe ezokuvusa abafileyo. Kodwa singatshengisa ukuthi silesihawu ngokuthatha inyathelo lokubatshela ukuthi siyabazwela kumbe ukubancedisa ngalokho abangabe bengelakho.—Kwabase-Efesu 4:32.\n16. UJesu watshengisa njani ukuthi wayengumuntu othethelelayo ngitsho langesikhathi esesigodweni abethelwa kuso?\n16 Enye indlela eqakathekileyo uJesu atshengisa ngayo uthando lukaYise ngeyokuthi ‘wayethethelela.’ (IHubo 86:5) Ukuzimisela kwakhe ukwenza lokhu kwakhanya ngitsho langesikhathi esesigodweni abethelwa kuso. UJesu wakhuluma ngani ngesikhathi ebulawa ngendlela elihlazo, izipikili zihlabe zatshona ezandleni lasezinyaweni zakhe? Wacela yini ukuthi uJehova abajezise labo ababembulala? Esikhundleni sokuthi enze njalo, emazwini akhe okucina wathi: “Baba, baxolele, ngokuba kabakwazi abakwenzayo.”—ULukha 23:34. *\n17-19. UJesu watshengisa ngaziphi izindlela ukuthi wayemthethelele umphostoli uPhethro lanxa wayemphike kathathu?\n17 Esinye isibonelo esitshengisa ukuthi uJesu uyathethelela yindlela aphatha ngayo uPhethro. Akulakuthandabuza ukuthi uPhethro wayemthanda kakhulu uJesu. NgoNisani 14, ubusuku obandulela ukufa kukaJesu, uPhethro wamtshela wathi: “Nkosi, ngizimisele ukuhamba lawe entolongweni lasekufeni.” Kodwa ngemva nje kwamahola amalutshwane, uPhethro waphika ukuthi uyamazi uJesu! IBhayibhili liyasitshela okwenzakalayo ngesikhathi uPhethro esemphika okwesithathu: “INkosi yaphenduka yamkhangela nta uPhethro.” Esindwa yisono sakhe lesi esikhulu, uPhethro “wasephumela ngaphandle wakhala kabuhlungu.” Ngalelo langa uJesu esefile, umphostoli lo kungenzakala ukuthi wazibuza ukuthi, ‘Kambe iNkosi yami ingithethelele yini?’—ULukha 22:33, 61, 62.\n18 Kakuthathanga isikhathi eside ukuthi uPhethro athole impendulo. UJesu wavuswa ekuseni ngoNisani 16, njalo kukhanya angani mhlalokho wahle wayavakatshela uPhethro. (ULukha 24:34; 1 KwabaseKhorinte 15:4-8) Kungani uJesu wazinika isikhathi sokuthi ayebona umphostoli lo owayemphike wemba phansi? UJesu wayengabe efuna ukuqinisekisa uPhethro owayesephendukile esonweni sakhe ukuthi iNkosi yakhe yayilokhu isamthanda njalo isamqakathekisa. Kodwa kulokunye futhi uJesu akwenzayo ukuze aqinisekise uPhethro.\n19 Ngemva kwesikhathi uJesu wabonakala kubafundi bakhe eLwandle lwaseGalile. Ngaleso sikhathi, uJesu wambuza kathathu uPhethro (owayephike iNkosi yakhe kathathu) ukuthi uyamthanda yini. Esembuze okwesithathu uPhethro waphendula esithi: “Nkosi, uyazazi izinto zonke; uyakwazi ukuthi ngiyakuthanda.” Njengoba uJesu wayesenelisa ukubona okusezinhliziyweni, wayekwazi mhlophe ukuthi uPhethro uyamthanda sibili. Kodwa uJesu wanika uPhethro ithuba lokuthi akwenze kukhanye bha ukuthi wayelokhu emthanda. Okunye akwenzayo yikuthi wanika uPhethro umsebenzi wokuthi ‘aphe izimvu zakhe ukudla’ futhi ‘azigcine.’ (UJohane 21:15-17) UPhethro wayephiwe umsebenzi wokutshumayela. (ULukha 5:10) Kodwa lapha, uJesu wamupha omunye futhi umsebenzi oqakathekileyo wokuthi anakekele bonke ababezakuba ngabalandeli bakaKhristu etshengisa ukuthi wayemethemba kakhulu. Ngemva kwalokhu, uJesu wapha uPhethro umsebenzi omkhulu kulokhu okwakumele kwenziwe ngabafundi. (ImiSebenzi 2:1-41) Akuthandabuzwa ukuthi uPhethro wachelesa kakhulu lapho enanzelela ukuthi uJesu wayemthethelele njalo wayelokhu esamethemba.\nUyalwazi Yini Uthando lukaKhristu?\n20, 21. Singalwazi njani sibili uthando lukaKhristu?\n20 ILizwi likaJehova liluchaza kuhle uthando lukaKhristu. Thina sekumele senzeni ngothando lukaJesu? IBhayibhili lisikhuthaza ukuthi ‘sibelwazi uthando [“lukaKhristu,” NW] oludlula ukwazi.’ (Kwabase-Efesu 3:19) Njengoba sesibonile, izindaba ezisemaVangelini eziphathelane lempilo kanye lenkonzo kaJesu zisifundisa okunengi ngothando lukaKhristu. Kodwa ‘ukwazi uthando lolu’ kakutsho ukufunda nje lokho iBhayibhili elikutshoyo ngaye.\n21 Ibala lesiGiriki elihunyutshwe ngokuthi ‘ukwazi’ litsho ukuba lolwazi “ngokuthile okwake kwenzakala kuwe.” Sizazwisisa imizwa kaJesu nxa sitshengisa uthando njengaye, ngokuzinikela ukuze sisize abafowethu, ukuba lesihawu ngezidingo zabo kanye lokubathethelela ngenhliziyo yonke. Ngaleyondlela, ngalokhu esiyabe sikwenzile sizabe ‘sesilwazi uthando [“lukaKhristu,” NW] oludlula ukwazi.’ Kasingaqali ukukhohlwa ukuthi ukuqhubeka sisiba njengoKhristu, kusisondeza kuNkulunkulu wethu olothando, uJehova, lowo uJesu amlingisela ngokupheleleyo.\n^ indima 11 Imithetho yaboRabi yayisithi kakulamuntu okwakumele asondele ebantwini abalobulephero ngebanga elingaba ngamamitha angu-1,8. Kodwa nxa kwakulomoya ovunguzayo, umuntu olobulephero kwakumele aqhelelane labantu ngamamitha angu-45. Ibhuku okuthiwa yi-Midrash Rabbah likhuluma ngomunye urabi owayecatshela abantu abalobulephero langomunye owayebajikijela ngamatshe ebaxotshela khatshana. Ababelobulephero babekwazi ukuthi kubuhlungu kangakanani ukweyiswa, ukungathandwa lokwenyanywa.\n^ indima 16 Amazwi okuqala kaLukha 23:34 kawakho kweminye imibhalo yasendulo. Kodwa amazwi la ayatholakala ku-New World Translation lakwamanye amaBhayibhili ngoba akhona kweminye imibhalo yasendulo ethenjwayo. Kukhanya angani uJesu wayekhuluma ngamasotsha eRoma okwakuyiwo ayembethelile. Ayengakwazi akwenzayo ngenxa yokuthi ayengakwazi ukuthi uJesu wayengubani sibili. Iqiniso elikhona yikuthi abakhokheli benkolo abayibo ababetshotshozela ukubulawa kwakhe yibo ababelecala elikhulu, ngoba bona benza bekwazi mhlophe ukuthi ungubani njalo babefuna ukumkhawulisa. Inengi labo lalingasoze lithethelelwe.—UJohane 11:45-53.\nUMathewu 9:35-38 UJesu wakutshengisa njani ukuthi ulozwelo, kumbe isihawu, njalo lokhu kumele kusithinte njani?\nUJohane 13:34, 35 Kungani kuqakathekile ukuthi sibe lothando lukaKhristu?\nKwabaseRoma 15:1-6 Singakutshengisa njani ukuthi silingisela uKhristu ngokungazifuneli okwethu?\n2 KwabaseKhorinte 5:14, 15 Ukuqakathekisa kwethu inhlawulo kaJesu kumele kuzithinte njani izifiso zethu, indlela esiphila ngayo?


Ikhaya lamaZulu Lamasiko\nZulu Traditional Homesteads\nIndlela Ikhaya Gade Lakheke Ngayo\nKuze kube mhlapha, umuzi gade ubonakala ngokobana ube nonumzane, onabafazi kanye nabentwana,abafowabo abancani kunaye nabafazi babo kanye nemindeni, begodu esikhathini esinengi, kade kuba nanamadodana athetheko.\nNjeke nasele iinkhathi zitjhuguluka abantu sebaphila isidorobha, umuzi uyangokuya uba mncani, eskhathini esinengi unendoda yinye kanye nomfazayo (nanyana abafazi) nabentwana. Ngokwesiko, ikhaya elikhulu gade liletha umnotho, lapha ipilo epheleleko gade ingaphilwa khona. Umuzi ngamunye gade unenkomo kanye nebisi, amasimu wawo lapha isphila kanye nemirorho gade zitjalwa khona ukuabalalisa iintlhogeko zabahlali bekhaya.\nImakhiwo yomuzi gade ifana koke emphakathini wamaZulu begodu itjengisa ubujamo babafazi abahlukahlukeneko, Ubujamo babafazi babantu abajwayelekileko nanyana abangasiyilitho gade wakhiwe ngendlela abafazi abalandelana ngayo endodeni, umfazi wokuthoma, nakumfazi wekosi (inkosikazi) kanye nekosi namanye amakhosi aqakathekileko, umfazi omkhulu, ekhabe kungasinguye umfazi wokuthoma, gade akhethwa bayelelisi bekosi ngemva kokobana ikosi sele ikhulile sele imbatha isiqoqo ekulidzilamnwana lehloko.\nUmuzi gade urondo begodu gade wakhe endaweni eyehlelako uqale epumalanga nange kurhonakala, omehlelo oqaele ngemva ukwenzela bona ikosi nanyana indlu yayo ibe phezulu irhone ukubona yoke imizi. Esentha gade kunesibaya lapha iinkomo gade zilala khona ebusuku kuthi isiphila sona sibekwe emgodini. Isibaya sona gade sivamise ukwakhiwa ngengodo begodu nange imithi ingekho gade sakhiwa ngamatje. Isibaya enkomo gade sifananiswa nendawo eqwengileko; gade begodu eendaweni ezinengi ezisemakhaya kusesenjalo gade kuyindawo lapha kuhlunjanwa khona bona imimoya yabaleleko ikhamba khamba khona nekukulapha bathandaza khona.\nLapha kwenzelwa khona imihlatjelo, kuthokozwe khona iimbusiso ezitholwako. Kade, abafazi gade bangakavunyelwa kobana bangene esibayeni, begodu akunamfazi egade kungasingewemndenini, ekhabe avunyelwe kobana angene esibayeni, ngaphandle kwenkhathi ezingakajwayeleki.\nNanyana kunjalo ngeminyaka yabo-20th century, ukobana amadoda gade akhamba ayokufuna umsebenzi, abomma bakateleleka kobana batlhogomele ifuyo yamadodabo. Ngokwesiko izindlu ngazinye gade zakhiwe hlangana nefensi yesibaya senkomo kanye nefensi yangaphandle ebizwa bona yithango lomuzi, zizonjelezwe madorofiya anamanyeva amade egade atjalelwe ukuqotha amasela.\nUmfazi wekosi (gade ahlala endlunkulu) ephezulu lapha bahlala khona eduze kwesango elikhulu. Indodanakhe edala, nasemiphakathini esenza amasiko kusese njalo, gade iyindlalifa begodu ithatha intambo zokubusa ngemva kwakayise, begodu gade athatha ubujamo obuqakathekileko kwezekolo yamaZulu. Ngesandleni sokudla lapha esangweni elikhulu lomui, eduze kwalapha kuhlala khona ikosi, gade kunomfazi wesandleni sokudla (iqadi) ogade adlala indima yokujamiselela umfazi wekosi.\nMunye womsebenzi wakhe kwakukubelethela ikosi indlalifa nange umfazi wekosi abhalelwa. Esandleni sesincele gade kunomfazi wesandla sesincele, ogade athatha ubujamo besibili emzini. Lokha nakuyikosi, umfazi wesandla sesincele gade esikhathini esinengi kumfazi amthatha kokuthoma. Yena, kanye nabanye abafazi bekosi egade bayincenye yekhaya (amabibi) gade bazijamele emzini wekosi.\nUmuzi wesintu gade ulandela iindlela kanye nemithetho eqinileko. Nanyana indoda gade inabafazi abanengi, gade ungezwa bona kuyaliwa nanyana kuyamonakaliselwana, ngebanga lokobana abafazi gade bazijamele. Umfazi ngamunye gade inendlwakhe, amasimu kanye nenkomo zakhe ekhabe aphiwe zona kobana azisebenzise.\nWoke amalunga womuzi gade anendawawo, kanye nomsebenzawo, kodwana ubujamo babo gade butjhuguluka lokha nabakhulako. Umakoti ekuthomeni ngokulawulwa ngumamazala wakhe, kade atjhuguluka abe ngumma naye, abe ngugogo, ekugcineni abe mumuntu omdala ohlonitjhwako emphakathini. Umsana ekuthomeni gade alusa iimbuzi,kanye nenkomo.\nNgemva kwalokho athath ubujamo bokuba yindoda encani,nanyana isokana, kuze kwafika iskhathi lapha kwaqedwa khona ubukhosi bamaZulu ngeminyaka yabo-1879, yemisebenzi yamabutho. Ngemva kokwenza imisebenzakhe, iminyaka, gade avunyelwa khobana abeyindoda yomuntu kanye nobaba. Woke umuntu gade adlula iingaba ezihlukahlukeneko ezitjhwayiweko, ebengeze adlula ngitjho nasinye angakazzilungiseleli nangokobana enzelwe umnyanya.


UJohane 7 IBhayibhili eliku-internet| New World Translation\nUMathewu UMakho ULukha UJohane ImiSebenzi KwabaseRoma 1 KwabaseKhorinte 2 KwabaseKhorinte KwabaseGalathiya Kwabase-Efesu KwabaseFiliphi KwabaseKholose 1 KwabaseThesalonika 2 KwabaseThesalonika 1 KuThimothi 2 KuThimothi KuThithusi KuFilimoni KumaHebheru UJakhobe 1 UPhetro 2 UPhetro 1 UJohane 2 UJohane 3 UJohane UJuda ISambulo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21\nUJesu eMkhosini WamaThabanikeli (1-13)\nUJesu uyafundisa emkhosini (14-24)\nImibono etshiyeneyo ngoKhristu (25-52)\n7 Ngemva kwalokho uJesu waqhubeka ebhoda* eGalile. Wayengafuni ukuba seJudiya ngenxa yokuthi amaJuda ayefuna ukumbulala. 2 Lanxa kunjalo, uMkhosi Wamathabanikeli* owawusenziwa ngamaJuda wawususeduze. 3 Ngakho abafowabo bathi kuye: “Suka lapha uye eJudiya ukuze abafundi bakho labo babone imisebenzi oyenzayo, 4 ngoba kakho owenza izinto efihla, yena efuna ukwaziwa ngabantu. Nxa usenza izinto lezi phumela egcekeni umhlaba ukubone.” 5 Phela abafowabo babengelakholo kuye. 6 Yikho uJesu wathi kubo: “Isikhathi sami kasikafiki, kodwa kini loba yisiphi isikhathi sifanele. 7 Umhlaba kawulasizatho sokulizonda kodwa mina uyangizonda ngoba ngifakaza ukuthi imisebenzi yawo mibi. 8 Hambani lina emkhosini. Mina kangikahambi emkhosini lo ngoba isikhathi sami kasikafiki.” 9 Uthe esebatshele izinto lezi wasala eGalile. 10 Abafowabo bathi sebehambile emkhosini, laye walandela kodwa wahamba ngudlu, engabonwa ngabantu. 11 Ngakho amaJuda aqalisa ukumdinga emkhosini esithi: “Ingaphi indoda leya?” 12 Abantu babekhuluma izinto ezinengi ngaye ensitha. Abanye babesithi: “Uyindoda elungileyo,” abanye besithi: “Kalunganga, udukisa abantu.” 13 Kodwa kakho owayekhuluma ngaye phakathi kwabantu ngenxa yokwesaba amaJuda. 14 Umkhosi wathi usuphakathi laphakathi uJesu wangena ethempelini waqalisa ukufundisa. 15 AmaJuda aphelelwa, athi: “Indoda le yaluthatha ngaphi ulwazi lweMibhalo olunengi kangaka yona ingazange ifunde ezikolo?”* 16 UJesu wabaphendula wathi: “Engikufundisayo kayisikho kwami, ngokwalowo ongithumileyo. 17 Loba ngubani ofuna ukwenza intando kaNkulunkulu uzakwazi ukuthi engikufundisayo kuvela kuNkulunkulu yini kumbe ngikhuluma engizicabangela khona. 18 Loba ngubani okhuluma azicabangela khona ufuna ukudunyiswa, kodwa loba ngubani ofuna kudunyiswe lowo omthumileyo, ukhuluma iqiniso njalo akukho ukungalungi kuye. 19 Angithi uMosi walinika uMthetho? Kodwa kakho loyedwa phakathi kwenu olalela uMthetho. Lifuna ukungibulalelani?” 20 Ixuku lamphendula lathi: “Uledimoni wena. Ngubani kanti ofuna ukukubulala?” 21 UJesu wabaphendula wathi: “Ngenze into eyodwa lonke lamangala. 22 Yikho uMosi walinika umthetho wokusoka (hatshi ukuthi uvela kuye kodwa kubokhokho) njalo liyamsoka umuntu ngesabatha. 23 Nxa umuntu esokwa ngesabatha ukuze kungephulwa uMthetho kaMosi, kungani lingivukela ngolaka ngokuthi ngisilise indoda ngesabatha yaqina saka? 24 Yekelani ukwahlulela ngelikubona ngamehlo nje kodwa yahlulelani ngendlela elungileyo.” 25 Ezinye izakhamizi zaseJerusalema zasezisithi: “Indoda le kayisiyo yini abafuna ukuyibulala? 26 Kodwa khangelani! Lanxa izikhulumela phakathi kwabantu, kabatsho lutho kuyo. Kanti ababusi sebekwazi sibili ukuthi lo nguye uKhristu? 27 Thina siyakwazi ukuthi indoda le ivela ngaphi. Kodwa nxa uKhristu efika kakho ozabe ekwazi ukuthi uvela ngaphi.” 28 UJesu wathi esafundisa ethempelini, wamemeza wathi: “Liyangazi futhi liyakwazi ukuthi ngivela ngaphi. Angibuyanga lapha ngokuthanda kwami kodwa ongithumileyo ukhona sibili, lina kalimazi. 29 Ngiyamazi ngoba ngingummeli wakhe, njalo nguye ongithumileyo.” 30 Ngakho bazama ukumbamba kodwa kakho owenelisa ukumbeka isandla ngoba isikhathi* sakhe sasingakafiki. 31 Lanxa kunjalo abanengi exukwini baba lokholo kuye, futhi babesithi: “Kambe nxa uKhristu esebuyile uzakwenza izimangaliso ezedlula ezenziwa yindoda le?” 32 AbaFarisi bezwa ixuku lingunguna likhuluma izinto lezi ngaye. Abaphristi abakhokhelayo labaFarisi bathuma abalindi ukuthi bayembamba.* 33 UJesu wasesithi: “Ngizabe ngilani okwesikhatshana ngingakayi kuLowo ongithumileyo. 34 Lizangidinga kodwa kalisoze lingithole njalo lapho engizabe ngikhona kalingeke libuye.” 35 Ngakho amaJuda abuzana athi: “Kanti indoda le ifuna ukuya ngaphi lapho esingasoze siyithole khona? Pho kayifuni ukuya kumaJuda asabalale agcwala kumaGrikhi ukuze iyefundisa amaGrikhi? 36 Itshoni nxa isithi, ‘Lizangidinga kodwa kalisoze lingithole njalo lapho engizabe ngikhona kalingeke libuye’?” 37 Ngelanga lokucina, okwakulilanga lomkhosi eliqakatheke kakhulu, uJesu wasukuma wamemeza esithi: “Loba ngubani owomileyo kabuye kimi azonatha. 38 Njengoba nje umbhalo usitsho, loba ngubani okholwa kimi, ‘Izifudlana zamanzi okuphila zizageleza zisuka ekujuleni kwenhliziyo yakhe.’” 39 Kodwa uJesu watsho lokhu ekhuluma ngomoya owawusuzakwamukelwa yilabo ababekholwa kuye, ngoba kuze kube yilesosikhathi babengakawamukeli njengoba wayengakakhazinyuliswa. 40 Abanye ababesexukwini bathe besizwa amazwi la bathi: “Lo nguye umPhrofethi sibili.” 41 Abanye babesithi: “Lo nguKhristu,” kodwa abanye besithi: “Angithi uKhristu kaveli eGalile? 42 Kanti umbhalo kawutsho yini ukuthi uKhristu uzavela enzalweni kaDavida, eBhethilehema, isigaba uDavida ayekuso?” 43 Ngakho ixuku lehlukana phakathi liphikisana ngaye. 44 Abanye exukwini babefuna ukumbamba,* kodwa kakho owambeka isandla. 45 Abalindi bathe sebephendukile, abaphristi abakhokhelayo labaFarisi bababuza bathi: “Kungani lingabuyanga laye?” 46 Abalindi baphendula bathi: “Kakukaze kube lomuntu okhuluma kanje.” 47 AbaFarisi bona baphendula bathi: “Kanti lani selidukisiwe? 48 Akulambusi kumbe umFarisi osemkholiwe, angithi? 49 Kodwa ixuku leli elingawaziyo uMthetho lingabantu abaqalekisiweyo.” 50 UNikhodemu owayeke wamvakatshela njalo owayengomunye wabo wathi kubo: 51 “Kanje eMthethweni wethu siyamahlulela yini umuntu singaqalanga samlalela sakwazi ukuthi wenzeni?” 52 Bamphendula bathi: “Kanti lawe uvela eGalile yini? Dinga, uzabona ukuthi akulamphrofethi ozavela eGalile.”*\n^ Kumbe, “ehambahamba.”\n^ Kumbe, “Wezihonqo.”\n^ Lapha kutshiwo izikolo zaboRabi.\n^ Kumbe, “bayembopha.”\n^ Kumbe, “ukumbopha.”\n^ Imibhalo eminengi yasendulo ethenjwayo iyaweqa amavesi asukela kuvesi 53 kusiya kusahluko 8 ivesi 11.


Iimfanelo ZakaJesu Ongazilingisa | Ipilo KaJesu\nUJesu akhange aqalane neentjhijilo namkha atshwenywe zizinto ezinengi abantu abaqalana nazo, ngombana bekanganasono. Nanyana kunjalo, bekabarhawukela abantu. Bekazimisele ukwenza nanyana yini bona abasize. Kwamambala, ukurhawukela abantu kwamenza bona abasize. Cabangisisa ngeembonelo zalokho eZahlukweni 32, 37, 57, 99.\nBekulula ngabantu bayo yoke iminyaka—abadala nabancani—bona bakhulume noJesu ngombana bekangeneka, begodu angathwali amahlombe. Abantu bebaya kuJesu batjhaphulukile ngombana bebabona ukuthi uyabathanda. Tjheja iimbonelo zalokho eZahlukweni 25, 27, 95.\nUJesu bekathululela ihliziywakhe kuYise qobe, bekakwenza anabafundi bakhe namkha ayedwa. Bekathandaza kanengi, ingasi ngesikhathi sokudla kwaphela. Bekathandaza kuYise abawe isinqophiso nakufuze enze iinqunto eziqakathekileko, begodu ngezinye iinkhathi bekathandaza athokoze uYise bekamdumise. Tjheja iimbonelo zalokho eZahlukweni 24, 34, 91, 122, 123.\nNgezinye iinkhathi bekadiniwe afuna ukuphumula, kodwana nanyana kunjalo bekabeka abantu qangi. Bekangazicabangeli yena kwaphela. Nakiyo indaba le, usibekele isibonelo ekufuze sisilingise. Funda bona ifanelo le ivezwe njani eZahlukweni 19, 41, 52.\nUJesu wenza okungaphezulu kokufundisa ngokulibalela—naye wabalibalela abanye abantu kuhlanganise nabafundi bakhe. Cabangisisa ngokuthi ungamlingisa njani eZahlukweni 26, 40, 64, 85, 131.\nKwabikezelwa kusesengaphambili ukuthi amaJuda angekhe amamukele uMesiya, begodu amanabakhe azombulala. Bekungaba lula ngoJesu bona azibabalele, angabi nendaba nabantu. Kunokuthi enze njalo, watjhiseka wafundisa abantu iqiniso. Wabekela boke abalandeli bakhe abaphikiswako isibonelo sokutjhiseka. Qala iZahluko 16, 72, 103.\nUJesu bekabadlula ngezinto ezinengi abantu abanesono, bekanelwazi begodu ahlakaniphile. Bekanamandla begodu ahlakaniphe ukudlula boke abantu ebekaphila nabo, ngombana bekanganasono. Nanyana kunjalo, wenzela abanye izinto ngokuzithoba. Uzokufumana imininingwana eyengeziweko ngendaba le eZahlukweni 10, 62, 66, 94, 116.\nUJesu wababekezelela ngokubuyelelweko abapostoli bakhe nabanye abantu nababhalelwa kumlingisa namkha ukwenza izinto abatjela zona. Wabuyelela izinto ebegade abafundisa zona ngesineke, abasiza bona batjhidele kuJehova. Funda ngokubekezela kwakaJesu eZahlukweni 74, 98, 118, 135.


Kuyini Okungenza Ukuthi Imuli Yakho Ithokoze—Izimiso Ezisebenzayo Emulini Zivela kuNkulunkulu | Okufundiswa LiBhayibhili\nKuyini Okungenza Ukuthi Imuli Yakho Ithokoze\nKumele wenzeni ukuze ube yindoda elungileyo?\nKuyini okungenziwa ngowesifazane ukuze abe yinkosikazi ephumelelayo?\nUkuba ngumzali omuhle kugoqelani?\nAbantwana bangancedisa njani ekwenzeni ukuthi imuli ithokoze?\n1. Kuyini okungenza ukuthi imuli ithokoze?\nUJEHOVA UNKULUNKULU ufuna imuli ithokoze. ILizwi lakhe iBhayibhili lisinika izimiso ezingasetshenziswa yibo bonke emulini ezicacisa ukuthi uNkulunkulu ufuna umuntu munye ngamunye enzeni. Nxa umuntu wonke emulini angalandela iseluleko sikaNkulunkulu, kuba lempumela emihle. UJesu wathi: “Ababusisiweyo yilabo abalizwayo ilizwi likaNkulunkulu balilalele.”—ULukha 11:28.\n2. Kuyini okumele sikuqaphele nxa sifuna ukuthi imuli yethu ithokoze?\n2 Nxa sifuna ukuthi imuli yethu ithokoze, kumele siqaphele ukuthi yavela kuJehova. UJesu wambiza ngokuthi ‘nguBaba Wethu.’ (UMathewu 6:9) Izimuli zonke ezisemhlabeni zikhona ngenxa kaBaba wethu osezulwini njalo uyakwazi ukuthi kuyini okwenza izimuli zithokoze. (Kwabase-Efesu 3:14, 15) Kodwa iBhayibhili lifundisani ngokumele kwenziwe ngumuntu munye ngamunye emulini?\nIMULI IVELA KUJEHOVA\n3. IBhayibhili lithi imuli yaqalisa njani, futhi sikwazi njani ukuthi elikutshoyo kuliqiniso?\n3 UJehova wadala abantu bokuqala, u-Adamu lo-Eva, wasebahlanganisa ukuthi babe yindoda lomfazi. Wabafaka emhlabeni omuhle olipharadayisi obizwa ngokuthi yisivande sase-Edeni, wasebatshela ukuthi babe labantwana. UJehova wathi: “Zalani lande ngobunengi; wugcwaliseni umhlaba, liwubuse.” (UGenesisi 1:26-28; 2:18, 21-24) Le ayisiyo ndaba yokuzibumbela kumbe inganekwane ngoba uJesu watshengisa ukuthi okukhulunywa kuGenesisi mayelana lesiqalo semuli kuliqiniso. (UMathewu 19:4, 5) Silezinhlupho ezinengi njalo uNkulunkulu wayengajonganga ukuthi siphile nzima. Kodwa ake sibone ukuthi kungenzakala njani ukuthi izimuli zethu zithokoze.\n4. (a) Umuntu ngamunye emulini angenzani ukuze imuli ithokoze? (b) Kungani kuqakatheke kakhulu ukufunda ngoJesu nxa sifuna ukuthokoza ezimulini zethu?\n4 Umuntu munye ngamunye emulini angancedisa ukuthi imuli ithokoze nxa elingisela uNkulunkulu ekutshengiseni uthando. (Kwabase-Efesu 5:1, 2) Kodwa singamlingisela njani uNkulunkulu, thina singamboni? Singayifunda indlela kaNkulunkulu yokwenza izinto ngoba wathuma iNdodana yakhe elizibulo eyayisezulwini ukuthi ize emhlabeni. (UJohane 1:14, 18, The Holy Bible in Ndebele) INdodana le, uJesu Khristu, isesemhlabeni yayilingisela uYise osezulwini okokuthi ukubona uJesu lokumlalela kwakufanana lokubona uJehova lokumlalela. (UJohane 14:9) Ngakho umuntu munye ngamunye uzancedisa ekwenzeni ukuthi imuli ithokoze nxa angafunda ngothando olwatshengiswa nguJesu njalo alandele isibonelo sakhe.\nISIBONELO OKUMELE SILANDELWE NGAMADODA\n5, 6. (a) Amadoda afundani endleleni uJesu aphatha ngayo ibandla? (b) Kuyini okumele kwenziwe ukuze izono zethu zithethelelwe?\n5 IBhayibhili lithi amadoda kumele aphathe omkawo ngendlela uJesu aphatha ngayo abafundi bakhe. Umlayo oseBhayibhilini uthi: ‘Madoda, thandani omkenu, njengoKhristu owathanda ibandla wazinikela ngenxa yalo. Ngayonale indlela, amadoda kumele athande omkawo njengemizimba yawo. Lowo othanda umfazi wakhe uyazithanda. Belo, kakho owake wazonda umzimba wakhe kodwa uwunika ukudla awulondoloze, njengokwenziwa nguKhristu ebandleni.’—Kwabase-Efesu 5:23, 25-29.\n6 Indlela uJesu ayethanda ngayo ibandla lakhe labafundi iyisibonelo esipheleleyo samadoda. UJesu ‘wabatshengisa ukujula kothando lwakhe’ ngokunikela ngokuphila kwakhe lanxa babengabantu abalesono. (UJohane 13:1; 15:13) Lamuhla amadoda akhuthazwa ukuthi aqhubeke ‘ethanda omkawo njalo angabi lesihluku kubo.’ (KwabaseKholose 3:19) Kuyini okuzanceda indoda ukuthi isebenzise lesi seluleko, ikakhulu nxa umkayo kwezinye izikhathi esenza izinto ezingatshengisi ukuhlakanipha? Akumelanga ikhohlwe ukuthi layo iyaphambanisa lokuthi kulokunye okumele ikwenze ukuze ithethelelwe nguNkulunkulu. Kumele yenzeni? Kumele ithethelele abayonelayo kugoqele lomkayo. Inkosikazi layo kumele yenze njalo. (Bala uMathewu 6:12, 14, 15.) Uyakubona yini ukuthi kungani abanye besithi umtshado ophumelelayo ubunjwa ngabantu ababili abathethelelanayo?\n7. UJesu wayenanzelelani, njalo amadoda afundani kulokho?\n7 Amadoda kumele ananzelele ukuthi uJesu wayekhathalela abafundi bakhe zikhathi zonke. Wayenanzelela ukuthi kuyini abenelisa ukukwenza kanye lezidingo zabo. Ngokwesibonelo, bathi sebediniwe wathi kubo: “Ngilandeleni lodwa siye endaweni ethuleyo ukuze liphumule.” (UMakho 6:30-32) Abafazi labo kumele bakhathalelwe. IBhayibhili lithi ‘babuthakathaka’ ngakho amadoda alaywa ukuthi abaphathe “ngenhlonipho.” Ngani? Ngoba bonke amadoda labafazi bathola ‘isipho sokuphila esomusa.’ (1 UPhetro 3:7) Amadoda akumelanga akhohlwe ukuthi okwenza umuntu abe ligugu kuNkulunkulu yikuthembeka, hatshi ukuthi uyindoda kumbe ungumfazi.—IHubo 101:6.\n8. (a) Kutshoni ukuthi indoda ‘ethanda umfazi wayo iyazithanda’? (b) Kutshoni ukuthi indoda lomfazi “sebemunye”?\n8 IBhayibhili lithi indoda ‘ethanda umfazi wayo iyazithanda.’ Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi indoda lomkayo “kabasebabili, kodwa sebemunye” njengoba uJesu watsho. (UMathewu 19:6) Yikho-ke akumelanga baye emacansini lomunye umuntu. (IZaga 5:15-21; KumaHebheru 13:4) Bangaphumelela ukwenza lokhu nxa beqakathekisa imizwa yomunye lomunye emtshadweni. (1 KwabaseKhorinte 7:3-5) Okumele bakukhumbule yikuthi: “Kakho owake wazonda umzimba wakhe, kodwa uwunika ukudla awulondoloze.” Amadoda kumele athande omkawo ngendlela azithanda ngayo, ekhumbula ukuthi alomlandu kuJesu Khristu, inhloko yawo.—Kwabase-Efesu 5:29; 1 KwabaseKhorinte 11:3.\n9. UFiliphi 1:8 usifundisani ngoJesu, njalo kungani amadoda kumele amlingisele?\n9 Umphostoli uPhawuli wakhuluma ‘ngothando lukaKhristu uJesu.’ (KwabaseFiliphi 1:8) Uthando lukaJesu olukhulu lwalududuza, njalo lwalukhanga abesifazane ababa ngabafundi bakhe. (UJohane 20:1, 11-13, 16) Abafazi bafuna ukuthandwa kakhulu ngomkabo.\nISIBONELO OKUMELE SILANDELWE NGABAFAZI\n10. Abafazi bafundani kuJesu?\n10 Imuli liqembu labantu abasebenza ndawonye, ngakho ukuze isebenze kuhle kumele ibe lenhloko. UJesu uleNhloko azehlisa kuyo. ‘Inhloko kaKhristu nguNkulunkulu,’ njengoba nje ‘inhloko yowesifazana iyindoda.’ (1 KwabaseKhorinte 11:3) Ukuzehlisa kukaJesu ebunhlokweni bukaNkulunkulu kuyisibonelo esihle ngoba sonke silenhloko okumele sizehlise kuyo.\n11. Umfazi kumele amphathe njani umkakhe, njalo kungaba layiphi impumela emihle?\n11 Amadoda ayaphambanisa ngenxa yokuthi alesono njalo izikhathi ezinengi kenelisi ukuba zinhloko zemuli ezingelasici. Ngakho umfazi kumele enzeni? Akumelanga alulaze okwenziwa ngumkakhe kumbe azenze inhloko. Umfazi kumele akhumbule ukuthi umoya omnene lothuleyo uligugu elikhulu phambi kukaNkulunkulu. (1 UPhetro 3:4) Angaba lomoya onjalo, kuzaba lula kuye ukuthi azehlise ngendlela efunwa nguNkulunkulu lanxa kunzima. IBhayibhili ligcizelela ukuthi: ‘Umfazi kumele ahloniphe indoda yakhe.’ (Kwabase-Efesu 5:33) Kodwa umfazi angenzani nxa umkakhe engazehlisi ebunhlokweni bukaKhristu? IBhayibhili likhuthaza abafazi ukuthi ‘bazehlise kubomkabo, ukuze kuthi uma abanye babo bengalikholwa ilizwi, bahugeke ngokuziphatha kwabomkabo kungekho kukhuluma, lapho bebona ukuhlanzeka lenhlonipho yokuphila kwabo.’—1 UPhetro 3:1, 2.\n12. Kungani kuyinto eyamukelekayo ukuthi umfazi aveze umbono wakhe ngenhlonipho?\n12 Nxa umfazi eveza umbono otshiyene lowomkakhe ngendlela enhle kakutsho ukuthi kamhloniphi, kungelani lokuthi umkakhe uyakhonza kumbe kakhonzi. Umbono wakhe ungabe uqondile, njalo indoda ingamlalela kunganceda imuli yonke. U-Abhrahama kazange avumelane loSara lapho uSara emtshela ngohlupho ababelalo emulini yabo, kodwa uNkulunkulu wamtshela wathi: “Lalela konke uSara akutshela khona.” (Bala uGenesisi 21:9-12.) Loba kunjalo, nxa indoda isikhethe ukwenza isinqumo esingaphikisani lomthetho kaNkulunkulu endabeni ethile, umkayo kumele azehlise ngokusisekela.—ImiSebenzi 5:29; Kwabase-Efesu 5:24.\nAbafazi bangafundani esibonelweni esihle sikaSara?\n13. (a) UThithusi 2:4, 5 ukhuthaza abesifazana abatshadileyo ukuthi benzeni? (b) IBhayibhili lithini ngokwehlukana okwesikhathi esithile kanye lokuchitha umtshado?\n13 Umlandu womfazi ugoqela ukuthi enze okunengi ukuze anakekele imuli yakhe. Ngokwesibonelo, iBhayibhili litshengisa ukuthi abesifazana abatshadileyo kumele ‘bathande omkabo labantwana babo, ukuba bazikhuze njalo bahlambuluke, lokuba bakhuthale emakhaya, lokuba lomusa, lokuba bazehlisele ngaphansi kwabomkabo.’ (KuThithusi 2:4, 5) Umfazi olabantwana oziphatha ngaleyondlela uzahlala ethandwa yimuli yakhe njalo izamhlonipha. (Bala iZaga 31:10, 28.) Umtshado ubunjwa ngabantu ababili abalesono, ngakho kungaba lezimo ezinzima kakhulu ezingenza abatshadileyo behlukane okwesikhathi esithile kumbe bachithe umtshado. IBhayibhili liyakuvumela ukuthi ezimeni ezithile, abantu bangehlukana okwesikhathi esithile. Lanxa kunjalo, ukwehlukana okwesikhathi esithile akumelanga sikuthathe lula, ngoba iBhayibhili liyasilaya: ‘Umfazi akumelanga ehlukane lendoda yakhe, lendoda akumelanga imlahle umkayo.’ (1 KwabaseKhorinte 7:10, 11) IMibhalo ithi abatshadileyo bangachitha umtshado kuphela nxa omunye wabo efebile.—UMathewu 19:9.\nISIBONELO ESIPHELELEYO KUBAZALI\n14. UJesu wabaphatha njani abantwana, njalo abantwana badingani kubazali babo?\n14 Indlela uJesu aphatha ngayo abantwana iyisibonelo esipheleleyo kubazali. Abanye bazama ukwalisa abantwana ukuthi bangayi kuJesu, kodwa yena wathi: “Yekelani abantwana abancane beze kimi, lingabavaleli.” IBhayibhili lithi ngemva kwalokho ‘wathatha abantwana ebaphatha, wababeka izandla wababusisa.’ (UMakho 10:13-16) Njengoba uJesu wazinika isikhathi sokuba labantwana abancane, akumelanga yini lani lenze njalo kumadodana lamadodakazi enu? Abantwana bayakudinga ukuthi babe lesikhathi esinengi labazali babo hatshi isikhathi esincane nje. Kumele libe lesikhathi sokubafundisa, ngoba uJehova ulaya abazali ukuthi benze njalo.—Bala uDutheronomi 6:4-9.\n15. Abazali bangabavikela njani abantwababo?\n15 Njengoba ububi bulokhu busanda emhlabeni lo, abantwana badinga ukuthi abazali babavikele ebantwini abafuna ukubalimaza, abanjengabantu abahlukuluza abantwana emacansini. Ake sibone ukuthi uJesu wabavikela njani abalandeli bakhe, ayebabiza ngendlela etshengisa uthando esithi “bantwabami.” Esebotshiwe njalo esezabulawa, uJesu wathola indlela yokuthi abafundi bakhe baphunyuke. (UJohane 13:33; 18:7-9) Njengomzali, kumele uqaphele amacebo kaSathane okuzama ukulimaza abantwabakho. Kumele ubaxwayise bengakehlelwa yingozi. * (1 UPhetro 5:8) Kulezinsuku sekulokunengi okungalimaza abantwana, lokungabaphambanisa ekukhonzeni lasekuziphatheni kwabo.\nAbazali bangafundani endleleni uJesu aphatha ngayo abantwana?\n16. Okwenziwa nguJesu ngesikhathi abafundi bakhe bephambanisa kubafundisani abazali?\n16 Ngobusuku uJesu afa ngabo, abafundi bakhe baphikisana ngokuthi ngubani owayemkhulu phakathi kwabo. Kulokuthi uJesu abazondele, waqhubeka ebancenga ngamazwi alothando njalo ebabekela isibonelo esihle. (ULukha 22:24-27; UJohane 13:3-8) Nxa ungumzali, uyakubona yini ukuthi ungamlingisela njani uJesu nxa uqondisa abantwabakho? Akuthandabuzwa ukuthi kumele ubaqondise, kodwa lokhu kumele ukwenze ‘ngokufaneleyo’ hatshi uzondile. Awungeke ufune ukukhuluma amazwi ungacabanganga, ‘anjengokugwaza kwenkemba.’ (UJeremiya 30:11; IZaga 12:18) Kumele uqondise umntwana ngendlela ezakwenza ukuthi ngemva kwesikhathi abone ukuthi ukumqondisa kwakho kumncedile.—Kwabase-Efesu 6:4; KumaHebheru 12:9-11.\nISIBONELO OKUMELE SILANDELWE NGABANTWANA\n17. UJesu waba yisibonelo esipheleleyo ebantwaneni ngayiphi indlela?\n17 Abantwana bangafunda kuJesu yini? Ye, bangafunda! UJesu watshengisa ukuthi abantwana kumele balalele njani abazali babo ngesibonelo sakhe. Wathi: “Ngikhuluma kuphela lokho uBaba angifundise khona.” Waphinda wathi: “Ngihlezi ngisenza lokho okumthokozisayo.” (UJohane 8:28, 29) UJesu wayemlalela uYise osezulwini, njalo iBhayibhili litshela abantwana ukuthi balalele abazali babo. (Bala u-Efesu 6:1-3.) Lanxa uJesu wayengumntwana ongelasono, walalela uJosefa loMariya, abazali bakhe abasemhlabeni ababelesono. Lokhu kwenza ukuthi bonke abemuli kaJesu bathokoze kakhulu!—ULukha 2:4, 5, 51, 52.\n18. Kuyini okwenza uJesu walalela uYise osezulwini zikhathi zonke, njalo ngubani othokozayo nxa abantwana belalela abazali babo lamuhla?\n18 Abantwana bayakubona yini ukuthi bangamlingisela njani uJesu, bathokozise abazali babo? Kuliqiniso ukuthi kwezinye izikhathi abasakhulayo bangakubona kunzima ukulalela abazali babo, kodwa uNkulunkulu ufuna benze njalo. (IZaga 1:8; 6:20) UJesu wayehlala elalela uYise osezulwini lanxa kwakunzima kwezinye izikhathi. Ngelinye ilanga, uJesu kwakumele enze into enzima kakhulu eyayifunwa nguNkulunkulu, wasesithi: “Susa inkomitshi le kimi.” Inkomitsho le ngokuthile okwakumele akwenze. Lanxa kunjalo, uJesu wenza lokho uNkulunkulu ayethe akwenze ngoba wananzelela ukuthi uYise wayekwazi ngcono. (ULukha 22:42) Uma abantwana befunda ukulalela, bazathokozisa abazali babo kanye loYise osezulwini. *—IZaga 23:22-25.\nAbasakhulayo kumele bacabange ngani nxa belingwa?\n19. (a) USathane ubalinga njani abantwana? (b) Abazali bezwa njani nxa abantwababo beziphatha kubi?\n19 Siyakwazi ukuthi uSathane angalinga abasakhulayo ukuthi benze izinto ezingaqondanga ngoba walinga uJesu. (UMathewu 4:1-10) USathane uDeveli angasebenzisa ontanga babo ukuthi babayenge njalo lokhu kunzima ukulwisana lakho. Kuqakathekile-ke ukuthi abantwana bangadlali labantu abenza okubi! (1 KwabaseKhorinte 15:33) UDina, indodakazi kaJakhobe yaba lobungane labantu ababengakhonzi uJehova njalo lokhu kwabangela uhlupho olukhulu. (UGenesisi 34:1, 2) Cabanga ngobuhlungu obungazwiwa ngabanye emulini nxa omunye wabo engaziphatha kubi kwezemacansini!—IZaga 17:21, 25.\nLOKHO OKWENZA IMULI ITHOKOZE\n20. Umuntu munye ngamunye emulini kumele enzeni ukuze imuli ithokoze?\n20 Nxa singasebenzisa iseluleko seBhayibhili, kuba lula ukulwisana lezinhlupho zemuli. Ukuze imuli ithokoze, kuqakathekile ukuthi isebenzise iseluleko salo. Yikho-ke, madoda thandani omkenu, libaphathe ngendlela uJesu aphatha ngayo ibandla. Bafazi, zehliseni ebunhlokweni bamadoda enu, njalo lilandele isibonelo somfazi olesimilo ochazwa kuZaga 31:10-31. Bazali, fundisani abantwabenu. (IZaga 22:6) Bobaba, ‘phathani kuhle imizi yenu.’ (1 KuThimothi 3:4, 5; 5:8) Bantwana, lalelani abazali benu. (KwabaseKholose 3:20) Emulini akulamuntu ongelasono, ngoba bonke bayaphambanisa. Ngakho kumele lithobeke, njalo lithethelelane.\n21. Silindele ziphi izibusiso ezimangalisayo, njalo kuyini okungenza sithokoze ezimulini zethu lamuhla?\n21 Kuliqiniso ukuthi iBhayibhili lilamacebo lemilayo okunengi okulusizo okuphathelane lemuli. Phezu kwalokho, lisifundisa ngomhlaba omutsha kaNkulunkulu kanye lepharadayisi emhlabeni lapho okuzabe kugcwele abantu abathokozayo, abakhonza uJehova. (ISambulo 21:3, 4) Silindele izibusiso ezimangalisayo! Kodwa lamuhla singathokoza ezimulini zethu nxa silalela imilayo kaNkulunkulu eseLizwini lakhe iBhayibhili.\n^ indima 15 Izindlela zokuvikela abantwana zitholakala esahlukweni 32 sebhuku lesiZulu elithi Funda KuMfundisi Omkhulu, eladindwa ngoFakazi bakaJehova.\n^ indima 18 Umntwana uvunyelwa ukuthi angalaleli umzali wakhe kuphela nxa esithi enze okuphikisana lomthetho kaNkulunkulu.—ImiSebenzi 5:29.\nAmadoda kumele athande omkawo njengemizimba yawo.—Kwabase-Efesu 5:25-29.\nAbafazi kumele bathande izimuli zabo njalo bahloniphe amadoda abo.—KuThithu 2:4, 5.\nAbazali kumele bathande abantwababo, babafundise njalo babavikele.—UDutheronomi 6:4-9.\nAbantwana kumele balalele abazali babo.—Kwabase-Efesu 6:1-3.\nThumeza Thumeza Kuyini Okungenza Ukuthi Imuli Yakho Ithokoze


Iintjhabalalisi samadiribe – umnenke kanye nentethe\nGrape Pests - Snails and Grasshoppers\n©Abraham Vermeulen ARC Infruitec\nUmnenke ohlukahlukene utholakala e-Western Cape, isibonelo, umnenke onzotho wengadini umnenke omhlophe, i-white dune snail, kanye ne-banded snail. Umraro ngomnenke lo,kukobana ukhamba eengodweni zomuthi wamadiribe, umose iinhlumelo udle amakari kanye namadiribe amancani. Isivini kufanale sihlale sitjhejwa bona asikasuleleki. Ukusilawula ngamakhemikhali kungenziwa ngokusebenzisa isithiyo somnenke esizeswa ngaphasi kobujamo obumanzana, amadada nawo asetjenziswa njengenye indlela yokulawula umraro lo ngokwemvelo. Lawula uvale iintjalo kanye nekhula utjale nesitjalo esingabiza ubunenke. Tjheja lapha umnenke ubekela khona amaqanda ngaphandle kwesimu yamadiribe, isibonelo lapha kujame khona amanzi.\nIintethe Ezinamaphondo Amade\nIintethe zamaphondo amade ezifana namakriki zizinunwana eziphaphako ezimosa khulu amasimu wamadiribe. Iimbobo emakarini zilitjhwayo lomraro lo. Okuhlukileko nenunwana i-snout beetle ezidla amakari wamadiribe emahlangothini. Iintethe zamaphondo amade zidla noma kukuphi emakarini.Ubujamo bezulu kungana ngibo obunomthelela bokobana kube nentethe zamaphondo amadezi: ubusika obufuthumeleko, obomileko, benza bona kube lula bona iintenthezi zibekele amaqanda.\nAzikho intjhabalalisi ezitlolisiweko zenunwanezi ezingasetjenziswa ukuqotha iinthethezi, kodwana iinthjabalalisi ezisetjenyiselwa ukubulala ama-snout beetles zingasetjenziswa ukuqotha iinthethezi. Kunemfundo ezenziwako amalanga la zokulawula ngebhayiloji kwenthethe zamaphondo amadezi ngeenkowani kanye nembandana ezidla inyama


UJesu Ufundisa UNikhodemu Ukuthi Kutshoni ‘Ukuzalwa Kutsha’ | Impilo KaJesu\nUJESU UXOXA LONIKHODEMU\nKUTSHONI ‘UKUZALWA KUTSHA’?\nUJesu wenza izimangaliso ngesikhathi eseJerusalema ePhasikeni lika-30 C.E. Lokhu kwenza abantu abanengi bakholwe kuye. Okwenziwa nguJesu kumangalisa uNikhodemu ongumFarisi futhi olilunga lomthethwandaba omkhulu wamaJuda obizwa ngokuthi yiSanihedrini. Yikho uvakatshela uJesu efuna ukuzwa okunengi. Kodwa uhamba sekumnyama ngoba kumele ukuthi uyesaba ukuthi abakhokheli bamaJuda bangathini nxa bengambona.\nUNikhodemu uthi: “Rabi, siyakwazi ukuthi ungumfundisi ovela kuNkulunkulu ngoba kakho ongenza izimangaliso lezi ozenzayo engazange ancediswe nguNkulunkulu.” UJesu yena abesemtshela ukuthi nxa umuntu efuna ukungena eMbusweni kaNkulunkulu kumele “azalwe kutsha.”—UJohane 3:2, 3.\nPho kungenzakala njani ukuthi umuntu azalwe kutsha? UNikhodemu uthi: “Kambe angabuyela esibelethweni sikanina abesezalwa kutsha?”—UJohane 3:4.\nHatshi, akwenzakali njalo. UJesu uyamchasisela athi: “Ngaphandle kokuthi umuntu azalwe ngamanzi langomoya, ngeke angene eMbusweni kaNkulunkulu.” (UJohane 3:5) Ngesikhathi uJesu ebhabhathizwa njalo umoya ongcwele usehlela phezu kwakhe, wazalwa “ngamanzi langomoya.” Ngalesosikhathi kwezwakala ilizwi livela ezulwini lisithi: “Le yiNdodana yami engiyithandayo futhi engiyamukelayo.” (UMathewu 3:16, 17) Lapha uNkulunkulu wayetshengisa ukuthi uJesu usebe yindodana yakhe egcotshwe ngomoya lokuthi uselethemba lokuyangena eMbusweni wasezulwini. NgePhentekhosti lika-33 C.E., umoya ongcwele wawuzathululelwa kulabo ababebhabhathiziwe njalo labo bazalwe kutsha, babe ngamadodana kaNkulunkulu agcotshiweyo.—ImiSebenzi 2:1-4.\nUNikhodemu kakuzwisisi lokho uJesu amfundisa khona ngoMbuso, yikho uJesu uyamchasisela ngokunye okuqakathekileyo uNkulunkulu amthume ukuthi akwenze. Uthi: “Njengoba nje uMosi waphanyeka inyoka esenkangala, iNdodana yomuntu layo kumele iphanyekwe phezulu, ukuze wonke umuntu okholwa kuyo abe lokuphila okungapheliyo.”—UJohane 3:14, 15.\nKudala kulama-Israyeli alunywa zinyoka ezilobuhlungu obubi okwasekumele akhangele inyoka yethusi ukuze angafi. (AmaNani 21:9) Lamuhla abantu bonke kumele batshengise ukuthi bayayikholwa iNdodana kaNkulunkulu ukuze basindiswe esonweni lasekufeni njalo bathole ukuphila okungapheliyo. UJesu utshengisa uNikhodemu ukuthi uNkulunkulu wabathanda kakhulu abantu ngokwenza ukuthi benelise ukusindiswa. Uthi: “UNkulunkulu wawuthanda kakhulu umhlaba waze wanikela ngeNdodana yakhe ezelwe yodwa, ukuze wonke umuntu otshengisa ukuthi ulokholo kuyo angabhujiswa, kodwa abe lokuphila okungapheliyo.” (UJohane 3:16) Yikho-ke eselezinyanga ezingaba yisithupha eqalise inkonzo yakhe uJesu uhle acacise ukuthi nguye ozakwenza abantu basindiswe.\nUthi kuNikhodemu: “UNkulunkulu kathumanga iNdodana yakhe emhlabeni ukuthi izokwahlulela umhlaba.” Lokhu kutsho ukuthi kalandanga ukuzokwahlulela abantu bonke ukuthi baye ekubhujisweni. Kodwa wathunyelwa ‘ukuthi umhlaba usindiswe ngaye.’—UJohane 3:17.\nUNikhodemu ubuye kuJesu sekumnyama ngoba ubesesaba. Kodwa nanzelela ukuthi uJesu uphetha ingxoxo yakhe ekhuluma ngokukhanya. Uthi: “Nanku abantu abazakwahlulelwa ngakho: ukuthi ukukhanya [okutsho uJesu ngenxa yalokho akufundisayo langendlela aphila ngayo] kufikile emhlabeni, kodwa bona bathanda ubumnyama kulokukhanya ngoba imisebenzi yabo mibi. Lowo owenza izinto ezimbi uzonda ukukhanya njalo kezi ekukhanyeni ukuze imisebenzi yakhe ingasolwa. Kodwa lowo owenza okuliqiniso uyabuya ekukhanyeni ukuze kubonakale ukuthi imisebenzi yakhe ivumelana lentando kaNkulunkulu.”—UJohane 3:19-21.\nKhathesi uNikhodemu usefundile ngalokho uJesu azakwenza ukuze lokho uNkulunkulu akuhlosileyo kugcwaliseke. Sekumele acabangisise ngamazwi kaJesu abesekhetha ukuthi uzakwenzani.\nKuyini okwenza uNikhodemu avakatshele uJesu njalo kungani ehamba ebusuku?\nKutshoni ukuthi uJesu kalandanga ‘ukuzokwahlulela umhlaba’?\nUkufa KukaJesu Lokuvuswa Kwakhe—Kungakunceda Ngani?\nKulezinto eziyisithupha iBhayibhili elisitshela zona ezisicacisela ukuthi ukufa komuntu oyedwa kungabasindisa njani abanengi.\nThumeza Thumeza Ufundisa UNikhodemu Ebusuku


IzEnzo 8 I-New World Translation| Ku-Inthanethi |\nUSawula umhlunguphazi (1-3)\nUkutjhumayela okuphumelelako kwakaFlebhe eSamariya (4-13)\nUPitrosi noJwanisi bathunywa eSamariya (14-17)\nUSimoni ulinga ukuthenga ummoya ocwengileko (18-25)\nIsikhulu seTopiya (26-40)\n8 USawula bekavumelana nokubulawa kwakhe. Mhlokho ibandla ebeliseJerusalema lathoma ukuhlunguphazwa kabuhlungu; yeke boke ngaphandle kwabapostoli barhatjhekela kizo zoke iimfunda zeJudiya neSamariya. 2 Kodwana amadoda asaba uZimu athwala uStefani ayombulunga, amlilela khulu. 3 USawula wathoma ukuhlunguphaza ibandla kabuhlungu. Bekasahlela izindlu ngokulandelana, arhudulele ngaphandle amadoda nabafazi abadlhunye ngejele. 4 Kodwana labo abarhatjhekako bakhamba iindawo ngeendawo enarheni batjhumayela iindaba ezimnandi zelizwi. 5 Nje-ke uFlebhe wehlela edorobheni leSamariya wathoma ukutjhumayela ngoKrestu kibo. 6 Iinqubuthu zoke bezikutjheja lokho uFlebhe akutjhoko njengombana zilalela, zibona neembonakaliso ebekazenza. 7 Ngombana abanengi bebanemimoya emimbi, begodu beyirhuwelela ngelizwi elikhulu bese iyaphuma. Nabanengi abafe amahlangothi nabaziinrhole balatjhwa. 8 Ngalokho kwaba nethabo elikhulu edorobhenelo. 9 Edorobhenelo bekunendoda ekuthiwa nguSimoni, ngaphambi kokuthi kwenzeke izintwezi bekamumenzi wemilingo, arara isitjhaba seSamariya, athi yena umumuntu omkhulu. 10 Boke, kusukela komncani kuya komkhulu, bebamlalelisisa bathi: “Indoda le imaMandla kaZimu, abizwa ngokuthi maKhulu.” 11 Ngalokho bebamlalelisisa ngombana bekabarare isikhathi eside ngemilingwakhe. 12 Kodwana bathi bangakholwa uFlebhe, obekatjhumayela iindaba ezimnandi zomBuso kaZimu nangebizo lakaJesu Krestu, babhajadiswa, kokubili amadoda nabafazi. 13 Naye uSimoni waba likholwa, begodu ngemva kokubhajadiswa wahlala noFlebhe; warareka nakabona iimbonakaliso nemisebenzi emikhulu yamandla ebeyenzeka. 14 Kwathi abapostoli eJerusalema nabezwa ukuthi abantu beSamariya bamukele ilizwi lakaZimu, bathuma uPitrosi noJwanisi kibo; 15 behlela kibo babathandazela bona bafumane ummoya ocwengileko. 16 Ngombana bewungakehleli ngitjho nakoyedwa wabo, kodwana bebabhajadiswe ebizweni leKosi uJesu kwaphela. 17 Nje-ke bababeka izandla, bathoma ukufumana ummoya ocwengileko. 18 USimoni nakabona ukuthi ummoya ocwengileko bewufumaneka ngokubekwa izandla bapostoli, wabathembisa imali, 19 wathi: “Ngiphani amandla la nami, ukwenzela bona nanyana ngubani engimbeka izandla afumane ummoya ocwengileko.” 20 Kodwana uPitrosi wathi kuye: “Kwanga isiliva lakho lingatjhabalala nawe, ngombana ucabange bona ungathenga isipho sakaZimu sesihle ngemali. 21 Awunangcenye begodu awunasabelo endabeni le, ngombana ihliziywakho ayikathembeki phambi kwakaZimu. 22 Nje-ke tjhuguluka ebumbini bakhobu, urabhele uJehova, bona nakungakghoneka, ulitjalelwe ngokuba neenhloso ezimbi ehliziywenakho; 23 ngombana ngiyabona ukuthi uyitjhefu ebabako nesigqila sokungalungi.” 24 USimoni waphendula wathi: “Ngibawelani kuJehova bona zoke izinto enizitjhwileko zingenzeki kimi.” 25 Nje-ke, ngemva kokuthi banikele ubufakazi obupheleleko begodu bakhulume ilizwi lakaJehova, babuyela emva eJerusalema, bakhamba bamemezela iindaba ezimnandi eendaweni ezinengi zamaSamariya. 26 Kodwana ingilozi kaJehova yakhuluma noFlebhe, yathi: “Sikima utjhinge esewula endleleni eyehla ukusuka eJerusalema ukufika eGaza.” (Indlela le beyisebhudwini.) 27 Wasikima watjhinga khona, wabona isikhulu sesigodlweni seTopiya, indoda ebeyimlawuli ngaphasi kwakaKhandakhe, indlovukazi yamaTopiya, begodu isikhulwesi besiphathiswe woke umnothwayo. Besiye eJerusalema siyokulotjha uZimu, 28 kodwana besesibuyela emva sihlezi ekaranenaso, sifunda ngokuzwakalako umtlolo womphorofidi u-Isaya. 29 Nje-ke ummoya wathi kuFlebhe: “Tjhidela ekaraneni le.” 30 UFlebhe wagijima eqadi kwayo wasizwa sifunda ngokuzwakalako umtlolo womphorofidi u-Isaya, wathi kiso: “Uyakuzwisisa lokho okufundako na?” 31 Sathi: “Ngingakuzwisisa njani kunganamuntu onginqophisako?” Nje-ke sancenga uFlebhe bona akhwele ahlale naso. 32 Nasi indinyana yomTlolo ebeyifundwa sikhulu: “Njengemvu wasiwa ekuhlatjweni, nanjengemvana ethulileko phambi komrhunayo, akawuvuli umlomo wakhe. 33 Ngesikhathi sokuhlaziswa kwakhe, wahlulelwa ngokungakafaneli. Ngubani ozokutjho imininingwana yesizukulwana sakhe? Ngombana ukuphila kwakhe kuzokususwa ephasini.” 34 Isikhulu sathi kuFlebhe: “Ngibawa ungitjele, umphorofidi lo ukhuluma ngobani? Ukhuluma ngaye namkha ngomunye umuntu?” 35 UFlebhe wathoma ngawo umtlolo lo, wamemezela kiso iindaba ezimnandi ngoJesu. 36 Njengombana bakhamba endleleni, bafika endaweni enamanzi, isikhulu sathi: “Qala! Naka amanzi; khuyini engivimbela bona ngibhajadiswe?” 37— — 38 Sayala bona ikarana ijame, uFlebhe nesikhulu behlela emanzini, wasibhabhadisa. 39 Nabaphuma ngemanzini, msinyana ummoya kaJehova wanqophisa uFlebhe bona akhambe, isikhulu azange sisambona, kodwana sakhamba sithabile. 40 UFlebhe wazifumana ase-Atjhidodi, wakhambakhamba esifundeneso, waragela phambili amemezela iindaba ezimnandi kiwo woke amadorobho bewayokufika eKhesariya.


UMakho 3 IBhayibhili eliku-internet| New World Translation\nIndoda elesandla esigogekileyo iyasiliswa (1-6)\nIxuku elikhulu ekhunjini (7-12)\nUkuthuka umoya ongcwele (20-30)\nUnina kaJesu labafowabo (31-35)\n3 Waphinda wangena esinagogeni, lapho okwakulendoda elesandla esigogekileyo.* 2 Ngakho bamkhangela ngelihlo lokhozi befuna ukubona ukuthi wayezayelapha yini indoda le ngeSabatha, ukuze bamethese icala. 3 Wathi endodeni elesandla esigogekileyo:* “Sukuma uze lapha phakathi.” 4 Wasesithi kubo: “Kusemthethweni yini ukwenza okuhle loba okubi ngeSabatha? Kusemthethweni yini ukusindisa impilo* loba ukubulala ngeSabatha?” Kodwa bona bazithulela zwi. 5 Ngemva kokubakhangela esecaphukile futhi esizwa ubuhlungu kakhulu ngenxa yokuthi babengelazwelo ezinhliziyweni zabo, wathi endodeni leyo: “Yelula isandla sakho.” Yaselula, lakanye isandla sayo satshwaphuluka. 6 AbaFarisi bathi bekubona lokhu baphuma, bahle baqala ukwenza umhlangano labalandeli bakaHerodi ukuze bambulale. 7 Kodwa uJesu wasuka waya elwandle labafundi bakhe, futhi ixuku elikhulu elalivela eGalile kanye laseJudiya lamlandela. 8 Kwaze kweza kuye labantu abanengi kakhulu ababevela eJerusalema, lase-Idumiya, langaphetsheya kweJodani, laseThire kanye laseSidoni, ngenxa yokuthi babezwe izinto ezinengi ayezenza. 9 Watshela abafundi bakhe ukuthi bamdingele isikepe esincane ayezasisebenzisa ukuze ixuku labantu lingamminyezeli. 10 Bonke ababelemikhuhlane emibi babembuthanela befuna ukumthinta ngoba wayeselapha abanengi. 11 Lamadimoni* ayesithi angavele ambone awele phansi phambi kwakhe, amemeze athi: “Wena uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu.” 12 Kodwa wawaqonqosela kanengi ukuthi angakuvezi ukuthi ungubani. 13 Wakhwela entabeni njalo wabiza ayebafuna, beza kuye. 14 Wasebumba* iqembu lamadoda angu-12, wawabiza ngokuthi ngabaphostoli. Wayezahamba lawo njalo wayezawathuma ukuthi ayetshumayela, 15 awanike lamandla okuthi akhiphe amadimoni. 16 Eqenjini lamadoda angu-12 alibumbayo* kwakuloSimoni, lowo amnika ibizo elithi Phetro, 17 loJakhobe indodana kaZebhedi, loJohane umfowabo kaJakhobe, (laba uJesu waphinda wabapha ibizo elithi Bhowaji, okutsho ukuthi “Amadodana Omdumo Wezulu”), 18 lo-Andreya, loFiliphu, loBhatholomewu, loMathewu, loTomasi, loJakhobe indodana ka-Alifewu, loThadewu, loSimoni umKhanani* 19 kanye loJudasi Iskariyothi, lowo owacina emthengisile. UJesu wasesuka waya kwenye indlu, 20 njalo ixuku laphinda labuthana okokuthi yena labafundi bakhe baze baswela lethuba lokudla. 21 Kodwa izihlobo zakhe zathi zikuzwa lokhu zasuka zisiyambamba ngoba zazisithi: “Usephambene.” 22 Lababhali ababefike bevela eJerusalema babesithi: “Umuntu lo uloBhelizebhubhi* futhi ukhipha amadimoni esebenzisa umbusi wamadimoni.” 23 Yikho wathi esebabizile wakhuluma labo esebenzisa imizekeliso, wathi: “Kungenzakala njani ukuthi uSathane axotshe uSathane? 24 Nxa umbuso ungehlukana phakathi, lowombuso ngeke ume; 25 futhi nxa imuli* ingehlukana phakathi, ngeke ime. 26 Nxa kuyikuthi loSathane usezihlamukele yena futhi useyehlukene phakathi, ngeke ame, kuyabe sekuphelile ngaye. 27 Phela kakho ongangena endlini yendoda elamandla enelise ukuntshontsha izinto zayo engazange aqale ayibophe. Nxa eseyibophile, usengazibuthela-ke okusendlini yayo. 28 Ngiqinisile ngithi kini, amadodana abantu azathethelelwa zonke izono, kungelani lokuthi enza ziphi izono futhi akhuluma waphi amazwi okuthuka. 29 Kodwa loba ngubani othuka umoya ongcwele ngeke athethelelwe kuze kube nini lanini, isono sakhe sihlala sikhona kuze kube phakade.” 30 Watsho lokhu ngoba babesithi: “Indoda le iledimoni.”* 31 Kwafika unina kanye labafowabo bama phandle, basebethuma umuntu ukuthi ayembiza. 32 Njengoba kwakulabantu abanengi ababehlezi bembuthanele, bathi kuye: “Unyoko labafowenu bayakucela phandle!” 33 Kodwa yena wabaphendula wathi: “Ngubani umama futhi ngobani abafowethu?” 34 Wasekhangela labo ababehlezi bemgombolozele wathi: “Khangelani, nangu umama, nampa abafowethu! 35 Loba ngubani owenza intando kaNkulunkulu, nguye umfowethu lodadewethu kanye lomama.”\n^ Kumbe, “Wasebeka.”\n^ Kumbe, “alibekayo.”\n^ Kumbe, “otshisekayo.”\n^ NgesiGrikhi, “ilomoya ongcolileyo.”


UGidiyoni Nabama-300 Bahlula Ibutho LakwaMidiyani | Iimfundo ZeBhayibheli Zabantwana\nNgokukhamba kwesikhathi, ama-Israyeli afulathela uJehova godu, athoma ukulotjha abozimu bamala. BakwaMidiyani bawatlhorisa iminyaka elikhomba yoke. Bebawebela iinlwana, bamotjha neentjalo zawo. Ama-Israyeli abaleka kwaMidiyani, ayozifihla emirhobeni neentabeni. Abawa isizo kuJehova bona awaphuluse. UJehova wathumela ingilozi kwelinye isokana ekuthiwa nguGidiyoni. Ingilozi yathi: ‘UJehova ukhethe wena bona ube lisotja eliyikakaramba.’ UGidiyoni wabuza ukuthi: ‘Ngizomphulusa njani u-Israyeli? Angisililitho mina.’\nBekazokwazi njani uGidiyoni bona uJehova umkhethile? Wabeka ivolo encani phasi ehlabathini wathi kuJehova: ‘Ekuseni, ivolo le nayingathamba kodwana ihlabathi yome ngizokwazi ukuthi ufuna ngiphuluse ama-Israyeli.’ Ekuseni ivolo beyimanzi tepu kodwana ihlabathi yomile! Nakilokho uGidiyoni wafuna obunye ubufakazi. Wabawa ukuthi ekuseni ngelanga elilandelako, ivolo yome kodwana ihlabathi ithambe. Kwathi nakwenzeka lokho, uGidiyoni waqiniseka bona kwamambala uJehova umkhethile. Wahlanganisa ibutho lakhe bona liyokulwa nebakwaMidiyani.\nUJehova wathi kuGidiyoni: ‘Ama-Israyeli ngizowenza ahlule. Kodwana njengombana unebutho elinengi kangaka, bangacabanga bona ngilo elithumbileko. Tjela woke umuntu othukiweko abuyele ekhaya.’ Amasotja azi-22 000 abuyela ekhaya, kwasala azi-10 000. UJehova wathi: ‘Basese banengi. Khamba nabo emlanjeni, ubatjele basele amanzi bese ukhetha labo abatjheja amanaba nabaselako.’ Kwaba madoda ama-300 kwaphela ebekatjheja amanaba lokha nakaselako. UJehova wathembisa ukuthi amadoda ambalwa lawo, ngiwo azokuhlula ibutho lwakwaMidiyani elinamasotja azi-135 000.\nNgobusukobo, uJehova wathi kuGidiyoni: ‘Lesi sikhathi sokusahlela kwaMidiyani!’ UGidiyoni wanikela ibutho lakhe iimpalapala nemijeka emikhulu eneenkesi ngaphakathi. Wathi: ‘Niqale mina, begodu nenze njengombana ngenza.’ UGidiyoni wavuthela ipalapalakhe, waphadlha umjekakhe phasi, waphaya isibani sakhe, warhuwelela wathi: ‘Isabula kaJehova neyakaGidiyoni!’ Woke amadoda ama-300 enza okufanako. BakwaMidiyani bathukwa bahlengezela, babaleka bazala ummango. Basahlangahlangene njalo, bathoma ukuhlaselana bona ngokwabo. Nakilokho, uJehova wawasiza ama-Israyeli bona ahlule amanaba wawo.\n“Amandla amakhulu la ngewakaZimu begodu akaveli kithi.”—2 Korinte 4:7\nImibuzo: UJehova wamtjengisa njani uGidiyoni ukuthi ukhethe yena? Kubayini ibutho lakaGidiyoni laba namasotja ama-300 kwaphela?\nAbaKhokheli 6:1–16, 6:36–7:25, 8:28