1 Lencwadzi iphuma kuJakobe, inceku yaNkulunkulu neyeNkhosi Jesu Khristu. Iya etiveni letili-12 letisakatekile. Ngiyanibingelela.
2 Bazalwane bami, nanehlelwa tinhlobonhlobo tetilingo, nibokutsatsa ngekutsi yinjabulo yodvwa,
3 nati kutsi kuvivinywa kwekukholwa kwenu kuveta kucinisela.
4 Kucinisela kumele kucedzela umsebenti wako, kuze nivutfwe niphelele ningenasici, ningehlulwa lutfo.
5 Nangabe emkhatsini wenu kukhona loswele kuhlakanipha, akacele kuNkulunkulu lonika bonkhe bantfu ngekwephana lokungenakufehla, utawuphiwa.
6 Kepha locelako akacele ngekukholwa, angangabati; ngobe longabatako ufanana neligagasi lelwandle lelichutjwa litanyatanyiswe ngumoya.
7 Ngako-ke umuntfu lonjalo angabocabanga kutsi iNkhosi iyawumemukelisa lutfo;
8 ungumuntfu lonetinhlitiyo letimbili, uyagucugucuka etindleleni takhe tonkhe.
9 Umzalwane lophansi akatincome ngekuphakanyiswa kwakhe.
10 Kepha locebile akatincome ngekwehliswa kwakhe, ngobe uyakwendlula njengembali yesiganga.
11 Lilanga liphuma libalele libunise tjani, imbali yabo iyahhohloka, nebuhle bayo bunyamalale; kanjalo-ke nesicebi siyawunyamalala ekushiphanekeni kwaso.
12 Ubusisiwe umuntfu lociniselako ekulingweni; ngobe nasaphumelele ekuvivinyweni kwakhe, uyakwemukeliswa umchele wekuphila lowetsenjiswa yiNkhosi kulabo labayitsandzako.
13 Umuntfu lolingwako angabosho kutsi: “Ngilingwa nguNkulunkulu;” ngobe Nkulunkulu angeke alingwe ngalokubi, futsi akalingi muntfu.
14 Kepha ngulowo nalowo ulingwa ahuhwe tinkhanuko takhe, adudeke.
15 Nangabe inkhanuko seyitsatsile, itala sono; sono nase siphelele, sitala kufa.
16 Bazalwane bami labatsandzekako, ningedukiswa.
17 Tonkhe tipho letinhle naletiphelele tivela ngetulu, tiphuma kuBabe uMdali wetibane tasesibhakabhakeni, lote kugucugucuka, njengobe tona tigucuka, tibohle tisishiya ebumnyameni.
18 Ngekwentsandvo yakhe wasitala ngelivi leliciniso, khona sitekuba ngematubulo ato tonkhe tidalwa takhe.
19 Bazalwane bami labatsandzekako, khumbulani naku: Ngulowo nalowo muntfu akasheshe kuva, ephute kukhuluma, ephute nekutfukutsela;
20 ngobe lulaka lwemuntfu alukwenti kulunga lokungukona kwemukeleka kuNkulunkulu.
21 Ngako-ke lahlani yonkhe insila nalokubi lose kukunyenti, nemukele ngekutitfoba livi lelihlanyelwe kini, ngobe linemandla ekusindzisa imiphefumulo yenu.
22 Nibe benti belivi, ningabi balaleli kuphela nje, nitikhohlisa.
23 Ngobe nangabe umuntfu angumlaleli nje angesiye umenti welivi, lowo muntfu ufanana nemuntfu lobuka buso bakhe esibukweni:
24 Umuntfu lonjalo uyatibuka, esuke ahambe akhohlwe kutsi abenjani.
25 Kepha lobukisisa emtsetfweni losikhululako bese uhamba ngawo, angabi ngumlaleli lokhohlwako kepha abe ngulowentako, lowo-ke utawuba ngulobusisiwe ekwenteni kwakhe.
26 Umuntfu locabanga kutsi uyakholwa, abe angalubophi lulwimi lwakhe, uyatikhohlisa enhlitiyweni yakhe, nekukholwa kwalowo muntfu kulite.
27 Kukholwa lokumsulwa lokungenasici embikwaNkulunkulu longuBabe ngunaku: kuhambela tintsandzane nebafelokati elusizini lwabo, nekutigcina ungangcoliswa live.
1 Bazalwane bami, nine lenikholwa yiNkhosi yetfu yenkhatimulo, Jesu Khristu, ningabobakhetsa bantfu.
2 Nangabe emhlanganweni wenu kungena umuntfu lofake indandatho yegolide, agcoke kahle, kuphindze kungene nalomunye lophuyile, agcoke kabi,
3 bese-ke nine ninaka lona logcoke tingubo leticwebetelako ngekutsi: “Hlala lapha, kunasi situlo,” kulona lophuyile nitsi: “Mani lapho,” nome: “Hlala lapha, entinyaweni tami,”
4 ngekwenta njalo anikhetsi yini ngekutsi nibe behluleli ngemicabango lemibi?
5 Ase nilalele, bazalwane bami labatsandzekako! Nkulunkulu akabakhetsanga yini labaphuyile lapha emhlabeni kutsi babe ngulabacebile ekukholweni, netindlalifa embusweni lawetsembisa labo labamtsandzako?
6 Kepha nine nimdvumatile lona lophuyile. Akusibo labacebile yini labanicindzetelako? Akusibo yini labo labanimangalela etinkantolo?
7 Akusibo yini labo labahlambalata lelibito laKhristu lelihloniphekile lenibitwa ngalo?
8 Kepha nanigcina umtsetfo webukhosi ngekwemBhalo lotsi: “Tsandza makhelwane wakho njengobe utitsandza wena,” nenta kahle.
9 Kodvwa nanikhetsa bantfu, nenta sono, nemtsetfo uyanilahla ngekutsi nitephulamtsetfo.
10 Ngobe lowo logcina yonkhe imitsetfo, kodvwa ephule munye, unelicala layo yonkhe.
11 Ngobe lona lowatsi: “Ungaphingi,” waphindze watsi: “Ungabulali.” Nangabe ungaphingi kodvwa ubulale, usephulamtsetfo.
12 Ngako khulumani, nente njengalabo labayakwehlulelwa ngemtsetfo wenkhululeko.
13 Ngobe kwehlulela akunabo bubele kulowo longenabo bubele; kodvwa bubele buyawucoloshela kwehlulela.
14 Bazalwane bami, kusitani kutsi umuntfu atsi uyakholwa kodvwa abe angenayo imisebenti? Kungamsindzisa yini lokukholwa kwakhe?
15 Nangabe umzalwane nome umzalwanekati bahlubulile beswele nekudla kwemalanga onkhe,
16 bese-ke lomunye emkhatsini wenu utsi kubo: “Hambani ngekuthula, nifutfumale, nesutse,” ngaphandle kwekubapha loko labakudzingako emtimbeni, kusitani loko?
17 Ngako-ke nangabe kukholwa, kona ngekwako, kungenayo imisebenti, kufile.
18 Kepha lomunye angatsi: “Wena unekukholwa, mine nginemisebenti. Ngikhombise kukholwa kwakho ngaphandle kwemisebenti, nami ngitakukhombisa kukholwa kwami ngemisebenti yami.”
19 Uyakholwa kutsi Nkulunkulu munye? Wenta kahle; nemadimoni ayakukholwa loko, atfutfumele.
20 Wena silima-ndzini, uyafuna yini kukhonjiswa kutsi kukholwa lokungenamisebenti kulite?
21 Khokho wetfu Abrahama ngesikhatsi anikela nga-Isaka, umsa wakhe, elatini, akazange yini emukelwe nguNkulunkulu ngekutsi ulungile ngemisebenti?
22 Uyabona-ke kutsi kukholwa kwasebenta kanye nemisebenti yakhe, nekutsi kukholwa kwakhe kwapheleliswa ngimisebenti yakhe.
23 Ngako kwagcwaliseka umBhalo lotsi: “Abrahama wakholwa Nkulunkulu; ngenca yekukholwa kwakhe Nkulunkulu wamemukela njengemuntfu lolungile,” wase ubitwa ngekutsi: “Ungumngani waNkulunkulu.”
24 Niyabona-ke kutsi umuntfu wemukeleka kuNkulunkulu ngekutsi ulungile ngisho nangemisebenti, hhayi ngekukholwa kuphela.
25 Kanjalo-ke naRahabi, ingwadla, akazange yini emukelwe nguNkulunkulu kutsi ulungile ngemisebenti yekwemukela titfunywa wabuye watikhipha ngalenye indlela?
26 Njengobe umtimba ufile nawute umoya, ngalokufananako nekukholwa nakute imisebenti kufile.
1 Bazalwane bami, akukuhle kutsi linyenti lenu libe bafundzisi, nati kutsi tsine lesifundzisako siyakwemukeliswa kwehlulelwa lokumatima.
2 Ngobe sonkhe siphosisa ngetindlela letinyenti; nakukhona longaphosisi ngekukhuluma, lowo uphelele ngempela, ngobe uyakwati kubamba ngisho nemtimba wakhe wonkhe shangatsi ngematomu.
3 Nasifaka ematomu emilonyeni yemahhashi kutsi atewusilalela, sisuke siwacondzisa umtimba wonkhe.
4 Ase nibuke nemikhumbi, nome imikhulu kangaka, ichutjwa ngimimoya lenemandla, noko icondziswa ngeliphini lelincane nje, iye lapho bashayeli bayo bafuna iye khona.
5 Kanjalo nelulwimi lusitfo lesincane, kantsi lutigabatisa ngetintfo letinkhulu. Ase nibuke nje umlilo lomncane wokhela lihlatsi lelikhulu!
6 Lulwimi lungumlilo, lulive lebubi, lulwimi lusitfo lesingcolisa wonkhe umtimba, lokhela yonkhe imphilo ngemlilo lulunyekwa sihogo.
7 Yonkhe indalo yetilwane ingatsanjiswa: ngisho tinyoni, netilwane letihamba ngetisu, netilwane taselwandle; vele, bantfu batitsambisile letilwane.
8 Kodvwa kute longatsambisa lulwimi; lububi lobuyalukako, lugcwele shevu lobulalako.
9 Ngalo sibonga iNkhosi lenguBabe, nangalo sicalekisa bantfu labentiwe baba ngumfanekiso waNkulunkulu.
10 Emlonyeni munye kuphuma kubusisa nekucalekisa. Bazalwane bami, akufanele kube njalo.
11 Kuyenteka yini kutsi esicojeni sinye kuphume emanti lamnandzi nalababako?
12 Bazalwane bami, sihlahla semkhiwa singatitsela yini titselo temncumo, nome umvini temkhiwa? Sicobho lesikhipha emanti lababako singeke siwavete lamnandzi.
13 Ngubani lohlakaniphile nalocondzisisako emkhatsini wenu? Akakhombise imphilo yakhe lelungile ngemisebenti yakhe ngekutfobeka lokunenhlakanipho.
14 Kepha naninemona lobabako, nembango etinhlitiyweni tenu, ningatigabatisi; ngobe ngaloko liciniso nilenta emanga.
15 Lokuhlakanipha akuchamuki ngetulu, kodvwa ngekwemhlaba, nekwemvelo, nekwebusathane;
16 ngobe lapho kunemona nembango khona, kunesiphitsiphitsi nayo yonkhe imisebenti lemibi.
17 Kodvwa kuhlakanipha lokuchamuka ngetulu kwekucala kumsulwa, bese kuba nekuthula, nekutfobeka, nekulalela, kugcwele bubele netitselo letihle; akunalo lubandlululo nekutentisa.
18 Bantfu labaletsa kuthula, basuke bahlanyela kuthula, bese bavuna kulunga.
1 Letimphi nalokulwa kuphumaphi emkhatsini wenu? Akuchamuki yini etinkhanukweni tenu letilwa etitfweni tenu?
2 Niyafisa, noko anitfoli lutfo; niyabulala, nibe nemona, kodvwa niyehluleka kutfola lenikufunako. Niyalwa, nente timphi. Aninalutfo, ngobe aniceli.
3 Niyacela ningaphiwa, ngobe nicela kabi, nicelela kutsi nikucitse etinkhanukweni tenu.
4 Aniketsembeki, ninjengetiphingi. Anati yini kutsi kutsandzana nelive kubutsa kuNkulunkulu? Lofisa kuba ngumngani welive, utenta sitsa kuNkulunkulu.
5 Nome-ke nicabanga kutsi kulite yini loku lokushiwo ngumBhalo, kutsi: “LoMoya, lambeka kitsi Nkulunkulu uyafutselana, kantsi futsi unesikhwele ngatsi”?
6 Kodvwa Nkulunkulu wephana ngemusa lomkhulu, ngako umBhalo utsi: “Nkulunkulu umelana nalabatigcabhako, kepha labatfobekile ubapha umusa.”
7 Ngako-ke tfobelani Nkulunkulu, kodvwa nimelane naSathane, uyawunibalekela.
8 Sondzelani kuNkulunkulu, naye utawusondzela kini. Gezani tandla tenu, nine toni, nihlambulule tinhlitiyo tenu, nine bantfu labanetinhlitiyo letimbili.
9 Khatsatekani, nidzabuke, nilile; kuhleka kwenu akugucuke kube kulila, nekujabula kwenu akube kujabha.
10 Titfobeni embikweNkhosi, yona-ke iyawuniphakamisa.
11 Bazalwane, ningahlebani. Lowo lohleba umzalwane nome ehlulele umzalwane wakhe, uhleba umtsetfo ehlulele umtsetfo. Nangabe wehlulela umtsetfo, awusiye umenti wemtsetfo, kodvwa ungumehluleli wawo.
12 Munye loshaya umtsetfo, nguye futsi longumehluleli nalonemandla ekusindzisa nekubhubhisa. Kodvwa wena ungubani kutsi ungehlulela makhelwane wakho?
13 Labanye benu banemkhuba wekutsi: “Lamuhla nakusasa sitakuya kulela dolobha, sihlale umnyaka, sitsenge sitsengise, bese sitfola inzuzo.”
14 Ningakusho kanjani loko, njengobe ningalati likusasa lekuphila kwenu kutsi litawuba yini? Ngobe kuphila kwenu kunjengenkhungu, lechamuka ibonakale sikhashana, iphindze inyamalale.
15 Esikhundleni saloko ngabe nitsi: “INkhosi nayivuma, sitawuphila sente loku nalokwa.”
16 Kepha manje niyatibonga ngekutigabatisa kwenu. Konkhe kutigabatisa lokunjalo kubi.
17 Ngako-ke lokwatiko kwenta lokuhle kodvwa angakwenti, uyona.
1 Nine-ke tinjinga, lalelani emavi ami. Khalani, nilile ngenca yetinhlupheko letitawunehlela.
2 Lengcebo yenu seyiyabola, netingubo tenu setidliwa ngumvunya.
3 Igolide nesiliva yenu sekuyatfomba, nalokutfomba kwako kutawunilahla ngelicala kudle imitimba yenu njengemlilo. Nisacongelela ingcebo nakulamalanga ekugcina.
4 Ase nibuke la, emaholo etisebenti letavuna emasimi enu leniwagodlile ayanimangalela anilahle ngelicala; nekukhala kwebavuni sekungenile etindlebeni teNkhosi Sebawothi.
5 La emhlabeni niphile ngekutamasa nangekutijabulisa, nakhuluphalisa tinhlitiyo tenu ngelilanga lekuhlatjwa.
6 Nimlahlile nambulala umuntfu lolungile; kantsi akamelani nani.
7 Ngako-ke, bazalwane, beketelani kuze kufike iNkhosi. Ase nibuke umlimi lolindzela sitselo semhlaba lesiligugu; usibeketelela size sitfole imvula yekucala neyekugcina.
8 Nani-ke beketelani. Cinisani tinhlitiyo tenu, ngobe kubuya kweNkhosi sekusondzele.
9 Bazalwane, ningasolani, khona ningetikwehlulelwa; nangu uMgwebi aseme emnyango.
10 Bazalwane, tsatsani sibonelo sekuhlupheka nekubeketela kwebaphrofethi labebakhuluma egameni leNkhosi.
11 Khumbulani phela kutsi ngulabo labaciniselako lesitsi babusisiwe. Nake neva ngekukhutsatela kwaJobe, niyati-ke nekutsi iNkhosi yaletsa siphetfo sini kuye; ngobe iNkhosi inebubele nesihawu lesikhulu.
12 Kepha, bazalwane bami, etikwako konkhe ningafungi, nome ngelizulu, nome ngemhlaba, nome ngangusiphi sifungo; kodvwa nanivuma nibotsi: “Yebo” nome-ke nitsi: “Cha” nangabe niyala, kuze ningangeni ekwehlulelweni.
13 Ukhona yini lohluphekako emkhatsini wenu? Akathandaze. Ukhona yini lojabulile? Akadvumise ngekuhlabela.
14 Ukhona yini logulako emkhatsini wenu? Akabite babonisi belibandla, bamthandazele ngekumgcobisa ngemafutsa egameni leNkhosi.
15 Umthandazo wekukholwa uyawumphilisa logulako, iNkhosi imvuse, nome entile tono uyawutsetselelwa tona.
16 Ngako-ke vumani tono tenu lomunye kulomunye, nithandazelane, kuze nitewuphiliswa. Kuncusa kwemuntfu lolungile kunemandla kakhulu.
17 Elija labengumuntfu afana natsi, wakhuleka ngekuncusa kutsi lingani, langete lana emhlabeni iminyaka lemitsatfu netinyanga letisitfupha.
18 Waphindze wathandaza, lase liyana futsi litulu, nemhlaba waphindze watsela titselo tawo.
19 Bazalwane bami, nangabe lomunye emkhatsini wenu eduka ecinisweni, bese lomunye uyambuyisa,
20 yatini kutsi lowo lobuyise soni ekwedukeni kwaso, uyawusindzisa umphefumulo waso ekufeni, asibekele tono letinyenti.