- Ngokuba nganquma ukuthi angiyikwazi okunye phakathi kwenu, kuphela uJesu Kristu, lowo obethelwe esiphambanweni.
- Ingabe uthi ngingecele kuBaba angithumele manje amalegiyona ezingelosi adlula ishumi nambili na?
- Uma-ke mina, iNkosi noMfundisi, ngigeze izinyawo zenu, nani-ke nifanele ukugezana izinyawo.
- Ukuze izinhliziyo zabo ziduduzwe, behlanganisiwe othandweni babe nengcebo yonke yokwazi okuphelele, bazisise imfihlakalo kaNkulunkulu enguKristu.
- Bathi besagqolozela ezulwini emuka, bheka, amadoda amabili ayemi kubo, embethe izingubo ezimhlophe, athi: “Madoda aseGalile, nimeleni nibheka ezulwini na? UJesu lo, osuswe kini enyuselwa ezulwini, uyakuza kanjalo, njengalokho nimbonile eya ezulwini.”
- Ngalokho iNkosi uqobo iyakukunika isibonakaliso: bheka, intombi iyakukhulelwa, izale indodana, ibize igama layo ngokuthi u-Imanuweli.
- Sebembonile ehamba phezu kolwandle, bacabanga ukuthi yisithunzi; bakhala. Ngokuba bonke bambona, bethuka.
Kepha washesha wakhuluma nabo, wathi kubo: “Yimani isibindi; yimina, ningesabi.” - UJesu egcwele uMoya oNgcwele wabuya eJordani, waholekela ngoMoya ehlane, elingwa nguSathane izinsuku ezingamashumi amane. Akadlanga lutho kulezo zinsuku; seziphelile, walamba.
- Akakho umJuda nomGreki, akakho oboshiweyo nokhululekileyo, akakho owesilisa nowesifazane, ngokuba nina nonke nimunye kuKristu Jesu.
- Kepha isipho somusa asinjengesiphambeko; ngokuba uma ngesiphambeko samuntu munye abaningi bafa, ikakhulu kwavama kwabaningi umusa nesipho sikaNkulunkulu ngomusa wamuntu munye, uJesu Kristu.
- Kakho lapha, kepha uvukile; khumbulani ukukhuluma kwakhe kini eseseGalile, ethi: ‘INdodana yomuntu imelwe ukukhashelwa ezandleni zabantu abayizoni, ibethelwe, ivuke ngosuku lwesithathu.’
- Kwathi eseshilo lokho, wakhushulwa bebuka; ifu lamsusa emehlweni abo.
- Kepha wena Betlehema Efratha,
omncane ukuba ube phakathi kwemindeni yakwaJuda,
ngiyakuphunyelwa ngovela kuwe,
ozakuba ngumbusi kwa-Israyeli,
okuvela kwakhe kusukela endulo ezinsukwini zaphakade. - Ngokuba njengomzimba umunye, kepha unezitho eziningi, nezitho zonke zomzimba, nokuba ziziningi, zingumzimba munye, unjalo-ke noKristu.
- Kepha uMduduzi, uMoya oNgcwele, uBaba ayakumthumela egameni lami uyakunifundisa konke, anikhumbuze konke enginitshele khona.
- UPawulu wayesethi: “UJohane wabhapathiza umbhapathizo wokuphenduka, ethi kubantu mabakholwe nguyena obezakuza emva kwakhe, kungukuthi uJesu.”
- Kakhulu kangakanani igazi likaKristu owazinikela kuNkulunkulu ngoMoya ophakade engenacala lizakuhlanza unembeza wethu emisebenzini efileyo, ukuze sikhonze uNkulunkulu ophilayo.
- Kwathi ukuba uJesu ewamukele uviniga, wathi: “Kufeziwe;” wagebisa ikhanda, wafa.
- Kwathi bebhapathiziwe abantu bonke, naye uJesu esebhapathiziwe, ekhuleka, izulu lavuleka, uMoya oNgcwele enesimo somzimba njengejuba wehlela phezu kwakhe; kwavela izwi ezulwini, lithi: “Wena uyiNdodana yami ethandekayo; ngithokozile ngawe.”
- Nami bengingamazi, kodwa owangithuma ukubhapathiza ngamanzi wathi kimi: ‘Lowo oyakubona uMoya ehla ahlale phezu kwakhe, nguyena obhapathiza ngoMoya oNgcwele.’
- Abafazi mabathobele amadoda abo kungathi kukuyo iNkosi, ngokuba indoda iyinhloko yomfazi, njengokuba noKristu uyinhloko yebandla, yena engumsindisi womzimba.
- Thokoza kakhulu,
ndodakazi yaseSiyoni;
jabula nokujabula,
ndodakazi yaseJerusalema;
bheka, iNkosi yakho iza kuwe,
ilungile, inensindiso,
ithobekile, ikhwele imbongolo,
ithole, inkonyane yembongolokazi. - UJesu wamemeza ngezwi elikhulu, wathi: “Baba, ezandleni zakho ngiyawubeka umoya wami.” Eseshilo lokho wafa.
- Kodwa ingelosi yaphendula, yathi kwabesifazane: “Ningesabi nina; ngokuba ngiyazi ukuthi nifuna uJesu obebethelwe esiphambanweni; kakho lapha, ngokuba uvukile njengokusho kwakhe; zanini nibone indawo lapho ebelele khona.”
- Bhekani, sikhuphukela eJerusalema; iNdodana yomuntu izakukhashelwa kubapristi abakhulu nababhali; bazakuyinqumela ukuba ife, bayikhaphele kwabezizwe ukuba iklolodelwe, ishaywe, ibethelwe esiphambanweni; kepha ngosuku lwesithathu izakuvuswa.
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