ISityhilelo Esiya KuYohane 1:1-20
1 Isityhilelo esityhilwa nguYesu Kristu, asinikwe nguThixo,+ ukuba abonise amakhoboka akhe+ izinto ezimele zenzeke kungekudala. Esebenzisa ingelosi yakhe, wasityhilela ikhoboka lakhe uYohane+ ngemiqondiso,
2 yena owangqinayo ngelizwi uThixo awalikhuphayo nangezinto ezathethwa nguYesu Kristu. Eneneni wangqina ngazo zonke izinto awazibonayo.
3 Wonwabile umntu owafunda ngokuvakalayo amazwi esi siprofeto nabo bawevayo amazwi aso, nabazenzayo izinto ezibhalwe kuso,+ kuba ixesha elibekiweyo lisondele.
4 UYohane ubhalela amabandla asixhenxe+ akwiphondo laseAsiya esithi:
Kwanga ningenzelwa ububele* nize nibe noxolo oluvela “kuLowo ukhoyo nowayekho nozayo,”+ nakoomoya abasixhenxe+ abaphambi kwetrone yakhe,
5 nakuYesu Kristu, “iNgqina Elithembekileyo,”+ “owaba ngowokuqala ukuvuswa ekufeni,”+ “noMlawuli wookumkani bomhlaba.”+
Kulowo usithandayo+ nosikhululayo kwizono zethu ngegazi lakhe,+
6 osenze saba ngookumkani+ nababingeleli+ kuThixo wakhe noTata wakhe, makubekho uzuko namandla ngonaphakade. Amen.
7 Jongani! Uza ngamafu,+ yaye onke amehlo aza kumbona, kunye nabo bamhlabayo. Zonke izizwe zomhlaba ziza kuzibetha esifubeni zisentlungwini ngenxa yakhe.+ Ziza kwenzeka nyhani ezi zinto, Amen.
8 “NdinguAlfa no-Omega,”*+ utsho uYehova* uThixo, “Lowo ukhoyo nowayekho nozayo, uSomandla.”+
9 Mna Yohane, umzalwana wenu ova ubunzima kunye nani+ noza kulawula kunye nani ebukumkanini,+ nonyamezeleyo+ ngokumanyene noYesu,+ ndaba kwisiqithi ekuthiwa yiPatmos ngenxa yokuthetha ngoThixo nangokungqina ngoYesu.
10 Umoya oyingcwele wandinceda ndabona izinto ezaziza kwenzeka ngemini yeNkosi, yaye ndeva emva kwam ilizwi elinamandla njengelexilongo,
11 lisithi: “Le nto uyibonayo yibhale kumsongo, emva koko uwuthumele kula mabandla asixhenxe: iEfese,+ iSmirna,+ iPergamo,+ iTiyatira,+ iSardesi,+ iFiladelfi+ neLawodike.”+
12 Ndajika ukuze ndibone ukuba ngubani lo uthetha nam, ndabona iziphatho zezibane zegolide ezisixhenxe,+
13 yaye phakathi kwezo ziphatho zezibane ndabona umntu onjengonyana womntu+ enxibe isambatho esifika ezinyaweni, enombhinqo wegolide esifubeni.
14 Ngaphezu koko, intloko yakhe neenwele zakhe zazimhlophe okoboya obumhlophe nanjengekhephu, amehlo akhe enjengedangatye lomlilo,+
15 iinyawo zakhe zinjengekopolo esulungekileyo+ xa imenyezela eziko, lona ilizwi lakhe lalinjengesandi samanzi amaninzi.
16 Esandleni sakhe sasekunene kwakukho iinkwenkwezi ezisixhenxe,+ emlonyeni wakhe kuphuma ikrele elide elibukhali macala,+ ubuso bakhe bunjengelanga xa liqaqambe kakhulu.+
17 Ndathi ndakumbona, ndawa ezinyaweni zakhe, ndanjengofileyo.
Yena wabeka isandla sakhe sasekunene phezu kwam, wathi: “Sukoyika. NdingowokuQala+ nowokuGqibela,+
18 nophilayo,+ ndandifile+ kodwa jonga ngoku ndiyaphila ngonaphakade kanaphakade,+ yaye ndinezitshixo zokufa nezengcwaba.*+
19 Ngoko zibhale phantsi izinto ozibonileyo, nezinto ezenzekayo ngoku neziza kwenzeka emva koku.
20 Nantsi imfihlelo engcwele yeenkwenkwezi ezisixhenxe ozibone esandleni sam sasekunene, nemfihlelo engeziphatho zezibane zegolide ezisixhenxe: Iinkwenkwezi ezisixhenxe zimela iingelosi zamabandla asixhenxe, yaye iziphatho zezibane ezisixhenxe zimela amabandla asixhenxe.+
Umbhalo osemazantsi
^ Okanye “ububele obungasifanelanga.”
^ UAlfa ngunobumba wokuqala koonobumba besiGrike, aze uOmega abe ngunobumba wokugqibela.
^ Funda Isihlomelo A5.
^ Funda Ingcaciso Yamagama.
