Hebhere
11:1 Ukholo ke kukukholosa ngezinto ezithenjiweyo;
ayibonwa.
11:2 Kuba amanyange angqinelwa ngokuba nalo.
11:3 Ngokholo siyaqonda ukuba indalo le yonke yenziwe yabakho ngelizwi likaThixo;
UThixo, ukuze izinto ezi zibonwayo zibe aziphume kwizinto azenzayo
vela.
11:4 Ngokholo uAbheli wasondeza kuye uThixo umbingelelo ogqithileyo kunokaKayin
awangqinelwa ngawo ukuba ulilungisa, uThixo emngqinela
ngayo ke, efile nje, usathetha.
11:5 Ngokholo uEnoki wafuduselwa emazulwini ukuba angaboni kufa; kwaye kwakungekho
wafunyanwa, ngokuba uThixo wamfudusayo;
nobo ke ubungqina bokuba umkholise kakuhle uThixo.
11:6 Ke, lungekho ukholo, akunakubakho ukumkholisa kakuhle; kuba lowo uzayo
UThixo umelwe kukukholwa ukuba ukho, nokuba ungumvuzi wabo oko
Mfuneni ngenyameko.
11:7 Ngokholo uNowa, ehlatyelwe nguThixo ngazo izinto ebezingekabonwa, washukunyiswa
ukoyika, walungisa ityeya yokusindisa indlu yakhe; ngayo yena
waligweba ihlabathi, waba yindlalifa yobulungisa obungabo
ukholo.
11:8 Ngokholo uAbraham wathi, akubizwa, aphume aye endaweni abeza kuyo
owathi emva kokufumana ilifa, wamlulamela; waphuma, akaphuma
esazi apho aya khona.
11:9 Ngokholo waba ngumphambukeli emhlabeni wedinga, wanga ukowasemzini;
ehleli ezintenteni, noIsake noYakobi, iindlalifa kunye naye
isithembiso esifanayo:
11:10 Kuba wayewulindele umzi lo uneziseko, ungcibi, umbangi wawo
nguThixo.
11:11 Ngokholo noSara ngokwakhe wamkela amandla okuba amithe, amithe
wazala umntwana, liseligqithile ixesha ngenxa yokuba ebemgweba
othembekileyo owabathembisayo.
11:12 Kungoko kwaphumayo emnye, engulowo engofileyo, kwabaninzi abakhoyo
neenkwenkwezi zezulu ukuba baninzi, nanjengentlabathi eselwandle
unxweme olungenakubalwa.
11:13 Aba bonke bafa ngokokholo, bengawafumananga amadinga;
wababona bekude, bakholosa, bawawola, bawabona
bavuma ukuba bangabasemzini, balundwendwe emhlabeni.
11:14 Kuba abo bathetha izinto ezinjalo, babonakalalisa ukuba bangxamele ikowabo.
11:15 Ukuba okunene babekhumbula elo lizwe babesuka kulo
baphuma ke, ukuze babe nethuba lokubuyela kubo.
11:16 Kodwa ngoku bazolulela kwelona lilungileyo, oko kukuthi, kwelasemazulwini
UThixo akanazintloni ngabo, ukuba kuthiwe unguThixo wabo, kuba ebalungisele
isixeko.
11:17 Ngokholo uAbraham, xa wayevavanywa, wamnikela uIsake, kunye nalowo wayenaye
wawamkela amadinga wanikela ngonyana wakhe okuphela kwamzeleyo;
11:18 ekwakuthiwe ngaye, Iya kubizwa ngoIsake imbewu yakho;
11:19 ecamanga ngokuthi, uThixo unako ukuvusa nakwabafileyo; ukusuka
uthe khona apho wamamkela ngokomfanekiso.
11:20 Ngokholo uIsake wabasikelela uYakobi noEsawu, ngazo izinto eziza kubakho.
11:21 Ngokholo uYakobi wathi, xa aqhawukayo, wabasikelela bobabini oonyana bakaYosefu;
waqubuda esimelele ngentonga yakhe.
11:22 Ngokholo uYosefu uthe, xa abhubhayo, wakukhankanya ukuphuma kweNkosi
oonyana bakaSirayeli; Wawisa umthetho ngawo amathambo akhe.
11:23 Ngokholo uMoses uthe, akuba ezelwe, wafihlwa iinyanga zantathu ngabazali bakhe.
ngokuba babembona ukuba ungumntwana olungileyo; Ã basoyika nokoyika uYehova
umyalelo wokumkani.
11:24 Ngokholo uMoses uthe, akuba mkhulu, akavuma ukubizwa ngokuthi unguNyana;
kwintombi kaFaro;
11:25 enyula kanye ukuba aphathwe kakubi, ndawonye nabantu bakaThixo, kunokuba;
nixhamle izono okomzuzwana;
11:26 ekubalele ukungcikivwa kukaKristu kububutyebi obungaphezu kobutyebi
iYiputa, kuba wayekhangele ukwamkela umvuzo.
11:27 Ngokholo wayishiya iYiputa, akawoyika umsindo wokumkani;
wanyamezela, wanga uyambona lowo ungenakubonwa.
11:28 Ngokholo uyenzile ipasika nokutshizwa kwegazi, ukuze angabi nako
owatshabalalisa amazibulo angawachukumisi.
11:29 Ngokholo baluwela uLwandle oluBomvu, kwanga kusemhlabeni owomileyo;
AmaYiputa awayezama ukwenza arhaxwa.
11:30 Ngokholo zawa iindonga zaseYeriko, zakuba zijikeleziwe
iintsuku ezisixhenxe.
11:31 Ngokholo uRahabhi ihenyukazi akatshabalalanga kunye nabo bangevayo, xa
wayezamkele iintlola ngoxolo.
11:32 Ndisathetha ntoni na? kuba ndingaphelelwa lixesha ndibalisa ngoGidiyon;
kunye noBharaki, noSamson, noYifeta; ekaDavide, noSamuweli,
nabaprofeti;
11:33 abathe ngokholo beyisa izikumkani, basebenza ubulungisa, bazuzana
izithembiso, zavala imilomo yeengonyama;
11:34 bacima amandla omlilo, basinda kuhlangothi lwekrele
ubuthathaka babomelela, baba ngamagorha edabini, babagxotha
imikhosi yabasemzini.
11:35 Abafazi babazuza abafileyo babo bevukile;
bathuthunjiswa, bengalwamkeli usindiso; ukuze bazuze okulungileyo
uvuko:
11:36 Bambi ke benziwa intlekisa, batyakatywa;
amabhondi kunye nokuvalelwa:
11:37 baxulutywa ngamatye, basarhwa kubini, bahendwa, babulawa kunye
bebhadula ngezintsu zeegusha nangeenkunzi zeebhokhwe; ukuba
baswele, bexhwalekile, bathuthunjiswa;
11:38 (elalingabafanelanga ihlabathi;)
ezintabeni, nakwimiqolomba, nakwimiqolomba yomhlaba.
11:39 Aba ke bonke, ngenxa yokuba bangqinelwe kakuhle ngalo ukholo, abamkelanga
isithembiso:
11:40 uThixo esazalelele thina ngeyona nto ilungileyo, ukuze bangabi nakwethu
akufunekanga enziwe agqibelele.