ISityhilelo
1:1 Isityhilelo sikaYesu Kristu, awamnika sona uThixo, ukuba asibonise
izinto zabakhonzi bakhe ezimele ukubakho kamsinya; wathumela ke
wazityhila ngengelosi yakhe kumkhonzi wakhe uYohane.
1:2 ababelingqinela ilizwi likaThixo, nobungqina bukaYesu Kristu
UKristu, nazo zonke izinto awazibonayo.
1:3 Unoyolo lowo uwalesayo, kwanabo bawevayo amazwi oku
profetani, nizigcine izinto ezibhaliweyo kuyo okwexesha
ikufuphi.
1:4 UYohane ubhalela amabandla asixhenxe akwelaseAsiya; uthi, Makube lubabalo kuni, nani
uxolo kulowo ukhoyo, wayekho, uzayo; kwaye ukusuka
ooMoya abasixhenxe abaphambi kwetrone yakhe;
1:5 nakuYesu Kristu, olingqina elithembekileyo, nowokuqala
Ozelwe kwabafileyo, nenganga yookumkani bomhlaba. Kuye
lowo wasithandayo, wasihlamba ngegazi lakhe ezonweni zethu;
1:6 wasenza ookumkani nababingeleli kuye uThixo uYise; kuye kube
uzuko namandla kuse emaphakadeni asemaphakadeni. Amen.
1:7 Yabonani, uza namafu; yaye onke amehlo aya kumbona, nabo
zimbambazele zonke izizwe zomhlaba
yakhe. Nangona kunjalo, Amen.
1:8 Mna ndinguAlfa no-Omega, isiqalo nesiphelo, itsho iNkosi.
Lowo ukhoyo, wayekho, uzayo, uSomandla.
1:9 Mna Yohane, endikwangumzalwana wenu, nedlelane nani ngayo imbandezelo nakuyo
ubukumkani nonyamezelo lukaYesu Kristu, lwalusesiqithini esibizwayo
ePatmos, ngenxa yelizwi likaThixo, nangenxa yobungqina bukaYesu Kristu.
1:10 Ndaye ndikuMoya ngemini yeNkosi, ndeva emva kwam intlaninge enkulu
ilizwi, ngathi lelexilongo,
1:11 esithi, Mna ndinguAlfa no-Omega, owokuqala nowokugqibela;
Khangela, ubhale encwadini, uyithumele kumabandla asixhenxe akhoyo
eAsia; e-Efese, eSmirna, ePergamo, nasePergamo
eTiyatira, eSardesi, eFiladelfi, naseLawodike.
1:12 Ndaza ndee guququ, ukuba ndilibone ilizwi elo belithetha nam. Kwaye ndaguquka, I
wabona iziphatho zezibane zegolide ezisixhenxe;
1:13 naphakathi kweziphatho zezibane zosixhenxe lowo ufana noNyana woMntu.
ambethe ingubo ezantsi ezinyaweni, ebhinqiwe ngeqhiya emabeleni
umbhinqo wegolide.
1:14 Intloko yakhe ke neenwele zimhlophe, njengoboya bezimvu obumhlophe njengekhephu; kunye neyakhe
amehlo enjengelangatye lomlilo;
1:15 iinyawo zakhe zifana nobhedu olubengezelayo, zingathi zivuthiswe eziko; kwaye
ilizwi lakhe ngathi sisandi samanzi amaninzi.
1:16 Waye eneenkwenkwezi ezisixhenxe esandleni sakhe sokunene, kuphuma emlonyeni wakhe
ikrele elibukhali, elintlangothi mbini;
amandla.
1:17 Ndithe ndakumbona, ndasuka ndawa ezinyaweni zakhe, ndaba njengofileyo. Waza wabeka ilungelo lakhe
isandla sam phezu kwam, sisithi kum, Musa ukoyika; ndingowokuqala nowokugqibela;
1:18 Ndingulowo udla ubomi, ndaye ndifile; yabona, ndingodla ubomi kuse emaphakadeni asemaphakadeni;
Amen; Ndinezitshixo zelabafileyo nezokufa.
1:19 Zibhale izinto ozibonileyo, nezikhoyo, nezikhoyo
izinto eziya kubakho emva koku;
1:20 Imfihlakalo yeenkwenkwezi ezisixhenxe ozibonileyo esandleni sam sokunene, nokuthi:
neziphatho zezibane zosixhenxe zegolide. Iinkwenkwezi ezo zisixhenxe zizithunywa zikaYehova
amabandla asixhenxe; neziphatho zezibane zosixhenxe ozibonileyo ngamabandla lawo
amabandla asixhenxe.