ISityhilelo
12:1 Kwabonakala umqondiso omkhulu emazulwini; umfazi wambethe ingubo
Ilanga, inyanga iphantsi kweenyawo zakhe, entloko kuye isithsaba seshumi elinambini
iinkwenkwezi:
12:2 Wathi ke emithi, wakhala, eneneni, eneneni, eneneni
zisiwe.
12:3 Kwabonakala omnye umqondiso ezulwini. nantso ibomvu enkulu
inamba, ineentloko ezisixhenxe neempondo ezilishumi, inezithsaba ezisixhenxe phezu kwayo
iintloko.
12:4 Umsila wayo wawurhola isahlulo sesithathu seenkwenkwezi zezulu, wayiphosa
zaya emhlabeni; yathi inamba yema phambi komfazi lowo ebesele elungile
ukuba azale, ukuba amdle umntwana wakhe, akuba ezelwe.
12:5 Wazala umntwana oyinkwenkwe, oza kuzalusa zonke iintlanga ngomntwana
intonga yentsimbi: umntwana wakhe lowo wathiwa xwi, wasiwa kuThixo, nakuyo itrone yakhe.
12:6 Wathi umfazi wasabela entlango, apho ebenayo indawo
kaThixo, ukuze bamdlise khona iwaka elinamakhulu amabini anamanci mabini
iintsuku ezimashumi mathandathu.
12:7 Kwaza kwabakho imfazwe emazulwini;
inamba; yasilwa inamba nezithunywa zayo;
12:8 Akaba nakweyisa; azaba safunyanwa indawo yazo emazulwini.
12:9 Yaphoswa phantsi inamba enkulu, inyoka yakudala, leyo kuthiwa nguMtyholi;
noSathana, lowo ulilahlekisayo elimiweyo liphela, wakhutshelwa ngaphandle
emhlabeni, nezithunywa zakhe zaphoswa phantsi kunye naye.
12:10 Ndeva izwi elikhulu emazulwini, lisithi, Ngoku luthe usindiso, nosindiso
amandla, nobukumkani bukaThixo wethu, namandla kaKristu wakhe: ngokuba
ukhahlelwe phantsi ummangaleli wabazalwana bethu, lowo ubamangaleleyo phambi kwethu
UThixo imini nobusuku.
12:11 Bameyisile bona ngenxa yegazi leMvana, nangenxa yelizwi labo
ubungqina; ababuthandanga ubomi babo kwada kwasekufeni.
12:12 Ngenxa yoko yibani nemihlali, nina mazulu, nani ninomnquba kuwo. Yeha ke nina
bemi behlabathi nolwandle; ngokuba uhlile weza kum uMtyholi
nina, ninomsindo omkhulu, ngenxa enokuba isazi ukuba unalo ixesha elifutshane
ixesha.
12:13 Yaza yathi inamba, yakubona ukuba iphoswe emhlabeni, yalitshutshisa
umfazi owazala umntwana oyinkwenkwe.
12:14 Umfazi wanikwa amaphiko amabini okhozi olukhulu, ukuze abe nako
bhabha uye entlango, endaweni yayo, apho idliwe khona;
ixesha, namaxesha, nesiqingatha sexesha, ukusuka ebusweni benyoka.
12:15 Yaza inyoka yakhupha emlonyeni wayo amanzi anjengomlambo emva komfazi;
ukuze amkhukulise unogumbe.
12:16 Kwaye umhlaba wamnceda umfazi, kwaye umhlaba wawuvula umlomo wakhe, kwaye
yawuginya umlambo eyawukhuphayo inamba emlonyeni wayo.
12:17 Yamqumbela umfazi inamba, yemka yaya kulwa naye
Intsalela yembewu yakhe, abayigcinayo imithetho kaThixo, bayigcine
ubungqina bukaYesu Kristu.