amaHebheru
11:1 Manje ukukholwa kungukuqiniseka ngezinto ezithenjwayo, ubufakazi bezinto
akabonwa.
11:2 Ngoba ngalo abadala bazuza ubufakazi obuhle.
11:3 Ngokukholwa siyaqonda ukuthi izwe lakhiwe ngezwi lika
uNkulunkulu, ukuze okubonwayo akwenziwanga ngezinto ezizenzayo
avele.
11:4 Ngokholo u-Abela wanikela kuNkulunkulu umhlatshelo omuhle kakhulu kunoKayini, by
athola ubufakazi bokuthi ulungile, uNkulunkulu efakaza ngaye
ngezipho: futhi ngakho usakhuluma, nakuba efile.
11:5 Ngokukholwa u-Enoke wasuswa ukuze angaboni ukufa; futhi wayengekho
watholwa, ngokuba uNkulunkulu wayemthathile;
lobufakazi bokuthi wayemthokozisile uNkulunkulu.
11:6 Kodwa ngaphandle kokholo akwenzeki ukumthokozisa, ngoba lowo ozayo
UNkulunkulu kufanele akholwe ukuthi ukhona, nokuthi ungumvuzi wabo lokho
nimfune ngenkuthalo.
11:7 Ngokukholwa uNowa, exwayisiwe nguNkulunkulu ngezinto ezingakabonwa, washukunyiswa
ukwesaba, walungisa umkhumbi wokusindisa indlu yakhe; ngalokho yena
walahla izwe, waba yindlalifa yokulunga okuvela ngakho
ukholo.
11:8 Ngokukholwa, u-Abrahama, lapho ebizwa ukuba aphume aye endaweni ayekuyo
ngemva kokuthola ifa, walalela; waphuma, hhayi
esazi lapho eya khona.
11:9 Ngokukholwa wagogobala ezweni lesithembiso njengasezweni lezihambi.
ehlala emadokodweni kanye no-Isaka noJakobe, izindlalifa kanye naye enkosini
isithembiso esifanayo:
11:10 Ngoba wayelindele umuzi onezisekelo, omakhi nomenzi wawo
unguNkulunkulu.
11:11 Ngokukholwa naye uSara uqobo wathola amandla okukhulelwa, futhi
wabeletha esedlulelwe yisikhathi, ngokuba wamahlulela
othembekile owayethembisile.
NgokukaLuka 11:12 Ngakho kwavela ngoyedwa lowo, enjengofileyo, abaningi njengabo
izinkanyezi zezulu ngobuningi, nanjengesihlabathi solwandle
ugu olungenakubalwa.
11:13 Bonke laba bafa ekukholweni, bengazamukelanga izithembiso, kodwa benakho
wababona bekude, wancengwa yibo, wabagona, futhi
bavuma ukuthi bangabafokazi nezihambi emhlabeni.
11:14 Ngoba abasho izinto ezinjalo bafakaza obala ukuthi bafuna izwe.
11:15 Futhi ngempela, uma bebelokhu bekhumbula lelo zwe abavela kulo
baphuma, ngabe babenethuba lokubuya.
11:16 Kodwa manje bafuna elinye elingcono, okungukuthi, ezulwini
UNkulunkulu akanamahloni ukubizwa ngokuthi unguNkulunkulu wabo, ngokuba ubalungisele
idolobha.
11:17 Ngokukholwa u-Abrahama, lapho evivinywa, wanikela ngo-Isaka, futhi lowo owayenakho
wamukela izithembiso wanikela ngendodana yakhe ezelwe yodwa.
11:18 okwathi ngaye: "Inzalo yakho iyakubizwa ngo-Isaka."
11:19 ethi uNkulunkulu unamandla okumvusa nakwabafileyo; kusuka
lapho futhi wamemukela ngomfanekiso.
11:20 Ngokukholwa u-Isaka wabusisa oJakobe no-Esawu mayelana nezinto ezizayo.
11:21 Ngokukholwa uJakobe, lapho esezokufa, wabusisa amadodana kaJosefa womabili;
wakhuleka encika esihlokweni sodondolo lwakhe.
11:22 Ngokukholwa uJosefa, lapho efa, wakhuluma ngokuphuma kwebandla
abantwana bakwa-Israyeli; walaya ngamathambo akhe.
11:23 Ngokukholwa uMose, esezelwe, wafihlwa izinyanga ezintathu kubazali bakhe.
ngoba bebona ukuthi ungumntwana ofanele; futhi kabazesabanga iNKOSI
umyalo wenkosi.
11:24 Ngokholo uMose, lapho esekhulile, wala ukubizwa ngokuthi indodana
endodakazini kaFaro;
11:25 ekhetha ukuhlupheka kanye nabantu bakaNkulunkulu, kunokuba
ujabulele ubumnandi besono isikhashana;
11:26 Ethi ukuthukwa kukaKristu kuyingcebo enkulu kunengcebo ekuyo
iGibithe, ngokuba wayebheke umvuzo.
11:27 Ngokukholwa washiya iGibhithe, engesabi ulaka lwenkosi
waqinisela sengathi uyambona ongabonwayo.
11:28 Ngokholo wagcina iphasika nokufafaza ngegazi, ukuze angalimazi
owabhubhisa amazibulo kufanele awathinte.
11:29 Ngokukholwa badabula uLwandle Olubomvu kungathi kusemhlabathini owomileyo
AbaseGibhithe ababezama ukwenza kanjalo baminza.
11:30 Ngokukholwa izingange zaseJeriko zawa, ngemva kokuba zizungezwe
izinsuku eziyisikhombisa.
11:31 Ngokholo uRahabi isifebe akabhubhanga kanye nalabo abangakholwa, lapho
wayezamukele izinhloli ngokuthula.
11:32 Futhi yini ngisazokusho? ngoba ngizaphela isikhathi sokuthi ngikhulume ngoGidiyoni.
noBaraki, noSamsoni, noJefta; noDavide, noSamuweli,
labaprofethi.
11:33 owathi ngokholo wanqoba imibuso, wenza ukulunga, wazuza
izithembiso, zavala imilomo yamabhubesi,
11:34 bacima ubudlova bomlilo, baphunyuka obukhali benkemba, kusukela
ubuthakathaka baqiniswa, baba ngamaqhawe ekulweni, baphenduka babaleka
amabutho abafokazi.
11:35 Abesifazane bamukela abafileyo babo bevusiwe, futhi abanye
bahlukunyezwe, bengakwamukeli ukukhululwa; ukuze bathole elingcono
uvuko:
11:36 Abanye balingwa ngokuklolodelwa ngonya nangokubhaxabulwa, yebo, ngaphezu kwalokho
amabhondi kanye nokuboshwa:
11:37 Bakhandwa ngamatshe, banqunywa phakathi, balingwa, babulawa
inkemba: bazulazula bembethe izikhumba zezimvu nezikhumba zezimbuzi; ukuba
abasweleyo, abahluphekayo, abahlutshwayo;
11:38 (izwe lalingabafanele) bazulazula ezingwadule nasezweni.
izintaba, nasemihumeni nasemihumeni yomhlaba.
11:39 Futhi laba bonke, ngemva kokuthola umbiko omuhle ngokholo, abazange bathole
isithembiso:
11:40 UNkulunkulu esesilungiselele okuthile okungcono, ukuthi ngaphandle kwethu
akufanele enziwe aphelele.