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INcwadi kaYakobi
Umntakwabo Nifayi

Amazwi entshumayelo yakhe kubazalwana bakhe. Uthoba isidima sendoda ezama ukusingela phantsi imfundiso kaKrestu. Amazwi ambalwa ngokunxulumene nembali yabantu bakaNifayi.

Isahluko 1

UYakobi noYosefu bazama ukuphembelela abantu ukuba bakholelwe kuKrestu baze bayigcine imiyalelo Yakhe—UNifayi uyafa—Inkohlakalo iyongama phakathi kwamaNifayithi. Malunga 544–421 P.K.

1 Kuba qaphelani, kwenzekile okokuba engamashumi amahlanu anesihlanu iminyaka yaye yadlula ukusuka ngelixa uLihayi eshiya elaseYerusalem; ngako oko, uNifayi wanika mna, aYakobi, bumyalelo malunga cnamacwecwe amancinane, ekukrolwe phezu kwawo ezi zinto.

2 Kwaye wanika mna, Yakobi, umyalelo wokokuba kufuneka ndibhale phezu kwala macwecwe ezimbalwa izinto endicinga ukuba zixabiseke ngakumbi; nokokuba kufuneka ndinga zichukumisi, ngaphandle kokuchaphazela nje kancinane, ngokunxulumene nembali yesi sizwe esibizwa abantu bakaNifayi.

3 Kuba wathi imbali yabantu bakhe kufuneka ikrolwe phezu kwamanye amacwecwe akhe, nokuba kufuneka ndiwalondoloze la macwecwe ndize ndiwanikezele ukuhla ukuya kuyo imbewu yam, ukususela kwisizukulwana ukuya kwisizukulwana.

4 Kwaye ukuba kwakukho intshumayelo eyaye ingcwele, okanye isityhilelo esasibalulekile, okanye ukuprofetha, kwakufuneka ndikrole aiintloko zazo phezu kwala macwecwe, kwaye ndichukumise kuzo kangangoko kunokwenzeka, ngenxa kaKrestu, nangenxa yabantu bethu.

5 Kuba ngenxa yokholo nenkxalabo enkulu, ngokwenene kwabonakaliswa kuthi malunga nabantu bethu, izinto ekufuneka azenzekile kubo.

6 Kwaye kanjalo saba nezityhilelo ezininzi, nomoya wesiprofetho ongakumbi; ngako oko, sasisazi angoKrestu nobukumkani bakhe, obabuya kuza.

7 Ngako oko sasebenza nzima ngenkuthalo phakathi kwabantu bethu, ukuze sibe nokuba phembelela ekubeni abeze kuKrestu, baze bathabathe inxaxheba kuko ukulunga kukaThixo, ukuze babe nokungena bekuphumleni kwakhe, hleze nangaluphi na uhlobo afunge ngengqumbo yakhe ukuba abayi ckungena ngaphakathi, dnjengasekucatshukisweni ngemihla yohendo ngelixa abantwana bakaSirayeli ebabesentlango.

8 Ngako oko, sinqwenela kuThixo okokuba singanakho ukuphembelela bonke abantu ukuba abangavukeli ngokuchasene noThixo, ukuze bbamcaphukise abe nomsindo, kodwa okokuba bonke abantu bakholelwe kuKrestu, baze bakubone ukufa kwakhe, baze bawunyamezele cumnqamlezo wakhe baze balithwale ihlazo lehlabathi; ngako oko, mna, Yakobi, ndikuthabathela kum ukuzalisekisa umyalelo womntakwethu uNifayi.

9 Ke kaloku uNifayi waqalisa ukuba mdala, waza wazibona ukuba kwakamsinya kufuneka aafe; ngako oko, bwathambisa indoda ukuba ibe ngukumkani nomlawuli phezu kwabantu bakhe ngoku, ngokolawulo clookumkani.

10 Abantu ekubeni bemthanda uNifayi ngokugqithisileyo, yena ke ekubeni ebengumkhuseli omkhulu wabo, ekubeni ebeliphatha ngobuchule aikrele likaLabhan ekubakhuseleni, nasekubeni ebesebenze ngayo yonke imihla yakhe ukuze babe nentlalo-ntle—

11 Ngako oko, abantu babenqwenela ukuba baligcine igama lakhe ezinkumbulweni zabo. Kwaye nabani na owayeya kulawula endaweni yakhe abantu bambiza, uNifayi wesibini, uNifayi wesithathu, njalo-njalo, ngokolawulo lookumkani; kwaye babebizwa njalo ke ngabantu, mababe lilo naliphi na igama ababeya kuba lilo.

12 Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba afe uNifayi.

13 Ngoku abantu ababengengawo aamaLeymenayithi bbabengamaNifayithi; nangona kunjalo, babebizwa amaNifayithi, amaYakobayithi, amaYosefayithi, camaZoramayithi, amaLeymenayithi, amaLemuwelayithi, namaIshmayelayithi.

14 Kodwa mna, Yakobi, emva koku andisayi kubohlula ngala magama, kodwa ndiya akubabiza amaLeymenayithi azama ukutshabalalisa abantu bakaNifayi, kwaye abo banobuhlobo kuNifayi ndiya kubabiza bamaNifayithi, okanye cabantu bakaNifayi, ngokolawulo lookumkani.

15 Kwaye ngoku kwenzekile okokuba abantu bakaNifayi, phantsi kolawulo lokumkani wesibini, baqalisa ukuzenza lukhuni iintliziyo zabo, kwaye bezanelisa kangangoko ngezenzo zenkohlakalo, ezinje ngezo zikaDavide wakudala owayenqwenela aabafazi abaninzi namashweshwe, kananjalo noSolomon, unyana wakhe.

16 Ewe, kananjalo baqalisa ukukhangela igolide nesilivere eninzi, kwaye noko baqalisa ukuphakamela ekratshini.

17 Ngako oko mna, Yakobi, ndabanika la mazwi njengokuba ndandibafundisa aetempileni, ekubeni ndiqale ndazuza bumyalezo wam ovela eNkosini.

18 Kuba mna, Yakobi, nomntakwethu uYosefu sasingababingeleli nootishala aabangcwalisiweyo phezu kwaba bantu, ngesandla sikaNifayi.

19 Kwaye saye sawukhulisa aumsebenzi wethu eNkosini, sithabathela kuthi buxanduva, siphendula ngezono zabantu phezu kweentloko zethu ukuba asibafundisanga ilizwi likaThixo ngayo yonke inkuthalo; ngako oko, ngokusebenza ngamandlakazi ethu cigazi labo alinakuza phezu kweengubo zethu; kungenjalo igazi labo liya kuza phezu kweengubo zethu, kwaye ke asiyi kufunyaniswa singenachaphaza ngomhla wokugqibela.