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1. | Njengoba abanengi sebebeke izandla ukubeka ngendlela efaneleyo ukulandiswa kwalezizinto eziqiniseke ngokupheleleyo phakathi kwethu, |
2. | njengalokhu basinika labo ababonayo ngamehlo ekuqaleni njalo bezinceku zelizwi, |
3. | kukhanye kukuhle lakimi, sengizihlolisisile zonke izinto kusukela ekuqaleni, ukuthi ngikubhalele ngokulandelana, mhlekazi Teyofilu, |
4. | ukuze wazi iqiniso ngalezozinto owazifundiswayo. |
5. | Ensukwini zikaHerodi inkosi yeJudiya kwakukhona umpristi othile othiwa nguZakariya, oweqembu likaAbhiya; lomkakhe wayevela kumadodakazi kaAroni, lebizo lakhe linguElizabethi. |
6. | Njalo babelungile bobabili phambi kukaNkulunkulu, behamba ngayo yonke imilayo lezimiso zeNkosi, bengasoleki. |
7. | Njalo babengelamntwana, ngoba uElizabethi wayeyinyumba, basebeleminyaka eminengi bobabili. |
8. | Kwasekusithi esenza inkonzo yobupristi phambi kukaNkulunkulu esesimisweni seqembu lakibo, |
9. | ngomkhuba wenkonzo yobupristi, wadliwa yinkatho ukutshisa impepha esengene ethempelini leNkosi. |
10. | Njalo ixuku lonke labantu lalikhuleka ngaphandle ngesikhathi sokutshisa impepha. |
11. | Ingilosi yeNkosi yasibonakala kuye, imi ngakwesokunene selathi lempepha. |
12. | Kwathi uZakariya e yi bona waqhuqha, lokwesaba kwawela phezu kwakhe. |
13. | Kodwa ingilosi yathi kuye: Ungesabi Zakariya; ngoba umkhuleko wakho uzwakele, lomkakho uElizabethi uzakuzalela indodana, njalo uzakuthi ibizo layo nguJohane. |
14. | Futhi uzakuba lenjabulo lentokozo, labanengi bazakujabulela ukuzalwa kwakhe. |
15. | Ngoba uzakuba mkhulu phambi kweNkosi, iwayini kanye lokunathwayo okulamandla kasoze akunathe, futhi uzagcwaliswa ngoMoya oNgcwele kusukela eses esiswini sikanina. |
16. | Labanengi kubantwana bakoIsrayeli uzabaphendulela eNkosini uNkulunkulu wabo; |
17. | njalo yena uzahamba phambi kwayo emoyeni lemandleni kaElija, ukuphendulela inhliziyo zaboyise kubantwana, labangalaleliyo ekuhlakanipheni kwabalungileyo, ukulungiselela iNkosi isizwe esilungisiweyo. |
18. | UZakariya wasesithi kuyo ingilosi: Ngizakwazi ngani lokhu? Ngoba mina ngilixhegu, lomkami useleminyaka eminengi. |
19. | Ingilosi yasiphendula yathi kuye: NginguGabriyeli mina, omayo phambi kukaNkulunkulu; njalo ngithunyiwe ukukhuluma lawe, lokukubikela lezizindaba ezinhle. |
20. | Njalo khangela, uzakuba yisimungulu njalo wehluleke ukukhuluma, kuze kube lusuku okuzakwenzeka ngalo lezizinto, ngenxa yokuthi ungakholwanga amazwi ami, azagcwaliseka ngesikhathi sawo. |
21. | Labantu babemlindele uZakariya; bamangala ngokuphuza kwakhe ethempelini. |
22. | Kuthe esephuma wehluleka ukukhuluma labo; njalo bazi ukuthi ubone umbono ethempelini; njalo yena wayesebaqhweba, wahlala eyisimungulu. |
23. | Kwasekusithi seziphelile insuku zokukhonza kwakhe, waya endlini yakhe. |
24. | Kwathi emva kwalezonsuku uElizabethi umkakhe wathatha isisu, wazifihla okwezinyanga ezinhlanu, esithi: |
25. | Yenze kanje kimi iNkosi ensukwini eya ngi khangela ngazo ukususa ihlazo lami phakathi kwabantu. |
26. | Kwathi ngenyanga yesithupha ingilosi uGabriyeli yathunywa nguNkulunkulu emzini weGalili othiwa yiNazaretha, |
27. | entombini eyayigane indoda, ebizo layo lalinguJosefa, eyendlu kaDavida; lebizo lentombi linguMariya. |
28. | Ingilosi yasingena kuye yathi: Ekuhle, wena othandiweyo ! INkosi ilawe, ubusisiwe wena phakathi kwabesifazana. |
29. | Kwathi ese yi bonile wethuswa kakhulu yilizwi layo, wanakana ukuthi yikubingelela okunjani lokhu. |
30. | Ingilosi yasisithi kuye: Ungesabi, Mariya; ngoba uthole uthando kuNkulunkulu. |
31. | Njalo khangela, uzathatha isisu, uzale indodana, uzakuthi ibizo layo nguJesu. |
32. | Yena uzakuba mkhulu, uzabizwa ngokuthi yiNdodana yoPhezukonke; futhi iNkosi uNkulunkulu izamnika isihlalo sobukhosi sikayise uDavida, |
33. | njalo uzabusa phezu kwendlu kaJakobe kuze kube nininini, langombuso wakhe kawuzukuba lokuphela. |
34. | UMariya wasesithi kuyo ingilosi: Lokhu kungenzeka njani, njengoba ngingazi indoda? |
35. | Ingilosi yasiphendula yathi kuye: UMoya oNgcwele uzakuza phezu kwakho, lamandla oPhezukonke azakwembesa; ngakho lalokhu okungcwele okuzazalwa nguwe kuzakuthiwa yiNdodana kaNkulunkulu. |
36. | Njalo khangela, isinini sakho uElizabethi, laye ukhulelwe yindodana ebudaleni bakhe; lale yinyanga yesithupha kuye obekuthiwa uyinyumba. |
37. | Ngoba kuNkulunkulu kakulalutho oluzakwehlula. |
38. | UMariya wasesithi: Khangela, incekukazi yeNkosi; kakube kimi njengelizwi lakho. Ingilosi yasisuka kuye. |
39. | Ngalezonsuku uMariya wasesukuma waya ezintabeni ngokuphangisa, emzini weJuda, |
40. | wangena endlini kaZakariya, wabingelela uElizabethi. |
41. | Kwasekusithi uElizabethi ezwe ukubingelela kukaMariya, inkonyane yeqa esiswini sakhe; loElizabethi wagcwaliswa ngoMoya oNgcwele, |
42. | wamemeza ngelizwi elikhulu, wathi: Ubusisiwe wena phakathi kwabesifazana, njalo sibusisiwe isithelo sesizalo sakho! |
43. | Kanti kuvela ngaphi lokhu kimi, ukuthi unina weNkosi yami eze kimi? |
44. | Ngoba khangela, kuthe ilizwi lokubingelela kwakho lifika endlebeni zami, umntwana weqa esiswini sami ngokuthokoza. |
45. | Futhi ubusisiwe okholiweyo, ngoba kuzagcwaliseka lezozinto ezakhulunywa kuye yiNkosi. |
46. | UMariya wasesithi: Umphefumulo wami uyayikhulisa iNkosi, |
47. | lomoya wami uyathokoza kuNkulunkulu uMsindisi wami, |
48. | ngoba ukhangele ubuphansi bencekukazi yakhe. Ngoba khangela, kusukela khathesi zonke izizukulwana zizakuthi ngibusisiwe. |
49. | Ngoba yena olamandla ungenzele izinto ezinkulu, lingcwele lebizo lakhe, |
50. | lesihawu sakhe sikusizukulwana ngesizukulwana kulabo abamesabayo. |
51. | Wenzile amandla ngengalo yakhe; uhlakazile abazigqajayo ekunakaneni kwenhliziyo zabo. |
52. | Wehlisile iziphathamandla ezihlalweni zobukhosi, kodwa uphakamisile abantukazana. |
53. | Abalambileyo ubasuthise ngezinto ezinhle, kodwa abanothileyo wabamukisa beze. |
54. | Umsizile uIsrayeli inceku yakhe, ngokukhumbula isihawu, |
55. | njengoba watsho kubobaba bethu, kuAbrahama, lenzalweni yakhe kuze kube nininini. |
56. | UMariya wasehlala laye okungaba zinyanga ezintathu, wasebuyela endlini yakhe. |
57. | Isikhathi sikaElizabethi sokuthi abelethe sesiphelele, wasebeletha indodana. |
58. | Abakhelene laye lezinini zakhe basebesizwa ukuthi iNkosi yenze isihawu sayo saba sikhulu kuye, basebethokoza laye. |
59. | Kwasekusithi ngosuku lwesificaminwembili, beza uku za soka usane; balubiza ngebizo likayise ngokuthi nguZakariya. |
60. | Kodwa unina waphendula wathi: Hatshi bo, kodwa luzathiwa nguJohane. |
61. | Basebesithi kuye: Kakho ezihlotsheni zakho obizwa ngalelibizo. |
62. | Basebeqhweba uyise, ukuthi angathanda ukuthi lubizwe ngokuthini. |
63. | Wasecela into yokubhalela, wabhala, esithi: NguJohane ibizo lalo; basebemangala bonke. |
64. | Njalo wahle wavulwa umlomo wakhe lolimi lwakhe lwatshwaphululwa, wasekhuluma edumisa uNkulunkulu. |
65. | Lokwesaba kwehlela phezu kwabo bonke abakhelene labo; njalo kwakhulunywa ngazo zonke lezizinto kulo lonke elezintabeni zeJudiya, |
66. | labo bonke aba zi zwayo ba zi londoloza ezinhliziyweni zabo, besithi: Kambe lolusane luzakuba njani? Njalo isandla seNkosi sasilalo. |
67. | LoZakariya uyise wagcwaliswa ngoMoya oNgcwele, waprofetha, esithi: |
68. | Ibusisiwe iNkosi uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli, ngoba ihambele yasenzela inkululeko isizwe sayo, |
69. | yasivusela uphondo losindiso endlini kaDavida inceku yayo, |
70. | njengalokho yakhuluma ngomlomo wabaprofethi bayo abangcwele kusukela ekuqaleni komhlaba, |
71. | isikhulula ezitheni zethu, lesandleni sabo bonke abasizondayo; |
72. | ukwenzela obaba bethu isihawu, lokukhumbula isivumelwano sayo esingcwele, |
73. | isifungo eyasifunga kubaba wethu uAbrahama, |
74. | ukusinika, ukuthi sesikhululiwe esandleni sezitha zethu, siyikhonze si ngelakwesaba |
75. | ngobungcwele langokulunga phambi kwayo zonke izinsuku zempilo yethu. |
76. | Lawe-ke, sane, uzabizwa ngokuthi u ngumprofethi woPhezukonke; ngoba uzahamba phambi kobuso beNkosi ukulungisa izindlela zayo; |
77. | lokunika isizwe sayo ulwazi losindiso ngothethelelo lwezono zabo, |
78. | ngesihelo sikaNkulunkulu wethu, okuthi ngaso ukusa kwaphezulu kusethekelele, |
79. | ukubakhanyisela abahlezi emnyameni lethunzini lokufa, ukuqondisa inyawo zethu endleleni yokuthula. |
80. | Wakhula-ke umntwana omncane, waqina emoyeni, waba sezinkangala kwaze kwaba lusuku lokubonakala kwakhe kuIsrayeli. |
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