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11 Ukukholwa kulindelwa okuqinisekisiweko kwalokho esinethemba ngakho,+ ubufakazi obanelisako* balokho okungokwamambala okungabonwako. 2 Yeke, abantu bekadeni* bafumana ubufakazi.
3 Ngokukholwa siyalemuka ukuthi iphaseli lahlelwa ngelizwi lakaZimu ukuthi okubonwako kube khona ezintweni ezingabonakaliko.
4 Ngokukholwa u-Abela wanikela uZimu umhlatjelo osezingeni eliphezulu kunokaKayini+ begodu ngokukholokho wamukela ubufakazi bokuthi ulungile ngombana uZimu wamukela* izipho zakhe,+ ngitjho nanyana ahlongakele, usakhuluma+ ngokukholwa kwakhe.
5 Ngokukholwa u-Inogo+ wadluliswa bona angaboni ukufa, akhenge asafumaneka ndawo ngombana uZimu wamdlulisa+ ngombana ngaphambi kobana adluliswe wafumana ubufakazi bokuthi uthabise uZimu. 6 Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngaphandle kokukholwa akukghoneki ukuthabisa uZimu ngombana nanyana ngubani otjhidela kuZimu kufuze akholelwe ukuthi ukhona nokobana uba mvuzi walabo abamfuna ngetjiseko.+
7 Ngokukholwa, uNowa+ ngemva kokufumana isiyeleliso esivela kuZimu sezinto ebezingakabonwa,+ walalela uZimu,* wakha umkhumbi+ bona asindise umndenakhe begodu ngebanga lokukholokhu walahla iphasi,+ waba yindlalifa yokulunga okumphumela wokukholwa.
8 Ngokukholwa, u-Abrahama+ nakabizwako, walalela ngokuthi aphume endawenekhabo watjhinga endaweni ebekazoyizuza njengelifa; waphuma, ngitjho nanyana bekangazi bona uyaphi.+ 9 Ngokukholwa wahlala njengomuntu ovela kwenye inarha,+ enarheni yesithembiso ngasuthi usenarheni ekungasingeyakhe, wahlala ematendeni+ no-Isaka noJakopo, iindlalifa ezikunye naye zesithembiso esifanako.+ 10 Ngombana bekalinde idorobho elineensekelo zamambala, lelo umtlami nomakhi walo kunguZimu.+
11 Ngokukholwa noSara wafumana amandla wokuba sidisi,* ngitjho nanyana iminyakakhe yokuba sidisi beseyidlulile+ ngombana wamqala njengothembekileko loyo owenze isithembiso. 12 Ngebangeli, ngomuntu munye obekanjengofileko,+ kwabelethwa abantwana+ abanengi njengeenkwekwezi zomkayi nokungekhe kwakghoneka ukubabala njengehlabathi yelwandle.+
13 Ngokukholwa boke laba bafa, ngitjho nanyana bangakhenge bafumane ukuzaliseka kweenthembiso+ kodwana bazibona zisesekude,+ bazamukela begodu bavuma tjhatjhalazi ukuthi bavela kwenye inarha nezakhamuzi zesikhatjhana enarheni. 14 Ngombana labo abakhuluma njalo benza kube semtarini bona bayifuna ngetjiseko indawo ekungeyabo. 15 Nje-ke, ngathana bebasolo bakhumbula indawo abayitjhiyako,+ bebazokuba nethuba lokubuyela kiyo. 16 Kodwana nje balwela ukufikelela indawo engcono, okutjho indawo okungeyezulwini. Nje-ke, uZimu akananhloni ngabo bona abizwe ngokuthi unguZimabo+ ngombana ubalungiselele idorobho.+
17 Ngokukholwa, u-Abrahama nakalingwako,+ kwaba ngasuthi sekanikele ngo-Isaka, iye, loyo owamukela iinthembiso ngethabo bekakulungele ukunikela ngendodanakhe okukuphela kwayo,+ 18 ngitjho nanyana kwathiwa kuye: “Iinzukulwana zakho zizokuza ngo-Isaka.”+ 19 Kodwana bekazi ukuthi uZimu angakghona ukumvusa kwabafileko begodu wamamukela abuya ekufeni ngendlela engokomfanekiso.+
20 Ngokukholwa u-Isaka naye wabusisa uJakopo+ no-Esewu+ malungana nezinto ezisezako.
21 Ngokukholwa, uJakopo nasekazokufa,+ wabusisa ngayinye yamadodana kaJosefa+ begodu walotjha uZimu adzimelele ngedondolo lakhe.+
22 Ngokukholwa, uJosefa nasekazokufa, wakhuluma ngokufuduka kwamadodana ka-Israyeli begodu wanikela iinqophiso* malungana namathambakhe.*+
23 Ngokukholwa uMosi wafihlwa babelethi bakhe iinyanga ezintathu ngemva kokubelethwa kwakhe+ ngombana babona ukuthi umntwana bekamuhle+ begodu akhenge basabe umyalo wekosi.+ 24 Ngokukholwa, uMosi nasekakhulile,+ wabhala ukubizwa ngokuthi yindodana yendodakazi kaFaro,+ 25 wakhetha ukuphathwa kumbi nabantu bakaZimu kunokobana athatjiswe sisono kwesikhatjhana 26 ngombana waqala ukuhlaziswa kwakaKrestu njengobunjinga obukhulu ukudlula amagugu weGibhide ngombana waqala ngetjiseko ekufumaneni umvuzo. 27 Ngokukholwa watjhiya iGibhide+ kodwana angasabi ilaka lekosi+ ngombana waragela phambili adzimelele ngasuthi uyambona ongabonakaliko.+ 28 Ngokukholwa wagidinga iPhasika nokufafazwa kweengazi eminyango bona umtjhabalalisi angalimazi* amazibulwabo.+
29 Ngokukholwa bayama iLwandle eliBomvu ngasuthi bakhamba endaweni eyomileko+ kodwana kuthe amaGibhide nakalinga ukuyama, acwila.+
30 Ngokukholwa amaboda weJerikho awa ngemva kokuthi abantu bamatjhe bawabhoda amalanga alikhomba.+ 31 Ngokukholwa uRarhabu ingwadla akhenge atjhabalale nalabo abangakhenge balalele ngombana wamukela iinhloli ngokuthula.+
32 Ngikuphi okhunye engingakutjho? Ngombana isikhathi angekhe sangivumela nangingaragela phambili ngihlathulula ngoGidiyoni,+ uBharaki,+ uSamsoni,+ uJafta,+ uDavida+ kunye noSamyela+ nabanye abaphorofidi. 33 Ngokukholwa bahlula imibuso,+ benza ukulunga, bafumana iinthembiso,+ bavala imilomo yamabhubezi,+ 34 bacima amandla womlilo,+ baphunyurha ekubulaweni ngesabula,+ kusukela ekubogabogeni benziwa babanamandla,+ babanamandla epini,+ bahlula amabutho asahlelako.+ 35 Abafazi bafumana abafileko babo ngokuvuswa+ kodwana amanye amadoda bewahlunguphazwa ngombana bewangamukeli ukutjhatjhululwa ngesihlengo esithileko bona afumane ukuvuswa okungcono. 36 Kwamambala, abanye balingwa ngokuthi kuhlekiswe ngabo begodu barithwe, ngaphezu kwalokho, babotjhwa+ bafakwa emajele.+ 37 Bakghadlhwa ngamatje,+ balingwa, baquntulwa phakathi ngesarha, babulawa ngesabula,+ bakhambakhamba bambethe iinkhumba zezimvu, iinkhumba zeembuzi,+ kukulapho batlhoga, basesizini,+ baphathwa kumbi+ 38 nephasi belingakabafaneli. Bazulazula emmangweni, eentabeni, emarholweni+ nemigodini yephasi.
39 Nje-ke boke laba nanyana bamukele ubufakazi obuhle ngebanga lokukholwa kwabo, akhenge bafumane ukuzaliseka kwesithembiso 40 ngombana uZimu bekabone kungakenzeki okuthileko okungcono+ bona bangapheleliswa ngaphandle kwethu.