Hebheru 11:1-40
11 Ukukholwa kulindelwa okuqinisekisiweko kwalokho esinethemba ngakho, ubufakazi obanelisako* balokho okungokwamambala okungabonwako.
2 Ngakho, abantu bemandulo* bafumana ubufakazi.
3 Ngokukholwa siyalemuka ukuthi iphaseli lahlelwa ngelizwi lakaZimu, ukuze kuthi okubonwako kubekhona 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 kokobana 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 njengephandle enarheni yesithembiso njengokungathi 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 babaqhamuka nezakhamuzi zesikhatjhana enarheni.
14 Ngombana labo abakhuluma bunjalo 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 njengokungathi sekanikele ngo-Isaka—iye, loyo owamukela iinthembiso ngethabo bekakulungele ukunikela ngendodanakhe okukuphela kwayo—
18 ngitjho nanyana kwathiwa kuye: “Okuzokubizwa ngokuthi yimbewakho kuzokuvela 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 njengokungathi uyambona ongabonakaliko.
28 Ngokukholwa wagidinga iPhasika nokufafazwa kweengazi eminyango, ukuze umtjhabalalisi angalimazi* amazibulwabo.
29 Ngokukholwa bayama iLwandle eliBomvu njengokungathi bakhamba endaweni eyomileko, kodwana kuthe amaGibhide nakalinga ukuyama, acwila.
30 Ngokukholwa amaboda weJerikho awa ngemva kokuthi abantu bamatjhe bawabhoda amalanga alikhomba.
31 Ngokukholwa uRahabi 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, ukuze 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 bekasibonele kusesengaphambili okuthileko okungcono, ukuze bangapheleliswa ngaphandle kwethu.
