INCWADI KAMORMONI

ENYE ITESTAMENTE KAYESU KRESTU

INCWADI KAMORMONI

Enye iTestamente kaYesu Krestu

Elokuqala uhlelo esiNgesini lupapashwe ePalmyra eNew York, MMA ngo 1830

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Translation approval: 3/15Translation of the Book of Mormon

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INCWADI KAMORMONI

INGXELO ETHATYATHWE KUMACWECWE

KANIFAYI NGOKUBHALWA NGESANDLA SIKAMORMONI

PHEZU KWAMACWECWE

Ngako oko, sisishwankathelo sembali yabantu bakaNifayi, kananjalo nesamaLeymenayithiSibhalelwe amaLeymenayithi, ayintsalela ye-ndlu kaSirayeli; kananjalo kumaYuda nakwabeeNtlangaSibhalwe ngendlela yomyalelo, kananjalo nangomoya wesiprofetho nowesityhi-leloSibhalwe saza satywinwa, saza safihlwa phezulu eNkosini, ukuze singabinako ukutshatyalaliswaUkuze size ngaphambili ngesipho namandla kaThixo ukuze siguqulweSatywinwa ngesandla sika Moro-nayi, saza safihlwa phezulu eNkosini, ukuze size ngaphambili ethubeni ngabo abeeNtlangaInguqulelo yayo iya kuza ngesipho sikaThixo.

Isishwankathelo sithatyathwe kuyo iNcwadi kaEtere kanjalo, esiyi-mbali yabantu bakaYerede, abasasazwayo ngelixa iNkosi iphambanisa ulwimi lwabantu, ngeli lixa babesakha inkcochoyi yokufikelela ezulwi-niEsikukubonisa kuyo intsalela yendlu kaSirayeli ngezinto ezinkulu iNkosi ezenzele ooyise; kwaye nokuze babe nokuyazi iminqophiso yeNkosi, yokokuba abakhutshelwanga ngaphandle ngonaphakadeKananjalo nokuqinisekisa amaYuda nabeeNtlanga okokuba uYesu unguye uKrestu, uThixo Waphakade, ozibonakalisa kuzo zonke izizweKwaye ngoku, ukuba kukho iziphosiso ziimpazamo zabantu; ngako oko, musa ukugweba izinto zikaThixo, ukuze ufumaneke unge-nachaphaza phambi kwesihlalo sokugweba sikaKrestu.

EYOKUQALA INGUQULELO UKUSUKA KUMACWECWE UKUYA ESINGESINI NGUJOSEPH SMITH, OMNCI.

IZIQULATHO

Intshayelelo ........................................ vii

Ubungqina Bamangqina Amathathu ....................... ix

Ubungqina Bamangqina Asibhozo ........................ ix

Ubungqina boMprofeti uJoseph Smith...................... xi

Ingxelo Emfutshane ................................. xvi

Imifanekiso ....................................... xix

1Nifayi ............................................1

2Nifayi ...........................................69

Yakobi ........................................... 155

Enoshe........................................... 180

Yaromi........................................... 183

Omnayi .......................................... 185

AMazwi kaMormoni ................................. 189

Mozaya .......................................... 192

Alma ............................................ 277

Hilamani......................................... 503

3Nifayi .......................................... 559

4Nifayi .......................................... 637

Mormoni......................................... 643

Etere ............................................ 669

Moronayi ......................................... 713

IsiKhokelo kwiZibhalo .................................1

Kumiswa kweziganeko ngamaxesha azo................... 239

Ungqinelwano lweeVangeli ............................ 247

UFINYEZO

ITestamente eNdalaGen. IGenesisEks. IEksodusLev. ILevitikusNum. INumeriDut. IDuteronomiYosh. UYoshuwaAbaG. AbaGwebiRute URuteISam. ISamuweliIISam. IISamuweliIOoKum. IOoKumkaniIIOoKum. IIOoKumkaniIIziKr. IIziKronikeIIIziKr. IIIziKronikeEzra UEzraNeh. UNehemiyaEst. UEstereYobhi UYobhiIiNd. IiNdumisoImiZ. ImizekelisoINtsh. INtshumayeliINg. INgoma

kaSolomonIsaya UIsayaYer. UYeremiyaIziL. IziLiloHez. UHezekileDan. UDaniyeliHos. UHoseyaYow. UYoweliAmos UAmosObh. UObhadiyaYona UYonaMika UMikaNahum UNahum

Habh. UHabhakukiZef. UZefaniyaHag. UHagayiZek. UZekariyaMal. UMalaki

ITestamente eNtshaMat. UMateyuMarko UMarkoLuka ULukaYoh. UYohaneIzenzo IzenzoRom. KwabaseRomaIKor. IKwabaseKorinteIIKor. IIKwabaseKorinteGal. KumaGalatiEfese Kwabase-EfeseFil. KwabaseFilipiKol. KwabaseKoloseITes. IKwabase

TesalonikaIITes. IIKwabase

TesalonikaITim. IKuTimotiIITim. IIKuTimotiTito KuTitoFilem. KuFilemonHeb. KumaHebhereYak. EkaYakobiIPetr. IKaPetrosIIPetr. IIKaPetrosIYoh. IKaYohaneIIYoh. IIKaYohaneIIIYoh. IIIKaYohaneYuda EkaYudaIsityh. IsiTyhilelo

INcwadi kaMormoni1Nif. 1Nifayi2Nif. 2NifayiYakobi YakobiEnoshe EnosheYaromi YaromiOmn. OmnayiMkaM AMazwi

kaMormoniMoz. MozayaAlma AlmaHil. Hilamani3Nif. 3Nifayi4Nif. 4NifayiMorm. MormoniEtere EtereMoro. Moronayi

IMfundiso neMinqophisoI&M IMfundiso

neMinqophisoBM Isibhangezo

esiseMthethweni

IPerile yeXabiso eliKhuluMoses MosesAbr. AbrahamJSMateyu Joseph Smith

MateyuMJS MbaliJoseph

SmithVzoK IziVumo zoKholo

Ezinye Izifinyezo neeNkcazeloGJS Guqulelo lukaJoseph SmithIkZ IsiKhokelo kwiZibhaloHEB Olunye uguqulelo oluvela kwisiHebhereGR Olunye uguqulelo oluvela kwisiGrikeUMZ. Inkcazelo yamaqhalo namabinzana anzimaOKANYE Ubonisa okokuba amagama angamanye ayalandela ukucacisa amaganyana avela

kumaxesha amandulo

INTSHAYELELO

INcwadi kaMormoni ngumqulu wezibhalo ezingcwele ezithelekiswa kunye neBhayibhile. Iyimbali kaThixo ngokusebenzisana kwakhe na-bemi bamandulo baseAmerika kwaye iqulathe ivangeli yanaphakade epheleleyo.

INcwadi yabhalwa ngabaprofeti abaninzi bamandulo ngomoya we-siprofetho nesityhilelo. Amazwi abo, ebhalwe kumacwecwe egolide, aye acatshulwa aza ashwankathelwa ngumprofeti-mbhali-mbali obizwa ngokuba nguMormoni. Imbali inika ingxelo yeempucuko ezinkulu ezi-mbini. Enye yayiphuma eYerusalem ngowama 600P.K. zaza emva koko zohlukana zaba zizizwe ezimbini, ezaziwa njengamaNifayithi namaLe-ymenayithi. Enye yafika ngaphambili kakhulu xa iNkosi yayiphambanisa iilwimi kwiNkcochoyi yeBhabheli. Eli qela laziwa njengamaYeredayithi. Emva kwamawaka eminyaka, bonke batshatyalaliswa ngaphandle kwa-maLeymenayithi, kwaye baphakathi kookhokho bamaIndiya aseAmerika.

Isiganeko esiphezulu esibhalwe phantsi kwiNcwadi kaMormoni bu-bulungiseleli beNkosi uYesu Krestu ngokwayo buqu phakathi kwama Nifayithi kwakamsinyane emva kovuko Lwakhe. Ibeka phambili iimfu-ndiso zevangeli, igqabaze ngecebo losindiso, kwaye ixelela abantu oko kufuneka bakwenze ukuze bazuze uxolo kobu bomi nosindiso lwana-phakade kubomi obuzayo.

Emva kokuba uMormoni eyigqibile imibhalo yakhe, wayinikela ku-nyana wakhe uMoronayi, owathi wongeza awakhe amazwi ambalwa waza wawafihla amacwecwe kwiNduli iKhumora. Ngomhla wama-21 kaSeptemba 1823, kwayena loMoronayi, ngelo lixa esisiqu esizukisiwe-yo, esivusiweyo ekufeni, wabonakala kuMprofeti uJoseph Smith waza wamyalela ngokunxulumene nembali yamandulo ekwakufanele ukuba iguqulelwe kulwimi lwesiNgesi.

Ngethuba elifanelekileyo amacwecwe anikezelwa kuJoseph Smith, owathi wawaguqula ngesipho namandla kaThixo. Imbali ngoku ipapa-shwa ngeelwimi ezininzi njengobungqina obutsha nobongezelelweyo bokuba uYesu Krestu unguNyana kaThixo ophilayo kwaye bonke abaya kuthi beze Kuye baze bayithobele imithetho nemimiselo yevangeli Yakhe bangasindiswa.

Ngokunxulumene nale mbali uMprofeti uJoseph Smith wathi: Nda-baxelela abazalwana ukuba iNcwadi kaMormoni yaye iyeyona ncwadi ichanekileyo kunayo nayiphina incwadi emhlabeni, kwaye isisiseko se-nkolo yethu, kwaye umntu angasondela kufuphi kuThixo ngokuhlala ngokweemfundiso zayo, kunayo nayiphina enye incwadi.

Ukongezelela kuJoseph Smith, iNkosi yalungiselela ukuba abanye

abalishumi elinanye bawabone amacwecwe egolide ngokwabo baze babe ngamangqina akhethekileyo ngobunyani nobuthixo beNcwadi kaMormo-ni. Ubungqina babo obubhaliweyo buqukwe kwalapha njengo Bungqina bamaNgqina amaThathu no Bungqina bamaNgqina asiBhozo.

Simema bonke abantu ndawozonke ukuba bayifunde iNcwadi kaMo-rmoni, bawuguqu-guqule ezintliziyweni zabo umyalezo oyiqulathileyo, baze emva koko babuze kuThixo, uBawo onguNaphakade, egameni lika-Krestu ukuba incwadi iyinyani kusini na. Abo bathi balandele eli cebo baze babuze ngokholo baya kufumana ubungqina bobunyani nobuthixo bayo ngamandla oMoya oyiNgcwele. (Bona Moronayi 10:35.)

Abo bathi bafumane obu bungqina bunyulu kuMoya oyiNgcwele baya kuba nakho kanjalo ukwazi kwa ngawo amandla ukuba uYesu Krestu unguMsindisi wehlabathi, ukuba uJoseph Smith ungumtyhili Wakhe no-mprofeti kule mihla yokugqibela, kwaye nokokuba iBandla likaYesu Krestu labaNgcwele beMihla yokuGqibela libubukumkani beNkosi obumisiweyo kwakhona emhlabeni, ukulungiselela kuBuya kweSibini kukaMesiya.

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UBUNGQINA BAMANGQINA AMATHATHU

Makwazeke kuzo zonke izizwe, izalamane, iilwimi, nabantu, abo oya kuthi lo msebenzi ufike kubo: Ukuba thina, ngobabalo lukaThixo uBawo, neNkosi yethu uYesu Krestu, siwabonile amacwecwe aqulethe le mbali, eyimbali yabantu bakaNifayi, kanjalo neyamaLeymenayithi, abazalwana babo, kanjalo neyabantu bakaYerede, ababevela kwinkco-choyi ebe kuthethwe ngayo. Kwaye siyazi kanjalo okokuba aguqulwa ngesipho nangamandla kaThixo, kuba izwi lakhe layibhengeza kuthi; ngako oko siyazi ngokuqinisekileyo okokuba umsebenzi uyinyani. Kwaye siyangqina kanjalo okokuba siyibonile imikrolo ephezu kwamacwecwe; kwaye iboniswe kuthi ngamandla kaThixo, kwaye ingengawo awaba-ntu. Kwaye sivakalisa ngamazwi azolileyo, okokuba ingelosi kaThixo yehla yeza ivela ezulwini, kwaye yawazisa yawabeka phambi kwamehlo ethu, ukuze siwabone amacwecwe, kwaye nemikrolo ekuwo; kwaye si-yazi okokuba kungobabalo lukaThixo uBawo, nolweNkosi yethu uYesu Krestu, ukuba sibone kwaye sinike ubungqina bokuba ezi zinto ziyi-nyani. Kwaye kungummangaliso emehlweni ethu. Nangona kunjalo, izwi leNkosi lasiyalela ukuba maze sinike ubungqina ngayo, ngako oko, sibe nokuthobela imiyalelo kaThixo, sinika ubungqina ngazo ezi zinto. Kwaye siyazi okokuba sinyanisekile kuKrestu, siya kulihlamba igazi labo bonke abantu kwizambatho zethu, size sifumaneke singe-nachaphaza phambi kwesihlalo-somgwebo sikaKrestu, kwaye siya kuhlala naye ngonaphakade emazulwini. Kwaye uzuko malube kuYi-se, nakuye uNyana, nakuye uMoya oyiNgcwele, abanguThixo omnye. Amen.

Oliver CowderyDavid WhitmerMartin Harris

UBUNGQINA BAMANGQINA ASIBHOZO

Makwazeke kuzo zonke izizwe, izalamane, iilwimi, nabantu, abo oya kuthi lo msebenzi ufike kubo: Okokuba uJoseph Smith, Omnci., umguquli walo msebenzi, usibonisile amacwecwe esekuthethwe ngawo, anenkangeleko yegolide; kwaye ngobuninzi bawo amasebe awaguquleyo uSmith esekuthethwe ngaye sibe nokuwaphatha ngeza-ndla zethu; saza sayibona nayo imikrolo leyo, iyonke inenkangeleko

yomsebenzi wamandulo, nomsebenzi ocikizekileyo. Kwaye ngako oku sinika ubungqina ngamazwi azolileyo, bokokuba uSmith esekuthethwe ngaye usibonisile, kuba siwabonile sawaphakamisa, kwaye siyazi ngo-kuqinisekileyo ukuba uSmith esekuthethwe ngaye unawo amacwecwe esithethileyo ngawo. Kwaye sinika amagama ethu ehlabathini, ukuze singqine ehlabathini oko sithe sakubona. Kwaye asixoki, uThixo engqina ngako oku.

Christian WhitmerJacob WhitmerPeter Whitmer, Omnci.John Whitmer

Hiram PageJoseph Smith, Omkhu.Hyrum SmithSamuelH. Smith

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UBUNGQINA BOMPROFETI UJOSEPH SMITH

UMprofeti uJoseph Smith amazwi akhe ngokuza ngaphambili kwe-Ncwadi kaMormoni angala:Ngorhatya lwama ... shumi amabini ananye kaSeptemba [1823] ...

Ndenza umthandazo nesibongozo kuThixo uSomandla....Ndisathandaza njalo kuThixo, ndabona ukukhanya kuvela egumbini

lam, okwathi kwaqhubeka ukukhula lada igumbi lakhanya ngaphezulu kunemini emaqanda, kwa oko kwavela isiqu somntu ecaleni komandlalo wam, simi emoyeni, kuba iinyawo zaso zazingafikanga emgangathweni.

Sasinxibe isambatho esiwaku-waku sinobumhlophe nobuhle obuma-ngalasiyo. Yayibubumhlophe obungaphaya kwabo nabuphina emhlabeni endakha ndabubona; kwaye andikholwa ukuba ingakhona into emhlabeni enokwenziwa ikhangeleke inobumhlophe obugqithisileyo kangako no-kubengezela. Izandla zaso zazi ze, kwa neengalo zaso, sikancinane entla kwesihlahla; kananjalo, neenyawo zaso zazi ze, njengemilenze yaso, si-kancinane entla kwamaqatha. Intloko yaso kwa nentamo nazo zazi ze. Ndabanako ukufumanisa ukuba sasingenazo ezinye izinxibo kuso nga-phandle nje kwesi sambatho, njengoko sasivulekile, ukuze ndibenako ukubona esifubeni saso.

Yayingesosambatho saso kuphela esasimhlophe ngokugqithisileyo, kodwa nesiqu saso sonke sasinobuqaqawuli obugqithisileyo obungaphaya kokuchazwa, kwaye imbonakalo yobuso baso okwenene ifana nombane. Igumbi lalikhanya ngokugqithisileyo, kodwa lalingakhanyi kakhulu nje-ngoko kwakhawuleza kwanjalo macala onke esiqu saso. Xa ndandiqala ukusijonga, ndandisoyika; kodwa uloyiko lwakhawuleza lwemka kum.

Sandibiza ngegama, saza sathi kum, sisisithunywa esithunyelwe kum sivela ebusweni bukaThixo, nokokuba igama laso sasinguMoronayi; kuba uThixo wayenomsebenzi afuna ukuba ndiwenze; nokokuba igama lam liya kwaziwa ngokulungileyo nangobubi phakathi kwazo zonke izizwe, izalamane, neelwimi, okanye libe liya kuthethwa kunye ngokulungileyo nokubi phakathi kwabo bonke abantu.

Sathi kukho incwadi eselugcinweni, ebhalwe phezu kwamacwecwe egolide, enika ingxelo yabemi bamandulo beli lizwekazi, nemvelaphi apho babephuma khona. Sathi kanjalo iVangeli yanaphakade epheleleyo yayiqulathwe kuyo, njengoko yaziswa nguMsindisi kubemi bamandulo;

Kanjalo, okokuba kwakukho namatye amabini kwizakhelo zesilive-rekwaye la matye, abotshelelwe kwintsimbi eyingcina-sifuba, enza into ebizwa ngokuba yiYurim neTumimagcinwe kunye namacwecwe; kwaye ukuba nawo, nokusetyenziswa kwala matye kwakuthetha oko konyulelwe

UBUNGQINA BOMPROFETI UJOSEPH SMITHiimboni kumaxesha amandulo, nokuba uThixo wayewalungiselele zona ngenxa yenjongo yokuguqula incwadi....

Kwakhona, sandixelela, okokuba xa ndiwafumana loo macwecwe si-thethe ngawokuba ilixa lokuba ndiwazuze alikazalisekiandifanelanga kuwabonisa nawuphina umntu; nayo intsimbi eyingcina-sifuba eneYu-rim neTumim; kuphela nje kwabo endiya kuyalelwa ukuba ndibabonise; ukuba ndenze njalo ndiya kutshatyalaliswa. Ngeli lixa sasincokola nam malunga namacwecwe, kwavuleka umbono engqondweni yam ukuze ndiyibone indawo apho amacwecwe ayegcinwe kuyo, yaye icace ngoku-pheleleyo nangokwahlukileyo kangangokuba ndayazi indawo kwakhona xa ndayindwendwela.

Emva kolu qhagamishelwano, ndabona ukukhanya egumbini kusiya kuqokelelana ngokukhawuleza macala onke akhe umntu owayethetha nam, kwaye kwaqhubeka ukwenzeka njalo lada igumbi lasala limnyama kwakhona, ngaphandle nje emacaleni onke akhe; xa, kwathi ngephanyazo ndabona, ngokungathi, kuvuleka umjelo ngqo ezulwini, waye wenyuka wade waya uphela, laza igumbi lasala linjengoko belinjalo ngaphambi kokuba oku kukhanya kwasezulwini kwenze imbonakalo yako.

Ndalala apho ndicinga ngesi sehlo sikhethekileyo, ndaye ndima-ngalisiwe kakhulu ngendikuxelelwe sesi sithunywa singaqhelekanga; xa, ndiphakathi ezingcingeni zam, ngesiqhuphe ndafumanisa okokuba igumbi lam kwakhona laliqalisa ukukhanyiswa, kwaza ngephanyazo, kwabangathi, kwasona eso sithunywa sasezulwini kwakhona sasisecale-ni komandlalo wam.

Saqalisa, saza kwakhona sacengceleza kwa izinto njengoko besenzile kutyelelo lwaso lokuqala, kungekho nowona mncinane umahluko; sithe ekubeni senze njalo, sandazisa ngezigwebo ezikhulu ezazisiza phezu komhlaba, ngokuphanziswa okukhulu ngendlala, ikrele, nobhubhane; nokokuba ezi zigwebo zihlungisayo ziya kuza emhlabeni kwesi sizu-kulwana. Sakuba sizicengcelezile ezi zinto, saphinda sanyuka njengoko besenzile ngaphambili.

Ngesi sihlandlo, lwalunzulu kakhulu uluvo olwaba sengqondweni yam, bade babaleka ubuthongo emehlweni am, ndaza ndalala ndonganye-lwe kukukhwankqiseka koko ndathi kunye ndakubona kwaye ndakuva. Kodwa oko kwaba ngummangaliso kum xa kwakhona ndabona kwa isithunywa ecaleni komandlalo wam, kwaye ndasiva sibalisa okanye si-ndiphinda-phindla kwa izinto njengaphambili; saza songeza isilumkiso kum, sindixelela okokuba uSathana uya kuzama ukundihenda (ngenxa yemeeko zobuhlwempu bosapho lukabawo), ukuba ndizuze amacwecwe ngenjongo yokuzuza ubutyebi. Sandalela ukukwenza oku, sisithi oko-kuba maze ndingabi nenye injongo elawulayo ekuzuzeni amacwecwe

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UBUNGQINA BOMPROFETI UJOSEPH SMITHngaphandle kokuzukisa uThixo, kwaye maze ndingaphenjelelwa nase-siphina isizathu ngaphandle kokwakha ubukumkani Bakhe; kungenjalo andiyi kuwafumana.

Emva kolu tyelelo lwesithathu, saphinda kwakhona sanyukela ezu-lwini njengangaphambili, ndaza kwakhona ndasala ndizikisa ukucinga ngokungaqheleki koko bekusandula ukundehlela; xa phantse ngequbu-liso emva kokuba isithunywa sasezulwini sathi senyuka ukusuka kum isihlandlo sesithathu, yakhala inkuku, ndaza ndafumanisa okokuba kuza ukusa, ngako oko ingxoxo yethu makube yathatha bonke obo busuku.

Kufutshane emva koko ndaphakama kumandlalo wam, ndaza, njenge-siqhelo, ndaya kwenza imisebenzi yemini eyimfuneko; kodwa ekuzameni ukusebenza njengamanye amaxesha, ndazifumana ndiphelelwe ngamandla ngokokude ndingabinako ukwenza nantoni na. Ubawo, owayesebenza ecaleni kwam, waphawula okokuba kukho okungalunganga kum, waza wandiyalela ukuba ndigoduke. Ndaqalisa ndinenjongo yokuya endlwi-ni; kodwa, ekuzameni ukunqumla umbiyelo ndiphuma entsimini apho sasikhona, amandla am aphela tu, ndaza ndawa emhlabeni ndingenaku-zinceda, kwaye kangangethutyana ndandingekho zingqondweni zayo nayiphina into.

Into yokuqala endinokuyikhumbula yaba lilizwi lithetha nam, lindi-biza ngegama. Ndakhangela phezulu, ndaza ndabona kwa isithunywa simi ngentla kwentloko yam, sijikelezwe kukukhanya njengangaphambi-li. Saphinda ke sacengceleza konke esibe sikucengceleze kum kubusuku obudlulileyo, kwaye sandiyalela ukuba ndiye kubawo kwaye ndimchazele ngombono nemiyalelo endithe ndayifumana.

Ndathobela; ndabuyela kubawo entsimini, ndaze ndambalisela wo-nke umxholo. Wandiphendula ngokuthi kokukaThixo, waza wandixelela ukuba mandihambe kwaye ndenze njengoko ndiyalelwe sisithunywa. Ndayishiya intsimi, kwaye ndaya kuyo indawo isithunywa ebesindixe-lele ukuba amacwecwe agcinwe kuyo; kwaye ngenxa yokucaca kombono endandinawo ngayo, ndayazi indawo kwangoko nje ukuba ndifike kuyo.

Kufuphi nedolophana yaseManchester, eOntario khawunti, eNew York, kumi induli enkulu ngokomlinganiselo, neyona iphakamileyo nga-phezu kwayo nayiphina engingqini. Kwicala lasentshonalanga lale nduli, kungekude nencopho, phantsi kwelitye elikhulu ngomlinganiselo, kwaku-lele amacwecwe, egcinwe kwityesi yelitye. Eli litye lalingqingqwa kwaye lingqukuva kumbindi okwicala elingaphezulu, kwaye linokuncipha uku-ya emiphethweni, ukuze umbindi walo ubonakale ngaphezu komhlaba, kodwa umphetho macala onke wawugqunyelelwe ngumhlaba.

Ekubeni ndiwususile umhlaba, ndafumana isixhathiso sokunqi-ka, endasifaka ngaphantsi komphetho welitye, ndaza ngokusebenzisa

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UBUNGQINA BOMPROFETI UJOSEPH SMITHamandla nje kancinane ndaliphakamisa. Ndakhangela ngaphakathi, ndaza ndabona khona apho ngokwenene amacwecwe, iYurim neTumim, nentsimbi eyingcina-sifuba, njengoko kwakuchaziwe sisithunywa. Itye-si leyo zazilele kuyo yayakhiwe ngokulalisa amatye kunye ngokohlobo oluthile lwesamente. Kumphantsi wetyesi kwakulaliswe amatye amabini exwesisiwe etyesini, kwaye kula matye kwakulele amacwecwe nezinye izinto kunye nawo.

Ndenza inzame yokokuba ndiwakhuphe, kodwa sandalela isithu-nywa, ndaza kwakhona ndaziswa okokuba lalingekezi ilixa lokuwazisa ngaphambili, lingekazi kufika, kude kube yiminyaka emine ukusuka nge-lo xesha; kodwa sandixelela okokuba kuya kufuneka ndize kuloo ndawo kanye ngqo emva konyaka ukusuka kwelo lixa, nokokuba siya kudibana nam apho, nokokuba kufuneka ndiqhubeke ndisenza njalo lide lifike ilixa lokuzuza amacwecwe.

Ngokunxulumene, njengoko ndandiyalelwe, ndaya ekupheleni konya-ka ngamnye, kwaye ngexesha ngalinye ndandifumana kwa isithunywa esinye silapho, kwaye ndizuze umyalelo nengqiqo kuso kwiindibano ngazinye zethu, ndihlonela oko iNkosi yayiza kukwenza, nakanjani na nangaluphina uhlobo ubukumkani bayo obabuza kuqhutywa ngalo kwi-mihla yokugqibela....

Ethubeni lafika ilixa lokuzuza amacwecwe, iYurim neTumim, ne-ntsimbi eyingcina-sifuba. Ngomhla wamashumi amabini anesibini kaSeptemba, kowewaka elinamakhulu asibhozo anamashumi amabini anesixhenxe, ndakuba ndiyile njengesiqhelo ekupheleni komnye unyaka kwindawo leyo ayegcinwe kuyo, kwa isithunywa esinye sasezulwini sawa-nikela kum nalo myalelo: okokuba aya kuba ngumthwalo wam; okokuba ukuba ndithe ndaphulukana nawo ngokungakhathali, okanye nangalu-phina uhlobo lwam lokungabi nankathalo, ndiya kusikelwa ngaphandle, kodwa ke ukuba ndithe ndasebenzisa zonke iinzame zam ukuwalondo-loza, side sona, isithunywa, size kuwaphuthuma, aya kukhuselwa.

Kwakamsinyane ndawufumana unobangela wokuba ndizuze umyalelo ongqongqo kangako wokuba ndiwagcine ekhuselekile, nokokuba kungani isithunywa sathi, ekubeni ndikwenzile oko kwakufuneka esandleni sam, siya kuwaphuthuma. Kuba kwakamsinyane nje ukuba kwaziwe ukuba ndinawo, kwathi kwasetyenziswa awona mandla ngakumbi ukuwahlu-tha kum. Bonke ubuchule obabunokucingwa basetyenziswa ukuphumeza loo njongo. Intshutshiso yabakrakra ngakumbi kwaye yababuhlungu kunangaphambili, nezihlwele zazisoloko ziphaphile ukuze zibe noku-wahlutha kum ukuba kunokwenzeka. Kodwa ngobulumko bukaThixo, ahlala ekhuselekile ezandleni zam, ndada ngawo ndabe ndikuphumezile oko kwakufuneka esandleni sam. Xa, ngokwezicwangciso, isithunywa

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UBUNGQINA BOMPROFETI UJOSEPH SMITHsasiwaphuthuma, ndawanikezela kuso; kwaye aselugcinweni lwaso kude kube yile mini, elusuku lwesibini kuMeyi, iwaka elinamakhulu asibhozo namashumi amathathu anesibhozo.

Malunga nengxelo ephelele ngakumbi, bona iMbalikaJoseph Smith kwiPerile yeXabiso eliKhulu.

Imbali yamandulo ethe yaziswa ngaphambili isuka emhlabeni njenge-zwi labantu lithetha ukusuka eluthulini, kwaye lwaguqulelwa kwintetho yale mihla ngesipho namandla kaThixo ngokungqinwa sisiqinisekiso so-buNyulu, yaqala ukupapashwa ehlabathini ngesiNgesi ngonyaka we-1830 njenge The Book of Mormon.

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INGXELO EMFUTSHANE MALUNGA NENCWADI KAMORMONI

INcwadi kaMormoni yimbali engcwele yabantu kwiAmerika yama-ndulo, kwaye yayikrolwe phezu kwamacwecwe esinyithi. Imithombo ekuthathwe kuyo ekwenzeni le rekhodi iquka okulandelayo: 1. Amacwecwe kaNifayi, aye eziintlobo ezimbini: Amacwecwe ama-

ncinane namacwecwe amakhulu. Awangaphambili ayengqale ingakumbi kwizinto zomoya nobufundisi neemfundiso zaba-profeti, ngeli lixa asele ekhankanyiwe ayezaliswe ingakumbi yimbali yezomhlaba yabo bantu zinxulumene nabo (1Nifayi 9:24). Ukusuka kwixesha likaMozaya, nangona kunjalo, ama-cwecwe amakhulu kanjalo ayequke neminye imiba eyintloko ebalulekileyo yezomoya.

2. Amacwecwe kaMormoni, aqulathe isishwankathelo sikaMormoni ukusuka kumacwecwe amakhulu kaNifayi, nezinye iinkcazelo ezininzi. La macwecwe kanjalo akwaqulathe nokuqhubekeka kwembali nguMormoni nezongezelelo ngunyana wakhe uMoro-nayi.

3. Amacwecwe kaEtere, anika imbali yamaYeredayithi. Le mbali ya-shwankathelwa nguMoronayi, owafakela iinkcazelo ezizezakhe waza wadibanisa imbali kunye nembali jikelele phantsi kwegama Ncwadi kaEtere.

4. Amacwecwe oBhedu aziswa ngabantu bakaLihayi ukusuka eYe-rusalem ngowama-600P.K. La ayequlathe iincwadi ezintlanu zikaMoses, ... kwakunye nembali yamaYuda ukususela ekuqa-lekeni, ... ukuhla ukuya ekusungulweni kolawulo lukaZedekiya, ukumkani wamaYuda; kwakunye neziprofetho zabaprofeti abangcwele (1Nifayi 5:1113). Izicatshulwa eziliqela kula ma-cwecwe, ezicaphula uIsaya nabanye abaprofeti bebhayibhile kwakunye nabangengabo abebhayibhile, ziyavela kwiNcwadi kaMormoni.

INcwadi kaMormoni iquka inxalenye eziphambili ezilishumi elinesihla-nu okanye amacandelo, awaziwa, ngokukodwa, njengencwadi, eziqhele ukubizwa ngegama lombhali wazo oyintloko. Isiqingatha sokuqala (ezinta-ndathu zokuqala, eziphela ngo-Omnayi) yinguqulelo esuka kumacwecwe amancinane kaNifayi. Phakathi kweencwadi zikaOmnayi nezikaMozaya kukho isifakelo esibizwa aMazwi kaMormoni. Esi sifakelo sihlanganisa imbali ekrolwe kumacwecwe amancinane nesishwankathelo sikaMormoni samacwecwe amakhulu.

Esona siqingatha side, ukusuka kuMozaya ukuya kuMormoni isahlu-ko 7, yinguqulelo kaMormoni yesishwankathelo samacwecwe amakhulu kaNifayi. Isiqingatha sokugqibela, ukusuka kuMormoni isahluko 8 ukuya esiphelweni somqulu, sakrolwa ngunyana kaMormoni uMoronayi, owathi akuba eyigqibile imbali yobomi bukayise, wenza isishwankathelo sembali yamaYeredayithi (njengeNcwadi kaEtere) waza kamva wongeza iinxale-nye ezibizwa njengeNcwadi kaMoronayi.

Ngowama okanye malunga nonyaka wama-421E.K., uMoronayi, owo-kugqibela kubaprofeti-babhali-mbali bamaNifayithi, wayitywina imbali engcwele waza wayifihla phezulu eNkosini, ukuze iziswe ngaphambili kwimihla yokugqibela, njengoko kwaxelwayo ngelizwi likaThixo ngaba-profeti Bakhe bamandulo. Ngowe-1823E.K., kwayena lo Moronayi, ngoko esisiqu esivusiweyo, wahambela uMprofeti uJoseph Smith waza kamva wanikezela kuye amacwecwe akroliweyo.

Ngokolu hlelo: Iphepha lesihloko semvelo, elandulela kamsinyane iphepha leziqulatho, lithatyathwe emacwecweni kwaye liyinxenye yeziqendwa-na ezinyulu. Iintshayelelo eziluhlobo olunye loonobumba ezibukekela, ezinje ngezikuNifayi1 nakamsinyane ukwandulela uMozaya isahluko 9, zikwayinxalenye yeziqendwana ezinyulu. Iintshayelelo ezibukekela ezinje ngezikwizihloko zezahluko, azizizo iziqalo zeziqendwana kodwa zinga-mancedo okufunda ngokuphonononga ziqukelwe ukunceda ekufundeni.

Ezinye iziphoso ezingephi zeziqendwana beziqhutyekekiswa kwiintlelo ezidlulileyo zeNcwadi kaMormoni epapashwe ngesiNgesi. Olu hlelo luqu-lathe izilungiso ezibonakala zifanelekile ekwenzeni umsebenzi wa mkeleke kwimithetho yemibhalo-ngqangi epapashwe ngaphambili neentlelo za-ngaphambili ezazihlelwe nguMprofeti uJoseph Smith.

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ISAHLUKO 1

UNifayi uqalisa ukubhala imbali ngabantu bakheULihayi ubona embonweni intsika yomlilo aze afunde incwadi yobuprofetiUdumisa uThixo, uchaza ngaphambili ngokuza kukaMesiya, aze aprofethe ngentshabalalo yeYerusalemUyatshutshiswa ngamaYuda. Malunga 600P.K.

MNA, aNifayi, ekubeni ndize-lwe bngabazali cabalungile-yo, ke ngoko dndafundiswa ngazo zonke izinto ezaziwa ngubawo; nasekubeni ndibone eiinkxwaleko ezininzi endleleni yemihla yam, nangona kunjalo, nasekubeni

ndithandwe ngokugqithisileyo yiNkosi ngayo yonke imihla yam; ewe, ekubeni ndinolwazi olukhu-lu ngokulunga fneemfihlelo zika-Thixo, ke ngoko ndibhala gimbali yezinto endizenzileyo ngemihla yam.

2Ewe, ndenza imbali angolwimi lukabawo, olunemfundiso yama-Yuda nolwimi lwamaYiputa.

3Kwaye ndiyazi okokuba le mbali ndiyenzayo aiyinyani; kwaye ndiyenza ngesandla sam; kwaye ndiyenza ngokubhekisele kulwazi lwam.

4Kuba kwenzekile okokuba eku- qalekeni akonyaka wokuqala wo- lawulo blukaZedekiya, ukumkani

1 1 a IkZNifayi, unyana kaLihayi.

b I&M 68:25, 28. IkZBazali.

c ImiZ. 22:1. d Enoshe 1:1; Moz. 1:23.

IkZFundisa, Titshala.

e IkZBunzima. f IkZMfihlelo zikaThixo. g IkZZibhalo. 2 a Moz. 1:24;

Morm. 9:3233. 3 a 1Nif. 14:30;

Moz. 1:6;

Etere 5:13; I&M 17:6. 4 a 598P.K.; bona kumiswa

kweziganeko ngamaxesha azo kwisihlomelo.

b IIIziKr. 36:10; Yer. 52:35; Omn. 1:15.

INCWADI YOKUQALA KANIFAYIUKULAWULA NOBUFUNDISI BAKHE

Ingxelo kaLihayi nenkosikazi yakhe uSaraya, noonyana bakhe abane, ababizwa (ukusuka komdala) uLeymeni, uLemuweli, uSem noNifayi. INkosi ilumkisa uLihayi ukuba aphume elizweni laseYerusalem, kuba uprofetha ebantwini ngokunxulumene nobugwenxa babo kwaye bafuna ukubutshabalalisa ubomi bakhe. Uthabatha uhambo lweentsuku ezintathu esinga entlango nosapho lwakhe. UNifayi uthabatha abakhuluwa bakhe baze baphindele kwilizwe laseYerusalem besiya kufuna imbali yamaYu-da. Ingxelo yeembandezelo zabo. Bazimanya neentombi zikaIshmayeli. Bathabatha iintsapho zabo basinga entlango. Iimbandezelo neenkxwa-leko zabo entlango. Indlela yeehambo zabo. Bafika kumanzi amaninzi. Abakhuluwa bakaNifayi bayamvukela. Uyabathoboza, waza wakha inqanawa. Loo ndawo bayithiya igama elithi yiNdyebo. Bawela amanzi amaninzi ukuya elizweni ledinga, nanjalo-njalo. Oku kungokwengxelo kaNifayi; okanye ngamanye amazwi, mna, Nifayi, ndabhala le mbali.

21 NIFAYI 1:514

wakwaYuda, (ekubeni ubawo, uLihayi, ethe wahlala ceYerusalem yonke imihla yakhe); kwaza kuloo nyaka kanye kwafika dabaprofeti abaninzi, beprofetha ebantwini ukuba mabaguquke, kungenjalo isixekokazi esaseYerusalem kufu-neka sitshatyalaliswe.

5Ngako oko, kwenzekile oko-kuba ubawo, auLihayi, njengoko wayehamba esiya kuthandaza eNkosini, ewe, bnangentliziyo yakhe yonke, ethandazela aba-ntu bakhe.

6Kwaye kwenzekile njengoko wayethandaza eNkosini, kwave-la aintsika yomlilo yaza yahlala phezu kolwalwa phambi kwakhe; kwaye waza wabona weva oku-ninzi; ngenxa yezinto azibonileyo nazivileyo, wangcangcazela wa-nkwantya kakhulu.

7Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba waphindela endlwini yakhe eYe-rusalem; waza waziphosa ema-ndlalweni wakhe, aonganyelwe nguMoya nazizinto azibonileyo.

8Ekubeni onganyelwe njalo nguMoya, wathwalelwa akumbo-no, nasekubeni wabona bamazulu evuleka, wacinga okokuba ubona uThixo ehleli phezu kwetrone yakhe, engqongwe lihlokondi-ba elingenakubaleka leengelosi

zikwimo yokuvuma ingoma no-kudumisa uThixo wazo.

9Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba wabona Omnye esihla ephuma kumbindi wezulu, waza wabo-na okokuba aukukhazimla kwa-khe kwakungaphaya kokwelanga emini emaqanda.

10Waza wabona kananjalo na-banye aabalishumi elinambini bemlandela, kwaye ukukhanya kwabo kwakusodlula okwee-nkwenkwezi esibhakabhakeni.

11 Baza behla baza babheka phambili ebusweni bomhlaba, waza owokuqala weza wema pha-mbi kukabawo, waza wamnika aincwadi, wamyalela okokuba afunde.

12Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba njengokuba wayefunda, wazali-swa anguMoya weNkosi.

13Waza wafunda esithi: Yeha, yeha, kuwe Yerusalem, kuba ndi-wabonile aamasikizi akho! Ewe, zaye zininzi izinto ezafundwa ngubawo malunga bneYerusa-lemokokuba kufuneka itshatya-laliswe, kwakunye nabemi bayo; abaninzi kufuneka betshabalele ngekrele, kanti abaninzi kufu-neka cbethatyathiwe bathinjelwe eBhabhilon.

14Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba 4 c IIziKr. 9:3. d IIOoKum. 17:1315;

IIIziKr. 36:1516; Yer. 7:2526. IkZMprofeti.

e Yer. 26:18; 2Nif. 1:4; Hil. 8:20.

5 a IkZLihayi, uyise kaNifayi.

b Yak. 5:16. 6 a Eks. 13:21; Hil. 5:24, 43;

I&M 29:12; MJS 1:16. 7 a Dan. 10:8; 1Nif. 17:47;

Moses 1:910; MJS 1:20.

8 a 1Nif. 5:4. IkZMbono.

b Hez. 1:1; Izenzo 7:5556; 1Nif. 11:14; Hil. 5:4549; I&M 137:1.

9 a MJS 1:1617. 10 a IkZMpostile. 11 a Hez. 2:9. 12 a I&M 6:15. 13 a IIOoKum. 24:1820;

IIIziKr. 36:14. b IIOoKum. 23:27; 24:2;

Yer. 13:1314; 2Nif. 1:4.

c IIOoKum. 20:1718; 2Nif. 25:10; Omn. 1:15.

3 1 NIFAYI 1:1520

akuba ubawo efunde waza wabo-na izinto ezininzi nezinkulu nezi-mangalisayo, wamemeza izinto ezininzi eNkosini; ezinje ngezi: Mikhulu kwaye iyamangalisa imi-sebenzi yakho, Owu Nkosi Thixo Somandla! Itrone yakho iphezu-lu emazulwini, kwaye amandla, akho nokulunga, neenceba ziphe-zu kwabo bonke abemi bomhlaba; kwaye, ngenxa yokuba unenceba, awunakubavumela ukuba abo abeza kuwe batshabalale!

15Kwaye yayingolu hlobo inte-tho kabawo ekudumiseni uThixo wakhe; kuba umphefumlo wakhe wabanovuyo, nentliziyo yakhe yonke yayizele, ngenxa yezinto awayezibonile, ewe, awayezibo-niswe yiNkosi.

16Ke kaloku, mna Nifayi, ande-nzi ngxelo ipheleleyo ngezinto ezabhalwa ngubawo, kuba wa-yebhale izinto ezininzi awazibo-na kwimibono nasemaphupheni; kananjalo ubhale izinto ezininzi aawaziprofethayo waza wazithe-tha kubantwana bakhe, kwaye endingasayi kwenza ngxelo iphe-leleyo ngazo.

17Kodwa ndiza kuyenza ingxe-lo yenkqubo yam ngemihla yam. Qaphelani, ndenza aisishwanka-thelo bsembali kabawo, emacwe-cweni endiwenze ngezandla zam, ngako oko, emva kokuba ndi-shwankathele imbali kabawo

kungoko ndiya kwenza ingxelo yobomi bam.

18Ke ngoko, ndinqwenela uku-ba nazi, okokuba emveni koku-ba iNkosi ibonise imimangaliso emininzi kubawo, uLihayi, ewe, enxulumene anokutshatyalaliswa kweYerusalem, qaphelani waha-mba waya phakathi kwabantu, waqalisa bukuprofetha ebaxele-la ngezinto athe wazibona nezo azivileyo.

19Kwaye kwenzekile okoku-ba amaYuda aye aahlekisa ngaye ngenxa yezinto awathi wangqi-na ngazo ngawo; kuba ngokwe-nene wangqina ngenkohlakalo yawo namasikizi awo; wangqina ukuba izinto azibonileyo nezo azivileyo, kwakunye nezinto azi-funde encwadini, zibonakalisa ngokucacileyo ngokuza bkuka-Mesiya, kwakunye nenkululeko yehlabathi.

20Kwaye kuthe xa amaYuda esiva ezi zinto amqumbela, ewe, kwafana nakubaprofeti bakuda-la, aababebagxotha, bebaxuluba ngamatye, bebabulala; naye ba-zungula ubomi bakhe, bafuna ukumbulala. Kodwa qaphela-ni, mna Nifayi, ndiza kuniboni-sa okokuba biinceba ezinemfe-sane zeNkosi ziphezu kwabo bonke abo ithe yabanyula, nge-nxa yokholo lwabo, ngoku-thi ibenze babe namandlakazi

14 a Alma 5:3336; 3Nif. 9:14.

16 a 1Nif. 7:1. 17 a 1Nif. 9:25. b 1Nif. 6:13; 19:16;

2Nif. 5:2933;

I&M 10:3846. 18 a 2Nif. 25:910;

I&M 5:20. b IkZProfetha,

Siprofetho. 19 a IIIziKr. 36:1516;

Yer. 25:4; 1Nif. 2:13; 7:14.

b IkZMesiya. 20 a Hil. 13:2426. b Alma 34:38; I&M 46:15.

IkZNceba, Nenceba.

41 NIFAYI 2:19

kwanokuze babe namandla okuhlangula.

ISAHLUKO 2

ULihayi uthabatha usapho lwakhe ukuya entlango kufuphi noLwandle oluBomvuBashiya izinto zaboULihayi unikela umnikelo wedini eNkosini ufundisa oonyana bakhe ukugcina imiyaleloULeymeni noLemuweli bayambombozela kuyise waboUNifayi uyathobela aze athandaze ngokholo; INkosi ithetha naye, kwaye uyonyulwa ukuba ongame phezu kwabakhuluwa bakhe. Malunga 600P.K.

Kuba qaphelani, kwaye kwenze-kile okokuba iNkosi yathetha kuye ubawo, ewe, kwanasephu-pheni, yaza yathi kuye: Usikele-lwe wena Lihayi, ngenxa yezinto ozenzileyo; nangenxa yokuba uye wathembeka wabaxelela aba ba-ntu izinto ebendikuyalele zona, qaphela ke, bafuna aukuthabatha ubomi bakho.

2Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba iNkosi ayayalela ubawo, bkwana-sephupheni, okokuba cathabathe usapho lwakhe aze ahambe asi-nge entlango.

3Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba aathobele ilizwi leNkosi, nga-ko oko wenza njengoko iNkosi imyalela.

4Kwaye kwenzekile okoku-ba wahamba wasinga entlango. Waza wayishiya indlu yakhe, ne-lizwe lelifa lakhe, negolide yakhe, nesilivere yakhe, nezinto zakhe ezinexabiso, akathabathanga nto, ngaphandle kosapho lwakhe, no-mphako, neentente, waza awaha-mba wasinga entlango.

5Waza wehla wafika emideni ekufuphi nonxweme aloLwandle oluBomvu; wahamba entlango kwimida ekufuphi ngakumbi no-Lwandle oluBomvu; kwaye waye wahamba entlango kunye nosa-pho lwakhe, olwaluquka uma-ma wam, uSaraya, nabakhuluwa bam, bababenguLeymeni, uLemu-weli, noSem.

6Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba akuba ehambe iintsuku ezinta-thu entlango, waxhoma iintente akwintlambo ekufuphi nomlambo wamanzi.

7Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba wakha aisibingelelo bsamatye, waza wenza umnikelo eNkosini, waza wenza cumbulelo eNkosini uThixo wethu.

8Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba walibiza igama lomlambo, Le-ymeni, kwaye wawuthululela ku-Lwandle oluBomvu, nentlambo leyo yayisemideni kufuphi ne-chweba lomlambo.

9Kwaye kuthe xa ubawo ebona 2 1 a 1Nif. 7:14. 2 a 1Nif. 5:8; 17:44. b IkZPhupha. c Gen. 12:1; 2Nif. 10:20;

Etere 1:42; Abr. 2:3.

3 a IkZNtobeko,

Thobekileyo, Thobela. 4 a 1Nif. 10:4; 19:8. 5 a 1Nif. 16:14;

I&M 17:1. b IkZLeymeni. 6 a 1Nif. 9:1. 7 a Gen. 12:78;

Eks. 24:4; Abr. 2:17.

b Eks. 20:25; Dut. 27:56.

c IkZKuba nombule-lo, Kunika imibulelo, Mbulelo.

5 1 NIFAYI 2:1018

okokuba amanzi omlambo athu-lulela emthonjeni woLwandle oluBomvu; waye wathetha kuLe-ymeni, esithi: Owu wanga unga-fana nalo mlambo, ompompozela lonke ixesha emthonjeni wabo bonke ubulungisa!

10Waza wathetha kanjalo naku-Lemuweli: Owu wanga ungafana nale-ntlambo, ungagungqi kwaye uzinze, kwaye ungashenxi ekuyi-gcineni imiyalelo yeNkosi!

11Ngoku oku wakuthetha nge-nxa yokuqina kweentamo zi-kaLeymeni noLemuweli; kuba qaphelani baye abambomboze-la ngezinto ezininzi bngakuyise wabo, ngenxa yokuba waye ceyi-ndoda yemibono, kwaye wayeba-khuphe kwilizwe laseYerusalem, ukuba bashiye ilizwe lelifa labo, negolide yabo, nesilivere yabo, nezinto zabo ezinexabiso, ukuba batshabalale entlango. Baza ba-thi oku wathi wakwenza ngenxa yeengcinga zobudenge bentliziyo yakhe.

12Baza njalo ke uLeymeni no-Lemuweli, ekubeni ingabo aba-dala, bambombozela ngakuyise wabo. Bambombozela kuba abe-ngazazi iinkqubo zaloo Thixo wabadalayo.

13Babengakholwa nokuba iYe-rusalem, eso sixekokazi, asino-kutshatyalaliswa ngokwamazwi

abaprofeti. Kwaye babefana na-maYuda aseYerusalem, awaye-zungula ukuthabatha ubomi bukabawo.

14Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba ubawo athethe nabo kwintlambo kaLemuweli, aenamandla, kwaye ezaliswe nguMoya, yade imizi-mba yabo byangcangcazela pha-mbi kwakhe. Waza wabathoboza, ukuze bangabinako nokumphiki-sa; ngako oko benza ngokwemi-yalelo yakhe.

15Waza ubawo wahlala ente-nteni.

16Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba mna, Nifayi, ndingoyena mnci-nane kakhulu, kodwa ndimkhulu ngomzimba, kwaye ndinomnqwe-no omkhulu wokwazi aiimfihlelo zikaThixo, ngako oko, ndakha-la eNkosini; kwaye qaphela bya-ndifikela, cyayithambisa intliziyo yam ukuze dndiwakholelwe onke amazwi athethwa engubawo; nga-ko oko andikhange ndimvukele njengabakhuluwa bam.

17Kwaye ndathetha noSem, ndi-mazisa izinto iNkosi endicacisele zona ngoMoya wayo oyiNgcwe-le. Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba akholelwe ngamazwi am.

18Kodwa, qaphela, uLeymeni noLemuweli abafunanga uku-wamamela amazwi am; ndaza andilusizi ngenxa yokuba lukhuni

11 a 1Nif. 17:17. IkZMbombozela.

b ImiZ. 20:20. c 1Nif. 5:24. 12 a Moses 4:6. 13 a Yer. 13:14;

1Nif. 1:13.

14 a IkZMandla. b 1Nif. 17:45. 16 a IkZMfihlelo zikaThixo. b IiNd. 8:4;

Alma 17:10; I&M 5:16. IkZSityhilelo.

c IOoKum. 18:37; Alma 5:7.

d 1Nif. 11:5. e IkZBawo, onokufa;

Mprofeti. 18 a Alma 31:24;

3Nif. 7:16.

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kweentliziyo zabo, ndakhala eNkosini ngabo.

19Kwaye kwenzekile okoku-ba iNkosi yathetha nam, isithi: Usikelelwe wena, Nifayi, ngenxa ayokholo lwakho, kuba undifune ngenyameko, nokuthobeka kwe-ntliziyo.

20Kwaye kangangokuba niya kuyigcina imiyalelo yam, niya akuphumelela, niya kukhokele-lwa belizweni lesithembiso; ewe, nalo ilizwe endililungiselele nina; ewe, ilizwe elikhethekileyo nga-phezulu kunawo onke amanye amazwe.

21Kwaye kangangokuba aba-khuluwa bakho beya kuvukela ngokuchasene nawe, baya aku-sikelwa ngaphandle kubo ubuso beNkosi.

22Kwaye kangangokuba uya kuyithobela imiyalelo yam, uya kwenziwa aumlawuli notitshala phezu kwabantakwenu.

23Kuba qaphela, ngaloo mhla baya kuthi bandivukele, ndiya akubaqalekisa kwa ngesiqalekiso esibuhlungu, kwaye abayi kuba namandla phezu kwembewu ya-kho ngaphandle kokuba kanjalo baya kundivukela.

24Kwaye ukuba baya kuthi ba-ndivukele, baya kuba asisibetho kwimbewu yakho, bukubavuse-lela ezindleleni zenkumbulo.

ISAHLUKO 3

Onyana bakaLihayi babuyela eYerusalem ngenjongo yokuzuza amacwecwe obheduULabhan akavumi ukuphulukana namacwecweUNifayi uyalela kwaye khuthaza abantakwaboULabhan uyaziba izinto zabo aze azame ukubabulalaULeymeni noLemuweli babetha uNifayi noSem kwaye bayakhalinyelwa yingelosi. Malunga 600592P.K.

Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba mna, Nifayi, ndibuye ekuthetheni ne-Nkosi, ndiye ententeni kabawo.

2Kwaye kwenzekile ukuba wa-thetha nam, esithi: Qaphela ndi-phuphe aiphupha, apho iNkosi ibindiyalela ukuba wena naba-khuluwa bakho niya kubuyela eYerusalem.

3Kuba qaphela, uLabhan une-mbali yobuzwe yamaYuda kwa-kunye anomlibo wookhokho bam, kwaye zikrolwe kumacwecwe obhedu.

4Ngako oko, iNkosi indiyalele ukuba wena nabakhuluwa bakho kufuneka niye endlwini kaLa-bhan, nifune iimbali, nihle nazo nize apha entlango.

5Kwaye ngoku, qaphela aba-khuluwa bakho bayambomboze-la, bathi inzima le nto ndiyifuna kubo; kodwa qaphela asindim

19 a 1Nif. 7:12; 15:11. 20 a Yosh. 1:7;

1Nif. 4:14; Moz. 1:7.

b Dut. 33:1316; 1Nif. 5:5; 7:13; Moses 7:1718.

IkZLizwe lesithembiso. 21 a 2Nif. 5:2024;

Alma 9:1315; 38:1. 22 a Gen. 37:811;

1Nif. 3:29. 23 a Dut. 11:28;

1Nif. 12:2223;

I&M 41:1. 24 a Yosh. 23:13;

AbaG. 2:2223. b 2Nif. 5:25.3 2 a IkZPhupha. 3 a 1Nif. 5:14.

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ofuna loo nto kubo, kodwa ngu-myalelo weNkosi.

6Ke ngoko hamba, nyana wam, kwaye uya kuthandwa ngokuko-dwa yiNkosi, kuba aawumbombo-zelanga wena.

7Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba mna, Nifayi, ndathi kubawo: Ndi-ya akuhamba ndizenze izinto ezi-yalelwe yiNkosi, kuba ndiyazi ukuba iNkosi ayiniki bmiyalelo kubantwana babantu, cingabalu-ngiselelanga indlela yokufezekisa into ebayalele yona.

8Kwaye kwenzekile okoku-ba akuva la mazwi ubawo waba novuyo olukhulu, kuba wayesazi ukuba ndisikelelwe yiNkosi.

9Kwaye mna, Nifayi, nabanta-kwethu sathabatha uhambo lwe-thu entlango, kunye neentente, zethu senyukela elizweni lase-Yerusalem.

10Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba ekubeni sinyukele elizweni lase-Yerusalem, mna nabantakwethu sathetha-thethana.

11Saya asenza amaqashisonguwuphi kuthi oza kuya angene endlwini kaLabhan. Kwaye kwe-nzekile okokuba iqashiso liwele kuLeymeni; waza uLeymeni waya wangena endlwini kaLabhan, wa-thetha naye njengoko wayehleli endlwini yakhe.

12 Uye wanqwenela ukuba

uLabhan amnike iimbali ezikro-lwe kumacwecwe obhedu, aqu-lathe aumlibo kabawo.

13 Kwaye qaphela, kwenze-ka ukuba uLabhan abenomsi-ndo, amgxothe phambi kwakhe; angavumi ukumnika iimbali ezo. Ngako oko, wathi kuye: Qaphela ungumphangi, kwaye ndiza ku-kubulala.

14Kodwa uLeymeni waye wasa-ba phambi kwakhe, waza wasixe-lela izinto ezenziwe nguLabhan, kuthi. Saze saqalisa ukuba lusizi kakhulu, kwaye abantakwethu babesele beza kuphindela kuba-wo entlango.

15Kodwa qaphela ndathi kubo: Njengoko iNkosi iphila, kwaye nathi siphila, asiyi kwehlela kuba-wo entlango de sibe siyifezekisile into eyalelwe kuthi yiNkosi.

16Ngako oko, masithembeke ekugcineni imiyalelo yeNkosi; ke ngoko masihle siye elizweni alelifa likabawo, kuba qaphelani washi-ya igolide nesilivere, nalo lonke uhlobo lobutyebi. Kwaye konke oku wakwenza ngenxa byemiya-lelo yeNkosi.

17Kuba wayesazi ukuba iYeru-salem kufuneka aitshatyalalisiwe, ngenxa yenkohlakalo yabantu.

18 Kuba qaphelani, abawa-la amazwi abaprofeti. Ngako oko, ukuba ubawo unokuhlala

6 a IkZXhasa iinkokeli zeBandla.

7 a ISam. 17:32; IOoKum. 17:1115. IkZKholo; Ntobeko, Thobekileyo, Thobela.

b IkZMiyalelo kaThixo. c Gen. 18:14;

Fil. 4:13; 1Nif. 17:3, 50; I&M 5:34.

11 a Neh. 10:34; Izenzo 1:26.

12 a 1Nif. 3:3; 5:14. 16 a 1Nif. 2:4. b 1Nif. 2:2; 4:34. 17 a IIIziKr. 36:1620;

Yer. 39:19; 1Nif. 1:13.

18 a IkZVukelo.

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elizweni ekubeni beyalelwe uku-ba asabe kwelo lizwe, qaphelani, naye uya kutshabalala. Ngako oko, kuyimfuneko ukuba asabe kwelo lizwe.

19Kwaye qaphelani, bubulu-mko kuThixo ukuba sizifumane ezi ambali, ukuze silondolozele abantwana bethu ulwimi looba-wo bethu;

20 Kananjalo sibe anokuba-londolozela amazwi athethwa ngemilomo yabo bonke aba-profeti abangcwele, athe azi-swa kubo ngoMoya namandla kaThixo, ukususela oko ihlaba-thi laqalayo, kude kube leli lixa lakalokunje.

21Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba emva kwentetho enje ndabaphe-mbelela abantakwethu, ekubeni bathembeke ekugcineni imiyale-lo kaThixo.

22Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba sihle siye elizweni lelifa lethu, sa-thi saqokelela ndawonye aigolide yethu, nesilivere yethu, nezinto zethu zexabiso.

23Kwaye emva kokuba siqoke-lele ezi zinto ndawonye, sahamba senyuka, saphinda saya endlwini kaLabhan.

24Kwaye kwenzekile okoku-ba siye kungena kwaLabhan, si-nqwenela ukuba anikezele kuthi iimbali ezazikrolwe aemacwecwe-ni obhedu, endaweni yoko thi-na siya kumnika igolide yethu,

nesilivere yethu, nazo zonke izi-nto zethu zexabiso.

25Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba xa uLabhan ebona izinto zethu, ezazininzi kakhulu, awazinqwe-nela, kangangokuba wasigxothe-la ngaphandle, waza wathumela izicaka zakhe ukuba zisibulale, ukuze akwazi ukufumana izinto zethu.

26Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba sizisabe izicaka zikaLabhan, kwa-ye sanyanzeleka ukuba sishiye izi-nto zethu, zaza zawela ezandleni zikaLabhan.

27Kwaye kwenzekile okoku-ba sisabele entlango, zathi zeza izicaka zikaLabhan azabina-ko ukusifumana, saza sazifihla emqolombeni.

28Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba uLeymeni abenomsindo kum, na-kubawo kananjalo; noLemuweli naye wabanjalo, kuba wayema-mela amazwi kaLeymeni. Nga-ko oko uLeymeni noLemuweli bathetha angamazwi alukhuni kuthi, baninawa babo, basibetha nangentonga.

29Kwaye kwenzekile njengoko babesibetha ngentonga, qaphela, aingelosi yeNkosi yeza yema pha-mbi kwabo, yaye yathetha nabo, isithi: Kutheni nibetha umninawa wenu ngentonga? Anazi yinina ukuba iNkosi imonyule ukuba babengumlawuli phezu kwenu, oku kungenxa yobugwenxa benu?

18 b 1Nif. 16:8. 19 a Omn. 1:17;

Moz. 1:26. 20 a IkZZibhaloIzibhalo

emazilondolozwe. 22 a 1Nif. 2:4. 24 a 1Nif. 3:3. 25 a IkZNqwenela.

28 a 1Nif. 17:1718. 29 a 1Nif. 4:3; 7:10.

IkZIingelosi. b 1Nif. 2:22.

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Qaphelani niya kunyuka nihambe niye eYerusalem kwakhona, kwa-ye neNkosi iya kumnikela uLa-bhan ezandleni zenu.

30Kwaye emva kokuba aingelosi ithethile nathi, yemka.

31Kwaye emva kokuba ingelosi imkile, uLeymeni noLemuweli ba-qalisa aukumbombozela kwakho-na, besithi: Ingenzeka njani into yokuba iNkosi inikele uLabhan ezandleni zethu? Qaphelani, uyi-ndoda enamandla, kwaye anga-yalela amashumi amahlanu, ewe, angawabulala kwanawo amashu-mi amahlanu; ke uza kusiyekela ntoni thina?

ISAHLUKO 4

UNifayi ubulala uLabhan ngokomyalelo weNkosi kwaye ngoko ufumana amacwecwe obhedu ngobuchuleUZorami ukhetha ukuzimanya nosapho lukaLihayi entlango. Malunga 600592P.K.

Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba ndi-thethe nabakhuluwa bam, ndisithi: Masinyukeni sibuyele eYeru-salem, kwaye amasithembeke ekugcineni imiyalelo yeNkosi; kuba qaphelani inamandla uku-dlula umhlaba wonke, ingathini ke bukungabi namandla uku-dlula uLabhan namashumi akhe amahlanu, ewe, okanye nawo amashumi-shumi akhe amawaka?

2Ke ngoko masihambeni sinyu-

ke; amasomelele bnjengoMoses; kuba ngokwenene wathetha na-manzi coLwandle oluBomvu kwa-ye ohlukana ngapha nangapha, kwaye noobawo bethu bawela, baphuma ekuthinjweni, emhlabe-ni owomileyo, nemikhosi kaFaro yalandela yaza yarhaxwa emanzi-ni oLwandle oluBomvu.

3Ngoku qaphelani niyazi ukuba oku kuyinyani; kwaye niyazi ka-njalo okokuba aingelosi ithethile nani; ngako oko ningathini uku-thandabuza? Masihambeni sinyu-ke; iNkosi inako ukusikhulula, nanjengoko yenza koobawo be-thu, nokumtshabalalisa uLabhan, nanjengoko yenza kumaYiputa.

4Ngoku ndakuba ndithethe la mazwi, babesenomsindo, baqhu-beka kwakhona ngokumbomboze-la; nangona kunjalo bandilandela sada safika ngaphandle kweendo-nga zaseYerusalem.

5Kwaye kwakusebusuku; nda-benza ukuba mabazimele ngapha-ndle kweendonga. Kwaye emva kokuba bezimele, mna, Nifayi, ndachwechwa ndaza ndangena esixekweni ndahamba ndabheka phambili ngasemzini kaLabhan.

6Kwaye andakhokelwa nguMo-ya, bndingazazi kwangaphambili izinto endimele ukuzenza.

7 Nangona kunjalo ndabhe-ka phambili, kwathi xa ndiso-ndela endlwini kaLabhan nda-bona umntu, kwaye wayewele

30 a 1Nif. 16:38. 31 a IkZMbombozela.4 1 a IkZKhaliphileyo,

Nkalipho; Kholo.

b 1Nif. 7:1112. 2 a Dut. 11:8. b IkZMoses. c Eks. 14:21; 1Nif. 17:26;

Moz. 7:19.

3 a 1Nif. 3:2931; 7:10. 6 a IkZMoya oyiNgcwele;

Mpembelelo, Phembelela.

b Heb. 11:8.

101 NIFAYI 4:820

emhlabeni phambi kwam, kuba wayenxile yiwayini.

8Kwaye kuthe xa ndifika kuye ndafumanisa ukuba nguLabhan.

9Kwaye ndalibona aikrele lakhe, ndalikhupha kwisingxobo salo; nesiphatho salo sasenziwe nge-golide ecwengileyo, laye lenziwe ngobuchule obukhulu, ndabo-na nokuba imela yalo yayenziwe ngentsimbi eyona yomeleleyo ye-xabiso eliphezulu.

10Kwaye kwenzekile okoku-ba andandinyanzelwe nguMo-ya ukuba ndimbulale uLabhan; kodwa ndathi entliziyweni yam: Andizange nanini na ndiphalaze igazi lomntu. Ndarhwaqela nda-nga andingembulali.

11Waze uMoya waphinda wathi kum: Qaphela aiNkosi imnikeze-le ezandleni zakho. Ewe, kwaye nam ndandisazi ukuba ebefuna ukubuthabatha ubomi bam; ewe, kwaye ebengafuni ukumamela imiyalelo yeNkosi; kananjalo wa-thi bwahlutha izinto zethu.

12 Kwaye kwenzeka ukuba uMoya uphinde uthi kum: Mbu-lale, kuba iNkosi imnikezele eza-ndleni zakho;

13Qaphela iNkosi aibulala baba-khohlakeleyo ukuze ifezekise ii-njongo zayo zobulungisa. cKulu-ngile ukuba kufe umntu omnye kunokuba isizwe siye siphelela ngokuphela size sitshabalalele ekungakholweni.

14Kwaye ngoku, ndakuba mna, Nifayi, ndiwavile la mazwi, nda-khumbula amazwi eNkosi eyawa-thetha kum entlango, isithi oko-kuba: aKangangokuba imbewu yakho iya kuyigcina bimiyalelo yam, iya ckuphumelela delizweni lesithembiso.

15Ewe, ndacinga kwakhona ukuba abanako ukuyigcina imi-yalelo yeNkosi ngokomthetho kaMoses, ngaphandle kokuba ba-nokuba nawo umthetho.

16Kwaye ndandisazi kananjalo okokuba aumthetho wawukrolwe kumacwecwe obhedu.

17 Kwaye kwakhona, nda-ndisazi ukuba iNkosi inikezela uLabhan ezandleni zam ngesi sizathusokokuba ndikwazi ukufumana ezi mbali ngokwe-miyalelo yayo.

18Ke ngoko ndathobela izwi lo-Moya, ndabamba uLabhan ngee-nwele zentloko, ndamnqumla intloko angekrele lakhe.

19Kwaye emva kokuba ndi-mnqumle intloko ngekrele la-khe, ndathabatha izambatho zi-kaLabhan ndazinxiba emzimbeni wam; ewe, ndithi nesuntswana lazo zonke; ndagaxela nesikrwe-qe sakhe sokuzikhusela esinqeni sam.

20Kwaye emva kokuba ndikwe-nzile oku, ndaya phambili kwi-gumbi likaLabhan lokulondoloza indyebo. Kwaye xa ndandisiya

9 a 2Nif. 5:14; I&M 17:1.

10 a Alma 14:11. 11 a ISam. 17:4149. b 1Nif. 3:26. 13 a 1Nif. 17:3338;

I&M 98:3132. b IkZKhohlakele,

Nkohlakalo. c Alma 30:47. 14 a Omn. 1:6; Moz. 2:22;

Etere 2:712.

b IkZMiyalelo kaThixo. c 1Nif. 2:20. d 1Nif. 17:1314;

Yakobi 2:12. 16 a IkZMthetho kaMoses. 18 a ISam. 17:51.

11 1 NIFAYI 4:2134

endaweni kaLabhan yolondolozo, qaphela, ndabona aisicaka sikaLa-bhan ebesinazo izitshixo zegumbi lolondolozo lwendyebo. Ndasi-yalela ngelizwi elifana nelikaLa-bhan, ukuba siye nam egumbini lolondolozo lwendyebo.

21Kwaye sicinge ukuba ndiyi-nkosi yaso, uLabhan, kuba sibo-ne izambatho kwakunye nekrele endiligaxele esinqeni sam.

22Kwaye sathetha nam malu-nga namadoda amakhulu amaYu-da, kuba sona sisazi ukuba inkosi yaso, uLabhan, ibiye kuwo ngobo busuku.

23Ndaza ndathetha naso ngo-kungathi bendinguLabhan.

24Kwaye ndathetha naso kanja-lo ukuba kufuneka ndiphathe imi-krolo, aebikumacwecwe obhedu, ndiyise kubakhuluwa bam, aba-bemi ngaphandle kweendonga.

25Ndaza ndasiyalela ukuba si-ndilandele.

26 Kwaye sona, ngokucinga ukuba ndithetha ngabazalwana bebandla, nokuba ngenene ndi-ngulo Labhan endimbuleleyo, ngako oko sandilandela.

27Kwaye sathetha nam amaxe-sha amaninzi malunga namado-da amakhulu amaYuda, ngeli lixa ndisiya kubantakwethu, ababe-ngaphandle kweendonga.

28Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba uLeymeni oyike kakhulu xa endi-bona, kanjalo uLemuweli noSem. Besaba phambi kwam; kuba babe-cinga ukuba ndandinguLabhan,

kwaye ke becinga ukuba undibu-lele kwaye ngoku ebefuna ukuba-bulala nabo.

29Kwaye kwenzekile okoku-ba ndibakhwaze, baza bandiva; ngako oko bayeka ukusaba pha-mbi kwam.

30Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba xa isicaka sikaLabhan sibona aba-ntakwethu saqalisa ukungcangca-zela, sasisele siza kusaba phambi kwam ukubuyela esixekweni sa-seYerusalem.

31Kwaye ngoku mna, Nifayi, njengokuba, ndiyindoda enkulu ngesithomo, kwaye kanjalo ndini-kwe aamandla amakhulu yiNkosi, ke ngoko ndiye ndasibamba isica-ka sikaLabhan, ndasimisa, ukuze singesabi.

32Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba ndathetha naso, ndisithi ukuba sinokuwamamela amazwi am, njengoko iNkosi iphila, nanje-ngoko nam ndiphila, kwanokuba sinokuwamamela amazwi ethu, singabusindisa ubomi baso.

33Kwaye ndathetha naso, kwa angesifungo, ndisithi masingoyiki; siya kuba ngumntu okhululekile-yo njengathi ukuba singahamba nathi ukusinga entlango.

34Kwaye ndathetha naso ka-njalo, ndisithi: Ngokwenene asi-yalelwe yiNkosi ukwenza oku; nokuba asimele sikhuthale kusini na ukugcina imiyalelo yeNkosi? Ke ngoko, xa unokwehla nathi usinge entlango kubawo uya ku-banendawo kunye nathi.

20 a 2Nif. 1:30. 24 a 1Nif. 3:12, 1924;

5:1022. 31 a Moz. 9:17; Alma 56:56.

33 a IkZSifungo. 34 a 1Nif. 2:2; 3:16.

121 NIFAYI 4:355:6

35Kwaye kwenzekile okoku-ba auZorami akhuthazeke akuva amazwi endawathethayo. Ngoku uZorami yayiligama laso isica-ka; waza wathembisa ukuba uza kwehla asinge entlango kubawo. Ewe, kwaye wenza nesifungo so-kuba uza kuhlala nathi ukususela ngelo lixa ukuya phambili.

36Ngoku sasinqwenela ukuba ahlale nathi ngesi sizathu, soko-kuba amaYuda angabinako ukwa-zi ngokusaba kwethu ukusinga entlango, kungenjalo ayeya ku-sisukela asitshabalalise.

37Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba ekubeni uZorami enze aisifungo kuthi, uloyiko lwethu lwaba lu-yaphela ngokunxulumene naye.

38Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba sithabathe amacwecwe obhedu kunye nesicaka sikaLabhan, sisi-nge entlango, saza sahamba sa-bheka ententeni kabawo.

ISAHLUKO 5

USaraya ukhalazela uLihayiBobabini bavuyela ukubuya koonyana baboBanikela amadiniAmacwecwe obhedu aqulethe izibhalo zikaMoses nabaprofetiAmacwecwe alatha uLihayi njengesizukulwana sikaYosefuULihayi uprofetha ngezinto ezinxulumene nembewu yakhe kwanokulondolozwa kwamacwecwe. Malunga 600592P.K.

Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba emva

kokuba sehlile sangena entlango ukuya kubawo, qaphela, yena wazaliswa luvuyo, nomama wam kanjalo, auSaraya, uye wavuya ka-khulu, kuba okwenene wayesele ezilile ngenxa yethu.

2Kuba wayecinga ukuba sitsha-balele entlango; kwaye wayekha-lazela ubawo, emxelela ukuba uyindoda yemibono; esithi: Qa-phela usikhuphe elizweni lelifa le-thu, noonyana bam abasekho, na-thi siyatshabalala apha entlango.

3Kwaye wathetha ngolu hlobo umama xa ekhalazela ubawo.

4Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba ubawo naye athethe, athi: Ndi-yazi ukuba andiyindoda yemibo-no; kuba ukuba bendingazibona-nga izinto zikaThixo bngemibono ngendingakwazanga ukulunga kukaThixo, kodwa ngendahlala eYerusalem, ndize nditshabalale nabazalwana bam.

5Kodwa qaphela, ndizuze aili-zwe lesithembiso, ngazo ezi zinto ndiyavuya; ewe, bndiyazi ukuba iNkosi iza kubakhulula oonyana bam ezandleni zikaLabhan, iza kuphinda ibazise behle beze kuthi apha entlango.

6Kwaye wayethetha ngolu hlo-bo ubawo, uLihayi, ethuthuzela umama, uSaraya, ngokubheki-sele kuthi, kwakuxa sasinyuka entlango sisiya kwilizwe lase-Yerusalem, sisiya kufuna imbali yamaYuda.

35 a 1Nif. 16:7; 2Nif. 5:56. IkZAmaZoramayithi, Zorami.

37 a Yosh. 9:121;

INtsh. 5:4. IkZSifungo.

5 1 a IkZSaraya. 4 a 1Nif. 2:11. b 1Nif. 1:813.

IkZMbono. 5 a 1Nif. 2:20; 18:8, 2223.

IkZLizwe lesithembiso. b IkZKholo.

13 1 NIFAYI 5:716

7Kwaye kuthe xa sibuyela ente-nteni kabawo, qaphela bazala luvuyo, nomama wam wathu-thuzeleka.

8Kwaye wathetha esithi: Ngoku ndiyazi ngokwenene ukuba iNko-si aimyalele umyeni wam ukuba asabe asinge entlango; ewe, kwa-ye ndiyazi nokokuba ngokwenene iNkosi ibakhusele oonyana bam, kwaye yabakhulula ezandleni zi-kaLabhan, yaza yabanika ama-ndla bokufezekisa into ababeyi-yalelwe yiNkosi. Waze wathetha ngamazwi ngolu hlobo.

9Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba bavuye ngokugqithisileyo, baze banikela aamadini neminikelo enyukayo eNkosini; baza benza bimibulelo kuThixo kaSirayeli.

10Kwathi emva kokuba benze umbulelo kuThixo kaSirayeli, ubawo, uLihayi, wathabatha ii-mbali ezazikrolwe aemacwecweni obhedu, waye waziphonononga ukusuka ekuqaleni.

11Waze wabona ukuba aqule-the aiincwadi ezintlanu zikaMo-ses, ezazinika ingxelo yokudalwa kwehlabathi, kwakukwakho ne-ka-Adam noEva, ababengabazali bethu bokuqala;

12 Kwakukwakho anembali

yamaYuda ukusuka ekuqaleni, kwanokuza kufika ekuqalekeni kolawulo lukaZedekiya, uku-mkani wakwaYuda;

13Kwakukwakho neziprofetho zabaprofeti abangcwele, ukusu-ka ekuqaleni, kwanokuza kufi-ka ezantsi ekuqalekeni kolawulo alukaZedekiya; kwaye kanjalo neziprofetho ezininzi ezithethwe ngomlomo bkaYeremiya.

14Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba ubawo, uLihayi, afumane kanjalo umlibo wookhokho bakhe aku-macwecwe obhedu; ngako oko wazazi ukuba usisizukulwana bsikaYosefu; ewe, kwalo Yosefu wayengunyana ckaYakobi, dowa-thengiswa eYiputa, kwayena eowalondolozwa sisandla se-Nkosi, ukuze alondoloze uyise, uYakobi, nosapho lwakhe lonke, ekutshabalaleni ngenxa yendlala.

15Baye kanjalo abakhutshwa ekuthinjweni ezweni laseYiputa, kwanguloo Thixo wabalondo-lozayo.

16Kwaye njalo ubawo, uLiha-yi, wafumana umlibo wooyise. Kwaye noLabhan kanjalo waye esisizukulwana asikaYosefu, nga-ko oko yena nooyise babegcina iimbali.

8 a 1Nif. 2:2. b 1Nif. 3:7. 9 a Moz. 2:3;

3Nif. 9:1920. IkZMthetho kaMoses.

b IkZKuba nombulelo, Kunika imibulelo, Mbulelo.

10 a 1Nif. 4:24, 38; 13:23. IkZMacwecwe obhedu.

11 a 1Nif. 19:23.

IkZPentatiyaki. 12 a IIziKr. 9:1.

IkZZibhalo. 13 a IIOoKum. 24:18;

Yer. 37:1. b Ezra 1:1; Yer. 36:1732;

1Nif. 7:14; Hil. 8:20.

14 a 1Nif. 3:3, 12. IkZMacwecwe obhedu.

b 2Nif. 3:4;

Alma 10:3. IkZYosefu, unyana kaYakobi.

c IkZYakobi, unyana kaIsake.

d Gen. 37:2936. e Gen. 45:45. 15 a Eks. 13:1718;

Amos 3:12; 1Nif. 17:2331; I&M 103:1618; 136:22.

16 a 1Nif. 6:2.

141 NIFAYI 5:176:6

17Kwaye ngoku ubawo esaku-bona zonke ezi zinto, wazaliswa nguMoya, waqalisa ukuprofetha malunga nembewu yakhe

18Ukuba la macwecwe obhedu amele ukufikelela kuzo zonke izi-zwe, izalamane, iilwimi, nakuba-ntu ababeyimbewu yakhe.

19Ngako oko, wathi la macwe-cwe obhedu aawasokuze atsha-tyalaliswe; kwaye awasokuze abe mfiliba nangaliphina ixesha. Kwaye waprofetha izinto ezininzi ezinxulumene nembewu yakhe.

20Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba kude kube ngoku, mna nobawo siyigcinile imiyalelo esasiyiyale-lwe yiNkosi.

21Kwaye sizizuzile iimbali nje-ngoko iNkosi yayisiyalele, saye saziphonononga sazifumana uku-ba ziyanqweneleka; ewe, kwaye azinexabiso elikhulu kuthi, ka-ngangokuba bsingayilondoloze-la abantwana bethu imiyalelo yeNkosi.

22Ngako oko, yaba bubulumko eNkosini ukuba simele ukuwa-phatha sihambe nawo, xa sasi-hamba entlango sisiya elizweni lesithembiso.

ISAHLUKO 6

UNifayi ubhala ngezinto zikaThixoInjongo kaNifayi kukuphembelela uluntu ukuba luze kuThixo

kaAbraham luze lusindiswe. Malunga 600592P.K.

Kwaye ngoku, mna Nifayi, andi-niki mlibo woobawo akule nxa-lenye yembali yam; ndingenako nangaliphina ixesha ukuyinika nanini na ngokwala bmacwecwe ndiwabhalayo; kuba sewuniki-we kwimbali egcinwe cnguba-wo; ngako oko andiyibhali kulo msebenzi.

2Kuba kwanele kum ukuthi si-sisizukulwana asikaYosefu.

3Kwaye akubalulekanga kum ukuba ndicoselele ukunika ingxelo epheleleyo ngazo zonke izinto zikabawo, kuba azinako ukubhalwa akula macwecwe, kuba ndinqwenela indawo yo-kuba ndikwazi ukubhala ngezinto zikaThixo.

4Kuba umnqweno wam ngoku-pheleleyo kukuba andithundeze abantu ukuba bbaze kuThixo ka-Abraham, nakuThixo kaIsake, nakuThixo kaYakobi, ukuze ba-sindiswe.

5Ngako oko, andizibhali izinto aezivuyisa ihlabathi, kodwa ezi-vuyisa uThixo kwakunye nabo abangengabo abehlabathi.

6 Ngako oko, ndiza kunika umyalelo kwimbewu yam, ukuba ingawazalisi la macwecwe ngezi-nto ezingenaxabiso kubantwana babantu.

19 a Alma 37:45. 21 a IkZZibhaloIxabiso

lezibhalo. b 2Nif. 25:26.6 1 a 2Nif. 4:1415. b 1Nif. 9:2.

c 1Nif. 1:1617; 19:16. 2 a 1Nif. 5:1416. 3 a Yakobi 7:27;

Yaromi 1:2, 14; Omn. 1:30.

4 a Yoh. 20:3031.

Khangela igama lephepha le-Ncwadi kaMormoni.

b 2Nif. 9:41, 45, 51. 5 a ITes. 2:4;

MkaM 1:4.

15 1 NIFAYI 7:110

ISAHLUKO 7

Oonyana bakaLihayi babuyela eYerusalem kwaye bamema uIshmayeli nabendlu yakhe ukuba bazimanye kuhambo lwaboULeymeni nabanye bayavukelaUNifayi ubongoza abantakwabo ukuba babenokholo eNkosiniBambophelela ngeentambo babhunge ukumbulala Ukhululwa ngamandla okholoAbakhuluwa bakhe bacela uxoloULihayi neqela lakhe banikela idini neminikelo etshisiweyo. Malunga 600592P.K.

Kwaye ngoku ndinqwenela ukuba nazi, ukuba emva kokuba ubawo, uLihayi, egqibile aukuprofetha malunga nembewu yakhe, kwe-nzeka ukuba iNkosi ithethe naye kwakhona, isithi okokuba aku-mlungelanga, uLihayi, ukuba athabathe usapho lwakhe kuphela ukusinga entlango; kodwa kufu-neka oonyana bakhe bathabathe biintombi zibe cngabafazi, ukuze bakhulisele iNkosi imbewu eli-zweni lesithembiso.

2Kwaye kwenzekile okoku-ba iNkosi aimyalele ukuba mna, Nifayi, nabantakwethu, simele kukuphinda sibuyele elizweni laseYerusalem, sibuye noIshma-yeli nosapho lwakhe sehle sisinge entlango.

3Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba mna, Nifayi, kwakunye nabanta-kwethu, asiphinde siye phambili entlango sinyuke siye eYerusalem.

4Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba

sinyuke siye endlwini kaIshma-yeli, kwaye, saye sababalwa eme-hlweni kaIshmayeli, kangangoku-ba saye sathetha naye ngamazwi eNkosi.

5Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba iNkosi iyithambise intliziyo kaI-shmayeli, kananjalo nabendlu ya-khe, kangangokuba bahamba na-thi behla ukusinga entlango sisiya ententeni kabawo.

6Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba njengokuba sihamba entlango, qaphela uLeymeni noLemuwe-li, neentombi ezimbini zikaI-shmayeli, anoonyana ababini bakaIshmayeli neentsapho zabo, basivukele; ewe, bavukela ngo-kuchasene nam, Nifayi, noSem, noyise wabo, uIshmayeli, nenko-sikazi yakhe, kwaye nezinye iinto-mbi zakhe ezintathu.

7Kwaye kwenzekile kuvukelo olo lwabo, banqwenele ukuphi-ndela elizweni laseYerusalem.

8Kwaye ngoku mna, Nifayi, andababuhlungu bubulukhuni bee-ntliziyo zabo, ke ngoko, ndathetha nabo, ndisithi, ewe, nakuLeymeni noLemuweli: Qaphelani, ninga-bakhuluwa bam, kwenzeka njani ukuba nibe neentliziyo ezilukhuni kangaka, neengqondo ezimfame-ke kangaka, nide nifune ukuba mna ndingumninawa wenu, kube yimfuneko ukuthetha nani, ewe, ndibe ngumzekelo kuni?

9Kwenzeka njani ukuba ninga-wamameli amazwi eNkosi?

10 Kwenzeka njani ukuba 7 1 a 1Nif. 5:1719. b 1Nif. 16:7. c IkZMtshato, Tshata.

2 a 1Nif. 16:78. 3 a 1Nif. 3:23. 6 a 2Nif. 4:10.

8 a Alma 31:2; Moses 7:41.

161 NIFAYI 7:1119anilibale ukuba niyibonile inge-losi yeNkosi?

11Ewe, kwenzeka njani ukuba nilibale izinto ezinkulu kangaka esenzele zona iNkosi, angokusi-khulula ezandleni zikaLabhan, ka-nanjalo sibe nokufumana imbali?

12Ewe, kwenzeka njani ukuba nilibale ukuba iNkosi inako uku-benzela abantwana babantu zo-nke aizinto ngokwentando yayo, ukuba babonisa bukholo kuyo? Ngako oko, masithembeke kuyo.

13Kwaye ukuba siyathembe-ka kuyo, siya kulifumana ailizwe lesithembiso; kwaye niya kuba nolwazi kwithuba elizayo ukuba amazwi eNkosi aya kuzaliseki-swa malunga bnokutshatyalaliswa kweYerusalem; kuba zonke izinto ezithethileyo iNkosi malunga no-kutshatyalaliswa kweYerusalem kumele zizaliseke.

14 Kuba qaphelani, uMoya weNkosi uyeka msinyane uku-zamana nabo; kuba qaphelani, ababala abaprofeti, bnoYeremiya bamlahlele entolongweni. Kwaye bafuna ukuthabatha cubomi buka-bawo, kangangokuba bamgxothe-le ngaphandle elizweni.

15 Ngoku qaphelani, ndithi kuni ukuba niphindela eYerusa-lem niya kutshabalala nani ku-nye nabo. Kwaye ngoku, ukuba niyazikhethela, hambani ninyuke

niye elizweni, kwaye nikhumbule amazwi endiwathethe kuni, athi ukuba niyahamba nani kanjalo niya kutshabalala; kuba uMoya weNkosi undinyanzela ukuba ndithethe njalo.

16Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba ndakuba mna, Nifayi, ndithethe la mazwi kubantakwethu, baba nomsindo kum. Kwaye kwenze-ka ukuba bandiphathe ngezandla, kuba qaphela, baba nomsindo ngokugqithisileyo, kwaye aba-ndibopha ngeentambo, kuba ba-befuna ukuthabatha ubomi bam, ngokuthi bandishiye entlango ndidliwe zizilo zasendle.

17 Kodwa kwaye kwenzeka ukuba ndithandaze eNkosini, ndithi: Owu Nkosi, ngokokholo lwam olukuwe, ungandikhulula ezandleni zabantakwethu; ewe, kwaye ungandinika namandla okuba andiziqhawule nezi ntambo ndibotshwe ngazo.

18Kwaye kwenzekile okoku-ba ndakuba ndithethe la mazwi, qaphela, iintambo zakhululeka ezandleni nasezinyaweni zam, ndaza ndema phambi kwabakhu-luwa bam, ndaza ndathetha nabo kwakhona.

19Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba baphinde babenomsindo kum ba-fune ukundibamba ngezandla; ko-dwa qaphela, omnye aweentombi

10 a Dut. 4:9; 1Nif. 3:29; 4:3.

11 a 1Nif. 4. 12 a 1Nif. 17:50;

Alma 26:12. b 1Nif. 3:7; 15:11. 13 a 1Nif. 2:20.

IkZLizwe lesithembiso. b IIOoKum. 25:121;

2Nif. 6:8; 25:10; Omn. 1:15; Hil. 8:2021.

14 a Hez. 5:6; 1Nif. 1:1820; 2:13.

IkZVukelo. b Yer. 37:1521. c 1Nif. 2:1. 16 a 1Nif. 18:1115. 17 a Alma 14:2628. 19 a 1Nif. 16:7.

17 1 NIFAYI 7:208:5

zikaIshmayeli, ewe, kwakunye nonina wayo, kunye nomnye woonyana bakaIshmayeli, ba-bacenga abakhuluwa bam, ka-ngangokuba baye bazithambisa iintliziyo zabo; baza bayeka uku-zama ukuthabatha ubomi bam.

20Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba babe lusizi, ngenxa yenkohlakalo yabo, kangangokuba bade baqu-bude phambi kwam, baze bandi-cenge ukuba ndibaxolele ngezinto abazenzileyo ngokuchasene nam.

21Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba andibaxolele ngokunyanisekile-yo ngako konke abakwenzileyo, kwaye ndabayala ukuba batha-ndaze eNkosini uThixo wabo ukuze baxolelwe. Kwaye kwenze-kile okokuba benze njalo. Kwaye emva kokuba begqibile ukutha-ndaza eNkosini saphinda saqhu-beka ngohambo lwethu ukuya ngasententeni kabawo wethu.

22Kwaye kwenzekile okoku-ba sehle sifike ententeni kabawo wethu. Kwaye emva kokuba mna nabakhuluwa bam nayo yonke indlu kaIshmayeli sehlile safika ententeni kabawo, baye benza aimibulelo eNkosini uThixo wabo; baza banikela bidini neminekelo etshisiweyo kuye.

ISAHLUKO 8

ULihayi ubona umbono womthi wobomiUyathabatha atye kwisiqhamo sawo aze anqwenele ukuba

usapho lwakhe nalo lwenze njaloUbona intonga yesinyithi, indlela ecutheneyo nemxinwa, neenkungu zobumnyama ezigubungela abantuUSaraya, uNifayi noSem bayathabatha batye kwisiqhamo, kodwa uLeymeni noLemuweli bayala. Malunga 600592P.K.

Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba siqo-kelele ndawonye zonke iintlobo-ntlobo zeembewu, kunye ezazo zonke iintlobo zeenkozo, kana-njalo ezeembewu zeziqhamo zazo zonke iintlobo.

2 Kwaye kwenzekile ngeli-xa ubawo ehleli entlango, waye wathetha nathi, esithi: Qaphe-lani, aNdiphuphe iphupha; oka-nye, ngamanye amazwi, ndibone bumbono.

3Kwaye qaphelani, ngenxa ye-nto endithe ndayibona, ndinesi-zathu sokuvuya eNkosini nge-nxa akaNifayi kwakunye naye uSem; kuba ndinesizathu soku-cinga ukuba bona, kwaye kanjalo nabaninzi bembewu yabo, baya kusindiswa.

4Kodwa qaphelani, aLeymeni kwanawe Lemuweli, ndinoloyi-ko olugqithisileyo ngenxa yenu; kuba qaphelani, ndikhumbula ndibona ephupheni lam, intlango esithukuthezi emnyama.

5Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba ndibone indoda, yaye inxibe aisa-mbatho esimhlophe; yaye yeza yema phambi kwam.

21 a IkZXolela. 22 a IkZKuba nombule-

lo, Kunika imibulelo, Mbulelo.

b 1Nif. 5:9.8 2 a IkZPhupha;

Sityhilelo. b 1Nif. 10:17.

IkZMbono. 3 a 1Nif. 8:1418. 4 a 1Nif. 8:3536. 5 a MJS 1:3032.

181 NIFAYI 8:617

6Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba ithethe nam; indiyalele ukuba ndiyilandele.

7Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba njengoko ndiyilandela ndizibone ukuba ndikwilizwe elimnyama nelisithukuthezi elingumqwe-bedu.

8Kwaye emva kokuba ndiha-mbe isithuba seeyure ezininzi ebumnyameni, ndaqalisa uku-thandaza eNkosini ukuba aibe-nenceba kum, ngokunxulumene nobukhulu beenceba zakhe ezi-nemfesane.

9Kwaye kwenzekile emva ko-kuba ndithandazile eNkosini nda-bona aithafa elikhulu eliphanga-leleyo.

10Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba ndibone aumthi bosiqhamo sawo esinqwenelekayo esimbangela ukuba umntu onwabe.

11Kwaye kwenzekile okoku-ba ndibheke phambili, nditha-bathe nditye akwisiqhamo sawo; kwaye ndaqaphela ukuba sina-mbitheka ngakumbi, ngaphezu kwazo zonke endakha ndazi-ngcamla ngaphambili. Ewe, kwa-ye ndaqaphela ukuba isiqhamo sawo saye simhlophe ukudlu-la bonke bubumhlophe endakha ndabubona.

12Kwaye ndakube ndithaba-thile ndatya kwisiqhamo sawo sawuzalisa umphefumlo wam angovuyokazi olugqithisileyo;

ngako oko, ndaqalisa bukunqwe-nela ukuba nosapho lwam kanjalo lungathabatha lutye kuso; kuba ndandisazi ukuba csasinqwenele-ka ngaphezu kwazo zonke ezinye iziqhamo.

13Ndisakuphosa amehlo am macala onke, ukuba mhlawumbi ndingalubhaqa usapho lwam ka-njalo, ndaqaphela aumlambo wa-manzi, kwaye wawubaleka ecale-ni, kwaye wawukufuphi nomthi lowo endandithabathe ndatya kuwo isiqhamo.

14Kwaye ndaye ndakhangela ukuze ndifumane apho wawuve-la ngakhona; kwaye ndayibona intloko yawo kude mganyana, kwaye kwintloko yawo nda-qaphela unyoko uSaraya, no-Sem, noNifayi; kwaye babemi bengathi abazazi apho mabaye khona.

15Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba ndibakhwebe; ndaye ndatsho ka-njalo kubo ngelizwi elikhulu uku-thi yizani kum, kwaye nithabathe nitye kwisiqhamo, esasinqwe-neleka ngaphezu kwazo zonke iziqhamo.

16Kwaye kwenzekile okoku-ba beze kum, kwaye bathabatha batya kanjalo kwisiqhamo sawo.

17Kwaye kwenzekile okoku-ba ndinqwenele ukuba uLeyme-ni noLemuweli beze bathabathe batye kanjalo kwisiqhamo eso; ngako oko, ndaphosa amehlo am

8 a IkZNceba, Nenceba. 9 a Mat. 13:38. 10 a Gen. 2:9;

Isityh. 2:7; 22:2; 1Nif. 11:4, 825.

IkZMthi wobomi. b Alma 32:4143. 11 a Alma 5:34. b 1Nif. 11:8. 12 a IkZGcoba.

b Alma 36:24. c 1Nif. 15:36. 13 a 1Nif. 12:1618;

15:2629.

19 1 NIFAYI 8:1828

ngakwintloko yomlambo, ukuba mhlawumbi ndingababona.

18Kwaye kwenzekile okoku-ba ndibabone, kodwa aabazange beze kum bathabathe batye kwi-siqhamo.

19Kwaye ndaqaphela aintonga yesinyithi, kwaye yayolulekele ecaleni kodonga lomlambo, kwa-ye ikhokelela kumthi lowo enda-ndimi ngakuwo.

20Kwaye ndaqaphela kanjalo aindlela ecutheneyo nemxinwa, eyayisiza ecaleni ngakwintonga yesinyithi, nakuwo umthi lowo endandimi ngakuwo; kwaye ya-yikhokelela kanjalo ngakwintloko yomthombo, ukuya bkwithafa eli-khulu neliphangaleleyo, ngoku-ngathi yayilihlabathi.

21Kwaye ndabona izihlwele za-bantu ezazingenako ukubaleka, isininzi saso sasifunzele phambili, ukuze sibe nokufikelela akwindle-la eyayikhokelela kumthi lowo endandimi ngakuwo.

22Kwaye kwenzekile okoku-ba beze phambili, kwaye baqhu-beka endleleni eyayikhokelela emthini.

23Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba kuphakame ainkungu yobumnya-ma; ewe, neyona inkulu negqi-thisileyo inkungu yobumnyama, kangangokuba abo babeqhube-kile endleleni baye balahlekana

nendlela yabo, baze babhadula kwaye balahleka.

24Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba ndiqaphele abanye ababefunze-le phambili, baye beza phambili kwaye babebambelele nkqi esi-phelweni sentonga yesinyithi; baye bafunzela phambili becanda phakathi kwenkungu yobumnya-ma, betshele kwintonga yesinyi-thi, bade beza phambili kwaye bathabatha batya akwisiqhamo somthi.

25Kwaye emva kokuba betha-bathile batya kwisiqhamo somthi baye baphosa amehlo abo macala onke ngokungathi ababeneentloni.

26Kwaye nam kananjalo nda-waphosa amehlo am macala onke, ndaqaphela, kwelinye icala lomla-mbo wamanzi, isakhiwo esikhu-lu akwanesiphangaleleyo; kwaye sasimi ngokungathi sisemoyeni, siphakamele ngaphezu komhlaba.

27Kwaye sasizaliswe ngabantu, ngokuhlangeneyo abadala naba-tsha, kunye amadoda nabafazi; kwaye nendlela yesinxibo sabo yayicikizeke ngokugqithisileyo; kwaye ababekwimo yokuhlekisa kwaye besalatha ngeminwe yabo ngakwabo bathi beza kwaye ba-thabatha batya kwisiqhamo.

28Kwaye emva kokuba abengca-mle kwisiqhamo baye bbabanee-ntloni, ngenxa yabo babebagxeka;

18 a 2Nif. 5:2025. 19 a IiNd. 2:9;

Isityh. 12:5; GJS Isityh. 19:15 (Isihlomelo); 1Nif. 8:30; 11:25; 15:2324.

20 a Mat. 7:14;

2Nif. 31:1720. b Mat. 13:38. 21 a IkZNdlela. 23 a 1Nif. 12:17; 15:24. 24 a 1Nif. 8:1012. 25 a Rom. 1:16;

IITim. 1:8; Alma 46:21;

Morm. 8:38. 26 a 1Nif. 11:3536; 12:18. 27 a IkZKratshi. 28 a IIPetr. 2:1922. b Marko 4:1420; 8:38;

Luka 8:1115; Yoh. 12:4243.

201 NIFAYI 8:299:1

baza cbawela kwiindlela ezinga-vumelekanga baza balahleka.

29Kwaye ngoku mna, Nifayi, andiwathethi aonke amazwi ka-bawo.

30Kodwa, ndingabanga mde ekubhaleni, qaphelani, wabona ezinye izihlwele zifunzele pha-mbili; kwaye zeza kwaye zaba-mbelela kwisiphelo asentonga yesinyithi; kwaye zafunzela phambili endleleni yazo, zaqhu-beka zibambelele nkqi kwintsi-mbi yesinyithi, zade zeza pha-mbili zaye zawa phantsi zaze zathabatha zatya kwisiqhamo somthi.

31Waye wabona kanjalo ezinye aizihlwele zivavanya indlela yazo esingisa ngakweso sakhiwo si-khulu siphangaleleyo.

32Kwaye kwenzekile okoku-ba abaninzi barhaxwe kwinzu-lu ayomlambo, kwaye abaninzi baye balahleka emehlweni akhe, bebhadula kwiindlela ezingaqhe-lekanga.

33Kwaye sabasikhulu isihlwele esathi sangena kweso sakhiwo singaqhelekanga. Kwaye emva kokuba sithe sangena kweso sakhiwo saye sandolatha ngo-mnwe awokugxeka nakubo ka-njalo abo babethabatha besitya kwisiqhamo; kodwa asizange sibakhathalele.

34La ngamazwi kabawo: Isi-ninzi aesabakhathalelayo, saye sakreqa.

35Kwaye auLeymeni noLemu-weli abazange bathabathe batye kwisiqhamo, watsho ubawo.

36Kwaye kwenzekile emva ko-kuba ubawo ethethe onke ama-zwi ephupha okanye ombono wakhe, awaye emaninzi, wathi kuthi, ngenxa yezi zinto azibone kumbono, woyika ngokugqithi-sileyo ngenxa kaLeymeni noLe-muweli; ewe, woyika hleze babe nokukhutshelwa ngaphandle ko-buso beNkosi.

37Kwaye wababongoza ngoko ngayo yonke imvakalelo ayomza-li onenkathalo, ukuba maze ba-wamamele amazwi akhe, ukuze mhlawumbi iNkosi inganence-ba kubo, kwaye ingabakhupheli ngaphandle; ewe, ubawo waye wabashumayeza.

38Kwaye emva kokuba ethe wa-bashumayeza, waye waprofetha kanjalo kubo ngezinto ezininzi, wabayalela ukuba bagcine imi-yalelo yeNkosi; kwaye wapheza ukuthetha nabo.

ISAHLUKO 9

UNifayi wenza amaqela amabini eembaliIyileyo ibizwa ngokuba ngamacwecwe kaNifayiAmakhulu amacwecwe aqulathe imbali yezehlabathi; awona mancinane aphathelene okokuqala nezinto ezingcwele. Malunga 600592P.K.

Kwaye ubawo wazibona, kwaye waziva, kwaye wazithetha zonke

28 c IkZKreqo. 29 a 1Nif. 1:1617. 30 a 1Nif. 15:2324. 31 a Mat. 7:13.

32 a 1Nif. 15:2629. 33 a IkZNtshutshiso,

Tshutshisa. 34 a Eks. 23:2.

35 a 1Nif. 8:1718; 2Nif. 5:1924.

37 a IkZBazali; Sapho.

21 1 NIFAYI 9:210:1

ezi zinto, ngethuba ehleli ente-nteni, akwintlambo kaLemuweli, kwanazo ezinye izinto ezinkulu nezininzi ngakumbi endingena-ko ukuzibhala phezu kwala ma-cwecwe.

2Kwaye ngoku, njengoko sendi-thethile ngokunxulumene nala macwecwe, qaphela asingawo amacwecwe endenza phezu kwa-wo ingxelo epheleleyo yembali yabantu bam; kuba aamacwecwe endenza phezu kwawo ingxelo epheleleyo yabantu bam ndiwa-nika igama likaNifayi; ngako oko, abizwa ngokuba ngamacwecwe kaNifayi, abizwa ngegama lam; kwaye la macwecwe kanjalo abi-zwa ngokuba ngamacwecwe ka-Nifayi.

3Nangona kunjalo, ndifume-ne umyalelo eNkosini okokuba kufuneka ndenze la macwecwe, angenjongo ekhethekileyo yokuba kubekho ingxelo ekroliweyo byo-bulungiseleli babantu bam.

4Phezu kwamanye amacwecwe kufanele kukrolwe ingxelo yola-wulo lookumkani, neemfazwe neembambano zabantu bam; nga-ko oko la macwecwe aphathelele ngokungakumbi nobulungisele-li; kwaye aamanye amacwecwe aphathelele ngokungakumbi no-lawulo lookumkani neemfazwe neembambano zabantu bam.

5Ngako oko, iNkosi indiyalele ukuba ndenze la macwecwe ango-bulumko obukuyo, injongo leyo endingayaziyo.

6Kodwa yona iNkosi ayazi zo-nke izinto ukusuka ekuqalekeni; ngako oko, iyayilungiselela indle-la yokuphumeza yonke imisebe-nzi yayo phakathi kwabantwana babantu; kuba qaphelani, inawo onke bamandla ukuze iwazalise-kise onke amazwi ayo. Kwaye kunjalo. Amen.

ISAHLUKO 10

ULihayi uprofetha ukuba amaYuda aya kuthinjwa ngabaseBhabhilonUxela ngokuza koMesiya phakathi kwamaYuda, uMsindisi, uMkhululiULihayi uxela kanjalo ngokuza kwalowo oya kubhaptiza iMvana kaThixoULihayi uxela ngokufa nangovuko lukaMesiyaUthelekisa ukusasazwa nokuhlanganiswa kukaSirayeli nomthi womnqumaUNifayi uthetha ngoNyana kaThixo, ngesipho soMoya oyiNgcwele, nangemfuneko yobulungisa. Malunga 600592P.K.

Kwaye ngoku mna, Nifayi, ndi-yaqhubeka ngokunika ingxelo yenkqubo yam phezu akwala ma-cwecwe, nolawulo nobulungise-leli bam; ngako oko, ukuqhubeka

9 1 a 1Nif. 2:46, 8, 1415; 16:6.

2 a 1Nif. 19:2, 4; Yakobi 3:1314; MkaM 1:211; I&M 10:3840. IkZMacwecwe.

3 a I&M 3:19. b 1Nif. 6:3. 4 a Yakobi 1:24;

MkaM 1:10. 5 a 1Nif. 19:3;

MkaM 1:7; Alma 37:2, 12, 14.

6 a 2Nif. 9:20; I&M 38:2; Moses 1:6, 35. IkZAzi Izinto Zonke.

b Mat. 28:18.10 1 a 1Nif. 9:15; 19:16;

Yakobi 1:14.

221 NIFAYI 10:210

nengxelo yam, mandithethe nje ngezinto zikabawo kwakunye nezabakhuluwa bam.

2Kuba qaphelani, kwaye kwe-nzeka ukuba emva kokuba uba-wo egqibile ukuthetha amazwi aephupha lakhe, kananjalo ebaya-la ngokuba nayo yonke inkuthalo, wathetha nabo ngokunxulumene namaYuda

3 Ukuba emva kokuba beya kutshatyalaliswa, kwanaso eso sixekokazi aiYerusalem, kwaye nabaninzi bbathatyathelwa ekuthi-njweni ceBhabhilon, ngokwenta-ndo nangexesha elifanelekileyo leNkosi, kumele dbabuyele kwa-khona, ewe, bade babuyiswe ekuthinjweni; kwaye emva koku-ba beya kubuyiswa ekuthinjweni baya kulibanga kwakhona ilizwe lelifa labo.

4 Ewe, anakumakhulu ama-thandathu eminyaka ukusuka kwixesha ubawo washiya ela-seYerusalem, iNkosi uThixo iya kuphakamisa bumprofeti phaka-thi kwamaYudackwanoMesiya, okanye, ngamanye amazwi, uMsindisi wehlabathi.

5Kwaye wathetha kanjalo ngo-kunxulumene nabaprofeti, ngo-buninzi obungako bamanani athi aangqina ngezi zinto, ngo-kunxulumene nalo Mesiya, athe

wathetha ngaye, okanye lo Mkhu-luli wehlabathi.

6Ngako oko, lonke uluntu lwa-lulahlekile kwaye alukwimo yo-kuwa, kwaye luya kuba njalo ngaphandle kokuba baya kuxho-mekeka kulo Mkhululi.

7Kwaye wathetha kananjalo ngokunxulumene anomprofeti oya kuza ngaphambi koMesiya, ukulungiselela umendo weNko-si

8Ewe, uya kude abheke pha-mbili kwaye adanduluke entla-ngo: aWulungiseni umendo we-Nkosi, zityenenezeni iindlela zayo; kuba kumi omnye phaka-thi kwenu eningamaziyo; kwaye unobungangamsha kunam, omi-tya yeembadada zakhe ndingafa-nelekanga nokuyikhulula. Kwaye wathetha kangako ubawo ngoku-nxulumene nale nto.

9Kwaye ubawo wathi uya ku-bhaptiza aeBhetabhara, phesheya kweYordan; kwaye wathi kanjalo uya bkubhaptiza ngamanzi; kwa-nokokuba uya kubhaptiza uMe-siya ngamanzi.

10Kwaye emva kokuba ebha-ptize uMesiya ngamanzi, uya ku-mqonda kwaye anike ubungqina bokuba ubhaptize aiMvana kaThi-xo, eya kuthabathela kuyo izono zehlabathi.

2 a 1Nif. 8. 3 a Est. 2:6; 2Nif. 6:8;

Hil. 8:2021. b 587P.K. bona kumiswa

kweziganeko ngamaxesha azo kwisihlomelo. 2Nif. 25:10.

c Hez. 24:2; 1Nif. 1:13;

Omn. 1:15. d Yer. 29:10; 2Nif. 6:89. 4 a 1Nif. 19:8; 2Nif. 25:19;

3Nif. 1:1. b 1Nif. 22:2021. c IkZMesiya. 5 a Yakobi 7:11; Moz. 13:33;

Hil. 8:1924; 3Nif. 20:2324.

6 a IkZKuwa kuka-Adam noEva.

7 a 1Nif. 11:27; 2Nif. 31:4.

8 a Isaya 40:3; Mat. 3:13. 9 a Yoh. 1:28. b IkZYohane

uMbhaptizi. 10 a IkZMvana kaThixo.

23 1 NIFAYI 10:1117

11Kwaye kwenzekile emva ko-kuba ubawo ethethe la mazwi waye wathetha nabakhuluwa bam ngokunxulumene nevange-li eya kushunyayelwa phakathi kwamaYuda, kwaye kanjalo na-ngokunxulumene anokunyamala-la kwamaYuda bekungakholweni. Kwaye emva kokuba cbembulele uMesiya, oya kuthi eze, kwaye emva kokuba ebulewe uya kuthi davuke kwelabafileyo, kwaye uya kuzibonakalisa, engoMoya oyi-Ngcwele, kwabeeNtlanga.

12Ewe, kwa naye ubawo wa-thetha kakhulu ngokunxulumene nabeeNtlanga, kananjalo ngoku-nxulumene nendlu kaSirayeli, ukuba baya kuthelekiswa anomthi womnquma, omasebe awo aya kuqetshulwa kwaye basasazwe phezu kobuso bomhlaba.

13Ngako oko, wathi kunyanze-lekile ukuba sikhokelelwe nga-mxhelo mnye akwilizwe lesithe-mbiso, ukuze kuzaliseke ilizwi leNkosi, okokuba siya kusasa-zwa phezu kwabo bonke ubuso bomhlaba.

14Kwaye emva kokuba indlu kaSirayeli iya kusasazwa iya akuphinda ihlanganiswe kunye kwakhona; okanye, lilonke, emva kokuba babeeNtlanga beyizuzile

ivangeli epheleleyo, amasebe endalo comthi womnquma, oka-nye iintsalela zendlu kaSirayeli, ziya kumiliselwa, okanye zize ku-lwazi loMesiya oyinyani, iNkosi yazo noMkhululi wazo.

15Kwaye ubawo waprofetha wathetha ngolu hlobo kubakhu-luwa bam, kanjalo nezinye izinto ezininzi endingazibhaliyo kule ncwadi; kuba ndibhale ezininzi zazo kangangoko bekuyimfanelo kum akwenye incwadi yam.

16Kwaye zonke ezi zinto, endi-thethe ngazo, zenziwa ngethuba ubawo ebehleli ententeni, kwi-ntlambo kaLemuweli.

17 Kwaye kwenzekile emva kokuba mna, Nifayi, ndiwavile onke aamazwi kabawo, ngoku-nxulumene nezinto awazibona-yo bkumbono, kwakunye nezinto awazithethayo ngamandla oMoya oyiNgcwele, mandla lawo wawa-fumana ngokholo kuNyana ka-Thixokwaye uNyana kaThixo wabe cenguMesiya oya kuzamna, Nifayi, ndanqwenela kanja-lo ukuba ndibe nokubona, ndive, ndize ndazi ngezi zinto, ngama-ndla doMoya oyiNgcwele, asisi-pho sikaThixo kubo bonke abo ebamfuna ngenyameko, ngamaxe-sha fakudala nanje ngexesha aya

11 a Yakobi 4:1418. b Morm. 5:14. c IkZKubethelelwa

emnqamlezweni; Yesu Krestu.

d IkZVuko. e IkZMoya oyiNgcwele. 12 a Gen. 49:2226;

1Nif. 15:12; 2Nif. 3:45; Yakobi 5; 6:17.

IkZMthi womnquma; Sidiliya seNkosi.

b 1Nif. 22:38. IkZSirayeliUkusasazwa kukaSirayeli.

13 a 1Nif. 2:20. IkZLizwe lesithembiso.

14 a IkZSirayeliUkuhla-nganiswa kukaSirayeli.

b 1Nif. 13:42;

I&M 14:10. c Yakobi 5:8, 52, 54, 60, 68. 15 a 1Nif. 1:1617. 17 a Enoshe 1:3;

Alma 36:17. b 1Nif. 8:2. c IkZMesiya. d IkZMoya oyiNgcwele. e Moro. 10:45, 7, 19. f I&M 20:26.

241 NIFAYI 10:1811:4

kuthi azibonakalise kubantwana babantu.

18Kuba ukwanguye aizolo, na-mhla, nangonaphakade; kwaye indlela ilungiselelwe bonke aba-ntu ukususela kwisiseko sehlaba-thi, ukuba bathi baguquke kwaye beze kuye.

19Kuba lowo ufuna ngenkutha-lo uya kufumana, kwaye aneemfi-hlelo zikaThixo ziya kutyhilwa kubo, ngamandla boMoya oyi-Ngcwele, njengoko kunjalo kula maxesha nakuwo amaxesha aku-dala, kwa njengoko kwakunjalo kumaxesha akudala nakumaxesha azayo; ngako oko, cumgaqo we-Nkosi ungumjikelo omnye wa-naphakade.

20Ke ngoko khumbula, Owu bantu, ngazo zonke izenzo zenu niya kuziswa aekugwetyweni.

21Ngako oko, ukuba nifuna ukwenza ngenkohlakalo ngemi-hla ayobulingwa benu, ke niya kufunyanwa bningacocekanga phambi kwesihlalo sokugweba si-kaThixo; kwaye ayikho into enga-cocekanga enokuhlala noThixo; ngako oko kufuneka nikhutshe-lwe ngaphandle ngonaphakade.

22Kwaye uMoya oyiNgcwele undinika igunya lokuba ndizi-thethe ezi zinto, kwaye ndinga-ziphikisi.

ISAHLUKO 11

UNifayi ubona uMoya weNkosi kwaye imbonisa embonweni umthi wobomiUbona unina woNyana kaThixo kwaye ufunda ngokuzithoba kukaThixoUbona ubhaptizo, ubulungiseleli, kwaye nokubethelelwa emnqamlezweni kweMvana kaThixoUbona kanjalo ubizo nobulungiseleli lwaBapostile abaLishumi elineSibini bayo iMvana. Malunga 600592P.K.

Kuba kwenzekile emva koku-ba ndathi ndanqwenela ukwazi ngezinto athe ubawo wazibona, kwaye ndikholelwa ukuba iNkosi yayinako ukuzenza zazeke na-kum, ndathi xa ndandihleli andi-ziguquguqula entliziyweni yam bndaphakanyiselwa kude eMoye-ni weNkosi, ewe, ukuya ckwinta-ba ephakame ngokugqithisileyo, endingazange ndayibona nga-phambili, kwaye endingazange ndalubeka unyawo lwam phezu kwayo ngaphambili.

2Waza uMoya wathi kum: Qa-phela, unqwenela ntoni?

3Ndaza ndathi: Ndinqwene-la ukuzibona izinto athe ubawo awazibona.

4Waza uMoya wathi kum: Uya-kholwa na ukuba uyihlo wawu-bona aumthi lowo athethe ngawo?

18 a Heb. 13:8; Morm. 9:9; I&M 20:12. IkZThixo, Ntloko yoButhixo.

19 a IkZMfihlelo zikaThixo. b IkZMoya oyiNgcwele. c Alma 7:20;

I&M 3:2; 35:1. 20 a INtsh. 12:14;

2Nif. 9:46. IkZMgwebo, woku-Gqibela.

21 a Alma 34:3235. b IKor. 6:910;

3Nif. 27:19; I&M 76:5062; Moses 6:57.

11 1 a I&M 76:19.

IkZGuquguqula. b IIKor. 12:14;

Isityh. 21:10; 2Nif. 4:25; Moses 1:1.

c Dut. 10:1; Etere 3:1. 3 a 1Nif. 8:234. 4 a 1Nif. 8:1012; 15:2122.

25 1 NIFAYI 11:515

5Ndaze ndathi: Ewe, uyazi uku-ba andiyakholwa kuwo onke ama-zwi kabawo.

6Kwaye ekubeni ndithethe la mazwi, uMoya wadanduluka ngelizwi elikhulu, usithi: Hosana kuyo iNkosi, uThixo osenyangwe-ni, kuba unguThixo phezu akwe-hlabathi liphela, ewe, nangaphezu konke. Kwaye usikelelekile wena, Nifayi, ngokuba buyakholwa ku-Nyana kaThixo osenyangweni; ngako oko, uya kuzibona izinto othe wazinqwenela.

7Kwaye qaphela le nto iya ku-nikelwa kuwe nje angomqondiso, ukuze emva kokuba uwubonile umthi othwele isiqhamo awasi-ngcamlayo uyihlo, uya kubona kanjalo indoda isihla iphuma ezu-lwini, kwaye uya kungqina nga-yo; kwaye emva kokuba ungqinile ngayo uya bkunika ubungqina bo-kuba inguNyana kaThixo.

8Kwaye kwenzekile okoku-ba uMoya wathi kum: Khange-la! Ndaze ndakhangela ndabona umthi; kwaye ufana anomthi lowo ubawo wayewubonile; kwaye ubuhle bawo babungaphaya, ewe, ukudlula bonke ubuhle; kwaye bnobumhlophe bawo babubudlula ubumhlophe obunje ngekhephu eliqhutywa ngumoya.

9Kwaye kwenzekile emva ko-kuba ndiwubonile umthi, ndathi

kuwo uMoya: Ndiyaqaphela uku-ba undibonisile umthi aoxabiseke ngaphezulu kunayo yonke.

10Waza wathi kum: unqwene-la ntoni?

11Ndaza ndathi kuwo: Ukwa-zi ainguqulelo yawokuba nda-thetha nawo nje ngokuba umntu ethetha; kuba ndaqaphela ukuba waye bunokumila komntu; ko-dwa, nangona kunjalo, ndandisa-zi ukuba yayinguMoya weNkosi; kwaye wawuthetha nam njenge-ndoda ithetha nenye.

12Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba yathi kum: Khangela! Ndaza nda-khangela ngokungathi ndikha-ngele kuyo, ndaza andayibona; kuba yayimkile phambi kobuso bam.

13Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba ndikhangele ndabona isixekokazi saseYerusalem, kananjalo nezinye izixeko. Kwaye ndasibona isixeko saseNazarete; kwaye kwisixeko asaseNazarete ndabona bintombi engazani nandoda, kwaye yaye intle kunene kwaye imhlophe.

14Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba ndiwabone aamazulu evuleka; yaza ingelosi yehlela ezantsi yaza yema phambi kwam; yaza yathi kum: Nifayi, ubona ntoni?

15Ndaza ndathi kuyo: Into-mbi engazani nandoda, ebukeka ngokugqithisileyo kwaye intle