Sigaba 63
Sembulo lesaniketwa ngaJoseph Smith umPhrofethi, eKirtland, e-Ohio, mhlaka 30 iNgci, 1831. UmPhrofethi, naSidney Rigdon, na-Oliver Cowdery besebafikile eKirtland mhlaka 27 iNgci baphuma ekuvakasheni kwabo eMissouri. Umlandvo waJoseph Smith usichaza kanje lesi sembulo: “Kulamalanga ekucatfuta kweliBandla, bekukhona kukhatsateka lokukhulu kutfola livi leNkhosi kunoma ngusiphi sihloko lesasiphatselene nensindziso yetfu nganoma nguyiphi indlela; futsi njengoba live laseSiyoni manje beselibukwe njengenhloso yasemhlabeni lebaluleke kakhulu, ngabuta eNkhosini kute ngitfole lwati lolwengetiwe ngekugcogcwa kwalabaNgcwele, nekutsengwa kwemhlaba, nalokunye.”
1–6, Lilanga lentfukutselo litawukuta kulababi; 7–12, Tibonakaliso tita ngekukholwa; 13–19, Labaphinga ngenhlitiyo batawukuphika kukholwa bese balahlwa echibini lemlilo; 20, Labetsembekile batawutfola lifa emhlabeni loguculiwe; 21, Kulandzisa lokuphelele ngalokwenteka eNtsabeni yeKuguculwa simo kusengakembulwa; 22–23, Labalalelako batfola timfihlakalo tembuso; 24–31, Emafa aseSiyoni kufanele atsengwe; 32–35, INkhosi imemetela timphi, nalababi babulala lababi; 36–48, LabaNgcwele kumele babutsane ndzawonye eSiyoni bakhiphe timali tekuyakha; 49–54, Tibusiso ticinisekiswa labatsembekile eKubuyeni kwesiBili, eKuvukeni, nangesikhatsi semiNyaka letiNkhulungwane; 55–58, Leli lilanga lekwecwayisa; 59–66, Libito leNkhosi liphatfwa ngelite ngulabo labalisebentisa ngaphandle kweligunya.
1 Lalelani, Awu nine bantfu, vulani tinhlitiyo tenu nibeke indlebe nine lenikhashane; nilalele, nine lenitibita ngebantfu beNkhosi, nive livi leNkhosi nentsadvo yayo ngalokuphatselene nani.
2 Yebo, ngicinisile, ngitsi, vanini livi laloyo intfukutselo yakhe leyokheleke ngekumelana nalababi nalabangihlubukako;
3 Loyo intsandvo yakhe lekutsatsa ngisho labo latawubatsatsa, nalogcina ekuphileni labo latawubagcina;
4 Loyo lowakha ngentsadvo nangekujabula kwakhe; nalobhubhisako uma atsandza, futsi nalongaphonsa umphefumulo wemuntfu esihogweni.
5 Bukani, mine, iNkhosi, ngikhuluma livi lami, futsi litawulalelwa.
6 Ngaloko-ke, ngicinisile ngitsi, lababi abacaphele, nalabangihlubukako abesabe futsi batfutfumale; nalabangakholwa abathule, ngoba lilanga lentfukutselo litawukuta kubo njengesihhushuhhushu, futsi yonkhe inyama iyawukwati kutsi nginguNkulunkulu.
7 Futsi loyo lofuna tibonakaliso uyawutibona tibonakaliso, kodvwa hhayi kutsi asindziswe.
8 Ngicinisile, ngitsi kini, kukhona labo emkhatsini wenu labafuna kubona tibonakaliso, futsi bebakhona labanjalo ngisho kwasekucaleni;
9 Kodvwa, bukani, kukholwa akuti ngetibonakaliso, kodvwa tibonakaliso tilandzela labo labakholwako.
10 Yebo, tibonakaliso tita ngekukholwa, hhayi ngentsandvo yebantfu, noma ngekutsandza kwabo, kodvwa ngentsandvo yaNkulunkulu.
11 Yebo, tibonakaliso tita ngekukholwa, kute kube nemisebenti yemandla, ngoba ngaphandle kwekukholwa umuntfu angeke akhone kujabulisa Nkulunkulu; futsi loyo Nkulunkulu lamtfukutselele akajabuli ngaye; ngaloko-ke, kulabanjalo akakhombisi tibonakaliso, kuphela nje ngelulaka ekulahlweni kwabo.
12 Ngaloko-ke, mine, iNkhosi, angitfokoti ngalabo emkhatsini wenu labafuna tibonakaliso netimangaliso kute babe nekukholwa, futsi bangafuneli kutsi kuzuze bantfu ngenca yeludvumo lwami.
13 Noko, nginika imiyaleto, futsi labaningi bayifulatsele imiyaleto yami bangayigcini.
14 Bekukhona emkhatsini wenu tiphingi, netiphingikati; letinye tato letinifulatsele, futsi letinye tisesele nani letitawukwembulwa emvakwaloku.
15 Labanjalo abacaphele baphendvuke ngekushesha, funa kwehlulelwa kwehlele etikwabo njengasochaka, nebuwula babo buvetwe, nemisebenti yabo ibalandzele emehlweni ebantfu.
16 Futsi ngicinisile ngitsi kini, njengoba ngishito phambilini, loyo lobuka wesifazane bese uyamkhanuka, noma uma kukhona labayawuphinga etinhlitiyweni tabo, angeke babe naMoya, kodvwa bayawuluphika lukholo baphindze besabe.
17 Ngaloko-ke, mine, iNkhosi, ngishito kutsi emagwala, nalabangakholwa, nalabacala emanga, nabo bonkhe labo labatsandza kucala emanga, netingwandla, nebatsakatsi, bayawuba sechibini lelivutsa umlilo nesibabule, lokukufa kwesibili.
18 Ngicinisile ngitsi, abayukuba nesabelo ekuvukeni kwekucala.
19 Manje bukani, mine, iNkhosi, ngitsi kini anikemukelwa, ngoba leti tintfo tisemkhatsini wenu.
20 Noko, loyo lobeketela ngekukholwa aphindze ente intsandvo yami, nguye loyo loyawuncoba, futsi uyawutfola lifa emhlabeni ngesikhatsi lilanga lekuguculwa selifika;
21 Ngesikhatsi umhlaba sewuguculwa, njengesifanekiso lowakhonjiswa kubaphostoli bami entsabeni; lokukulandzisa lokuphelele lenisengakakutfoli.
22 Manje, ngicinisile ngitsi kini, njengoba ngasho kutsi ngitawunatisa intsandvo yami, bukani ngitawunatisa, hhayi ngendlela yemyaleto, ngoba baningi labangayigcini imiyaleto yami.
23 Kodvwa kuloyo logcina imiyaleto yami ngitawumnika timfihlakalo tembuso wami, futsi kuye tiyawuba ngumtfombo wemanti laphilako, laphuphumela ekuphileni lokuphakadze.
24 Manje, bukani, lena yintsandvo yeNkhosi Nkulunkulu wenu ngalokuphatselene nalabangcwele bakhe, kutsi kufanele babutsane ndzawonye eveni laseSiyoni, hhayi ngekushesha, funa kubekhona kudideka, lokuletsa sifo lesingumashayabhuce.
25 Bukani, live laseSiyoni—mine, iNkhosi, ngilibamba ngetami tandla;
26 Kodvwa, mine, iNkhosi, nginika Khesari lokukwaKhesari.
27 Ngaloko-ke, mine iNkhosi ngibheke kutsi nitsenge imihlaba, kute nibe nemandla emhlabeni, kute nibe nelilungelo emhlabeni, kute bangaphehlelwa entfukutselweni.
28 Ngoba Sathane ukufaka etinhlitiyweni tabo kutsi banitfukutselele, nekutsi bacitse ingati.
29 Ngaloko-ke, live laseSiyoni angeke litfolakale kuphela nje ngekutsengwa noma ngengati, kungenjalo kute lifa lenu.
30 Futsi uma kungekutsengwa, bukani nibusisiwe;
31 Uma kungengati, njengoba ningakavunyelwa kucitsa ingati, buka, titsa tenu tisetikwenu, futsi niyawuhlushwa kusukela edolobheni kuya kulelinye lidolobha, kusukela esinagogeni kuya kulenye isinagoge, futsi bambalwa labayawukuma kutfola lifa.
32 Mine, iNkhosi, ngibatfukutselele lababi; ngibamba Moya wami kubantfu basemhlabeni.
33 Ngifungile ekutfukutseleni kwami, futsi ngimemetele timphi emhlabeni, nalababi bayawubulala lababi, nekwesaba kuyawufika etikwabobonkhe bantfu.
34 Futsi labangcwele bayawuphunyula kalukhuni; noko, mine, iNkhosi, nginabo, futsi ngiyawukwehla ezulwini ngiphuma ebukhoneni baBabe ngishise lababi ngemlilo longacimeki.
35 Futsi bukani, loku angeke kwenteke manje, kodvwa masinyane.
36 Ngaloko-ke, ngenca yekutsi mine, iNkhosi, ngimemetele tonkhe leti tintfo emhlabeni, ngibheke kutsi labangcwele bami babutsane eveni laseSiyoni;
37 Nekutsi wonkhe umuntfu kufanele atsatse kulunga etandleni takhe nekwetsembeka elukhalweni lwakhe, aphakamise livi lesecwayiso kubantfu basemhlabeni; amemetele ngelivi nangekubaleka kutsi incitsakalo itawufika kulababi.
38 Ngaloko-ke, bafundzi bami labaseKirtland abahlele tindzaba tabo tasemhlabeni, labahlala kulelipulazi.
39 Inceku yami Titus Billings, lekungiyo lelibukile, ayiwudayise lomhlaba, kute itilungiselele entfwasahlobo letako kutsatsa luhambo lwayo loluya eveni laseSiyoni, nalabo labahlala kulo, ngaphandle kwalabo lengitawutigcinela bona, labangeke bahambe ngite ngibayale.
40 Futsi tonkhe timali letisele, akukabaluleki kimi kutsi tincane noma tiningi, atitfunyelwe eveni laseSiyoni, kulabo lengibakhetsile kutsi batemukele.
41 Bukani, mine, iNkhosi, ngitawuniketa inceku yami Joseph Smith lomNcane, emandla ekutsi ikwati kucondza ngaMoya kutsi ngubani lotawukuya eveni laseSiyoni, nalabo lababafundzi bami labatawusala.
42 Inceku yami Newel K. Whitney ayigcine sitolo sayo, noma ngalamanye emavi, sitolo leso, kwesikhashana.
43 Noko, akaphisane ngayo yonkhe imali langakhona kuphisana ngayo, kute itfunyelwe eveni laseSiyoni.
44 Bukani, leti tintfo tisetandleni takhe lucobo, akatente ngekuhlakanipha.
45 Ngicinisile ngitsi, akabekwe abe sitfunywa kubafundzi labatawusala, futsi akabekwe kulamandla;
46 Manje vakashela ngekushesha emagala emabandla, uchaze kabanti leti tintfo kubo, nenceku yami Oliver Cowdery. Buka, lena yintsandvo yami, kutfola timali njengoba ngiyaletile.
47 Loyo lowetsembekile nalobeketelako uyawuncoba umhlaba.
48 Loyo lotfumela ingcebo eveni laseSiyoni uyawutfola lifa kulomhlaba, nemisebenti yakhe iyawumlandzela, kanjalo nemvuzo emhlabeni lotako.
49 Yebo, futsi babusisiwe labafile bafela eNkhosini, kusukela kulesikhatsi, lapho iNkhosi iyawubuya, futsi tintfo letindzala tiyawukwendlula, konkhe kwentiwe kube kusha, bayawuvuka kulabafile bangabe basafa emvakwaloko, baphindze batfole lifa phambi kweNkhosi, edolobheni lelingcwele.
50 Loyo lophilako uma iNkhosi ibuya, abe agcine kukholwa, ubusisiwe; noko, kumisiwe kuye kutsi afe esikhatsini lesibekelwe umuntfu.
51 Ngaloko-ke, bantfwana bayawukhula bate babe badzala; bantfu labadzala bayawukufa; kodvwa angeke balale elutfulini, kodvwa bayawuguculwa ngekuphatima kweliso.
52 Ngaloko-ke, ngalesi sizatfu baphostoli bashumayela emhlabeni kuvuka kwalabafile.
53 Leti tintfo lekufanele nitifune; futsi, kukhuluma ngendlela yeNkhosi, setisedvute, esikhatsini lesitako, ngisho elangeni lekubuya kweNdvodzana yeMuntfu.
54 Futsi kute kube nguleso sikhatsi kuyawuba khona tintfombi letitiwula emkhatsini waletihlakaniphile; ngaleso sikhatsi kuyawuba khona kwehlukaniswa lokuphelele kwalabalungile nalababi; futsi ngalelo langa ngiyawutfumela tingilosi tami kutsi tehlukanise lababi tibaphonse emlilweni longacimeki.
55 Manje bukani, ngicinisile ngitsi kini, mine, iNkhosi, angitfokoti ngenceku yami Sidney Rigdon; utiphakamisile enhlitiyweni yakhe, wangasemukeli seluleko, kodvwa umdzabukisile Moya.
56 Ngaloko-ke umbhalo wakhe awemukeleki eNkhosini, utawukwenta lomunye; futsi uma iNkhosi ingawemukeli, bukani, angeke asema esikhundleni lengimbeke kuso.
57 Ngetulu kwaloko, ngicinisile ngitsi kini, labo labafisako etinhlitiyweni tabo, ngebumnene, kucwayisa toni kutsi tiphendvuke, ababekwe kulamandla.
58 Ngoba leli lilanga lesecwayiso, futsi akusilo lilanga lemavi lamaningi. Ngoba mine, iNkhosi, angitukuhlekwa ngemalanga ekugcina.
59 Bukani, ngivela etulu, futsi emandla ami angephansi. Ngingetulu kwako konkhe, nasekhatsi kwako konkhe, nakuko konkhe, futsi ngihlolisisa tonkhe tintfo, nelilanga liyeta lapho tonkhe tintfo tiyawuba ngaphansi kwami.
60 Buka, ngingu-Alfa na-Omega, ngisho Jesu Khristu.
61 Ngaloko-ke, bonkhe bantfu abacaphele kutsi baliphatsa kanjani libito lami etindzebeni tabo—
62 Ngoba bukani, ngicinisile ngitsi kini, baningi labangaphansi kwaloko kulahlwa, labasebentisa libito leNkhosi, balisebentisa ngelite, bete ligunya.
63 Ngaloko-ke, libandla aliphendvuke etonweni talo, mine, iNkhosi, ngitawubavuma; kungenjalo batawususwa.
64 Khumbulani kutsi loko lokuvela ngetulu kungcwele, futsi kumele kukhulunywe ngekucaphela, nangekuholwa nguMoya; kuloku kute kulahlwa, futsi nitfola Moya ngekuthandaza; ngaloko-ke, ngaphandle kwaloku kusele kulahlwa.
65 Tinceku tami, Joseph Smith, lomNcane, naSidney Rigdon, atifune likhaya, njengoba bafundzisiwe ngemthandazo nguMoya.
66 Leti tintfo kusamele tincotjwe ngekubeketela, kute labanjalo batfole lengalinganiswa nalengunaphakadze inkhatimulo, kungenjalo, kukhona kulahlwa lokukhulu. Amen.