Luke 3

Ndebele Bible - 2010

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1Kwathi ngomnyaka wetshumi lanhlanu wokubusa kukaTiberiyosi uKesari,

3Wasesiza esigabeni sonke seJodani esizingelezeleyo, etshumayela ubhabhathizo lokuphenduka kube yikuthethelelwa kwezono;

4njengokulotshiweyo egwalweni lwamazwi kaIsaya umprofethi, ukuthi: Ilizwi lomemezayo enkangala lithi: Lungisani indlela yeNkosi; qondisani indledlana zayo.

5Sonke isigodi sizagqitshwa, layo yonke intaba loqaqa kuzakwehliswa; njalo kuzaqondiswa amazombazombe, lamaxhakaxhaka ezindlela azalungiswa;

6layo yonke inyama.

7Ngakho wathi emaxukwini aphumela ukubhabhathizwa nguye: Nzalo yezinyoka, ngubani olixwayise ukubalekela ulaka oluzayo?

8Ngakho thelani izithelo ezifanele ukuphenduka; njalo lingaqali ukuthi phakathi kwenu.

9Lakhathesi lehloka selibekiwe empandeni zezihlahla; ngakho sonke isihlahla esingatheli isithelo esihle siyaganyulwa siphoselwe emlilweni.

10Amaxuku asembuza, athi: Pho thina sizakwenzani?

11Wasephendula wathi kubo: Olezembatho ezimbili, kamuphe ongelaso; lolokudla kenze njalo.

12Kwasekufika labathelisi ukuze babhabhathizwe?

13Wasesithi kubo: Lingabizi okwedlula elikumiselweyo.

14Lamabutho lawo ambuza, athi: Thina-ke sizakwenzani.

15Kwathi abantu belindile, futhi bonke bezibuza enhliziyweni zabo ngoJohane, ukuthi kambe yena angaba enguKristu,

16uJohane waphendula, esithi kubo bonke: Mina-ke ngilibhabhathiza ngamanzi; kodwa uyeza olamandla kulami, engingafanele ukuthukulula umchilo wamanyathela akhe; yena uzalibhabhathiza ngoMoya oNgcwele langomlilo;

17okhomane lwakhe lokwela lusesandleni sakhe, njalo uzahlambululisisa isibuya sakhe, abesebuthela amabele esiphaleni sakhe, kodwa amakhoba uzawatshisa ngomlilo ongacitshekiyo.

18Langokulaya ngezinye izinto ezinengi, watshumayela ivangeli ebantwini.

19Kodwa, langakho konke okubi ayekwenzile uHerodi,

20wengezelela lalokhu phezu kwakho konke, ukuthi wamvalela uJohane entolongweni.

21Kwasekusithi sebebhabhathiziwe bonke abantu, laye uJesu esebhabhathiziwe, izulu lavulwa,

22uMoya oyiNgcwele wasesehlela phezu kwakhe elesimo somzimba onjengowejuba, lelizwi lavela ezulwini, lisithi: Wena uyiNdodana yami ethandekayo, ngithokoza ngawe.

23Yena uJesu waseqala ukuba leminyaka engaba ngamatshumi amathathu, kaEli,

24kaMathati, kaLevi, kaMeliki, kaJanayi, kaJosefa,

25kaMatathiya, kaAmosi, kaNahume, kaEseli, kaNagayi,

26kaMahati, kaMatathiya, kaSemeyini, kaJosefa, kaJuda,

27kaJohana, kaResa, kaNeri,

28kaMeliki, kaAdi, kaKosamu, kaElimodamu, kaEri,

29kaJose, kaEliyezeri, kaJorima, kaMathati, kaLevi,

30kaSimeyoni, kaJuda, kaJosefa, kaJonanu, kaEliyakhimi,

31kaMeleya, kaMena, kaMathata, kaNathani,

32kaJese, kaObedi, kaBowosi, kaSalimoni, kaNashoni,

33kaAminadaba, kaAramu, kaEsiromu, kaFaresi, kaJuda,

34kaJakobe, kaIsaka, kaAbrahama, kaThara, kaNahori,

35kaSarugi, kaRagawu, kaFaleki, kaEberi, kaSala,

36kaKayinani, kaArpakishadi, kaShemu, kaNowe, kaLameki,

37kaMethusala, kaEnoki, kaJaredi, kaMaleleyeli, kaKayinani,

38kaEnosi, kaSeti, kaAdamu.

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