Vol. 28 ·No. 39 · September 20, 2026
Isahluko kwiNkathalo noMusa I changed nothing about BVR or other markers since there were none here; also proper names were untouched. I used xhosa dictionary words.
Yohane 4:28-30
Amava amatsha
Funda kwimodi yombaleki
Dlulisa eli nqaku njengomagazini — iphepha lokufunika, iphepha lombhali, kunye namaphepha anemifanekiso yonke isixhobo.
Isahluko kwiProvidence nenceba Ikhaya Missionary By John MacDuff Umfazi washiya ijagi yakhe yamanzi ecaleni kwentsime waza waya emakhanda alahlekelele yonke, "Yizani nokudibana nendoda eyandixelela yonke into eyenzekile kubomi bam! Ngaba yena unokuba nguMesiya?" Abantu baza behamba emakhanda ukuze amboni. Yohane 4:28-30 Kuhlahle lwangaphambili, sifumene ukuba abafundi babekhona bejoyine uThixo wabo kwithumba, ngelixa yena wayesathetha nomfazi waseSamariya. Ukufika kwakhe kube yithuba lokuba umfazi waseSamariya anxibelele athabatheke ekuthethweni noThixo; kodwa ngoku kwafika abanye, yaye le ntetho yaphela yeq. Kunjalo nje kubomi bethu bonke. Awona maxesha anxibeleleyo ebomini bethu ekuthethweni noThixo ehlabathini. Zifutshane. Yena usengowethu, nangoku, ngendlela yokomoya, njengoko wayesengowakhe kwintombi yaseSirayeli, "njengomfambi osemzini, nomntu ozayo ukuhlala ubusuku bonke." Bezonwabisa ixesha, xa kungakho ngxolo ivambeleyo ekungaphazamisi okanye ukuphazamisa ubumnandi bokuhlala kunye, ubude bawo buya kuba nguPhakade! Ukuthula kwabantu abathuleyo okokuqala kwaphulwa yade yahamba umfazi. Kwiintshukumisa zakhe ezintsha wayelilibele ngokupheleleyo injongo eyamzisayo kwentsime kaPatriarch; yaye, ashiya ijagi yakhe yamanzi ecaleni, wakhawuleza waya esixekini sakhe ukuyaxelela abantu abatshatileyo, "Yizani nokudibana nendoda eyandixelela yonke into eyenzekile kubomi bam! Ngaba yena unokuba nguMesiya?" Abantu baza behamba emakhanda ukuze amboni.