Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. Proverbs 20:1

3. Waphuza iwayini, wadakwa; wazinqunula phakathi kwetende
lakhe. UNowa waphaphama ewayinini lakhe, wazi ukuthi
indodana yakhe encane ikwenzile kuye. Genesise 9:21, 24
ULoti wakhuphuka eSowari, wahlala entabeni, namadodakazi
akhe womabili kanye naye; ngoba wesaba ukuhlala eZowari;
wahlala emhumeni, yena lamadodakazi akhe womabili.
Eyamazibulo yathi kwencane: “Ubaba usemdala, futhi akukho
ndoda ezweni engangena kithi njengomkhuba womhlaba
wonke; woza, siphuzise ubaba iwayini, silale naye. yena,
ukuze sigcine inzalo kubaba. Base bemphuzisa uyise iwayini
ngalobo busuku; yangena enkulu, yalala noyise; akaqondanga
lapho elala nalapho evuka. Kwathi ngangomuso eyamazibulo
yathi kwencane: “Bheka, ngilele nobaba izolo ebusuku;
ungene, ulale naye, ukuze sigcine inzalo kubaba. Base
bemphuzisa uyise iwayini nangabo lobo busuku; encane
yavuka, yalala naye; akaqondanga lapho elala nalapho evuka.
Genesise 19:30-35
UJehova wakhuluma ku-Aroni, wathi: “Ungaphuzi wayini
naphuzo oludakayo, wena namadodana akho kanye nawe,
lapho ningena etendeni lokuhlangana, funa nife; kuyakuba
yisimiso esiphakade ezizukulwaneni zenu. Futhi ukuze
nahlukanise phakathi kokungcwele nokungangcwele,
nokungcolile nokuhlanzekile; Nifundise abantwana bakwa-
Israyeli zonke izimiso uJehova azikhulume kubo ngesandla
sikaMose. Levitikusi 10:8-11
UJehova wakhuluma kuMose, wathi: “Yisho kubantwana
bakwa-Israyeli, uthi kubo: ‘Nxa owesilisa noma owesifazane
ezahlukanisa, enze isithembiso somNaziri, azehlukanisele
uJehova, uyakuzehlukanisa newayini. nophuzo olunamandla,
angaphuzi uviniga wewayini, noviniga wesiphuzo
esinamandla, angaphuzi nophuzo lwezithelo zomvini, angadli
izithelo zomvini ezimanzi, noma ezomisiweyo. Zonke
izinsuku zokuzehlukanisela kwakhe akayikudla lutho
olwenziwe ngomvini, kusukela ezinhlamvini kuze kufike
emakhasini. Numeri 6:1-4
Kodwa wathi kimi: Khangela, uzakhulelwa, uzale indodana;
manje ungaphuzi wayini naphuzo oludakayo, ungadli lutho
olungcolileyo, ngokuba umntwana uyakuba ngumNaziri
kaNkulunkulu kwasesizalweni kuze kube sosukwini lokufa
kwakhe. AbaHluleli 13:7
Kwathi esakhuleka phambi kukaJehova, u-Eli waqaphela
umlomo wakhe. UHana wakhuluma enhliziyweni yakhe;
izindebe zomlomo wakhe kuphela, kepha izwi lakhe
lalingezwakali; ngalokho u-Eli wacabanga ukuthi udakiwe.
UEli wasesithi kuye: Koze kube nini udakwa? Susa iwayini
lakho kuwe. UHana waphendula wathi: “Qha, nkosi yami,
ngingowesifazane onomoya odabukileyo, angiphuzanga
wayini naphuzo olunamandla, kepha ngithulule umphefumulo
wami phambi kukaJehova. 1 Samuweli 1:12-15
U-Abigayili wafika kuNabali; bheka, wayenedili endlini
yakhe njengomkhosi wenkosi; inhliziyo kaNabali yayijabule
phakathi kwakhe, ngokuba wayedakwe kakhulu; ngalokho
akamtshelanga lutho, oluncane noma olukhulu, kwaze kwaba
sekuseni. Kwathi ekuseni, lapho iwayini seliphumile kuNabali,
umkakhe emtshela lezi zinto, inhliziyo yakhe yafa phakathi
kwakhe, waba njengetshe. Kwathi emva kwezinsuku
eziyishumi uJehova wamshaya uNabali, wafa. 1 Samuweli
25:36-38
U-Abisalomu wayala izinceku zakhe, wathi: “Bhekani, lapho
inhliziyo ka-Amnoni isithokoza ngewayini, nalapho ngithi
kini: 'Bulalani u-Amnoni,' bese nimbulala, ningesabi;
anginiyalile na? yimani isibindi, nibe nesibindi. 2 Samuweli
13:28
Ufake intokozo enhliziyweni yami kunesikhathi sokwanda
kwamabele abo newayini labo. Ngiyakucambalala ngokuthula,
ngilale ubuthongo, ngokuba wena Jehova wedwa ungihlalisa
ngokulondeka. IHubo 4:7-8
Ungangeni endleleni yababi, ungahambi endleleni yababi.
Kugweme, ungadluli kuyo, jika kuyo, udlule. Ngokuba abalali,
uma benzile okubi; nobuthongo babo buyasuswa, uma
bengawisa abanye. Ngokuba badla isinkwa sobubi, baphuze
iwayini lobudlova. IzAga 4:14-17
Iwayini liyisideleli, isiphuzo esinamandla siyaxokozela, futhi
odukiswa ngalo akahlakaniphile. IzAga 20:1
Othanda injabulo uyakuba mpofu; othanda iwayini namafutha
akayikuceba. IzAga 21:17
Ubani unomaye? Ngubani onosizi? Ngubani onombango?
ngubani okhulumayo na? Onamanxeba kungenasizathu na?
ngubani onamehlo abovu na? Abalibala ewayinini; abahamba
befuna iwayini elixutshiwe. Ungalibheki iwayini lapho
libomvu, lapho libengezela endebeni, lapho linyakaza kahle.
Ekugcineni iyaluma njengenyoka, ihlaba njengenyoka.
Amehlo akho ayakubona abesifazane abezizwe, nenhliziyo
yakho ikhulume okuphambeneyo. Yebo, uyakuba njengolele
phakathi kolwandle, nanjengalowo olele esiqongweni sensika.
Uyakuthi bangishayile, angigulanga; bangishayile,
angizwanga; ngiyakuvuka nini na? ngisazobuye ngiyifune.
IzAga 23:29-35
Akusikho okwamakhosi, Lemuweli, akusikho okwamakhosi
ukuphuza iwayini; noma izikhulu uphuzo olunamandla, funa
baphuze, bakhohlwe umthetho, baphendukezele isahlulelo
somunye wabahluphekileyo. Nikeza uphuzo olunamandla
kuye oseza kubhubha, newayini kwabadabukileyo
enhliziyweni. Makaphuze, akhohlwe ubumpofu bakhe, angabe
esakhumbula usizi lwakhe. IzAga 31:4-7
Maye kwabavuka ekuseni ukuze balandele uphuzo
olunamandla; baqhubeke kuze kube sebusuku, lize libashise
iwayini. Ihabhu, nogubhu, nesigubhu, nomtshingo, newayini
kukhona emikhosini yabo, kepha abawunaki umsebenzi
kaJehova, abawunaki izenzo zezandla zakhe. Isaya 5:11-12
Maye kulabo abathi okubi kuhle, okuhle kubi; ababeka
ubumnyama esikhundleni sokukhanya, nokukhanya
esikhundleni sobumnyama; ababeka okubabayo esikhundleni
sobumnandi, nobumnandi esikhundleni sokubabayo! Maye
kwabahlakaniphileyo emehlweni abo nabahlakaniphileyo
emehlweni abo! Maye kulabo abanamandla okuphuza iwayini,
namadoda anamandla ekuxubeni uphuzo oludakayo, abathi
ababi balungile ukuze bathole umvuzo, basuse ukulunga
kolungileyo kuye! Isaya 5:20-23
Maye kuwo umqhele wokuzidla ezidakwani zakwa-Efrayimi,
imbali ebunayo yobuhle bayo obukhazimulayo, ephezu
kwekhanda lezigodi ezivundileyo zabanqotshwe yiwayini!
Kepha nabo bayaduka ngenxa yewayini, ngenxa yophuzo
olunamandla bayaphambuka; umpristi nomprofethi bayaduka
ngenxa yophuzo olunamandla, bagwinyiwe yiwayini,

4. bayaphambuka ngenxa yophuzo olunamandla; bayaduka
embonweni, bayakhubeka ekwahluleleni. Isaya 28:1, 7
Agciniwe amazwi kaJonadaba indodana kaRekabi, awayala
ngawo amadodana akhe ukuba angaphuzi wayini; ngokuba
abaphuzi kuze kube namuhla, kepha bayawulalela umyalo
kayise; kodwa kalingilalelanga. Jeremiya 35:14
Kayikunathwa umpristi iwayini, lapho bengena egumeni
elingaphakathi. Hezekeli 44:21
Kepha uDaniyeli wazimisela enhliziyweni yakhe ukuthi
akayikuzingcolisa ngokudla kwenkosi nangewayini
eliphuzayo; ngalokho wacela enduneni yabathenwa ukuba
angazingcolisi. Daniyeli 1:8
Ngokuba bayakudla, bangasuthi; bayawufeba, bangande,
ngokuba bekuyekile ukunaka uJehova. Ubufebe newayini
newayini elisha kususa inhliziyo. Hoseya 4:10-11
Kepha ingelosi yathi kuye: “Ungesabi, Zakariya, ngokuba
ukukhuleka kwakho kuzwakele; umkakho u-Elisabethe
uzakukuzalela indodana, uyiqambe igama lokuthi uJohane.
Futhi uyakuba nenjabulo nentokozo; nabaningi bayakujabula
ngokuzalwa kwakhe. Ngokuba uyakuba mkhulu phambi
kweNkosi, angaphuzi wayini naphuzo oludakayo; futhi
uyogcwaliswa ngoMoya oNgcwele kusukela esizalweni
sikanina. Abaningi kubantwana bakwa-Israyeli
uyakubaphendulela eNkosini uNkulunkulu wabo. Luka 1:13-
16
Ngakho qaphelani ukuthi nihamba kanjani, kungabi
njengabangahlakaniphile kodwa njengabahlakaniphileyo,
nithengisise isikhathi, ngokuba izinsuku zimbi. Ngakho-ke
ningabi abangahlakaniphile, kodwa qondani okuyintando
yeNkosi. Futhi ningadakwa yiwayini, lapho kukhona
ukuganga; kodwa gcwaliswani ngoMoya; nikhulumisane
ngamahubo, nangezihlabelelo, nangamaculo okomoya,
nihlabelele, nihubele iNkosi enhliziyweni yenu; nimbonge
njalo uNkulunkulu uBaba ngakho konke egameni leNkosi
yethu uJesu Kristu; nithobelane ngokwesaba uNkulunkulu.
Efesu 5:15-21
Liqinisile izwi elithi: Uma umuntu efisa isikhundla sombonisi,
unxanela umsebenzi omuhle; Ngakho umbhishobhi umelwe
ukuba ngongasolekiyo, indoda emfazi munye, ephapheme,
eqondileyo, eziphatha kahle, ephatha kahle izihambi,
enekhono lokufundisa; ongesiye iwayini, ongagadli,
ongahaheli inzuzo embi; kodwa ibekezele, ingabi yingxabano,
ingabi ngabahahayo; ophatha kahle owakhe umuzi,
enabantwana bethobela ngokuhlonipheka konke; (Ngokuba
uma umuntu engakwazi ukuphatha owakhe umuzi,
angaliphatha kanjani ibandla likaNkulunkulu na?) kungabi
osanda kuguquka, funa azikhukhumeze awele ekulahlweni
kukaSathane. Phezu kwalokho umelwe ukunobufakazi obuhle
kwabangaphandle; funa awele esithukweni nasogibeni
lukaSathane. Ngokunjalo namadiyakoni amelwe ukuba
nesizotha, angabi ndimimbili, angabi ngabasebenzisa iwayini
eliningi, angahaheli inzuzo embi; bephethe imfihlakalo
yokukholwa kunembeza omhlophe. Nalaba mabaqale
bahlolwe; khona-ke mabasebenzise isikhundla sobudikoni
bengasoleki. Kanjalo omkabo mababe nesizotha, bangabi
abahlebi, abaqondileyo, abathembekile ezintweni zonke.
Amadiyakoni mawabe ngamadoda amfazi munye, abusa kahle
abantwana nemizi yawo. Ngokuba abakhonze kahle
bazizuzela isikhundla esihle nesibindi esikhulu ekukholweni
okukuKristu Jesu. 1 Thimothewu 3:1-13
Ngokuba umbhishobhi umelwe ukuba ngongasolekiyo,
njengomphathi kaNkulunkulu; ongesiye othanda ubugovu,
ongasheshi ukuthukuthela, ongadakwa, ongashayi, ongesiye
inzuzo embi; kodwa othanda ukungenisa izihambi, othanda
okuhle, ozithibileyo, olungileyo, ongcwele, ozithibileyo;
ebambelele ezwini elithembekileyo njengalokho efundisiwe,
ukuze abe-namandla okuyala ngesifundiso esiphilileyo,
akholise abaphikisi. Thithu 1:7-9
Kepha wena khuluma okufanele isifundiso esiphilileyo
sokuthi: Amadoda amadala abe nesizotha, ahlonipheke,
ahluzekile, aphilile ekukholweni, othandweni,
nasekubekezeleni. ngokunjalo nabesifazane asebekhulile
baziphathe ngokufanele ubungcwele, bangabi ngabahlebi,
bangabi yizigqila zewayini eliningi, babe abafundisi bokuhle;
Ukuze bafundise abesifazane abasebasha ukuba bazithibe,
bathande abayeni babo, bathande abantwana babo, babe
abaqondayo, abamsulwa, abagcina ikhaya, abahle, abathobela
amadoda abo, ukuze izwi likaNkulunkulu lingahlanjalazwa.
Izinsizwa nazo ziyala ukuba zihluze. Thithu 2:1-6
Wayesethi kubo: “Sitsheleni imicabango yenu ngemibhalo.
Kwase kuqala owokuqala owakhuluma ngamandla ewayini;
Wathi: “Yeka ukuthi iwayini linamandla kangakanani! idukisa
bonke abayiphuzayo; yenza inhliziyo yenkosi neyentandane
ibe-nye; okwesigqila nokhululekileyo, kompofu nocebileyo,
futhi kuphendule yonke imicabango ibe intokozo nentokozo,
ukuze umuntu angakhumbuli usizi nesikweleti; inkosi noma
umbusi; futhi lwenza ukukhuluma izinto zonke ngamathalenta:
Futhi lapho besezindebeni zabo, bakhohlwe uthando lwabo
kokubili abangane nabazalwane, futhi ngemva kwesikhashana
bahosha izinkemba; kwenziwe. O nina madoda, ingabe
iwayini alinamandla kunawo wonke, eliphoqelela ukwenza
kanjalo? Esekhulume lokho wathula. 1 Edras 3:17-24
Iwayini libi, inkosi imbi, abesifazane babi, bonke abantwana
babantu babi, futhi injalo yonke imisebenzi yabo emibi; futhi
iqiniso alikho kubo; nasekungalungini kwabo bayakubhubha.
1 Esdras 4:37
Ungakwenzi lokho kumuntu omuzondayo; ungaphuzi iwayini
ukuze udakwe, futhi ungavumeli ukudakwa kuhambe nawe
ekuhambeni kwakho. IHubo 4:15
Ungahlali nomfazi wenye indoda, ungahlali esifubeni sakho,
ungachithi imali yakho kuye ewayinini; funa inhliziyo yakho
inamathele kuso, uwele ekubhujisweni ngokunxanela kwakho.
UmShumayeli 9:9
Iwayini nabesifazane kuyakuwisa amadoda ahlakaniphileyo;
UmShumayeli 19:2
Ungabonisi ubuqhawe bakho ewayinini; ngoba iwayini
lichithe abanengi. Isithando sihlola umphetho ngokucwiliswa;
linjalo iwayini izinhliziyo zabazidlayo ngokudakwa. Iwayini
linjengokuphila kumuntu, uma liphuzwa ngokulingana; pho,
iyini impilo yomuntu ongenawayini na? ngoba wenzelwe
ukujabulisa abantu. Iwayini elidakwe ngokulinganiselweyo
nangesikhathi liletha intokozo yenhliziyo nokwenama
kwengqondo, kepha iwayini elidakwe ngokuchichimayo
libanga umunyu enhliziyweni, nokuxabana nokuxabana.
Ukudakwa kwandisa ukufutheka kwesiwula size sone;
kunciphisa amandla, kwenze amanxeba. Ungamkhuzi

5. umakhelwane wakho ewayinini, ungamdeleli ekujabuleni
kwakhe; ungamthuki, ungamcindezeli ukuba aphuze.
UmShumayeli 31:25-31
Iwayini nokuhlabelela kuyathokozisa inhliziyo, kepha uthando
lokuhlakanipha lungaphezu kwakho kokubili. UmShumayeli
40:20
ULoti namadodakazi akhe womabili basala emhumeni,
bamphuzisa uyise iwayini, balala naye, ngokuba bathi akukho
muntu emhlabeni ongaveza inzalo kubo, ngokuba babethi
umhlaba wonke uyachithwa. Jasher 19:57
Base bemnika iwayini waliphuza, wadakwa, babeka phambi
kwakhe intombi enhle, wenza kuyo njengokuthanda kwakhe,
ngokuba wayengazi ukuthi wenzani, njengoba wayephuze
kakhulu iwayini. Benza kanjalo abantwana bakwaMowabi ku-
Israyeli kuleyo ndawo ethafeni laseShithimi; intukuthelo
kaJehova yamvuthela u-Israyeli ngale ndaba, wathuma isifo
phakathi kwabo, kwafa kwabakwa-Israyeli abangamashumi
amabili amadoda ayizinkulungwane ezine. Jasher 85:60-61
Ngakho-ke lapho umkhuleko womuntu uhambisana
nokudabuka, ngeke uvumele izicelo zakhe ukuba
zikhuphukele e-altare likaNkulunkulu emsulwa. Ngokuba
njengewayini lapho lixutshwe neviniga, alibanga nawo
ubumnandi elalinabo ngaphambili; ngakho ukudabuka
okuxubene noMoya oNgcwele, akuvumeli ukuthi umkhuleko
womuntu ufane njengoba ubuyoba ngenye indlela. Incwadi
Yesibili kaHermas 10:22
Angiphuzanga iwayini nesiphuzo esinamandla, nenyama
ayizange ingene emlonyeni wami, futhi angidlanga isinkwa
esimnandi; kodwa ngalilela isono sami, ngoba sasisikhulu,
esingazange sibe khona kwaIsrayeli. ITestamente likaRubeni
1:10
Ngathi ngimbona echitha iwayini, ngenxa yokudakwa
kwewayini ngakhohlisa, ngamthatha nakuba ubaba
wayengalulekanga. Ngakho ngenxa yokuthi ngangidakwe
yiwayini, angimazi; nobuhle bakhe bangikhohlisa, ngendlela
yokuhloba kwakhe. ITestamente likaJuda 2:18,24
Wamhlobisa ngegolide namaparele, wamenza ukuba
asithululele iwayini edilini ngobuhle babantu besifazane.
Futhi iwayini laphendulela amehlo ami eceleni, futhi injabulo
yaphuphuthekisa inhliziyo yami. ITestamente likaJuda 3:6-7
Manje, bantwana bami, ngithi kini, ningadakwa yiwayini;
ngokuba iwayini liyisusa ingqondo kulo, iqiniso, futhi
liphefumulela inkanuko yenkanuko, futhi liholela amehlo
ekudukeni. Ngokuba umoya wobufebe unewayini
njengesikhonzi sokuthokozisa ingqondo; ngoba laba ababili
basusa ingqondo yomuntu. Ngokuba uma umuntu ephuza
iwayini aze adakwe, liphazamisa ingqondo ngemicabango
engcolileyo eholela ebufebeni, lishise umzimba ekuhlanganeni
kwenyama; kepha uma isifiso sikhona, wenza isono,
akanamahloni. Unjalo umuntu odakiwe, bantabami; ngoba
odakiweyo akahloniphi muntu. Ngokuba bheka, kwangenza
ngaduka nami, angibange namahloni ngenxa yesixuku
esisemzini, ngokuba phambi kwamehlo abo bonke
ngaphambukela kuTamari, ngenza isono esikhulu, ngembula
isimbozo somuzi. ihlazo lamadodana ami. Ngemva kokuphuza
iwayini angizange ngiwuhloniphe umyalo kaNkulunkulu,
futhi ngathatha owesifazane waseKhanani ukuba abe
ngumkami. Ngokuba umuntu ophuza iwayini uyakudinga,
bantabami; futhi kulokhu kukhona ukuhlakanipha ekuphuzeni
iwayini, umuntu angaphuza lapho elondekile. Kodwa uma
edlula lo mkhawulo umoya wenkohliso uhlasela ingqondo
yakhe, futhi wenze isidakwa sikhulume ngokungcolile, futhi
senze iziphambeko futhi singabi namahloni, kodwa ngisho
nokuziqhayisa ngehlazo laso, futhi sizibone sihloniphekile.
Ofebayo akazi lapho elahlekelwa, futhi akanamahloni lapho
ehlaziswa. Ngoba noma umuntu eyinkosi futhi efeba,
uphucwa ubukhosi bakhe ngokuba yisigqila sobufebe,
njengoba nami ngahlupheka. Nganika udondolo lwami,
oluyinqaba yesizwe sakithi; nebhande lami, elingamandla ami;
nomqhele wami, okungukuthi, inkazimulo yombuso wami.
Futhi ngempela ngaphenduka kulezizinto; iwayini nenyama
angidli kuze kube sekugugeni kwami, futhi angizange ngibone
intokozo. Ingelosi kaNkulunkulu yangibonisa ukuthi
abesifazane bayabusa enkosini kuze kube phakade nabampofu.
Futhi enkosini bathatha inkazimulo yayo, futhi endodeni
eyiqhawe amandla ayo, futhi kusukela isinxibi ngisho nalokho
okuncane okuyizisekelo zobumpofu bakhe. Ngakho-ke,
bantwana bami, gcinani umkhawulo ewayinini; ngokuba
kukhona kulo imimoya emine emibi, inkanuko, nenkanuko,
nokonakala, nenzuzo embi; Uma niphuza iwayini ngentokozo,
yibani nesizotha ekwesabeni uNkulunkulu. Ngokuba uma
ukwesaba uNkulunkulu sekuphelile enjabulweni yenu, kuvuka
ukudakwa, kungene amanyala. Kepha uma niphila
ngokuqonda, ningathinti nhlobo iwayini, funa none ngamazwi
anolaka, nokulwa, nokuhlambalaza, nangeziphambeko
zabangcwele. imiyalo kaNkulunkulu, futhi nibhubha
ngaphambi kwesikhathi senu. Phezu kwalokho, iwayini
lembula izimfihlakalo zikaNkulunkulu kanye nabantu,
njengoba nami ngembula imiyalo kaNkulunkulu kanye
nezimfihlakalo zikaJakobe ubaba kowesifazane waseKhanani
uBatishuwa, uNkulunkulu athi ngingembule. Futhi iwayini
liyimbangela yempi nokudideka. ITestamente likaJuda 3:10-
29
angiphuzanga iwayini ukuba ngidukiswe ngalo; ITestamente
lika-Isakare 2:7