1 Yookumkani 3 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

3 ¹USolomon wenza umtshato noFaro ukumkani waseYiputa. Wathabatha intombi kaFaro, wayizisa kuMzi kaDavide, wada wagqiba ukuyakha indlu yakhe yobukumkani, nendlu kaBawo wethu, nodonga lwaseYerusalem. ²Kodwa abantu babesabingelela eziphakamisweni, kuba kwakungekho ndlu yakhiweyo yegama likaBawo wethu ngaloo mihla. ^a a v2 Iziphakamiso yayizezokunqula eziqolorheni zeenduli, apho abantu babebingelela phambi kokuba itempile inike unqulo ikhaya elinye. ³USolomon wayemthanda uBawo wethu, ehamba ngemimiselo kayise uDavide; kodwa yena wayesabingelela eqhumisela eziphakamisweni. ⁴Ukumkani waya eGibheyon ukuya kubingelela, kuba yayisisiphakamiso esikhulu eso; uSolomon wanyusa amawaka amanye amadini atshiswayo kwisibingelelo eso.

⁵EGibheyon uBawo wethu wabonakala kuSolomon ephupheni ebusuku, esithi: “Cela into endiya kukunika yona.”

⁶Waphendula uSolomon wathi: “Wena wabonakalalisa inceba enkulu yomnqophiso kumkhonzi wakho uDavide, ubawo, kuba wahamba phambi kwakho ngokuthembeka, ngobulungisa, nangentliziyo ethe tye kuwe. Wayigcina le nceba inkulu yomnqophiso kuye, wamnika unyana ohleli etroneni yakhe namhlanje. ⁷Ngoku, Bawo, wena umenze umkhonzi wakho waba ngukumkani esikhundleni sikaDavide ubawo, nangona ndilusana oluselencinane, ndingazi ukuphuma nokungena. ⁸Umkhonzi wakho uphakathi kwabantu bakho, abantu owabanyulayo—abaninzi ngokungenakubalwa nokumiswa inani. ⁹Ngoko mnike umkhonzi wakho intliziyo eqondayo, ukuze aphathe abantu bakho, akwazi ukwahlula okulungileyo nokubi. Ngubani na kaloku onokulawula aba bantu bakho bangaka?”

¹⁰Yalunga loo nto emehlweni eNkosi uBawo wethu, into yokuba uSolomon acele oku.

¹¹Wathi uBawo wethu kuye: “Ngenxa yokuba ucele oku, ungacelanga ubomi obude, nokuba bubutyebi, nokuba bubomi beentshaba zakho, kodwa ucele ukuqonda ukuze uqiqe ubulungisa, ¹²ndenza ngokwelizwi lakho ngoku: ndikunika intliziyo esisilumko, eqondayo—akubangakho bani unjengawe phambi kwakho, akuyi kubakho unjengawe emva kwakho. ¹³Ndikunika naloo nto ungayicelanga: ubutyebi nozuko, ukuze kungabikho kumkani olingana nawe yonke imihla yakho. ¹⁴Ukuba uthe wahamba ngeendlela zam, ugcine imimiselo yam nemithetho yam njengoko wenjenjalo uyihlo uDavide, ndiya kuyandisa imihla yakho.”

¹⁵Wavuka uSolomon, waqonda ukuba liphupha. Waya eYerusalem, wema phambi kwetyeya yomnqophiso weNkosi uBawo wethu, wanyusa amadini atshiswayo nemibingelelo yoxolo, wabenzela isidlo bonke abakhonzi bakhe.

Ubulumko bukaBawo wethu Butyhila Unina Wenyaniso

¹⁶Kwathi kweza kukumkani abafazi ababini ababengamahenyukazi, bema phambi kwakhe. ¹⁷Omnye umfazi wathi: “Camagu, nkosi yam, lo mfazi nam sihlala ndlwini-nye, ndazala naye ndisendlwini. ¹⁸Kwathi ngomhla wesithathu emva kokuba ndizele, wazala naye lo mfazi. Sasisodwa; akubangakho mfo wasemzini unathi endlwini, kwakusithi sobabini sodwa. ¹⁹Kwathi ebusuku wafa unyana walo mfazi, kuba ebemcinezele. ²⁰Wavuka phakathi kobusuku, wamthabatha unyana wam ecaleni lam, lo gama umkhonzazana wakho elele, wambeka esifubeni sakhe, wambeka unyana wakhe ofileyo esifubeni sam. ²¹Ndavuka kusasa ukwanyisa unyana wam, ndafika efile. Kodwa ndakhangela kakuhle ekukhanyeni kwakusasa, ndabona ukuba ebengenguye unyana endimzeleyo.”

²²Wathi omnye umfazi: “Hayi! Lo uphilayo ngunyana wam; ofileyo ngowakho.” Waphendula owokuqala wathi: “Hayi! Ofileyo ngunyana wakho; ophilayo ngowam.” Babambana ke phambi kokumkani.

²³Wathi ukumkani: “Lo uthi, ‘Unyana wam uyaphila, unyana wakho ufile,’ lowa athi, ‘Hayi, unyana wakho ufile, unyana wam uyaphila.’”

²⁴Waza ukumkani wathi: “Ndiphatheleni ikrele.” Baza balizisa ikrele phambi kokumkani. ²⁵Wathi ukumkani: “Mahluleni kabini lo mntwana uphilayo; nimnike isiqingatha omnye, isiqingatha omnye.”

²⁶Unina walo nyana uphilayo wathetha kukumkani, intliziyo yakhe isibhidlika ngenxa yomntwana wakhe, wathi: “Camagu, nkosi yam, mnike yena lo mntwana uphilayo! Musa ukumbulala!” Kodwa omnye wathi: “Akayi kuba ngowam nokuba ngowakho—mahluleni kabini!”

²⁷Wathi ke ukumkani: “Mnikeni umfazi wokuqala lo mntwana uphilayo; musani ukumbulala. Nguye unina.”

²⁸AmaSirayeli onke eva isigwebo awasigwebayo ukumkani, amankwantyiswa nguye, kuba abona ukuba unobulumko bukaBawo wethu, ukuze enze ubulungisa.