1 KaSamweli 12 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

12 ¹Wathi uSamuweli kuwo onke amaSirayeli: “Ndiliphulaphule izwi lenu kuko konke enandixelela kona, ndanimisela ukumkani. ²Ngoku ukumkani uhamba phambi kwenu. Mna ndalixhego, ndineziimvi; oonyana bam banani. Ndihambe phambi kwenu kwasebuncinaneni bam kwada kwaba namhla. ³Nanku ndim—ngqinani ngam phambi koBawo wethu nasemthanjisweni wakhe. Ndithabathe nkomo kabani na? Ndithabathe esile lakabani na? Ndigweqe bani na? Ndibandezele bani na? Ndamkele sicengo kubani na ukuba ndifihle amehlo? Ndixeleleni, ndoninika.”

⁴Bathi: “Akusiqhathanga, akusicudisanga, akuthabathanga nto esandleni samntu.”

⁵Wathi kuwo: “UBawo wethu ungqina ngani, nomthanjiswa wakhe naye ungqina namhla, ukuba akukho nto niyifumeneyo esandleni sam.” Bathi: “Ungqina.”

⁶Wandula uSamuweli wathi ebantwini: “NguBawo wethu owamisa uMoses noAron, wawanyusa ooyihlo baphuma eYiputa. ⁷Ngoku yimani, ukuze ndibeke isimangalo sam ngani phambi koBawo wethu—yonke imisebenzi yakhe yobulungisa awayenzayo kuni nakooyihlo.”

⁸Xa wafika uYakobi eYiputa, bakhala ooyihlo kuBawo wethu, waza wathuma uMoses noAron, wabakhupha eYiputa, wabahlalisa apha. ⁹Kodwa bamlibala uBawo wethu, ngoko wabanikela esandleni sikaSisera, umthetheli womkhosi waseHatsore, nasesandleni samaFilisti, nasesandleni sokumkani wakwaMowabhi, ababelwa nabo.

¹⁰Bakhala kuBawo wethu: “Sonile; samshiya uBawo wethu, sakhonza ooBhahali nooAshtaroti. Ngoku sihlangule esandleni seentshaba zethu, size sikukhonze.” ¹¹Waza uBawo wethu wathuma uYerubhahali, noBharaki, noYifeta, noSamuweli, wanihlangula esandleni seentshaba zenu ngeenxa zonke, naza nahlala ninoxolo. ^a a v11 UYerubhahali ligama elinye likaGidiyon, umgwebi owasidiliza isibingelelo sikayise sikaBhahali.

¹²Xa nambona uNahashe ukumkani woonyana baka-Amon esiza kuni, nandixelela nathi: “Hayi, umelwe ukusilawula ukumkani”—nangona uBawo wethu ebengukumkani wenu. ¹³Ngoku nanku ukumkani enamnyulayo nawucela. Khangelani, uBawo wethu ummisele ukumkani phezu kwenu. ¹⁴Ukuba niyamoyika uBawo wethu, nimkhonze nimphulaphule, ningawuphikisi umlomo wakhe, nize nina nokumkani wenu nobabini nimlandele uBawo wethu, konke koba kuhle. ¹⁵Kodwa ukuba anaphulaphula uBawo wethu, niwuphikisa umlomo wakhe, isandla sikaBawo wethu soba nxamnye nani, njengoko saba njalo kooyihlo.

¹⁶Ngoku yimani cwaka, nibone le nto inkulu uBawo wethu aza kuyenza phambi kwamehlo enu. ¹⁷Asikuko ukuvuna ingqolowa na namhla? Ndobiza uBawo wethu—wothumela iindudumo nemvula, ukuze nazi ukuba bukhulu kangakanani na ububi benu bokuzicelela ukumkani emehlweni kaBawo wethu. ^b b v17 Imvula ayikaze ithi gqaba ukuna ngexesha lokuvuna ingqolowa ekuqaleni kwehlobo, ngoko esi siphango sezulu esifikela ngesiquphe sasingumqondiso ongathandabuzekiyo ovela kuBawo wethu.

¹⁸Wakhala uSamuweli kuBawo wethu; ngaloo mini wathumela iindudumo nemvula, baza bonke abantu bamoyika kakhulu uBawo wethu noSamuweli.

¹⁹Bathi bonke abantu kuSamuweli: “Thandazela abakhonzi bakho kuBawo wakho, ukuze singafi: siye songezelele ububi kuzo zonke izono zethu ngokubiza ukumkani.”

²⁰Wathi uSamuweli ebantwini: “Musani ukoyika. Niye nenze bonke obu bubi—kodwa ningajiki ekumlandeleni uBawo wethu; mkhonzeni ngentliziyo yenu yonke. ²¹Musani ukubheka kwizithixo eziyinkohla—akukho ncedo, akukho luhlangulo, kuba ziyinkohla. ²²Kuba uBawo wethu akayi kubalahla abantu bakhe, ngenxa yobukhulu begama lakhe. Ukholisiwe kukwenza ukuba nibe ngabantu bakhe. ²³Nam andingekhe ndone kuBawo wethu ngokuyeka ukunithandazela; ndiya kunifundisa indlela elungileyo, ethe tye. ²⁴Yoyikani kuphela uBawo wethu, nimkhonze ngokunyaniseka ngentliziyo yenu yonke, niyigqale imisebenzi yakhe emikhulu aniyenzeleyo. ²⁵Kodwa ukuba nizingisa ukwenza ububi, niya kutshatyalaliswa nobabini, nina nokumkani wenu.”