2 Yeziganeko 6 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

6 ¹Waza wathi uSolomon: “UBawo wethu uthe wohlala esithokothokweni. ²Kodwa ndikwakhele indlu ephakamileyo, indawo yokuhlala wena ngonaphakade.”

³Waza ukumkani wajika, walisikelela lonke ibandla lamaSirayeli, bonke bemile. ⁴Wathi: “Makabongwe uBawo wethu, uThixo kaSirayeli, osizalisileyo ngesandla sakhe oko wakuthethayo ngomlomo wakhe kuDavide ubawo, esithi:

⁵‘Kususela kwimini endabakhuphayo abantu bam ezweni lamaYiputa, andizange ndinyule namnye umzi kuzo zonke izizwe zakwaSirayeli ukuba ndakhe indlu, libe khona kuwo igama lam; andizange ndinyule namnye umntu ukuba alawule abantu bam amaSirayeli. ⁶Kodwa ndinyule iJerusalem ukuba libe khona kuyo igama lam, ndaza ndanyula uDavide ukuba akhokele abantu bam amaSirayeli.’

⁷UDavide ubawo, kwakukho entliziyweni yakhe ukuba akhe indlu egameni likaBawo wethu, uThixo kaSirayeli.

⁸Kodwa uBawo wethu wathi kuDavide ubawo: ‘Ngenxa enokuba kwakukho entliziyweni yakho ukwakha indlu egameni lam, wenze kakuhle ngokuba ube nale njongo. ⁹Kodwa akuyi kuyakha wena le ndlu; nguye unyana wakho, ozalwa nguwe—nguye oya kuyakhela igama lam indlu.’

¹⁰Ngoku ke uBawo wethu ulizalisile ilizwi awalithethayo: ndimi esikhundleni sikaDavide ubawo, ndihleli etroneni yakwaSirayeli, njengoko wathembisayo, ndaza ndakha indlu egameni likaBawo wethu, uThixo kaSirayeli. ¹¹Ndibeke khona apho ityeya, apho ukho umnqophiso awawenzayo uBawo wethu nabantu bakwaSirayeli.”

USolomon unikezela indlu kaBawo wethu ngomthandazo

¹²Waza uSolomon wema phambi kwesibingelelo sikaBawo wethu, phambi kwebandla lonke lakwaSirayeli, wazolula izandla zakhe. ¹³USolomon wenza iqonga lobhedu, ubude balo buziifiti ezisixhenxe nesiqingatha, ububanzi balo buziifiti ezisixhenxe nesiqingatha, ukuphakama kwalo kuziifiti ezine nesiqingatha, walibeka esazulwini sentendelezo. Wema phezu kwalo, waguqa ngamadolo phambi kwebandla lonke lakwaSirayeli, wazolula izandla zakhe ezulwini. ¹⁴Wathi: Bawo, Thixo kaSirayeli, akukho Bawo onjengawe ezulwini okanye emhlabeni, ogcina umnqophiso, obonakalisa inceba kubakhonzi bakho abahamba phambi kwakho ngentliziyo yabo yonke. ¹⁵Umgcinele umkhonzi wakho uDavide ubawo oko wakuthembisayo kuye; oko wakuthethayo ngomlomo wakho ukuzalisile ngesandla sakho namhlanje.

¹⁶Ngoko ke ngoku, Bawo, Thixo kaSirayeli, umkhonzi wakho uDavide ubawo mgcinele oko wamthembisa kona, usithi: “Akuyi kunqunyukelwa ndoda phambi kwam etroneni yakwaSirayeli, ukuba oonyana bakho bathe bayigcina indlela yabo bahamba ngomthetho wam, njengoko uhambe phambi kwam.” ¹⁷Ngoku ke, Bawo, Thixo kaSirayeli, maliqiniseke ilizwi owathethayo kumkhonzi wakho uDavide.

¹⁸Kodwa uBawo wethu angade ahlale nabantu emhlabeni na? Amazulu, kwanamazulu aphezulu kakhulu, akakulingene; ingakumbi ke le ndlu endiyakhileyo! ^a a v18 USolomon uyamangaliswa kukuba uBawo wethu angade enze ikhaya lakhe nabantu emhlabeni— kulangazelelo olwaphenduleka ngokupheleleyo xa uNyana efika ukuza kuhlala phakathi kwethu, nasekugqibeleni xa uBawo wethu ehlala nabantwana bakhe ngonaphakade. ¹⁹Noko ke phulaphula umthandazo womkhonzi wakho nokutarhuzisa kwakhe, Bawo, uphulaphule ukumemelela nomthandazo awuthandazayo umkhonzi wakho phambi kwakho. ²⁰Makhangele amehlo akho kule ndlu emini nasebusuku, kule ndawo owathi uya kulibeka kuyo igama lakho, ukuze uphulaphule umthandazo awuthandazayo umkhonzi wakho ebhekisa kule ndawo. ²¹Phulaphula ukutarhuzisa komkhonzi wakho nokwabantu bakho amaSirayeli, xa bethandaza bebhekisa kule ndawo. Yiva usezulwini, endaweni yokuhlala kwakho; wakuva ke, uxolele.

²²Xa umntu athe wona ummelwane wakhe, aze afunyanelwe ukuba afunge isifungo, aze eze afunge isifungo phambi kwesibingelelo sakho kule ndlu, ²³yiva ke usezulwini, wenze. Ugwebe abakhonzi bakho: umbuyekeze ongendawo ngezenzo zakhe, umgwebele olilungisa, umnike ngokobulungisa bakhe.

²⁴Xa abantu bakho amaSirayeli, boyisiwe ziintshaba ngenxa yokuba bone kuwe, baze babuye badumise igama lakho, bathandaza, batarhuzisa kuwe kule ndlu, ²⁵yiva ke usezulwini, uwathethelele amaSirayeli abantu bakho isono sawo, uze uwabuyisele ezweni owabanika lona bona noobawo babo.

²⁶Xa isibhakabhaka sithe savalwa akwabakho mvula ngenxa yokuba bone kuwe, baze bathandaza bebhekisa kule ndawo, badumise igama lakho, baguquke esonweni sabo xa ubacinezela, ²⁷yiva ke usezulwini, uxolele izono zabakhonzi bakho, abantu bakho amaSirayeli, uze ubafundise indlela entle abamele ukuhamba ngayo, uthumele imvula emhlabeni wakho, lowo wawunika abantu bakho ukuba ube lilifa labo.

²⁸Xa kuthe kwakho indlala ezweni, nendyikitya yokufa, nembabala, nexoshomba, neenkumbi, nemibungu; xa iintshaba zibangqinga emizini yabo—nokuba sisiphi na isibetho, nokuba sisiphi na isifo esithe sabakho, ²⁹nokuba nguwuphi na umthandazo nokutarhuzisa, okwenziwa nokuba ngubani na, nokuba ngabantu bakho bonke amaSirayeli, besazi elowo iintlungu zakhe nembulaleko yakhe, bezolulela izandla zabo kule ndlu, ³⁰yiva ke usezulwini, endaweni yokuhlala kwakho, uxolele, umbuyekeze elowo ngokweendlela zakhe zonke, ngokuba intliziyo yakhe uyayazi—kuba nguwe wedwa owazi intliziyo yabantu bonke, ³¹ukuze bakoyike, bahambe ngeendlela zakho, ngayo yonke imihla abahleli ngayo ezweni owalinika oobawo bethu.

³²Kananjalo, xa umphambukeli ongengowabantu bakho amaSirayeli esiza evela ezweni elikude ngenxa yegama lakho elikhulu, nesandla sakho esinamandla, nengalo yakho eyolukileyo—xa beza bethandaza bebhekisa kule ndlu, ³³yiva ke usezulwini, apho uhlala khona, wenze konke akucela kuwe umphambukeli, ukuze igama lakho lazeke kuzo zonke izizwe zomhlaba, zoyike wena kwanjengabantu bakho amaSirayeli, zibe zisazi ukuba le ndlu endiyakhileyo ibizwa ngegama lakho.

³⁴Xa abantu bakho bephuma baye emfazweni ukuya kulwa neentshaba zabo, naphi na apho ubathuma khona, baze bathandaza kuwe bebhekisa kulo mzi uwunyulileyo, nakule ndlu endiyakhele igama lakho, ³⁵yiva ke usezulwini umthandazo wabo nokutarhuzisa kwabo, ubagwebele.

³⁶Xa bethe bona kuwe—kuba akukho mntu ungenasono—uze ubaqumbele, ubanikele elutshabeni elithe labathimba labasa ezweni elikude nokuba likufuphi,

³⁷baze xa ezweni lokuthinjwa kwabo bethe bayibeka entliziyweni, baguquke, batarhuzisa kuwe khona, besithi: “Sonile, senza okungalunganga, senza ngenkohlakalo,” ³⁸ukuba bathe babuyela kuwe ngomphefumlo wabo wonke nangentliziyo yabo yonke ezweni lokuthinjwa kwabo, apho bathinjelwa khona, bathandaza bebhekisa ezweni labo owalinika ooyise babo, nakuwo umzi owawunyulayo, nakuyo indlu endiyakhele igama lakho, ³⁹uze ke uve emazulwini, endaweni yokuhlala kwakho, ukuthandaza kwabo nokutarhuzisa kwabo, ubagwebele, ubaxolele abantu bakho abonileyo kuwe.

⁴⁰Ngoku ke, Bawo wam, amehlo akho makakhangele, neendlebe zakho ziphulaphule ekuthandazeni kule ndawo.

⁴¹Ngoku ke suk' ume, Bawo wam, uze endaweni yakho yokuphumla, wena netyeya yamandla akho. Ababingeleli bakho, Bawo wam, mabambathiswe usindiso, abathembekileyo bakho mabagcobe ngokulunga kwakho. ⁴²Bawo wam, musa ukumcekisa othanjisiweyo wakho. Khumbula inceba yakho kuDavide umkhonzi wakho.