2 KaPetros 2 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

2 ¹Kwavela abaprofeti ababuxoki phakathi kwabantu, kwanjengokuba kuya kuvela nabafundisi ababuxoki phakathi kwenu. Baya kungenisa ngasese imfundiso yokonakalisa, bade bamkhanyele neNkosi eyabathengayo, bazihlisele intshabalalo engxamileyo. ^a a v1 “INkosi eyabathengayo” nguYesu, owabahlawulela inkululeko yabo ngegazi lakhe siqu — into eyenza ukumkhanyela kwabo kube buhlungu ngakumbi. ²Abaninzi baya kuyilandela inkanuko yabo, baza ngenxa yabo indlela yenyaniso inyeliswe. ³Ekubaweni kwabo baya kunixhaphaza ngamazwi aqanjiweyo. Umgwebo wabo, owamiselwa kwakudala, awudangali; nentshabalalo yabo ayileleyo.

⁴Kuba ukuba uBawo wethu akazange azisindise izithunywa ezonayo, wasuka waziphosa emhadini onzulu wesithokothoko, zakhonkxwa ebumnyameni, zagcinelwa umgwebo; ^b b v4 ITartaro yindawo yokuvingcelwa kwezithunywa eziwileyo — ligama elahlukileyo kwelo lisetyenziswayo ngesihogo, lithetha intolongo apho oomoya abavukelayo balindele khona umgwebo. ⁵ukuba akalisindisanga ihlabathi lamandulo, wasuka wamgcina uNowa, umvakalisi wobulungisa, kunye nabasixhenxe, akuba ezisele unogumbe ehlabathini labangendawo; ⁶yaye ukuba wayigweba iSodom neGomora, wayenza imizi yayo yaba luthuthu, yaba ngumzekeliso wento elindele abangendawo; ⁷yaye ukuba wamsindisa uLote olilungisa, owayediniwe kukuziphatha ngokungenazintloni kwabantu abachasene nomthetho. ⁸Elo lungisa, lihleli phakathi kwabo, lalidandathekiswa imihla ngemihla emphefumlweni walo olungileyo zizenzo ezingekho mthethweni elalizibona kwaye liziva, ⁹uyakwazi ngoko uBawo wethu ukusindisa abanyulu ekulingweni, aze abagcine phantsi kwesohlwayo abangendawo kude kube semini yomgwebo. ¹⁰Ngokukodwa abo balandela iinkanuko ezonakeleyo zenyama, bedelela igunya—abalukhuni, abanekratshi, abangoyikiyo ukunyelisa izidalwa zasezulwini. ¹¹Lo gama izithunywa, ezinkulu ngamandla nangegunya, zingaziziseli zona umgwebo onyelisayo phambi koBawo wethu. ¹²Ke bona aba bantu, njengezilwanyana ezingenangqondo ezazalelwa ngemvelo ukuba zibanjwe zitshatyalaliswe, banyelisa oko bangakuqondiyo, baya kutshatyalaliswa entshabalalweni yabo, ¹³bazuze ububi njengomvuzo wobubi babo. Bathi kukonwaba ukudlalela emini emhlotsheni. Bangamabala neziphako, bedlalela ngenkohliso yabo lo gama besidla nani. ¹⁴Amehlo abo azele kukukrexeza, bengayeki ukona, belukuhla imiphefumlo engazinzanga, iintliziyo zabo ziqeqeshwe ekubaweni—bantwana baqalekisiweyo! ¹⁵Beshiya indlela ethe tye, balahleka, belandela indlela kaBhileham unyana kaBhehore, owawuthandayo umvuzo wobubi. ^c c v15 UBhileham wayengumprofeti oqeshwayo owasukela imali ngaphezu kokuthembeka, waza wakhalinyelwa liesile lakhe—ibali lakhe lipheleleyo likuNumeri 22–24. ¹⁶Kodwa wakhalinyelwa ngenxa yobubi bakhe: iesile elisisidenge lathetha ngezwi lomntu, laza layiyekisa umprofeti ekubhudeni kwakhe.

¹⁷Aba bangamithombo yomileyo, bayinkungu etwetywa ngumoya ovuthuzayo—baza bagcinelwa ubumnyama obusithokothoko. ¹⁸Ngamazwi akhukhumeleyo, angenanto, balukuhla ngeenkanuko zenyama abo basand' ukubaleka kubantu abahleli ekulahlekeni. ¹⁹Babathembisa inkululeko, lo gama bona ngokwabo bengamakhoboka okonakala—kuba into eyeyisa umntu iyamkhobokisa.

²⁰Kuba ukuba, emva kokubaleka ekonakaleni kwehlabathi ngokumazi iNkosi noMsindisi wethu uYesu Krestu, babuye babhijelwe kuko kwakhona baze beyiswe, ikamva labo libi ngakumbi kunesiqalo sabo. ²¹Ngekubalungele ukungayazi kwaphela indlela yobulungisa kunokuyazi baze babuye bayishiye imithetho engcwele ababeyinikiwe. ²²Kwenzeke kubo iqhalo eliyinyaniso elithi: “Inja ibuyela emhlanzweni wayo,” nelithi: “Ihagu ehlanjiweyo ibuyela ekuzibhuqa eludakeni.”