UAmos 5 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

5 ¹Live eli lizwi endiliphakamisa njengesimbonono ngani, ndlu kaSirayeli: ²Iwile, ayisayi kuphinda ivuke, intombi enguSirayeli; ilele ishiyiwe emhlabeni wayo, kungekho bani uyiphakamisayo.

³Kuba itsho iNkosi enguBawo wethu ukuthi: Umzi ophuma umkhosi wewaka wosala unekhulu; lowo uphuma ikhulu wosala uneshumi—kuyo indlu kaSirayeli.

⁴Kuba utsho uBawo wethu kuyo indlu kaSirayeli ukuthi: Ndifuneni niphile. ⁵Kodwa ningayifuni iBheteli, ningayi eGiligali, ningaweli niye eBher-shebha; kuba iGiligali inene iya kuthinjwa, neBheteli iya kuba lilize. ^a a v5 Igama laseGiligali uqobo livakala ngathi lithi "ekuqengqelelweni ekuthinjweni" — indawo engcwele abantu babeyithembile isuka ibe ligama lokuthinjwa kwabo.

⁶Mfuneni uBawo wethu niphile, hleze atshayele njengomlilo endlwini kaYosefu; uya kudla, kungekho bani uwucimayo ngenxa yeBheteli. ⁷Nina niguqula okusesikweni kube bubuhlungu obukrakra, niwuphose emhlabeni ubulungisa. ⁸Owenze iSilimela noOriyon, oguqula ubumnyama obunzulu bube yintsasa, awenze imini ibe bubusuku, obiza amanzi olwandle, awaphalaze ebusweni bomhlaba—uBawo wethu ligama lakhe. ⁹Uphazimlisa intshabalalo phezu kwabanamandla, kufike nokutshabalala enqabeni. ¹⁰Bayamthiya lowo osola esangweni, bamcekise lowo othetha inyaniso. ^b b v10 'Isango' lalingumnyango womzi apho amatyala ayaphulaphulwa khona, lilungiselelwe nokusesikweni — into efana nenkundla yamatyala yemihla yakudala. ¹¹Ngako oko, ngenxa yokuba nimnyathela ihlwempu, nimbize irhafu yengqolowa, nizakhile izindlu zamatye akroliweyo, kodwa aniyi kuhlala kuzo; nizityalile izidiliya ezintle, kodwa aniyi kuyisela iwayini yazo. ¹²Kuba ndiyazi ukuba mangaphi na amatyala enu, nokuba zikhulu kangaka izono zenu—nina nicinezela ilungisa, namkele izicengo, nimtyhalele ecaleni osweleyo esangweni. ¹³Ngako oko onengqondo uthi cwaka ngelo xesha, kuba lixesha elibi. ¹⁴Funani okulungileyo, ningafuni okubi, ukuze niphile; uthi ngoko uBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini abe nani, njengoko nithethileyo. ¹⁵Thiyani okubi nithande okulungileyo, nimise okusesikweni esangweni; mhlawumbi uBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini uya kuwababala amasalela akwaYosefu.

¹⁶Ngako oko utsho uBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini ukuthi: Kuzo zonke iindawo zembutho, isililo; kuzo zonke izitrato, bakhala besithi: “Yoo! Yoo!” Babiza umlimi ukuba enze isijwili, nabachule besimbonono ukuba balile. ¹⁷Kuzo zonke izidiliya kuya kubakho isililo, kuba ndiya kugqitha phakathi kwenu, utsho uBawo wethu.

Imini kaBawo Wethu Bubumnyama

¹⁸Yeha kuni, nina nilangazelela imini kaBawo wethu! Yini na ukuba niyinqwenele imini kaBawo wethu? Bubumnyama, ingekuko ukukhanya. ¹⁹Kuya kuba ngathi umntu obaleka ingonyama aze ahlangane nebhere, okanye ongene endlwini yakhe, acinezele isandla sakhe eludongeni, aze alunywe yinyoka. ²⁰Ayiyi kuba bubumnyama na imini kaBawo wethu, ingekuko ukukhanya—ubumnyama obumsolokotho, kungekho kuqaqamba kuyo?

²¹Ndiyayithiya, ndiyayicekisa imithendeleko yenu; andikholiswa ziingqungquthela zenu. ²²Nokuba nithe nandinikela amadini anyukayo neminikelo yenu yokudla, andiyi kuwamkela; nemibingelelo yoxolo yezinto zenu ezityetyisiweyo andiyi kuyikhangela nokuyikhangela. ²³Susani kum ingxolo yeengoma zenu; andiyi kuphulaphula ukubethwa kweehadi zenu. ²⁴Kodwa okusesikweni makuqengqeleke njengamanzi, nobulungisa njengomlambo ongatshiyo. ²⁵Naniwazisa kum na imibingelelo neminikelo kuloo minyaka ingamashumi omane entlango, ndlu kaSirayeli? ²⁶Naniphakamisa uSikuti ukumkani wenu noKiyun uthixo wenu wenkwenkwezi, imifanekiso enazenzelayo. ^c c v26 USikuti noKiyun babengoothixo benkwenkwezi bama-Asiriya nabaseBhabhilon; abantu babekade bezithwele ngasese ezi zithixo logama besithi bakhonza uThixo oyinyaniso. ²⁷Ngako oko ndiya kunifudusela ngaphaya kweDamasko, utsho uBawo wethu—uBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini ligama lakhe.