UDaniyeli 11 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

11 ¹Mna ke, ngomnyaka wokuqala kaDariyo umMedi, ndema ukuba ndimxhase ndimomeleze.

²Ngoku ndokuxelela inyaniso: khangela, kuya kunyuka ookumkani abathathu kwelasePersi, aze owesine abe sisityebi ngaphezu kwabo bonke. Athi, akuba womelezwe bubutyebi bakhe, abavuselele bonke ukuba bachase ubukumkani baseGrike. ³Woza ke anyuke ukumkani onamandla, obe nobukhosi obukhulu, enze ngokuthanda kwakhe. ⁴Akuba enyukile, ubukumkani bakhe buya kwaphuka, bahlukaniselwe emimoyeni emine yezulu—bungayi kwinzala yakhe, bungabi namandla lawo awayenawo; kuba ubukumkani bakhe buya kunyothulwa, bunikwe abanye ngaphandle kwabo.

⁵Ukumkani wasezantsi uya komelela; omnye wabathetheli bakhe uya komelela ngaphezu kwakhe, alawule—ubukhulu bokulawula kwakhe buya kuba kukhulu. ⁶Emva kweminyaka ethile baya kuvumelana: intombi yokumkani wasezantsi iya kuza kukumkani wangasentla ukuze benze umnqophiso. Kodwa ayiyi kuwagcina amandla ayo, naye akayi kuma, nengalo yakhe. Iya kunikelwa—kunye nabaphelekayo bayo, noyise, nomxhasi wayo—ngaloo maxesha.

⁷Kuya kunyuka ihlumelo elivela ezingcanjini zayo esikhundleni sakhe, elithi lifikele umkhosi, lingene enqabeni yokumkani wangasentla, lichasane nabo, leyise. ⁸Uya kuthimbela oothixo babo eYiputa, kunye nemifanekiso yabo etyhidiweyo, nempahla enqabileyo yesilivere negolide; iminyaka uya kumka kukumkani wangasentla. ⁹Ukumkani wangasentla uya kungenela ubukumkani bokumkani wasezantsi, andule abuyele ezweni lakhe. ¹⁰Oonyana bakhe baya kuxhobela imfazwe, baqokele umkhosi omkhulu othi uphele usiza, uphuphume, ucande, waza wabuya waphinda walwa, wasa enqabeni yakhe. ¹¹Uya kuvutha ngumsindo ukumkani wasezantsi, aphume aye kulwa nokumkani wangasentla, oqokelela umkhosi omkhulu; kodwa loo mkhosi uya kunikelwa esandleni sokumkani wasezantsi. ¹²Xa uthinjiwe loo mkhosi, intliziyo yakhe iya kuphakama; uya kuwabulala amawaka angamashumi, kodwa aphuthe. ¹³Ukumkani wangasentla uya kuphinda aqokele isikhungu esikhulu kunesokuqala, aze emva kweminyaka eze nomkhosi omkhulu nempahla eninzi.

¹⁴Ngaloo maxesha abaninzi baya kuchasana nokumkani wasezantsi; amadoda anobundlobongela asebantwini bakho aya kuziphakamisa ukuze awufeze umbono, kodwa aphuthe. ¹⁵Ukumkani wangasentla uya kuza, afumbe udonga lokungqinga, awuthimbe umzi onqatyisiweyo; imikhosi yasezantsi ayiyi kuma, nawo amadoda akhethiweyo—akuyi kubakho mandla okuma. ¹⁶Lowo umngenelayo uya kwenza ngokuthanda kwakhe; akukho namnye onokuma phambi kwakhe. Uya kuma kwilizwe elihle, kukho intshabalalo esandleni sakhe. ¹⁷Uya kusuka ukuba angene ngamandla onke obukumkani bakhe, enze umnqophiso naye; uya kumnika intombi yabafazi ukuze amonakalise, kodwa ayiyi kuma, ingayi kumnceda. ¹⁸Aze ajikele ezingcongolweni zaselwandle, athimbe into eninzi, kodwa umthetheli othile uya kuyiphelisa inkukhumalo yakhe, ayibuyisele phezu kwakhe. ¹⁹Aze ajikisele ubuso bakhe ezinqabeni zelizwe lakowabo, akhubeke, awe, angabi safunyanwa.

²⁰Esikhundleni sakhe kuya kunyuka lowo uthumela umbuthi werhafu ngenxa yozuko lobukumkani; kodwa kwiintsuku ezimbalwa uya kwaphulwa—kungengamsindo, kungengamfazwe.

²¹Kuya kunyuka indoda edelekileyo esikhundleni sakhe, enganikwanga iwonga lobukumkani. Iya kufika ngexesha lonwabo, ibuthimbe ubukumkani ngobuqhophololo. ²²Imikhosi iya kukhukuliswa phambi kwakhe yaphulwe, kwanesikhulu somnqophiso. ²³Akuba evumelene naye, uya kwenza ngenkohliso, omelele ngabantu abambalwa. ²⁴Ngexesha lonwabo, uya kungena ezindaweni ezityebileyo zephondo, enze oko ooyise nooyise booyise bangakwenzanga—esasaza amaxhoba, nezinto eziphangiweyo, nempahla phakathi kwabo, eceba amacebo achasene neenqaba, kodwa kube lixeshana nje.

²⁵Uya kuvuselela amandla akhe nobukroti bakhe achasane nokumkani wasezantsi ngomkhosi omkhulu. Ukumkani wasezantsi uya kulwa ngomkhosi omkhulu kunene, onamandla—kodwa akayi kuma, kuba kuya kucetywa amacebo achasene naye. ²⁶Abo badla ukudla kwakhe baya kumaphula; umkhosi wakhe uya kukhukuliswa, abaninzi bawe bebuleweyo. ²⁷Iintliziyo zookumkani bobabini, ezinikele ebubini, ziya kuthetha ubuxoki esithebeni sinye, kodwa oko kuya kuphutha—kuba isiphelo sisalinde ixesha elimisiweyo. ²⁸Uya kubuyela ezweni lakhe enobutyebi obukhulu, intliziyo yakhe ichasene nomnqophiso ongcwele; uya kwenza, aze abuyele ezweni lakhe.

²⁹Ngexesha elimisiweyo uya kubuya ajonge ezantsi, kodwa ngesi sihlandlo akusayi kufana nesokuqala nesilandelayo. ³⁰Kuba iinqanawa zamaKiti ziya kuza zimchasa; uya kuphela amandla, abuye umva, avuthele ngumsindo echasene nomnqophiso ongcwele, enze. Uya kubuya anonelele abo bawushiyile umnqophiso ongcwele. ^a a v30 AmaKiti: ligama lamandulo lamagunya aselwandle aselunxwemeni lwaseNtshonalanga yoLwandle oluPhakathi, ngokusenokwenzeka ukuba yiRoma. ³¹Imikhosi yakhe iya kunyuka, ingcolise inqaba engcwele, iphelise idini lemihla ngemihla, imise izothe elenza intshabalalo. ^b b v31 UYesu wabhekisa kwesi siprofeto njengesilumkiso esasiza kwezakhe imihla (Mateyu 24:15). ³²Uya kubonakalisa abo baphula umnqophiso ngobuqhophololo, kodwa abantu abamaziyo uBawo wabo baya kuma baqine, benze. ³³Abalumkileyo basebantwini baya kufundisa abaninzi, kodwa baya kuwa ixesha ngekrele, nangelangatye, nangokuthinjwa, nangokuphangwa. ³⁴Xa bewa, baya kufumana uncedo oluncinane, baze abaninzi bazibandakanye nabo ngobuqhophololo. ³⁵Abanye babalumkileyo baya kukhubeka, ukuze bacikizwe, bahlanjululwe, bahlanjwe kude kuse exesheni lesiphelo, kuba lisalinde ixesha elimisiweyo.

³⁶Ukumkani uya kwenza ngokuthanda kwakhe, eziphakamisa ezenza mkhulu ngaphezu kwabo bonke oothixo, ethetha izinto ezimangalisayo echasene noBawo wethu. Uya kuchuma kude kugqitywe ingqumbo, kuba oko kumisiweyo kuya kwenzeka. ³⁷Akayi kubakhathalela oothixo booyise, nalowo abafazi abamnqwenelayo, nawuphi na uthixo—uya kuziphakamisa ngaphezu kwabo bonke. ³⁸Endaweni yoko uya kuwubeka uthixo weenqaba, ongaziwayo ngooyise, ngegolide, nangesilivere, nangamatye anqabileyo, nangezipho ezixabiso likhulu. ³⁹Ngothixo wasemzini uya kungenela izinqaba ezomeleleyo kunene. Uya kubazukisa kakhulu abo bamaziyo, abanike igunya phezu kwabaninzi, abe ilizwe ngexabiso.

⁴⁰Ngexesha lokuphela, ukumkani wasezantsi uya kubambana naye, aze ukumkani wangasentla amgaleleke ngeenqwelo zokulwa, nabamahashe, nezinqanawa ezininzi. Uya kungena emazweni, aphuphume, adlule. ⁴¹Uya kungena ezweni elihle; abaninzi bawe, kodwa uEdom, noMowabhi, nentloko yoonyana baka-Amon basinda esandleni sakhe. ⁴²Uya kusolula isandla sakhe emazweni, nelizwe laseYiputa alisayi kusinda. ⁴³Uya kulawula ubuncwane begolide nesilivere, nobutyebi bonke baseYiputa, amaLibhiya namaKushi esezithendeni zakhe. ⁴⁴Kodwa iindaba ezivela empumalanga nasentla ziya kumkhwankqisa, aze aphume enomsindo omkhulu, ukuze atshabalalise, ababhubhise abaninzi. ⁴⁵Uya kumisa iintente zebhotwe lakhe phakathi kweelwandle nentaba engcwele entle, aze afike ekupheleni kwakhe engenamncedi.