UDaniyeli 2 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

2 ¹Ngomnyaka wesibini wolawulo lwakhe, uNebhukadenetsare waphupha amaphupha; wakhathazeka umoya wakhe, bemka nobuthongo bakhe. ²Waza ukumkani wathi mabibizwe izazi nabakhafuli neengcaphephe zemilingo nabasingamalanga, bamxelela amaphupha akhe. Beza ke bema phambi kokumkani. ³Wathi ukumkani kubo: “Ndiphuphe iphupha, wakhathazeka umoya wam kukunqwenela ukulazi iphupha elo.”

⁴Zaza izazi zabasingamalanga zathi kukumkani ngesiArameyiki: “Kumkani, phila ngonaphakade! Baxelele iphupha abakhonzi bakho, size sikutyhilele intsingiselo yalo.”

⁵Waphendula ukumkani wathi kwizazi zabasingamalanga: “Ummiselo wam uqinisekile: ukuba anindixeleli iphupha nentsingiselo yalo, niya kunqunqwa iziqwenga, zenziwe indunduma izindlu zenu. ⁶Kodwa ukuba niyalixela iphupha nentsingiselo yalo, niya kwamkela kum izipho, nemivuzo, nembeko enkulu. Ngoko ndixeleleni iphupha nentsingiselo yalo.”

⁷Baphendula okwesibini bathi: “Ukumkani makabaxelele abakhonzi bakhe iphupha, size sinike intsingiselo yalo.”

⁸Waphendula ukumkani wathi: “Ndiyazi ngokuqinisekileyo ukuba nilinga ukuzuza ixesha, ngokuba niyabona ukuba ummiselo wam uqinisekile: ⁹Ukuba anindixeleli iphupha, sinye kuphela isigwebo senu. Nivumelene ukuba nithethe phambi kwam amazwi obuxoki nawonakeleyo, ade atshintshe amaxesha. Ngoko ndixeleleni iphupha, ndize ndikwazi ukuba niyakwazi ukulityhila intsingiselo yalo.”

¹⁰Zaphendula izazi zabasingamalanga kukumkani zathi: “Akukho mntu ehlabathini onokukwenza oko kufunwa ngukumkani. Akukho kumkani mkhulu onamandla owakha wafuna into enjalo kuyiphi na isazi, okanye ingcaphephe yemilingo, okanye umKaledi.

¹¹Le nto ifunwa ngukumkani inzima kakhulu; akukho namnye onokuyityhila kukumkani, ngaphandle koothixo, abangahlali phakathi kwabantu.”

¹²Esiva oku ukumkani wavutha ngumsindo noburhalarhume, wathi mazibulawe zonke izazi zaseBhabhilon. ¹³Ngoko waphuma ummiselo wokubulala izazi; bafuna uDaniyeli nabahlobo bakhe ukuze bababulale.

¹⁴Waza uDaniyeli waphendula uAriyoki, umphathi wabalindi bokumkani, ngobulumko nangengqiqo; uAriyoki wayephumele ukubulala izazi zaseBhabhilon. ¹⁵Wabuza uAriyoki, umbusi wokumkani, wathi: “Yini na ukuba kuphume ummiselo onzima kangaka kukumkani?” Waza uAriyoki wamcacisela uDaniyeli. ¹⁶Ngoko uDaniyeli wangena wacela ixesha kukumkani, ukuze amtyhilele intsingiselo yalo ukumkani.

¹⁷Waza uDaniyeli waya endlwini yakhe, wabaxelela abahlobo bakhe, uHananiya, noMishayeli, noAzariya, ngaloo nto, ¹⁸ebabongoza ukuba bacele inceba kuBawo wethu osemazulwini ngayo le mfihlelo, ukuze uDaniyeli nabahlobo bakhe bangabulawa kunye nezinye izazi zaseBhabhilon. ¹⁹Yaza yatyhilwa imfihlelo kuDaniyeli ngombono wasebusuku, waza uDaniyeli wabonga uBawo wethu osemazulwini. ²⁰Wathi uDaniyeli: “Malibongwe igama likaBawo wethu ngonaphakade kanaphakade, ngokuba ubulumko namandla bobakhe. ²¹Uyawatshintsha amaxesha namathuba; uyabasusa ookumkani, amise ookumkani; ubanika ubulumko izilumko, nokwazi kwabo bantliziyo zinengqiqo. ²²Uyazityhila izinto ezinzulu nezifihlakeleyo; uyakwazi okukubumnyama, kuze ukukhanya kuhlale naye.

²³Kuwe, Thixo woobawo, ndibulela ndikudumise, ngokuba undiphe ubulumko namandla, kaloku ngoku undazisile oko besikucela kuwe; usazisile indawo yokumkani.”

UDaniyeli Uzisa Impendulo

²⁴Ngoko uDaniyeli waya kuAriyoki, lowo ukumkani wayemmisele ukuba atshabalalise izazi zaseBhabhilon, wathi kuye: “Musa ukuzitshabalalisa izazi zaseBhabhilon. Ndise kukumkani, ndiya kumtyhilela intsingiselo.”

²⁵Waza uAriyoki wamsa ngobungxamo uDaniyeli phambi kokumkani, wathi: “Phakathi kwabathinjwa bakwaYuda ndiyifumene indoda enokumxelela ukumkani intsingiselo.”

²⁶Wabuza ukumkani kuDaniyeli, obizwa ngokuba nguBheliteshatsare, wathi: “Unako na ukundixelela iphupha endaliphuphayo, nokuba litheni na?”

²⁷Waphendula uDaniyeli kukumkani wathi: “Akukho zazi, neengcaphephe zemilingo, nabakhafuli, nabasingamalanga, abanokuyityhila imfihlelo aqhankqalaza ngayo ukumkani.

²⁸Kodwa uBawo wethu osemazulwini uyazityhila iimfihlelo, waza wamazisa ukumkani uNebhukadenetsare oko kuya kwenzeka ngemihla yokugqibela. Iphupha lakho nemibono yengqondo yakho ngexa ubulele emandlalweni wakho yile: ^a a v28 “Imihla yokugqibela” ibhekisa kwixesha lokugqibela lembali, ngaphambi kokuba uThixo amise ubukumkani bakhe obungenasiphelo.

²⁹“Ngexa ubulele emandlalweni, kumkani, iingcinga zakho zabhekisa kuloo nto iza kuza, waza ozityhilayo iimfihlelo wakubonisa oko kuza kubakho.

³⁰Kodwa le mfihlelo ityhilwe kum, kungekuba ndinobulumko obungaphezu kwabo bonke abaphilayo, kodwa ukuze ukumkani ayazi intsingiselo yayo, nokuze wena uziqonde iingcinga zentliziyo yakho.

³¹“Wakhangela, kumkani, wabona umfanekiso omkhulu. Lo mfanekiso, omkhulu obengezela ngokuqaqamba, wema phambi kwakho, yaza imbonakalo yawo yoyikeka.

³²Intloko yomfanekiso lowo yayiyigolide ecocekileyo, isifuba sawo neengalo zawo yayeyesilivere, isisu sawo namathanga awo yayilubhedu, ³³imilenze yawo yayiyintsimbi, iinyawo zawo ziyinxenye iyintsimbi, inxenye iludongwe.

³⁴Usakhangele, ilitye elaqingqwa kungekho zandla lazitsho iinyawo zomfanekiso ezaziyintsimbi nodongwe, lazityumza. ^b b v34 Ilitye eliqingqwe kungekho sandla somntu liba yintaba ezalisa lonke ihlabathi — bubukumkani amisa uBawo wethu ngoYesu, obungayi kutshatyalaliswa nangenini, bungayi kudluliselwa nakubani na ongomnye.

³⁵Zaza ke intsimbi, nodongwe, nobhedu, nesilivere, negolide, zaqhekezeka ndawonye, zaba njengomququ osesandeni sasehlotyeni. Wazithwala umoya, akwasala namkhondo wazo. Kodwa ilitye elawubethayo umfanekiso laba yintaba enkulu eyazalisa ihlabathi lonke.

³⁶“Lelo yayiliphupha. Ngoku siya kumxelela ukumkani isityhilo salo.

³⁷Wena, kumkani, ungukumkani wookumkani, lowo uBawo wethu osemazulwini akunike ubukumkani, namandla, negunya, nobuqaqawuli.

³⁸Esandleni sakho ubeke bonke abantu, namarhamncwa asendle, neentaka zezulu, naphi na apho zihleli khona, wakwenza umlawuli wazo zonke. Wena uyintloko yegolide.

³⁹“Emva kwakho kuya kuvela obunye ubukumkani, obungaphantsi kobakho; buze buvele obesithathu ubukumkani, obobhedu, obuya kulawula ihlabathi lonke.

⁴⁰Obesine ubukumkani buya kuqina njengentsimbi—kuba intsimbi iyazaphula izinto zonke, izityumze—njengoko intsimbi izityumza zonke ezi zinto, ngokunjalo buya kubaphula bubatyumze.

⁴¹Njengoko ubonile iinyawo namazwane—inxenye iludongwe lombumbi, inxenye iyintsimbi—buya kuba bubukumkani obahlulelene; noko buya kuba namandla athile entsimbi, kanye njengoko ubonile intsimbi ixutywe nodongwe oluthambileyo.

⁴²Njengoko amazwane ebeyinxenye intsimbi, inxenye udongwe, ngokunjalo ubukumkani buya kuba nenxenye eyomeleleyo, nenxenye ebuthathaka.

⁴³Njengoko ubonile intsimbi ixutywe nodongwe oluthambileyo, abantu baya kuzixuba ngokwendiselana, kodwa abayi kubambelelana, kanye njengokuba intsimbi ingaxubani nodongwe.

⁴⁴“Ngemihla yabo kumkani uBawo wethu osemazulwini uya kumisa ubukumkani obungayi kuze butshatyalaliswe, nolawulo lwabo lungayi kushiyelwa esinye isizwe. Buya kuzityumza zonke ezi zikumkani buziphelise, buze bona bume ngonaphakade.

⁴⁵Yile nto yayithethwa ngumbono: ilitye elaqhawulwa entabeni, kungekho ngazandla zabantu, laqhekeza intsimbi, nobhedu, nodongwe, nesilivere, negolide. UBawo wethu omkhulu umbonisile ukumkani oko kuya kwenzeka emva koku. Iphupha liqinisekile, nesityhilo salo sithembekile.”

Ukumkani Ozithobayo phambi koBawo wethu

⁴⁶Waza ke ukumkani uNebhukadenetsare wawa ngobuso, waqubuda kuDaniyeli, wawisa umthetho wokuba anikwe umnikelo nesiqhumiso.

⁴⁷Ukumkani wathi kuDaniyeli: “Inene uThixo wakho nguThixo woothixo, iNkosi yookumkani, notyhili weemfihlelo, ekubeni ube nako ukuyityhila le nto.”

⁴⁸Waza ke ukumkani waphakamisa uDaniyeli ewongeni elikhulu, wamnika izipho ezininzi ezikhulu, wamenza umlawuli wephondo lonke laseBhabhilon, nentloko yabongameli phezu kwazo zonke izilumko zalo. ⁴⁹UDaniyeli wacela kukumkani, waza wabeka uShadraki, noMeshaki, noAbhednego phezu kwemicimbi yephondo laseBhabhilon; ke yena uDaniyeli wasala esangweni lokumkani.