UDaniyeli 4 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

4 ¹Mna Nebhukadenetsare ukumkani, ndibhekisa kuzo zonke izizwe, iintlanga, neelwimi, enihleli kulo lonke ihlabathi, ndithi: Maluphindaphindeke uxolo lwenu.

²Ndinovuyo lokuvakalisa imiqondiso nezimanga endizenzelweyo nguThixo Osenyangweni. ³Hayi, ukuba mikhulu kwemiqondiso yakhe, nokuba inamandla kwezimanga zakhe! Ubukumkani bakhe bubukumkani obungunaphakade, ulawulo lwakhe lusuka kwizizukulwana lusiya kwizizukulwana.

⁴Mna Nebhukadenetsare, ndandonwabile endlwini yam, ndandinempumelelo ebhotwe lam. ⁵Ndabona iphupha elandothusayo; izicamango endandisezisingqengqelweni sam nemibono entlokweni yam zandothusa. ⁶Ngako ndawisa umthetho wokuba kuziswe phambi kwam zonke izilumko zaseBhabhilon, ukuze zindixelele isityhilo salo iphupha. ⁷Zangena ke izazi, oosiyazi, amaBhabhilon, nabavumisi ngeenkwenkwezi. Ndabaxelela iphupha, kodwa azaba nako ukulityhila kum. ⁸Ekugqibeleni kwangena uDaniyeli phambi kwam—obizwa ngokuba nguBheliteshatsare ngokwegama lothixo wam, onomoya woothixo abangcwele—ndamxelela iphupha. ⁹Bheliteshatsare, wena ophethe izazi, ndiyazi ukuba umoya woothixo abangcwele ukhona kuwe, nokuba akukho mfihlakalo ikuxakayo—khawundixelele imibono yephupha lam endalibonayo, nesityhilo salo. ¹⁰Imibono entlokweni yam ndisesesingqengqelweni: ndabona umthi phakathi ehlabathini, ude kakhulu. ¹¹Umthi wakhula womelela, incam yawo yada yafika ezulwini, wabonakala kude kuse eziphelweni zehlabathi lonke. ¹²Amagqabi awo ayemahle nesiqhamo sawo sisininzi, phakathi kuwo kukho ukudla kwabo bonke. Izilo zasendle zazifumana umthunzi phantsi kwawo, neentaka zezulu zahlala emasebeni awo, yaye yonke inyama yayifunzwa kuwo.

¹³Emibonweni yam ndisesesingqengqelweni ndabona umlindi, ongcwele, esihla evela ezulwini. ^a a v13 “Umlindi” sisinye sezithunywa zikaThixo ezingcwele, apha esithunywe ukuba sizalisekise isigwebo phezu kokumkani — sisithunywa sasezulwini, asinguThixo ngokwakhe.

¹⁴Wamemeza wathi: Wugawuleni umthi, niwanqumle amasebe awo, niwahluthe amagqabi awo, nisichithachithe isiqhamo sawo. Mazibaleke izilo phantsi kwawo, neentaka emasebeni awo. ¹⁵Kodwa nisishiye isikhondo seengcambu zawo ehlabathini, sibotshwe ngothango lwesinyithi nobhedu, phakathi kotyani basendle. Makanyakamiswe ngombethe wezulu, isabelo sakhe sibe namarhamncwa asendle phakathi kotyani behlabathi. ¹⁶Ingqondo yakhe yomntu mayisuswe, anikwe ingqondo yerhamncwa, kudlule phezu kwakhe amaxesha asixhenxe. ¹⁷Isigwebo singowomthetho wabalindi, nesigqibo singowelizwi labangcwele, ukuze abaphilayo bazi ukuba Osenyangweni ulawula phezu kobukumkani babantu, amnike lowo athanda ukumnika, ammise phezu kwabo lowo uthobeke kunabo bonke abantu.’

¹⁸Eli liphupha mna Nebhukadenetsare ukumkani endalibonayo. Khawundixelele isityhilo salo, Bheliteshatsare, kuba izilumko zobukumkani bam azinako ukulityhila kum, kodwa wena unako—umoya woothixo abangcwele ukhona kuwe.

UDaniyeli Uthetha Inyaniso Enzima

¹⁹Waza uDaniyeli, obizwa ngokuba nguBheliteshatsare, wothuka umzuzwana, ekhwankqiswa zizicamango zakhe. Ukumkani wathi: “Bheliteshatsare, musa ukuvuma ukuba iphupha nesityhilo salo likwothuse.” Waphendula uBheliteshatsare wathi: “Nkosi yam, ngamana iphupha libe lelabo bakuthiyayo, nesityhilo salo sibe ngesezintshaba zakho!”

²⁰Umthi owawubonayo, owakhulayo womelela, incam yawo yafika ezulwini, wabonakala kulo lonke ihlabathi, ²¹onamagqabi amahle, nesiqhamo esininzi, ukudla kwabo bonke—izilo zasendle zahlala phantsi kwawo, neentaka zesibhakabhaka zakhela emasebeni awo, ²²nguwe, kumkani—wena ukhulile waza womelela; ubukhulu bakho bukhulile, bafika ezulwini, ulawulo lwakho lufika eziphelweni zehlabathi.

²³Ngenxa yokuba ukumkani wabona umlindi, ongcwele, esihla evela ezulwini, esithi: Wugawuleni umthi, niwutshabalalise—kodwa nisishiye isikhondo seengcambu zawo emhlabeni, sibotshwe ngothango lwesinyithi nobhedu phakathi kotyani basendle. Makanyakamiswe ngombethe wezulu; isabelo sakhe sibe namarhamncwa asendle, kude kudlule phezu kwakhe amaxesha asixhenxe. ²⁴Sesi ke isityhilo, kumkani wam: umthetho woSenyangweni ufikile phezu kwenkosi yam ukumkani, ²⁵uya kugxothwa ebantwini, uhlale phakathi kwamarhamncwa asendle, udle utyani njengeenkomo, unyakamiswe ngombethe wezulu, kude kudlule phezu kwakho amaxesha asixhenxe, uze wazi ukuba Osenyangweni ulawula ubukumkani babantu, amnike nabani na amnyulileyo. ²⁶Umyalelo wokushiya isikhondo neengcambu zawo emhlabeni: ubukumkani bakho buya kubuyiselwa kuwe uthe wakwazi ukuba liZulu elilawulayo. ²⁷Ngoko ke, kumkani, lamkele icebo lam: yahlukana nezono zakho ngobulungisa, nokungalungisi kwakho ngenceba kumahlwempu, ukuze ukuchuma kwakho kuhlale kukho.

Ukukratsha Kwathotywa

²⁸Konke oku kwafika phezu kokumkani uNebhukadenetsare. ²⁹Emva kweenyanga ezilishumi elinambini, wayehambahamba phezu kwendlu yokumkani yaseBhabhilon.

³⁰Wathi ukumkani: “Asiyiyo na le iBhabhilon enkulu endiyakhileyo yaba yindlu yokumkani ngamandla am amakhulu, ukuze ndizukise ubungangamsha bam?”

³¹Loo mazwi ayesesekho emlonyeni wokumkani, kwaza kwawa izwi livela ezulwini, lisithi: “Kumkani Nebhukadenetsare, kuthethwa oku kuwe: ubukumkani bumkile kuwe. ³²Uya kugxothwa ebantwini, uhlale namarhamncwa asendle, udle utyani njengenkomo. Aya kudlula phezu kwakho amaxesha asixhenxe, ude wazi ukuba Osenyangweni ulawula ubukumkani babantu, amnike nabani na amthandayo.”

³³Kwangoko lazaliseka elo lizwi kuNebhukadenetsare: wagxothwa ebantwini, wadla utyani njengeenkomo, umzimba wakhe wanyakamiswa ngumbethe wezulu, zada iinwele zakhe zaba njengeentsiba zokhozi, neenzipho zakhe zaba njengamazipho eentaka.

UNebhukadenetsare Ubuyiselwa Nokuthotywa

³⁴Ekupheleni kwaloo mihla, mna Nebhukadenetsare, ndawaphakamisela ezulwini amehlo am, yaza yabuyela kum ingqondo yam. Ndambonga Osenyangweni, ndamdumisa ndamzukisa Lowo uphila ngonaphakade, olawulo lwakhe lungunaphakade, nobukumkani bakhe busuka kwizizukulwana busiya kwizizukulwana.

³⁵Bonke abemi behlabathi babalwa njengabangento, yaye wenza ngokuthanda kwakhe phakathi komkhosi wasemazulwini naphakathi kwabemi behlabathi; akukho namnye onokusithintela isandla sakhe, nokuthi kuye: “Wenze ntoni na?”

³⁶Ngelo xesha yabuya ingqondo yam; nobungangamsha bam nobuqaqawuli bam babuyela ngenxa yozuko lobukumkani bam. Abacebisi bam nabanumzana bam bandifuna; ndabuyiselwa phezu kobukumkani bam, kwaza kwongezelelwa kum ubukhulu obugqithiseleyo. ³⁷Ngoku mna Nebhukadenetsare, ndiyamdumisa, ndiyamphakamisa, ndiyamzukisa uKumkani wasezulwini, kuba yonke imisebenzi yakhe ilungile, neendlela zakhe zisesikweni; abo bahamba ngekratshi unako ukubawisa.