UHlaziyo-mnqophiso 1 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

1 ¹La ngamazwi awawathethayo uMoses kuwo onke amaSirayeli ngaphesheya kweYordan, entlango, eArabha malunga neSuph, phakathi kweParan neTofele, neLabhan, neHatseroti, neDizahabhi. ²Luhambo lweentsuku ezilishumi elinanye ukusuka eHorebhe ngendlela yentaba yaseSehire ukuya eKadeshe-bharneha. ³Ngomnyaka wamashumi amane, ngenyanga yeshumi elinanye, ngosuku lokuqala, uMoses wabaxelela amaSirayeli konke awayemyalele ngako uBawo wethu ngenxa yawo, ⁴emva kokuba wamxabela uSihon ukumkani wama-Amori, owayehleli eHeshbhon, noOgi ukumkani waseBhashan, owayehleli eAshtaroti nase-Edreyi. ⁵Ngaphesheya kweYordan, ezweni lakwaMowabhi, uMoses waqala ukuwucacisa lo myalelo, esithi:

⁶UBawo wethu wathetha kuthi eHorebhe, esithi: “Senithe nade nahlala kule ntaba.

⁷Jikani ninduluke niye ezintabeni zama-Amori, nakubo bonke abamelwane bawo—eArabha, ezintabeni, nasesihlanjeni, nasezantsi, naselunxwemeni lolwandle—ezweni lamaKanan, naseLebhanon, nide niye emlanjeni omkhulu, umEfrati. ⁸Khangela, ndilibekile ilizwe phambi kwenu. Ngenani nilidle ilizwe endalifungela ooyihlo—uAbraham, noIsake, noYakobi—ukuba ndiya kubanika lona nembewu yabo emva kwabo.”

Umthwalo Owabelwayo

⁹Ngelo xesha ndathi kuni: “Andinako ukunithwala ndedwa. ¹⁰UBawo wenu unandisile, naye namhla nibaninzi nanjengeenkwenkwezi zezulu. ¹¹UBawo wethu makanandise ngamawaka alishumi, aninandise njengoko wanithembisayo, anisikelele. ¹²Ndingathini na ukuthwala ndedwa uxanduva lwenu nomthwalo wenu nembambano yenu? ¹³Zikhetheleni ezizweni zenu amadoda azizilumko, anengqondo, anamava, ndiwamise abe ziintloko zenu.”

¹⁴Naza nandiphendula, nathi: “Yinto elungileyo le uthethe ngayo ukuba siyenze.” ¹⁵Ndaza ndathabatha iintloko zezizwe zenu—amadoda azizilumko, anamava—ndawenza iinkokeli phezu kwenu: abathetheli-waka, nabathetheli-khulu, nabaphethe amashumi amahlanu, nabaphethe amashumi, nababhali bezizwe zenu. ¹⁶Ngelo xesha ndabayalela abagwebi benu, ndathi: “Phulaphulani amatyala phakathi kwabanakwenu, nigwebe ngobulungisa phakathi kwendoda nomzalwana wayo, nomphambukeli onaye. ¹⁷Ningakhethi buso ekugwebeni; phulaphulani omncinane nomkhulu ngokufanayo. Ningoyiki bani, kuba umgwebo ngokaBawo wethu. Nalithi ityala elinzima kuni, nilizise kum; ndolimamela.” ¹⁸Ndaza ndaniyalela ngelo xesha zonke izinto enimelwe kukuzenza.

Amadoda Alishumi Elinamabini Aya Ezweni

¹⁹Sanduluka eHorebhe, sayicanda yonke loo ntlango inkulu eyoyikekayo naniyibonayo, sisinga ezintabeni zama-Amori, njengoko uBawo wethu wasiyalelayo, saza safika eKadeshe-bharneha. ²⁰Ndathi kuni: Nifikile ezintabeni zama-Amori, asinikayo uBawo wethu. ²¹Khangela, uBawo wakho ulibekile ilizwe phambi kwakho. Nyuka, ulidle, njengoko uBawo wethu wathembisayo. Musa ukoyika, ungadimazeki.

²²Naza nonke nasondela kum, nathi: “Masithume amadoda aqale ahambe asihlolele ilizwe, abuye asizise udaba ngendlela esinokunyuka ngayo, nangemizi esiya kufika kuyo.”

²³Yalunga kum loo nto, ndaza ndathabatha amadoda alishumi elinamabini kuni, indoda inye kwisizwe ngasinye. ²⁴Ajika enyuka esiya ezintabeni, afika esihlanjeni sakwaEshekoli, asihlola. ²⁵Athabatha enye yeziqhamo zelo zwe ezandleni zawo, azisa kuthi, asixelela, athi: “Lihle ilizwe asinikayo uBawo wethu.”

Ukwala kwamaSirayeli

²⁶Kodwa anithandanga ukunyuka, naza naphikisana nomyalelo kaBawo wenu. ²⁷Nakrokra ke ezintenteni zenu, nathi: “Ngenxa yokuba uThixo usithiyile, usikhuphile ezweni laseYiputa, ukuze asinikele ezandleni zama-Amori, ukuba asitshabalalise. ^a a v27 Apha abantu bamangalela uBawo wethu ngokuchasene nkqu nentliziyo yakhe — bubuxoki obudala bokuba uBawo akabathandi abantwana bakhe, kanti enyanisweni wayebathwele yonke indlela. ²⁸Sinyukela phi na? Abazalwana bethu bayinyibilikisile intliziyo yethu, besithi: ‘Luhlanga olukhulu, olude kunathi; imizi emikhulu enodonga oluya esibhakabhakeni; kananjalo sabona oonyana baka-Anaki khona.’” ^b b v28 Ama-Anaki ayesisizwe samagorha ade ayesoyikwa kulo lonke elakwaKanan.

²⁹Ndaza ndathi kuni: “Musani ukuthi qhiphu umbilini, ningaboyiki. ³⁰UBawo wenu, ohamba phambi kwenu, yena ngokwakhe uya kunilwela, njengoko wanenzelayo eYiputa, phambi kwamehlo enu, ³¹nasentlango, apho nabona uBawo wenu enithwele, njengokuba uyise ethwala unyana wakhe, kuyo yonke indlela enayihambayo nide nafika kule ndawo.”

³²Kodwa noko kwaba njalo anakholwa nguBawo wenu, ³³owayehamba phambi kwenu endleleni, enihlolela indawo yokumisa iintente zenu—ngomlilo ebusuku, ngelifu emini—enibonisa indlela enohamba ngayo.

³⁴Waza uBawo wethu weva oko nakuthethayo, waqumba, wafunga,

³⁵esithi: “Akukho namnye kula madoda, kwesi sizukulwana singendawo, oya kulibona ilizwe elihle endalifungela ooyihlo, ³⁶ngaphandle koKalebhi unyana kaYefune. Yena uya kulibona, ndaye ndiya kumnika ilizwe awanyathela kulo, noonyana bakhe, ngenxa yokuba wamzalisekisa ukumlandela uBawo wethu.’

³⁷“UBawo wethu wandiqumbela nam ngenxa yenu, esithi: ‘Nawe akuyi kungena khona.’ ³⁸UYoshuwa unyana kaNun, omiyo phambi kwakho, nguye oya kungena khona. Momeleze; kuba yena uya kubadlisa amaSirayeli ilifa labo. ³⁹Abantwana benu abancinane, enathi baya kuba lixhoba, noonyana benu, abangazi namhla okulungileyo nokubi—bona baya kungena kulo. Ndiya kubanika lona, balidle. ⁴⁰Ke nina—jikani ninduluke niye entlango ngendlela yoLwandle oluBomvu.”

⁴¹Nandiphendula, nathi: “Sonile kuBawo wethu. Siya kwenyuka silwe, njengoko asiyalele uBawo wethu.” Elowo kuni wanxiba izikhali zakhe, ecinga ukuba kulula ukunyuka niye ezintabeni.

⁴²Wathi uBawo wethu kum: “Yithi kubo: ‘Ningenyuki ningalwi, kuba andikho phakathi kwenu; hleze nibulawe phambi kweentshaba zenu.’”

⁴³Ndathetha kuni, kodwa anaphulaphula. Nawuphikisa umlomo kaBawo wethu, nakhukhumala, nanyuka naya ezintabeni. ⁴⁴Aphuma ama-Amori abehleli kuloo ntaba, eza kuni, anisukela njengeenyosi, anitshayela eSehire, esa eHorma. ⁴⁵Nabuya, nalila phambi koBawo wethu; kodwa uBawo wethu akaliva ilizwi lenu, akaniphulaphula. ⁴⁶Nahlala eKadeshe iintsuku ezininzi, iintsuku ezininzi enahlala khona.