Amava Engqondi 7 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

7 ¹Igama elihle lingcono kunamafutha aqholiweyo axabisekileyo, nomhla wokufa ungcono kunomhla wokuzalwa. ²Kungcono ukuya endlwini yokulila kunokuya endlwini yetheko, kuba sisiphelo somntu wonke oko, baze abaphilayo bakubeke entliziyweni. ³Usizi lungcono kunentsini, kuba ubuso obudanileyo bulungele intliziyo. ⁴Intliziyo yezilumko isendlwini yokulila, kodwa intliziyo yeziyatha isendlwini yolonwabo. ⁵Kungcono ukuva ukukhalinyelwa kwezilumko kunokuva ingoma yeziyatha. ⁶Kuba njengokugqekreza kwemithana enameva phantsi kwembiza, injalo intsini yesiyatha. Nako oku kokwethutyana. ⁷Inene ingcinezelo yenza isilumko sibe sisiyatha, size isicengo sonakalise intliziyo. ⁸Isiphelo sento singcono kunesiqalo sayo, nomoya onomonde ungcono kunomoya onekratshi. ⁹Musa ukukhawuleza emoyeni wakho ukuba nomsindo, kuba umsindo uhlala esifubeni seziyatha. ¹⁰Musa ukuthi: “Kungani na ukuba imihla yangaphambili ibe ngcono kunale?” Kuba akuveli ebulumkweni ukubuza oku. ¹¹Ubulumko bulungile xa bunelifa, buyinzuzo kwabo babona ilanga. ^a a v11 Amazwi athi 'abo babona ilanga' yintetho yesiHebhere ebhekisa kwabaphilayo — abo basaphila. ¹²Kuba ubulumko buyikhusi, njengokuba nemali injalo, kodwa inzuzo yolwazi yile: ubulumko bulondoloza ubomi balowo unabo. ¹³Qwalasela umsebenzi kaThixo: ngubani onokulungisa oko akwenze kwagoba? ¹⁴Ngomhla wempumelelo yiba novuyo, uze ngomhla wentlekele uqwalasele: uThixo wenze lo mhla kwanaloo mhla, ukuze kungabikho mntu ufumana nto eyakuza emva kwakhe.

¹⁵Ngemihla yam yethutyana ndizibonile zonke izinto: ilungisa lifa ebulungiseni balo, nongendawo ephila ixesha elide ebubini bakhe. ¹⁶Musa ukuba lilungisa ngokugqithiseleyo, ungazenzi usisilumko ngokugqithiseleyo; yini na ukuba uzitshabalalise? ¹⁷Musa ukuba ngendawo ngokugqithiseleyo, ungabi sisiyatha — yini na ukuba ufe lingekafiki ixesha lakho? ¹⁸Kulungile ukubambelela koku, ungayeki nako oko, kuba lowo woyika uThixo uphuma kuko kokubini. ¹⁹Ubulumko benza isilumko somelele ngaphezu kwabalawuli abalishumi abasemzini. ²⁰Inene akukho mntu ulilungisa emhlabeni owenza okulungileyo angaze one. ²¹Kananjalo, musa ukubeka entliziyweni yonke into ethethwa ngabantu, hleze uve umkhonzi wakho ekutshabhisa, ²²kuba intliziyo yakho iyazi ukuba izihlandlo ezininzi nawe watshabhisa abanye. ²³Konke oku ndakucikida ngobulumko. Ndathi: “Ndizimisele ukuba sisilumko” — kodwa kwaba kude kum. ²⁴Nantoni na ekhoyo ikude yaye inzulu, inzulu kakhulu — ngubani onokuyifumanisa? ²⁵Ndayibhekisa intliziyo yam ukuba ndazi, ndihlole, ndifune ubulumko nesimbuku sezinto, ndize ndazi ububi bobuyatha, nobuyatha obubugeza. ²⁶Ndafumana umfazi ekrakra ngaphezu kokufa: intliziyo yakhe zizirhintyelo neminatha, izandla zakhe yimixokelelwane. Olungileyo phambi koThixo uyamsinda, kodwa umoni ubanjwa nguye.

²⁷“Khangela, koku endakufumanayo,” utsho uMfundisi, “ndidibanisa into nenye ukuze ndifumane isimbuku, ²⁸endaqhubeka umphefumlo wam uyifuna kodwa ndangayifumana. Indoda enye kwiwaka ndafumana, kodwa umfazi phakathi kwaba bonke andifumananga. ²⁹Khangela, koku kuphela endakufumanayo: uThixo wabenza abantu bathe tye, kodwa bona bazifunela amacebo amaninzi.”