KumaGalati 4 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

4 ¹Ndithetha oku: lo gama indlalifa ingumntwana, ayahlukananga nakhoboka, nangona iyeyona nkosi yezinto zonke. ²Iphantsi kwabaphathi nabagcini-mpahla, kude kufike ixesha elimiselwe nguyise. ³Ngokunjalo nathi, oko sasingabantwana, sasingamakhoboka, siphantsi kwemimoya elawula yehlabathi. ^a a v3 'Imimoya elawulayo' ibhekisa kumandla asisiseko emimoya nokuba yimigaqo elawulayo eyayilawula ubomi babantu phambi kokuza kukaKrestu. ⁴Kuthe ke xa lifikile ngokupheleleyo ixesha, uBawo wethu wathuma uNyana wakhe, wazalwa ngumfazi, wazalwa ephantsi komthetho, ⁵ukuze abakhulule abo baphantsi komthetho, size samkeleke njengoonyana. ^b b v5 Ukubuyiselwa ebunyaneni obupheleleyo: uBawo wethu enika umntwana wakhe imbeko epheleleyo yonyana — amalungelo apheleleyo, ilifa elipheleleyo, ukuba ngowasekhaya ngokupheleleyo. Asingombandela wasemthethweni okude, koko lusapho awasenzela lona.

⁶Yaye ngenxa yokuba ningoonyana, uBawo wethu wathuma uMoya woNyana wakhe ezintliziyweni zethu, udanduluka usithi: “Abba, Bawo!” ^c c v6 “Abba” lalingumkhakho kaYesu ngokwakhe othanda kuBawo wethu — igama umntwana alisebenzisa ngoyena mzali umthandayo. Ngenxa yoMoya woNyana wakhe, uBawo wethu ubeka wona lo mkhakho emlonyeni wawo onke oonyana neentombi ezibuyiselweyo.

⁷Ngoko awusekhoboka, koko ungunyana; ukuba ke ungunyana, uyindlalifa ngoBawo wethu.

UBawo Ukwazi Ngegama

⁸Ngaloo mihla, ningamazi uBawo wethu, naningamakhoboka kwabo bangengobothixo ngokwemvelo. ⁹Kodwa ngoku nje nimazile uBawo wethu—kungcono ke, naziwa nguBawo wethu—ningathini na ukubuyela kwakhona kuloo mimoya elawula ebuthathaka, engento yanto? Nifuna ukubuya nibe ngamakhoboka ayo kwakhona? ¹⁰Niyayigcina imihla neenyanga namaxesha amisiweyo neminyaka! ¹¹Ndinoloyiko ngani—hleze umsebenzi wam phakathi kwenu ube lilize. ¹²Yibani njengam, bazalwana, kuba nam ndaba njengani. Anindonanga nto. ¹³Niyazi ukuba ndaniqala ukunishumayeza iindaba ezilungileyo ngenxa yesifo senyama, ¹⁴nangona isifo sam sasilulingo kuni, anindidelanga, aninicekisanga. Koko nandamkela njengesithunywa sikaBawo wethu—njengoKrestu uYesu ngokwakhe. ¹⁵Luphi na ke ngoku uyolo lwenu? Ndiyangqina ukuba ngeningqwenge amehlo enu, nawanika mna, ukuba beninako. ¹⁶Ngaba ndiye ndaba lutshaba lwenu ngoku ngokunixelela inyaniso? ¹⁷Banikhwelelela ngenzondelelo, kodwa kungekuhle; bafuna ukunivalela ngaphandle, ukuze nibakhwelelele ngenzondelelo. ¹⁸Ukuzondelela into elungileyo kuhlala kulungile—kungekuphela nje xa ndinani.

¹⁹Bantwana bam, endiphinda ndibe senimbeni ngani, ade uKrestu abunjwe ngaphakathi kwenu. ²⁰Ndanga ngendikunye nani ngoku, nditshintshe ilizwi lam—kuba ndixakiwe ngani.

UHagare noSara: Iminqophiso Emibini

²¹Khanindixelele, nina nifuna ukuba phantsi komthetho, aniwuphulaphuli na umthetho? ²²Kuba isibhalo sithi uAbraham waye enoonyana ababini, omnye ezelwe ngumkhonzazana, omnye ezelwe ngumfazi okhululekileyo. ²³Lowo wonyana womkhonzazana wazalwa ngokwenyama; ke yena unyana womfazi okhululekileyo, wazalwa ngedinga. ²⁴Ezi zinto zingumzekeliso: aba bafazi bamela iminqophiso emibini. Omnye, ovela entabeni yaseSinayi, uzala abantwana ebukhobokeni—lo nguHagare. ²⁵UHagare umela intaba yaseSinayi kwelaseArabiya, afane neYerusalem yale mihla, kuba isebukhobokeni kunye nabantwana bayo. ²⁶Kodwa iYerusalem engasentla ikhululekile, yaye ingunina wethu.

²⁷Kuba kubhaliwe kwathiwa: Vuya, mfazi ulidlolo ongazaliyo; qhuma udume, wena ungenanimba; umfazi oshiyiweyo unabantwana abaninzi kunaye lowo unendoda.

²⁸Nina ke, bazalwana, njengoIsake, ningabantwana bedinga. ²⁹Kodwa njengokuba ngaloo mhla lowo wazalwa ngendlela eqhelekileyo wamtshutshisa lowo wazalwa ngokoMoya, kunjalo nangoku. ³⁰Kodwa sithini na isibhalo? “Mgxothe umkhonzazana nonyana wakhe, kuba unyana womkhonzazana akayi kuze alidle ilifa kunye nonyana womfazi okhululekileyo.” ³¹Ngoko ke, bazalwana, asingabantwana bomkhonzazana, koko ngabomfazi okhululekileyo.