Eyeziqalo 38 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

38 ¹Ngelo xesha uYuda wemka kubazalwana bakhe, waya kwindoda yase-Adulam egama linguHira. ²Apho uYuda wabona intombi yomKanan ogama linguShuwa. Wayizeka, walala nayo. ³Wakhawula, wazala unyana, waza uYuda wamthiya igama elingu-Ere. ⁴Waphinda wakhawula, wazala unyana, wamthiya igama elingu-Onan. ⁵Waphinda wazala omnye unyana, wamthiya igama elinguShela; wayeseKezibhi xa wayemzala. ⁶UYuda wamzekela umfazi unyana wakhe wamazibulo uEre; igama lakhe lalinguTamar. ⁷Kodwa uEre, izibulo likaYuda, wayengendawo phambi koBawo wethu, waza uBawo wethu wambulala. ⁸Waza uYuda wathi ku-Onan: “Lala nomfazi womkhuluwa wakho, wenze umsebenzi wakho njengomkhozi wakhe, umvusele umkhuluwa wakho inzala.” ^a a v8 Ngokwesiko lamandulo, indoda ekwafa umntakwabo engenabantwana yayifanele izale umntwana nomhlolokazi ukuze kuqhutyekwe igama lomntakwabo — ngumsebenzi awala ukuwenza uOnan. ⁹Kodwa uOnan wayesazi ukuba umntwana lowo akayi kuba ngowakhe, ngoko ke xa elala nomfazi womkhuluwa wakhe, wayechitha imbewu yakhe emhlabeni, ukuze angamzaleli mntwana umkhuluwa wakhe. ¹⁰Oko wakwenzayo kwakungendawo emehlweni oBawo wethu, ngoko wambulala naye. ¹¹UYuda wathi kumolokazana wakhe uTamar: “Hlala ungumhlolokazi endlwini kayihlo de akhule unyana wam uShela”—ecinga esithi: “Hleze afe njengabantakwabo.” Ngoko uTamar wahlala endlwini kayise.

¹²Emva kwexesha elide, wafa umfazi kaYuda, intombi kaShuwa. Akuba ethuthuzelekile uYuda, wenyuka yena nomhlobo wakhe uHira umAdulam, baya kubachebi bakhe beegusha eTimna. ¹³UTamar waxelelwa kwathiwa: “Uyihlozala unyuka esiya eTimna ukuya kucheba iigusha zakhe.” ¹⁴Ngoko wazikhulula iingubo zakhe zobuhlolokazi, wazigquma ngesigqubuthelo, wazisonga, wahlala emnyango wase-Enayim ekuhleni kwendlela eya eTimna—kuba wabona ukuba uShela wayesekhulile, kodwa yena wayenganikwanga kuye ukuba abe ngumfazi wakhe. ¹⁵Akumbona uYuda, wacinga ukuba lihenyukazi, kuba wayebugqubuthele ubuso bakhe. ¹⁶Waphambukela kuye endleleni, wathi: “Mandilale nawe”—engazi ukuba ngumolokazana wakhe. Wathi yena: “Uya kundinika ntoni ukuze ulale nam?”

¹⁷Wathi: “Ndiya kukuthumela itakane lebhokhwe elivela emhlambini.” Wathi yena: “Uya kundinika isibambiso na ude ulithumele?”

¹⁸Wathi: “Ndikunike isibambiso esinjani na?” Wathi yena: “Itywina lakho, nomtya walo, nentonga esesandleni sakho.” Wazinika kuye, walala naye, waza wamithi kuye.

¹⁹Wasuka wemka, wasikhulula isigqubuthelo sakhe, wabuye wanxiba iingubo zakhe zobuhlolokazi. ²⁰UYuda walithumela itakane lebhokhwe ngomhlobo wakhe umAdulam, ukuze abuyise isibambiso kulo mfazi, kodwa akaba samfumana. ²¹Wabuza amadoda akuloo ndawo, wathi: “Liphi na ihenyukazi lesithethe elalisecaleni kwendlela e-Enayim?” Athi wona: “Akuzange kubekho henyukazi lesithethe apha.”

²²Wabuyela kuYuda, wathi: “Andimfumananga, kananjalo amadoda akuloo ndawo athe akuzange kubekho henyukazi lesithethe apho.” ²³Waza uYuda wathi: “Makazigcine ke, hleze sihlekwe. Ndimthumele eli takane lebhokhwe, kodwa wena akumfumananga.”

²⁴Emva kweentsuku ezimalunga neenyanga ezintathu, uYuda waxelelwa kwathiwa: “Umolokazana wakho uTamar uhenyuzile, kwaye ngoku ukhulelwe ngenxa yoko.” Wathi uYuda: “Mkhupheleni phandle nimtshise!”

²⁵Akubon’ukuba uyakhutshwa, wathumela ilizwi kuyihlozala, wathi: “Ndikhulelwe yindoda enezi zinto. Khawujonge ukuba ngelikabani na eli tywina, nomtya, nentonga.”

²⁶UYuda wazinakana ezi zinto, wathi: “Ulilungisa kunam, ngenxa yokuba ndingamnikanga unyana wam uShela.” Akaphinda walala naye.

²⁷Kuthe xa lifika ixesha lakhe lokuzala, kwabakho amawele esizalweni sakhe. ²⁸Akubon’ukuba uyazala, elinye lakhupha isandla. Umzalisikazi wabophelela kuso umsonto obomvu, wathi: “Eli liphume kuqala.” ²⁹Ithe isandla sakhe sibuyela umva, kwaphuma umntakwabo, waza wathi: “Hayi ukuzifohlela kwakho!” Ngoko umntakwabo ophumileyo wathiywa igama elinguPeretse. ^b b v29 UPeretse — ogama lakhe lithetha ‘ukufohla’ — uba ngukhokho kakumkani uDavide, kananjalo ngoDavide abe ngukhokho kaYesu (Mateyu 1:3, Rute 4:18-22). UBawo wethu uluka umnombo woNyana wakhe esebenzisa esi sahluko esibonakala singenakwenzeka, ehlonela ukuthembeka kukaTamar, eqalisa umnombo ophelela emkhombeni. ³⁰Emva koko kwaphuma umntakwabo onomsonto obomvu esandleni sakhe, wathiywa igama elinguZera. ^c c v30 Igama elinguZera linxulumene ‘nokuqaqamba’ okanye ‘nokusa.’