KumaHebhere 11 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

11 ¹Ke kaloku ukholo kukuqiniseka ngezinto ezithenjwayo, ukuqinisekiswa kwezinto ezingabonwayo. ²Kuba ngalo abantu bamandulo bazuza isincomo sabo. ³Ngokholo siyaqonda ukuba ilizwi likaBawo wethu lilo elayenzayo indalo yonke, ngokokuze into ebonwayo ingaveli kwinto ebonakalayo.

⁴Ngokholo uAbheli wamzisela uBawo wethu umnikelo ongcono kunowakaKayin, awathi ngawo wangqinwa ukuba ulilungisa, uBawo wethu emncoma ngokwamkela izipho zakhe. Nangona wafayo, ngokholo lwakhe usathetha.

⁵Ngokholo uEnoki wanyuselwa phezulu, engakubonanga ukufa, akafunyanwa, ngokuba uBawo wethu wayemthabathile. Phambi kokuthatyathwa kwakhe, wangqinwa ukuba uyamkholisa uBawo wethu. ⁶Ngaphandle kokholo akunakwenzeka ukumkholisa: lowo osondelayo kuBawo wethu umelwe kukukholwa ukuba ukho, nokuba ubavuza abo bamfuna ngenyaniso.

⁷Ngokholo uNowa, elunyukisiwe ngezinto ezazingekabonakali, wakha inqanawa ngentlonipho ukuze asindise abendlu yakhe. Ngayo waligweba ihlabathi, waza waba yindlalifa yobulungisa bokholo.

⁸Ngokholo uAbraham wathobela akubizwa ukuba aye kwindawo awayeya kuyamkela ibe lilifa, waphuma engazi apho asingise khona. ⁹Ngokholo waphila elizweni ledinga njengelasemzini, ehlala ezintenteni kunye no-Isake noYakobi, iindlalifa zedinga elinye. ¹⁰Kuba wayewulindele umzi oneziseko, ongumyili nomakhi wawo nguBawo wethu.

¹¹Ngokholo kwanaye uSara wamkela amandla okukhawula, nangona wayedlule iminyaka, ngokuba wayethembe lowo wayedingile ukuba uthembekile. ¹²Ngenxa yoko kwindoda enye—ebisele ifana nefileyo—kwazalwa inzala eninzi njengeenkwenkwezi zezulu, engenakubalwa njengentlabathi eselunxwemeni lolwandle.

¹³Bonke aba bafa benokholo, bengayamkelanga into eyayithenjisiwe—kodwa beyibona ikude, beyamkela, bevuma ukuba babengabasemzini nabafiki ehlabathini. ¹⁴Kuba abo bathetha oku babonisa ukuba bafuna ikhaya elilelabo. ¹⁵Ukuba babebukhumbula ilizwe ababelishiyile, ngebabe nethuba lokubuyela kulo. ¹⁶Kodwa kunjalo nje, banqwenela ilizwe elingcono—elasezulwini. Ngenxa yoko uBawo wethu akanazintloni ukubizwa ngokuba nguBawo wabo: ubalungisele umzi. ^a a v16 IncwadiyamaHebhere iphinda-phinda isivumelwano somnqophiso weTestamente eNdala — 'Ndiya kuba nguThixo wabo, babe ngabantu bam' — awathi uBawo wethu wasoloko ekuthetha ngokomndeni: 'Ndiya kuba nguBawo wabo, babe ngabantwana bam.' Akanazintloni ngegama lomndeni.

¹⁷Ngokholo uAbraham, elingwa, wanikela ngo-Isake; lowo wayewamkele amadinga wayenikela ngonyana wakhe okuphela kwakhe,

¹⁸lowo kwakuthethwe ngaye kwathiwa: “Ngo-Isake iya kubizwa ngaye inzala yakho.”

¹⁹Wayecinga ukuba uBawo wethu angamvusa nakwabafileyo—waza, ngomzekeliso, wamfumana evela khona.

²⁰Ngokholo u-Isake wamsikelela uYakobi noEsawu ngezinto ezizayo.

²¹Ngokholo uYakobi, esifa, wasikelela ngamnye koonyana bakaYosefu, wanqula, eyame encochoyini yentonga yakhe.

²²Ngokholo, esifa, uYosefu wakhankanya ukuphuma koonyana bakaSirayeli, waza wawisa umthetho ngamathambo akhe.

²³Ngokholo abazali bakaMoses bamfihla iinyanga ezintathu emva kokuzalwa kwakhe, bebona ukuba ngumntwana omhle, bengaloyiki umthetho wokumkani.

²⁴Ngokholo uMoses, akuba emdala, wala ukubizwa ngokuba ngunyana wentombi kaFaro, ²⁵ekhetha ukuphathwa kakubi kunye nabantu bakaBawo wethu kunokuba azuze iziyolo zesono ezidlulayo. ²⁶Wabona ukuba ubugxwayiba bukaKrestu bubutyebi obukhulu kunobuncwane baseYiputa, ngokuba wayebheke kuwo umvuzo. ²⁷Ngokholo waphuma eYiputa, engawoyiki umsindo wokumkani, enyamezela ngokungathi ubona uBawo wethu, ongenakubonwa. ²⁸Ngokholo wayigcina ipasika nokufefwa kwegazi, ukuze umonakalisi wamazibulo angabachukumisi.

²⁹Ngokholo bawela uLwandle oluBomvu njengasemhlabeni owomileyo; amaYuda, ewuzama kwangaloo nto, aginywa.

³⁰Ngokholo iindonga zaseYeriko zawa emva kokuba zijikelezwe iintsuku ezisixhenxe.

³¹Ngokholo uRahabhi ihenyukazi akazange afe kunye nabo bangathobelanga, ngokuba wamkela ngoxolo iintlola.

³²Ndingathini na ukuthetha? Ixesha liyandiphelela ukubalisa ngoGidiyon, noBharaki, noSamson, noYifeta, noDavide noSamuweli nabaprofeti, ³³abathi ngokholo boyisa izikumkani, benza ubulungisa, bazuza amadinga, bawuvingca umlomo weengonyama, ³⁴bawucima amandla omlilo, basinda emlonyeni wekrele, bomelela beselubuthathakeni, baba namandla emfazweni, baza babuyisa imikhosi yeentlanga. ³⁵Abafazi bamkela abafileyo babo ngovuko; abanye bathuthunjelwa, besala ukukhululwa, ukuze bazuze uvuko olungcono. ³⁶Abanye kwakhona banyamezela ukugculelwa nokutyakatywa, kwaneentambo nokuvalelwa entolongweni. ³⁷Baxulutywa ngamatye, basarhwa kabini, babulawa ngekrele. Bahamba bethwele izikhumba zezimvu nezikhumba zeebhokhwe—behlwempuzekile, bebandezelwa, bephathwa kakubi. ³⁸Ihlabathi lalingabafanele—babhadula ezintlango, nasezintabeni, nasemiqolombeni, nasemingxunyeni yomhlaba.

³⁹Kodwa bonke aba, nangona bangqinelwa ngokholo lwabo, abayamkelanga into eyayithenjisiwe, ⁴⁰ngokuba uBawo wethu wasilungiselela into engcono thina, ukuze bangafezekiswa ngaphandle kwethu.