UHosiya 4 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

4 ¹Yivani ilizwi likaBawo wethu, nina bantwana bakwaSirayeli, kuba unesimangalo nabemi beli lizwe: akukho kuthembeka, akukho luthando lomnqophiso, akukho kwazi mntu ngaye kweli lizwe. ^a a v1 UBawo wethu uzisa isimangalo somnqophiso ebantwini bakhe — kungekhona njengomgwebi okwimbo, kodwa njengoBawo owonzakeleyo ebalula ukuthembeka, uthando, nokwaziwa kwakhe abakuphulukeneyo. ²Kukho ukufunga nokuxoka kuphela, ukubulala nokuba nokukrexeza; bawaphula onke amabophelelo, igazi lilandela igazi. ³Ngenxa yoko ilizwe liyazila, kwaphela nabo bonke abahleli kulo, kunye neenyamakazi zasendle neentaka zesibhakabhaka; kwaneentlanzi zolwandle ziyakhukuliswa.

⁴Kodwa makungabikho bani umangalelayo, makungabikho bani ubekayo ityala, kuba abantu bakho banjengabo babambana nombingeleli. ^b b v4 Ukuxabana nombingeleli kwakuthetha ukumala lowo umiselwe ukumela abantu phambi koThixo — kwaba luphezulu lokunganeli. ⁵Uyakhubeka emini, waza nomprofeti akhubeke kunye nawe ebusuku; ndiya kumtshabalalisa unyoko. ⁶Abantu bam batshatyalaliswa ngenxa yokuswela ukwazi. Ngenxa yokuba uluchasile ukwazi, nam ndikwala ube ngumbingeleli wam; ngenxa yokuba uwulibele umthetho kaBawo wakho, nam ndiya kubalibala abantwana bakho. ⁷Kwathi njengoko besanda, ngokunjalo banda ukona kum; ndiya kubuguqula ubuqaqawuli babo bube lihlazo.

⁸Bazondla ngesono sabantu bam, baza babeke iintliziyo zabo ebugwenxeni babo. ⁹Kuya kuthi ke: njengabantu, kube njalo nombingeleli. Ndiya kubabetha ngenxa yeendlela zabo, ndibabuyisele ngokwezenzo zabo. ¹⁰Baya kudla bangahluthi; baya kuzinikela ekuhenyuzeni bangandi, ngenxa yokuba bamshiyile uBawo wethu, bazilahla iindlela zakhe. ¹¹Ukuhenyuza, iwayini, newayini entsha zisusa ingqiqo elungileyo.

¹²Abantu bam babuza eqhekezeni lomthi, intonga yabo ibanika iziprofeto; kuba umoya wokuhenyuza ubalahlekisile, baza bahenyuza, bemshiya uBawo wabo. ¹³Babingelela phezu kweencopho zeentaba, baqhumisela phezu kweenduli, phantsi kom-oki, nompopulari, nomterebhinti, ngenxa yokuba umthunzi wawo umnandi. Ngako oko iintombi zenu zijika zihenyuze, nabatshakazi benu bakrexeze. ¹⁴Andiyi kuzibetha iintombi zenu xa zijika zihenyuza, nabatshakazi benu xa bekrexeza; kuba amadoda ngokwawo asuka ahambe namahenyukazi, abingelele nezifebe zasendaweni engcwele—luhlanga oluphelelwe yingqondo luya kutshabalala.

¹⁵Nokuba wena, Sirayeli, uyahenyuza, uYuda makangabi netyala. Uze ungayi eGiligali; uze ungenyuki uye eBhetaven; uze ungafungi usithi, ‘Ehleli nje uBawo wethu.’ ^c c v15 IBhetaven (‘indlu yenkohlakalo’) ligama lokugculela awaligqibayo uHoseya ngeBheteli, indawo engcwele ephambili yobukumkani basentla. ¹⁶AmaSirayeli antamo ilukhuni, njengethokazi elilukhuni. UBawo wethu angabalusa na ngoku njengetakane edlelweni elivulekileyo? ¹⁷UEfrayim unamathele kwizithixo; myeke. ¹⁸Xa isiselo sabo siphelile, bazinikela ekuhenyuzeni; abalawuli babo baluthanda kunene uhlazo. ¹⁹Umoya ubasongele ngamaphiko awo, baya kudana ke ngenxa yezibingelelo zabo.