UIsaya 14 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

14 ¹Kaloku intliziyo kaBawo wethu iya kuba nemfesane ngoYakobi; yena uya kuphinda amnyule uSirayeli, abahlalise ezweni labo. Umphambukeli uya kuzibandakanya nabo, anamathele endlwini kaYakobi. ²Izizwe ziya kubathabatha zibazise endaweni yabo, ize indlu kaSirayeli ibe nabo njengezicaka nezicakakazi ezweni likaBawo wethu. Baya kubathimba abathimbi babo, balawule abacinezeli babo.

³Ngemini uBawo wethu aya kukuphumza ngayo kwiintlungu zakho, nakwisiphithiphithi, nakumsebenzi onzima owawunyanzeliswe wona, ⁴uya kususela ngalo mzekeliso ngokumkani waseBhabhilon, usithi: Hayi, ukunqamka komcinezeli! Hayi, ukuphela komsindo wakhe! ⁵uBawo wethu uyaphule intonga yabangendawo, intonga yabalawuli, ⁶ebibetha izizwe ngengqumbo ngezibetho ezingapheliyo, ebilawula iintlanga ngomsindo ngentshutshiso engayekiyo. ⁷Lonke ihlabathi liphumle lithe cwaka; abantu baqhambuke ngengoma. ⁸Kwanemisipres iyavuya ngawe, nemisedare yaseLebhanon, isithi: “Oko wawiswayo phantsi, akusenyuki mgawuli uze kuthi.” ⁹Ingcwaba elingaphantsi liyaxhokonxeka ukuba likukhawulele ekufikeni kwakho; livusa imishologu ukuba ikubulise, bonke abo babeziinkokeli zehlabathi; livusa ezitroneni zabo bonke abo babengookumkani beentlanga. ¹⁰Bonke baya kuphendula bathi kuwe: “Nawe sewubuthathaka njengathi! Usufana nathi! ¹¹Ubukhazikhazi bakho buthotyelwe engcwabeni, kunye nesandi seehadi zakho; iimpethu zendlalwe njengesilili sakho phantsi kwakho, iimpethu zisisigubungelo sakho.” ¹²Hayi, ukuwa kwakho usuka ezulwini, Khwezi, nyana wokusa! Hayi, ukugawulwa kwakho uwe emhlabeni, wena wawisa iintlanga phantsi! ^a a v12 IKhwezi eliwileyo lalimazi uBawo wethu laza lamgatya, lizama ukuthabatha indawo kaBawo wethu endaweni yokwamkela eyalo njengesidalwa esadalwa nguBawo wethu. ¹³Wathi entliziyweni yakho: “Ndiya kunyuka ndiye ezulwini; ndiya kuphakamisa itrone yam ngaphezu kweenkwenkwezi zikaThixo; ndiya kuhlala entabeni yendibano, kumacala akude entla. ¹⁴Ndiya kunyuka ngaphezu kweziphakamo zamafu; ndiya kuzenza ndifane noPhezukonke.” ¹⁵Kodwa wena uthotyelwe engcwabeni, kumacala akude omhadi. ¹⁶Abo bakubonayo baya kukujongisisa bazibuze besithi: “Ngulo na umntu owenza ihlabathi lanyikima, owagungqisa izikumkani, ¹⁷owenza ihlabathi laba njengentlango, wayidiliza imizi yalo, ongazange abavumele abathinjwa bakhe ukuba babuyele emakhaya?” ¹⁸Bonke ookumkani beentlanga balele ngozuko, elowo engcwabeni lakhe; ¹⁹kodwa wena ulahliwe, ukude nengcwaba lakho, njengegatya elicekisekayo, ugqunywe ngababuleweyo, abo bahlatywe ngekrele, abehlayo ematyeni omhadi, njengesidumbu esinyathelweyo. ²⁰Akuyi kuhlanganiswa nabo ekungcwabeni, ngokuba walitshabalalisa ilizwe lakho, wababulala abantu bakho. Mayingaze iphinde ikhankanywe imbewu yabenzi bobubi! ²¹Lungiselelani oonyana bakhe ukuxhelwa ngenxa yetyala looyise, ukuze bangaphakami bathabathe umhlaba, bazalise ihlabathi liphela ngemizi.

²²Ndiya kubavukela, utsho uBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini, ndize ndinqumle igama namasalela eBhabhilon, inzala nesizukulwana, utsho uBawo wethu. ²³Ndiyenze ibe yindawo yentlandlolo namachibi amanzi, ndize ndiyitshayele ngomtshayelo wentshabalalo, utsho uBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini.

Oko Akucwangcisileyo uBawo wethu

²⁴UBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini ufungile, wathi: “Inene, njengoko ndicebile, kuya kuba njalo; njengoko ndigqibile, kuya kuma njalo. ²⁵Ndiya kumaphula uAsiriya ezweni lam, ndaye ezintabeni zam ndimnyathele phantsi; idyokhwe yakhe iya kususwa kubo, nomthwalo wakhe ususwe egxalabeni labo. ²⁶Eli licebo elimiselwe lonke ihlabathi, yaye sesi isandla esoluleselwe izizwe zonke. ²⁷Kuba uBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini ugqibile, ngubani ke onokuyichitha loo nto? Isandla sakhe soluliwe, ngubani onokusibuyisa?”

Ekufeni koKumkani uAhazi

²⁸Ngomnyaka wokufa koKumkani uAhazi, kwafika esi sihlabo: ²⁹Musani ukuvuya, nina nonke maFilisti, ngokuba yaphukile intonga ebinibetha; kuba engcanjini yenyoka kuya kuphuma irhamba, isiqhamo sayo sibe yinyoka ebhabhayo enomlilo. ³⁰Abona bahlwempu baya kudla bekholosile, nabasweleyo balale bekhuselekile; kodwa ndiya kuyibulala ingcambu yakho ngendlala, ize itshabalalise amasalela akho. ³¹Bhomboloza, wena sango; khala, wena mzi; nyibilika luloyiko, nina nonke maFilisti! Kuba umsi uphuma entla, kungekho namnye osalelayo ezintlwini zalo. ³²Yintoni na impendulo eya kunikwa abathunywa bohlanga? “UBawo wethu uyisekile iZiyon, yaye abahlelelekileyo babantu bakhe bazimele kuyo.”