EkaYakobi 2 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

2 ¹Bazalwana noodade bam, njengabakholwa kuyo iNkosi yethu ezukileyo uYesu Krestu, musani ukukhetha buso. ²Mhlawumbi kungangena endibanweni yenu indoda enxibe umsesane wegolide neengubo ezihle, kungena nehlwempu elinxibe iingubo ezimdaka. ³Ukuba uthe wayibheka leyo invathiswe kakuhle, wathi: “Hlala apha, kwesihlalo esihle,” kodwa uthi kwihlwempu: “Yima phaya,” okanye uthi: “Hlala phantsi ngasezinyaweni zam,” ⁴anizahlulanga na phakathi kwenu, naba ngabagwebi abakhokelwa ziinjongo ezimbi? ⁵Phulaphulani, bazalwana bam abathandekayo: Akabanyulanga na uBawo wethu amahlwempu eli hlabathi ukuba abe zizityebi ngokholo, iindlalifa zobukumkani abuthembise abo bamthandayo? ⁶Kodwa nina niye naliphatha ngenyeliso ihlwempu. Azingamanani na izityebi anicinezelayo anirhuqela enkundleni? ⁷Azilinyelisi na igama elihle elibizwa phezu kwenu?

⁸Ukuba okunene niyawugcina umthetho wokumkani ngokwesibhalo esithi: “Mthande ummelwane wakho njengoko uzithanda wena,” nenza kakuhle.

⁹Kodwa ukuba niyakhetha buso, niyona, nithi umthetho unigwebe njengabaphuli-mthetho. ¹⁰Osukuba egcina umthetho wonke, kodwa akhubeke kwinto enye, unetyala lokuwaphula wonke. ¹¹Kuba uBawo wethu, owathi: Uze ungakrexezi, wathi kananjalo: Uze ungabulali. Ngoko ke, ukuba akukrexezi kodwa uyabulala, ube ungumphuli-mthetho. ¹²Thethani, nenze, njengabantu abaya kugwetywa ngumthetho wenkululeko. ¹³Umgwebo awunanceba kolowo ungenzanga nceba; inceba iyawoyisa umgwebo.

Ukholo Olunemisebenzi

¹⁴Kunceda ntoni na, bazalwana bam, ukuba umntu uthi unokholo kodwa engenamisebenzi? Lunako na olo kholo ukumsindisa? ¹⁵Masithi umzalwana okanye udade uhamba ze yimpahla, eswele ukudla kwemihla ngemihla, ¹⁶ size esinye kuni sithi kubo: “Hambani ngoxolo, nifudumale, nihluthe,” kodwa singabaniki nto yeemfuno zomzimba wabo, kunceda ntoni na oko? ¹⁷Ngokunjalo nokholo, ukuba lulodwa, lungaphelekwa misebenzi, lufile. ¹⁸Kodwa othile wothi: “Wena unokholo, mna ndinemisebenzi.” Ndibonise ukholo lwakho olungenamisebenzi, mna ke ndiya kukubonisa ukholo lwam ngemisebenzi yam. ¹⁹Uyakholwa ukuba uBawo wethu mnye; wenza kakuhle. Needemon ziyakholwa yiloo nto—zide zingcangcazele. ²⁰Ingaba uyafuna na ukuba ndikubonise, wena mntu unobudenge, ukuba ukholo olungenamisebenzi lulambatha? ²¹AbenguAbraham na ubawo wethu owagwetyelwa ngemisebenzi, akuba enikele ngonyana wakhe uIsake kwisibingelelo? ²²Uyabona ukuba ukholo lwalusebenza ndawonye nemisebenzi yakhe, laza ukholo lwafezeka ngemisebenzi yakhe. ²³Oku kwasizalisekisa isibhalo esithi: “UAbraham wakholwa nguBawo wethu, oko kwabalelwa ebulungiseni kuye”—wabizwa ngokuba ngumhlobo kaBawo wethu. ^a a v23 UAbraham wayengenguye nje umkholwa kuBawo wethu — wabizwa ngokuba ngumhlobo wakhe. Nasi isiseko sokuba kutheni uBawo wethu esizingela: kungekuko ngenxa yabakhonzi abamoyikayo, kodwa ngenxa yabahlobo abamaziyo. ²⁴Uyabona ukuba umntu ugwetyelwa ngemisebenzi, kungekuko ngokholo lodwa. ²⁵Ngokunjalo, akagwetyelwanga na nokugwetyelwa uRahabhi ihenyukazi ngemisebenzi, akuba ezamkele izigidimi, waza wazithumela ngenye indlela? ²⁶Njengoko umzimba ongenamoya ufile, ngokunjalo nokholo olungenamisebenzi lufile.