UYobi 14 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

14 ¹“Umntu, ozelwe ngumfazi, unemihla emfutshane, ezele yinkxwaleko. ²Uvela njengentyantyambo, aze abune; abaleke njengethunzi, angemi. ³Ingaba uwabeke amehlo akho kumntu onjalo? Uze undise emgwebeni nawe? ⁴Ngubani onokuveza into ehlambulukileyo kweyinqambi? Akukho namnye. ⁵Ekubeni imihla yakhe imisiwe, inani leenyanga zakhe likuwe, waza wammisela imida angenakuyigqitha, ⁶ususe amehlo kuye, ukuze aphumle, ade awugqibe umhla wakhe njengomqeshwa.

⁷“Kuba umthi unalo ithemba: ukuba uthe wagawulwa, uya kubuya uhlume, namahlumelo awo akayi kuphela. ⁸Nokuba ingcambu yawo iyaluphala emhlabeni, nesiphunzi sawo sife emhlabeni, ⁹ngevumba lamanzi uya kuqhakaza, akhuphe amasebe njengesithole esitsha. ¹⁰Kodwa umntu uyafa, awiswe phantsi; umntu uphuma umphefumlo, uphi na ke? ¹¹Njengokuba amanzi enyamalala echibini, nomlambo uncipha uze ome, ¹²ngokunjalo umntu ulala phantsi angabuyi avuke; ade amazulu angabikho, akayi kuvuka, angavuswa ebuthongweni bakhe.

¹³“Akwaba ubundifihla kwelabafileyo, undisithelise ude udlule umsindo wakho, undimisele ixesha elimisiweyo mna, uze undikhumbule! ¹⁴Ukuba umntu uyafa, angabuya aphile na? Yonke imihla yomsebenzi wam onzima bendiya kulinda, kude kufike ukuhlaziywa kwam. ¹⁵Ubuya kubiza, ndize ndiphendule kuwe; ubuya kuwulangazelela umsebenzi wezandla zakho. ¹⁶Kuba ngoko ubuya kuwabala amanyathelo am; ubungayi kusigada isono sam. ¹⁷Ukreqo lwam beluya kutywinwa engxoweni, uze usigubungele isono sam.

¹⁸“Kodwa njengokuba intaba isiwa icumke iphele, neliwa lisuswe endaweni yalo, ¹⁹njengokuba amanzi egugula amatye, nezikhukula zawo zikhukhula umhlaba wehlabathi; ngokunjalo ulitshabalalisa ithemba lomntu. ²⁰Umeyisa ngonaphakade, aze adlule; ubenze bubi ubuso bakhe, uze umndulule. ²¹Oonyana bakhe bazuza uzuko, angazi oko; bathotywa, angakuqondi oko. ²²Uva kuphela iintlungu zomzimba wakhe, aze azilele yena yedwa.”