UJoweli 2 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

2 ¹Vuthelani isigodlo eZiyon; hlokomisani isandi sesilumkiso entabeni yam engcwele! Mababe negungqu bonke abahleli kulo ilizwe, kuba imini kaBawo wethu iyeza— isondele: ^a a v1 Imini kaBawo wethu ehamba kuYoweli yimini uBawo wethu asebenza ngayo—umkhosi wakhe uhamba ngelizwi lakhe, umgwebo wakhe uyawa, lulandele usindiso lwakhe. Abaprofeti baphatha owona mxholo mnye wokungenelela kukaBawo wethu ngokugqibayo embalini.

²Imini yobumnyama nesithokothoko, imini yamafu nesithokothoko esinzima. Njengesifingo esithi saa phezu kweentaba, kuza umkhosi omkhulu nonamandla—akuzange kubekho onjengawo ngaphambili, kwaye akuyi kuphinda kubekho onjengawo.

³Phambi kwawo kudla umlilo, emva kwawo kuvutha ilangatye. Ilizwe eliphambi kwawo linjengomyezo we-Eden, kodwa emva kwawo liyintlango esenkangala—kwaye akukho nto isinde kuwo. ⁴Abonakala njengamahashe; agxalathelana njengamahashe emfazwe. ⁵Njengokugqadaza kweenqwelo zokulwa atsiba phezu kweencopho zeentaba, njengokutsha kwelangatye elidlayo iindiza, njengomkhosi onamandla owakhe uluhlu lokulwa.

⁶Phambi kwawo izizwe ziyazibhijabhija ziphethwe yintlungu; bonke ubuso buba ndlongondlongo. ⁷Agxalathelana njengamagorha; akhwela udonga njengamasoldati. Elowo uhamba ngoluhlu lwakhe, engathi gu bucala endleleni yakhe. ⁸Akatyhalani omnye nomnye; elowo ubambelela endleleni yakhe. Agqobhoza phakathi kwezikhali angathinteleki. ⁹Agxalathela phezu komzi; abaleka phezu kodonga. Akhwela angena ezindlwini; angena ngeefestile njengesela. ¹⁰Phambi kwawo umhlaba uyanyikima, amazulu ayangcangcazela. Ilanga nenyanga kuba mnyama, neenkwenkwezi azisakhanyisi.

¹¹UBawo wethu uliphakamisa ilizwi lakhe phambi komkhosi wakhe; iminquba yakhe mikhulu kunene, anamandla lawo enza ilizwi lakhe. Imini kaBawo wethu inkulu, iyoyikeka kunene—ngubani onokuyinyamezela?

Buyelani kuBawo wenu

¹²“Kodwa nkqu nangoku,” utsho uBawo wethu, “buyelani kum ngentliziyo yenu yonke, ngokuzila ukudla, ngokulila, nangokuzilisa. ^b b v12 UBawo wethu ngokwakhe uyabiza. “Buyelani kum ngentliziyo yenu yonke” asingombandela wesithethe, kodwa kukulangazelela kukaBawo wethu ukuba iintliziyo zabantwana bakhe zibuyele ekhaya.

¹³“Kranculani iintliziyo zenu, hayi iingubo zenu. Buyelani kuBawo wenu, kuba unobabalo nemfesane, uzeka kade umsindo, mkhulu ngenceba, kwaye uyazohlwaya ekuthumeleni intlekele. ¹⁴Ngubani owaziyo? Angabuya azohlwaye, ashiye emva kwakhe intsikelelo—umnikelo wokudla nomnikelo wesiselo kuBawo wenu.”

¹⁵Vuthelani isigodlo eZiyon; ngcwaliselani ukuzila ukudla; bizani intlanganiso engcwele. ¹⁶Hlanganisani abantu; ngcwaliselani isikhungu; buthelani ndawonye amadoda amakhulu; hlanganisani abantwana, kwaneentsana ezanyayo ebeleni. Umyeni makaphume egumbini lakhe, nomtshakazi aphume engontsini yakhe. ¹⁷Mababalile ababingeleli abalungiselela phambi koBawo wethu phakathi kwevaranda nesibingelelo. Mabathi: “Basindise abantu bakho, Bawo, ungalenzi ilifa lakho into yengcikivo, into ethethwayo ethetheni kweentlanga. Yini na ukuba zithi phakathi kwezizwe: ‘Uphi na uThixo wabo?’” ^c c v17 Ababingeleli babemi kwintendelezo engaphakathi yetempile yaseYerusalem, phakathi kweholo yokungena esibekelweyo nesibingelelo sedini elinyukayo — intliziyo yendawo yonqulo.

UBawo Wethu Ubuyisela Abantu Bakhe

¹⁸Waza uBawo wethu waba nekhwele ngenxa yelizwe lakhe, wasikwa yimfesane ngabantu bakhe.

¹⁹UBawo wethu wabaphendula abantu bakhe wathi: “Khangelani, ndiza kunithumela ingqolowa, newayini entsha, neoli, nohlutha ngazo. Andisayi kuphinda ndinenze into yengcikivo phakathi kweentlanga.”

²⁰“Umkhosi wangasentla ndowugxothela kude kuni, ndiwutyhalele ezweni elomileyo neliyinkangala — izintlu zawo zangaphambili ndizityhalele kuLwandle oluFileyo, ezangasemva kuLwandle oluKhulu. Ivumba lawo lonyuka; iphunga lawo elibi lonyuka, ngokuba wenze izinto ezothusayo.

²¹Musa ukoyika, lizwe; vuya uchwayite, ngokuba uBawo wethu wenze izinto ezinkulu! ²²Musani ukoyika, nina zilwanyana zasendle, ngokuba amakriwe asenkangala aba luhlaza; umthi uthwala isiqhamo sawo; umkhiwane nomdiliya avelisa ubutyebi bawo. ²³Chwayitani, bantwana baseZiyon, nivuye ngoBawo wenu, ngokuba uninike imvula yasekwindla ukubonakalisa ukuthembeka kwakhe; unihlisela umkhumezelo omninzi, imvula yasekwindla neyasentlakohlaza, njengangaphambili. ²⁴Izanda zoba zizele yingqolowa; imikhombe iphuphume yiwayini entsha neoli.

²⁵Ndoninika imbuyekezo ngeminyaka ezidliweyo ziinkumbi — inkumbi enyakazelayo, nenkumbi encinane, nenkumbi etshabalalisayo, nenkumbi enqunquthayo — umkhosi wam omkhulu endiwuthumele phakathi kwenu. ²⁶Nodla nihluthe, nanele, nilidumise igama loBawo wenu, oniphethe ngokubalulekileyo; abantu bam abasayi kuphinda badaniswe. ^d d v26 Ngelizwi likaBawo wethu, abantu bakhe babizwa ngokuba ngabantwana bakhe — igama lekhaya ebeselehlala elithwele intliziyo yakhe. ²⁷Nondula ukwazi ukuba ndiphakathi kwamaSirayeli, nokuba ndinguBawo wenu, akukho wumbi; abantu bam abasayi kuphinda badaniswe.

UBawo Uthulula UMoya Wakhe

²⁸“Kuya kuthi emva koko, ndiya kuwuthulula uMoya wam phezu kwenyama yonke. Oonyana benu neentombi zenu baya kuprofeta; amadoda enu amakhulu aya kuphupha amaphupha, amadodana enu aya kubona imibono. ^e e v28 UBawo wethu uthulula uMoya wakhe — uMoya oyiNgcwele — phezu koonyana bakhe neentombi zakhe; uBawo, uMoya, nabantwana baludidi lusapho olunye. ²⁹Nkqu naphezu kwabakhonzi nabakhonzazana ngaloo mihla ndowuthulula uMoya wam.

³⁰Ndenza izimanga emazulwini nasemhlabeni — igazi, nomlilo, nentshinyela yomsi. ³¹Ilanga liya kuguqulwa libe bubumnyama, nenyanga ibe ligazi, phambi kokufika komhla omkhulu woyikekayo kaBawo wethu.”

³²Kuya kuthi ke, bonke abasukuba belinqula igama leNkosi basindiswe; kuba entabeni yeZiyon naseYerusalem kuya kubakho usindiso, njengoko watshoyo uBawo wethu, phakathi kwabasindileyo ababizwa nguBawo wethu. ^f f v32 UPetros ucaphula esi sithembiso ngePentekoste (IZenzo 2:21), aze uPawulos asisebenzise ngqo kuYesu — “bonke abasukuba belinqula igama leNkosi yethu uYesu baya kusindiswa” (KwabaseRoma 10:9-13). Igama esilinqula lona ukuze sihlangulwe nguYesu, isimemo sikaBawo wethu esivulekileyo sokubuyela ekhaya.