UJoweli 3 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

3 ¹“Kaloku khangelani, ngaloo mihla nangelo xesha, xa ndithe ndabuyisa ubutyebi bakwaYuda naseYerusalem, ²ndiya kuzihlanganisa zonke iintlanga, ndizihlisele esihlanjeni sikaYehoshafati. Ndiya kuzigweba khona ngenxa yabantu bam, ilifa lam uSirayeli, abawachithachithileyo phakathi kweentlanga; kuba bacandacanda ilizwe lam, ^a a v2 UYehoshafati uthetha ukuthi "uBawo wethu uyagweba" — igama lesihlambo livakalisa kanye umgwebo owenzeka khona. ³baza bawisa amaqashiso ngabantu bam. Bananisela inkwenkwe ngehenyukazi, bathengisa ngentombazana ngewayini ukuze basele.

⁴“Ngoku ninantoni na ngam, Tire neTsidon, nani nonke mimandla yamaFilisti? Nindibuyekeza na ngento endiyenzileyo? Ukuba nindibuyekeza, ndiya kubuyisela ngokukhawuleza nangobungxamo oko nikwenzileyo ezintlokweni zenu. ⁵Kuba nithabathe isilivere yam negolide yam, naza nazisa ubuncwane bam obunqabileyo ezindlwini zezithixo zenu. ⁶Nithengise ngabantu bakwaYuda naseYerusalem kumaGrike, ukuze nibasuse kude nelizwe labo.

⁷“Kodwa khangelani, ndiza kubavusa kuloo ndawo nabathengisela kuyo, ndaza ndibuyisele oko nikwenzileyo ezintlokweni zenu. ⁸Ndiya kuthengisa ngoonyana neentombi zenu kubantu bakwaYuda, baze bona bathengise ngabo kumaSabhiyane, kuhlanga olukude—kuba uBawo wethu uthethile.”

⁹Vakalisani oku phakathi kweentlanga: Lungiselelani imfazwe! Vusani amagorha! Onke amadoda okulwa mawasondele enyuke. ¹⁰Khandani izitshetshe zeepuluwa zenu zibe ngamakrele, nezitshetshe zenu zokuthena zibe ziintshuntshe; obuthathaka makathi: “Ndiligorha.” ¹¹Khawulezani nize, nonke zintlanga zingqongileyo, nizihlanganisele khona. Bawo wethu, hlisela phantsi amagorha akho.

¹²“Mazivuke iintlanga zinyuke ziye esihlanjeni sikaYehoshafati; kuba ndiya kuhlala phantsi khona ndigwebe zonke iintlanga eziningqongileyo. ¹³Lifakeni irhengqa, kuba isivuno sivuthwile. Yizani, nixovule, kuba isixovulelo sizele nemikhombe iphuphume—kuba bukhulu ububi babo.”

¹⁴Izihlwele, izihlwele esihlanjeni sesigqibo! Kuba usuku lukaBawo wethu lusondele esihlanjeni sesigqibo. ¹⁵Ilanga nenyanga kuya kuba mnyama, neenkwenkwezi ziya kukuphelisa ukukhanya kwazo. ¹⁶UBawo wethu uyabharhula eseZiyon, aphakamise ilizwi lakhe eseYerusalem; agungqe amazulu nehlabathi. Kodwa uBawo wethu uyindawo yokusabela yabantu bakhe, inqaba koonyana bakaSirayeli.

UBawo wethu ubuyisela abantu bakhe

¹⁷“Nophela nazi ukuba ndinguBawo wenu, ohlala eZiyon, intaba yam engcwele. IYerusalem iya kuba ngcwele, abasemzini abasayi kuphinda badlule kuyo.

¹⁸“Kuya kuthi ngaloo mini iintaba zivuze iwayini emnandi, iinduli zibaleke amasi, nemilambo yonke yakwaYuda ibaleka amanzi. Umthombo uya kuphuma endlwini yam, unkcenkceshele isihlambo semingampunzi. ¹⁹IYiputa iya kuba senkangala, neEdom ibe yintlango eyinkangala, ngenxa yogonyamelo olwenziwe koonyana bakaYuda, abaphalaza igazi elingenatyala ezweni labo. ²⁰Kodwa uYuda iya kuhlalwa ngonaphakade, neYerusalem kwizizukulwana ngezizukulwana. ²¹Ndiya kulihlambulula ityala legazi eliphalazwe nxamnye nabo—endingekalihlambululi—kuba uBawo wethu uhlala eZiyon.” ^b b v21 Apho ezinye iiBhayibhile zisithi “aphindezele igazi labo,” uBawo wethu ukhusela abantwana bakhe kwabo baphalaza igazi labo — ezisa ukususwa kwetyala, kungekhona impindezelo engenamfesane.