UYoshuwa 22 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

22 ¹Waza uYoshuwa wawabiza amaRubhen, namaGadi, nesiqingatha sesizwe sakwaManase, ²wathi kuwo: “Nikugcinile konke aniwisele umthetho ngako uMoses umkhonzi kaBawo wethu, naliphulaphula izwi lam ngako konke endiniwisele umthetho ngako. ³Anibashiyanga abazalwana benu ngale mihla mininzi, kude kube namhla, kodwa niwugcine umsebenzi womthetho kaBawo wenu. ⁴Ngoku ke uBawo wethu ubanikile abazalwana benu ukuphumla, kanye njengoko wathembisa. Ngoko jikani niye ezintenteni zenu, kwelo lizwe lelifa lenu, uMoses umkhonzi kaBawo wethu awaninika lona phesheya kweYordan. ⁵Kodwa lumkelani kunene ukuba niwenze umthetho nomyalelo aniwisele wona uMoses umkhonzi kaBawo wethu: nimthande uBawo wethu, nihambe ngeendlela zakhe zonke, niyigcine imithetho yakhe, ninamathele kuye, nimkhonze ngentliziyo yenu yonke nangomphefumlo wenu wonke.”

⁶Waza uYoshuwa wabasikelela, wawandulula, aza aya ezintenteni zawo. ⁷Isiqingatha sesizwe sakwaManase sasinikwe nguMoses ilifa eBhashan; ke esinye isiqingatha uYoshuwa wasinika ilifa kunye nabazalwana baso ngasentshonalanga kweYordan. Xa uYoshuwa wawandulula aya ezintenteni zawo, wabasikelela, ⁸wathi kuwo: “Buyelani ekhaya ninobutyebi obukhulu—impahla eninzi, nesilivere, negolide, nobhedu, nesinyithi, neengubo ezininzi. Yabelani abazalwana benu ngamaxhoba eentshaba zenu.”

Isibingelelo Sokungqinela uBawo Wabo

⁹Aza amaRubhen, namaGadi, nesiqingatha sesizwe sakwaManase ajika emka koonyana bakaSirayeli eShilo elizweni lakwaKanan, aya eGiliyadi, ilizwe lelifa lawo, abehlala kulo ngomthetho kaBawo wethu owawiselwa ngoMoses. ¹⁰Akufika emmandleni weYordan elizweni lakwaKanan, amaRubhen, namaGadi, nesiqingatha sesizwe sakwaManase akha apho isibingelelo ngaseYordan—isibingelelo esinewonga ngobukhulu. ¹¹Beva oonyana bakaSirayeli, kwathiwa: “Yabonani, amaRubhen, namaGadi, nesiqingatha sesizwe sakwaManase akhe isibingelelo malunga nelizwe lakwaKanan, emmandleni weYordan, ngakwicala loonyana bakaSirayeli.” ¹²Bakuva oonyana bakaSirayeli, lahlangana lonke ibandla loonyana bakaSirayeli eShilo, ukuba benyuke kuwo emfazweni. ¹³Baza oonyana bakaSirayeli bathuma uPinehasi unyana kaElazare umbingeleli kumaRubhen, nakumaGadi, nakwisiqingatha sesizwe sakwaManase elizweni laseGiliyadi, ¹⁴ehamba naye izikhulu ezilishumi, isikhulu esinye kwindlu nganye kayise, kwisizwe ngasinye sakwaSirayeli, ileyo iyintloko yendlu kayise phakathi kwemizalwane yakwaSirayeli. ¹⁵Afika kumaRubhen, nakumaGadi, nakwisiqingatha sesizwe sakwaManase elizweni laseGiliyadi, athi kuwo: ¹⁶“Litsho lonke ibandla likaBawo wethu, lisithi: ‘Bubuphi na obu buqhophololo nibenze ngakuBawo wethu uThixo kaSirayeli—nijika namhla ekumlandeleni, nizakhela isibingelelo namhla ukuba nimvukele? ¹⁷Abubuncinane na kuthi ubugwenxa basePeyore? Asizihlambululanga kubo kude kube namhla, nangona kwafika isibetho ebandleni likaBawo wethu, ¹⁸le nto nijika namhla ekumlandeleni uBawo wethu? Ukuba nithe namvukela namhla, ngomso yena uya kuliqumbela lonke ibandla loonyana bakaSirayeli. ¹⁹Ke ukuba ilizwe lelifa lenu liyinqambi, welani ezweni lelifa likaBawo wethu, apho uhlala khona umnquba wakhe, nizabele khona ilifa phakathi kwethu. Kodwa ningamvukeli uBawo wethu, ningasivukelisi nathi ngakuni, ngokuzakhela isibingelelo esingesiso isibingelelo sikaBawo wethu. ²⁰UAkan unyana kaZera akamenezanga na ngezinto ezisingelwe phantsi, kwabakho ingqumbo phezu kwalo lonke ibandla lakwaSirayeli? Yaye yena engenguye yedwa owafayo ngenxa yobugwenxa obo.’”

²¹Aza amaRubhen, namaGadi, nesiqingatha sesizwe sakwaManase aphendula iintloko zemizalwane yakwaSirayeli, athi: ²²“USomandla, uBawo wethu! USomandla, uBawo wethu! Yena uyazi, makazi naye uSirayeli ngokwakhe! Ukuba kube ngovukelo okanye ngokumeneza ngakuBawo wethu, musa ukusisindisa namhla, ²³ukuba sizakhele isibingelelo esisesethu ukuze sijike ekumlandeleni uBawo wethu, okanye ukuba sinikele kuso amadini anyukayo, nomnikelo wokudla, neminikelo yoxolo—uBawo wethu ngokwakhe makasibuzise!

²⁴Hayi, le nto siyenze ngokoyika ukuba mhlawumbi ngenye imini abantwana benu bangathi koonyana bethu: ‘Ninamsebenzi mni na noBawo wethu uThixo kaSirayeli? ²⁵Kaloku uBawo wethu uyenze iYordan yaba ngumda phakathi kwethu nani, maRubhen namaGadi—aninasabelo kuye.’ Benjenjalo abantwana benu banganqanda abantwana bethu ekumhloneleni uBawo wethu. ^a a v25 Oyona loyiko lukhulu lwezizwe zasempumalanga lwaluthetha ngelifa, koko ngokuba sesabo—ukuba ngenye imini abantwana babo baya kuxelelwa ukuba abanasabelo kuBawo. Lo mbambano wonke uthetha ngokuba ngubani osengowakhe.

²⁶Ngenxa yoko sathi: ‘Masizakhele isibingelelo, singekokwenza idini elinyukayo, singekokwenza umbingelelo, ²⁷koko libe lingqina phakathi kwethu nani, nezizukulwana zethu ezisemva kwethu, ukuba simkhonze uBawo wethu phambi kwakhe ngamadini anyukayo, nangemibingelelo, nangeminikelo yoxolo—ukuze abantwana benu bangathi koonyana bethu ngenye imini: “Aninasabelo kuBawo wethu.”’

²⁸Sathi: ukuba bathe batsho oku kuthi okanye kwizizukulwana zethu ezizayo, siya kuphendula sithi: ‘Khangelani umfanekiso wesibingelelo sikaBawo wethu abasenzayo oobawo bethu—singekokwenza idini elinyukayo okanye umbingelelo, koko libe lingqina phakathi kwethu nani.’

²⁹Makube lee kuthi ukumvukela uBawo wethu okanye ukujika namhla ekumlandeleni, ngokwakha isibingelelo samadini anyukayo, nomnikelo wokudla, nemibingelelo, ngaphandle kwesibingelelo sikaBawo wethu esiphambi komnquba wakhe!”

³⁰Akuweva uPinehasi umbingeleli, neenkokeli zebandla, neentloko zemizalwane yakwaSirayeli ebenaye, loo mazwi awawathethayo amaRubhen, namaGadi, namaManase, kwalunga emehlweni abo. ³¹Waza uPinehasi unyana kaElazare umbingeleli wathi kumaRubhen, nakumaGadi, nakumaManase: “Namhla siyazi ukuba uBawo wethu uphakathi kwethu, kuba ningamenzelanga obu buqhophololo ngakuye. Ngoku nibasindisile oonyana bakaSirayeli esandleni sikaBawo wethu.” ³²Waza uPinehasi unyana kaElazare umbingeleli, neenkokeli, bawashiya amaRubhen namaGadi elizweni laseGiliyadi, babuyela elizweni lakwaKanan, koonyana bakaSirayeli, bababuyisela udaba. ³³Lwalunga udaba emehlweni oonyana bakaSirayeli, baza oonyana bakaSirayeli bambonga uBawo wethu, bayeka ukunyuka baye kulwa nawo emfazweni ukuba batshabalalise ilizwe, amaRubhen namaGadi abehlala kulo. ³⁴AmaRubhen namaGadi bathi igama laloo sibingelelo yiNgqina, “Kaloku,” batsho, “lingqina phakathi kwethu lokuba uBawo wethu unguThixo.”