IiNkokheli 2 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

2 ¹Isithunywa sikaBawo wethu senyuka eGiligali, saya eBhokim, sathi: “Ndaninyusa, ndanikhupha eYiputa, ndanizisa ezweni endalifungela ooyihlo. Ndathi: ‘Andisayi kuze ndiwuphule umnqophiso wam nani. ²Nize ningenzi umnqophiso nabantu beli lizwe; zidilizeni izibingelelo zabo.’ Kodwa aniliphulaphulanga ilizwi lam. Nenze ntoni na? ³Ngoko ke ndithi: andisayi kubagxotha phambi kwenu; baya kuba ngameva emacaleni enu, oothixo babo babe ngumgibe kuni.”

⁴Kwathi, sakuba sithethe la mazwi isithunywa sikaBawo wethu kuwo onke amaSirayeli, abantu baliphakamisa izwi labo, balila. ⁵Bathi igama laloo ndawo nguBhokim; babingelela khona kuBawo wethu. ^a a v5 UBhokim uthetha ukuthi “abalilayo” — abantu bayithiya ngelo gama loo ndawo ngenxa yesililo esaqhambukayo, bakuva ukuba babemke kangakanani kuBawo wabo.

Isizukulwana sikaYoshuwa Siyadlula

⁶Akuba uYoshuwa ebandulule abantu, aya oonyana bakaSirayeli, elowo elifeni lakhe, esiya kudla ilifa lelizwe lakhe. ⁷Abantu bamkhonza uBawo wethu ngayo yonke imihla kaYoshuwa, nangemihla yamadoda amakhulu awasala ephila emva kwakhe, bona bewubonile wonke umsebenzi omkhulu awawenzela uSirayeli uBawo wethu. ⁸Waza wabhubha uYoshuwa unyana kaNun, umkhonzi kaBawo wethu, eneminyaka elikhulu elineshumi ezelwe. ⁹Bamngcwabela emhlabeni welifa lakhe eTimnati-heres, kummandla weentaba wakwaEfrayim, ngasentla kwentaba yaseGahashe.

Isizukulwana Esimlibalayo uBawo

¹⁰Naso sonke eso sizukulwana sabuthelwa kooyise, kwavela esinye isizukulwana emva kwaso, esingamaziyo uBawo wethu, nomsebenzi awawenzela uSirayeli. ¹¹Oonyana bakaSirayeli benza okubi emehlweni kaBawo wethu, bakhonza ooBhahali. ¹²Bamlahla uBawo wethu, uThixo wooyise, owabakhuphayo ezweni laseYiputa. Balandela thixo bambi koothixo bezizwe eziningqongileyo, baqubuda kubo, bamqumbisa uBawo wethu. ¹³Bamlahla uBawo wethu, bakhonza uBhahali nooAshtaroti. ¹⁴Wavutha ke umsindo kaBawo wethu kuSirayeli, wabanikela esandleni samatutu abawaphangayo, wathengisa ngabo ezintshabeni ezibajikelezileyo, baza bangabi nako ukuma phambi kweentshaba zabo. ¹⁵Naphi na apho baphuma khona, isandla sikaBawo wethu sasinxamnye nabo, ukubazisela ububi, njengoko wayethethile nanjengoko wayebafungele. Babandezeleka kakhulu.

¹⁶Wandula ke uBawo wethu wavelisa abagwebi, ababasindisayo esandleni samatutu abo. ¹⁷Kodwa noko abavumanga ukubaphulaphula abagwebi babo. Bahenyuza ngokulandela thixo bambi, baqubuda kubo; batyeka kamsinya endleleni abahamba ngayo ooyise, ababeyiphulaphule imithetho kaBawo wethu; bona abavumanga ukwenjenjalo. ¹⁸Xa uBawo wethu evelisa abagwebi, wayesiba naye umgwebi lowo, abahlangule ezintshabeni zabo yonke imihla yaloo mgwebi; kuba uBawo wethu wayesiba nemfesane ngenxa yokugula kwabo phantsi kwabaxini babo. ¹⁹Kodwa kwakusithi, akufa umgwebi, babuye bonakale ngaphezu kooyise, belandela thixo bambi ukuba babakhonze, baqubude kubo. Abazishiyanga izenzo zabo, nendlela yabo yobuntamo-lukhuni.

²⁰Wavutha ke umsindo kaBawo wethu kuSirayeli, wathi: “Ngenxa yokuba olu hlanga luwaphule umnqophiso wam endawuwisela ooyise, aluliphulaphulanga izwi lam, ²¹nam andisayi kuphinda ndigxothe nalunye uhlanga awalushiyayo uYoshuwa ekufeni kwakhe, ²²ukuze ngazo ndilinge amaSirayeli, ndibone ukuba baya kuyigcina na indlela kaBawo wethu, behamba kuyo njengokuba benjenjalo ooyise, kusini na.”

²³Wazishiya ke uBawo wethu ezo ntlanga, akazigxotha ngokukhawuleza, akazinikela esandleni sikaYoshuwa.