ULuka 2 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

2 ¹Ngaloo mihla kwaphuma ummiselo kuKhesare uAgusto wokuba kubhalwe lonke ihlabathi elimiweyo. ^a a v1 Ihlabathi elimiweyo libhekisela kwimimandla yoBukhosi baseRoma, hayi umhlaba uphela. ²Oku kwaba kukubhalwa kokuqala, ngexesha uKwiriniyo wayengumlawuli waseSiriya. ³Baya bonke abantu ukuya kubhalwa, elowo esiya emzini wakowabo. ⁴Naye uYosefu wenyuka evela kwelaseGalili, emzini waseNazarete, wasinga kummandla wakwaYuda, kuloo mzi kaDavide obizwa ngokuba yiBhetelehem, kuba wayengowendlu nowemizalwane kaDavide, ⁵ukuba abhalwe noMariya, umtshakazi wakhe, owayemithi.

⁶Bakubon' ukuba bakhona apho, lafika ixesha lokuba azale. ⁷Wazala unyana wakhe wamazibulo, wamsongela ngezisongelo, wamlalisa emkhombeni wokutyela, ngokuba kwakungekho ndawo yabo endlwini yabahambi.

⁸Kwaye kukho abalusi kuloo mmandla, behlala endle, begcina umhlambi wabo ebusuku. ⁹Isithunywa sikaBawo wethu sema phambi kwabo; ubuqaqawuli bukaBawo wethu bakhazimla bebajikelezile, basuka boyika ngokoyika okukhulu. ¹⁰Sathi isithunywa kubo: “Musani ukoyika—kuba ndizisa kuni iindaba ezilungileyo zovuyo olukhulu kubo bonke abantu: ¹¹Namhlanje emzini kaDavide, nizalelwe uMsindisi—onguKrestu iNkosi. ¹²Lo ngumqondiso wenu: niya kufumana usana lusongelwe ngezisongelo, lulele emkhombeni wokutyela.” ¹³Kwathi ngephanyazo kwabakho kunye nesithunywa inkitha yomkhosi wasemazulwini, imdumisa uBawo wethu, isithi:

¹⁴“Uzuko kuBawo wethu phezulu, noxolo emhlabeni kubantu akholisiweyo nguye!” ^b b v14 Ingoma yozuko yezithunywa ibiza uBawo wethu ngqo — uzuko lweKrisimesi lolwakhe, lowo uthumela uNyana wakhe ehlabathini.

¹⁵Kwathi, zakuba zimke kubo izithunywa zaya ezulwini, abalusi bathi omnye komnye: “Masiye ngqo eBhetelehem siyibone le nto yenzekileyo, le uBawo wethu asaziseyo.” ¹⁶Baya ngobungxamo, bafumana uMariya noYosefu, nosana lulele emkhombeni wokutyela. ¹⁷Bakumbona, bazisa oko babekuxelelwe ngalo mntwana. ¹⁸Bonke abakuvayo bamangaliswa koko bakuxelelwa ngabalusi. ¹⁹Kodwa uMariya wagcina zonke ezi zinto, ezicamngca entliziyweni yakhe. ²⁰Babuya abalusi, bemdumisa bemzukisa uBawo wethu ngenxa yako konke ababekuvile nababekubonile, kanye njengoko babekuxelelwe.

Unikelwa kuBawo wethu

²¹Kwathi yakuzaliseka imihla esibhozo yolwaluko lwakhe, wathiywa igama elinguYesu, igama awayelinikwe sisithunywa engekamithwa esizalweni.

²²Kwathi yaphela imihla yokuhlanjululwa kwabo ngokoMthetho kaMoses, bamnyusela eYerusalem ukuba bamnikele kuBawo wethu,

²³(njengoko kubhaliwe eMthethweni kaBawo wethu kusithiwa: “Yonke inkwenkwe eyizibulo iya kuthiwa ingcwele kuBawo wethu”), ²⁴nokuba banikele idini, njengoko utsho uMthetho kaBawo wethu: amahobe amabini, nokuba ngamagobo amabini evukuthu.

²⁵Ke eYerusalem kwakuhleli indoda egama linguSimon, ilungisa, yaye imhlonela uThixo, ilinde intuthuzelo kaSirayeli, inoMoya oyiNgcwele phezu kwayo. ²⁶UMoya oyiNgcwele wayemtyhilele ukuba akayi kufa engekamboni uKrestu kaBawo wethu. ²⁷Eqhutywa nguMoya, wangena etempileni. Bathi abazali bakumngenisa umntwana uYesu ukuba bamenzele ngokwesiko loMthetho, ²⁸uSimon wamthabatha ngeengalo zakhe, wamdumisa uBawo wethu, esithi: ²⁹“Nkosi enguBawo, ngoku umvumela umkhonzi wakho ukuba emke ngoxolo, ngokwelizwi lakho. ³⁰Ngokuba amehlo am alubonile usindiso lwakho, ³¹olulungiseleleyo phambi kwezizwe zonke: ³²ukukhanya kokutyhilwa kweentlanga, nozuko lwabantu bakho uSirayeli.”

³³Uyise nonina bamangaliswa koko kwathethwa ngaye. ³⁴Wabasikelela uSimon, wathi kuMariya, unina wakhe: “Lo mntwana umiselwe ukudilika nokuvuka kwabantu abaninzi kwaSirayeli, nokuba ngumqondiso ophikiswayo, ³⁵likrele liya kuhlaba nawo umphefumlo wakho—ukuze zityhileke iingcinga zeentliziyo ezininzi.”

³⁶Kwakukho kananjalo uAna, umfazi ongumprofetikazi, intombi kaFanuweli wesizwe sakwa-Ashere, ingwevu enkulu, ebehleli nendoda yakhe iminyaka esixhenxe emva kobuntombi bakhe, ³⁷wangumhlolokazi wada waba neminyaka engamashumi asibhozo anamine, engasuki etempileni, ekhonza ngokuzila ukudla nangomthandazo ubusuku nemini. ³⁸Efika ngelo lixa kanye, wabulela kuBawo wethu, wathetha ngalo mntwana kubo bonke ababelindele ukukhululwa kweYerusalem.

³⁹Bakugqiba konke okumiselwe nguMthetho kaBawo wethu, babuyela kwelaseGalili, emzini wakowabo eNazarete. ⁴⁰Wakhula umntwana, waba nokomelela, wazala bubulumko, nobabalo lukaBawo wethu lwaluphezu kwakhe.

Inkwenkwe uYesu Endlwini kaYise

⁴¹Ke kaloku abazali bakhe babesiya eYerusalem minyaka le ngomthendeleko wepasika. ⁴²Kwathi akuba eminyaka ilishumi elinazibini ezelwe, benyuka ngokwesiko lomthendeleko. ⁴³Kwathi yaphela imihla yomthendeleko, bebuyela ekhaya, wasala ngasemva eYerusalem inkwenkwe uYesu, bengazi abazali bakhe. ⁴⁴Besiba ukhona eqeleni, bahamba uhambo lwemini, baza bamfuna phakathi kwezalamane nabamaziyo. ⁴⁵Bakungamfumana, babuyela eYerusalem, bemfuna. ⁴⁶Kuthe emva kweentsuku ezintathu, bamfumana esetempileni, ehleli phakathi kwabo bafundisi, ebaphulaphula yaye ebabuza imibuzo. ⁴⁷Bonke abamvayo bamangaliswa kukuqiqa kwakhe neempendulo zakhe. ⁴⁸Bakumbona abazali bakhe, bamangaliswa. Wathi unina kuye: “Mntwana, kungani na usenze oku kuthi? Khangela, uyihlo nam besikhathazekile, sikufuna.”

⁴⁹Wathi kubo: “Benindifunelani na? Beningazi na ukuba ndimelwe kukuba sendlwini kaBawo wam?” ^c c v49 UYesu uthi “uBawo wam” — ubudlelwane bakhe obukhethekileyo nobungunaphakade. Apho zonke ezinye izibhalo zisimemela ekubeni sithi “uBawo wethu,” nguYesu yedwa ombiza athi “uBawo wam” ngale ndlela ikhethekileyo: yena unguNyana ngokwemvelo; thina singabantwana ngokwamkelwa nguye.

⁵⁰Kodwa abaliqondanga ilizwi awalithethayo kubo. ⁵¹Wehla nabo waya eNazarete, ethobela kubo. Unina wagcina zonke ezi zinto entliziyweni yakhe. ⁵²UYesu waya ekhula ngobulumko nangesithomo, ethandeka kuBawo wethu nasebantwini.