UMalaki 3 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

3 ¹Khangela, ndithuma isithunywa sam, somlungisa indlela phambi kwam. Iya kwandula ke iNkosi eniyifunayo ifike ngequbuliso etempileni yayo—isithunywa somnqophiso enithoba kuso. Khangela, siya kuza, utsho uBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini. ^a a v1 Isithunywa esilungisa indlela nguYohane umbhaptizi, yaye iNkosi eza etempileni yayo nguYesu—isithunywa somnqophiso. UMarko uvula iVangeli yakhe ngala mazwi kanye (Marko 1:2), uYesu uwabhekisa kuYohane (Luka 7:27). ²“Kodwa ngubani onokunyamezela imini afika ngayo? Ngubani onokuma akubonakala? Unjengomlilo womcikizi, njengesepha yomhlambi. ³Uya kuhlala ecikiza esihlambulula isilivere; uya kubahlambulula oonyana bakaLevi, abacikize njengegolide nesilivere, baze bazise iminikelo kuBawo wethu ngobulungisa. ⁴Woba ke umnikelo wamaYuda neYerusalem umkholise uBawo wethu, njengakwimihla yangaphambili, njengakwiminyaka yakudala.”

⁵Ndiya kusondela ukuze ndinigwebe, ndibe lingqina elikhawulezayo ngokuchasene nabakhafuli, nabakrexezi, nabo bafunga ubuxoki, abancitha umsebenzi umvuzo wakhe, abacudisa umhlolokazi nenkedama, abatyhala bemke nowasemzini, bangandoyiki, utsho uBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini.

Buyelani kuBawo wenu

⁶Kuba mna, Bawo wenu, anditshintshi; ngenxa yoko nina, nyana bakaYakobi, anitshatyalaliswanga.

⁷Kususela kwemihla yooyihlo-mkhulu niye natyeka kwiziyalezo zam, anazigcina. Buyelani kum, nam ndobuyela kuni, utsho uBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini. Kodwa nibuza nithi: ‘Sobuyela njani na?’

⁸Umntu angambela na uBawo wakhe? Kodwa nina niyandibela. Kodwa nibuza nithi: ‘Sikubele ngantoni na?’ Kwishumi nakwiminikelo. ⁹Niqalekisiwe ngesiqalekiso, kuba niyandibela—uhlanga lonke lwenu. ¹⁰Zisani ishumi lonke endlwini yovimba, ukuze kubekho ukudla endlwini yam. Ndilingeni kule nto, utsho uBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini, nibone ukuba andiyi kunivulela na iifestile zezulu, ndinithululele intsikelelo kude kungabikho mfuneko. ¹¹Ndoyikhalimela intshabalalisi ngenxa yenu, ukuze ingasonakalisi isiqhamo somhlaba wenu, nomdiliya wenu osemaphandleni ungasileli ukuthwala, utsho uBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini. ¹²Zoza ke zonke iintlanga zinibize ngabasikelelweyo, kuba niya kuba lilizwe lokunandipha, utsho uBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini.

¹³Amazwi enu abelukhuni ngokuchasene nam, utsho uBawo wethu. Kodwa nibuza nithi: ‘Sithethe ntoni na ngokuchasene nawe?’

¹⁴Nithe: ‘Ukumkhonza uThixo akusizi nto. Sizuze ntoni na ngokugcina isigxina sakhe nangokuhamba sinjengabazilayo phambi koBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini?’ ¹⁵Ngoku sibabiza ngabasikelelweyo abakhukhumeleyo. Abenza ububi bayaphumelela; bade bamlinge uThixo, basinda.

¹⁶Baza ke abo bamoyikayo uBawo wethu bathetha omnye komnye, waza wabaphulaphula weva. Kwabhalwa incwadi yenkumbuzo phambi kwakhe ngenxa yabo bamoyikayo nabalithanda igama lakhe.

¹⁷Baya kuba ngabam, utsho uBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini, ngemini endenza ngayo, babe yinqobo yam. Ndiya kubacongela njengoko uyise emcongela unyana wakhe omkhonzayo. ¹⁸Kwakhona niya kubona umahluko phakathi kolilungisa nongendawo, phakathi komkhonzi kaBawo wethu nongamkhonziyo.