UMarko 12 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

12 ¹Wathi ke uqala ukuthetha kubo ngemizekeliso: “Umntu othile watyala isidiliya, wasibiyela, wemba isixovulelo sewayini, wakha inqaba yokulinda, wasiqeshisa kubalimi, wemka. ²Ngexesha lokuvuna wathuma umkhonzi kubalimi, ukuba athabathe kubo kwisiqhamo sesidiliya. ³Kodwa bambamba, bambetha, bamndulula elambatha. ⁴Waphinda wabathumela omnye umkhonzi; bambetha entloko, bamhlazisa. ⁵Waza wathuma omnye, nalowo bambulala—wandula ke ukuthuma abaninzi, abanye ebetha, abanye ebabulala.”

⁶Wayesenaye omnye, unyana oyintanda; wamthuma kubo ekugqibeleni, esithi: “Baya kumhlonela unyana wam.” ^a a v6 Umnini sidiliya othuma unyana wakhe okuphela kwakhe oyintanda nguBawo wethu othuma uYesu—kwalona ilizwi awalithethayo uBawo phezu kwakhe ngexesha lobhaptizo lwakhe: “uNyana wam oyintanda.”

⁷“Kodwa abalimi bathi omnye komnye: ‘Nantsi indlalifa. Yizani, masiyibulale—lize ibe lelethu ilifa.’ ⁸Bambamba ke, bambulala, bamphosa ngaphandle kwesidiliya. ⁹Uya kwenza ntoni na ngoko umnini sidiliya? Uya kuza, ababhubhise abalimi, asinike abanye isidiliya. ¹⁰Anizange nisilese na esi sibhalo sithi: ‘Ilitye abalicekisayo abakhi laba lilitye lembombo; ¹¹oku kwenziwe nguBawo wethu, kumangalisa emehlweni ethu’?”

¹²Babefuna ukumbamba, kodwa boyika isihlwele, besazi ukuba lo mzekeliso wawuthetha ngabo. Bamshiya ke, bemka.

Nikani uKesare, Nikani uBawo

¹³Bathuma kuye abathile kubaFarisi namaHerode, ukuba bambambise ngelizwi. ¹⁴Bafika bathi kuye: “Mfundisi, siyazi ukuba uthetha inyaniso, akukhathali nokuba abantu bathini na, kuba awukhangeli buso bamntu, koko ufundisa indlela kaBawo wethu ngenyaniso. Kuvumelekile na ukurhola irhafu kuKesare, kusini na? Sirhole, singarholi?”

¹⁵Kodwa, esazi uhanahaniso lwabo, wathi kubo: “Nindilingelani na? Ndiphatheleni ingqekembe yesilivere ndiyijonge.” ¹⁶Bayizisa, waza wababuza: “Ngokabani na lo mfanekiso nalo mbhalo?” Bathi kuye: “NgokaKesare.”

¹⁷Wathi uYesu kubo: “Nikani uKesare izinto zikaKesare, nikani uBawo wethu izinto zikaBawo wethu.” Bamangaliswa nguye.

UBawo Wabaphilileyo

¹⁸Baza beza kuye abaSadusi, abathi akukho luvuko. Bambuza, besithi:

¹⁹“Mfundisi, uMoses wasibhalela ukuba, ukuba umntu umnakwabo uthe wafa eshiya umfazi, engashiyanga mntwana, umnakwabo makazeke loo mfazi, amvelisele inzala. ²⁰Kwakukho abazalwana abasixhenxe; owokuqala wazeka umfazi, waza ekufeni kwakhe akashiya bantwana. ²¹Owesibini wamzeka, naye wafa engashiyanga bantwana. Nowesithathu kwanjalo. ²²Akwabakho namnye kwabasixhenxe owashiya abantwana. Ekugqibeleni kwabo wafa nomfazi lowo. ²³Eluvukweni, xa bevuka, uya kuba ngumfazi kabani na? Kuba bonke abasixhenxe babenaye engumfazi.”

²⁴Wathi uYesu kubo: “Ayikukho na le nto niphosakele ngayo—ningazazi izibhalo, ningawazi namandla kaBawo wethu? ²⁵Kuba xa bevuka abafileyo, abazeki, abazekiswa, koko banjengezithunywa zezulu ezisemazulwini. ²⁶Ngokuvuka kwabafileyo, anizange nilese na encwadini kaMoses, kwisicatshulwa esithetha ngetyholo, indlela awathetha ngayo kuye uBawo wethu esithi: ‘NdinguThixo ka-Abraham, noka-Isake, nokaYakobi’? ²⁷Akanguye uThixo wabafileyo, koko ngowabaphilileyo. Niphosakele kakhulu nina.”

Thanda uBawo Ngako Konke

²⁸Wasondela umbhali othile, weva bephikisana, wabona ukuba uYesu uphendule kakuhle, waza wabuza: “Nguwuphi na owona mthetho ubalulekileyo kuyo yonke?”

²⁹Waphendula uYesu wathi: “Owona mthetho ubalulekileyo ngulo: ‘Phulaphula, Sirayeli: uBawo wethu mnye.’ ³⁰Thanda uBawo wakho ngentliziyo yakho yonke, nangomphefumlo wakho wonke, nangengqondo yakho yonke, nangamandla akho onke.”

³¹“Owesibini ngulo: ‘Thanda ummelwane wakho njengoko uzithanda wena.’ Akukho mthetho mkhulu kunale.”

³²Wathi umbhali kuye: “Utsho kakuhle, Mfundisi. Utsho ngenyaniso ukuba mnye, nokuba akukho wumbi ngaphandle kwakhe. ³³Ukumthanda ngentliziyo yonke, nangengqondo yonke, nangamandla onke, nokuthanda ummelwane wakho njengoko uzithanda wena, kungaphezu lee kwamadini onke atshiswayo nemibingelelo.”

³⁴Ebona ukuba uphendule ngobulumko, wathi uYesu kuye: “Akukude ebukumkanini bukaBawo wethu wena.” Emva koko akwabakho namnye owaba nenkani yokumbuza umbuzo.

UNyana Kabani uMesiya?

³⁵Efundisa etempileni, wabuza uYesu: “Bangathini na ababhali ukuthi uKrestu ngunyana kaDavide?

³⁶UDavide ngokwakhe watsho ngoMoya oyiNgcwele: ‘UBawo wethu wathi eNkosini yam: “Hlala ngasekunene kwam, ndide ndibeke iintshaba zakho phantsi kweenyawo zakho.”’

³⁷“UDavide ngokwakhe umbiza ngeNkosi uKrestu. Angaba ngunyana kaDavide njani na ke uKrestu?” Sakholwa isihlwele esikhulu kukumphulaphula.

Lumkelani Inkolo Elambatha

³⁸Wathi ekufundiseni kwakhe: “Balumkeleni ababhali, abathanda ukuhambahamba beziingubo ezinde, nemibuliso ezindaweni zembutho, ³⁹nokuba nezona zihlalo zibalaseleyo ezindlwini zesikhungu, neendawo zembeko ezidlweni, ⁴⁰abadla izindlu zabahlolokazi, bazenzela igama ngokuthandaza imithandazo emide. Aba baya kwamkela ukugwetywa okungaphezulu.”

Umnikelo woMhlolokazi

⁴¹Wathi ehleli malunga nebuncwane, wayibukela indimbane ifaka imali kulo; izityebi ezininzi zafaka imali eninzi. ⁴²Kwafika umhlolokazi olihlwempu, wafaka iingqekembe ezincinane ezimbini zobhedu, ezixabisa ipeni. ^b b v42 Iilepta ezimbini zaziziimali ezincinci kunazo zonke ezazisetyenziswa—zombini zazixabisa kuphela umvuzo wemizuzwana embalwa, okona kuncinci umntu anokunikela ngako.

⁴³Wababiza abafundi bakhe, wathi kubo: “Inene, ndithi kuni, lo mhlolokazi ulihlwempu ufake ngaphezu kwabo bonke abafake ebhokisini yomnikelo. ⁴⁴Kaloku bonke banikele kokusele kubo, kodwa yena unikele ebuhlwempwini bakhe—konke abenako, konke anokuphila ngako.”