UMatewu 12 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

12 ¹Ngelo xesha uYesu wacanda emasimini engqolowa ngesabatha. Babelambile abafundi bakhe, baza baqala ukukha izikhwebu zengqolowa, besidla. ²Bakubona oku abaFarisi, bathi kuye: “Khangela, abafundi bakho benza okungavumelekileyo ngesabatha.”

³Wathi kubo: “Anizange na nilese oko wakwenzayo uDavide, mhla yena nabo babenaye babelambile? ⁴indlela angena ngayo endlwini kaBawo wethu, wadla isonka sokubonakala, into eyayingavumelekanga kuye nakwabo babenaye, ibekelwe ababingeleli bodwa?” ⁵“Okanye anizange na nilese emthethweni ukuba ngesabatha ababingeleli etempileni bayaphula isabatha, baze bangabi natyala? ⁶Ndithi kuni, kukho okukhulu kunetempile apha. ⁷Ukuba benisazi okuthethwa koku: ‘Ndithanda inceba, hayi umbingelelo’, ngenisibe anibagwebanga abangenatyala. ⁸Kuba uNyana woLuntu uyiNkosi yesabatha.”

Inceba kaBawo wethu iyaphilisa ngeSabatha

⁹Wemka apho, waya wangena endlwini yabo yesikhungu. ¹⁰Kwakukho khona indoda enesandla esomileyo nkenkenke. Bambuza, besithi: “Kuvumelekile na ukuphilisa ngesabatha?”—befuna ukummangalela.

¹¹Wathi kubo: “Nguwuphi na kuni onemvu, ethi yakuwela emhadini ngesabatha, angayibambi ayikhuphe? ¹²Hayi ukubaluleka komntu ngaphezu kwemvu! Ngoko kuvumelekile ukwenza okulungileyo ngesabatha.” ¹³Wandula ukuthi kuyo: “Yolula isandla sakho.” Wasolula, saza sabuyiselwa, saphila njengesinye.

¹⁴Kodwa baphuma abaFarisi, babhunga indlela abanokumtshabalalisa ngayo.

UMkhonzi kaBawo wethu oyintanda

¹⁵UYesu, ekwazi oku, wemka apho. Balandela abaninzi, waza wabaphilisa bonke, ¹⁶wabaxelela ukuba bangaxeli mntu ngaye. ¹⁷Oku kwenzeka ukuze kuzaliseke okwathethwayo ngumprofeti uIsaya, esithi:

¹⁸“Khangelani, uMkhonzi wam—uYesu— endimnyulileyo, intanda yam ekholiswa nguye umphefumlo wam. Ndiya kubeka uMoya wam phezu kwakhe, aze avakalise ubulungisa kweentlanga. ¹⁹Akayi kubambana nokuxabana, akayi kumemeza, akukho namnye uya kuliva izwi lakhe ezitratweni. ²⁰Ingcongolo etyumkileyo akayi kuyaphula, nomsonto oqhumayo akayi kuwucima, ade azise ubulungisa ekoyiseni; ²¹kananjalo egameni lakhe iintlanga ziya kubeka ithemba lazo.”

Ubukumkani abunakuma buzahlulahlule

²²Baza bazisa kuye indoda ephethwe yidemon, eyimfama nesisidenge, waza wamphilisa, yathetha isidenge sabona. ²³Zonke izihlwele zamangaliswa, zathi: “Akanguye na lo uNyana kaDavide?” ²⁴Kodwa beva oku abaFarisi, bathi: “Lo mntu uzikhupha iidemon ngoBhelezebhule kuphela, umphathi weedemon.”

²⁵Kodwa yena, ekwazi oko babekucinga, wathi kubo: “Bonke ubukumkani obahlulelene phakathi kwabo buya kutshabalala, nawuphi na umzi okanye indlu eyahlulelene nayo ngokwayo ayiyi kuma. ²⁶Ukuba ke noSathana uyamkhupha uSathana, wahlulelene yedwa. Bothini na ke ukuma ubukumkani bakhe? ²⁷Ukuba mna ndikhupha iidemon ngoBhelezebhule, bona oonyana benu bazikhupha ngabani na? Ngako oko baya kuba ngabagwebi benu. ²⁸Kodwa ukuba mna ndizikhupha iidemon ngoMoya kaBawo wethu, ngoko bunifikele ubukumkani bukaBawo wethu. ²⁹Okanye angathini na umntu ukungena endlwini yendoda enamandla, aphange impahla yayo, engathanga kuqala ayibophe loo ndoda inamandla? Wandule ke ukuyiphanga indlu yayo.

³⁰Lowo ungengakum, uchasene nam; nalowo ungabuthisiyo nam, uyachithachitha. ³¹Ngenxa yoko ndithi kuni, sonke isono nokunyelisa kuya kuxolelwa abantu, kodwa ukunyelisa uMoya akuyi kuxolelwa. ³²Othetha kakubi ngoNyana woLuntu uya kuxolelwa; kodwa othetha kakubi ngoMoya oyiNgcwele akayi kuxolelwa—nakweli xesha, nakwelo lizayo.

³³Wenze umthi ulunge nesiqhamo sawo silunge, okanye nenze umthi ube mbi nesiqhamo sawo sibe sibi, kuba umthi uyaziwa ngesiqhamo sawo. ³⁴Nzalandini yamarhamba! Ningathini na ukuthetha izinto ezilungileyo ningabangendawo nje? Kuba umlomo uthetha ngokuphuphuma kwentliziyo. ³⁵Umntu olungileyo ukhupha okuhle kobuncwane obulungileyo; umntu ongendawo ukhupha okubi kobuncwane obubi. ³⁶Ndithi kuni, ngomhla womgwebo abantu baya kuphendula ngalo lonke ilizwi elilambathayo abalithethayo; ³⁷kuba ngamazwi akho uya kugwetyelwa, nangamazwi akho uya kugwetywa.”

Umqondiso kaYona

³⁸Kwaza abathile kubabhali nabaFarisi bathi: “Mfundisi, sifuna umqondiso kuwe.”

³⁹Waphendula wathi: “Esi sizukulwana singendawo nesikrexezayo sibanga umqondiso. Akukho mqondiso iya kuwunikwa, ngaphandle komqondiso kaYona umprofeti. ⁴⁰Kuba njengokuba uYona wayeziintsuku ezintathu nobusuku obuthathu esiswini sentlanzi enkulu, uya kuba njalo uNyana woLuntu iintsuku ezintathu nobusuku obuthathu embilinini womhlaba. ⁴¹Abantu baseNineve baya kuvuka ngomhla womgwebo kunye nesi sizukulwana, basigwebe; ngenxa yokuba baguquka ngentshumayelo kaYona, kanti nantso apha into enkulu kunoYona. ⁴²Ukumkanikazi wasezantsi uya kusuka eme ngomgwebo nesi sizukulwana, asigwebe; kuba weza evela eziphelweni zehlabathi ukuza kuva ubulumko bukaSolomon—yabona ke, into enkulu kunoSolomon ikho apha.

⁴³Xa umoya ongcolileyo uphuma emntwini, uhamba ngeendawo ezomileyo, ufuna ukuphumla, uze ungakufumani. ⁴⁴Uthi ke: ‘Ndiya kubuyela endlwini yam endayishiyayo.’ Uthi wakufika, uyifumane ingenanto, itshayelwe, ivathisiwe. ⁴⁵Uze ke uhambe uthathe abanye oomoya abasixhenxe abangcolileyo ngaphezu kwawo, bangene bazinze apho; aze loo mntu agqibele esebubini obukhulu kunobokuqala. Kuya kuba njalo nakwesi sizukulwana singendawo.”

Usapho Lwenene lukaBawo

⁴⁶Esathetha nje nezihlwele, unina nabanakwabo bema ngaphandle, befuna ukuthetha naye. ⁴⁷Wathi othile kuye: “Yabona, unyoko nabanakwenu bemi ngaphandle, befuna ukuthetha nawe.”

⁴⁸Waphendula wathi kulowo owamxelelayo: “Ngubani na uma wam, baye bangoobani na abanakwethu?”

⁴⁹Waza wolula isandla sakhe esinga kubafundi bakhe, wathi: “Naba uma wam nabanakwethu! ⁵⁰Kuba osukuba esenza intando kaBawo wam osemazulwini, nguye umnakwethu nodade wethu noma wam.”