UMika 7 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

7 ¹Yeka indlela endilusizi ngayo! Ndinjengomntu obuthe iziqhamo zasehlotyeni, njengobhikicayo esidiliyeni emva kokuvuna: akukho sihloko sokudla, akukho mkhiwane uqalayo endiwunqwenelayo.

²Abathembekileyo bemke ezweni, akukho namnye othe tye phakathi kwabantu; bonke balalela igazi, elowo uzingela umnakwabo ngomnatha. ³Izandla zabo ziyakuchule ukwenza okubi: umphathi ufuna isicengo, umgwebi wamkela umvuzo, nabanamandla bathetha oko bakunqwenelayo—baza benjenjalo bonke bayacebelelana. ⁴Olungileyo kunabo bonke unjengeliva, othe tye kunabo bonke mbi kunothango lwameva. Umhla ababenilumkisa ngawo ababoniseli benu, umhla wokuvuzwa kwenu, ufikile; ngoku kusondele ukudungadungeka kwabo. ⁵Ungakholosi ngommelwane; ungabi nankoloseko kumhlobo osondeleyo; gcina into oyithethayo nalowo ulele ezingalweni zakho. ⁶Kuba unyana umphatha kakubi uyise, intombi ivukela unina, umolokazana avukele uninazala; iintshaba zomntu ngabendlu yakhe. ^a a v6 UYesu wayicaphula le vesi xa walumkisa ukuba ukumlandela kuya kwahlula nabendlu enye (uMateyu 10:35-36).

⁷Ke mna, ndiya kulindela uBawo wethu; ndiya kumlinda uBawo ondisindisayo; uBawo wam uya kundiva. ⁸Musa ukundigculela, lutshaba lwam! Nangona ndiwile, ndiya kuvuka; nangona ndihleli ebumnyameni, uBawo wethu uya kuba kukukhanya kwam.

⁹Ndiya kuthwala ingqumbo kaBawo wethu, ngokuba ndonile kuye, ade asithabathe isimangalo sam andigwebele. Uya kundikhuphela ekukhanyeni, ndibubone ubulungisa bakhe. ¹⁰Luya kuthi ke utshaba lwam lukubone oku lugqunywe lihlazo, lona olwathi kum: “Uphi na uNdikhoyo uThixo wakho?” Amehlo am aya kukhangela kulo; ngoku luya kunyathelwa njengodaka lwezitrato.

¹¹Uya kufika umhla wokwakhiwa kwakhona kweendonga zakho, umhla eya kuba banzi ngawo imida yakho kude kakhulu. ¹²Ngaloo mini baya kuza kuwe bevela eAsiriya nasemizini yaseYiputa, bethabathela eYiputa besa eMlanjeni, bethabathela elwandle besa elwandle, nasentabeni besa entabeni. ^b b v12 ‘UMlambo’ ubhekisa kumEfrati, umlambo omkhulu waseMesopotamiya yamandulo. ¹³Kodwa ihlabathi liya kuba senkangala ngenxa yabemi balo, njengeziqhamo zemisebenzi yabo.

Inceba kaBawo Wethu Ihlala Ngonaphakade

¹⁴Yalusa abantu bakho ngentonga yakho, umhlambi welifa lakho, abahleli bodwa ehlathini phakathi kwamadlelo atyebileyo. Mabadle eBhashan naseGiliyadi njengoko benza kudala.

¹⁵Njengasemihleni owaphuma ngayo ezweni laseYiputa, ndiya kubabonisa izimanga.

¹⁶Iintlanga ziya kubona zibe nehlazo ngenxa yobungangamsha bazo bonke; ziya kubeka izandla zazo emlonyeni; neendlebe zazo zibe sisithulu. ¹⁷Baya kukhotha uthuli njengenyoka, njengezinambuzane zomhlaba. Baya kuphuma bengcangcazela ezimboniselweni zabo; baya kujika beze kuBawo wethu benkwantya, baze bakoyike.

¹⁸Ngubani na onjengoBawo wethu, oxolela isono, egqitha phezu kokreqo lwamasalela elifa lakhe? Akawubambi umsindo wakhe ngonaphakade, kuba intliziyo yakhe ikholiswa yinceba. ^c c v18 Igama elinguMika lithetha ukuthi “Ngubani na onjengoNdikhoyo?” — ke umprofeti uyiphetha incwadi yakhe ephendula igama lakhe: akukho namnye oxolelayo njengaBawo wethu. ¹⁹Uya kubuya abe nemfesane kuthi; aya kunyathela phantsi iziphoso zethu. Wophosa zonke izono zethu ezinzulwini zolwandle. ²⁰Wonyaniseka kuYakobi, umenzele inceba u-Abraham, njengoko wafunga koobawo bethu kudala.