UObhadiya 1 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

1 ¹Umbono kaObhadiya. Nantsi into ayithethayo iNkosi enguMongami ngoEdom: Sive isigidimi esivela kuBawo wethu, nomthunywa othunywe ezizweni, esithi: “Vukani! Masivukele kuye ukuze silwe naye!”

²Yabona, ndiya kukwenza mncinane phakathi kweentlanga; uya kudeleka kakhulu. ³Ukukhukhumala kwentliziyo yakho kukukhohlisile, wena uhleli ezingoxweni zeliwa, ondlu yakho isemimangweni, othi entliziyweni yakho: “Ngubani na onokundihlisela emhlabeni?” ^a a v3 Abantu bakwaEdom bakha umzi wabo omkhulu phakathi kwamaliwa amabomvu angathi ziirozi akwelo lingasezantsi kweJordan namhlanje — indawo ababecinga ukuba ayinakuhlaselwa. ⁴Nokuba uthe wenyuka njengokhozi, nokuba uthe wasimisa phakathi kweenkwenkwezi isidleke sakho, ndoza ndikuhlisele phantsi, usuke apho, utsho uBawo wethu. ⁵Ukuba amasela afika kuwe, ukuba abaphangi beza ebusuku — hayi, ukutshatyalaliswa kwakho! — abebengayi kweba kuphela into abayifunayo na? Ukuba abavuni beediliya beze kuwe, abebengayi kushiya zidiliya zimbalwa na? ⁶Hayi, ukuphangwa kukaEsawu, ubuncwane bakhe obufihliweyo buthinjiwe! ⁷Onke amanqophisana akho akuqhubele emdeni; abo babexolelene nawe bakukhohlisile, bakoyisa; abo babesidla nawe esithebeni bakubekele umgibe phantsi kwakho — kanti wena akuwuboni. ⁸Andiyi kuthi na ngaloo mini, utsho uBawo wethu, ndiwatshabalalise amadoda azizilumko akwaEdom, ndiyitshayele ingqondo entabeni kaEsawu? ⁹Amagorha akho aya kwaphulwa, Teman, ukuze wonke umntu osentabeni kaEsawu anqunyulwe ekubulaweni. ^b b v9 ITeman yayingummandla wakwaEdom; apha imela uhlanga lonke. ¹⁰Ngenxa yogonyamelo owaluzenzela umnakwenu uYakobi, uya kugqunywa lihlazo, unqanyulwe ngonaphakade.

¹¹Ngemini owema ungenzanga nto ngayo, ngemini abasemzini abathwele ngayo ubutyebi bakhe, abasemzini bangena ngamasango akhe, benza amaqashiso ngeYerusalem — nawe wawunjengomnye wabo. ¹²Kodwa uze ungamgculeli umnakwenu ngemini yentlekele yakhe; uze ungabavuyeli abantu bakwaYuda ngemini yentshabalalo yabo; uze ungaqhayisi ngelizwi elikhulu ngemini yenkxwaleko. ¹³Uze ungangeni ngesango labantu bam ngemini yentlekele yabo; wena kunabo bonke abantu, uze ungamgculeli ngentlekele yakhe ngemini yentlekele yakhe; uze ungabuphangi ubutyebi bakhe ngemini yentlekele yakhe. ¹⁴Uze ungemi emacaleni eendlela ukuze unqumle ababalekayo bakhe; uze ungabanikeli abasindileyo bakhe ngemini yenkxwaleko.

¹⁵Kuba imini kaBawo wethu isondele kuzo zonke iintlanga. Njengoko wenzileyo wena, koyenziwa kunjalo kuwe; izenzo zakho ziya kubuyela phezu kwentloko yakho. ¹⁶Kuba njengoko wasela entabeni yam engcwele, ngokunjalo zonke iintlanga ziya kusela ngamaxesha onke; ziya kusela, ziginye, zibe ngathi azizanga zibekho. ¹⁷Kodwa entabeni yeZiyon kuya kubakho usindiso, ibe ngcwele, indlu kaYakobi ilidle ilifa layo. ¹⁸Indlu kaYakobi iya kuba ngumlilo, indlu kaYosefu ibe lilangatye, indlu kaEsawu ibe ziindiza; baya kuyitshisa bayidle, kungasali namnye usindileyo wendlu kaEsawu, kuba utshilo uBawo wethu.

¹⁹Abasezantsi baya kudla ilifa lentaba kaEsawu, abeentlambo balidle ilizwe lamaFilisti; baya kudla ilifa lelizwe lakwaEfrayim nelizwe laseSamari, waza uBhenjamin adle ilifa laseGiliyadi. ²⁰Abathinjwa balo mkhosi woonyana bakaSirayeli baya kudla ilifa lelizwe lamaKanan, kuse eTsarfati; abathinjwa baseYerusalem abaseSefaradi badle ilifa lemizi yasezantsi. ^c c v20 ISefaradi yayiyindawo ekude apho amaYuda ayethinjelwe khona; indawo yayo echanekileyo ayaziwa. ²¹Abahlanguli baya kunyuka baye entabeni yeZiyon, ukuze bayilawule intaba kaEsawu; ubukumkani bube bukaBawo wethu. ^d d v21 UObhadiya uvala ngolawulo lukaBawo wethu — olo lawulo kanye uYesu awaluvakalisayo, waza wasifundisa ukuba sithandazele: “Mabufike ubukumkani bakho.”