IiNdumiso 31 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

31 ¹Kuwe, Bawo, ndiphephela; mandingaze ndidaniswe; ngobulungisa bakho ndihlangule. ²Thoba indlebe yakho kum; ndihlangule ngokukhawuleza. Yiba liliwa lam lokuphephela, inqaba yokhuselo ukuze undisindise. ³Kuba wena uliliwa lam nenqaba yam; ngenxa yegama lakho uyandikhokela undilathise. ⁴Uyandikhulula emnathini abandifihlele wona, kuba wena uyinqaba yam yokuphephela.

⁵Esandleni sakho ndiwunikela umoya wam; undikhululile, Bawo, othembekileyo nowenyaniso. ^a a v5 UYesu wawathandaza la mazwi xa wayesifa — “Bawo, ezandleni zakho ndinikela umoya wam” (Luka 23:46) — ezinikela kuBawo lo mhobe othembela kuye. ⁶Ndiyabathiya abo banamathela kwizithixo ezingento, kodwa mna ndithembela kuBawo wam. ⁷Ndiya kugcoba ndivuye ngothando lwakho lomnqophiso, kuba uyibonile inkxwaleko yam; uzazile iinkathazo zomphefumlo wam, ⁸yaye awundinikezelanga ezandleni zotshaba; uzimisile iinyawo zam endaweni ebanzi. ⁹Ndibabale, Bawo, kuba ndikwimbandezelo; amehlo am afiphele lusizi, kwanomphefumlo wam nomzimba wam. ¹⁰Kuba ubomi bam budleke lusizi, neminyaka yam yincwina; amandla am ayaphela ngenxa yesono sam, namathambo am ayonakala. ¹¹Ngenxa yazo zonke iintshaba zam ndibe lihlazo, ngokukodwa kubamelwane bam, nesothuso kwabaziyo; abo bandibonayo esitratweni bayandibaleka. ¹²Ndilityelwe njengomntu ofileyo, ndaphuma engqondweni; ndibe njengembiza eyaphukileyo.

¹³Kuba ndiyakuva ukusebeza kwabaninzi—uloyiko macala onke— xa besenza iyelenqe ndawonye ngam, beceba ukuthabatha ubomi bam. ¹⁴Kodwa mna ndithembela kuwe, Bawo; ndithi: “Wena unguBawo wam.” ¹⁵Amaxesha am asesandleni sakho; ndihlangule esandleni seentshaba zam nakwabo banditshutshisayo. ¹⁶Khanyisa ubuso bakho phezu komkhonzi wakho; ndisindise ngothando lwakho lomnqophiso. ¹⁷Bawo, mandingadaniswa, kuba ndibiza kuwe; mabadaniswe abangendawo, bathuliswe engcwabeni.

¹⁸Mayithuliswe imilebe exokayo, ethetha ngekratshi nxamnye nelungisa, ngenkukhumalo nangendelelo. ¹⁹Hayi ukuba kukhulu kokulunga kwakho, okubekele abo bakoyikayo, okubonakalalise kwabo baphephela kuwe, phambi kwabantu bonke.

²⁰Ekuphephaleni kobukho bakho uyabafihla kumayelenqe abantu; uyabagcina bekhuselekile emnqubeni wakho kwiilwimi ezinyelisayo. ²¹Makabongwe uBawo wam, kuba undibonisile uthando lwakhe olumangalisayo lomnqophiso ngexesha ndisesixekweni esirhangqiweyo.

²²Ndathi ndinothuko: “Ndinqunyulwe phambi kwamehlo akho.” Kodwa wasiva isikhalo sam sokucela inceba xa ndakhala kuwe ndicela uncedo. ²³Mthandeni uBawo wethu, nina nonke bathembekileyo bakhe. UBawo wethu uyabalonda abathembekileyo, kodwa uyambuyekeza ngokupheleleyo lowo wenza ngekratshi. ²⁴Yomelelani, nikhaliphe, nina nonke nilindele uBawo wethu.