Isityhilelo 2 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

2 ¹“Kwisithunywa sebandla elise-Efese bhala uthi: Nanku okuthethwa ngulowo uphethe iinkwenkwezi ezisixhenxe ngesandla sakhe sokunene, ohamba phakathi kweziphatho zezibane ezisixhenxe zegolide:

²“Ndiyayazi imisebenzi yakho, nomgudu wakho, nokunyamezela kwakho, nokuba awunako ukubanyamezela abangendawo; ubacikidile abo bathi bangabapostile bengengabo, waza wabafumana bengamaxoki. ³Unyamezele waza wathwala ubunzima ngenxa yegama lam, akuzange udinwe. ⁴Kodwa kukho into endiyibekayo kuwe: uluyekile uthando owawunalo ekuqaleni. ⁵Ngoko ke khumbula apho uwe khona; guquka wenze imisebenzi yakho yokuqala. Kungenjalo ndiza kuwe ndize ndisuse isiphatho sakho sezibane endaweni yaso—ukuba akuthanga uguquke. ⁶Kodwa unayo le nto: uyayithiya imisebenzi yamaNikolayi, endiyithiyayo nam. ⁷Lowo unendlebe makeve oko uMoya oyiNgcwele akuthethayo kuwo amabandla. Lowo weyisayo ndiya kumnika ukuba adle emthini wobomi oseparadisi kaBawo wethu.

Owokuqala Nowokugqibela

⁸“Kwisithunywa sebandla eliseSmirna bhala uthi: Nanku okuthethwa ngowokuqala nowokugqibela, lowo wafayo waza waphila kwakhona:

⁹“Ndiyayazi iintlungu zakho nobuhlwempu bakho—kanti usisityebi—nokunyeliswa ngabo bathi bangamaYuda bengengabo, bendlu yesikhungu kaSathana. ¹⁰Musa ukoyika oko uza kukuva ubunzima. Umtyholi uza kubaphosa abanye benu entolongweni ukuze anicikide; niya kuva ubunzima iintsuku ezilishumi. Yiba nokuthembeka kude kube sekufeni, ndaye ndiya kukunika isithsaba sobomi. ¹¹Lowo unendlebe makeve oko uMoya oyiNgcwele akuthethayo kuwo amabandla. Lowo weyisayo akayi kwenzakaliswa kukufa kwesibini.

Ikrele Elibukhali Elintlangothi Mbini

¹²“Kwisithunywa sebandla elisePergamo bhala uthi: Nanku okuthethwa ngulowo unekrele elibukhali elintlangothi mbini:

¹³“Ndiyayazi apho uhlala khona—apho ikho itrone kaSathana. Kodwa ubambelele egameni lam, akuzange ukukhanyele ukukholwa kwakho kum, nangexesha uAntipas, ingqina lam elithembekileyo, wabulawa phakathi kwenu, apho uSathana ahlala khona. ¹⁴Kodwa ndinezinto ezimbalwa endizibekayo kuwe: abanye apho babambelele kwimfundiso kaBhileham. Wamfundisa uBhalaki ukuba abeke isikhubekiso phambi kwamaSirayeli, ukuba badle ukudla okubingelelwe izithixo, bahenyuze. ¹⁵Ngokunjalo nawe unabanye ababambelele kwimfundiso yamaNikolayi. ¹⁶Ngoko ke guquka. Kungenjalo ndiza kuwe kungekudala, ndize ndilwe nabo babambelele kuyo ngekrele lomlomo wam. ¹⁷Nabani na onendlebe makeve oko uMoya oyiNgcwele akuthethayo kuwo amabandla. Lowo weyisayo ndiya kumnika imana efihliweyo, nelitye elimhlophe ekubhalwe kulo igama elitsha, elingaziwayo ngumntu ngaphandle kwalowo ulamkelayo.

Amehlo Anjengelangatye

¹⁸“Kwisithunywa sebandla eliseTiyatira bhala uthi: Nanku okuthethwa nguNyana kaBawo wethu, lowo amehlo akhe anjengelangatye lomlilo, neenyawo zakhe zinjengobhedu olubengezelayo:

¹⁹“Ndiyayazi imisebenzi yakho—uthando lwakho, nokholo lwakho, nenkonzo yakho, nokunyamezela kwakho—nokuba imisebenzi yakho yamva igqithile leyo yokuqala. ²⁰Kodwa kukho into endiyibekayo kuwe: uyamnyamezela umfazi uIzebhele, lowo uzibiza ngokuba ngumprofetikazi, efundisa, elahlekisa abakhonzi bam, ukuba bahenyuze, badle ukudla okubingelelwe izithixo. ²¹Ndimnikile ixesha lokuba aguquke, kodwa akavumi ukuguquka kubuhenyu bakhe. ²²Ndiya kumphosa ebhedini yokugula, nabo bakrexeza naye ndibaphose entlungwini enkulu, ukuba abathanga baguquke kwizinto azenzayo. ²³Ndaye ndiya kubabulala abantwana bakhe. Aze onke amabandla azi ukuba ndim lowo uphengulula ingqondo nentliziyo, ndaye ndiya kunibuyekeza elowo ngokwemisebenzi yakhe. ²⁴Kodwa kuni abaseleyo eTiyatira, eningabambelelanga kule mfundiso, eningazifundanga ezi zinto kuthiwa zizinzulu zikaSathana: andibeki mthwalo wumbi phezu kwenu. ²⁵Kodwa bambelelani kuko enikuphetheyo kude ndifike. ²⁶Lowo weyisayo aze agcine imisebenzi yam kude kube sekupheleni, ndiya kumnika igunya phezu kweentlanga, ²⁷aze azilawule ngentonga yesinyithi, aziqhekeze njengeempahla zomdongwe—njengokuba nam ndalamkela igunya kuBawo. ²⁸Ndaye ndiya kumnika inkwenkwezi yokusa. ²⁹Lowo unendlebe makeve oko uMoya oyiNgcwele akuthethayo kuwo amabandla.”