KwabaseRoma 11 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

11 ¹Ndiyabuza ke: ngaba uBawo wethu ubalahlile na abantu bakhe? Nakanye—nam ndingumSirayeli, wenzala ka-Abraham, wesizwe sakwaBhenjamin. ²UBawo wethu akabalahlanga abantu bakhe, awabaziyo ngenxa engaphambili. Okanye anazi na oko kuthethwa sisibhalo ngoEliya, indlela athetha ngayo kuBawo wethu echasa uSirayeli? ³“Bawo, babulele abaprofeti bakho, badiliza izibingelelo zakho; ndisele ndedwa mna, yaye bafuna umphefumlo wam.”

⁴Impendulo kaThixo yathi: “Ndizigcinele amadoda angamawaka asixhenxe angaguqanga amadolo kuBhahali.” ^a a v4 UBhahali wayesisithixo esiyintloko samaKanan, owayenqulwa kakhulu kulo lonke elakwaSirayeli ngemihla kaEliya.

⁵Ngokunjalo nangeli xesha langoku kukho amasalela, anyulwe ngobabalo. ⁶Kodwa ukuba kungobabalo, akusekho ngemisebenzi; kungenjalo ubabalo belungasayi kuba lubabalo.

⁷Kuthekani na ngoko? USirayeli akakufumananga oko wayekufuna; abanyuliweyo bakufumana, kodwa abaseleyo benziwa lukhuni. ⁸Njengoko kubhaliwe: “UBawo wethu wabanika umoya wobuthongo, amehlo angaboni neendlebe ezingeviyo, unanamhla.”

⁹Ke uDavide uthi: “Itafile yabo mayibe ngumgibe, ibe sisibatha, ibe sisikhubekiso, ibe yimbuyekezo kubo. ¹⁰Amehlo abo makwenziwe mnyama ukuze bangaboni, uze ugobe imihlana yabo ngonaphakade.”

¹¹Ndiyabuza ke: ngaba bakhubeke ukuze bawe kuphele na? Nakanye! Kunoko, ukuwa kwabo kwazisa usindiso kweentlanga, ukuze kuvuselelwe ikhwele kuSirayeli. ¹²Ukuba isono sabo sibutyebisa ihlabathi, nokuwa kwabo kuzityebisa iintlanga, kobeka phi na ke ukuzaliseka kwabo okupheleleyo!

¹³Nditsho oku kuni zintlanga: njengokuba ndingumpostile weentlanga, ndiyaluhlonela ulungiselelo lwam, ¹⁴ndinethemba lokuba ndingade ngandlela ithile ndibavuselele ikhwele abantu bakowethu, ndisindise abathile kubo. ¹⁵Ukuba ukulahlwa kwabo kwaxolelanisa ihlabathi, koba yintoni na ukwamkelwa kwabo, ngaphandle kobomi obuvela kwabafileyo? ¹⁶Ukuba intlahlela ingcwele, nentlama ingcwele; ukuba ingcambu ingcwele, namasebe angcwele. ¹⁷Ukuba amanye amasebe aqhawulwa, ke wena, ihlumelo lomnquma wasendle, wamiliselwa phakathi kwawo, usabelana nengcambu etyebile yomnquma, ¹⁸musa ukuqhayisa ngaphezu kwamasebe. Ukuba uyaqhayisa, akuyixhasi ingcambu—ingcambu ikuxhasa wena. ¹⁹Uya kuthi ke: “Amasebe aqhawulwa ukuze ndimiliselwe mna.” ²⁰Yinyaniso leyo. Aqhawulwa ngenxa yokungabi nalukholo; wena umi ngokholo. Musa ukuba nekratshi—kunoko woyike. ²¹Kuba ukuba uBawo wethu akawaconganga amasebe emvelo, akayi kukuconga nawe. ²²Khawuqaphele ke ububele nobuqatha bukaBawo wethu: ubuqatha kwabawileyo, ububele kuwe—ukuba uhlala kubo; kungenjalo nawe uya kunqunyulwa. ²³Ke nabo, ukuba abahlali ekungabini nalukholo, baya kumiliselwa—uBawo wethu unako ukubuya abamilisele kwakhona. ²⁴Ukuba wena wanqunyulwa emnqumeni wasendle ngemvelo, wamiliselwa, ngokunxamnye nemvelo, emnqumeni olinyiweyo, kobeka phi na ke ukumiliselwa kwamasebe emvelo kuwo kanye umnquma wawo?

USirayeli Uphela Uya Kusindiswa

²⁵Bazalwana, andithandi ukuba ningayazi le mfihlelo, ukuze ningabi zizilumko emehlweni enu: uSirayeli wenziwe lukhuni ngokuyinxenye, kude kungene inani elipheleleyo leentlanga.

²⁶Ngaloo ndlela uSirayeli uphela uya kusindiswa, njengoko kubhaliwe: “Umsindisi uya kuvela eZiyon, asuse inkohlakalo kuYakobi, ^b b v26 Umsindisi ovela eZiyon nguYesu—umsindisi awathembisa ngaye uBawo wethu ngoIsaya, obuyisa abantu bakhe esonweni. ²⁷yaye lo woba ngumnqophiso wam nabo, xa ndisusa izono zabo.”

²⁸Ngokweendaba ezilungileyo, baziintshaba ngenxa yenu; ngokonyulo, bayintanda ngenxa yookhokho. ²⁹Kuba izipho nobizo lukaBawo wethu azinakurhoxiswa. ³⁰Kuba kanye njengokuba nina nanifudula ningamthobeli uBawo wethu, kodwa ngoku nenzelwe inceba ngenxa yokungathobeli kwabo, ³¹ngokunjalo nabo ngoku abathobelanga, ukuze ngenceba enenzelwe yona, nabo benzelwe inceba ngoku. ³²Kuba uBawo wethu ubavalele bonke ekungathobelini, ukuze enzele inceba bonke.

³³Owu, ubunzulu bobutyebi nobulumko nokwazi kukaBawo wethu! Hayi ukungaphengululeki kwezigwebo zakhe nokungalandeleki kweendlela zakhe! ³⁴“Kuba ngubani na owaziyo ingqondo kaBawo wethu, okanye ngubani na obe ngumcebisi wakhe? ³⁵Okanye ngubani na owakha wamnika isipho ukuze abuyekezwe?” ³⁶Kuba zonke izinto zivela kuye, zikhona ngaye, zibuyela kuye. Makube luzuko kuye ngonaphakade. Amen.