UGWA­LO LWE­SI­HLA­NU LU­KA­MO­ZI­SI OLU­THI­WA

UDU­TE­RO­NO­MI

UMo­zi­si ula­ndi­sa ngo­kwe­nza­ka­la­yo eku­ha­mbe­ni kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li enka­nga­la

1La nga­ma­zwi uMo­zi­si awa­khu­lu­ma kuI­sra­ye­li wo­nke nga­ne­no kwe­Jo­da­ni enka­nga­la, egce­ke­ni eli­qo­nde­ne le­Su­fi, pha­ka­thi kwe­Pa­ra­ni le­To­fe­li le­La­ba­nia le­Ha­ze­ro­thi le­Di­za­ha­bib.

2 Ku­le­nsu­ku ezi­li­tshu­mi la­nye ku­su­ke­la eHo­re­be nge­ndle­la ye­nta­ba ye­Se­yi­ri ku­si­ya eKa­de­shi-Bha­ne­yac.

3 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ngo­mnya­ka wa­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne, nge­nya­nga ye­tshu­mi la­nye, ngo­lo­ku­qa­la lwe­nya­ngad, uMo­zi­si wa­khu­lu­ma ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li nje­nga­kho ko­nke iNko­si eya­mla­ya nga­kho ku­bo,

4 ese­mtsha­yi­le uSi­ho­ni inko­si ya­maA­mo­rie owa­ye­hla­la eHe­shi­bo­nif, loO­gi inko­si ye­Ba­sha­nig owa­ye­hla­la eA­shi­ta­ro­thi eE­dre­yi.

5 Nga­ne­no kwe­Jo­da­ni, eli­zwe­ni la­ko­Mo­wa­bi, uMo­zi­si wa­qa­la uku­cha­si­sa lu­mla­yo esi­thi:

6 INko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu ya­khu­lu­ma ki­thi eHo­re­be isi­thi: Se­li­hla­le isi­kha­thi ese­ne­le­yo ku­li­nta­bah.

7 Phe­ndu­ka­ni li­su­ke, li­ye enta­be­ni ya­maA­mo­ri, le­nda­we­ni eza­khe­le­ne la­wo, egce­ke­ni, enta­be­ni, le­si­ho­tshe­ni, le­ni­ngi­zi­mu, le­khu­nji­ni lo­lwa­ndle, ili­zwe la­ma­Kha­na­ni, le­Le­bha­no­ni, ku­ze ku­be se­mfu­le­ni omkhu­lu, umfu­la iYu­fra­thi.

8 Bo­na­ni, ngi­be­ke ili­zwe pha­mbi kwe­nu. Nge­na­ni, li­dle ili­fa le­li­zwe iNko­si eya­li­fu­nge­la oyi­hlo, oA­bra­ha­ma, uI­sa­ka, lo­Ja­ko­be, uku­ba­ni­ka lo­na le­nza­lo ya­bo emva kwa­boi.

9 Nja­lo nga­khu­lu­ma ki­ni nga­le­so­si­kha­thi ngi­si­thi: Ka­ngi­la­ku­li­thwa­la ngi­nge­dwaj.

10 INko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu ila­ndi­si­lek, kha­nge­la­ni-ke, la­mu­hla li­nje­nge­nka­nye­zi za­ma­zu­lu ngo­bu­ne­ngi.

11 INko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­yi­hlo, ka­ya­ndi­se ki­ni, nje­ngo­ba li­nja­lo, ngo­ku­phi­ndwe ka­nku­lu­ngwa­ne, ili­bu­si­se, nje­ngo­ku­khu­lu­ma kwa­yo ki­nil.

12 Ngi­nge­dwa ngi­nga­thwa­la nja­nim ubu­nzi­ma be­nu lo­mthwa­lo we­nu le­nka­ni ye­nun?

13 Zi­tha­the­le­ni ama­do­da ahla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo, azwi­si­sa­yo, la­zi­wa­yo ezi­zwe­ni ze­nu, ngi­wa­be­ke-ke abe zi­nhlo­ko ze­nuo.

14 La­se­li­ngi­phe­ndu­la li­si­thi: Ili­zwi oli­khu­lu­mi­le­yo li­lu­ngi­le uku­le­nza.

15 Nga­se­ngi­tha­tha inhlo­ko ze­zi­zwe ze­nu, ama­do­da ahla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo, azi­wa­yo, nga­wa­be­ka aba zi­nhlo­ko phe­zu kwe­nu, indu­na ze­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne, le­ndu­na za­ma­khu­lu, le­ndu­na za­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu, le­ndu­na za­ma­tshu­mip, le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla ze­zi­zwe ze­nuq.

16 Nga­se­ngi­la­ya aba­hlu­le­li be­nu nga­le­so­si­kha­thi ngi­si­thi: Zwa­ni­ni oku­pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­fo­we­nu, la­hlu­le­le ngo­ku­lu­nga pha­ka­thi ko­mu­ntu lo­mfo­wa­bo lo­we­zi­zwe­ni oku­yer.

17 Li­nga­kha­nge­li ubu­so ekwa­hlu­le­le­ni, zwa­ni­ni omnci­nya­ne nje­ngo­mkhu­lu; li­nge­sa­bi ubu­so bo­mu­ntus, ngo­ba ukwa­hlu­le­la ku­ngo­ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu. Le­nda­ba elu­khu­ni ki­nit li­za­yi­le­tha ki­mi, be­se­ngi­yi­zwau.

18 La­nga­le­so­si­kha­thi nga­li­la­ya zo­nke izi­nto eli­fa­ne­le uku­ze­nza.

19 Sa­se­si­su­ka eHo­re­be, sa­ha­mba ku­yo yo­nke le­yo­nka­nga­la enku­lu le­ye­sa­be­ka­yo ela­yi­bo­na­yo nge­ndle­la ye­nta­ba ya­maA­mo­ri, nje­ngo­ku­si­la­ya kwe­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thuv, sa­ze sa­fi­ka eKa­de­shi-Bha­ne­yaw.

20 Nga­se­ngi­si­thi ki­ni: Se­li­fi­ki­le enta­be­ni ya­maA­mo­ri iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu eza­si­ni­ka yo­na.

21 Bo­na, iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho ili­ni­ki­le ili­zwe pha­mbi kwa­kho; ye­nyu­ka udle ili­fa la­lo, nje­ngo­ku­tsho kwe­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­yi­hlo ku­we; unge­sa­bi, unga­di­de­kix.

22 La­se­li­so­nde­la ki­mi lo­nke la­thi: Asi­thu­me ama­do­da pha­mbi kwe­thu uku­ze asi­hlo­le­le ili­zwe, abu­yi­se ili­zwi ki­thi, indle­la esi­za­kwe­nyu­ka nga­yo, le­mi­zi esi­za­nge­na ku­yo.

23 Le­nda­ba ya­yi­nhle eme­hlwe­ni ami; nga­kho nga­tha­tha ki­ni ama­do­da ali­tshu­mi la­mbi­li, indo­da­nye nge­si­zwey.

24 Wo­na aphe­ndu­ka, enyu­ke­la enta­be­niz aze afi­ka esi­ho­tshe­ni seE­shi­ko­li, asi­hlo­la.

25 Ase­tha­tha okwe­zi­the­lo ze­li­zwe esa­ndle­ni sa­bo, aze­hli­se­la ki­thi; abu­yi­sa ili­zwi ki­thi athi: Ili­zwe li­hle iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu esi­ni­ka lo­na.

26 Ka­nti ka­li­fu­na­nga ukwe­nyu­ka, ko­dwa la­vu­ke­la umlo­mo we­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nua,

27 la­ngu­ngu­na ema­the­nte­ni enu la­thib: Ngo­ba iNko­si ya­yi­si­zo­nda, ya­si­khu­pha eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the uku­si­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni sa­maA­mo­ri uku­si­bhu­bhi­sac.

28 Si­za­kwe­nyu­ke­la nga­phi? Aba­fo­we­thu be­nze inhli­zi­yo ye­thu iphe­le ama­ndlad be­si­thi: Aba­ntu ba­khu­lu ba­de ku­la­thi; imi­zi mi­khu­lu, ibi­ye­lwe nge­mi­tha­nga­la efi­ka ema­zu­lwi­nie; fu­thi-ke si­bo­ni­le kho­na ama­do­da­na amaA­na­kif.

29 Nga­se­ngi­si­thi ki­ni: Li­nga­tsha­ywa lu­va­lo, li­be­sa­be.

30 INko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu eha­mba pha­mbi kwe­nu, yo­na iza­li­lwe­la nje­nga­kho ko­nke eya­le­nze­la kho­na eGi­bhi­the pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo enug,

31 le­nka­nga­la, la­pho obo­ne kho­na uku­thi iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho ya­ku­thwa­la nje­nge­ndo­da ithwa­la indo­da­na ya­yo, endle­le­ni yo­nke ela­ha­mba nga­yo la­ze la­fi­ka ku­li­nda­woh.

32 Ko­dwa nga­le­li­li­zwi ka­li­kho­lwa­nga iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nui

33 eya­ha­mba pha­mbi kwe­nu endle­le­nij, uku­li­di­nge­la inda­wo uku­ze li­mi­se inka­mba, ngo­mli­lo ebu­su­ku, uku­li­tshe­ngi­sa indle­la eli­za­ha­mba nga­yo, la­nge­ye­zi emi­nik.

34 Kwa­thi iNko­si isi­zwi­le ili­zwi la­ma­zwi enu, ya­thu­ku­the­la ya­fu­nga ya­thil:

35 Isi­bi­li ka­kho ku­la­ma­do­da ale­si­si­zu­ku­lwa­na esi­bi oza­bo­na ili­zwe eli­hle enga­fu­nga uku­li­ni­ka oyi­hlom,

36 nga­pha­ndle ku­ka­Ka­le­bi indo­da­na ka­Je­fu­ne; ye­na uza­li­bo­na. Nja­lo ngi­za­ni­ka ku­ye ili­zwe anya­the­la ku­lo, la­ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­khe, ngo­ba ula­nde­le iNko­si ngo­ku­phe­le­le­yon.

37 La­mi iNko­si ya­ngi­thu­ku­the­le­la nge­nxa ye­nu, isi­thi: La­we ka­wu­yi­ku­nge­na kho­nao.

38 UJo­shu­wa indo­da­na ka­Nu­nip oma pha­mbi kwa­kho, ye­na uza­nge­na kho­naq; mqi­ni­se, ngo­ba ye­na uza­kwe­nza uI­sra­ye­li adle ili­fa la­lor.

39 La­ba­ntwa­nya­na be­nu ela­li­si­thi ba­za­ku­ba yi­mpa­ngo, la­ba­ntwa­na be­nus, aba­nga­zi­yo la­mu­hla oku­hle lo­ku­bi, bo­na ba­za­nge­na kho­na; la­ku­bo ngi­za­li­ni­ka, bo­na-ke ba­za­ku­dla ili­fa la­lot.

40 Ko­dwa li­na zi­phe­ndu­ke­le­ni, li­su­ke li­ye enka­nga­la, indle­la yo­Lwa­ndle olu­Bo­mvuu.

41 La­se­li­phe­ndu­la li­si­thi ki­mi: So­ni­le eNko­si­ni; thi­na si­za­kwe­nyu­ka si­ye­ku­lwa, nje­nga­kho ko­nke iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu eya­si­la­ya kho­nav. Se­li­hlo­mi­le, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo isi­kha­li sa­khe se­mpi, la­ca­ba­nga uku­thi ku­lu­la ukwe­nyu­ke­la enta­be­ni.

42 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ki­mi: Tsho­no ku­bo: Li­nge­nyu­ki, li­nga­lwi, ngo­ba ka­ngi­kho pha­ka­thi kwe­nu, hle­zi li­tsha­ywe pha­mbi kwe­zi­tha ze­nuw.

43 Nga­se­ngi­khu­lu­ma ki­ni, ko­dwa ka­li­la­le­la­nga, la­vu­ke­la umlo­mo we­Nko­six, la­qho­lo­za le­nyu­ke­la enta­be­ni.

44 Kwa­thi amaA­mo­ri aye­hla­la enta­be­ni le­yo aphu­ma uku­me­la­na la­ni, ali­xo­tshay nje­ngo­kwe­nzi­wa zi­nyo­si, ali­hla­ka­za eSe­yi­ri, kwa­ze kwa­ba se­Ho­rmaz.

45 La­se­li­bu­ya, la­kha­la inye­mbe­zi pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si, ko­dwa iNko­si ka­yi­li­zwa­nga ili­zwi le­nu, ka­yi­be­ka­nga indle­be ki­ni.

46 La­se­li­hla­la eKa­de­shi insu­ku ezi­ne­ngi, nje­nge­nsu­ku ela­hla­la nga­zoa.

Inku­lu­mo ka­Mo­zi­si isa­qhu­be­ka

2Sa­se­si­phe­ndu­ka, sa­su­ka sa­ya enka­nga­la, indle­la yo­Lwa­ndle olu­Bo­mvu, nje­ngo­ku­tsho kwe­Nko­si ki­mi; nja­lo sa­yi­bho­da inta­ba ye­Se­yi­ri insu­ku ezi­ne­ngia.

2 INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ki­mi isi­thi:

3 Se­li­bho­de inta­ba le okwe­ne­le­yo; phe­ndu­ke­la­ni li­na enya­ka­thob.

4 Ba­la­ye-ke aba­ntu usi­thi: Li­da­bu­la umngce­le wa­ba­fo­we­nu, aba­ntwa­na ba­kaE­sa­wuc aba­hla­la eSe­yi­rid. Nja­lo ba­za­le­sa­ba, nga­kho li­zi­na­nze­le­le ka­khu­lu,

5 li­nga­lwi la­bo; ngo­ba ka­ngi­yi­ku­li­ni­ka okwe­li­zwe la­bo, le­li­nga­ngo­ku­nya­the­la kwa­nga­pha­nsi ko­nya­woe, ngo­ba ngi­mni­ki­le uE­sa­wu inta­ba ye­Se­yi­ri ibe yi­li­faf.

6 Li­za­the­nga uku­dla ku­bo nge­ma­li uku­ze li­dle, li­the­nge ku­bo la­ma­nzi nge­ma­li uku­ze li­na­the.

7 Ngo­ba iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho iku­bu­si­si­le emse­be­nzi­ni wo­nke we­sa­ndla sa­kho; iya­zi uku­ha­mba kwa­kho ku­li­nka­nga­la enku­lu. Le imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho ibi­la­we, ka­wu­swe­la­nga lu­thog.

8 Uba si­se­dlu­la si­su­ka ku­ba­fo­we­thu, aba­ntwa­na ba­kaE­sa­wu aba­hla­la eSe­yi­rih, nge­ndle­la ye­gce­ke si­su­ke eE­la­thii nja­lo si­su­ka eE­zi­yo­ni-Ge­be­rij, sa­phe­ndu­ka, sa­dlu­la nge­ndle­la ye­nka­nga­la ya­ko­Mo­wa­bi.

9 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ki­mi: Unga­hlu­ku­lu­zi uMo­wa­bi, unga­lwi la­bo empi­ni; ngo­ba ka­ngi­yi­ku­ku­ni­ka okwe­li­zwe la­bo ku­be yi­li­fak, ngo­ba ngi­ba­ni­ki­le aba­ntwa­na ba­ka­Lo­thi iA­ril ibe yi­li­fam.

10 Kwa­ku­hla­la kho­na endu­lo amaE­mi, aba­ntu aba­khu­lu, la­ba­ne­ngi, la­ba­den, nje­nga­maA­na­kio;

11 ba­be­ba­lwa nje­nge­zi­qhwa­ga la­bo nje­nga­maA­na­ki, ko­dwa ama­Mo­wa­bi aba­bi­za ngo­ku­thi nga­maE­mip.

12 La­ma­Ho­ri aye­hla­la eSe­yi­ri endu­loq, ko­dwa aba­ntwa­na ba­kaE­sa­wu ba­wa­khu­pha emfu­ywe­ni ya­bo, ba­wa­chi­tha pha­mbi kwa­bo, ba­hla­la enda­we­ni ya­wo, nje­ngo­kwe­nza ku­kaI­sra­ye­li eli­zwe­ni le­li­fa la­khe, iNko­si eya­ba­ni­ka lo­nar.

13 Kha­the­si, su­ku­ma­ni li­na li­cha­phe isi­fu­la iZe­re­di. Nga­kho sa­cha­pha isi­fu­la iZe­re­dis.

14 Le­nsu­ku esa­ha­mba nga­zo si­su­ka eKa­de­shi-Bha­ne­yat sa­ze sa­cha­pha isi­fu­la iZe­re­di za­zi­yi­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu le­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li, kwa­ze kwa­phe­la isi­zu­ku­lwa­na so­nke sa­ma­do­da empi si­su­ka pha­ka­thi kwe­nka­mba, nje­ngo­ku­fu­nga kwe­Nko­si ku­wou.

15 Ngo­ba isi­bi­li isa­ndla se­Nko­si sa­si­me­le­ne la­wo, uku­wa­chi­tha esu­ka pha­ka­thi kwe­nka­mba, aze aphe­la.

16 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi la­pho wo­nke ama­do­da empi ese­phe­li­le esi­fa esu­ka pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntu,

17 INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ki­mi isi­thi:

18 La­mu­hla uza­kwe­dlu­la iA­ri, umngce­le wa­ko­Mo­wa­bi,

19 la­pho usu­so­nde­le ma­qo­nda­na la­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­ni, unga­ba­hlu­ku­lu­zi, unga­lwi la­bo, ngo­ba ka­ngi­yi­ku­ku­ni­ka okwe­li­zwe la­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­ni ku­be yi­li­fav, ngo­ba ngi­li­ni­ke aba­ntwa­na ba­ka­Lo­thi li­be yi­li­faw.

20 La­le­lo la­ba­lwa nje­nge­li­zwe le­zi­qhwa­ga. Izi­qhwa­ga za­hla­la ku­lo endu­lo, ko­dwa amaA­mo­ni ba­zi­bi­za ngo­ku­thi nga­ma­Za­mu­zu­mux;

21 aba­ntu aba­khu­lu, la­ba­ne­ngi, la­ba­de, nje­nga­maA­na­ki; ko­dwa iNko­si ya­ba­chi­tha pha­mbi kwa­bo, ba­ba­khu­pha emfu­ywe­ni ya­bo, ba­hla­la enda­we­ni ya­boy,

22 nje­nga­lo­kho eya­kwe­nze­la aba­ntwa­na ba­kaE­sa­wu, aba­be­hla­la eSe­yi­ri, la­pho ya­wa­chi­tha ama­Ho­ri esu­ka pha­mbi kwa­bo, ba­wa­khu­pha emfu­ywe­ni ya­bo, ba­hla­la enda­we­ni ya­wo ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hlaz.

23 La­maA­vi, aye­hla­la eHa­ze­ri­mia ku­ze ku­be se­Ga­zab; ama­Ka­fi­to­ri, aphu­ma eKa­fi­to­ri, awa­chi­tha, ahla­la enda­we­ni ya­woc.

24 Su­ku­ma­ni, li­su­ked li­cha­phe isi­fu­la iA­ri­no­ni. Bo­na, ngi­ni­ke­le esa­ndle­ni sa­kho uSi­ho­ni, inko­si ye­He­shi­bo­ni, umA­mo­ri, le­li­zwe la­khee; qa­la uku­dla ili­fa la­lo, ulwe la­ye empi­nif.

25 La­mu­hla ngi­za­qa­li­sa uku­fa­ka uva­lo nga­we lo­kwe­sa­be­ka kwa­kho phe­zu ko­bu­so be­zi­zwe, nga­pha­nsi kwa­ma­zu­lu wo­nke, ezi­za­ku­zwa umbi­ko nga­we, zi­thu­thu­me­le, zi­qha­qha­ze­le nge­nxa ya­khog.

26 Nga­se­ngi­thu­ma izi­thu­nywa zi­su­ka enka­nga­la ye­Ke­de­mo­thi ku­Si­ho­ni inko­si ye­He­shi­bo­ni, zi­la­ma­zwi oku­thu­la, zi­si­thih:

27 iA­ke ngi­da­bu­le eli­zwe­ni la­khoj; ngi­za­ha­mba ngo­mgwa­qo ku­phe­la, ngi­nga­pha­mbu­ke­li nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne lo­ba nga­kwe­so­kho­hlo.

28 Uza­ngi­the­ngi­se­la uku­dla nge­ma­li uku­ze ngi­dle, ungi­phe ama­nzi nge­ma­li uku­ze ngi­na­the; ku­phe­la ngi­za­da­bu­la nge­nya­wo za­mi,

29 nje­nga­lo­khu aba­ntwa­na ba­kaE­sa­wu aba­hla­la eSe­yi­ri la­ma­Mo­wa­bi ahla­la eA­ri be­nza ki­mik, ngi­ze ngi­cha­phe iJo­da­ni, ngi­nge­ne eli­zwe­ni iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu esi­ni­ka lo­na.

30 Ko­dwa uSi­ho­ni inko­si ye­He­shi­bo­ni ka­si­vu­me­la­nga uku­thi si­dlu­le ku­yel; ngo­ba iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho ye­nza umo­ya wa­khe wa­ba lu­khu­ni, ye­nza le­nhli­zi­yo ya­khe ya­ba le­nka­ni, uku­ze imni­ke­le esa­ndle­ni sa­kho, nje­nga­la­mu­hlam.

31 INko­si ya­thi ki­mi: Bo­na, se­ngi­qa­li­si­le uku­ni­ke­la pha­mbi kwa­kho uSi­ho­ni le­li­zwe la­khe; qa­li­sa uku­dla ili­fa, uku­ze udle ili­fa le­li­zwe la­khen.

32 Kwa­se­ku­phu­ma uSi­ho­ni uku­me­la­na la­thi, ye­na la­ba­ntu ba­khe bo­nke, uku­lwa eJa­ha­zio.

33 INko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu ya­si­mni­ke­la pha­mbi kwe­thup; sa­se­si­mtsha­ya la­ma­do­da­na akhe la­ba­ntu ba­khe bo­nkeq.

34 Nga­le­so­si­kha­thi sa­se­si­thu­mba yo­nke imi­zi ya­khe, sa­tsha­ba­la­li­sa wo­nke umu­zi, abe­si­li­sa la­be­si­fa­za­na la­ba­ntwa­nya­na; ka­si­tshi­ya­nga insa­lir;

35 sa­zi­thu­mbe­la izi­fu­yo ku­phe­la, le­mpa­ngo ye­mi­zi esa­yi­thu­mba­yo.

36 Ku­su­ke­la eA­ro­we­ri ese­khu­nji­ni lwe­si­fu­la iA­ri­no­ni, lo­mu­zi ose­si­fu­le­ni, ku­ze ku­be se­Gi­le­ya­di kwa­ku­nge­kho mu­zi owa­wu­pha­ke­me ka­khu­lu ki­this. INko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu ya­yi­ni­ke­la yo­nke pha­mbi kwe­thut.

37 Ku­phe­la ka­wu­so­nde­la­nga eli­zwe­ni la­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­ni, enda­we­ni yo­nke ye­si­fu­la iJa­bo­ki, le­mi­zi­ni ese­zi­nta­be­niu, la­ku­ku­phi iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu ese­nqa­be­la kho­nav.

Inku­lu­mo ka­Mo­zi­si iya­qhu­be­ka

3Sa­se­si­phe­ndu­ka si­se­nyu­ka nge­ndle­la ye­Ba­sha­ni. UO­gi inko­si ye­Ba­sha­ni wa­se­phu­ma uku­me­la­na la­thi, ye­na la­ba­ntu ba­khe bo­nkea, uku­lwa eE­dre­yib.

2 Ko­dwa iNko­si ya­thi ki­mi: Unga­me­sa­bi, ngo­ba ngi­za­mni­ke­la la­ba­ntu ba­khe bo­nke le­li­zwe la­khe esa­ndle­ni sa­kho; nja­lo uza­kwe­nza ku­ye nje­ngo­kwe­nza kwa­kho ku­Si­ho­ni inko­si ya­maA­mo­ri owa­ye­hla­la eHe­shi­bo­nic.

3 Nga­kho iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu ya­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni se­thu loO­gi inko­si ye­Ba­sha­ni la­bo bo­nke aba­ntu ba­khe; sa­se­si­mtsha­ya, ka­kwa­ze kwa­sa­la la­nsa­li ku­yed.

4 Sa­se­si­thu­mba yo­nke imi­zi ya­khe nga­le­so­si­kha­thi; kwa­ku­nge­la­mu­zi esi­nga­wu­tha­tha­nga ki­bo; imi­zi enga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha, isa­be­lo so­nke seA­ri­go­bi, umbu­so kaO­gi eBa­sha­nie.

5 Yo­nke li­mi­zi ya­yi­vi­ke­lwe nge­mi­tha­nga­la epha­ke­me­yo, ama­sa­ngo le­mi­go­qo, nga­pha­ndle kwe­mi­za­na emi­ne­ngi ka­khu­lu enge­la­mi­tha­nga­laf.

6 Sa­se­si­yi­tsha­ba­la­li­sag, nje­ngo­kwe­nza kwe­thu ku­Si­ho­ni inko­si ye­He­shi­bo­nih, sa­tsha­ba­la­li­sa yo­nke imi­zi, abe­si­li­sa la­be­si­fa­za­na la­ba­ntwa­nya­nai.

7 Ko­dwa zo­nke izi­fu­yo le­mpa­ngo ye­mi­zi, sa­zi­pha­nge­la.

8 Nga­le­so­si­kha­thi sa­se­si­tha­tha esa­ndle­ni sa­ma­kho­si ama­bi­li amaA­mo­ri ili­zwe, ela­li­nga­ne­no kwe­Jo­da­ni, ku­su­ke­la esi­fu­le­ni iA­ri­no­ni ku­ze ku­be se­nta­be­ni ye­He­rmo­ni.

9 (A­ma­Si­do­ni ayi­bi­za iHe­rmo­nij ngo­ku­thi yi­Si­ri­yo­nik, la­maA­mo­ri ayi­bi­za ngo­ku­thi yi­Se­ni­ril.)

10 Yo­nke imi­zi ye­ma­gce­ke­ni, le­Gi­le­ya­di yo­nke, le­Ba­sha­ni yo­nkem, ku­ze ku­be se­Sa­le­ka leE­dre­yin, imi­zi yo­mbu­so kaO­gi eBa­sha­ni.

11 Ngo­ba nguO­gi ku­phe­la, inko­si ye­Ba­sha­ni, owa­sa­la­yo ku­nsa­li ye­zi­qhwa­gao; kha­nge­la, umbhe­da wa­khe wa­wu­ngu­mbhe­da we­nsi­mbi; ka­wu­kho yi­ni eRa­ba ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­nip? Ubu­de ba­wo ba­bu­zi­nga­lo ezi­yi­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye, lo­bu­ba­nzi ba­wo ba­bu­zi­nga­lo ezi­ne, ngo­kwe­nga­lo yo­mu­ntuq.

12 La­le­li­li­zwe sa­dla ili­fa la­lo nga­le­so­si­kha­thi; ku­su­ke­la eA­ro­we­ri, eli­se­si­fu­le­ni seA­ri­no­ni, le­ngxe­nye ye­nta­ba ye­Gi­le­ya­dir le­mi­zi ya­yo nga­yi­pha aba­ko­Ru­be­ni la­ba­ko­Ga­dis.

13 Lo­ku­se­le­yo kwe­Gi­le­ya­di le­Ba­sha­ni yo­nke, umbu­so kaO­gi, nga­ku­ni­ka ku­ngxe­nye ye­si­zwe sa­ko­Ma­na­set; isa­be­lo so­nke seA­ri­go­bi, la­yo yo­nke iBa­sha­niu, eya­yi­thi­wa yi­li­zwe le­zi­qhwa­gav.

14 UJa­yi­ri indo­da­na ka­Ma­na­se wa­tha­tha isa­be­lo so­nke seA­ri­go­biw, ku­ze ku­be se­mngce­le­ni wa­ma­Ge­shu­ri lo­wa­ma­Ma­ha­ka­thi; wa­yi­bi­za imi­zi nge­bi­zo la­khex wa­thi yi­Ba­sha­ni-Ha­vo­thi-Ja­yi­ri, ku­ze ku­be yi­lo­lu­su­kuy.

15 Nga­se­ngi­mni­ka uMa­ki­ri iGi­le­ya­diz.

16 La­kwa­ba­ko­Ru­be­ni la­kwa­ba­ko­Ga­di nga­ni­ka ku­su­ke­la eGi­le­ya­di ngi­tsho ku­ze ku­fi­ke esi­fu­le­ni seA­ri­no­ni, pha­ka­thi la­pha­ka­thi kwe­si­fu­la, lo­mngce­le, nja­lo ku­ze ku­be se­si­fu­le­ni iJa­bo­kia, umngce­le wa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­nib.

17 La­ma­gce­ke, le­Jo­da­ni, lo­mngce­le, ku­su­ke­la eKi­ne­re­thic nja­lo ku­ze ku­fi­ke elwa­ndle lwe­ma­gce­ke­nid, ulwa­ndle lwe­tshwa­yie, nga­pha­nsi kweA­shi­do­di-Pi­si­ga nga­se­mpu­ma­la­nga.

18 Nga­se­ngi­li­la­ya nga­le­so­si­kha­thi ngi­si­thi: INko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu ili­ni­ki­le le­li­li­zwe li­be yi­li­fa le­nu. Li­za­cha­pha li­hlo­mi­le pha­mbi kwa­ba­fo­we­nu, aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, wo­nke ama­do­da­na anga­ma­qha­wef.

19 Ku­phe­la omke­nu la­ba­ntwa­nya­na be­nu le­zi­fu­yo ze­nu - ngi­ya­zi uku­thi li­le­zi­fu­yo ezi­ne­ngi - ku­za­hla­la emi­zi­ni ye­nu engi­li­ni­ke yo­nag,

20 iNko­si ize iba­ni­ke uku­phu­mu­la aba­fo­we­nu nje­nga­ni, ba­ze ba­thi la­bo ba­dle ili­fa le­li­zwe iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu eba­phe lo­na, nga­phe­tshe­ya kwe­Jo­da­nih; be­se­li­bu­ye­la, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo eli­fe­ni la­khe, engi­li­ni­ke lo­na.

21 Nja­lo nga­mla­ya uJo­shu­wa nga­le­so­si­kha­thi ngi­si­thi: Ame­hlo akho abo­ni­le ko­nke iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu ekwe­nze ku­la­wo­ma­kho­si ama­bi­lii; iza­kwe­nza nja­lo iNko­si ku­yo yo­nke imi­bu­so oza­kwe­dlu­le­la ku­yo.

22 Li­nga­be­sa­bi, ngo­ba iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu, yo­na iza­li­lwe­laj.

23 Nga­se­ngi­yi­nce­nga iNko­si nga­le­so­si­kha­thi ngi­si­thi:

24 Nko­si Je­ho­va, we­na usu­qa­li­le uku­tshe­ngi­sa ince­ku ya­kho ubu­khu­lu ba­kho le­sa­ndla sa­kho esi­la­ma­ndlak; ngo­ba ngu­wu­phi unku­lu­nku­lu ema­zu­lwi­ni le­mhla­be­ni onge­nza nje­nge­mi­se­be­nzi ya­kho la­nje­nga­ma­ndla akhol?

25 Ngi­ce­la ngi­cha­phe, ngi­bo­ne ili­zwe eli­hle eli­nga­phe­tshe­ya kwe­Jo­da­ni, le­yo­nta­ba enhlem, le­Le­bha­no­nin.

26 Ko­dwa iNko­si ya­ngi­thu­ku­the­le­la nge­nxa ye­nu, ka­yi­ngi­zwa­ngao; iNko­si ya­si­si­thi ki­mi: Kwe­ne­le ku­we; unga­be usa­phi­nda uku­khu­lu­ma ki­mi nga­lo­lu­da­bap.

27 Ye­nyu­ke­la engqo­nge­ni ye­Pi­si­gaq, upha­ka­mi­se­le ame­hlo akho nge­ntsho­na­la­nga la­nge­nya­ka­tho la­nge­ni­ngi­zi­mu la­nge­mpu­ma­la­nga, ukha­nge­le nga­me­hlo akho; ngo­ba ka­wu­yi­ku­cha­pha le iJo­da­ni.

28 Ko­dwa la­ya uJo­shu­war, umkhu­tha­zes, umqi­ni­set; ngo­ba ye­na uza­cha­pha pha­mbi kwa­la­ba­ba­ntu, la­ye abe­nze ba­dle ili­fa le­li­zwe oza­li­bo­nau.

29 Sa­se­si­hla­la esi­go­di­ni ma­qo­nda­na le­Be­ti-Pe­yo­riv.

UMo­zi­si ula­ya aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li uku­thi ba­gci­ne imi­la­yo

4Kha­the­si-ke, Isra­ye­li, zwa­na izi­mi­so le­za­hlu­le­lo engi­li­fu­ndi­sa zo­naa, uku­ze­nza, uku­ze li­phi­le, li­nge­ne li­dle ili­fa le­li­zwe iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­yi­hlo eli­ni­ka lo­na.

2 Ka­li­yi­kwe­nge­ze­le­la eli­zwi­ni engi­li­la­ya lo­na, li­nga­phu­ngu­li lu­tho ku­lo, uku­ze li­gci­ne imi­la­yo ye­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu engi­li­la­ya yo­nab.

3 Ame­hlo enu abo­ni­le iNko­si eya­kwe­nza­yo nge­nxa ka­Bha­li-Pe­yo­ric; ngo­ba wo­nke umu­ntu owa­la­nde­la uBha­li-Pe­yo­ri, iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu ya­mbhu­bhi­sa pha­ka­thi kwe­nu;

4 ko­dwa li­na ela­na­ma­the­la eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu li­ya­phi­la lo­nke la­mu­hla.

5 Bo­na­ni, ngi­li­fu­ndi­si­le izi­mi­so le­za­hlu­le­lo, nje­ngo­ku­ngi­la­ya kwe­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi, uku­thi le­nze nja­lo pha­ka­thi kwe­li­zwe eli­ya ku­lo uku­dla ili­fa la­lo.

6 Nga­kho zi­gci­ne­ni, li­ze­nze; ngo­ba lo­khu ku­yi­nhla­ka­ni­pho ye­nu lo­ku­qe­di­si­sa kwe­nu eme­hlwe­ni ezi­zwed ezi­za­ku­zwa zo­nke le­zi­zi­mi­so zi­thi: Isi­bi­li le­si­si­zwe esi­khu­lu si­nga­ba­ntu aba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo la­ba­qe­di­si­sa­yoe.

7 Ngo­ba yi­si­phi isi­zwe esi­khu­luf esi­la­bo­nku­lu­nku­lu aba­se­du­ze la­so nje­nge­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu eku­mbi­ze­ni kwe­thu ko­nkeg?

8 Fu­thi yi­si­phi isi­zwe esi­khu­lu esi­le­zi­mi­so le­za­hlu­le­lo ezi­lu­ngi­le­yo nje­nga­lu­mla­yo wo­nke engi­wu­be­ka pha­mbi kwe­nu la­mu­hla?

Uku­khu­nju­lwa kwa­lo­kho okwe­nza­ka­la­yo eHo­re­be

9 Ku­phe­la zi­qa­phe­le, ugci­ne ka­khu­lu umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­kho, hle­zi ukho­hlwe izi­nto ame­hlo akho azi­bo­ni­le­yo, nja­lo hle­zi zi­su­ke enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­kho, zo­nke izi­nsu­ku ze­mpi­lo ya­khoh. Nja­lo uza­zi­se aba­ntwa­na ba­kho la­ba­ntwa­na ba­ba­ntwa­na ba­khoi,

10 uku­thi ngo­su­ku owe­ma nga­lo pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eHo­re­bej, la­pho iNko­si ya­thi ki­mi: Ngi­bu­tha­ni­se­la aba­ntu ngi­be se­ngi­ba­zwi­sa ama­zwi ami, uku­ze ba­fu­nde uku­nge­sa­ba zo­nke izi­nsu­ku aba­za­zi­phi­la emhla­be­ni, ba­fu­ndi­se nja­lo aba­ntwa­na ba­bo.

11 La­se­li­so­nde­la, le­ma nga­pha­nsi kwe­nta­ba, le­nta­ba ya­yi­vu­tha umli­lo kwa­ze kwa­ba pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­zu­luk, lo­mnya­ma, ama­ye­zi, lo­mnya­ma onzi­ma.

12 INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ki­ni ipha­ka­thi ko­mli­lol; le­zwa ili­zwi la­ma­zwi, ko­dwa ka­li­bo­na­nga si­mom; ili­zwi ku­phe­lan.

13 Ya­me­me­ze­la ki­ni isi­vu­me­lwa­no sa­yo, eya­li­la­ya uku­thi li­se­nzeo, imi­la­yo eli­tshu­mip; nja­lo ya­yi­bha­la ezi­bhe­bhe­ni za­ma­tshe ezi­mbi­liq.

Aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­xwa­yi­swa uku­thi ba­ngo­ni

14 INko­si ya­si­ngi­la­ya nga­le­so­si­kha­thi uku­thi ngi­li­fu­ndi­se izi­mi­so le­za­hlu­le­lor, uku­ze li­ze­nze eli­zwe­ni eli­dlu­le­la ku­lo uku­dla ili­fa la­lo.

15 Nga­kho-ke qa­phe­la­ni ka­khu­lus nge­nxa ye­mi­phe­fu­mu­lo ye­nut. Ngo­ba ka­li­bo­na­nga la­si­mo ngo­su­ku iNko­si ikhu­lu­ma ki­ni eHo­re­be ipha­ka­thi ko­mli­lou,

16 hle­zi li­zo­ne, li­ze­nze­le isi­tho­mbe esi­ba­zi­we­yov, isi­mo sa­lo­ba yi­wu­phi umfa­ne­ki­sow, isi­fa­ne­ki­so so­we­si­li­sa lo­ba so­we­si­fa­za­nax,

17 isi­fa­ne­ki­so sa­lo­ba yi­yi­phi inya­ma­za­na ese­mhla­be­niy, isi­fa­ne­ki­so sa­lo­ba yi­yi­phi inyo­ni ele­mpi­ko epha­pha ema­zu­lwi­niz,

18 isi­fa­ne­ki­so sa­lo­ba yi­ku­phi oku­hu­qu­ze­la­yo emhla­be­nia, isi­fa­ne­ki­so sa­lo­ba yi­yi­phi inhla­nzi ese­ma­nzi­ni nga­pha­nsi ko­mhla­bab.

19 Fu­thi hle­zi upha­ka­mi­se­le ame­hlo akho ema­zu­lwi­ni, la­pho ubo­na ila­nga le­nya­nga le­zi­nka­nye­zic, ibu­tho lo­nke la­ma­zu­lud, uye­ngwe, uku­kho­tha­me­le, uku­kho­nzee, iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho ekwa­be­le izi­zwe zo­nke nga­pha­nsi kwa­ma­zu­lu wo­nke.

20 Ko­dwa li­na iNko­si ya­li­tha­tha, ya­li­khu­pha esi­tha­ndwe­ni se­nsi­mbi, eGi­bhi­thef, uku­ze li­be ku­yo nga­ba­ntu be­li­fa, nje­nga­la­mu­hlag.

21 Fu­thi iNko­si ya­ngi­thu­ku­the­le­la nge­nxa ye­nu, ya­fu­nga uku­thi ka­ngi­yi­ku­cha­pha iJo­da­ni, lo­ku­thi ka­ngi­yi­ku­nge­na ku­le­lo­li­zwe eli­hle iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eku­ni­ka lo­na li­be yi­li­fah.

22 Ngo­ba ngi­za­fe­la ku­le­li­li­zwei, ngi­nga­cha­phi iJo­da­nij; ko­dwa li­na li­za­cha­pha, li­dle ili­fa la­le­lo­li­zwe eli­hlek.

23 Zi­qa­phe­le­nil hle­zi li­kho­hlwe isi­vu­me­lwa­no se­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu eya­se­nza la­nim, li­ze­nze­le isi­tho­mbe esi­ba­zi­we­yo, umfa­ne­ki­so wa­lo­ba yi­ku­phi iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho ekwe­nqa­be­le kho­na.

24 Ngo­ba iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho ingu­mli­lo oqo­thu­la­yon, uNku­lu­nku­lu olo­bu­khwe­leo.

25 La­pho uza­la aba­ntwa­na la­ba­ntwa­na ba­ba­ntwa­na, nja­lo se­li­hla­le eli­zwe­ni isi­kha­thi esi­de, uba li­so­na­ka­la, le­nze isi­tho­mbe esi­ba­zi­we­yo, umfa­ne­ki­so wa­lo­ba yi­ku­phip, le­nze oku­bi eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khoq uku­ze li­yi­thu­ku­the­li­ser,

26 ngi­bi­za ama­zu­lu lo­mhla­ba la­mu­hla uku­ze ku­fa­ka­ze ku­me­le­ne la­ni uku­thi li­za­bhu­bha lo­ku­bhu­bha ma­si­nya­ne li­su­ka eli­zwe­ni eli­cha­pha iJo­da­ni uku­ya ki­lo uku­ze li­be yi­li­fa le­nu; ka­li­yi­kwe­lu­la insu­ku ze­nu phe­zu kwa­lo, ngo­ba li­za­bhu­ji­swa lo­ku­bhu­ji­swas.

27 Nja­lo iNko­si iza­li­chi­tha­chi­tha pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwet, li­sa­le li­ba­lu­tshwa­na nge­na­ni pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwe, la­pho iNko­si eza­li­xo­tshe­la kho­nau.

28 La­pho li­za­kho­nza onku­lu­nku­lu, umse­be­nzi we­za­ndla za­ba­ntu, izi­go­do la­ma­tshev, aba­nga­bo­ni­yo, aba­nge­zwa­yo, aba­nga­dli­yo, la­ba­nga­nu­ki­yow.

29 Ko­dwa li­la­pho li­yi­di­nge iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, uza­yi­tho­la uba uyi­di­nga nge­nhli­zi­yo ya­kho yo­nke la­ngo­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­kho wo­nkex.

30 La­pho use­ku­hlu­phe­ke­ni, le­zi­zi­nto zo­nke zi­kwe­hle­la, eku­phe­le­ni kwe­zi­nsu­kuy, uza­phe­ndu­ke­la eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, ula­le­le ili­zwi la­yoz;

31 ngo­ba iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho ingu­Nku­lu­nku­lu olo­mu­sa, ka­yi­yi­ku­ku­tshi­ya, ka­yi­yi­ku­ku­bhu­bhi­sa, ka­yi­yi­ku­kho­hlwa isi­vu­me­lwa­no sa­bo­yi­hlo, eya­si­fu­nga ku­boa.

32 Ngo­ba bu­za-ke nge­nsu­ku za­ma­ndu­lo eza­zi­nga­pha­mbi kwa­kho, ku­su­ke­la osu­kwi­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu ada­la nga­lo umu­ntu emhla­be­nib, ku­su­ke­la ko­mu­nye umkha­wu­lo wa­ma­zu­lu ku­ze ku­be ko­mu­nye umkha­wu­lo wa­ma­zu­lu, uku­thi kwa­ke kwa­ba kho­na yi­ni into enje nje­nga­le into enku­lu, ku­mbe kwe­zwa­ka­la enje­nga­yo yi­nic?

33 Aba­ntu ba­ke be­zwa yi­ni ili­zwi li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu li­khu­lu­ma li­ve­la pha­ka­thi ko­mli­lo, nje­nga­lo­khu uli­zwi­le we­na, wa­phi­lad?

34 Fu­thi uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­ke wa­za­ma yi­ni uku­ya­zi­tha­the­la isi­zwe pha­ka­thi kwe­si­zwe, nge­zi­li­ngoe, nge­zi­bo­na­ka­li­sof, la­nge­zi­ma­nga­li­sog, la­nge­mpi, la­nge­sa­ndla esi­la­ma­ndlah, la­nge­nga­lo eye­lu­li­we­yoi, la­nge­ze­sa­bi­so ezi­nku­luj, nje­nga­kho ko­nke iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu eya­le­nze­la kho­na eGi­bhi­the pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo akho?

35 We­na wa­ku­tshe­ngi­swa, uku­ze wa­zi uku­thi uJe­ho­va ungu­Nku­lu­nku­lu; ka­kho omu­nye nga­pha­ndle kwa­khek.

36 Ese­ma­zu­lwi­ni wa­ku­zwi­sa ili­zwi la­khe uku­ku­fu­ndi­sa; le­mhla­be­ni wa­ku­tshe­ngi­sa umli­lo wa­khe omkhu­lu, la­ma­zwi akhe wa­we­zwa eve­la pha­ka­thi ko­mli­lol.

37 Nja­lo ngo­ba wa­ba­tha­nda oyi­hlo, wa­khe­tha inza­lo ya­bo emva kwa­bo, wa­ku­khu­pha eGi­bhi­the ebu­swe­ni ba­khe nga­ma­ndla akhe ama­khu­lum,

38 uku­xo­tsha eli­fe­ni izi­zwe ezi­nku­lu le­zi­la­ma­ndla ku­la­we pha­mbi kwa­kho, uku­ku­nge­ni­sa, uku­ku­pha ili­zwe la­zo, li­be yi­li­fa, nje­nga­la­mu­hlan.

39 Nga­kho ya­zi la­mu­hla, uku­khu­mbu­le enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­kho uku­thi iNko­si ingu­Nku­lu­nku­lu ema­zu­lwi­ni phe­zu­lu, le­mhla­be­ni pha­nsio; ka­kho omu­nyep.

40 Nga­kho uza­gci­na izi­mi­so za­khe le­mi­la­yo ya­khe engi­ku­la­ya yo­na la­mu­hlaq, uku­ze ku­ku­lu­nge­le la­ba­ntwa­na ba­kho emva kwa­kho, lo­ku­ze we­lu­le izi­nsu­ku phe­zu kwe­li­zwe iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eku­ni­ka lo­na, zo­nke izi­nsu­kur.

Uku­khe­thwa kwe­mi­zi emi­tha­thu yo­ku­phe­phe­la

41 Kho­na uMo­zi­si we­hlu­ka­ni­sa imi­zi emi­tha­thu nga­ne­no kwe­Jo­da­ni nga­se­mpu­ma­la­ngas,

42 uku­thi aba­le­ke­le ku­yo umbu­la­li obu­le­le uma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khe ku­nge­yi­si­kho nga­bo­mot, obe­nga­mzo­ndi ma­ndu­lo, uku­ze aba­le­ke­le ko­mu­nye wa­le­yo­mi­zi aphi­leu;

43 iBe­ze­ri enka­nga­lav eli­zwe­ni la­ma­gce­ke, ela­ba­ko­Ru­be­niw; le­Ra­mo­thi eGi­le­ya­di, ela­ba­ko­Ga­di; le­Go­la­ni eBa­sha­ni, ela­ba­ko­Ma­na­se.

44 Nja­lo yi­lo umla­yo uMo­zi­si awu­be­ka pha­mbi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li.

45 Lo­bu yi­bu­fa­ka­zi le­zi­mi­so le­za­hlu­le­lo uMo­zi­si aku­khu­lu­ma eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­koI­sra­ye­li eku­phu­me­ni kwa­bo eGi­bhi­the,

46 nga­ne­no kwe­Jo­da­ni, esi­go­di­ni ma­qo­nda­na le­Be­ti-Pe­yo­ri, eli­zwe­ni li­ka­Si­ho­ni inko­si ya­maA­mo­rix, owa­ye­hla­la eHe­shi­bo­ni, uMo­zi­si la­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li aba­mtsha­ya­yo eku­phu­me­ni kwa­bo eGi­bhi­they.

47 Ba­se­be­si­dla ili­fa le­li­zwe la­khe le­li­zwe li­kaO­gi inko­si ye­Ba­sha­ni, ama­kho­si ama­bi­li amaA­mo­ri, aye­nga­ne­no kwe­Jo­da­ni nga­se­mpu­ma­la­ngaz,

48 ku­su­ke­la eA­ro­we­ri ese­khu­nji­ni lwe­si­fu­la seA­ri­no­nia, ku­ze ku­fi­ke enta­be­ni ye­Si­yo­nib, eyi­He­rmo­nic,

49 la­ma­gce­ke wo­nke nga­ne­no kwe­Jo­da­ni nga­se­mpu­ma­la­nga, ku­ze ku­be se­lwa­ndle lwa­ma­gce­ked, nga­pha­nsi kweA­shi­do­di-Pi­si­gae.

Imi­la­yo eli­tshu­mi

5UMo­zi­si wa­se­bi­za uI­sra­ye­li wo­nke, wa­thi ku­bo: Zwa­na, Isra­ye­li, izi­mi­so le­za­hlu­le­lo engi­zi­khu­lu­ma endle­be­ni ze­nu la­mu­hla, uku­ze li­zi­fu­nde, li­na­nze­le­le uku­ze­nza.

2 INko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu ye­nza isi­vu­me­lwa­no la­thi eHo­re­bea.

3 INko­si ka­yi­se­nza­nga le­si­si­vu­me­lwa­no la­bo­ba­ba, ko­dwa la­thi, thi­na so­nke esi­la­pha si­phi­la la­mu­hlab.

4 INko­si ya­khu­lu­ma la­ni ubu­so lo­bu­so enta­be­ni, ipha­ka­thi ko­mli­loc,

5 (nge­ma pha­ka­thi kwe­Nko­si la­ni nga­le­so­si­kha­thi, uku­la­zi­sa ili­zwi le­Nko­sid; ngo­ba le­sa­ba nge­nxa yo­mli­lo, ka­le­nyu­ke­la­nga enta­be­ni)e isi­thi:

6 Ngi­yi­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, eya­ku­khu­pha eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the, endli­ni yo­bu­gqi­lif.

7 Unga­bi la­ba­nye onku­lu­nku­lu pha­mbi kwa­mi.

8 Unga­ze­nze­li isi­tho­mbe esi­ba­zi­we­yo, lo­ba yi­wu­phi umfa­ne­ki­so wo­ku­se­ma­zu­lwi­ni phe­zu­lu lo­ba wo­ku­se­mhla­be­ni pha­nsi, lo­ba wo­ku­se­ma­nzi­ni nga­pha­nsi ko­mhla­ba.

9 Unga­ku­kho­tha­me­li, unga­ku­kho­nzi; ngo­ba mi­na iNko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, ngi­ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu olo­bu­khwe­le, ngi­phi­ndi­se­la ubu­bi ba­bo­yi­se phe­zu kwa­ba­ntwa­na, ku­ze ku­be sesi­zu­ku­lwa­ne­ni se­si­tha­thu le­se­si­ne sa­ba­ngi­zo­nda­yo,

10 nja­lo ngi­be­nze­la umu­sa aba­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne za­ba­ngi­tha­nda­yo le­za­ba­gci­na imi­la­yo ya­mig.

11 Unga­li­pha­thi nge­ze ibi­zo le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho; ngo­ba iNko­si ka­yi­yi­ku­mye­ke­la enge­la­ca­la opha­tha ibi­zo la­yo nge­ze.

12 Gci­na usu­ku lwe­sa­ba­tha, uku­lu­ngcwe­li­sa, nje­ngo­ku­ku­la­ya kwe­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho.

13 Insu­ku ezi­yi­si­thu­pha uza­se­be­nza, uwe­nze wo­nke umse­be­nzi wa­kho;

14 ko­dwa usu­ku lwe­si­kho­mbi­sa lu­li­sa­ba­tha le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho; unge­nzi lo­ba yi­wu­phi umse­be­nzi nga­lo, we­na le­ndo­da­na ya­kho le­ndo­da­ka­zi ya­kho le­nce­ku ya­kho le­nce­ku­ka­zi ya­kho le­nka­bi ya­kho lo­ba­bhe­mi wa­kho lo­ba yi­si­phi se­zi­fu­yo za­kho, lo­we­mzi­ni wa­kho opha­ka­thi kwa­ma­sa­ngo akho, uku­ze iphu­mu­le ince­ku ya­kho le­nce­ku­ka­zi ya­kho, nje­nga­weh.

15 Nja­lo ukhu­mbu­le uku­thi wa­wu­yi­nce­ku eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­thei, lo­ku­thi iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho ya­ku­khu­pha kho­na nge­sa­ndla esi­la­ma­ndla la­nge­nga­lo eye­lu­li­we­yoj. Nga­kho iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho ya­ku­la­ya uku­thi ugci­ne usu­ku lwe­sa­ba­tha.

16 Hlo­ni­pha uyi­hlo lo­nyo­ko, nje­ngo­ku­ku­la­ya kwe­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, uku­ze insu­ku za­kho ze­lu­lwe, lo­ku­thi ku­ku­lu­nge­le eli­zwe­ni iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eku­ni­ka lo­nak.

17 Unga­bu­la­lil.

18 Nja­lo unga­fe­bim.

19 Nja­lo unge­bi.

20 Nja­lo unga­ni­ki ubu­fa­ka­zi ba­ma­nga ngo­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­kho.

21 Nja­lo unga­fi­si umka­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­kho; unga­ha­wu­ke­li indlu ka­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­kho, insi­mu ya­khe, le­nce­ku ya­khe, le­nce­ku­ka­zi ya­khe, inka­bi ya­khe, lo­ba­bhe­mi wa­khe, nja­lo lo­ba yi­ni eka­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­kho.

Ukwe­sa­ba kwa­ba­ntu

22 Ama­zwi la iNko­si ya­wa­khu­lu­ma eba­ndle­ni le­nu lo­nke enta­be­ni, ipha­ka­thi ko­mli­lo, eye­zi­ni, le­mnya­me­ni onzi­ma, nge­li­zwi eli­khu­lu; nja­lo ka­ye­nge­ze­le­la­nga. Ya­wa­bha­la ezi­bhe­bhe­ni ezi­mbi­li za­ma­tshe, ya­ngi­ni­ka zo­nan.

23 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi li­li­zwa ili­zwi li­ve­la pha­ka­thi ko­mnya­mao, le­nta­ba ivu­tha umli­lo, la­so­nde­la ki­mi, zo­nke inhlo­ko ze­zi­zwe ze­nu, la­ba­da­la be­nu,

24 la­thi: Kha­nge­la, iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu isi­tshe­ngi­si­le inka­zi­mu­lo ya­yo lo­bu­khu­lu ba­yop, le­li­zwi la­yo si­li­zwi­le li­ve­la pha­ka­thi ko­mli­loq; la­mu­hla si­bo­ni­le uku­thi uNku­lu­nku­lu uya­khu­lu­ma lo­mu­ntu aphi­ler.

25 Nga­kho-ke si­za­fe­la­ni? Ngo­ba lu­mli­lo omkhu­lu uza­si­qo­thu­la. Uba si­phi­nda si­li­zwa ili­zwi le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu fu­thi, si­za­ku­fa-kes.

26 Ngo­ba ngu­ba­ni enya­me­ni yo­nke owe­zwa ili­zwi li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ophi­la­yo li­khu­lu­ma li­ve­la pha­ka­thi ko­mli­lo, nje­nga­thi, wa­phi­lat?

27 So­nde­la we­na, uzwe ko­nke iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu eza­ku­tsho, usi­tshe­le we­na ko­nke iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu eza­ku­tsho ku­we, si­za­ku­zwa, si­kwe­nzeu.

28 INko­si ya­si­si­zwa ili­zwi la­ma­zwi enu eku­khu­lu­me­ni kwe­nu ki­mi; iNko­si ya­si­si­thi ki­mi: Ngi­zwi­le ili­zwi la­ma­zwi ala­ba­ba­ntu aba­wa­khu­lu­me ku­we; ku­lu­ngi­le ko­nke aba­ku­khu­lu­mi­le­yov.

29 O ku­nga­thi ba­nga­ba le­nhli­zi­yo enja­lo yo­ku­nge­sa­ba, ba­gci­ne yo­nke imi­la­yo ya­mi, insu­ku zo­nkew, uku­ze ku­ba­lu­nge­le la­ba­ntwa­na ba­bo ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­nix!

30 Ha­mba uthi ki­bo: Zi­bu­ye­le­le­ni ema­the­nte­ni enu.

31 Ko­dwa we­na, ma­na la­pha pha­nsi kwa­mi, ke ngi­khu­lu­me ku­we yo­nke imi­la­yo le­zi­mi­so le­za­hlu­le­lo oza­ba­fu­ndi­sa zo­na, uku­ze ba­ze­nze eli­zwe­ni engi­ba­ni­ka lo­na uku­thi ba­dle ili­fa la­loy.

32 Nga­kho qa­phe­la­ni uku­thi le­nze nje­ngo­ku­li­la­ya kwe­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu; li­nga­pha­mbu­ke­li nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne la­nga­kwe­so­kho­hloz.

33 Li­za­ha­mba endle­le­ni yo­nke iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu eli­la­ye yo­na, uku­ze li­phi­lea, nja­lo ku­li­lu­nge­le, li­be se­li­se­lu­la izi­nsu­ku eli­zwe­ni eli­za­ku­dla ili­fa la­lob.

Umla­yo omkhu­lu

6La­le yi­mi­la­yo, izi­mi­so, le­za­hlu­le­lo iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu ela­ya uku­li­fu­ndi­sa, uku­thi li­ze­nze eli­zwe­ni eli­cha­phe­la ku­lo uku­thi li­dle ili­fa la­loa,

2 uku­ze uye­sa­be iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, uku­gci­na zo­nke izi­mi­so za­yo le­mi­the­tho ya­yo engi­ku­la­ya yo­na, we­na le­ndo­da­na ya­kho le­ndo­da­na ye­ndo­da­na ya­kho, zo­nke izi­nsu­ku ze­mpi­lo ya­khob, uku­ze insu­ku za­kho ze­lu­lwec.

3 Nga­kho zwa­na, Isra­ye­li, una­nze­le­le uku­ze­nza, uku­ze ku­ku­lu­nge­le, uku­ze wa­nde ka­khu­lud, nje­ngo­ku­the­mbi­sa kwe­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­yi­hlo ku­wee, eli­zwe­ni eli­ge­le­za ucha­go lo­lu­juf.

4 Zwa­na, Isra­ye­li, iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu, yi­Nko­si yi­nyeg.

5 Nja­lo wo­tha­nda iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho nge­nhli­zi­yo ya­kho yo­nkeh la­ngo­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­kho wo­nke la­nga­ma­ndla akho wo­nke.i

6 Nja­lo ama­zwi la engi­ku­la­ya nga­wo la­mu­hla aza­ku­ba se­nhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­khoj;

7 nja­lo uza­wa­fu­ndi­sa aba­ntwa­na ba­kho ngo­ku­khu­tha­la, uza­khu­lu­ma nga­wo la­pho uhle­zi endli­ni ya­kho, la­la­pho uha­mba endle­le­ni, la­la­pho ula­la, la­la­pho uvu­kak.

8 Uza­wa­bo­phe­la esa­ndle­ni sa­kho abe lu­pha­wu, nja­lo abe nga­ma­fi­la­kte­ri­yu* pha­ka­thi la­pha­ka­thi kwa­me­hlo akhol.

9 Nja­lo uza­wa­bha­la emi­gu­ba­zi­ni ye­ndlu ya­kho, le­ma­sa­ngwe­ni akhom.

Aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­xwa­yi­swa ngo­ku­nga­la­le­li

10 Ku­za­ku­thi la­pho iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho iku­nge­ni­sa eli­zwe­ni eya­fu­nga ku­bo­yi­hlo, kuA­bra­ha­ma, kuI­sa­ka la­ku­Ja­ko­be, uku­ku­ni­ka imi­zi emi­khu­lu le­mi­hle, onga­ya­kha­ngan,

11 le­zi­ndlu ezi­gcwe­le zo­nke izi­nto ezi­nhle, onga­zi­gcwa­li­sa­nga, le­mi­tho­mbo eya­ge­jwa­yo onga­yi­ge­bha­nga, izi­vi­ni le­zi­hla­hla ze­mi­hlwa­thi onga­zi­hla­nye­la­nga, la­pho udli­le wa­su­thao,

12 zi­qa­phe­le, hle­zi uyi­kho­hlwe iNko­si eya­ku­khu­pha eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the, endli­ni yo­bu­gqi­li.

13 Uza­ye­sa­ba iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, uyi­kho­nzep, ufu­nge nge­bi­zo la­yoq.

14 Li­nga­la­nde­li aba­nye onku­lu­nku­lur, ba­bo­nku­lu­nku­lu be­zi­zwe ezi­li­zu­nge­le­ze­le­yos.

15 Ngo­ba iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho ingu­Nku­lu­nku­lu olo­bu­khwe­le pha­ka­thi kwa­khot, hle­zi ula­ka lwe­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho lu­ku­vu­the­le, iku­chi­the usu­ke ebu­swe­ni bo­mhla­bau.

16 Li­nga­yi­li­ngi iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nuv nje­nga­lo­khu la­yi­li­nga eMa­saw.

17 Li­gci­ne lo­ku­gci­na imi­la­yo ye­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu, lo­bu­fa­ka­zi ba­yo, le­zi­mi­so za­yo, eku­la­ye zo­nax.

18 Nja­lo we­nze oku­qo­ndi­le­yo lo­ku­lu­ngi­le­yo eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si, uku­ze ku­ku­lu­nge­le, lo­ku­thi unge­ne udle ili­fa le­li­zwe eli­hle, iNko­si eya­li­fu­nge­la oyi­hloy,

19 uku­xo­tsha zo­nke izi­tha za­kho pha­mbi kwa­kho, nje­nga­lo­khu iNko­si ikhu­lu­mi­lez.

20 La­pho indo­da­na ya­kho iku­bu­za esi­kha­thi­ni esi­za­yo isi­thi: Bu­yi­ni ubu­fa­ka­zi le­zi­mi­so le­za­hlu­le­lo iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu eli­la­ye zo­naa?

21 Kho­na uza­ku­thi endo­da­ne­ni ya­kho: Sa­si­yi­zi­gqi­li zi­ka­Fa­ro eGi­bhi­the, le­Nko­si ya­si­khu­pha eGi­bhi­the nge­sa­ndla esi­la­ma­ndlab.

22 Nja­lo iNko­si ye­nza izi­bo­na­ka­li­so le­zi­ma­nga­li­so ezi­nku­lu le­zi­mbi eGi­bhi­the, phe­zu ku­ka­Fa­ro la­phe­zu kwe­ndlu ya­khe yo­nke, pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo ethuc.

23 Ya­si­khu­pha kho­na uku­ze isi­nge­ni­se, uku­si­ni­ka ili­zwe eya­li­fu­nge­la oba­ba.

24 INko­si ya­si­si­la­ya ukwe­nza zo­nke le­zi­zi­mi­so, ukwe­sa­ba iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thud, uku­ze ku­si­lu­nge­le insu­ku zo­nkee, uku­si­lo­ndo­lo­za si­phi­la nje­nga­la­mu­hlaf.

25 Ku­za­ku­ba yi­ku­lu­nga ki­thi, uba si­na­nze­le­la ukwe­nza li­mi­la­yo yo­nke pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu, nje­ngo­ku­si­la­ya kwa­yog.

Aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­nga­ba­ntu aba­ngcwe­le eNko­si­ni

7La­pho iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho isi­ku­nge­ni­sa eli­zwe­ni oya ku­lo uku­dla ili­fa la­lo, ixo­tshe izi­zwe ezi­ne­ngi pha­mbi kwa­khoa, ama­He­thi la­ma­Gi­ri­ga­shi la­maA­mo­ri la­ma­Kha­na­ni la­ma­Pe­ri­zi la­ma­Hi­vi la­ma­Je­bu­sib, izi­zwe ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa ezi­nku­lu le­zi­la­ma­ndla ku­la­wec,

2 la­pho iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho izi­ni­ke­la pha­mbi kwa­khod, uza­zi­tsha­ya, uzi­tsha­ba­la­li­se lo­ku­zi­tsha­ba­li­li­sae. Unge­nzi isi­vu­me­lwa­no la­zo, unga­bi la­si­ha­wu ku­zof.

3 Unga­tha­tha­ni la­zo, unga­ni­ki indo­da­ka­zi ya­kho ku­ndo­da­na ya­khe, nja­lo indo­da­ka­zi ya­khe unga­yi­tha­the­li indo­da­na ya­khog.

4 Ngo­ba iza­pha­mbu­la indo­da­na ya­kho eku­ngi­la­nde­le­ni, uku­ze ba­kho­nze aba­nye onku­lu­nku­lu; nga­kho ula­ka lwe­Nko­si lu­za­li­vu­the­la, lu­ku­bhu­bhi­se ma­si­nya­neh.

5 Ko­dwa-ke li­za­kwe­nza nja­lo ku­zo; li­za­di­li­za ama­la­thi azoi, li­pha­hla­ze insi­ka za­zo ezi­yi­zi­tho­mbej, li­ga­mu­le izi­xu­ku za­bo, li­tshi­se ngo­mli­lo izi­tho­mbe za­zo ezi­ba­zi­we­yo.

6 Ngo­ba uyi­si­zwe esi­ngcwe­le eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khok; iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho iku­khe­thi­le uku­thi ube yi­si­zwe sa­yo ka­nye, ku­zo zo­nke izi­zwe ezi­se­bu­swe­ni bo­mhla­bal.

7 INko­si ka­ye­hli­se­la­nga utha­ndo lwa­yo phe­zu kwe­nu, ku­mbe ili­khe­the, nge­nxa yo­ku­thi la­li­ba­ne­ngi ku­la­zi­phi izi­zwe; ngo­ba la­li­ba­lu­tshwa­na ku­la­zo zo­nke izi­zwem;

8 ko­dwa ku­nge­nxa yo­ku­thi iNko­si ya­li­tha­ndan, la­nge­nxa yo­ku­thi ya­yi­za­gci­na isi­fu­ngo eya­si­fu­nga ku­bo­yi­hloo, iNko­si ya­li­khu­pha nge­sa­ndla esi­la­ma­ndla, ya­ku­hle­nga endli­ni yo­bu­gqi­li, esa­ndle­ni si­ka­Fa­ro inko­si ye­Gi­bhi­thep.

9 Nga­kho ya­zi uku­thi iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho ingu­Nku­lu­nku­lu, uNku­lu­nku­lu othe­mbe­ki­le­yoq, ogci­na isi­vu­me­lwa­no lo­mu­sa ku­bo aba­mtha­nda­yo la­ba­gci­na imi­la­yo ya­khe, ku­ze ku­be se­zi­zu­ku­lwa­ne­ni ezi­yi­nku­lu­ngwa­ner,

10 lo­phi­ndi­se­la aba­mzo­nda­yo ebu­swe­ni ba­bo, uku­ba­bhu­bhi­sas. Ka­yi­ku­phu­za ko­mzo­nda­yo, uza­mphi­ndi­se­la ebu­swe­ni ba­khet.

11 Nga­kho uza­gci­na imi­la­yo le­zi­mi­so le­za­hlu­le­lo engi­ku­la­ya zo­na la­mu­hla uku­ze­nza.

Izi­bu­si­so zo­ku­la­le­la

12 Ku­za­ku­thi ngo­ba li­si­zwa le­zi­za­hlu­le­lo, li­zi­gci­ne, li­ze­nzeu, iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho iza­ku­gci­ne­la isi­vu­me­lwa­no lo­mu­sa eya­ku­fu­nge­la oyi­hlov.

13 Nja­lo iza­ku­tha­nda, iku­bu­si­se, ikwa­ndi­sew. Fu­thi iza­bu­si­sa isi­the­lo se­si­za­lo sa­kho, le­si­the­lo se­li­zwe la­kho, ama­be­le akho, le­wa­yi­ni la­kho eli­tsha, la­ma­fu­tha akho, umqe­gu we­nko­mo za­kho, le­mi­hla­mbi ye­zi­mvu za­kho, eli­zwe­ni ali­fu­nge­la oyi­hlo uku­ku­ni­ka lo­nax.

14 Uza­bu­si­swa ku­la­zo zo­nke izi­zwe; ka­ku­yi­ku­ba kho­na pha­ka­thi kwa­kho owe­si­li­sa onga­za­li­yo lo­we­si­fa­za­na oyi­nyu­mba, lo­ba pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­fu­yo za­khoy.

15 Le­Nko­si iza­su­sa ku­we wo­nke umkhu­hla­ne; ka­yi­yi­ku­kwe­hli­se­la la­si­nye se­zi­fo ezi­mbi ze­Gi­bhi­the oza­zi­yo, ko­dwa iza­ze­hli­se­la phe­zu kwa­bo bo­nke aba­ku­zo­nda­yoz.

16 Nja­lo uza­ba­qo­thu­la bo­nke aba­ntu eza­ba­ni­ke­la ku­we iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khoa; ili­hlo la­kho li­nga­ba­zwe­li, unga­kho­nzi onku­lu­nku­lu ba­bob, ngo­ba lo­khu ku­za­ku­ba ngu­mji­bi­la ku­wec.

17 Nxa uza­ku­thi enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­kho: Izi­zwe le­zi zi­ne­ngi ku­la­mi; ngi­nga­zi­xo­tsha nja­ni eli­fe­ni la­zod?

18 Unga­ze­sa­bie, khu­mbu­la ku­hle lo­kho iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eya­kwe­nza ku­Fa­ro la­ku­Gi­bhi­the lo­nkef,

19 izi­li­ngo ezi­nku­lu ili­hlo la­kho ela­zi­bo­na­yo, le­zi­bo­na­ka­li­so, le­zi­ma­nga­li­so, le­sa­ndla esi­la­ma­ndla, le­nga­lo eye­lu­li­we­yo, iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eya­ku­khu­pha nga­kho. INko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho iza­kwe­nza nja­lo ku­zo zo­nke izi­zwe oze­sa­ba­yog.

20 Fu­thi-ke iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho iza­thu­me­la olo­nyo­vu pha­ka­thi kwa­zo, zi­ze zi­bhu­ji­swe ezi­se­le­yo le­zi­ca­tshe­le ubu­so ba­khoh.

21 Ka­li­yi­ku­tsha­ywa lu­va­lo nga­zoi, ngo­ba iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho ipha­ka­thi kwa­khoj, uNku­lu­nku­lu omkhu­lu lo­we­sa­be­ka­yok.

22 INko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho iza­zi­ngco­thu­la le­zi­zi­zwe pha­mbi kwa­kho ka­nci­nya­ne ka­nci­nya­ne; unge­zi­qe­de ma­si­nya­ne, hle­zi izi­lo ze­ga­nga zi­kwa­nde­lel.

23 Ko­dwa iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho iza­zi­ni­ke­la pha­mbi kwa­kho, izi­pha­za­mi­se ngo­ku­pha­za­mi­se­ka oku­khu­lu, zi­ze zi­chi­thwe.

24 Iza­ni­ke­la eza­ndle­ni za­kho ama­kho­si azom, nja­lo uza­ci­tsha ibi­zo la­wo li­su­ke nga­pha­nsi kwa­ma­zu­lun; ka­ku­la­mu­ntu oza­ku­ma pha­mbi kwa­kho uze uzi­bhu­bhi­seo.

25 Izi­tho­mbe ezi­ba­zi­we­yo za­bo­nku­lu­nku­lu ba­zo li­za­zi­tshi­sa ngo­mli­lop. Unga­fi­si isi­li­va le­go­li­de eli­ku­zo, unga­zi­tha­the­li lo­naq, hle­zi uba­njwe emji­bi­le­ni nga­lor, ngo­ba li­yi­si­ne­ngi­so eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khos.

26 Nja­lo unga­si­nge­ni­si isi­ne­ngi­so endli­ni ya­kho, hle­zi ube yi­nto eqa­le­ki­si­we­yo nje­nga­so; use­nya­nye lo­ku­se­nya­nya, une­ngwe lo­ku­ne­ngwa yi­so, ngo­ba si­yi­nto eqa­le­ki­si­we­yot.

Ize­nzo ezi­nhle ze­Nko­si eya­ze­nza kuI­sra­ye­li enka­nga­la

8Yo­nke imi­the­tho engi­ku­la­ya yo­na la­mu­hla li­za­na­nze­le­la uku­ye­nza, uku­ze li­phi­le, la­nde, li­nge­ne li­dle ili­fa le­li­zwe, iNko­si eya­li­fu­nge­la oyi­hloa.

2 Nja­lo uza­khu­mbu­la indle­la yo­nke iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eku­kho­khe­le nga­yo li­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne enka­nga­la, uku­ze iku­tho­bi­seb, iku­hlo­lec, ukwa­zi oku­se­nhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­kho, uba uza­gci­na imi­the­tho ya­yo, lo­ba ha­tshid.

3 Ya­si­ku­tho­bi­sa, ya­ku­la­mbi­sae, ya­ku­dli­sa ima­na owa­wu­nga­ya­zi, la­bo­yi­hlo ba­be­nga­ya­zif, uku­ze ikwa­zi­se uku­thi umu­ntu ka­phi­li nge­si­nkwa so­dwa, ko­dwa nga­kho ko­nke oku­phu­ma emlo­nye­ni we­Nko­si umu­ntu uya­phi­lag.

4 Ize­mba­tho za­kho ka­zi­gu­ga­nga phe­zu kwa­kho, lo­nya­wo lwa­kho ka­lu­vu­vu­ka­nga, le imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­neh.

5 Nga­kho ya­zi enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­kho uku­thi nje­nge­ndo­da ila­ya indo­da­na ya­yo, iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho iya­ku­la­yai.

6 Nga­kho uza­gci­na imi­the­tho ye­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, uku­ha­mba endle­le­ni za­yo, lo­ku­ye­sa­baj.

7 Ngo­ba iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho iku­nge­ni­sa eli­zwe­ni eli­hle, ili­zwe le­zi­fu­la za­ma­nzi, le­mi­tho­mbo lo­ku­ju­la oku­go­bho­za ezi­ho­tshe­ni le­zi­nta­be­nik;

8 ili­zwe le­ngqo­lo­yi, le­bha­li*, le­zi­vi­ni, le­mi­khi­wa, le­zi­the­lo ze­po­me­gra­na­ti*, ili­zwe le­zi­hla­hla ze­mi­hlwa­thi za­ma­fu­tha, lo­lu­jul,

9 ili­zwe oza­ku­dla ku­lo isi­nkwa ku­nge­kho uku­si­le­la, onga­yi­ku­swe­la lu­tho ku­lo; ili­zwe eli­la­ma­tshe ayi­nsi­mbi, le­li­le­zi­nta­ba eli­nga­ge­bha ku­zo ithu­sim.

10 Usu­dli­le wa­su­tha, uza­bu­si­sa iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho nge­li­zwe eli­hle eku­ni­ke lo­na.

11 Zi­qa­phe­le hle­zi ukho­hlwe iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho ngo­ku­nga­gci­ni imi­la­yo ya­yo le­za­hlu­le­lo za­yo le­zi­mi­so za­yo, engi­ku­la­ya zo­na la­mu­hla.

12 Hle­zi la­pho usu­dli­le wa­su­tha, usu­wa­khe izi­ndlu ezi­nhle wa­hla­la ku­zon,

13 se­kwa­ndi­le inko­mo za­kho le­zi­mvu za­kho, le­si­li­va le­go­li­de kwa­kho se­kwa­ndi­le, la­kho ko­nke ola­kho se­kwa­ndi­le,

14 inhli­zi­yo ya­kho ibi­si­zi­pha­ka­mi­sao, ubu­su­kho­hlwa iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eya­ku­khu­pha eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the, endli­ni yo­bu­gqi­lip,

15 eya­ku­kho­khe­la enka­nga­la enku­lu le­ye­sa­be­ka­yoq, okwa­ku­le­nyo­ka ezi­lo­ku­tshi­sar le­zi­nku­mes lo­mhla­ba­thi owo­mi­le­yo, la­pho okwa­ku­nge­la­ma­nzi kho­nat, eya­ku­ve­ze­la ama­nzi edwa­le­ni le­li­tshe eli­lu­khu­niu,

16 eya­ku­dli­sa ima­na enka­nga­la, oyi­hlo aba­be­nga­ya­zi, uku­ze iku­tho­bi­se, lo­ku­ze iku­hlo­lev, ikwe­nze­le oku­hle eku­ci­ne­ni kwa­khow,

17 ubu­su­si­thi enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­kho: Ama­ndla ami lo­ku­qi­na kwe­sa­ndla sa­mi ku­ngi­zu­ze­le li­no­tho.

18 Ko­dwa uza­khu­mbu­la iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, ngo­ba yi­yo eku­ni­ka ama­ndla oku­zu­za ino­thox, uku­ze iqi­ni­se isi­vu­me­lwa­no sa­yo eya­si­fu­nge­la oyi­hlo nje­nga­la­mu­hlay.

19 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke, nxa ukho­hlwa lo­ku­kho­hlwa iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, ula­nde­le aba­nye onku­lu­nku­lu, uba­kho­nze, uba­kho­tha­me­lez, ngi­ya­li­fa­ka­ze­la la­mu­hla uku­thi li­za­bhu­bha lo­ku­bhu­bhaa.

20 Nje­nge­zi­zwe iNko­si ezi­chi­thi­le­yo pha­mbi kwe­nu, ngo­ku­nja­lo li­za­bhu­bha, ngo­ba li­nga­li­la­le­la­nga ili­zwi le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nub.

INko­si iza­chi­tha izi­zwe ze­Kha­na­ni

9Zwa­na, Isra­ye­li; uza­cha­pha iJo­da­ni la­mu­hla, uku­nge­ne­la uku­dla ili­fa le­zi­zwea ezi­nku­lu le­zi­la­ma­ndla ku­la­we, imi­zi emi­khu­lub ebi­ye­lwe nge­mi­tha­nga­la efi­ka ema­zu­lwi­nic.

2 Aba­ntu aba­khu­lu la­ba­de, aba­ntwa­na ba­maA­na­ki we­na oba­zi­yo, we­na osu­zwi­le nga­bo ku­thi­wa: Ngu­ba­ni onge­ma pha­mbi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­kaA­na­kid?

3 Nga­kho ya­zi la­mu­hla uku­thi yi­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho echa­pha pha­mbi kwa­khoe, engu­mli­lo oqo­thu­la­yof; yo­na iza­ba­chi­tha, nja­lo yo­na iza­be­hli­se­la pha­nsi pha­mbi kwa­khog; nja­lo li­za­ba­xo­tsha ba­su­ke eli­fe­ni la­bo, li­ba­bhu­bhi­se ma­si­nya­ne, nje­ngo­ku­tsho kwe­Nko­si ku­weh.

4 Unga­khu­lu­mi enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­kho, la­pho iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho isi­ba­xo­tshi­le pha­mbi kwa­kho, usi­thi: Nge­nxa yo­ku­lu­nga kwa­mi iNko­si ingi­nge­ni­se uku­dla ili­fa le­li­zwe le­lii. Ko­dwa nge­nxa yo­bu­bi ba­le­zi­zi­zwe iNko­sij izi­xo­tsha zi­su­ke eli­fe­ni la­zo pha­mbi kwa­khok.

5 Ka­ku­nge­nxa yo­ku­lu­nga kwa­kho ku­mbe nge­nxa yo­bu­qo­tho be­nhli­zi­yo ya­kho uku­thi unge­ne uku­dla ili­fa le­li­zwe la­zol; ko­dwa nge­nxa yo­bu­bi ba­le­zi­zi­zwe iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho izi­xo­tsha zi­su­ke eli­fe­ni la­zo pha­mbi kwa­khom, lo­ku­thi iqi­ni­se ili­zwi iNko­si eya­li­fu­nge­la oyi­hlo, uA­bra­ha­ma, uI­sa­ka lo­Ja­ko­ben.

6 Ya­zi-ke uku­thi ka­ku­nge­nxa yo­ku­lu­nga kwa­kho uku­thi iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho iku­ni­ka le­li­li­zwe eli­hle uku­thi udle ili­fa la­lo; ngo­ba uyi­si­zwe esi­le­nta­mo elu­khu­nio.

Aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­vu­ke­la iNko­si enka­nga­la

7 Khu­mbu­la, unga­kho­hlwa, uku­thi wa­yi­thu­ku­the­li­sa iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho enka­nga­la; ku­su­ke­la osu­kwi­ni owa­phu­ma nga­lo eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the la­ze la­fi­ka ku­li­nda­wo, be­li­yi­vu­ke­la iNko­sip.

8 Le­Ho­re­be la­yi­thu­ku­the­li­sa iNko­si, ya­ze ya­li­thu­ku­the­le­la iNko­si uku­li­chi­thaq.

9 Se­nge­nyu­ke­le enta­be­ni ukwe­mu­ke­la izi­bhe­bhe za­ma­tshe, izi­bhe­bhe ze­si­vu­me­lwa­no iNko­si eya­se­nza la­nir, nga­se­ngi­hla­la enta­be­ni insu­ku ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne lo­bu­su­ku obu­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne, angi­dla­nga si­nkwa, angi­na­tha­nga ma­nzis.

10 INko­si ya­si­ngi­ni­ka le­zo­zi­bhe­bhe ezi­mbi­li za­ma­tshe zi­lo­tshwe ngo­mu­nwe ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, la­phe­zu kwa­zo ku­lo­tshi­we ngo­kwa­ma­zwi wo­nke iNko­si eya­yi­wa­khu­lu­me la­ni enta­be­ni, ipha­ka­thi ko­mli­lot ngo­su­ku lo­ku­hla­nga­nau.

11 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi eku­phe­le­ni kwe­nsu­ku ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne lo­bu­su­ku obu­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne, iNko­si ya­ngi­pha izi­bhe­bhe ezi­mbi­li za­ma­tshe, izi­bhe­bhe ze­si­vu­me­lwa­no.

12 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ki­mi: Su­ku­ma we­hle ngo­ku­pha­ngi­sa usu­ke la­pha, ngo­ba aba­ntu ba­kho owa­ba­khu­pha eGi­bhi­the bo­na­ka­li­si­lev, ba­pha­mbu­ki­le ngo­ku­pha­ngi­sa endle­le­ni enga­ba­la­ya yo­na, ba­ze­nze­la isi­tho­mbe esi­bu­njwe ngo­ku­nci­bi­li­ki­saw.

13 INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ki­mi isi­thi: Ngi­ba­bo­ni­le la­ba­ba­ntux, kha­nge­la-ke, ba­nga­ba­ntu aba­nta­mo zi­lu­khu­niy.

14 Ngi­ye­ke­la uku­ze ngi­ba­bhu­bhi­sez, nge­su­le ibi­zo la­bo li­su­ke nga­pha­nsi kwa­ma­zu­lua; nja­lo ngi­za­kwe­nza ube yi­si­zwe esi­la­ma­ndla le­si­khu­lu ku­la­bob.

15 Nga­se­ngi­phe­ndu­ka ngi­se­hla enta­be­nic, le­nta­ba ya­yi­vu­tha umli­lo; le­zi­bhe­bhe zo­mbi­li ze­si­vu­me­lwa­no za­zi­se­za­ndle­ni za­mi zo­mbi­lid.

16 Nga­se­ngi­bo­na, kha­nge­la­ni-ke, la­lo­ni­le eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu, la­li­ze­nze­le itho­le eli­bu­njwe ngo­ku­nci­bi­li­ki­sa, la­li­pha­mbu­ki­le ngo­ku­pha­ngi­sa endle­le­ni iNko­si eya­yi­li­la­yi­lee.

17 Nga­se­ngi­ba­mba izi­bhe­bhe zo­mbi­li, nga­zi­la­hla eza­ndle­ni za­mi zo­mbi­li, nga­zi­bu­la­la pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo enu.

18 Nga­se­ngi­zi­wi­se­la pha­nsi pha­mbi kwe­Nko­sif nje­nga­ku­qa­la, insu­ku ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne lo­bu­su­ku obu­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­neg, ngi­nga­dli si­nkwa, ngi­nga­na­thi ma­nzi, nge­nxa ya­so so­nke iso­no se­nu eli­so­ni­le­yo, li­se­nza oku­bi eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si, li­yi­thu­ku­the­li­sah.

19 Ngo­ba nga­ngi­se­sa­ba uku­thu­ku­the­la lo­la­ka iNko­si eya­yi­li­thu­ku­the­le­la nga­kho uku­li­bhu­bhi­sa; ko­dwa iNko­si ya­ngi­zwa la­nga­le­so­si­kha­thii.

20 INko­si ya­si­mthu­ku­the­le­la ka­khu­lu uA­ro­ni uku­ze imbhu­bhi­se; ko­dwa nga­mkhu­le­ke­la loA­ro­ni nga­le­so­si­kha­thij.

21 Nga­se­ngi­tha­tha iso­no se­nu, itho­le ela­li­le­nzi­le, nga­li­tshi­sa ngo­mli­lo, nga­li­cho­bo­za, nga­li­cho­li­si­sa la­ze la­ba li­nci­nya­ne nje­ngo­thu­li; nga­pho­sa uthu­li lwa­lo esi­fu­le­ni esa­si­se­hla enta­be­ni.

22 Le­Ta­be­rak, le­Ma­sal, le­Ki­ri­bo­thi-Ha­tha­vam la­li­yi­thu­ku­the­li­sa iNko­si.

23 La­la­pho iNko­si ya­li­thu­ma li­su­ka eKa­de­shi-Bha­ne­yan isi­thi: Ye­nyu­ka­ni, li­dle ili­fa le­li­zwe engi­li­ni­ke lo­na, la­se­li­hla­mu­ke­la umla­yo we­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu, ka­li­yi­kho­lwa­nga, ka­li­la­le­la­nga ili­zwi la­yoo.

24 La­li­ve­le li­yi­vu­ke­le iNko­si ku­su­ke­la osu­kwi­ni enga­la­zi nga­lop.

25 Nga­se­ngi­zi­wi­se­la pha­nsi pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si insu­ku ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne lo­bu­su­ku obu­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne, enga­zi­wi­se­la pha­nsi nga­zoq, ngo­ba iNko­si ya­yi­the iza­li­chi­tha.

26 Nga­se­ngi­khu­le­ka eNko­si­ni nga­thi: Nko­si Je­ho­va, unga­ba­chi­thi aba­ntu ba­kho le­li­fa la­kho, oba­hle­nge ngo­bu­khu­lu ba­kho, owa­ba­khu­pha eGi­bhi­the nge­sa­ndla esi­la­ma­ndlar.

27 Khu­mbu­la ince­ku za­kho, uA­bra­ha­ma, uI­sa­ka, lo­Ja­ko­be; unga­kha­nge­li inka­ni ya­la­ba­ba­ntu lo­bu­bi ba­bo le­so­no sa­bo,

28 hle­zi ili­zwe owa­si­khu­pha ki­lo li­thi: Nge­nxa yo­ku­thi iNko­si ya­yi­nge­la­ma­ndla oku­ba­nge­ni­sa eli­zwe­ni eya­ba­the­mbi­sa lo­na, la­nge­nxa yo­ku­thi iba­zo­nda, ya­ba­khu­pha uku­ze iba­bu­la­le­le enka­nga­las.

29 Ku­be ka­nti ba­nga­ba­ntu ba­kho le­li­fa la­kho, owa­ba­khu­pha nga­ma­ndla akho ama­khu­lu la­nge­nga­lo ya­kho eye­lu­li­we­yot.

Izi­bhe­bhe za­ma­tshe ze­si­bi­li ze­mi­the­tho eli­tshu­mi

10Nga­le­so­si­kha­thi iNko­si ya­thi ki­mi: Zi­ba­ze­le izi­bhe­bhe ezi­mbi­li za­ma­tshe nje­nge­za­ku­qa­la, we­nyu­ke­le ki­mi enta­be­nia, uze­nze­le umtsho­ko­tsho we­zi­go­dob.

2 Ngi­za­bha­la-ke phe­zu kwe­zi­bhe­bhe ama­zwi aye­se­zi­bhe­bhe­ni za­ku­qa­la owa­zi­bu­la­la­yo, uzi­be­ke emtsho­ko­tshwe­nic.

3 Nga­se­ngi­se­nza umtsho­ko­tsho nge­si­hla­hla se­si­ngad, nga­ba­za izi­bhe­bhe ezi­mbi­li za­ma­tshe nje­nge­za­ku­qa­la, nge­nyu­ke­la enta­be­ni, le­zi­bhe­bhe ezi­mbi­li zi­se­sa­ndle­ni sa­mie.

4 Ya­si­bha­la ezi­bhe­bhe­ni nje­ngo­ku­bha­la kwa­ku­qa­la, imi­la­yo eli­tshu­mif iNko­si eya­yi­khu­lu­ma ki­ni enta­be­ni ipha­ka­thi ko­mli­log ngo­su­ku lo­ku­hla­nga­nah; nja­lo iNko­si ya­ngi­ni­ka zo­na.

5 Nga­se­ngi­phe­ndu­ka ngi­se­hla enta­be­nii, nga­zi­fa­ka izi­bhe­bhe emtsho­ko­tshwe­ni enga­ngi­we­nzi­lej. Nja­lo zi­kho­na la­pho, nje­ngo­ku­ngi­la­ya kwe­Nko­sik.

6 Aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­se­be­su­ka eBe­ye­ro­thi-Be­ne-Ja­ka­nil, ba­ya eMo­se­ram; uA­ro­ni wa­fe­la la­pho, wa­ngcwa­tshwa kho­nan; indo­da­na ya­khe uE­le­ya­za­re wa­se­be­nza nje­ngo­mpri­sti esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khe.

7 Be­su­ka la­pho, ba­ya eGu­di­go­da; ba­su­ka eGu­di­go­da, ba­ya eJo­ti­ba­tha, ili­zwe le­zi­fu­la za­ma­nzio.

8 Nga­le­so­si­kha­thi iNko­si ye­hlu­ka­ni­sa isi­zwe sa­ko­Le­vip uku­thi si­thwa­le umtsho­ko­tsho we­si­vu­me­lwa­no se­Nko­siq, uku­thi si­me pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si, si­yi­kho­nzer, si­bu­si­se ebi­zwe­ni la­yo, ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hlas.

9 Nga­lo­khu uLe­vi ka­la­sa­be­lo le­li­fa ka­nye la­ba­fo­wa­bo; iNko­si iyi­li­fa la­khe, nje­ngo­ku­the­mbi­sa kwe­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho ku­yet.

10 Mi­na nga­se­ngi­hla­la enta­be­ni nje­nge­nsu­ku ze­ndu­lo, insu­ku ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne lo­bu­su­ku obu­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­neu; le­Nko­si ya­ngi­zwa la­nga­le­so­si­kha­thi; iNko­si ka­yi­tha­nda­nga uku­ku­bhu­bhi­sav.

11 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ki­mi: Su­ku­ma, uha­mbe pha­mbi kwa­ba­ntu, uku­ze ba­nge­ne ba­dle ili­fa le­li­zwe enga­fu­nga ku­bo­yi­se uku­ba­ni­ka lo­naw.

Lo­kho iNko­si eku­fu­na kuI­sra­ye­li

12 Kha­the­si-ke, Isra­ye­li, ku­yi­ni iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eku­fu­na ku­wex, nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­ye­sa­ba iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khoy, uku­ha­mba nge­ndle­la za­yo zo­nkez, lo­ku­yi­tha­nda, lo­ku­yi­kho­nza iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho nge­nhli­zi­yo ya­kho yo­nke la­ngo­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­kho wo­nkea,

13 uku­gci­na imi­la­yo ye­Nko­si le­zi­mi­so za­yo engi­ku­la­ya zo­na la­mu­hla, uku­thi ku­ku­lu­nge­leb?

14 Kha­nge­la, ama­zu­lu, le­zu­lu la­ma­zu­lu nga­we­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khoc, umhla­ba la­kho ko­nke oku­ku­wod.

15 Ku­phe­la iNko­si ye­hli­se­la utha­ndo lwa­yo phe­zu kwa­bo­yi­hlo, uku­ba­tha­nda, ya­khe­tha inza­lo ya­bo emva kwa­bo, ngi­tsho li­na pha­ka­thi kwa­zo zo­nke izi­zwe, nje­nga­la­mu­hlae.

16 Nga­kho so­ka­ni ijwa­bu le­nhli­zi­yo ye­nuf, li­nga­be li­sa­ze­nza lu­khu­ni inta­mo ze­nug.

17 Ngo­ba iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu ingu­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­nku­lu­nku­luh, le­Nko­si ya­ma­kho­sii, uNku­lu­nku­lu omkhu­lu, ola­ma­ndlaj, lo­we­sa­be­ka­yok, onge­mu­ke­li ubu­so bo­mu­ntu, onge­mu­ke­li umvu­zol.

18 Eye­nza isa­hlu­le­lo se­nta­nda­ne lo­mfe­lo­ka­zi, nja­lo etha­nda owe­zi­zwe­ni ngo­ku­mni­ka uku­dla le­ze­mba­thom.

19 Nga­kho li­za­mtha­nda owe­zi­zwe­ni, ngo­ba la­li­nga­be­zi­zwe­ni eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­then.

20 Uza­ye­sa­ba iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, uyi­kho­nzeo, una­ma­the­le ku­yop, ufu­nge nge­bi­zo la­yoq.

21 Ilu­du­mo lwa­kho, nja­lo ingu­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­khor, okwe­nze­le le­zi­zi­nto ezi­nku­lu le­ze­sa­be­ka­yo, ame­hlo akho azi­bo­ni­le­yos.

22 Oyi­hlo be­hle­la eGi­bhi­the be­la­ba­ntu aba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sat; kha­the­si-ke iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho ikwe­nzi­le wa­ba nje­nge­nka­nye­zi za­ma­zu­lu ngo­bu­ne­ngiu.

Ubu­khu­lu be­Nko­si

11Nga­kho wo­tha­nda iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khoa, ugci­ne umla­yo wa­yo le­zi­mi­so za­yo le­za­hlu­le­lo za­yo le­mi­the­tho ya­yo insu­ku zo­nkeb.

2 Ya­zi­ni la­mu­hla, ngo­ba ka­ngi­khu­lu­mi eba­ntwa­ne­ni be­nu aba­nga­kwa­zi­yo la­ba­nga­ku­bo­na­nga uku­la­ya kwe­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nuc, ubu­khu­lu ba­yod, isa­ndla sa­yo esi­la­ma­ndla, le­nga­lo ya­yo eye­lu­li­we­yoe,

3 le­zi­bo­na­ka­li­so za­yo le­ze­nzo za­yo eya­ze­nza pha­ka­thi kwe­Gi­bhi­the ku­Fa­ro inko­si ye­Gi­bhi­the, le­li­zwe­ni la­khe lo­nkef,

4 la­lo­kho eya­kwe­nza ebu­thwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the, ema­bhi­ze­ni ayo le­nqo­le­ni za­yo, lo­ku­thi ye­nza ama­nzi oLwa­ndle olu­Bo­mvu aba­khu­khu­le la­pho be­xo­tsha­na la­ni, lo­ku­thi iNko­si ya­ba­bhu­bhi­sa, ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hlag,

5 la­lo­kho eya­kwe­nza ki­ni enka­nga­la la­ze la­fi­ka ku­li­nda­wo,

6 la­lo­kho eya­kwe­nza ku­Da­tha­ni la­kuA­bi­ra­mu ama­do­da­na kaE­li­ya­bi indo­da­na ka­Ru­be­ni, uku­thi umhla­ba wa­kha­mi­sa umlo­mo wa­wo wa­ba­gi­nya bo­na la­be­zi­ndlu za­bo, la­ma­the­nte aboh, la­kho ko­nke okwa­ku­ngo­kwa­bo, pha­ka­thi ku­kaI­sra­ye­li wo­nkei.

7 Ko­dwa ame­hlo enu abo­ni­le zo­nke ize­nzo ezi­nku­lu ze­Nko­si eya­ze­nza­yo.

8 Nga­kho li­za­gci­na yo­nke imi­the­tho engi­ku­la­ya yo­na la­mu­hla, uku­ze li­be la­ma­ndla li­nge­ne li­dle ili­fa le­li­zwe, eli­cha­phe­la ku­lo uku­ya­ku­dla ili­fa la­loj,

9 lo­ku­thi le­lu­le izi­nsu­ku eli­zwe­nik iNko­si eya­li­fu­nge­la oyi­hlo uku­ba­ni­ka lo­na le­nza­lo ya­bol, ili­zwe eli­ge­le­za ucha­go lo­lu­jum.

Izi­bu­si­so ze­li­zwe eli­the­nji­si­we­yo

10 Ngo­ba ili­zwe onge­na ki­lo uku­dla ili­fa la­lo ka­li­nje­nge­li­zwe le­Gi­bhi­the eli­phu­ma ki­lo, la­pho owa­hla­nye­la kho­na inhla­nye­lo ya­kho, wa­yi­the­le­la ngo­nya­wo lwa­kho, nje­nge­si­va­nde se­mi­bhi­dan;

11 ko­dwa ili­zwe eli­cha­phe­la ki­lo uku­dla ili­fa la­lo li­yi­li­zwe la­ma­qa­qa le­zi­go­di, li­na­tha ama­nzi nge­zu­lu la­ma­zu­luo;

12 ili­zwe iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eli­kha­tha­le­la­yo; ame­hlo eNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho aphe­zu kwa­lo nja­lo, ku­su­ke­la eku­qa­le­ni ko­mnya­ka ku­ze ku­be se­ku­phe­le­ni ko­mnya­kap.

13 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke, uba li­la­le­la lo­ku­la­le­la imi­the­tho ya­mi engi­li­la­ya yo­na la­mu­hla, uku­tha­nda iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu, lo­ku­yi­kho­nza nge­nhli­zi­yo ye­nu yo­nke la­ngo­mphe­fu­mu­lo we­nu wo­nkeq,

14 ngi­za­ni­ka izu­lu le­li­zwe le­nu nge­si­kha­thi sa­lor, izu­lu elo­ku­qa­la le­zu­lu lo­ku­ci­na, uku­ze ubu­the ama­be­le akho le­wa­yi­ni la­kho eli­tsha la­ma­fu­tha akhos.

15 Ngi­za­ni­ka izi­fu­yo za­kho utsha­ni edle­lwe­ni la­khot, nja­lo uza­ku­dla, usu­theu.

16 Zi­qa­phe­le­ni, hle­zi inhli­zi­yo ye­nu ikho­hli­se­ke, li­pha­mbu­kev, li­kho­nze aba­nye onku­lu­nku­lu, li­ba­kho­tha­me­lew,

17 uku­ze ula­ka lwe­Nko­si lu­li­vu­the­lex, nja­lo iva­le ama­zu­lu, uku­ze ku­nga­bi kho­na izu­luy, le­li­zwe li­nga­the­li isi­vu­no sa­loz, li­bhu­bhe ma­si­nya­ne li­su­ke eli­zwe­ni eli­hle iNko­si eli­ni­ka lo­naa.

18 Nga­kho li­za­be­ka la­ma­zwi ami enhli­zi­ywe­ni ye­nu le­mphe­fu­mu­lwe­ni we­nub, li­wa­bo­phe­le esa­ndle­ni se­nu abe lu­pha­wu, uku­ze abe nga­ma­fi­la­kte­ri­yu* pha­ka­thi la­pha­ka­thi kwa­me­hlo enuc.

19 Li­za­wa­fu­ndi­sa aba­ntwa­na be­nu, ukhu­lu­me nga­wo la­pho uhle­zi endli­ni ya­kho, la­la­pho uha­mba endle­le­ni, la­la­pho ula­la, la­la­pho uvu­kad.

20 Li­wa­bha­le emi­gu­ba­zi­ni ye­ndlu ya­kho le­ma­sa­ngwe­ni akhoe,

21 uku­ze za­nde insu­ku ze­nu le­nsu­ku za­ba­ntwa­na be­nu, eli­zwe­ni iNko­si eya­li­fu­nge­la oyi­hlo uku­ba­ni­ka lo­naf, nje­nge­nsu­ku za­ma­zu­lu phe­zu ko­mhla­bag.

22 Ngo­ba uba li­gci­na lo­ku­gci­na yo­nke imi­the­tho le engi­li­la­ya uku­thi li­ye­nze, uku­tha­nda iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu, uku­ha­mba nge­ndle­la za­yo zo­nkeh, lo­ku­na­ma­the­la ku­yoi,

23 kho­na iNko­si iza­xo­tsha eli­fe­ni zo­nke le­zi­zi­zwe zi­su­ke pha­mbi kwe­nuj, li­dle ili­fa le­zi­zwe ezi­nku­lu le­zi­la­ma­ndla ku­la­nik.

24 Yo­nke inda­wo la­pho inga­pha­nsi yo­nya­wo lwe­nu eza­nya­the­la kho­na iza­ku­ba nge­ye­nul; ku­su­ke­la enka­nga­la, le­Le­bha­no­ni, ku­su­ke­la emfu­le­ni, umfu­la iYu­fra­thim, ku­ze ku­fi­ke elwa­ndle lo­ku­ci­na, ku­za­ku­ba ngu­mngce­le we­nun.

25 Ka­ku­la­mu­ntu oza­ku­ma pha­mbi kwe­nuo; iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu iza­be­ka ukwe­sa­be­ka kwe­nu lo­ku­tsha­ywa lu­va­lo nga­ni phe­zu kwa­lo lo­nke ili­zwe eli­za­nya­the­la ku­lop, nje­nga­lo­khu etshi­lo ki­niq.

26 Kha­nge­la­ni, la­mu­hla ngi­ya­be­ka pha­mbi kwe­nu isi­bu­si­so le­si­qa­le­ki­sor;

27 isi­bu­si­so, uba li­la­le­la imi­the­tho ye­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu engi­li­la­ya yo­na la­mu­hlas;

28 le­si­qa­le­ki­so, uba li­nga­la­le­li imi­the­tho ye­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu, ko­dwa li­pha­mbu­ka endle­le­ni engi­li­la­ya yo­na la­mu­hlat, uku­la­nde­la aba­nye onku­lu­nku­lu eli­nga­ba­za­ngau.

29 Ku­za­ku­thi la­pho iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho ese­ku­nge­ni­si­le eli­zwe­ni oya ku­lo uku­dla ili­fa la­lo, uza­be­ka isi­bu­si­so phe­zu kwe­nta­ba ye­Ge­ri­zi­mi, le­si­qa­le­ki­so phe­zu kwe­nta­ba yeE­bha­liv.

30 Angi­thi zo­na zi­phe­tshe­ya kwe­Jo­da­ni emva kwe­ndle­la ye­ku­tsho­ne­ni kwe­la­nga, eli­zwe­ni la­ma­Kha­na­ni ahla­la ema­gce­ke­ni ma­qo­nda­na le­Gi­li­ga­li, edu­ze le­zi­hla­hla za­ma-o­khi*w ze­Mo­rex?

31 Ngo­ba li­za­cha­pha iJo­da­ni uku­ze li­nge­ne li­dle ili­fa le­li­zwe iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu eli­ni­ka lo­na. Li­za­ku­dla ili­fa la­lo, li­hla­le ki­loy,

32 li­na­nze­le­le ukwe­nza zo­nke izi­mi­so le­za­hlu­le­lo engi­zi­be­ka pha­mbi kwe­nu la­mu­hlaz.

Uku­kho­nza iNko­si ku­me­le ku­be se­nda­we­ni eyo­dwa

12Le­zi yi­zi­mi­so le­za­hlu­le­lo eli­za­na­nze­le­la uku­ze­nza eli­zwe­ni iNko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­yi­hlo, eku­ni­ka lo­na uku­thi udle ili­fa la­loa, zo­nke izi­nsu­ku eli­phi­la nga­zo emhla­be­nib.

2 Li­za­di­li­za lo­ku­di­li­za zo­nke inda­wo la­pho izi­zwe eli­za­zi­xo­tsha eli­fe­ni la­zo eza­zi­kho­nze­la kho­na onku­lu­nku­lu ba­zo, enta­be­ni ezi­pha­ke­me­yo le­ma­qa­qe­ni la­nga­pha­nsi kwa­so so­nke isi­hla­hla esi­lu­hla­zac;

3 li­za­di­li­za ama­la­thi azo, li­bu­la­le insi­ka za­zo ezi­yi­zi­tho­mbe, li­tshi­se izi­xu­ku za­zo ngo­mli­lod, li­qu­me­le pha­nsi izi­tho­mbe ezi­ba­zi­we­yo za­bo­nku­lu­nku­lu ba­zo, li­chi­the ibi­zo la­zo ku­le­yo­nda­woe.

4 Li­nge­nzi nja­lo eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nuf.

5 Ko­dwa enda­we­ni iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu eza­yi­khe­tha pha­ka­thi kwa­zo zo­nke izi­zwe ze­nu uku­be­ka ibi­zo la­yo kho­na, li­za­di­nga ku­nda­wo ya­yo yo­ku­hla­la; nja­lo uza­ku­ya kho­nag,

6 li­le­the kho­na imi­ni­ke­lo ye­nu yo­ku­tshi­swa, le­mi­hla­tshe­lo ye­nu, lo­kwe­tshu­mi kwe­nu, lo­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­pha­ka­nyi­swa we­sa­ndla se­nu, le­zi­the­mbi­so ze­nu, le­mi­ni­ke­lo ye­nu ye­si­hleh, la­ma­zi­bu­lo enko­mo ze­nu la­we­zi­mvu ze­nui;

7 li­dle kho­na pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nuj, li­tho­ko­zek nga­kho ko­nke eli­be­ke isa­ndla se­nu ku­kho, li­na la­be­ndlu ye­nu, iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eku­bu­si­se nga­khol.

8 Ka­li­yi­kwe­nza nje­nga­kho ko­nke esi­kwe­nza­yo la­pha la­mu­hla, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo lo­ba yi­ku­phi oku­lu­ngi­le­yo eme­hlwe­ni akhem.

9 Ngo­ba ka­li­ka­fi­ki eku­phu­mu­le­ni le­li­fe­ni, iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eku­ni­ka lo­na.

10 La­pho se­li­cha­phi­le iJo­da­ni, se­li­hle­zi eli­zwe­ni iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu eli­ni­ka lo­na li­be yi­li­fa le­nu, isi­li­phu­mu­zi­le ezi­the­ni ze­nu zo­nke inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke, se­li­hle­zi li­vi­ke­le­ki­len,

11 kho­na ku­za­ku­ba le­nda­wo iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu eza­yi­khe­tha ukwe­nza ibi­zo la­yo li­hla­le la­phoo; li­za­le­tha la­pho ko­nke engi­li­la­ya kho­na, imi­ni­ke­lo ye­nu yo­ku­tshi­swa, le­mi­hla­tshe­lo ye­nu, lo­kwe­tshu­mi kwe­nu, lo­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­pha­ka­nyi­swa we­sa­ndla se­nu, le­zi­the­mbi­so ze­nu zo­nke ezi­khe­the­ki­le­yo eli­za­zi­the­mbi­sa eNko­si­ni.

12 Nja­lo li­za­tha­ba pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu, li­na la­ma­do­da­na enu la­ma­do­da­ka­zi enu, le­nce­ku ze­nu le­nce­ku­ka­zi ze­nu, lo­mLe­vi opha­ka­thi kwa­ma­sa­ngo enup, ngo­ba enge­la­sa­be­lo le­li­fa la­niq.

13 Zi­qa­phe­le uku­thi unga­ni­ke­li imi­ni­ke­lo ya­kho yo­ku­tshi­swa ku­yo yo­nke inda­wo oyi­bo­na­yor;

14 ko­dwa enda­we­ni iNko­si eza­yi­khe­tha kwe­si­nye se­zi­zwe za­kho, la­pho uza­ni­ke­la imi­ni­ke­lo ya­kho yo­ku­tshi­swa, la­la­pho uza­kwe­nza ko­nke engi­ku­la­ya kho­nas.

15 Ka­nti unga­hla­ba udle inya­ma, pha­ka­thi kwa­wo wo­nke ama­sa­ngo akho, nje­nga­so so­nke isi­fi­so so­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­kho, nje­ngo­kwe­si­bu­si­so se­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, eku­ni­ke so­nat; onga­hla­mbu­lu­ka­nga lo­hla­mbu­lu­ki­le­yo anga­ku­dlau, nje­ngo­mzi­ki la­nje­nge­ndlu­ze­lev.

16 Ku­phe­la li­nga­dli iga­zi; li­za­li­chi­the­la emhla­ba­thi­ni nje­nga­ma­nziw.

17 Awu­la­ku­dle­la ema­sa­ngwe­ni akho okwe­tshu­mi kwa­ma­be­le akho le­ye­wa­yi­ni la­kho eli­tsha, le­ya­ma­fu­tha akho, lo­ba ama­zi­bu­lo enko­mo za­kho la­we­zi­mvu za­kho, lo­ba yi­ku­phi kwe­si­the­mbi­so sa­kho osi­the­mbi­si­le­yo, lo­ba imi­ni­ke­lo ya­kho ye­si­hle, lo­ba umni­ke­lo wo­ku­pha­ka­nyi­swa we­sa­ndla sa­kho.

18 Ko­dwa pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho uza­dle­la lo­kho enda­we­ni iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eza­yi­khe­tha, we­na le­ndo­da­na ya­kho le­ndo­da­ka­zi ya­kho, le­nce­ku ya­kho le­nce­ku­ka­zi ya­kho, lo­mLe­vi opha­ka­thi kwa­ma­sa­ngo akho; nja­lo uza­tha­ba pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khox ku­kho ko­nke obe­ka isa­ndla sa­kho ku­khoy.

19 Zi­qa­phe­le uku­thi unga­mkho­hlwa umLe­vi zo­nke izi­nsu­ku za­kho eli­zwe­ni la­khoz.

20 La­pho iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho iqhe­li­sa umngce­le wa­kho, nje­ngo­ku­khu­lu­ma kwa­yo ku­we, nja­lo uza­ku­thi: Ngi­za­ku­dla inya­ma, ngo­ba umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­kho ukha­nu­ka uku­dla inya­maa; nje­ngo­kwe­si­fi­so so­nke so­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­kho uza­ku­dla inya­mab.

21 Uba inda­wo iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eza­yi­khe­tha uku­be­ka ibi­zo la­yo kho­na ikha­tsha­na la­we, uza­hla­ba enko­me­ni za­kho lo­ba ezi­mvi­ni za­kho iNko­si eku­ni­ke zo­na, nje­ngo­ku­ku­la­ya kwa­mi, uza­ku­dle­la pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­sa­ngo akho, nje­ngo­kwe­si­fi­so so­nke so­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khoc.

22 Ngi­tsho, nje­nga­lo­khu ku­dli­wa umzi­ki le­ndlu­ze­le, ngo­ku­nja­lo uza­zi­dla; onga­hla­mbu­lu­ka­nga lo­hla­mbu­lu­ki­le­yo anga­zi­dla ngo­ku­fa­na­na­yod.

23 Ku­phe­la qa­phe­la uku­thi unga­dli iga­zie, ngo­ba iga­zi li­yi­mpi­lo; nga­kho ka­wu­yi­ku­dla impi­lo ka­nye le­nya­maf.

24 Unga­li­dli, uza­li­chi­the­la emhla­ba­thi­ni nje­nga­ma­nzi.

25 Unga­li­dli, uku­ze ku­ku­lu­nge­le la­ba­ntwa­na ba­kho emva kwa­khog, la­pho use­nza oku­lu­ngi­le­yo eme­hlwe­ni eNko­sih.

26 Ku­phe­la izi­nto ezi­ngcwe­le ola­zoi, le­zi­the­mbi­so za­kho, uza­zi­tha­tha, uye enda­we­ni iNko­si eza­yi­khe­thaj.

27 Ulu­ngi­se imi­ni­ke­lo ya­kho yo­ku­tshi­swa, inya­ma le­ga­zi, phe­zu kwe­la­thi le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho. Le­ga­zi le­mi­hla­tshe­lo ya­kho li­za­thu­lu­le­lwa phe­zu kwe­la­thi le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, le­nya­ma unga­yi­dlak.

28 Qa­phe­la uzwe wo­nke ama­zwi la engi­ku­la­ya wo­na, uku­ze ku­ku­lu­nge­le la­ba­ntwa­na ba­kho emva kwa­kho ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni, la­pho use­nza oku­lu­ngi­le­yo lo­ku­qo­ndi­le­yo eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khol.

Isi­xwa­yi­so ngo­ku­kho­nza aba­nye onku­lu­nku­lu

29 La­pho iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho iza­qu­ma izi­zwe zi­su­ke pha­mbi kwa­kho la­pho oya kho­na uku­dla ili­fa la­zo, la­pho usu­dle ili­fa la­zo wa­hla­la eli­zwe­ni la­zom,

30 zi­qa­phe­le uku­thi unga­thi­ywa uzi­la­nde­le, emva ko­ku­chi­thwa kwa­zo pha­mbi kwa­kho, lo­ku­thi unga­bu­zi ngo­nku­lu­nku­lu ba­zo usi­thi: Izi­zwe le­zi za­zi­kho­nza nja­ni onku­lu­nku­lu ba­zo? La­mi ngi­za­kwe­nza nja­lon.

31 Ka­wu­yi­kwe­nza nja­lo eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho; ngo­ba ko­nke oku­ne­nge­ka­yo eNko­si­ni, eku­zo­nda­yo, zi­kwe­nzi­le ku­bo­nku­lu­nku­lu ba­zoo; ngo­ba ngi­tsho ama­do­da­na azo la­ma­do­da­ka­zi azo zi­ba­tshi­si­le ngo­mli­lo ku­bo­nku­lu­nku­lu ba­zo.

32 Yo­nke into engi­li­la­ya nga­yo, qa­phe­la­ni uku­ye­nza; unge­nge­ze­le­li ku­yo, fu­thi unga­phu­ngu­li ku­yop.

13Uba ku­ve­la pha­ka­thi kwa­kho umpro­fe­thi ku­mbe umphu­phi wa­ma­phu­phoa, aku­ni­ke isi­bo­na­ka­li­so lo­ba isi­ma­nga­li­sob,

2 le­si­bo­na­ka­li­so lo­ba isi­ma­nga­li­so akhu­lu­me nga­so ku­we se­nza­ka­le, esi­thi: Asi­la­nde­le aba­nye onku­lu­nku­lu onga­ba­za­nga, si­ba­kho­nzec;

3 unga­la­le­li ama­zwi alo­wo­mpro­fe­thi lo­ba lo­wo­mphu­phi wa­ma­phu­pho; ngo­ba iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu iya­li­li­nga uku­ze ya­zi uku­thi li­ya­yi­tha­nda yi­ni iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu nge­nhli­zi­yo ye­nu yo­nke la­ngo­mphe­fu­mu­lo we­nu wo­nked.

4 INko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu li­za­yi­la­nde­la, yo­na li­ye­sa­be, imi­the­tho ya­yo li­yi­gci­ne, ili­zwi la­yo li­li­la­le­le, yo­na li­yi­kho­nzee, ku­yo li­na­ma­the­lef.

5 La­lo­wo­mpro­fe­thi lo­ba lo­wo­mphu­phi wa­ma­phu­pho ka­bu­la­we, ngo­ba ukhu­lu­me uku­hla­mu­ke­la iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu, eya­li­khu­pha eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the, ya­ku­hle­nga endli­ni yo­bu­gqi­lig, uku­ku­fu­qa upha­mbu­ke endle­le­ni iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eya­ku­la­ya uku­ha­mba nga­yoh. Nga­lo­khu uza­khu­pha ubu­bi pha­ka­thi kwa­khoi.

6 Uba umfo­we­nu, indo­da­na ka­nyo­ko, lo­ba indo­da­na ya­kho, lo­ba indo­da­ka­zi ya­khoj, lo­ba umfa­zi we­si­fu­ba sa­kho, ku­mbe umnga­ne wa­khok onje­ngo­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­kho, eku­ye­nga ensi­tha esi­thi: Asi­ha­mbe, si­ye­kho­nza aba­nye onku­lu­nku­lu, onga­ba­za­nga, we­na la­bo­yi­hlol,

7 ba­bo­nku­lu­nku­lu ba­ba­ntu aba­li­zi­nge­le­ze­le­yo, aba­se­du­ze la­we lo­ba aba­kha­tsha­na la­we, ku­su­ke­la komu­nye umkha­wu­lo wo­mhla­ba ku­ze ku­fi­ke komu­nye umkha­wu­lo wo­mhla­bam,

8 unga­mvu­me­li, unga­mla­le­lin, fu­thi ili­hlo la­kho li­nga­mha­wu­ke­li, nja­lo ungamye­ke­li, unga­mfi­hlio,

9 ko­dwa umbu­la­le lo­ku­mbu­la­la; isa­ndla sa­kho si­za­ku­ba nge­so­ku­qa­la phe­zu kwa­khe uku­mbu­la­la, le­mva kwa­lo­kho isa­ndla sa­ba­ntu bo­nkep.

10 Nja­lo mkha­nde nga­ma­tshe aze afeq, ngo­ba ube­di­nga uku­ku­fu­qa upha­mbu­ke eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, eya­ku­khu­pha eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the, endli­ni yo­bu­gqi­lir.

11 LoI­sra­ye­li wo­nke uza­ku­zwa, esa­be, anga­be ese­nza ubu­bi obu­nje­nga­lo­bo pha­ka­thi kwa­khos.

12 Uba usi­zwa ko­mu­nye we­mi­zi ya­kho, iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eku­ni­ka yo­na, uku­thi uhla­le kho­na, ku­thi­wat:

13 Ku­phu­mi­le ama­do­da, aba­ntwa­na ba­ka­Bhe­li­ya­li, pha­ka­thi kwa­kho, afu­qa apha­mbu­la aba­khi­le­yo bo­mu­zi wa­wo esi­thi: Asi­ha­mbe si­ye­kho­nza aba­nye onku­lu­nku­lu eli­nga­ba­za­nga;

14 kho­na uza­bu­za, uhlo­li­si­se, udi­ngi­si­se; kha­nge­la, uba ku­li­qi­ni­so, le­yo­nto iqi­ni­se­ki­le, le­si­si­ne­ngi­so se­nzi­we pha­ka­thi kwa­khou,

15 uza­tsha­ya lo­ku­ba­tsha­ya aba­khi­le­yo ba­lo­wo­mu­zi ngo­bu­kha­li be­nke­mba, uwu­tsha­ba­la­li­se, la­kho ko­nke oku­ku­wo le­zi­fu­yo za­wo, ngo­bu­kha­li be­nke­mbav.

16 Uza­bu­the­la yo­nke impa­ngo ya­wo pha­ka­thi ko­mda­nga wa­wo, utshi­se ngo­mli­lo umu­zi le­mpa­ngo ya­wo yo­nke uphe­le du, eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khow; nja­lo uza­ku­ba yi­nqu­mbi pha­ka­de, awu­yi­kwa­khi­wa fu­thix.

17 Ku­nga­na­ma­the­li lu­tho kwa­lo­kho oku­qa­le­ki­si­we­yo esa­ndle­ni sa­kho, uku­ze iNko­si iphe­ndu­ke eku­vu­the­ni kwe­ntu­ku­the­lo ya­yo, iku­phe umu­sa, ibe lo­bu­be­le ku­we, ikwa­ndi­sey, nje­nga­lo­khu ya­fu­nga ku­bo­yi­hloz,

18 uba ula­le­la ili­zwi le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, uku­gci­na yo­nke imi­the­tho ya­yo engi­ku­la­ya yo­na la­mu­hla, ukwe­nza oku­lu­ngi­le­yo eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khoa.

Izi­nto ezi­thi­le ezi­nga­fa­ne­le ukwe­nzi­wa emngcwa­be­ni

14Li­nga­ba­ntwa­na be­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nua. Ka­li­yi­ku­zi­si­kab, li­nge­nzi impa­ba­nga pha­ka­thi la­pha­ka­thi kwa­me­hlo enu nge­nxa ya­ba­fi­le­yoc.

2 Ngo­ba uyi­si­zwe esi­ngcwe­le eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho; le­Nko­si iku­khe­thi­led uku­thi ube yi­si­zwe esi­khe­the­ki­le­yo ku­yo, nga­phe­zu kwe­zi­zwe zo­nke ezi­se­bu­swe­ni bo­mhla­bae.

Inya­ma­za­na ezi­hla­mbu­lu­ki­le­yo le­zi­nga­hla­mbu­lu­ka­nga

3 Unga­dli lo­ba yi­ku­phi oku­ne­nge­ka­yof.

4 Yi­le­zi inya­ma­za­na eli­nga­zi­dla: Inka­bi, imvu, le­mbu­zig,

5 indlu­ze­leh, lo­mzi­kii, lo­mzi­ki ole­mpo­ndo ezi­le­mba­xa­mba­xaj, le­mbu­zi ye­ga­nga, lo­mtshwa­ye­li, le­nka­bi ye­ga­nga, le­go­gok,

6 la­yo yo­nke inya­ma­za­na eda­bu­la iso­ndo, eda­bu­la oku­da­bu­ki­le­yo ku­be zi­nkla­gu ezi­mbi­li, eye­tshi­sa­yo pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­nya­ma­za­na; le­yo li­nga­yi­dla.

7 Ko­dwa le­zi ka­li­yi­ku­zi­dla ku­zo eze­tshi­sa­yo, la­ku­zo ezi­da­bu­la iso­ndo eli­da­bu­ki­le­yo: Ika­me­la lo­mvu­ndla le­mbi­la, ngo­ba zi­ye­tshi­sa ko­dwa ka­zi­da­bu­la­nga iso­ndo; zi­ngco­li­le ki­ni.

8 Le­ngu­lu­be, ngo­ba ida­bu­la iso­ndo ko­dwa ka­ye­tshi­si; ingco­li­le ki­ni. Li­nga­dli okwe­nya­ma ya­zo, li­nga­thi­nti izi­du­mbu za­zol.

9 Le­zi li­nga­zi­dla ku­zo zo­nke ezi­se­ma­nzi­ni: Zo­nke ezi­le­mpi­ko la­ma­xo­lo li­nga­zi­dla.

10 Ko­dwa lo­ba yi­ku­phi oku­nge­la­mpi­ko la­ma­xo­lo li­nga­ku­dli; ku­ngco­li­le ki­ni.

11 Zo­nke inyo­ni ezi­hla­mbu­lu­ki­le­yo li­nga­zi­dla.

12 Ko­dwa yi­le­zi eli­nga­yi­ku­dla ku­zo: Ukho­zi le­li­nqe le­ngqu­ngqu­lu edla inhla­nzi,

13 lo­mzwa­zwa, lo­he­lwa­nem, le­li­nqe ngo­hlo­bo lwa­lon,

14 la­lo lo­nke iwa­ba­yi ngo­hlo­bo lwa­lo,

15 le­si­kho­va, lo­ma­ndu­ku­lo, le­nka­nku, lo­kho­zi ngo­hlo­bo lwa­lo,

16 isi­kho­va esi­nci­nya­ne, le­si­kho­va esi­khu­lu, le­si­kho­va esi­mhlo­phe,

17 le­wu­nkwe, le­li­nqe eli­khu­lu, le­tsha­ya­ma­nzi,

18 le­nga­bu­za­ne, le­he­mu ngo­hlo­bo lwa­lo, le­mve­ndu­na, lo­lu­lwa­ne.

19 La­zo zo­nke izi­bu­ngu ezi­le­mpi­ko zi­ngco­li­le ki­nio; ka­zi­nga­dli­wap.

20 Zo­nke izi­nyo­ni ezi­hla­mbu­lu­ki­le­yo li­nga­zi­dla.

21 Li­nga­bo­ku­dla la­ngcu­ba; unga­yi­ni­ka owe­mzi­ni opha­ka­thi kwa­ma­sa­ngo akho uku­thi ayi­dle, lo­ba uyi­the­ngi­se ko­we­zi­zweq; ngo­ba uyi­si­zwe esi­ngcwe­le eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khor. Unga­phe­ki izi­nya­ne le­mbu­zi ngo­cha­go lu­ka­ni­nas.

Umthe­tho oma­ye­la­na lo­kwe­tshu­mi

22 Uza­ni­ke­la ngo­qo­tho okwe­tshu­mi kwe­si­the­lo so­nke se­nhla­nye­lo ya­kho, insi­mu eku­the­la­yo imi­nya­ka nge­mi­nya­kat.

23 Nja­lo uza­ku­dla pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, enda­we­ni eza­yi­khe­tha uku­thi ibe­ke ibi­zo la­yo kho­na, okwe­tshu­mi kwa­ma­be­le akho, okwe­wa­yi­ni la­kho eli­tsha, lo­kwa­ma­fu­tha akhou, la­ma­zi­bu­lo enko­mo za­kho la­we­zi­mvu za­kho, uku­ze ufu­nde uku­ye­sa­ba iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho insu­ku zo­nkev.

24 Uba-ke indle­la inde ka­khu­lu ku­we, uze we­hlu­le­ke uku­ku­thwa­la, ngo­ba ikha­tsha­na ka­khu­lu la­we inda­wo iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eza­yi­khe­tha uku­thi ibe­ke ibi­zo la­yo kho­na, la­pho iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho iku­bu­si­si­lew,

25 uza­ku­gu­qu­la-ke ku­be yi­ma­li, ubo­phe­le ima­li esa­ndle­ni sa­kho, uye enda­we­ni iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eza­yi­khe­thax,

26 uthe­nge nga­le­yo­ma­li lo­ba ku­yi­ni umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­kho oku­fi­sa­yo, izi­nka­bi lo­ba izi­mvu lo­ba iwa­yi­ni lo­ba oku­na­thwa­yo oku­la­ma­ndla, lo­ba ku­yi­ni umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­kho oku­fi­sa­yo; udle kho­na pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, utha­be we­na le­ndlu ya­khoy.

27 Lo­mLe­vi opha­ka­thi kwa­ma­sa­ngo akho, unga­mde­liz, ngo­ba ka­la­sa­be­lo le­li­fa ka­nye la­wea.

28 Eku­phe­le­ni kwe­mi­nya­ka emi­tha­thu uza­khu­pha ko­nke okwe­tshu­mi kwe­zi­the­lo za­kho nga­lo­wo­mnya­ka, uku­gci­ne pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­sa­ngo akhob.

29 Lo­mLe­vic, lo­khu enge­la­sa­be­lo le­li­fa ka­nye la­wed, lo­we­mzi­ni, le­nta­nda­ne, lo­mfe­lo­ka­zi, aba­pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­sa­ngo akho, ba­za­ku­za, ba­dle, ba­su­the, uku­ze iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho iku­bu­si­se emse­be­nzi­ni wo­nke we­sa­ndla sa­kho owe­nza­yoe.

Umnya­ka wo­ku­ye­ke­la imi­la­ndu

15Eku­phe­le­ni kwe­mi­nya­ka yo­nke eyi­si­kho­mbi­sa uza­kwe­nza inku­lu­le­koa.

2 Nja­lo le yi­ndle­la ye­nku­lu­le­ko: Wo­nke umkwe­le­di­si owe­bo­le­ka uma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khe uza­khu­lu­la isi­kwe­le­de; ka­yi­kusi­ba­mba nga­ma­ndla ku­ma­khe­lwa­ne

wa­khe ku­mbe ku­mfo­wa­bo, ngo­ba ku­me­nye­ze­lwe inku­lu­le­ko eNko­si­ni.

3 Ko­we­zi­zwe­ni uzasi­ba­mba nga­ma­ndla; ko­dwa lo­kho okwa­kho oku­ku­mfo­we­nu isa­ndla sa­kho si­za­ku­khu­lu­lab;

4 uku­ze ku­nga­bi lo­mya­nga pha­ka­thi kwa­kho; ngo­ba iNko­si iza­ku­bu­si­sa lo­ku­ku­bu­si­sa eli­zwe­ni iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eku­ni­ka lo­na uku­thi li­be yi­li­fa uku­dla ili­fa la­loc,

5 ku­phe­la uba ula­le­la lo­ku­la­le­la ili­zwi le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, ugci­ne uku­ye­nza li­mi­the­tho yo­nke engi­ku­la­ya yo­na la­mu­hlad.

6 Ngo­ba iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho iza­ku­bu­si­sa nje­ngo­ku­the­mbi­sa kwa­yo ku­we. Nja­lo uza­kwe­bo­le­ka izi­zwe ezi­ne­ngi, ko­dwa we­na ka­wu­yi­kwe­bo­le­ka ku­zoe; uza­bu­sa izi­zwe ezi­ne­ngi, ko­dwa we­na ka­zi­yi­ku­ku­bu­saf.

7 Uba ku­kho­na pha­ka­thi kwa­kho umya­nga ongo­mu­nye wa­ba­fo­we­nu, kwe­li­nye la­ma­sa­ngo akho, eli­zwe­ni la­kho, iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eku­ni­ka lo­na, unge­nzi lu­khu­ni inhli­zi­yo ya­kho, unga­mva­le­li umfo­we­nu ongu­mya­nga isa­ndla sa­khog,

8 ko­dwa uza­mvu­le­la lo­ku­mvu­le­la isa­ndla sa­kho, ume­bo­le­ke lo­ku­me­bo­le­ka okwa­ne­la uku­swe­la kwa­khe, lo­kho aku­swe­la­yoh.

9 Zi­qa­phe­le hle­zi ku­be kho­na ili­zwi enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­kho embi li­si­thi: Umnya­ka we­si­kho­mbi­sa, umnya­ka we­nku­lu­le­ko use­du­ze; le­li­hlo la­kho li­be li­bi li­me­la­ne lo­mfo­we­nu ongu­mya­nga, uku­ze unga­mni­kii, abe­se­kha­la nga­we eNko­si­nij, nja­lo ku­be yi­so­no ku­wek.

10 Umni­ke lo­ku­mni­ka, le­nhli­zi­yo ya­kho inga­da­ni nxa umni­kal; ngo­ba nge­nxa ya­li­nto iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho iza­ku­bu­si­sa emse­be­nzi­ni wo­nke wa­khom la­ku­kho ko­nke obe­ka ku­kho isa­ndla sa­khon.

11 Ngo­ba umya­nga ka­yi­ku­phe­la pha­ka­thi kwe­li­zweo. Nga­kho ngi­ya­ku­la­ya ngi­thi: Uza­mvu­le­la ka­khu­lu isa­ndla sa­kho umfo­we­nu, umya­nga wa­kho, lo­swe­la­yo wa­kho, eli­zwe­ni la­khop.

Uku­pha­thwa kwe­zi­gqi­li

12 Uba umfo­we­nu, umHe­bhe­ru lo­ba umHe­bhe­ru­ka­zi, ethe­ngi­swa ku­we, aku­se­be­nze­le imi­nya­ka eyi­si­thu­pha, nga­kho ngo­mnya­ka we­si­kho­mbi­sa uza­mye­ke­la uku­thi aha­mbe ekhu­lu­le­ki­le asu­ke ku­weq.

13 La­la­pho umye­ke­la uku­thi aha­mbe ekhu­lu­le­ki­le esu­ka ku­we, unga­mye­ke­li uku­thi aha­mbe enga­pha­tha­nga lu­tho;

14 uza­mna­ke­ke­la lo­ku­mna­ke­ke­la ezi­mvi­ni za­kho, lo­kwe­ba­la lo­ku­bhu­le­la la­kho, lo­kwe­si­kha­me­lo sa­kho se­wa­yi­ni; ku­lo­kho iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eku­bu­si­se nga­kho uza­mu­phar.

15 Nja­lo uza­khu­mbu­la uku­thi wa­wu­yi­si­gqi­li eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the, lo­ku­thi iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho ya­ku­hle­nga. Nga­lo­kho ngi­ya­ku­la­ya li­nto la­mu­hlas.

16 Ko­dwa ku­za­ku­thi, uba esi­thi ku­we: Ka­ngi­yi­ku­su­ka ku­we, ngo­ba etha­nda we­na le­ndlu ya­kho, ngo­ba ku­lu­ngi­le ku­ye ela­wet,

17 uza­tha­tha usu­ngu­lo, ubho­bo­ze­le indle­be ya­khe nga­lo esi­va­lwe­ni, uku­ze abe yi­si­gqi­li sa­kho la­pha­ka­de. La­ku­so isi­gqi­li­ka­zi sa­kho we­nze nja­lo.

18 Ka­ku­nga­bi lu­khu­ni eme­hlwe­ni akho nxa umye­ke­la eha­mba ekhu­lu­le­ki­le ku­we; ngo­ba ngo­ku­phi­ndwe ka­bi­li kwe­ho­lo le­si­qa­tshwa uku­se­be­nze­le imi­nya­ka eyi­si­thu­pha. Nga­kho iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho iza­ku­bu­si­sa ku­kho ko­nke okwe­nza­you.

Ama­zi­bu­lo ezi­fu­yo

19 Wo­nke ama­zi­bu­lo aza­za­lwa enko­me­ni za­kho le­zi­mvi­ni za­kho, ama­du­na, uza­wa­ngcwe­li­se­la iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khov; ka­wu­yi­ku­se­be­nza nge­zi­bu­lo le­jo­ngo­si la­kho, fu­thi ka­wu­yi­ku­gu­nda izi­bu­lo le­zi­mvu za­khow.

20 Pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho uza­li­dla, umnya­ka ngo­mnya­ka, enda­we­ni iNko­si eza­yi­khe­tha, we­na le­ndlu ya­khox.

21 Ko­dwa uba ku­le­si­ci ku­lo, li­qhu­la, lo­ba li­yi­si­pho­fu, lo­ba li­la­si­phi isi­ci esi­bi, unga­li­hla­be­li iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khoy.

22 Uza­li­dla pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­sa­ngo akho, onga­hla­mbu­lu­ka­nga lo­hla­mbu­lu­ki­le­yo ba­za­li­dla be­nda­wo­nye, nje­ngo­mzi­ki la­nje­nge­ndlu­ze­lez.

23 Ku­phe­la iga­zi la­lo unga­li­dli; uli­chi­the­le emhla­ba­thi­ni nje­nga­ma­nzia.

Imi­kho­si emi­tha­thu emi­khu­lu

16Gci­na inya­nga kaA­bhi­bhi, we­nze­le iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho ipha­si­kaa, ngo­ba nge­nya­nga kaA­bhi­bhi iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho ya­ku­khu­pha eGi­bhi­the ebu­su­kub.

2 Nga­kho uza­hla­be­la iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho ipha­si­ka, le­zi­mvu le­nko­moc, enda­we­ni iNko­si eza­yi­khe­tha uku­thi ibe­ke ibi­zo la­yo kho­nad.

3 Unga­dli la­lo isi­nkwa esi­le­mvu­be­lo. Insu­ku ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa uza­ku­dla la­lo isi­nkwa esi­nge­la­mvu­be­lo, isi­nkwa se­nhlu­phe­ko, ngo­ba wa­phu­ma eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the ngo­ku­pha­ngi­sa, uku­ze ukhu­mbu­le usu­ku lo­ku­phu­ma kwa­kho eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the zo­nke izi­nsu­ku ze­mpi­lo ya­khoe.

4 Nja­lo ka­ku­nga­bo­nwa ku­we imvu­be­lo emi­ngce­le­ni yo­nke ya­kho insu­ku ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa; fu­thi okwe­nya­ma oyi­hla­ba ku­si­hlwaf ngo­su­ku lo­ku­qa­la ka­ku­nga­la­li ubu­su­ku bo­nke ku­ze ku­seg.

5 Awu­la­ku­hla­ba ipha­si­ka pha­ka­thi kwa­lo­ba yi­li­phi la­ma­sa­ngo akho, iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eku­ni­ka wo­na,

6 ko­dwa enda­we­ni iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eza­yi­khe­tha uku­hla­li­sa ibi­zo la­yo kho­na, la­pho uza­hla­be­la ipha­si­ka ku­si­hlwa, eku­tsho­ne­ni kwe­la­nga, nge­si­kha­thi esi­mi­si­we­yo so­ku­phu­ma kwa­kho eGi­bhi­theh.

7 Nja­lo uza­li­phe­ka, uli­dle­le enda­we­ni iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eza­yi­khe­tha. Le­ku­se­ni uza­phe­ndu­ka uye ema­the­nte­ni akhoi.

8 Insu­ku ezi­yi­si­thu­pha uza­ku­dla isi­nkwa esi­nge­la­mvu­be­loj; la­ngo­su­ku lwe­si­kho­mbi­sa ku­be lo­mhla­nga­no onzu­lu eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho; unge­nzi umse­be­nzik.

9 Uza­zi­ba­le­la ama­vi­ki ayi­si­kho­mbi­sal. Ku­su­ke­la be­qa­li­sa nge­si­ke­la ema­be­le­nim ami­le­yo uza­qa­la uku­ba­la ama­vi­ki ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa.

10 Kho­na uza­gci­ne­la iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho umkho­si wa­ma­vi­ki, umni­ke­lo we­si­hle we­sa­ndla sa­kho, oza­wu­ni­ke­la, nje­nga­lo­khu iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho iku­bu­si­si­len.

11 Nja­lo uza­tho­ko­za pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, we­na le­ndo­da­na ya­kho le­ndo­da­ka­zi ya­kho, le­nce­ku ya­kho le­nce­ku­ka­zi ya­kho, lo­mLe­vi opha­ka­thi kwa­ma­sa­ngo akho, lo­we­zi­zwe­ni, le­nta­nda­ne, lo­mfe­lo­ka­zi, aba­pha­ka­thi kwa­kho, enda­we­ni iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eza­yi­khe­tha uku­hla­li­sa ibi­zo la­yo kho­nao.

12 Uza­khu­mbu­la-ke uku­thi wa­wu­yi­si­gqi­li eGi­bhi­the. Nja­lo uza­gci­na nja­lo we­nze le­zi­zi­mi­sop.

13 Umkho­si wa­ma­du­mba uza­zi­gci­ne­la wo­na insu­ku ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa, eku­bu­the­le­ni kwa­kho eba­le­ni la­kho lo­ku­bhu­le­la le­si­kha­me­lwe­ni sa­kho se­wa­yi­niq.

14 Nja­lo uza­tha­ba emkho­si­ni wa­kho, we­na le­ndo­da­na ya­kho le­ndo­da­ka­zi ya­kho, le­nce­ku ya­kho le­nce­ku­ka­zi ya­kho, lo­mLe­vi, lo­we­zi­zwe­ni, le­nta­nda­ne, lo­mfe­lo­ka­zi, aba­pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­sa­ngo akhor.

15 Insu­ku ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa uza­yi­gci­ne­la iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho umkho­si, enda­we­ni iNko­si eza­yi­khe­tha; ngo­ba iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho iza­ku­bu­si­sa ku­zo zo­nke izi­the­lo za­kho le­mse­be­nzi­ni wo­nke we­za­ndla za­kho. Nga­kho uza­tho­ko­za ngo­qo­thos.

16 Ka­tha­thu ngo­mnya­ka wo­nke owe­si­li­sa wa­kho uza­bo­na­ka­la pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho enda­we­ni eza­yi­khe­tha, ngo­mkho­si we­si­nkwa esi­nge­la­mvu­be­lo, la­ngo­mkho­si wa­ma­vi­ki, la­ngo­mkho­si wa­ma­du­mbat. Nja­lo ka­yi­ku­bo­na­ka­la pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si enga­pha­tha­nga lu­thou;

17 ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo ngo­kwe­si­pho se­sa­ndla sa­khe, nje­nge­si­bu­si­so se­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, eku­ni­ke so­nav.

Aba­hlu­le­li lo­mse­be­nzi wa­bo

18 Aba­hlu­le­liw le­zi­ndu­na uza­zi­be­ke­la bo­na ema­sa­ngwe­ni akho wo­nke, iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eku­ni­ka wo­na, pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwe za­kho, uku­thi ba­hlu­le­le aba­ntu nge­sa­hlu­le­lo esi­lu­ngi­le­yox.

19 Unga­pha­mbu­li isa­hlu­le­loy, unga­kha­nge­li ubu­soz, unge­mu­ke­li isi­pho, ngo­ba isi­pho si­phu­mpu­the­ki­sa ame­hlo aba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo, si­pha­mbu­la ama­zwi aba­lu­ngi­le­yoa.

20 Uku­lu­nga, uku­lu­nga uza­ku­nxwa­ne­la, uku­ze uphi­le, udle ili­fa le­li­zwe iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eku­ni­ka lo­na.

21 Unga­zi­hla­nye­le­li isi­xu­ku sa­lo­ba yi­si­phi isi­hla­hla edu­ze kwe­la­thi le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khob, oza­ze­nze­la lo­nac.

22 Nja­lo unga­zi­mi­se­li insi­ka eyi­si­tho­mbe, iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eyi­zo­nda­yo.

17Unga­hla­be­li iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho inka­bi ku­mbe imvu oku­ku­yo isi­ci, lo­ba yi­yi­phi into embi, ngo­ba ku­yi­si­ne­ngi­so eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khoa.

2 Uba ku­tho­la­ka­la pha­ka­thi kwa­kho, lo­ba pha­ka­thi kwa­li­phi la­ma­sa­ngo akho, iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eku­ni­ka wo­na, owe­si­li­sa lo­ba owe­si­fa­za­na owe­nza oku­bi eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khob, ngo­kwe­qa isi­vu­me­lwa­no sa­yoc,

3 abe­se­si­ya­kho­nza aba­nye onku­lu­nku­lu, aba­kho­tha­me­le, lo­ba ila­nga ku­mbe inya­nga, ku­mbe enye ye­bu­tho la­ma­zu­lud, engi­nga­ku­la­ya­ngae,

4 ube usu­ku­bi­ke­lwa, uku­zwe, uza­ku­bu­zi­si­sa, kha­nge­la-ke, ku­li­qi­ni­so, inda­ba iqi­ni­se­ki­le, le­so­si­ne­ngi­so se­nzi­we koI­sra­ye­lif,

5 uza­yi­khu­pha le­yo­ndo­da ku­mbe lo­wo owe­si­fa­za­na, abe­nze le­yo­nto embi, ema­sa­ngwe­ni akho, le­yo­ndo­da ku­mbe lo­wo owe­si­fa­za­na, uba­kha­nde nga­ma­tshe ba­ze ba­feg.

6 Ngo­mlo­mo wa­ba­fa­ka­zi aba­bi­li lo­ba wa­ba­fa­ka­zi aba­tha­thu ofa­ne­le uku­fa uza­bu­la­wa; ka­yi­ku­bu­la­wa ngo­mlo­mo wo­mfa­ka­zi oye­dwah.

7 Isa­ndla sa­ba­fa­ka­zi si­za­ku­ba nge­so­ku­qa­la phe­zu kwa­khe uku­mbu­la­la, le­mva kwa­lo­kho isa­ndla sa­bo bo­nke aba­ntui. Nga­lo­khu uza­khu­pha ubu­bi pha­ka­thi kwa­khoj.

8 Uba ku­lo­da­ba olu­lu­khu­ni ka­khu­lu ku­we ekwa­hlu­le­le­nik, pha­ka­thi kwe­ga­zi le­ga­zi, pha­ka­thi kwe­sa­hlu­le­lo le­sa­hlu­le­lo, la­pha­ka­thi ko­ku­tsha­ya lo­ku­tsha­ya, inda­ba zo­ku­phi­ki­sa­na ema­sa­ngwe­ni akho, kho­na uza­su­ku­mal uye enda­we­ni iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eza­yi­khe­tham,

9 uze ku­ba­pri­sti aba­nga­ma­Le­vin la­ku­ma­hlu­le­li oza­ku­ba ekho­na nga­le­zo­nsu­ku, uza­bu­zao; ba­be­se­be­ku­tshe­la isi­nqu­mo se­sa­hlu­le­lop.

10 Nja­lo uza­kwe­nza nje­ngo­kwe­si­nqu­mo aba­za­ku­tshe­la so­na ku­le­yo­nda­wo iNko­si eza­yi­khe­tha; nja­lo una­nze­le­le ukwe­nza nje­nga­kho ko­nke aba­za­ku­fu­ndi­sa kho­na.

11 Nje­ngo­ko­mthe­tho aba­za­ku­fu­ndi­sa wo­na, la­nje­ngo­kwe­sa­hlu­le­lo aba­za­ku­tshe­la so­na, uza­kwe­nza. Ka­wu­yi­ku­pha­mbu­ka ku­si­nqu­mo aba­za­ku­tshe­la so­na, uye nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne ku­mbe nga­kwe­so­kho­hlo.

12 Le­ndo­da eye­nza ngo­ku­zi­qhe­nya uku­ze inga­la­le­li umpri­stiq omi uku­kho­nza kho­na iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khor, ku­mbe uma­hlu­le­li, le­yo­ndo­da iza­ku­fa. Nga­lo­khu uza­khu­pha ubu­bi koI­sra­ye­lis.

13 Nja­lo bo­nke aba­ntu ba­za­ku­zwa, be­sa­be, ba­nga­phi­ndi uku­zi­qhe­nyat.

Imi­la­ye­zo nge­nko­si

14 La­pho usu­fi­ki­le eli­zwe­ni iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eku­ni­ka lo­na uku­thi udle ili­fa la­lo, uhla­le ki­lo, ubu­su­si­thi: Ngi­za­zi­mi­se­la inko­si nje­nga­zo zo­nke izi­zwe ezi­ngi­zi­nge­le­ze­le­you;

15 umbe­ke lo­ku­mbe­ka abe yi­nko­si phe­zu kwa­kho, ye­na iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eza­mkhe­thav. Eve­la pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­fo­we­nu umbe­ke abe yi­nko­si phe­zu kwa­khow; ka­wu­la­ku­mbe­ka owe­zi­zwe­ni phe­zu kwa­kho onge­su­mfo­we­nu.

16 Ko­dwa anga­za­ndi­se­li ama­bhi­zax, nja­lo anga­ba­bu­yi­se­li aba­ntu eGi­bhi­the uku­ze andi­se ama­bhi­zay, ngo­ba iNko­si ithe ki­ni: Ka­li­sa­yi­ku­bu­ye­la fu­thi nga­le­yo­ndle­laz.

17 Fu­thi anga­za­ndi­se­li aba­fa­zi, uku­ze inhli­zi­yo ya­khe inga­pha­mbu­ki; nja­lo anga­za­ndi­se­li ka­khu­lu isi­li­va le­go­li­dea.

18 Ku­za­ku­thi ese­hla­la esi­hla­lwe­ni so­bu­kho­si so­mbu­so wa­khe, uza­zi­bha­le­la impi­nda ya­lu­mla­yo egwa­lwe­nib, oku­ve­la ku­lo­kho oku­pha­mbic kwa­ba­pri­sti aba­nga­ma­Le­vid.

19 Nja­lo lu­za­ku­ba la­ye, nja­lo aba­le ku­lo insu­ku zo­nke ze­mpi­lo ya­khee, uku­ze afu­nde uku­ye­sa­ba iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khe, agci­ne wo­nke ama­zwi alu­mla­yo le­zi­mi­so le­zi, akwe­nzef,

20 uku­ze inhli­zi­yo ya­khe inga­zi­pha­ka­mi­si phe­zu kwa­ba­fo­wa­bo, lo­ku­ze anga­pha­mbu­ki emthe­thwe­ni aye nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne lo­ba nga­kwe­so­kho­hlog, uku­ze elu­le izi­nsu­ku embu­swe­ni wa­khe, ye­na la­ba­ntwa­na ba­khe, pha­ka­thi ku­kaI­sra­ye­lih.

Imi­vu­zo yo­bu­pri­sti

18Aba­pri­sti, ama­Le­vi, isi­zwe so­nke sa­ko­Le­vi, ka­si­yi­ku­ba le­sa­be­lo le­li­fa ka­nye loI­sra­ye­lia; ba­za­ku­dla imi­ni­ke­lo ye­Nko­si eye­nzi­we ngo­mli­lo, le­li­fa la­yob.

2 Nga­kho ka­ba­yi­ku­ba le­li­fa pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­fo­wa­bo; iNko­si iyi­li­fa la­bo, nje­ngo­ku­khu­lu­ma kwa­yo ki­bo.

3 La­lo­khu ku­za­ku­ba li­lu­nge­lo la­ba­pri­sti eli­ve­la eba­ntwi­ni, ku­la­bo aba­hla­ba umhla­tshe­lo, lo­ba inka­bi lo­ba imvu; nja­lo ba­za­ni­ka umpri­sti umkho­no le­mi­hla­thi yo­mi­bi­li lo­lu­suc.

4 Oko­ku­qa­la kwa­ma­be­le akho, ye­wa­yi­ni la­kho eli­tsha, le­ya­ma­fu­tha akho, le­ngqa­bu­tho yo­bo­ya be­zi­mvu za­kho, uza­mu­pha yo­nad.

5 Ngo­ba iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho imkhe­thi­le ku­zo zo­nke izi­zwe za­kho, uku­thi eme akho­nze ebi­zwe­ni le­Nko­si, ye­na la­ma­do­da­na akhe, zo­nke izi­nsu­kue.

6 Uba-ke umLe­vi esi­za eve­la lo­ba ku­ku­li­phi la­ma­sa­ngo akho kuI­sra­ye­li wo­nke la­pho ahla­la kho­na nje­ngo­we­zi­zwe, ezef nge­si­fi­so so­nke so­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­kheg enda­we­ni iNko­si eza­yi­khe­thah,

7 kho­na eza­kho­nza ebi­zwe­ni le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khei nje­nga­bo bo­nke aba­fo­wa­bo ama­Le­vij, emi­yo kho­na pha­mbi kwe­Nko­sik.

8 Aza­ku­dla iza­be­lo ezi­li­nga­na­yo, nga­pha­ndle kwe­zi­nto za­khe eza­the­ngi­swa­yo za­bo­yi­sel.

Aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­xwa­yi­swa uku­thi ba­nga­vu­mi­si

9 La­pho usu­fi­ki­le eli­zwe­ni iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eku­ni­ka lo­na, unga­fu­ndi ukwe­nza ngo­kwe­zi­ne­ngi­so za­le­zo­zi­zwem.

10 Ka­ku­yi­ku­tho­la­ka­la pha­ka­thi kwa­kho owe­nza indo­da­na ya­khe le­ndo­da­ka­zi ya­khe ida­bu­le emli­lwe­nin, owe­nza uku­vu­mi­sao, ocha­si­sa nge­mi­bo­nop, lo­we­nza imi­li­ngoq, lo­mtha­ka­thir,

11 lo­pho­sa­yos, lo­la­ma­dlo­zit, lo­lu­mba­you, lo­bu­za kwa­ba­fi­le­yov.

12 Ngo­ba wo­nke owe­nza le­zi­zi­nto uyi­si­ne­ngi­so eNko­si­ni. La­nge­nxa ya­le­zi­zi­ne­ngi­so iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho iya­ba­xo­tsha eli­fe­ni pha­mbi kwa­khow.

13 Uza­ku­ba ngo­phe­le­le­yo eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho.

14 Ngo­ba izi­zwe le­zi, oza­ku­dla ili­fa la­zo, za­la­le­la aba­cha­si­sa nge­mi­bo­nox la­ba­vu­mi­siy; ko­dwa we­na, iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho ka­yi­ku­vu­me­la­nga oku­nja­lo.

UNku­lu­nku­lu uthe­mbi­sa uku­vu­se­la aba­ntu umpro­fe­thi

15 INko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho iza­ku­vu­se­la uMpro­fe­thi ophu­ma pha­ka­thi kwa­kho ku­ba­fo­we­nu onje­nga­mi; ye­na li­mla­le­lez.

16 Nje­nga­kho ko­nke owa­ku­ce­la­yo eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eHo­re­be ngo­su­ku lo­ku­hla­nga­naa, usi­thi: Ka­ngi­nga­phi­ndi ngi­li­zwe ili­zwi le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi, ngi­nga­be ngi­sa­wu­bo­na lu­mli­lo omkhu­lu, uku­ze ngi­nga­fib.

17 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ki­mi: Be­nze ku­hle kwa­ba­ku­khu­lu­mi­le­yoc.

18 Ngi­za­ba­vu­se­la uMpro­fe­thi ophu­ma pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­fo­wa­bo onje­nga­wed; ngi­za­be­ka ama­zwi ami emlo­nye­ni wa­khee, nja­lo akhu­lu­me ki­bo ko­nke engi­za­mla­ya kho­naf.

19 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke lo­ba ngu­ba­ni onga­yi­ku­la­le­la ama­zwi ami aza­wa­khu­lu­ma ebi­zwe­ni la­mi, ngi­za­ku­bu­za ku­yeg.

20 Ko­dwa umpro­fe­thi ozi­qhe­nyah ekhu­lu­ma ili­zwi ebi­zwe­ni la­mi engi­nga­mla­ya­nga uku­li­khu­lu­mai, lo­ba ekhu­lu­ma ebi­zwe­ni la­ba­nye onku­lu­nku­lu, lo­wo­mpro­fe­thi uza­ku­faj.

21 Nja­lo uba usi­thi enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­kho: Si­za­kwa­zi nja­ni ili­zwi iNko­si enga­li­khu­lu­ma­nga?

22 La­pho umpro­fe­thi ekhu­lu­ma ebi­zwe­ni le­Nko­sik, uba le­yo­nto inge­nze­ki ku­mbe inga­fi­ki, le­lo yi­li­zwi iNko­si enga­li­khu­lu­ma­nga; umpro­fe­thi uli­khu­lu­me ngo­ku­zi­qhe­nya; unga­me­sa­bil.

Imi­zi yo­ku­phe­phe­la

19La­pho iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho isi­qu­mi­le izi­zwea, oli­zwe la­zo iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eku­ni­ke lo­na, osu­si­dla ili­fa la­zo, osu­hla­la emi­zi­ni ya­zo le­zi­ndli­ni za­zo,

2 imi­zi emi­tha­thu uza­ze­hlu­ka­ni­se­la yo­na pha­ka­thi kwe­li­zwe iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eku­ni­ka lo­na uku­dla ili­fa la­lob.

3 Uza­zi­lu­ngi­se­la indle­la, we­hlu­ka­ni­se umngce­le we­li­zwe la­kho iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eku­ni­ka lo­na uku­dla ili­fa la­lo, ube le­zi­ga­ba ezi­nta­thu, uku­ze wo­nke umbu­la­li aba­le­ke­le kho­na.

4 La­lo­lu lu­da­ba lo­mbu­la­li onga­ba­le­ke­la kho­na uku­ze aphi­le: Lo­wo otsha­ya uma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khe ku­nge­yi­si­kho nga­bo­mo, obe­nga­mzo­ndi ma­ndu­loc,

5 nje­ngo­nge­na ega­nge­ni lo­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khe uku­ya­ga­mu­la izi­hla­hla, le­sa­ndla sa­khe si­tsha­ya nge­hlo­ka uku­ga­mu­la isi­hla­hla, le­nsi­mbi ikhu­mu­ke emphi­ni­ni, imtsha­ye uma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khe aze afe, ye­na uza­ba­le­ke­la ko­mu­nye wa­le­yo­mi­zi uku­ze aphi­le.

6 Hle­zi umphi­ndi­se­li we­ga­zi axo­tsha­ne lo­mbu­la­li, inhli­zi­yo ya­khe isa­tshi­sa, amfi­ce ngo­ba indle­la inde, amtsha­ye ambu­la­le, la­nxa be­ku­nge­la­si­gwe­bo so­ku­fa ku­ye, ngo­ba ebe­nga­mzo­ndi ma­ndu­lod.

7 Nga­lo­khu ngi­ya­li­la­ya ngi­si­thi: Uza­ze­hlu­ka­ni­se­la imi­zi emi­tha­thu.

8 Uba-ke iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khoe iqhe­li­sa umngce­le wa­khof, nje­ngo­ku­fu­nga kwa­yo ku­bo­yi­hlo, iku­ni­ka ili­zwe lo­nke eya­khu­lu­ma nga­lo uku­ba­ni­ka oyi­hlog,

9 uba ugci­na yo­nke li­mi­the­tho uku­ye­nza engi­ku­la­ya yo­na la­mu­hla, uku­tha­nda iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, lo­ku­ha­mba endle­le­ni za­yo izi­nsu­ku zo­nke, kho­na uza­ze­nge­ze­le­le­la emi­nye imi­zi emi­tha­thu nga­pha­ndle kwa­le­yo emi­tha­thuh.

10 Uku­ze ku­nga­chi­thwa iga­zi eli­nge­la­ca­la pha­ka­thi kwe­li­zwe la­kho iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eku­ni­ka lo­na uku­ba yi­li­fa, ube le­ca­la le­ga­zi phe­zu kwa­kho.

11 Ko­dwa uba umu­ntu ele­nzo­ndo ku­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khe, amca­tha­me­le, amvu­ke­le, amtsha­ye oko­ku­fa aze afe, aba­le­ke­le ko­mu­nye wa­li­mi­zii,

12 kho­na aba­da­la bo­mu­zi wa­khe ba­za­thu­me­la ba­mtha­the la­pho, ba­mni­ke­le esa­ndle­ni so­mphi­ndi­se­li we­ga­zi uku­thi afe.

13 Ili­hlo la­kho li­nga­mha­wu­ke­lij, ko­dwa uza­khu­pha iga­zi eli­nge­la­ca­la koI­sra­ye­li, uku­ze ku­ku­lu­nge­lek.

14 Unga­tshe­di­si isi­kho­nkwa­ne so­mngce­le wo­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­kho abe­ndu­lo aba­si­be­the­la­yo eli­fe­ni la­kho, oza­ku­dla ili­fa la­lo eli­zwe­ni iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eku­ni­ka lo­na uku­dla ili­fa la­lol.

Umla­yo wo­bu­fa­ka­zi

15 Umfa­ka­zi oye­dwa ka­yi­ku­su­ku­me­la umu­ntu lo­ba nga­bu­phi ubu­bi lo­ba nga­si­phi iso­no, lo­ba ku­si­phi iso­no one nga­so. Ngo­mlo­mo wa­ba­fa­ka­zi aba­bi­li ku­mbe ngo­mlo­mo wa­ba­fa­ka­zi aba­tha­thu uda­ba lu­nga­qi­ni­swam.

16 Uba ku­su­ku­ma umfa­ka­zi wa­ma­nga ame­la­ne lo­mu­ntu emfa­ka­ze­la ngo­ku­bin,

17 kho­na aba­ntu bo­ba­bi­li, aba­lo­ku­xa­ba­na, ba­za­ku­ma pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si, pha­mbi kwa­ba­pri­sti la­ba­hlu­le­li aba­za­ku­ba be­kho­na nga­le­zo­nsu­kuo.

18 La­ba­hlu­le­li ba­za­chwa­yi­si­sa; kha­nge­la-ke umfa­ka­zi ngu­mfa­ka­zi wa­ma­nga, ufa­ka­ze ama­nga ngo­mfo­wa­bop,

19 kho­na li­za­kwe­nza ku­ye lo­kho abe­hlo­se uku­kwe­nza ku­mfo­wa­boq; nga­lo­khu uza­khu­pha ubu­bi pha­ka­thi kwa­khor.

20 La­la­bo aba­se­le­yo ba­za­ku­zwa, be­sa­be, ku­su­ke­la la­pho ba­nga­be be­se­nza ubu­bi obu­nje­nga­lo­bu pha­ka­thi kwa­khos.

21 Le­li­hlo la­kho li­nga­bi le­si­ha­wut; impi­lo nge­mpi­lo, ili­hlo nge­li­hlo, izi­nyo nge­zi­nyo, isa­ndla nge­sa­ndla, unya­wo ngo­nya­wou.

Imi­the­tho ye­mpi

20La­pho uphu­ma impi uku­me­la­na le­zi­tha za­kho, ube usu­bo­na ama­bhi­za le­zi­nqo­la, la­ba­ntu aba­ne­ngi ku­la­we, unga­be­sa­bia; ngo­ba iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho ila­we, eya­ku­khu­pha eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­theb.

2 Nja­lo ku­za­ku­thi, nxa se­li­so­nde­la empi­ni, umpri­sti aso­nde­le akhu­lu­me la­ba­ntu,

3 athi ku­bo: Zwa­na, Isra­ye­li! Se­li­so­nde­la empi­ni la­mu­hla li­me­la­na le­zi­tha ze­nu; inhli­zi­yo ye­nu ka­yi­nga­phe­li ama­ndla; li­nge­sa­bi, li­nga­thu­thu­me­li, li­nga­tsha­ywa lu­va­lo nge­nxa yo­bu­kho­na ba­boc;

4 ngo­ba iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu ngu­ye oha­mba la­ni, uku­li­lwe­la ezi­the­ni ze­nu, uku­li­si­ndi­sad.

5 Le­ndu­na zi­za­khu­lu­ma la­ba­ntu zi­thi: Ngu­ba­ni umu­ntu owa­khe indlu entshae onga­za­nga ayi­vu­le? Ka­ha­mbe abu­ye­le endli­ni ya­khe, hle­zi afe­le empi­ni, lo­mu­nye umu­ntu ayi­vu­lef.

6 Ngu­ba­ni-ke umu­ntu ohla­nye­le isi­vi­ni, onga­dla­nga okwa­so? Ka­ha­mbe abu­ye­le endli­ni ya­khe, hle­zi afe­le empi­ni, lo­mu­nye umu­ntu adle okwa­so.

7 Ngu­ba­ni-ke umu­ntu oga­ne umfa­zi, enga­ka­mtha­thi? Ka­ha­mbe abu­ye­le endli­ni ya­khe, hle­zi afe­le empi­ni, lo­mu­nye umu­ntu amtha­theg.

8 Le­zi­ndu­na zi­za­khu­lu­ma fu­thi la­ba­ntu, zi­thih: Ngu­ba­ni umu­ntu owe­sa­ba­yo ophe­le­lwa nga­ma­ndla enhli­zi­ywe­ni? Ka­ha­mbe abu­ye­le endli­ni ya­khe, uku­ze inhli­zi­yo za­ba­fo­wa­bo zi­nga­phe­le­lwa nga­ma­ndla nje­nge­nhli­zi­yo ya­khei.

9 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke la­pho izi­ndu­na se­zi­qe­di­le uku­khu­lu­ma la­ba­ntu, ba­za­be­ka izi­ndu­na ze­bu­tho epho­ndo lwa­ba­ntuj.

10 Eku­so­nde­le­ni kwa­kho emzi­ni uku­lwa ume­le­ne la­wo, uza­me­me­ze­la uku­thu­la ku­wok.

11 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke, uba uku­phe­ndu­la ngo­ku­thu­la, uku­vu­le­la, kho­na bo­nke aba­ntu aba­fi­cwa ku­wo ba­za­ku­ba yi­zi­bha­lwa ku­we, ba­ku­se­be­nze­le.

12 Ko­dwa uba unge­nzi uku­thu­la la­we, ko­dwa usi­lwa la­we, uza­wu­vi­mbe­ze­la.

13 Nxa iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho iwu­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni sa­kho, uza­tsha­ya wo­nke owe­si­li­sa wa­wo ngo­bu­kha­li be­nke­mbal.

14 Ko­dwa abe­si­fa­za­na la­ba­ntwa­nya­na, le­zi­fu­yo, la­kho ko­nke oku­se­mzi­ni, impa­ngo yo­nke ya­wo, uza­zi­pha­nge­la yo­na; uza­ku­dla impa­ngo ye­zi­tha za­kho iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eku­ni­ke yo­nam.

15 Uza­kwe­nza nja­lo ku­yo yo­nke imi­zi ekha­tsha­na ka­khu­lu la­we, enge­yi­si­yo ye­mi­zi ya­le­zi­zi­zwe.

16 Ko­dwa emi­zi­ni ya­la­ba­ba­ntu iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eku­ni­ka yo­na uku­ba yi­li­fa, ka­wu­yi­ku­tshi­ya lu­tho lu­phi­la olu­phe­fu­mu­la­yon;

17 ko­dwa uza­ba­tsha­ba­la­li­sa lo­ku­ba­tsha­ba­la­li­sa: Ama­He­thi la­maA­mo­ri, ama­Kha­na­ni la­ma­Pe­ri­zi, ama­Hi­vi la­ma­Je­bu­si, nje­ngo­ku­ku­la­ya kwa­yo iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho.

18 Uku­ze ba­nga­li­fu­ndi­si ukwe­nza nje­nga­zo zo­nke izi­ne­ngi­so za­bo, aba­ze­nze ku­bo­nku­lu­nku­lu ba­boo, uku­thi lo­ne eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nup.

19 La­pho uvi­mbe­ze­la umu­zi isi­kha­thi esi­de, usi­lwa la­wo uku­wu­thu­mba, ungo­ni izi­hla­hla za­wo ngo­ku­zi­ga­mu­la nge­hlo­ka, ngo­ba unga­dla okwa­zo, ko­dwa unga­zi­ga­mu­liq (ngo­ba isi­hla­hla se­ga­nga si­nge­sa­ba­ntur) uku­za pha­mbi kwa­kho eku­vi­mbe­ze­le­ni.

20 Ku­phe­la izi­hla­hla eli­za­zi­yo uku­thi ka­yi­si­zo izi­hla­hla zo­ku­dla, yi­le­zo onga­zi­chi­tha lo­ku­zi­ga­mu­la uku­ze wa­khe inqa­ba yo­ku­vi­mbe­ze­la ma­qo­nda­na lo­mu­zi olwa impi la­we, uze we­hle­le pha­nsis.

Umla­yo ngo­mu­ntu obu­le­we­yo onga­zi­wa­yo

21Uba ku­tho­la­ka­la obu­le­we­yo eli­zwe­ni iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eku­ni­ka lo­na uku­dla ili­fa la­lo, ele­le ega­nge­ni, ku­nga­zi­wa uku­thi ngu­ba­ni omtsha­yi­le­yo,

2 aba­da­la ba­kho la­ba­hlu­le­li ba­kho ba­za­phu­ma, ba­li­nga­ni­se uku­ya emi­zi­ni ezi­nge­le­ze­le obu­le­we­yo.

3 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke umu­zi ose­du­ze lo­bu­le­we­yo, aba­da­la ba­lo­wo­mu­zi ba­za­tha­tha itho­ka­zi enko­me­ni, oku­nga­se­tshe­nzwa­nga nga­lo, eli­nga­do­nsa­nga ejo­gwe­ni.

4 La­ba­da­la ba­lo­wo­mu­zi ba­le­hli­se­le itho­ka­zi esi­go­di­ni esi­la­ma­nzi anga­ci­tshi­yo, esi­nga­li­nywa­nga le­si­nga­hla­nye­lwa­nga, be­phu­le inta­mo ye­tho­ka­zi la­pho esi­go­di­ni.

5 Aba­pri­sti, ama­do­da­na ka­Le­vi, ba­za­so­nde­la-ke; ngo­ba iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho iba­khe­thi­le uku­yi­kho­nza lo­ku­bu­si­sa ebi­zwe­ni le­Nko­sia, la­ngo­mlo­mo wa­bo ku­za­qu­nywa ko­nke uku­xa­ba­na la­kho ko­nke uku­tsha­yab.

6 La­bo bo­nke aba­da­la ba­lo­wo­mu­zi ose­du­ze lo­bu­le­we­yo ba­za­ge­ze­la iza­ndla za­bo phe­zu kwe­tho­ka­zi ele­phu­lwe inta­mo esi­go­di­nic,

7 ba­phe­ndu­le ba­thi: Iza­ndla ze­thu ka­zi­chi­tha­nga le­li­ga­zi, la­me­hlo ethu ka­wa­ku­bo­na­nga.

8 Be­nze­le inhla­wu­lo yo­ku­thu­la aba­ntu ba­kho uI­sra­ye­li owa­mhle­nga­yo, Nko­si, unga­be­ki iga­zi eli­nge­la­ca­la pha­ka­thi kwe­si­zwe sa­kho uI­sra­ye­li. Le­ga­zi ba­za­li­the­the­le­lwad.

9 Nga­lo­khu we­na uza­khu­pha iga­zi eli­nge­la­ca­la pha­ka­thi kwa­kho nxa use­nza oku­lu­ngi­le­yo eme­hlwe­ni eNko­sie.

Uku­pha­thwa kwa­be­si­fa­za­na aba­thu­nji­we­yo

10 La­pho uphu­ma impi uku­me­la­na le­zi­tha za­kho, iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho isi­zi­ni­ke­le esa­ndle­ni sa­kho, usu­thu­mbe aba­thu­njwa ba­zo,

11 ubu­su­bo­na pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­thu­nji­we­yo owe­si­fa­za­na omu­hle, umfi­se, uku­thi unga­mtha­tha abe ngu­mka­kho,

12 uza­mnge­ni­sa pha­ka­thi ko­mu­zi wa­kho, nja­lo aphu­ce ikha­nda la­khe, aqu­me inzi­pho za­khe,

13 akhu­lu­le ize­mba­tho zo­ku­thu­njwa kwa­khe, ahla­le emzi­ni wa­kho abe­se­li­le­la uyi­se lo­ni­na inya­nga yo­nke. Emva kwa­lo­kho ubu­su­nge­na ku­ye, ube yi­ndo­da ya­khe, la­ye abe ngu­mka­khof.

14 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke, uba unga­tho­ko­zi nga­ye, uza­mye­ke­la aha­mbe nje­ngo­ku­tha­nda kwa­khe; ko­dwa unga­mthe­ngi­si lo­ku­mthe­ngi­sa nge­ma­li, unga­mpha­thi nje­nge­si­gqi­lig, ngo­ba usu­mtho­bi­si­leh.

Ili­fa lo­bu­zi­bu­lo

15 Uba indo­da ila­ba­fa­zi aba­bi­li, omu­nye eyi­nta­ndo­ka­zi lo­mu­nye eyi­sa­li­wa­ka­zi, nja­lo ba­mza­le­le aba­ntwa­na, inta­ndo­ka­zi le­sa­li­wa­ka­zi, uba izi­bu­lo li­be yi­ndo­da­na ye­sa­li­wa­ka­zii,

16 ku­za­ku­thi, mhla ese­nza ama­do­da­na akhe uku­thi adle ili­fa la­lo­kho ala­kho, ka­nga­ye­nzi indo­da­na ye­nta­ndo­ka­zi ibe li­zi­bu­lo pha­mbi kwe­ndo­da­na ye­sa­li­wa­ka­zi, eli­zi­bu­loj.

17 Ko­dwa izi­bu­lo indo­da­na ye­sa­li­wa­ka­zi uza­li­vu­ma ngo­ku­li­ni­ka isa­be­lo esi­phi­ndwe ka­bi­li sa­kho ko­nke oku­fi­cwa­yo ku­ye, ngo­ba li­yi­ku­qa­la kwa­ma­ndla akhek; ilu­nge­lo lo­bu­zi­bu­lo nge­la­lol.

Uku­pha­thwa kwa­ba­ntwa­na aba­le­nka­ni

18 Uba indo­da ile­ndo­da­na ele­nka­ni le­nge­zwa­yo, enga­la­le­li ili­zwi li­ka­yi­se ku­mbe ili­zwi li­ka­ni­na, se­be­yi­je­zi­si­le, nja­lo inga­ba­la­le­li,

19 kho­na uyi­se lo­ni­na ba­za­yi­ba­mba, ba­yi­khu­phe­le eba­da­le­ni bo­mu­zi wa­yo, le­sa­ngwe­ni le­nda­wo ya­yo,

20 ba­thi eba­da­le­ni bo­mu­zi wa­yo: Li­ndo­da­na ye­thu ile­nka­ni, ka­yi­zwa, ka­yi­la­le­li ili­zwi le­thu; iyi­si­mi­nzi le­si­da­kwam.

21 Kho­na wo­nke ama­do­da omu­zi wa­yo aza­yi­kha­nda nga­ma­tshe ize ife; nga­lo­kho uza­khu­pha ubu­bi pha­ka­thi kwa­khon; nja­lo uI­sra­ye­li wo­nke uza­ku­zwa, esa­beo.

Umla­yo ngo­mu­ntu opha­nye­kwa­yo

22 Nja­lo uba ku­za­ku­ba le­so­no emu­ntwi­ni esi­fa­ne­le uku­fa, abu­la­we, uza­mpha­nye­ka esi­hla­hle­nip.

23 Isi­du­mbu sa­khe si­nga­hla­li esi­hla­hle­ni ubu­su­ku bo­nke, ko­dwa li­za­mngcwa­ba lo­ku­mngcwa­ba nga­lo­lo­su­kuq (ngo­ba opha­nye­ki­we­yo uqa­le­ki­si­we ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lur), uku­ze li­nga­ngco­li­swa ili­zwe la­kho, iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eku­ni­ka lo­na uku­ba yi­li­fas.

Imi­la­yo nge­zi­nye izi­nto

22Awu­yi­ku­bo­na inka­bi yo­mfo­we­nua lo­ba imvu ya­khe idu­ha, uzi­ca­tshe­le. Uza­zi­bu­yi­se­la lo­ku­zi­bu­yi­se­la ku­mfo­we­nub.

2 Nja­lo uba umfo­we­nu enge­kho edu­ze la­we, lo­ba unga­ma­zi, uza­yi­le­tha-ke pha­ka­thi ko­mu­zi wa­kho; nja­lo iza­ku­ba ku­we, umfo­we­nu aze ayi­di­nge, ubu­su­yi­bu­yi­se­la ku­ye.

3 We­nze nja­lo la­ngo­ba­bhe­mi wa­khe, we­nze nja­lo la­nge­se­mba­tho sa­khe, we­nze nja­lo la­nga­yo yo­nke into ela­hle­ki­le­yo yo­mfo­we­nu, ayi­la­hli­le­yo, oyi­tho­li­le­yo; awu­la­ku­yi­ca­tshe­la.

4 Awu­yi­ku­bo­na uba­bhe­mi wo­mfo­we­nu lo­ba inka­bi ya­khe ku­si­wa endle­le­ni, uku­ca­tshe­le; uza­ku­pha­ka­mi­sa lo­ku­ku­pha­ka­mi­sa ka­nye la­yec.

5 Owe­si­fa­za­na anga­gqo­ki okwe­ndo­da, le­ndo­da inga­gqo­ki isi­gqo­ko so­we­si­fa­za­na; ngo­ba wo­nke owe­nza le­zi­zi­nto uyi­si­ne­ngi­so eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho.

6 Uba ku­nga­ba le­si­dle­ke se­nyo­ni pha­mbi kwa­kho endle­le­ni lo­ba ku­si­phi isi­hla­hla lo­ba pha­nsi, ama­phu­phu ku­mbe ama­qa­nda, uni­na efu­ka­me­le ama­phu­phu lo­ba ama­qa­nda, unga­tha­thi uni­na la­ma­phu­phud;

7 uza­ye­ke­la lo­ku­ye­ke­la uni­na uku­ze aha­mbe, uzi­tha­the­le ama­phu­phu, uku­ze ku­ku­lu­nge­le, nja­lo we­lu­le insu­kue.

8 Nxa usa­kha indlu entsha, uza­kwe­nze­la upha­hla lwa­kho utha­ngo, uku­ze unga­ye­hli­se­li indlu ya­kho ica­la le­ga­zi, uba umu­ntu esi­wa awe ku­lo.

9 Unga­hla­nye­li inhlo­bo ezi­mbi­li esi­vi­ni­ni sa­kho, hle­zi isi­vu­no esi­gcwe­le­yo se­nhla­nye­lo ya­kho oyi­hla­nye­le­yo le­si­the­lo se­si­vi­ni si­ngco­li­swef.

10 Unga­li­mi nge­nka­bi lo­ba­bhe­mi nda­wo­nye.

11 Unga­gqo­ki isi­gqo­ko esi­xu­be­neg, ubo­ya be­zi­mvu le­le­mbu eli­co­le­ki­le­yo nda­wo­nyeh.

12 Uza­ze­nze­lai intsha­ka emi­phe­thwe­ni yo­mi­ne ye­se­mba­tho sa­kho oze­mbe­sa nga­soj.

Imi­la­yo ema­ye­la­na lo­ku­tha­tha umfa­zi

13 Uba indo­da itha­tha umfa­zi, inge­ne ku­ye, ibi­si­mzo­nda,

14 imbe­ke ica­la eli­le­hla­zo, imgco­ne nge­bi­zo eli­bi, ithi: Nga­tha­tha lo­we­si­fa­za­na; la­pho ngi­so­nde­la ku­ye ka­ngi­tho­la­nga ubu­nto­mbi ku­ye.

15 Uyi­se we­nto­mbi lo­ni­na ba­za­tha­tha ba­ve­ze ubu­fa­ka­zi bo­bu­nto­mbi be­nto­mbi eba­da­le­ni bo­mu­zi esa­ngwe­ni.

16 Lo­yi­se we­nto­mbi uza­ku­thi eba­da­le­ni: Nge­ndi­se­la indo­da­ka­zi ya­mi ku­li­ndo­da; ya­si­yi­zo­nda;

17 kha­nge­la­ni-ke, ibe­ke ica­la eli­le­hla­zo, isi­thi: Ka­ngi­tho­la­nga ubu­nto­mbi endo­da­ka­zi­ni ya­kho. Ka­nti lo­bu yi­bu­fa­ka­zi bo­bu­nto­mbi be­ndo­da­ka­zi ya­mi. Be­se­be­se­ndla­la ile­mbu pha­mbi kwa­ba­da­la bo­mu­zi.

18 Aba­da­la ba­lo­wo­mu­zi ba­be­se­be­tha­tha le­yo­ndo­da ba­yi­je­zi­se;

19 ba­mhla­wu­li­se inhla­mvu ze­si­li­va ezi­li­khu­lu, ba­zi­ni­ke uyi­se we­nto­mbi, ngo­ba ive­ze ibi­zo eli­bi phe­zu kwe­nto­mbi emsu­lwa ya­koI­sra­ye­li. Nja­lo iza­ku­ba ngu­mka­yo; ka­yi­la­ku­yi­la­hla zo­nke izi­nsu­ku za­yo.

20 Ko­dwa uba li­nto ili­qi­ni­so; ubu­fa­ka­zi bo­bu­nto­mbi ka­bu­tho­la­ka­la­nga ento­mbi­ni,

21 into­mbi ba­za­yi­khu­phe­la emnya­ngo we­ndlu ka­yi­sek, la­ma­do­da omu­zi wa­yo ayi­kha­nde nga­ma­tshe ize ife; ngo­ba ye­nzi­le ubu­phu­ku­phu­ku koI­sra­ye­li ngo­kwe­nza ubu­wu­le endli­ni ka­yi­se. Nga­lo­khu uza­khu­pha ubu­bi pha­ka­thi kwa­khol.

22 Uba indo­da ifi­cwa ile­le lo­mfa­zi owe­nde­le endo­de­ni, la­bo bo­ba­bi­li ba­za­ku­fa-ke, indo­da ebi­le­le lo­mfa­zi, la­lo­wo­mfa­zim. Nga­lo­khu uza­khu­pha ubu­bi koI­sra­ye­lin.

23 Uba ku­le­nto­mba­za­na eyi­nto­mbi emsu­lwa ega­ne indo­da, nja­lo indo­da iyi­tho­le pha­ka­thi ko­mu­zi, ila­le la­yoo,

24 li­za­ba­khu­phe­la esa­ngwe­ni la­lo­wo­mu­zi bo­ba­bi­li, li­ba­kha­nde nga­ma­tshe ba­ze ba­fe; into­mbi ngo­ba inga­hla­ba­nga umkho­si pha­ka­thi ko­mu­zi, le­ndo­da ngo­ba itho­bi­se umka­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khep. Nga­lo­khu uza­khu­pha ubu­bi pha­ka­thi kwa­khoq.

25 Ko­dwa uba indo­da ifi­ca into­mbi ega­ni­le­yo ega­nge­ni, indo­da iyi­ba­mbe, ila­le la­yo, nga­kho indo­da ku­phe­la ele­le la­yo iza­ku­fa.

26 Ko­dwa li­nge­nzi lu­tho ento­mbi­ni; ka­ku­la­so­no so­ku­fa ento­mbi­ni; ngo­ba nje­nge­ndo­da evu­ke­la uma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khe imbu­la­le, inja­lo li­nda­ba.

27 Ngo­ba iyi­fi­ce ega­nge­ni; into­mbi ega­ni­le­yo ibi­hla­be umkho­si, nja­lo be­ku­nge­la­mu­ntu wo­ku­yi­si­ndi­sa.

28 Uba indo­da ifi­ce into­mba­za­na eyi­nto­mbi emsu­lwa enga­ga­na­nga, iyi­ba­mbe, ila­le la­yo, ba­be­se­be­fi­cwar,

29 kho­na indo­da ebi­le­le la­yo iza­ni­ka uyi­se we­nto­mbi inhla­mvu ze­si­li­va ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu, nja­lo ibe ngu­mka­yo, ngo­ba eyi­tho­bi­si­le; ka­yi­la­ku­yi­la­hla zo­nke izi­nsu­ku za­yos.

30 Indo­da ka­yi­nga­tha­thi umka­yi­set, ka­yi­nge­mbu­li umphe­tho we­se­mba­tho si­ka­yi­seu.

Aba­nga­vu­nye­lwa­yo uku­nge­na eba­ndle­ni le­Nko­si

23Oli­me­le ema­se­nde­ni, lo­ba oqu­nywe ama­pha­mbi­li, anga­nge­ni eba­ndle­ni le­Nko­si.

2 Oze­lwe ngo­bu­fe­be anga­nge­ni eba­ndle­ni le­Nko­si; ngi­tsho isi­zu­ku­lwa­na sa­khe se­tshu­mi ka­si­yi­ku­nge­na eba­ndle­ni le­Nko­sia.

3 UmA­mo­ni lo­mMo­wa­bi ka­nga­nge­ni eba­ndle­ni le­Nko­si; ngi­tsho isi­zu­ku­lwa­na sa­bo se­tshu­mi ka­si­yi­ku­nge­na eba­ndle­ni le­Nko­si, ku­ze ku­be la­pha­ka­deb;

4 nge­nxa yo­ku­thi ka­ba­li­hla­nga­be­za­nga endle­le­ni nge­si­nkwa la­nga­ma­nzi eku­phu­me­ni kwe­nu eGi­bhi­thec; fu­thi ngo­ba ba­qa­tsha uku­me­la­na la­we uBa­la­mi indo­da­na ka­Be­yo­ri owe­Pe­tho­ri owe­Me­so­po­ta­mi­ya uku­ze aku­qa­le­ki­sed.

5 Ko­dwa iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho ka­yi­fu­na­nga uku­zwa uBa­la­mi; ko­dwa iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho ya­phe­ndu­la isi­qa­le­ki­so sa­ba yi­si­bu­si­so ku­we, ngo­ba iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho ya­ku­tha­ndae.

6 Ka­wu­yi­ku­di­nga uku­thu­la kwa­bo lo­ku­hle kwa­bo zo­nke izi­nsu­ku za­kho, ku­ze ku­be la­pha­ka­def.

7 Unga­ne­ngwa ngu­mE­do­ma, ngo­ba ungu­mfo­we­nu; unga­ne­ngwa ngu­mGi­bhi­theg, ngo­ba wa­wu­ngo­we­mzi­ni eli­zwe­ni la­kheh.

8 Aba­ntwa­na aba­za­lwa yi­bo, be­si­zu­ku­lwa­na se­si­tha­thu sa­bo, ba­nga­nge­na eba­ndle­ni le­Nko­si.

Uku­hla­mbu­lu­ka kwa­ma­the­nte

9 La­pho inka­mba iphu­ma uku­ya­me­la­na le­zi­tha za­kho, uza­zi­gci­na ku­yo yo­nke into embi.

10 Uba ekho­na pha­ka­thi kwe­nu umu­ntu onga­hla­mbu­lu­ka­nga nge­nxa yo­ku­ngco­la okwe­hla ebu­su­ku, uza­phu­me­la nga­pha­ndle kwe­nka­mba, anga­nge­ni pha­ka­thi kwe­nka­mbai.

11 Ko­dwa ku­za­ku­thi se­ku­za­ku­hlwa uza­ge­za nga­ma­nzi, la­la­pho ila­nga se­li­tsho­ni­le ange­ne aye pha­ka­thi kwe­nka­mbaj.

12 Nja­lo uza­ku­ba le­nda­wo nga­pha­ndle kwe­nka­mba la­pho oza­phu­me­la kho­na uku­ya nga­pha­ndlek,

13 ube le­si­kho­nkwa­ne ezi­kha­li­ni za­kho; nja­lo ku­za­ku­thi usu­ye1 nga­pha­ndle, uge­bhe nga­so, uphe­ndu­ke ugqi­be­le oku­phu­me ku­we.

14 Ngo­ba iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho iya­ha­mba pha­ka­thi kwe­nka­mba ya­kho, uku­ku­khu­lu­lal, lo­ku­ni­ke­la izi­tha za­kho pha­mbi kwa­kho. Nga­kho inka­mba ya­kho iza­ku­ba ngcwe­le, uku­ze inga­bo­ni lu­tho olu­ya­ngi­sa­yo pha­ka­thi kwa­kho, iku­fu­la­the­lem.

Imi­la­yo ema­ye­la­na le­zi­gqi­li, la­ma­wu­le, lo­mvu­zo

15 Unga­ni­ke­li enko­si­ni ya­so isi­gqi­li esi­ba­le­ke­le ku­we si­su­ka enko­si­ni ya­son;

16 si­za­hla­la la­we pha­ka­thi kwa­kho, enda­we­ni esi­za­yi­khe­tha, kwe­li­nye la­ma­sa­ngo akho, la­pho oku­si­lu­nge­le kho­na; unga­si­ci­nde­ze­lio.

17 Ka­ku­nga­bi kho­na iwu­le ele­the­mpe­li pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­do­da­ka­zi akoI­sra­ye­lip, nja­lo ka­ku­nga­bi kho­na inko­tsha­na pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­do­da­na akoI­sra­ye­liq.

18 Unga­le­thi iho­lo le­wu­le le­ma­li ye­nja endli­ni ye­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho ngo­kwa­lo­ba yi­si­phi isi­the­mbi­so; ngo­ba lo­kho ko­ku­bi­li ku­yi­si­ne­ngi­so eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho.

19 Unge­bo­le­ki umfo­we­nu nge­nza­lo, inza­lo ye­ma­li, inza­lo yo­ku­dla, inza­lo ya­lo­ba yi­yi­phi into ebo­le­kwa nge­nza­lor.

20 Unge­bo­le­ka owe­zi­zwe­ni nge­nza­lo, ko­dwa unge­bo­le­ki umfo­we­nu nge­nza­los, uku­ze iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho iku­bu­si­se ku­kho ko­nket ofa­ka isa­ndla sa­kho ku­kho eli­zwe­ni oya ku­lo uku­dla ili­fa la­lou.

21 Nxa uthe­mbi­sa isi­the­mbi­so eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, unga­phu­zi uku­si­kho­kha; ngo­ba iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho iza­si­bi­za lo­ku­si­bi­za ku­we; nja­lo ku­za­ku­ba yi­so­no ku­wev.

22 Ko­dwa uba uye­ke­la uku­the­mbi­sa, ka­ku­yi­ku­ba yi­so­no ku­we.

23 Lo­kho oku­phu­ma ende­be­ni za­kho uza­ku­gci­na ukwe­nze; nje­ngo­ku­the­mbi­sa kwa­kho eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, umni­ke­lo we­si­hle owu­khu­lu­me ngo­mlo­mo wa­kho.

24 Nxa unge­na esi­vi­ni­ni so­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­kho, unga­dla izi­the­lo ze­vi­ni nje­ngo­ku­tha­nda kwa­kho usu­the; ko­dwa unga­fa­ki lu­tho esi­tshe­ni sa­kho.

25 Nxa unge­na ema­be­le­ni ami­le­yo ka­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khow, unga­kha izi­khwe­bu nge­sa­ndla sa­kho; ko­dwa unga­nge­ni­si isi­ke­la ema­be­le­ni ami­le­yox ka­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khoy.

Imi­la­yo yo­kwe­hlu­ka­na

24Uba indo­da itha­tha umfa­zi, imga­ne, ku­za­ku­thi nxa enga­tho­li umu­sa eme­hlwe­ni ayo, ngo­ba ifi­ce ku­ye into eli­hla­zo, ka­yi­mbha­le­le incwa­di ye­se­hlu­ka­ni­so, ifa­ke esa­ndle­ni sa­khe, imkhu­phe endli­ni ya­yoa.

2 Nxa ese­phu­mi­le endli­ni ya­yo, anga­ha­mba, aye­ku­ba ngo­we­nye indo­da.

3 Uba li­ndo­da ela­nde­la­yo imzo­nda, imbha­le­le incwa­di ye­se­hlu­ka­ni­so, iyi­fa­ke esa­ndle­ni sa­khe, imkhi­phe endli­ni ya­yo; lo­ba li­ndo­da ela­nde­la­yo isi­fa ebi­mthe­the wa­ba ngu­mka­yo,

4 indo­da ya­khe yo­ku­qa­la eya­mkhi­pha­yo inge­mtha­the fu­thi abe ngu­mka­yo, emva ko­ku­ba ese­ngco­li­si­we; ngo­ba ku­yi­si­ne­ngi­so pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si. Nga­kho ka­wu­yi­kwe­nza ili­zwe lo­ne iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eku­ni­ka lo­na uku­ba yi­li­fab.

5 Nxa indo­da ithe­the umfa­zi omu­tsha ka­yi­yi­ku­phu­ma impi, fu­thi ka­yi­yi­ku­pha­thi­swa la­lo­ba yi­wu­phi umse­be­nzi; iza­ku­ba se­kha­ya ikhu­lu­le­ki­le umnya­ka owo­dwac uku­ze itho­ko­zi­se umka­yo emthe­the­yod.

Emi­nye imi­la­yo

6 Ka­ku­nga­bi kho­na oza­tha­tha ili­tshe lo­ku­cho­le­la lo­ba imbo­ko­do uku­ze ku­be yi­si­ba­mbi­so; ngo­ba utha­tha impi­lo ibe yi­si­ba­mbi­soe.

7 Uba umu­ntu efi­cwa ese­ba umu­ntu ku­ba­fo­wa­bo eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­koI­sra­ye­lif, ampha­the nje­nge­si­gqi­li ku­mbe amthe­ngi­se, le­lo­se­la li­za­ku­fag. Nga­lo­khu uza­khu­pha ubu­bi pha­ka­thi kwa­khoh.

8 Qa­phe­la esi­fe­ni so­bu­le­phe­ro, uku­na­nze­le­li­si­sa we­nze nje­nga­kho ko­nke aba­pri­sti aba­nga­ma­Le­vi aba­ku­fu­ndi­sa kho­na; nje­nga­lo­khu nga­ba­la­ya, na­nze­le­la­ni uku­kwe­nzai.

9 Khu­mbu­la lo­kho iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eya­kwe­nza ku­Mi­ri­ya­mu endle­le­ni eku­phu­me­ni kwe­nu eGi­bhi­thej.

10 Nxa use­bo­le­ka uma­khe­lwa­ne wa­kho ulu­tho, unga­nge­ni endli­ni ya­khe uku­thi utha­the isi­ba­mbi­so sa­khe.

11 Uza­ku­ma pha­ndle, lo­mu­ntu ome­bo­le­ka­yo aku­khu­phe­le isi­ba­mbi­so pha­ndle.

12 Nja­lo uba umu­ntu engu­mya­nga, unga­la­li le­si­ba­mbi­so sa­khe;

13 uza­bu­yi­se­la lo­ku­bu­yi­se­la isi­ba­mbi­so ku­ye la­pho ila­nga li­tsho­na, uku­ze ala­le nge­se­mba­tho sa­khek, aku­bu­si­sel; la­lo­kho ku­za­ku­ba yi­ku­lu­nga ku­we pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khom.

14 Unga­ci­nde­ze­li ince­ku eqa­tshi­we­yo engu­mya­nga le­swe­la­yo, ingo­wa­ba­fo­we­nu lo­ba ingo­we­zi­zwe­ni ose­li­zwe­ni la­ki­ni pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­sa­ngo akhon.

15 Uza­ni­ka iho­lo la­yo ngo­su­ku lwa­yo, le­la­nga ka­li­nga­tsho­ni phe­zu kwa­lo, ngo­ba ingu­mya­nga, ibe­ke inhli­zi­yo ya­yo ku­loo; uku­ze inga­kha­li eNko­si­ni nga­we, nja­lo ku­be yi­so­no ku­wep.

16 Oyi­se ka­ba­yi­ku­bu­la­wa nge­nxa ya­ba­ntwa­na, la­ba­ntwa­na ka­ba­yi­ku­bu­la­wa nge­nxa ya­bo­yi­se; ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo uza­bu­la­wa nge­nxa ye­sa­khe iso­noq.

17 Unga­pha­mbu­li isa­hlu­le­lo so­we­mzi­ni le­nta­nda­ner; unga­tha­thi ise­mba­tho so­mfe­lo­ka­zi si­be yi­si­ba­mbi­sos;

18 ko­dwa ukhu­mbu­le uku­thi wa­wu­yi­si­gqi­li eGi­bhi­the, le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho ya­ku­hle­nga kho­na; nga­kho ngi­ya­ku­la­ya uku­thi we­nze lo­lu­lu­thot.

19 Nxa uvu­na isi­vu­no sa­kho ensi­mi­ni ya­khou, ukho­hlwe isi­thu­ngo ensi­mi­ni, unga­bu­ye­li uku­si­tha­tha; si­za­ku­ba nge­so­we­mzi­ni, ese­nta­nda­ne le­so­mfe­lo­ka­ziv; uku­ze iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho iku­bu­si­se emse­be­nzi­ni wo­nke we­za­ndla za­khow.

20 Nxa uvu­thu­za isi­hla­hla sa­kho so­mhlwa­thi, unga­yi­hlo­la izi­nga­tsha emva kwa­kho; ku­za­ku­ba ngo­ko­we­mzi­ni lo­kwe­nta­nda­ne lo­ko­mfe­lo­ka­zi.

21 Nxa usu­vu­ni­le izi­the­lo ze­si­vi­ni sa­kho, unga­kho­tho­zi emva kwa­kho; ku­za­ku­ba ngo­ko­we­mzi­ni lo­kwe­nta­nda­ne lo­ko­mfe­lo­ka­zix.

22 Uza­khu­mbu­la uku­thi wa­wu­yi­si­gqi­li eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the; nga­kho ngi­ya­ku­la­ya ukwe­nza lo­lu­lu­thoy.

25Uba ku­kho­na uku­xa­ba­na pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntu, ba­ye esa­hlu­le­lwe­ni, uku­thi ba­ba­hlu­le­lea, ba­za­lu­ngi­si­sa olu­ngi­le­yo, ba­la­hle ole­ca­lab.

2 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke uba ole­ca­la efa­ne­le uku­tsha­ywa, uma­hlu­le­li uza­mla­li­sa pha­nsi, atsha­ywe pha­mbi kwa­khe, nje­ngo­ku­li­nge­ne ica­la la­khe, ngo­kwe­na­ni.

3 Anga­tsha­ywa imi­vi­mvi­nya enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne, ange­nge­ze­le­li, hle­zi nxa ese­dlu­le uku­mtsha­ya okwe­dlu­la le nge­mi­vi­mvi­nya emi­ne­ngi, ku­ze ku­thi umfo­we­nu aya­nge­ke eme­hlwe­ni akhoc.

4 Unga­yi­fa­ki isa­ye­ke inka­bi nxa ibhu­lad.

Umla­yo wo­ku­nge­na ku­mfa­zi ofe­lwe­yo

5 Uba ize­la­ma­ni zi­hla­la nda­wo­nye, lo­mu­nye wa­zo esi­fa, enge­la­ndo­da­na, umfa­zi wo­fi­le­yo ka­nge­nde­li ko­we­mzi­ni onga­pha­ndle; umfo­wa­bo we­ndo­da ya­khe uza­nge­na ku­ye, amtha­the abe ngu­mka­khe, enze ku­ye imfa­ne­lo yo­mfo­wa­bo we­ndo­dae.

6 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke izi­bu­lo ali­za­la­yo li­za­ku­ma ebi­zwe­ni lo­mfo­wa­bo ofi­le­yof, uku­ze ibi­zo la­khe li­nga­ci­tshwa koI­sra­ye­lig.

7 Uba umu­ntu enga­tha­ndi uku­tha­tha umka­mfo­wa­bo, umka­mfo­wa­bo uza­kwe­nyu­ke­la esa­ngwe­ni ku­ba­da­la athi: Umfo­wa­bo we­ndo­da ya­mi uya­la uku­vu­se­la umfo­wa­bo ibi­zo koI­sra­ye­li; ka­fu­ni ukwe­nza ki­mi imfa­ne­lo yo­mfo­wa­bo we­ndo­dah.

8 Aba­da­la bo­mu­zi wa­khe ba­za­mbi­za-ke, ba­khu­lu­me la­ye. Uba eqi­ni­sa esi­thi: Ka­ngi­tha­ndi uku­mtha­thai;

9 umka­mfo­wa­bo uza­so­nde­la-ke ku­ye pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo aba­da­la, akhu­phe inya­the­la la­khe enya­we­ni lwa­khej, amkha­fu­le­le ebu­swe­nik, aphe­ndu­le, athi: Ku­za­kwe­nzi­wa nja­lo ku­lo­wo­mu­ntu onga­ya­khi­yo indlu yo­mfo­wa­bol.

10 Le­bi­zo la­khe li­za­ku­thi­wa koI­sra­ye­li: Indlu yo­le­nya­the­la ela­khu­tshwa­yo.

11 Nxa ama­do­da esi­lwa, omu­nye lo­mu­nye, ku­so­nde­le umfa­zi we­nye uku­thi ayi­khu­lu­le indo­da ya­khe esa­ndle­ni so­yi­tsha­ya­yo, elu­le isa­ndla sa­khe ayi­ba­mbe nga­ma­pha­mbi­li,

12 usi­qu­me isa­ndla sa­khe, ili­hlo la­kho li­nga­bi la­si­ha­wum.

Umthe­tho we­zi­li­nga­ni­so

13 Unga­bi la­ma­tshe oku­li­nga­ni­san ehlu­ke­ne­yo esi­khwa­me­ni sa­khoo, eli­khu­lu le­li­nci­nya­ne.

14 Unga­bi la­ma-e­fa ehlu­ke­ne­yo endli­ni ya­kho, esi­khu­lu le­si­nci­nya­nep.

15 Wo­ba le­li­tshe lo­ku­li­nga­ni­sa eli­phe­le­le­yo le­li­lu­ngi­le­yo, wo­ba le-e­fa ephe­le­le­yo le­lu­ngi­le­yo, uku­ze insu­ku za­kho ze­lu­lwe eli­zwe­ni iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eku­ni­ka lo­naq.

16 Ngo­ba wo­nke owe­nza izi­nto ezi­nje, wo­nke owe­nza uku­nga­lu­ngi, uyi­si­ne­ngi­so eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khor.

Ica­la la­maA­ma­le­ki

17 Khu­mbu­la lo­kho uA­ma­le­ki akwe­nza ku­wes endle­le­ni eku­phu­me­ni kwe­nu eGi­bhi­thet,

18 uku­thi wa­ku­hla­nga­be­za endle­le­ni, wa­tsha­ya pha­ka­thi kwa­kho aba­be­bu­tha­ka­tha­ka emva kwa­khou, usu­di­ni­we usu­phe­le ama­ndla; ka­nti ka­me­sa­ba­nga uNku­lu­nku­luv.

19 Nga­kho ku­za­ku­thi, nxa iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho isi­ku­phu­mu­zi­le ku­zo zo­nke izi­tha za­kho inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke, eli­zwe­ni iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eku­ni­ka lo­na li­be yi­li­fa uku­dla ili­fa la­low, uza­kwe­su­la uku­khu­nju­lwa ku­kaA­ma­le­ki nga­pha­nsi kwa­ma­zu­lu; unga­kho­hlwax.

Izi­the­lo zo­ku­qa­la

26Ku­za­ku­thi-ke la­pho usu­fi­ki­le eli­zwe­ni iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eku­ni­ka lo­na li­be yi­li­fa, udle ili­fa la­lo, uhla­le ku­lo,

2 utha­the oko­ku­qa­la kwe­zi­the­lo zo­nke zo­mhla­ba­thi oza­ku­le­tha ku­ve­la eli­zwe­ni la­kho iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eku­ni­ka lo­naa, uku­fa­ke esi­tshe­nib, uye enda­we­ni iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eza­yi­khe­tha uku­hla­li­sa ibi­zo la­yo kho­nac.

3 Uza­ku­ya ku­mpri­sti oza­ku­ba ekho­na nga­le­zo­nsu­ku uthi ku­ye: Ngi­ya­bi­ka la­mu­hla eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho uku­thi se­ngi­fi­ki­le eli­zwe­ni iNko­si eya­li­fu­nge­la oba­ba uku­si­ni­ka lo­na.

4 Nja­lo umpri­sti uza­tha­tha isi­tsha esa­ndle­ni sa­kho, asi­be­ke pha­mbi kwe­la­thi le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho.

5 Kho­na uza­phe­ndu­la uthi pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho: Uba­ba wa­ye­ngu­mSi­ri­yad obhu­bha­yo, we­hle­la eGi­bhi­the, wa­hla­la kho­na nje­ngo­we­zi­zwee la­ba­ntu aba­lu­tshwa­na; ko­dwa la­pho wa­ba yi­si­zwe esi­khu­lu esi­la­ma­ndla le­si­la­ba­ne­ngif.

6 Ko­dwa ama­Gi­bhi­the asi­pha­tha ku­bi, asi­hlu­pha, ase­thwe­sa ubu­gqi­li obu­nzi­mag.

7 Sa­se­si­kha­la eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­ba­ba; iNko­si ya­li­zwa ili­zwi le­thu, ya­bo­na inhlu­phe­ko ye­thu, lo­ku­tshi­ka­tshi­ka kwe­thu, lo­ci­nde­ze­lo lwe­thuh;

8 INko­si ya­si­khu­pha eGi­bhi­thei nge­sa­ndla esi­la­ma­ndla la­nge­nga­lo eye­lu­li­we­yoj, la­ngo­kwe­sa­be­ka oku­khu­lu, la­nge­zi­bo­na­ka­li­so, la­nge­zi­ma­nga­li­sok;

9 ya­si­le­tha ku­li­nda­wo, ya­si­ni­ka le­li­li­zwe, ili­zwe eli­ge­le­za ucha­go lo­lu­jul.

10 Kha­the­si-ke, kha­nge­la, ngi­le­thi­le uku­qa­la kwe­zi­the­lo zo­mhla­ba­thi, Nko­si, ongi­ni­ke kho­na. Nja­lo uza­ku­be­ka pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, ukho­nze pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho;

11 utho­ko­ze nga­kho ko­nke oku­hle iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eku­ni­ke kho­na la­be­ndlu ya­kho, we­na lo­mLe­vi lo­we­mzi­ni opha­ka­thi kwa­khom.

Okwe­tshu­mi

12 La­pho usu­qe­di­le uku­ni­ka okwe­tshu­mi, ko­nke okwe­tshu­mi kwe­zi­the­lo za­kho ngo­mnya­ka we­si­tha­thun, umnya­ka wo­ku­ni­ka okwe­tshu­mi, usu­ku­ni­ke umLe­vi, owe­mzi­ni, inta­nda­ne lo­mfe­lo­ka­zi uku­ze ba­dle pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­sa­ngo akho ba­su­theo,

13 uza­ku­thi pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho: Se­ngi­khu­phi­le endli­ni ya­mi into engcwe­le, la­mi nja­lo nga­ku­ni­ka umLe­vi, lo­we­mzi­ni, inta­nda­ne, lo­mfe­lo­ka­zi, nje­nga­yo yo­nke imi­la­yo ya­kho ongi­la­ye yo­na; ka­nge­qa­nga okwe­mi­la­yo ya­kho, fu­thi ka­ngiyi­kho­hlwa­ngap.

14 Ka­ngi­dla­nga ku­kho eku­li­le­ni kwa­mi, ka­ngi­su­se­la­nga ku­kho uku­ngco­la, ka­ngi­ku­ni­ke­la­nga okwa­kho ko­fi­le­yo; ngi­li­la­le­le ili­zwi le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi, nge­nzi­le nje­nga­kho ko­nke ongi­la­ye kho­naq.

15 Kha­nge­la pha­nsi use­nda­we­ni ya­kho yo­ku­hla­la engcwe­le use­ma­zu­lwi­ni, ubu­si­se aba­ntu ba­kho uI­sra­ye­li lo­mhla­ba osi­ni­ke wo­na, nje­ngo­ku­fu­nga kwa­kho ku­bo­ba­bar, ili­zwe eli­ge­le­za ucha­go lo­lu­jus.

Aba­ntu be­Nko­si aba­khe­the­ki­le­yo

16 La­mu­hla iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho iya­ku­la­ya uku­thi we­nze le­zi­zi­mi­so le­za­hlu­le­lo; nga­kho uza­zi­gci­na uze­nze nge­nhli­zi­yo ya­kho yo­nke la­ngo­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­kho wo­nke.

17 La­mu­hla uvu­mi­le oba­la uku­thi iNko­si ingu­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, lo­ku­thi uza­ha­mba endle­le­ni za­yo, ugci­ne izi­mi­so za­yo le­mi­la­yo ya­yo le­za­hlu­le­lo za­yo, ula­le­le ili­zwi la­yot.

18 Fu­thi iNko­si ivu­mi­le oba­la la­mu­hla uku­thi uza­ku­ba yi­si­zwe sa­yo esi­khe­the­ki­le­yo nje­ngo­ku­ku­the­mbi­sa kwa­yo, lo­ku­thi ugci­ne yo­nke imi­la­yo ya­you,

19 uku­ze iku­pha­ka­mi­se phe­zu kwe­zi­zwe zo­nke eze­nzi­le­yo, eku­bo­ngwe­ni, le­bi­zwe­ni, le­nhlo­ni­phe­niv, lo­ku­thi ube yi­si­zwe esi­ngcwe­le eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho nje­ngo­ku­tsho kwa­yow.

Uku­bha­lwa kwe­mi­the­tho ema­tshe­ni enta­be­ni yeE­bha­li

27UMo­zi­si la­ba­da­la ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­se­be­la­ya aba­ntu be­si­thi: Gci­na yo­nke imi­the­tho engi­li­la­ya yo­na la­mu­hla.

2 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke mhla li­cha­pha iJo­da­ni li­si­ya eli­zwe­ni iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eku­ni­ka lo­na, uza­zi­mi­se­la ama­tshe ama­khu­lu, uwa­hu­qe nge­ka­la­gaa,

3 ubha­le ku­wo wo­nke ama­zwi alu­mla­yo nxa usu­cha­phi­le, uku­ze unge­ne eli­zwe­ni iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eku­ni­ka lo­nab, ili­zwe eli­ge­le­za ucha­go lo­lu­ju, nje­nga­lo­kho iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­yi­hlo ikhu­lu­mi­le ku­wec.

4 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke se­li­cha­phi­le iJo­da­ni, li­mi­se la­ma­tshe engi­li­la­ya nga­wo la­mu­hla, enta­be­ni yeE­bha­li, li­wa­hu­qe nge­ka­la­gad.

5 Wa­khe­le kho­na iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho ila­thi, ila­thi la­ma­tshe. Unga­se­be­nzi­si insi­mbi phe­zu kwa­woe.

6 Wa­khe­le iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho ila­thi nga­ma­tshe aphe­le­le­yo. Uni­ke­le phe­zu kwa­lo imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swa eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khof,

7 uhla­be imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­thu­la, udle la­pho, utho­ko­ze pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho.

8 Fu­thi ubha­le phe­zu kwa­ma­tshe wo­nke ama­zwi alu­mla­yo, ku­kha­nye ku­hle.

9 UMo­zi­si la­ba­pri­sti aba­nga­ma­Le­vi ba­se­be­khu­lu­ma kuI­sra­ye­li wo­nke be­si­thi: Thu­la ula­le­le, Isra­ye­li; la­mu­hla usu­yi­si­zwe se­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khog.

10 Nga­kho uza­la­le­la ili­zwi le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, we­nze imi­la­yo ya­yo le­zi­mi­so za­yo engi­ku­la­ya zo­na la­mu­hla.

Izi­qa­le­ki­so enta­be­ni yeE­bha­li

11 UMo­zi­si wa­se­ba­la­ya aba­ntu nga­lo­lo­su­ku esi­thi:

12 La­ba ba­za­ku­ma enta­be­ni ye­Ge­ri­zi­mi uku­bu­si­sa aba­ntu nxa se­li­cha­phe iJo­da­ni: OSi­me­yo­ni, lo­Le­vi, lo­Ju­da, loI­sa­ka­ri, lo­Jo­se­fa, lo­Bhe­nja­mi­nih.

13 La­la­ba ba­za­ku­ma enta­be­ni yeE­bha­li phe­zu kwe­si­qa­le­ki­so: ORu­be­ni, uGa­di, loA­she­ri, lo­Ze­bu­lu­ni, uDa­ni, lo­Na­fi­tha­lii.

14 La­ma­Le­vi aza­phe­ndu­la athi ku­wo wo­nke ama­do­da akoI­sra­ye­li nge­li­zwi eli­pha­ke­me­yoj:

15 Ka­qa­le­ki­swe umu­ntu owe­nza isi­tho­mbe esi­ba­zi­we­yo le­si­bu­njwe ngo­ku­nci­bi­li­ki­sa, isi­ne­ngi­so eNko­si­ni, umse­be­nzi we­za­ndla zo­mu­ntu oyi­ngci­tshi, asi­be­ke ensi­thak. La­bo bo­nke aba­ntu ba­za­phe­ndu­la ba­thi: Ame­nil.

16 Ka­qa­le­ki­swe ode­le­la uyi­se lo­ni­na. La­bo bo­nke aba­ntu ba­za­ku­thi: Ame­nim.

17 Ka­qa­le­ki­swe otshe­di­sa isi­kho­nkwa­ne so­mngce­le ka­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khe. La­bo bo­nke aba­ntu ba­za­ku­thi: Ame­nin.

18 Ka­qa­le­ki­swe odu­hi­sa isi­pho­fu endle­le­ni. La­bo bo­nke aba­ntu ba­za­ku­thi: Ame­nio.

19 Ka­qa­le­ki­swe opha­mbu­la isa­hlu­le­lo so­we­mzi­ni, inta­nda­ne, lo­mfe­lo­ka­zi. La­bo bo­nke aba­ntu ba­za­ku­thi: Ame­nip.

20 Ka­qa­le­ki­swe ola­la lo­mka­yi­seq, ngo­ba embu­le umphe­tho we­se­mba­tho si­ka­yi­ser. La­bo bo­nke aba­ntu ba­za­ku­thi: Ame­ni.

21 Ka­qa­le­ki­swe ola­la la­lo­ba yi­yi­phi inya­ma­za­na. La­bo bo­nke aba­ntu ba­za­ku­thi: Ame­nis.

22 Ka­qa­le­ki­swe ola­la lo­da­de­wa­bo, indo­da­ka­zi ka­yi­se lo­ba indo­da­ka­zi ka­ni­na. La­bo bo­nke aba­ntu ba­za­ku­thi: Ame­nit.

23 Ka­qa­le­ki­swe ola­la lo­ni­na­za­la. La­bo bo­nke aba­ntu ba­za­ku­thi: Ame­niu.

24 Ka­qa­le­ki­swe otsha­ya uma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khe ensi­tha. La­bo bo­nke aba­ntu ba­za­ku­thi: Ame­niv.

25 Ka­qa­le­ki­swe owe­mu­ke­la isi­va­la­mlo­mo so­ku­tsha­ya umu­ntu, iga­zi eli­nge­la­ca­la. La­bo bo­nke aba­ntu ba­za­ku­thi: Ame­niw.

26 Ka­qa­le­ki­swe onga­qi­ni­si ama­zwi alu­mla­yo uku­we­nza. La­bo bo­nke aba­ntu ba­za­ku­thi: Ame­nix.

Izi­bu­si­so zo­ku­la­le­la

28Ku­za­ku­thi-ke, uba ula­le­la lo­ku­la­le­la ili­zwi le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, uku­gci­na ukwe­nza yo­nke imi­la­yo ya­yo engi­ku­la­ya yo­na la­mu­hlaa, iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho iza­ku­mi­sa phe­zu­lu phe­zu kwa­zo zo­nke izi­zwe zo­mhla­bab.

2 La­le­zi­zi­bu­si­so zo­nke zi­za­ku­za phe­zu kwa­kho, zi­ku­fi­ce, nxa ula­le­la ili­zwi le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khoc.

3 Uza­bu­si­swa emzi­ni, ubu­si­swe fu­thi ensi­mi­nid.

4 Si­za­bu­si­swa isi­the­lo se­si­za­lo sa­kho, le­si­the­lo so­mhla­ba wa­kho, le­nza­lo ye­zi­fu­yo za­khoe, umqe­gu we­nko­mo za­kho, la­ma­zi­nya­ne ezi­mvu za­khof.

5 Ku­za­bu­si­swa isi­tsha sa­khog, lo­mga­nu wa­kho wo­ku­xo­ve­la izi­nkwa.

6 Uza­bu­si­swa eku­nge­ne­ni kwa­kho, ubu­si­swe eku­phu­me­ni kwa­khoh.

7 INko­si iza­kwe­nza izi­tha za­kho ezi­ku­vu­ke­la­yo zi­tsha­ywe pha­mbi kwa­kho; zi­za­phu­ma uku­me­la­na la­we nga­ndle­la­nye, zi­ba­le­ke pha­mbi kwa­kho nge­zi­ndle­la ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sai.

8 INko­si iza­la­ya isi­bu­si­so phe­zu kwa­kho, ezi­pha­le­ni za­khoj la­ku­kho ko­nke obe­ka ku­kho isa­ndla sa­kho, iku­bu­si­se eli­zwe­ni iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eku­ni­ka lo­nak.

9 INko­si iza­zi­mi­se­la we­na ube yi­si­zwe esi­ngcwe­le, nje­ngo­ku­fu­nga kwa­yo ku­we, uba ugci­na imi­la­yo ye­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, uha­mbe endle­le­ni za­yol.

10 La­bo bo­nke aba­ntu ba­se­mhla­be­ni ba­za­bo­na uku­thi ibi­zo le­Nko­si li­bi­zwa phe­zu kwa­khom, ba­kwe­sa­ben.

11 Le­Nko­si iza­kwa­ndi­se­la oku­hle, esi­the­lwe­ni se­si­za­lo sa­kho, le­nza­lwe­ni ye­zi­fu­yo za­kho, le­si­the­lwe­ni so­mhla­ba wa­kho, eli­zwe­ni iNko­si eya­fu­nge­la oyi­hlo uku­ku­ni­ka lo­nao.

12 INko­si iza­ku­vu­le­la oku­li­gu­gu kwa­yo oku­lu­ngi­le­yo, ama­zu­lu, uku­ni­ka izu­lu eli­zwe­ni la­kho nge­si­kha­thi sa­lop, lo­ku­bu­si­sa umse­be­nzi wo­nke we­sa­ndla sa­khoq; nja­lo uza­kwe­bo­le­ka izi­zwe ezi­ne­ngi, ko­dwa we­na unge­bo­le­ki ku­zor.

13 INko­si iza­kwe­nza ube yi­nhlo­ko, unga­bi ngu­msi­la; uza­ku­ba nga­phe­zu­lu ku­phe­la, unga­bi nga­pha­nsi, uba ula­le­la imi­la­yo ye­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho engi­ku­la­ya yo­na la­mu­hla uku­yi­gci­na lo­ku­ye­nzas.

14 Unga­pha­mbu­ki la­kwe­li­lo­dwa la­ma­zwi engi­li­la­ya wo­na la­mu­hla, uku­ya nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne la­nga­kwe­so­kho­hlo, uku­la­nde­la aba­nye onku­lu­nku­lu uku­ba­kho­nzat.

Izi­qa­le­ki­so zo­ku­nga­la­le­li

15 Ko­dwa ku­za­ku­thi, uba unga­la­le­li ili­zwi le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, uku­gci­na ukwe­nza yo­nke imi­la­yo ya­yo le­zi­mi­so za­yo engi­ku­la­ya zo­na la­mu­hla, le­zi­zi­qa­le­ki­so zo­nke zi­ze phe­zu kwa­khou zi­ku­fi­cev.

16 Uza­qa­le­ki­swa emzi­ni, uqa­le­ki­swe fu­thi ensi­mi­niw.

17 Ku­za­qa­le­ki­swa isi­tsha sa­kho lo­mga­nu wa­kho wo­ku­xo­ve­la izi­nkwa.

18 Ku­za­qa­le­ki­swa isi­the­lo se­si­za­lo sa­kho, le­si­the­lo so­mhla­ba wa­kho, umqe­gu we­nko­mo za­kho, la­ma­zi­nya­ne ezi­mvu za­kho.

19 Uza­qa­le­ki­swa eku­nge­ne­ni kwa­kho, uqa­le­ki­swe eku­phu­me­ni kwa­kho.

20 INko­si iza­thu­me­la pha­ka­thi kwa­kho isi­qa­le­ki­sox, inhlu­phe­koy, lo­ku­khu­zaz, ku­kho ko­nke obe­ka isa­ndla sa­kho ku­kho uku­kwe­nza, uze uchi­thwe, nja­lo uze ubhu­bhe ma­si­nya­ne, nge­nxa yo­bu­bi be­ze­nzo za­kho, ongi­de­le nga­zoa.

21 INko­si iza­na­ma­the­li­sa ku­we uma­tsha­ya­bhu­qe we­si­fo, aze aku­qe­de usu­ke eli­zwe­ni oya ku­lo uku­dla ili­fa la­lob.

22 INko­si iza­ku­tsha­ya nge­si­fo esi­ca­ki­sa­yoc, la­ngo­qhu­qho, la­ngo­ku­vu­vu­ka ko­mzi­mba, la­ngo­ku­tshi­sa oku­khu­lu­ka­zi, la­nge­nke­mbad, la­ngo­ku­ha­ngu­kae, la­nge­ngu­ma­nef; nja­lo ku­za­ku­xo­tsha uze ubhu­bhe.

23 Le­si­bha­ka­bha­ka sa­kho esi­phe­zu kwe­kha­nda la­kho si­za­ku­ba li­thu­si, lo­mhla­ba onga­pha­nsi kwa­kho ube yi­nsi­mbig.

24 INko­si iza­kwe­nza izu­lu le­li­zwe la­kho li­be lu­bhu­qu lo­thu­li, kwe­hle­le phe­zu kwa­kho ku­ve­la ema­zu­lwi­ni, uze ubhu­ji­swe.

25 INko­si iza­kwe­nza utsha­ywe pha­mbi kwe­zi­tha za­kho; uza­phu­ma ume­la­ne la­zo nga­ndle­la­nye, nja­lo uza­ba­le­ka pha­mbi kwa­zo nge­zi­ndle­la ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sah; uza­ku­ba yi­nto eye­sa­be­ka­yo ku­yo yo­nke imi­bu­so yo­mhla­bai.

26 Le­si­du­mbu sa­kho si­za­ku­ba yi­ku­dla kwe­nyo­ni zo­nke za­ma­zu­lu lo­kwe­zi­nya­ma­za­na zo­mhla­baj, nja­lo ku­nga­bi kho­na oze­thu­sa­yok.

27 INko­si iza­ku­tsha­ya nga­ma­thu­mba eGi­bhi­thel, la­ma­qhu­bum, lo­qwe­qwe, le­nko­mo, onge­la­kwe­la­tshwa ku­khon.

28 INko­si iza­ku­tsha­ya ngo­bu­hla­nya la­ngo­bu­pho­fuo la­ngo­ku­di­de­ka kwe­nhli­zi­yop.

29 Nja­lo uza­phu­mpu­tha emi­ni nje­nge­si­pho­fu si­phu­mpu­tha emnya­me­ni, unge­nzi indle­la za­kho zi­phu­me­le­le; uci­nde­ze­lwe ku­phe­la, upha­ngwe insu­ku zo­nke, ku­nga­bi kho­na osi­ndi­sa­yoq.

30 Uza­ga­na umfa­zi, ko­dwa enye indo­da ila­le la­yer; uza­kwa­kha indlu, ko­dwa unga­hla­li ku­yo; uhla­nye­le isi­vi­ni, ko­dwa unga­khi izi­the­lo za­sos.

31 Inka­bi ya­kho iza­hla­tshwa pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo akho, unga­dli okwa­yo; uba­bhe­mi wa­kho atha­thwe ngo­dla­ke­la pha­mbi ko­bu­so ba­kho, anga­bu­yi­se­lwa ku­we; izi­mvu za­kho zi­za­ni­kwa izi­tha za­kho, ku­nga­bi kho­na oku­si­ndi­se­la­yo.

32 Ama­do­da­na akho la­ma­do­da­ka­zi akho aza­ni­ke­lwa kwe­si­nye isi­zwe, la­me­hlo akho aza­kha­nge­la aba­la­nga­the usu­ku lo­nket; ko­dwa ku­nga­bi la­ma­ndla esa­ndle­ni sa­khou.

33 Isi­the­lo so­mhla­ba wa­kho, lo­mse­be­nzi wa­kho wo­nke, isi­zwe onga­sa­zi­yo si­za­ku­dla. Uza­ci­nde­ze­lwa ku­phe­la, ucho­tsho­zwe insu­ku zo­nkev,

34 uze uhla­nye nge­nxa yo­ku­bo­na kwa­me­hlo akho oza­ku­bo­naw.

35 INko­si iza­ku­tsha­ya ema­do­lwe­ni le­mi­le­nze­ni nga­ma­thu­mba ama­bi ange­la­kwe­la­tshwa, ku­su­ke­la ku­nga­pha­nsi yo­nya­wo lwa­kho ku­ze ku­be se­nka­nda ya­khox.

36 INko­si iza­ku­sa we­na le­nko­si ya­kho owa­yi­be­ka phe­zu kwa­kho esi­zwe­ni onga­sa­zi­yo we­na la­bo­yi­hloy, ukho­nze la­pho aba­nye onku­lu­nku­lu, isi­go­do le­li­tshez.

37 Uza­ku­ba yi­nto eye­sa­be­ka­yoa, isa­gab, le­nhle­ki­sa pha­ka­thi kwa­zo zo­nke izi­zwec, la­pho iNko­si eza­ku­sa kho­na.

38 Uza­phu­ma le­nhla­nye­lo ene­ngi uye ensi­mi­ni, ko­dwa ubu­the­le­le oku­lu­tshwa­nad, ngo­ba isi­kho­nya­ne si­za­ku­dlae.

39 Uza­hla­nye­la izi­vi­ni, uzi­se­be­nze, ko­dwa ka­wu­yi­ku­na­tha iwa­yi­ni, ka­wu­yi­ku­bu­tha lu­tho, ngo­ba imi­ho­go­yi iza­zi­dla.

40 Uza­ku­ba le­zi­hla­hla ze­mi­hlwa­thi pha­ka­thi kwe­mi­ngce­le ya­kho yo­nke, ko­dwa ka­wu­yi­ku­gco­ba nga­ma­fu­tha, ngo­ba imi­hlwa­thi iza­wo­hlo­ka.

41 Uza­za­la ama­do­da­na la­ma­do­da­ka­zi, ko­dwa ka­wa­yi­ku­ba nga­wa­kho, ngo­ba aza­ku­ya eku­thu­njwe­nif.

42 Zo­nke izi­hla­hla za­kho le­zi­the­lo zo­mhla­ba wa­kho zi­za­ku­ba nge­ze­si­kho­nya­ne.

43 Owe­mzi­ni opha­ka­thi kwa­kho uza­pha­ka­ma phe­zu kwa­kho aqo­nge phe­zu­lu, we­na-ke uza­kwe­hle­la pha­nsi pha­nsig.

44 Ye­na uza­kwe­bo­le­ka, ko­dwa we­na unga­me­bo­le­kih; ye­na uza­ku­ba yi­nhlo­ko, ko­dwa we­na ube ngu­msi­lai.

45 La­zo zo­nke le­zi­zi­qa­le­ki­so zi­za­kwe­hle­la, zi­xo­tsha­ne la­we, zi­ku­fi­ce, uze ubhu­ji­swe, ngo­ba unga­li­la­le­la­nga ili­zwi le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, uku­gci­na imi­la­yo ya­yo le­zi­mi­so za­yo eya­ku­la­ya zo­naj.

46 Nja­lo zi­za­ku­ba phe­zu kwa­kho uku­ba yi­si­bo­na­ka­li­so lo­ku­ba yi­si­ma­nga­li­so, la­phe­zu kwe­nza­lo ya­kho ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni.

47 Nje­ngo­ba unga­yi­kho­nza­ngak iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho nge­nto­ko­zo la­ngo­ku­hle kwe­nhli­zi­yol, nge­nxa yo­bu­ne­ngi ba­kho ko­nkem,

48 nga­kho uza­kho­nza izi­tha za­kho iNko­si eza­zi­thu­ma uku­me­la­na la­we, endla­le­ni, le­ko­me­ni, le­ku­ha­mbe­ni­ze, le­ku­swe­le­ni ko­nke. Nja­lo iza­be­ka ijo­gwe le­nsi­mbi enta­nye­ni ya­kho, ize iku­bhu­bhi­se.n

49 INko­si iza­ku­vu­se­la isi­zwe esi­ve­la kha­tsha­na, emkha­wu­lwe­ni wo­mhla­bao, nje­ngo­ku­pha­pha ko­kho­zi, isi­zwe oli­mi lwa­so onga­yi­ku­lu­zwap,

50 isi­zwe esi­lo­bu­so obe­sa­be­ka­yo, esi­nge­mu­ke­li ubu­so bo­mda­la, esi­nge­la­mu­sa ko­mu­tshaq.

51 Si­za­ku­dla isi­the­lo se­zi­fu­yo za­kho le­si­the­lo so­mhla­ba wa­kho, uze ubhu­ji­swe; oku­nga­yi­ku­ku­tshi­ye­la ama­be­le, iwa­yi­ni eli­tsha, la­ma­fu­tha, umqe­gu we­nko­mo za­kho, la­ma­zi­nya­ne ezi­mvu za­kho, si­ze si­ku­chi­ther.

52 Si­za­ku­vi­mbe­ze­la ema­sa­ngwe­ni akho wo­nke, ize idi­li­ke imi­du­li ya­kho epha­ke­me­yo le­bi­ye­lwe nge­mi­tha­nga­la obu­the­mbe­la ku­yo, eli­zwe­ni lo­nke la­kho; nja­lo si­za­ku­vi­mbe­ze­la ema­sa­ngwe­ni akho wo­nke eli­zwe­ni lo­nke la­kho iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eku­ni­ke lo­nas.

53 Nja­lo uza­ku­dla isi­the­lo se­si­za­lo sa­kho, inya­ma ya­ma­do­da­na le­ya­ma­do­da­ka­zi akho, iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eku­ni­ke wo­nat, eku­vi­nje­ze­lwe­ni le­ku­ci­nde­ze­lwe­ni, izi­tha za­kho ezi­za­ku­ci­nde­ze­la nga­khou.

54 Indo­da ebu­tha­ka­tha­ka pha­ka­thi kwa­kho le­to­to­zi­we­yo ka­khu­lu, ili­hlo la­yo li­za­ku­ba li­bi ku­mfo­wa­bov, la­ku­mkayo we­si­fu­ba sa­yo, la­ku­nsa­li ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­yo eza­ba­tshi­yaw;

55 uku­ze inga­ni­ki la­mu­nye wa­bo okwe­nya­ma ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­yo eba­dla­yo, ngo­ba inga­sa­le­lwa­nga lu­tho eku­vi­nje­ze­lwe­ni le­ku­ci­nde­ze­lwe­ni, izi­tha za­kho ezi­za­ku­ci­nde­ze­la nga­kho ema­sa­ngwe­ni akho wo­nkex.

56 Owe­si­fa­za­na obu­tha­ka­tha­ka lo­to­to­zi­we­yo pha­ka­thi kwa­kho onga­za­ma­nga uku­be­ka inga­pha­nsi yo­nya­wo lwa­khe emhla­ba­thi­ni nge­nxa yo­ku­to­to­zwa lo­bu­tha­ka­tha­kay, ili­hlo la­khe li­za­ku­ba li­bi endo­de­ni ye­si­fu­ba sa­khe, la­se­ndo­da­ne­ni ya­khe, la­se­ndo­da­ka­zi­ni ya­khez,

57 la­ku­mna­kwa­bo ophu­ma pha­ka­thi kwe­nya­wo za­khe, le­ba­ntwa­ne­ni aza­ba­za­laa; ngo­ba uza­ba­dla ensi­tha nge­nxa yo­ku­swe­la ko­nke, eku­vi­nje­ze­lwe­ni le­ku­ci­nde­ze­lwe­ni, isi­tha sa­kho esi­za­ku­ci­nde­ze­la nga­kho ema­sa­ngwe­ni akhob.

58 Uba unga­yi­ku­gci­na ukwe­nza wo­nke ama­zwi alu­mla­yo abha­li­we­yo egwa­lwe­ni lo­lu, ukwe­sa­ba le­li­bi­zo eli­lo­du­mo le­le­sa­be­ka­yo, iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho,

59 iNko­si iza­kwe­nza-ke inhlu­phe­ko za­kho zi­ma­nga­li­se, le­nhlu­phe­ko ze­nza­lo ya­kho, inhlu­phe­ko ezi­nku­lu le­zi­qhu­be­ka­yo, le­mi­khu­hla­ne emi­bi le­qhu­be­ka­yoc.

60 Nja­lo iza­bu­yi­se­la ku­we zo­nke izi­fo ze­Gi­bhi­the owa­wu­ze­sa­ba, zi­za­na­ma­the­la ku­wed,

61 la­wo wo­nke umkhu­hla­ne la­yo yo­nke inhlu­phe­ko enga­bha­lwa­nga egwa­lwe­ni lwa­lu­mla­yo, iNko­si iza­kwe­hli­se­la zo­na uze ubhu­ji­swe.

62 Nja­lo li­za­sa­la li­la­ba­ntu aba­lu­tshwa­nae, enda­we­ni yo­ku­thi la­li­nje­nge­nka­nye­zi za­ma­zu­lu ngo­bu­ne­ngi, ngo­ba ka­wu­la­le­la­nga ili­zwi le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khof.

63 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke, nje­nga­lo­khu iNko­si ya­tho­ko­za nga­ni uku­le­nze­la oku­hle lo­ku­la­ndi­sag, ngo­ku­nja­lo iNko­si iza­ja­bu­la nga­ni uku­li­chi­tha lo­ku­li­qe­da, li­hlu­thu­nwe eli­zwe­ni onge­na ku­lo uku­dla ili­fa la­loh.

64 INko­si iza­ku­hla­ka­ze­la-ke pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwe zo­nke, ku­su­ke­la ko­mu­nye umkha­wu­lo wo­mhla­ba ku­ze ku­be ko­mu­nye umkha­wu­lo wo­mhla­bai, ukho­nze la­pho aba­nye onku­lu­nku­lu, we­na la­bo­yi­hlo eli­nga­ba­za­nga, isi­go­do le­li­tshej.

65 La­pha­ka­thi kwa­le­zo­zi­zwe ka­wu­yi­ku­phu­mu­la, le­nga­pha­nsi yo­nya­wo lwa­kho ka­yi­yi­ku­ba le­nda­wo yo­ku­phu­mu­lak; ko­dwa la­pho iNko­si iza­ku­pha inhli­zi­yo ethu­thu­me­la­yol, lo­ku­fi­pha­la kwa­me­hlom, lo­ku­da­nga­la ko­mphe­fu­mu­lon.

66 Le­mpi­lo ya­kho iza­hla­la ise­va­lwe­ni pha­mbi kwa­kho; uza­tsha­ywa lu­va­lo ebu­su­ku le­mi­ni, unga­bi le­the­mba le­mpi­lo ya­kho.

67 Eku­se­ni uza­ku­thi: Ku­nga­thi ku­nga­hlwa! La­ku­si­hlwa uza­ku­thi: Ku­nga­thi ku­nga­sa! nge­nxa yo­kwe­sa­ba kwe­nhli­zi­yo oza­kwe­sa­ba nga­khoo, la­nge­nxa yo­ku­bo­na kwa­me­hlo akho oza­ku­bo­nap.

68 Le­Nko­si iza­ku­bu­yi­se­la eGi­bhi­the nge­mi­khu­mbi, nge­ndle­la enga­tsho nga­yo ku­we uku­thiq: Ka­wu­sa­yi­ku­yi­bo­na fu­thi. La­pho li­za­zi­the­ngi­sa ezi­the­ni za­kho li­be yi­zi­gqi­li le­zi­gqi­li­ka­zi, ko­dwa ka­ku­yi­ku­ba lo­mthe­ngir.

Isi­vu­me­lwa­no se­Nko­si loI­sra­ye­li eli­zwe­ni la­ko­Mo­wa­bi

29La nga­ma­zwi esi­vu­me­lwa­no iNko­si eya­mla­ya uMo­zi­si uku­se­nza la­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li eli­zwe­ni la­ko­Mo­wa­bi, nga­pha­ndle kwe­si­vu­me­lwa­no eya­yi­se­nze la­bo eHo­re­bea.

2 UMo­zi­si wa­se­bi­za uI­sra­ye­li wo­nke, wa­thi ku­bo: Li­na li­bo­ni­le ko­nke iNko­si eya­kwe­nza pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo enu eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the, ku­Fa­ro la­ku­zo zo­nke ince­ku za­khe la­ku­lo lo­nke ili­zwe la­kheb,

3 izi­li­ngo ezi­nku­lu ame­hlo akho azi­bo­ni­le­yo, izi­bo­na­ka­li­so la­le­zo­zi­ma­nga­li­so ezi­nku­luc.

4 Ko­dwa iNko­si ka­yi­li­ni­ka­nga inhli­zi­yo yo­ku­qe­di­si­sa la­me­hlo oku­bo­na le­ndle­be zo­ku­zwa ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hlad.

5 Ngi­li­ha­mbi­se imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne enka­nga­lae. Ize­mba­tho ze­nu ka­zi­gu­ga­nga phe­zu kwe­nu, le­nya­the­la la­kho ka­li­gu­ga­nga enya­we­ni lwa­khof;

6 ka­li­dla­nga si­nkwa, ka­li­na­tha­nga iwa­yi­ni lo­ku­na­thwa­yo oku­la­ma­ndla, uku­ze la­zi uku­thi ngi­yi­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nug.

7 Eku­fi­ke­ni kwe­nu ku­li­nda­wo, uSi­ho­ni inko­si ye­He­shi­bo­ni loO­gi inko­si ye­Ba­sha­ni ba­phu­ma uku­me­la­na la­thi empi­ni, ko­dwa sa­ba­tsha­yah,

8 sa­tha­tha ili­zwe la­bo, sa­li­ni­ka la­ba yi­li­fa kwa­ba­ko­Ru­be­ni la­kwa­ba­ko­Ga­di la­ku­ngxe­nye ye­si­zwe sa­ko­Ma­na­sei.

9 Nga­kho gci­na­ni ama­zwi ale­si­si­vu­me­lwa­no li­we­nzej, uku­ze li­phu­me­le­le ku­kho ko­nke eli­kwe­nza­yok.

10 Li­na lo­nke li­mi pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu la­mu­hla, inhlo­ko ze­nu, izi­zwe ze­nu, aba­da­la be­nu, le­zi­ndu­na ze­nu, wo­nke ama­do­da akoI­sra­ye­lil,

11 aba­ntwa­nya­na be­nu, omke­nu, lo­we­mzi­ni opha­ka­thi kwe­nka­mba ya­kho, ku­su­ke­la ku­mga­mu­li we­nku­ni za­kho ku­ze ku­be ku­mu­khi wa­ma­nzi akhom,

12 ukwe­dlu­le­la esi­vu­me­lwa­ne­ni se­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho le­si­fu­ngwe­ni sa­yo, iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho ese­nza la­we la­mu­hlan,

13 uku­ze iku­mi­se la­mu­hla ube yi­si­zwe sa­yo, lo­ku­thi yo­na ibe ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­khoo, nje­ngo­ku­tsho kwa­yo ku­wep la­nje­ngo­ku­fu­nga kwa­yo ku­bo­yi­hlo, kuA­bra­ha­ma, kuI­sa­ka la­ku­Ja­ko­beq.

14 Nja­lo ka­ngi­se­nzi la­ni lo­dwa le­si­si­vu­me­lwa­nor la­le­si­si­fu­ngos,

15 ko­dwa la­lo­wo ola­pha la­thi, omi­yo la­mu­hla pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu, nja­lo la­lo­wo onge­kho la­pha la­thi la­mu­hlat.

16 Ngo­ba li­na li­ya­zi uku­thi sa­hla­la nja­ni eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the, lo­ku­thi sa­da­bu­la nja­ni pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwe ela­da­bu­la ku­zo;

17 nja­lo li­bo­ni­le izi­ne­ngi­so za­zo, le­zi­tho­mbe za­zo, isi­go­do le­li­tshe, isi­li­va le­go­li­de, eza­zi­la­zo.

18 Hle­zi ku­be kho­na pha­ka­thi kwe­nu indo­da ku­mbe owe­si­fa­za­na ku­mbe usa­pho ku­mbe isi­zwe, onhli­zi­yo ya­khe ipha­mbu­ka la­mu­hla isu­ka eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu uku­ya­kho­nza onku­lu­nku­lu ba­le­zi­zi­zwe. Hle­zi ku­be kho­na pha­ka­thi kwe­nu impa­nde ethe­la izi­the­lo ezi­lo­bu­hlu­nguu le­zi­ba­ba­yov.

19 Nja­lo ku­za­ku­thi nxa esi­zwa ama­zwi ale­si­si­qa­le­ki­so, azi­bu­si­se enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­khe esi­thi: Ngi­za­ku­ba lo­ku­thu­la la­nxa ngi­ha­mba ebu­qho­lwe­ni be­nhli­zi­yo ya­mi; uku­ze ku­qe­dwe oku­ma­nziw ka­nye lo­ko­mi­le­yo.

20 INko­si ka­yi­yi­ku­vu­ma uku­mthe­the­le­la, ko­dwa kho­na intu­ku­the­lo ye­Nko­six lo­bu­khwe­le ba­yo ku­za­thu­nqe­la le­yo­ndo­da, nja­lo so­nke isi­qa­le­ki­so esi­bha­li­we­yo egwa­lwe­ni lo­lu si­za­la­la phe­zu kwa­yoy, le­Nko­si ici­tshe ibi­zo la­yo li­su­ke nga­pha­nsi kwa­ma­zu­lu.z

21 Le­Nko­si iza­ye­hlu­ka­ni­se­la ubu­bi iyi­khu­phe ku­zo zo­nke izi­zwe za­koI­sra­ye­li, nje­nga­zo zo­nke izi­qa­le­ki­so ze­si­vu­me­lwa­no ezi­bha­li­we­yo egwa­lwe­ni lwa­lu­mla­yo.

22 Kho­na si­za­ku­thi isi­zu­ku­lwa­na esi­za­yo, aba­ntwa­na be­nu, aba­za­ve­la emva kwe­nu, lo­we­zi­zwe ove­la eli­zwe­ni eli­kha­tsha­na, la­pho be­bo­na inhlu­phe­ko za­le­li­li­zwe le­zi­fo iNko­si eli­gu­li­se nga­zoa,

23 ili­zwe lo­nke la­lo li­za­ku­ba yi­si­ba­bu­le le­tshwa­yi lo­ku­tshi­swa, ali­hla­nye­lwa­nga, ka­li­mi­li­si, ka­ku­la­la­tsha­ni obu­mi­la ku­lob, nje­ngo­ku­bhu­ji­swa kwe­So­do­ma le­Go­mo­ra, iA­di­ma le­Ze­bo­yi­mi, iNko­si eya­yi­bhu­bhi­sa entu­ku­the­lwe­ni ya­yo le­la­ke­ni lwa­yoc,

24 la­zo zo­nke izi­zwe zi­za­ku­thid: Ku­nga­ni iNko­si ye­nze ka­nje ku­le­li­li­zwee? Ku­yi­ni uku­vu­tha kwa­lo­lu­la­ka olu­khu­luf?

25 Kho­na ba­za­ku­thi: Ngo­ba ba­tshi­yi­le isi­vu­me­lwa­no se­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­yi­se, eya­se­nza la­bo eku­ba­khu­phe­ni kwa­yo eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the.

26 Ba­ha­mba ba­kho­nza aba­nye onku­lu­nku­lu ba­ba­kho­tha­me­la, onku­lu­nku­lu aba­nga­ba­zi­yo, eya­yi­nga­ba­be­la­nga.

27 Le­ntu­ku­the­lo ye­Nko­si ya­li­vu­the­la le­li­li­zwe, ukwe­hli­se­la ku­lo zo­nke izi­qa­le­ki­so ezi­bha­li­we­yo egwa­lwe­ni lo­lu.

28 Nja­lo iNko­si ya­ba­si­phu­na eli­zwe­ni la­bo nge­ntu­ku­the­lo la­ngo­la­ka la­nge­nzo­ndo enku­lu, ya­ba­pho­se­la kwe­li­nye ili­zwe nje­nga­la­mu­hlag.

29 Imfi­hlo nge­ze­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu, ko­dwa izi­nto eze­mbu­li­we­yo zi­nge­ze­thu le­za­ba­ntwa­na be­thu ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni, ukwe­nza wo­nke ama­zwi alu­mla­yo.

Aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­za­bu­si­swa ngo­ku­phe­ndu­ka la­ngo­ku­la­le­la

30Ku­za­ku­thi-kea, zo­nke izi­nto le­zi se­zi­kwe­hle­le, isi­bu­si­so le­si­qa­le­ki­so, engi­zi­be­ki­le­yo pha­mbi kwa­khob, uzi­vu­se­le­le enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­kho pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwe zo­nke la­pho iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eku­xo­tshe­le kho­nac,

2 uza­bu­ye­la eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, ula­le­le ili­zwi la­yo, nje­nga­kho ko­nke engi­ku­la­ya kho­na la­mu­hla, we­na la­ba­ntwa­na ba­kho, nge­nhli­zi­yo ya­kho yo­nke la­ngo­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­kho wo­nked,

3 kho­na iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho iza­bu­yi­sa uku­thu­njwa kwa­kho, iku­ha­wu­ke­lee, ibu­ye, iku­bu­the ezi­zwe­ni zo­nke la­pho iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eku­hla­ka­ze­le kho­naf.

4 La­nxa aba­xo­tshi­we­yo ba­kho be­se­mkha­wu­lwe­ni wa­ma­zu­lu, ula­pho iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho iza­ku­bu­tha, ula­pho-ke iku­tha­theg.

5 Le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho iza­ku­nge­ni­sa eli­zwe­ni oyi­hlo aba­li­fu­ya­yo, nja­lo uza­li­fu­ya, ikwe­nze­le oku­hle, ikwa­ndi­se ku­la­bo­yi­hloh.

6 Le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho iza­so­ka inhli­zi­yo ya­kho le­nhli­zi­yo ye­nza­lo ya­kho, uku­tha­nda iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho nge­nhli­zi­yo ya­kho yo­nke la­ngo­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­kho wo­nke, uku­ze uphi­lei.

7 Le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho iza­kwe­hli­se­la zo­nke le­zi­zi­qa­le­ki­so ezi­the­ni za­kho la­kwa­ba­ku­zo­nda­yo aba­be­ku­zi­nge­la.

8 We­na-ke uza­bu­ya ula­le­le ili­zwi le­Nko­si, we­nze yo­nke imi­la­yo ya­yo engi­ku­la­ya yo­na la­mu­hla.

9 Nja­lo iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho iza­kwa­ndi­sa ku­wo wo­nke umse­be­nzi we­sa­ndla sa­kho, esi­the­lwe­ni se­si­za­lo sa­kho, le­si­the­lwe­ni se­zi­fu­yo za­kho, le­si­the­lwe­ni so­mhla­ba wa­kho, uku­thi ku­lu­ngej; ngo­ba iNko­si iza­bu­ya uku­ku­tha­be­la ku­be ku­hle, nje­nga­lo­khu ya­tha­be­la oyi­hlok,

10 uba uza­la­le­la ili­zwi le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, uku­gci­na imi­la­yo ya­yo le­zi­mi­so za­yo ezi­bha­lwe ku­lo­lu­gwa­lo lo­mla­yo, uba uphe­ndu­ke­la eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho nge­nhli­zi­yo ya­kho yo­nke la­ngo­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­kho wo­nke.

11 Ngo­ba lu­mla­yo engi­ku­la­ya wo­na la­mu­hla ka­wu­fi­hlwa­nga ku­we, fu­thi ka­wu­kha­tsha­na la­we.

12 Ka­wu­kho ema­zu­lwi­ni uku­thi uthi: Ngu­ba­ni oza­se­nyu­ke­le­la ema­zu­lwi­ni, asi­tha­the­le wo­na uku­ze si­wu­zwe si­we­nzel?

13 Fu­thi ka­wu­nga­phe­tshe­ya ko­lwa­ndle uku­thi uthi: Ngu­ba­ni oza­si­cha­phe­la aye nga­phe­tshe­ya ko­lwa­ndle, asi­tha­the­le wo­na uku­ze si­wu­zwe si­we­nze?

14 Ko­dwa ili­zwi li­se­du­ze ka­khu­lu la­we, emlo­nye­ni wa­kho le­nhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­kho uku­le­nza.

15 Bo­na, ngi­be­ki­le pha­mbi kwa­kho la­mu­hla impi­lo lo­ku­lu­nga, lo­ku­fa lo­bu­bim.

16 Ngo­ba ngi­ya­ku­la­ya la­mu­hla uku­tha­nda iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, lo­ku­ha­mba endle­le­ni za­yo, lo­ku­gci­na imi­la­yo ya­yo le­zi­mi­so za­yo le­za­hlu­le­lo za­yo, uku­ze uphi­le wa­nden; le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho iza­ku­bu­si­sa eli­zwe­ni oya ku­lo uku­dla ili­fa la­lo.

17 Ko­dwa uba inhli­zi­yo ya­kho iphe­ndu­ka uku­ze unga­la­le­lio, udu­hi­swe, ukho­tha­me­le aba­nye onku­lu­nku­lu, uba­kho­nzep,

18 ngi­ya­li­tshe­la la­mu­hla uku­thi li­za­bhu­bha lo­ku­bhu­bhaq; ka­li­yi­kwe­lu­la izi­nsu­ku eli­zwe­ni la­pho ocha­phe­la iJo­da­ni kho­na uku­nge­na ku­lo uku­dla ili­fa la­lor.

19 La­mu­hla ngi­ya­bi­za ama­zu­lu lo­mhla­ba uku­fa­ka­za nga­nis. Impi­lo lo­ku­fa ngi­ku­be­ki­le pha­mbi kwa­khot, isi­bu­si­so le­si­qa­le­ki­so. Nga­kho khe­tha impi­lo uku­ze uphi­le we­na le­nza­lo ya­khou,

20 uku­tha­nda iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, uku­la­le­la ili­zwi la­yo, lo­ku­na­ma­the­la ku­yov. Ngo­ba iyi­mpi­lo ya­kho lo­bu­de be­nsu­ku za­khow, uku­ze uhla­le eli­zwe­ni iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eya­fu­nge­la oyi­hlo, uA­bra­ha­ma, uI­sa­ka, lo­Ja­ko­be, uku­ba­ni­ka lo­nax.

UJo­shu­wa uza­tha­tha isi­khu­ndla si­ka­Mo­zi­si

31UMo­zi­si wa­se­ha­mba wa­khu­lu­ma la­ma­zwi kuI­sra­ye­li wo­nke,

2 wa­thi ku­bo: Ngi­le­mi­nya­ka eli­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­mu­hlaa; ka­ngi­se­la­ma­ndla oku­phu­ma lo­ku­nge­nab. Le­Nko­si ya­thi ki­mi: Ka­wu­yi­ku­yi­cha­pha le iJo­da­nic.

3 INko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, yo­na iza­cha­pha pha­mbi kwa­kho, yo­na iza­chi­tha le­zi­zi­zwe zi­su­ke pha­mbi kwa­kho, uku­ze udle ili­fa la­zo. UJo­shu­wa, ye­na uza­cha­pha pha­mbi kwa­khod, nje­ngo­ku­tsho kwe­Nko­sie.

4 Le­Nko­si iza­kwe­nza ku­zof nje­ngo­kwe­nza kwa­yo ku­Si­ho­ni la­kuO­gi, ama­kho­si amaA­mo­ri, le­li­zwe­ni la­wo, ewa­chi­thi­le­yog.

5 INko­si iza­zi­ni­ke­la-ke pha­mbi kwe­nu, uku­ze le­nze ku­zo nje­ngo­kwe­mi­la­yo yo­nke engi­li­la­ye yo­nah.

6 Qi­na­ni, li­me isi­bi­ndii, li­nge­sa­bi, li­nga­tsha­ywa lu­va­lo nge­nxa ya­zoj; ngo­ba iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, yi­yo eha­mba la­wek; ka­yi­yi­ku­ku­la­hla, ka­yi­yi­ku­ku­de­lal.

7 UMo­zi­si wa­se­mbi­za uJo­shu­wa, wa­thi ku­ye pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo kaI­sra­ye­li wo­nke: Qi­na, ume isi­bi­ndi; ngo­ba we­na uza­nge­na la­la­ba­ba­ntu eli­zwe­ni iNko­si eya­li­fu­nge­la oyi­se uku­ba­ni­ka lo­na; uza­be­nza ba­dle ili­fa la­lom.

8 Nja­lo iNko­si, yi­yo eha­mba pha­mbi kwa­kho; yo­na iza­ku­ba la­wen, inga­ku­la­hli, inga­ku­de­li; unge­sa­bio, unga­kha­tha­ze­kip.

Umla­yo uza­ba­lwa eku­phe­le­ni kwe­mi­nya­ka eyi­si­kho­mbi­sa

9 UMo­zi­si wa­se­wu­bha­la lu­mla­yo, wa­wu­ni­ka aba­pri­sti, ama­do­da­na ka­Le­viq, aba­be­thwa­la umtsho­ko­tsho we­si­vu­me­lwa­no se­Nko­si, la­ku­bo bo­nke aba­da­la ba­koI­sra­ye­lir.

10 UMo­zi­si wa­se­ba­la­ya esi­thi: Eku­phe­le­ni kwe­mi­nya­ka eyi­si­kho­mbi­sa, nge­si­kha­thi esi­mi­si­we­yo so­mnya­ka we­nku­lu­le­kos, emkho­si­ni wa­ma­du­mbat,

11 la­pho uI­sra­ye­li wo­nke ese­fi­ke uku­bo­na­ka­la pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho enda­we­ni eza­yi­khe­thau, uwu­ba­le lu­mla­yo pha­mbi ku­kaI­sra­ye­li wo­nke endle­be­ni za­bov.

12 Bu­tha­ni­sa aba­ntu, abe­si­li­sa la­be­si­fa­za­na la­ba­ntwa­na, lo­we­mzi­ni wa­kho opha­ka­thi kwa­ma­sa­ngo akho, uku­ze be­zwe, lo­ku­ze ba­fu­nde, ba­ye­sa­be iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu, ba­gci­ne ukwe­nza wo­nke ama­zwi alu­mla­yow.

13 La­ba­ntwa­na ba­bo aba­nga­zi­yox be­zwe, ba­fu­nde uku­ye­sa­ba iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu, zo­nke izi­nsu­ku zo­ku­phi­la kwe­nu, eli­zwe­ni eli­cha­pha iJo­da­ni li­si­ya ku­lo uku­dla ili­fa la­loy.

Imi­la­ye­ze­lo yo­ku­ci­na ye­Nko­si ku­Mo­zi­si

14 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Mo­zi­si: Kha­nge­la, insu­ku za­kho zo­ku­fa se­zi­so­nde­lez; bi­za uJo­shu­wa, zi­mi­se­ni ethe­nte­ni le­nhla­nga­no uku­ze ngi­mla­ye. UMo­zi­si lo­Jo­shu­wa ba­ha­mba-ke, ba­zi­mi­sa ethe­nte­ni le­nhla­nga­noa.

15 INko­si ya­si­bo­na­ka­la ethe­nte­ni ensi­ke­ni ye­ye­zi; le­nsi­ka ye­ye­zi ye­ma phe­zu ko­mnya­ngo we­the­nteb.

16 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Mo­zi­si: Kha­nge­la, uza­la­la la­bo­yi­hlo; la­la­ba­ba­ntu ba­za­su­ku­mac ba­phi­nge ngo­ku­la­nde­la onku­lu­nku­lu be­zi­zwe­ni be­li­zwe, la­pho aba­ya kho­na pha­ka­thi kwa­bod, ba­ngi­tshi­yee, be­phu­le isi­vu­me­lwa­no sa­mi engi­se­nze la­bof.

17 Le­ntu­ku­the­lo ya­mi iza­ba­vu­the­la nga­lo­lo­su­ku, ngi­ba­tshi­yeg, ngi­ba­fi­hle­le ubu­so ba­mi, uku­ze ba­be yi­ku­dlah, be­hle­lwe ngo­ku­bi oku­ne­ngi le­zi­nhlu­phe­ko, ba­ze ba­thi nga­lo­lo­su­ku: Angi­thi lo­bu­bu­bi bu­se­hle­le ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu ka­kho pha­ka­thi kwe­thui?

18 La­mi ngi­za­fi­hla lo­ku­fi­hla ubu­so ba­mi nga­lo­lo­su­ku nge­nxa yo­bu­bi bo­nke aba­be­nzi­le­yo, ngo­ba be­phe­ndu­ke­le kwa­ba­nye onku­lu­nku­luj.

19 Nga­kho-ke zi­bha­le­le­ni li­ngo­ma, uyi­fu­ndi­se aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li; uyi­fa­ke emlo­nye­ni wa­bo uku­ze li­ngo­ma ibe yi­bu­fa­ka­zi ki­mi obu­me­le­ne la­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­lik.

20 La­pho se­ngi­ba­nge­ni­si­le eli­zwe­ni enga­li­fu­nge­la oyi­se, eli­ge­le­za ucha­go lo­lu­ju, se­be­dli­le ba­su­thal, ba­zi­mu­kam, ba­za­phe­ndu­ke­la kwa­ba­nye onku­lu­nku­lu, ba­ba­kho­nzen, ba­ngi­de­le­leo, be­phu­le isi­vu­me­lwa­no sa­mip.

21 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke, nxa se­be­hle­lwe ngo­ku­bi oku­ne­ngi le­zi­nhlu­phe­ko, li­ngo­ma iza­phe­ndu­la pha­mbi ko­bu­so ba­bo ibe yi­bu­fa­ka­zi; ngo­ba ka­yi­yi­ku­kho­hla­ka­la emlo­nye­ni we­nza­lo ya­boq. Ngo­ba ngi­ya­wa­zir ama­ce­bo abo aba­we­nza­yo la­mu­hla, ngi­nga­ka­ba­nge­ni­si eli­zwe­ni engi­fu­nge nga­los.

22 UMo­zi­si wa­se­bha­la li­ngo­ma nga­lo­lo­su­ku, wa­yi­fu­ndi­sa aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li.

23 Ya­si­la­ya uJo­shu­wa indo­da­na ka­Nu­ni ya­thit: Qi­na, ume isi­bi­ndi, ngo­ba we­na uza­ba­nge­ni­sa aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li eli­zwe­ni enga­ba­fu­nge­la lo­nau; la­mi ngi­za­ku­ba la­wev.

24 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi uMo­zi­si ese­qe­di­le uku­bha­la ama­zwi alu­mla­yo egwa­lwe­ni, aze aphe­law,

25 uMo­zi­si wa­la­ya ama­Le­vi aye­thwa­la umtsho­ko­tsho we­si­vu­me­lwa­no se­Nko­si esi­thix:

26 Tha­tha­ni lo­lu­gwa­lo lo­mla­yo, li­lu­be­ke ece­le­ni ko­mtsho­ko­tsho we­si­vu­me­lwa­no se­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu, uku­ze lu­be kho­nay, ku­be yi­bu­fa­ka­zi obu­me­le­ne la­wez.

27 Ngo­ba mi­na ngi­ya­zi umvu­ke­la wa­kho, le­nta­mo ya­kho elu­khu­ni; kha­nge­la­ni, ngi­sa­phi­la la­ni la­mu­hlaa, be­li­nga­ba­vu­ke­li be­Nko­si; pho, ka­nga­ka­na­ni emva ko­ku­fa kwa­mib?

28 Bu­tha­ni­sa­ni ki­mi bo­nke aba­da­la be­zi­zwe ze­nu le­ndu­na ze­nu uku­ze ngi­khu­lu­me la­ma­zwi endle­be­ni za­boc, ngi­bi­ze ama­zu­lu lo­mhla­ba uku­ba nga­ba­fa­ka­zi ba­me­la­ne la­bod.

29 Ngo­ba ngi­ya­zi uku­thi emva ko­ku­fa kwa­mi li­za­ko­na lo­ko­na, li­pha­mbu­ke endle­le­ni engi­li­la­ye yo­nae; li­za­kwe­hle­lwa ngo­ku­bi nge­nsu­ku ezi­za­yo, ngo­ba li­za­kwe­nza oku­bi eme­hlwe­ni eNko­sif, li­yi­thu­ku­the­li­se ngo­mse­be­nzi we­za­ndla ze­nug.

Ingo­ma ka­Mo­zi­si

30 UMo­zi­si wa­se­khu­lu­ma ama­zwi ali­ngo­ma endle­be­ni ze­ba­ndla lo­nke la­koI­sra­ye­li, aze aphe­la.

32Be­ka­ni indle­be, ma­zu­lu, ngi­za­khu­lu­ma, nja­lo zwa­na, mhla­ba, ama­zwi omlo­mo wa­mia.

2 Imfu­ndi­so ya­mib iza­tho­nta nje­nge­zu­lu, inku­lu­mo ya­mi iza­tho­nta nje­nga­ma­zo­lo, nje­ngo­mkhi­zo phe­zu ko­hla­zac, la­nje­nge­mi­fe­fe­zo emi­bhi­de­nid.

3 Ngo­ba ngi­za­me­me­ze­la ibi­zo le­Nko­si. Mni­ke­ni ubu­khu­lu uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thue.

4 U­li­Dwa­la, umse­be­nzi wa­khe uphe­le­lef, ngo­ba zo­nke indle­la za­khe zi­yi­za­hlu­le­log. UNku­lu­nku­lu we­qi­ni­soh, onge­la­bu­bi, ulu­ngi­le, uqo­ndi­lei.

5 Bo­ni­le ku­ye, ka­ba­si­bo aba­ntwa­na ba­khe, isi­ci nge­sa­bo, ba­yi­si­zu­ku­lwa­na esi­go­bi­le­yoj le­si­pha­mbe­ne­yok.

6 Li­nga­hla­wu­la lo­kho eNko­si­ni yi­ni, ba­ntu aba­yi­zi­thu­tha la­ba­nga­hla­ka­ni­pha­ngal? Ka­yi­su­ye yi­ni uyi­hlom owa­ku­the­nga­yon, wa­kwe­nza, wa­ku­mi­sao?

7 Khu­mbu­la insu­ku ze­ndu­lo, una­ka­ne imi­nya­ka ye­si­zu­ku­lwa­na nge­si­zu­ku­lwa­na. Bu­za uyi­hlo, uza­ku­la­ndi­se­la, aba­da­la ba­kho, ba­za­ku­tshe­lap.

8 La­pho oPhe­zu­ko­nke eni­ka izi­zwe ili­faq, la­pho ese­hlu­ka­ni­sa ama­do­da­na kaA­da­mu, wa­mi­sa imi­ngce­le ye­zi­zwe nje­nge­na­ni la­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­lir.

9 Ngo­ba isa­be­lo se­Nko­si nga­ba­ntu ba­yo, uJa­ko­be uyi­nka­tho ye­li­fa la­yo.

10 Wa­mfi­ca eli­zwe­ni eli­yi­nka­nga­las, le­nka­nga­lat enge­la­lu­tho ebho­nga­you. Wa­mkho­khe­la wa­mbho­di­sa, wa­mfu­ndi­sa, wa­mgci­na nje­nge­nhla­mvu ye­li­hlo la­khev.

11 Nje­ngo­kho­zi olu­nya­ka­zi­sa isi­dle­ke sa­low, lu­ndi­za phe­zu kwa­ma­phu­phu alo, lu­se­lu­la impi­ko za­lo, lu­wa­tha­thax, lu­wa­thwa­le nge­zi­mpa­phe za­loy,

12 INko­si yo­dwa ya­mkho­khe­la, nja­lo kwa­ku­nge­kho la­yo unku­lu­nku­lu wa­be­zi­zwe.

13 Ya­mga­di­sa enda­we­ni ezi­pha­ke­me­yo zo­mhla­ba, uku­ze adle izi­the­lo ze­nsi­muz. Ya­mo­ndla ngo­lu­ju olu­ve­la edwa­le­nia, la­ma­fu­thab aphu­ma eli­tshe­ni eli­lu­khu­ni le­dwa­lac,

14 iza­nke­fu ze­nko­mo, lo­cha­go lwe­mbu­zi, ka­nye la­ma­fu­tha ama­wu­ndlu, le­zi­nqa­ma zo­hlo­bo lwe­Ba­sha­ni, le­zi­mpo­ngo, ka­nye la­ma­hwa­hwa ezi­nso ze­ngqo­lo­yid; we­na wa­su­na­tha iga­zi le­zi­the­lo ze­si­vi­ni, iwa­yi­nie.

15 Ko­dwa uJe­shu­ru­ni wa­zi­mu­kaf wa­kha­bag. Usu­zi­mu­ki­le, wa­khu­lu­pha­la, we­mbe­swa nga­ma­hwa­hwah. Ye­na wa­de­la uNku­lu­nku­lui owa­me­nza­yoj, wa­de­le­la iDwa­la lo­si­ndi­so lwa­khek.

16 Ba­mba­nge­la ubu­khwe­le ngo­kwe­zi­zwe, ba­mthu­ku­the­li­sa nge­zi­ne­ngi­sol.

17 Ba­hla­be­la ama­di­mo­ni, ha­tshi uNku­lu­nku­lu, onku­lu­nku­lu aba­be­nga­ba­zi, aba­tsha aba­ve­la edu­ze, oyi­hlo aba­nga­be­sa­ba­ngam.

18 IDwa­la ela­ku­za­la­yo uli­kho­hli­we, wa­mkho­hlwa uNku­lu­nku­lu owa­ku­za­la­yon.

19 Kwa­thi iNko­si iku­bo­na, ya­ne­ngwa yi­boo, nge­nxa ye­ntu­ku­the­lo ya­ma­do­da­na ayo la­ma­do­da­ka­zi ayop.

20 Ya­si­si­thi: Ngi­za­ba­fi­hle­la ubu­so ba­mi, ngi­bo­ne uku­thi uku­phe­la kwa­bo ku­za­ku­ba yi­niq; ngo­ba ba­yi­si­zu­ku­lwa­na esi­pha­mbe­ne­yo, aba­ntwa­na oku­nge­la­ku­the­mbe­ka ki­bor.

21 Bo­na ba­nge­nze nga­ba lo­bu­khwe­le ngo­ku­nge­su­ye uNku­lu­nku­lus; ba­ngi­thu­ku­the­li­si­le nge­zi­nto za­bo ezi­yi­zet. Nga­kho ngi­za­be­nza ba­be lo­bu­khwe­le nga­ba­nge­yi­si­bo aba­ntu; ngi­ba­thu­ku­the­li­se nge­si­zwe esi­yi­si­thu­thau.

22 Ngo­ba umli­lo usu­ba­si­we entu­ku­the­lwe­ni ya­mi, uya­vu­tha ku­ze ku­be se­si­ho­gwe­ni esi­nga­pha­nsi ka­khu­luv; uza­qe­da umhla­ba le­zi­the­lo za­wow, ulu­ma­thi­se izi­se­ke­lo ze­zi­nta­bax.

23 Ngi­za­bu­the­le­la ubu­bi phe­zu kwa­bo, ngi­qe­de­le imi­tsho­ko ya­mi ku­boy.

24 Ba­za­mu­nywa yi­ndla­la, ba­qe­dwe yi­ku­tshi­sa le­nci­tha­ka­lo eba­ba­yo; nja­lo ngi­za­thu­me­la pha­ka­thi kwa­bo ama­zi­nyo ezi­loz, lo­bu­hlu­ngu be­zi­hu­qu­ze­la­yo zo­thu­lia.

25 Nga­pha­ndle inke­mba iza­be­nza ba­fe­lwe, ngo­ku­nja­lo uva­lo ezi­ndli­ni ezi­nga­pha­ka­thi, ija­ha la­lo le­nto­mbi emsu­lwa, omu­nya­yo ka­nye le­ndo­da eyi­mpu­ngab.

26 Nga­thi: Ngi­za­ba­hla­ka­za, nge­nze uku­khu­nju­lwa kwa­bo ku­phe­le pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntuc;

27 uba be­ngi­nge­sa­bi intu­ku­the­lo ye­si­tha, hle­zi aba­zo­ndi ba­bo ba­hla­ne­ke­led, hle­zi ba­thi: Isa­ndla se­thu si­pha­ke­me; le­Nko­si ka­ku­si­yo eye­nze ko­nke lo­khue.

28 Ngo­ba ba­yi­si­zwe esi­nge­la­kwe­lu­le­kwa, nja­lo ka­ku­kho uku­qe­di­si­sa ku­bof.

29 Kwa­nga­thi nga­be be­be­hla­ka­ni­phi­le, be­be­nga­qe­di­si­sa lo­khug, ba­zwi­si­se isi­phe­tho sa­boh!

30 Oye­dwa anga­xo­tsha nja­ni aba­yi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne, la­ba­bi­li ba­ba­le­ki­se aba­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mii, nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­thi iDwa­la la­bo li­ba­the­ngi­si­le, le­Nko­si iba­ni­ke­lej?

31 Ngo­ba idwa­la la­bo ka­li­nje­nge­Dwa­la le­thuk; nje­ngo­ba izi­tha ze­thu zi­nga­ba­hlu­le­lil.

32 Ngo­ba ivi­ni la­bo li­ve­la evi­ni­ni le­So­do­ma, le­ma­si­mi­ni eGo­mo­ram; izi­the­lo ze­si­vi­ni sa­bo zi­yi­zi­the­lo ze­si­vi­ni ezi­lo­bu­hlu­ngu; zi­la­ma­hlu­ku­zo aba­ba­yon.

33 Iwa­yi­ni la­bo li­yi­bu­hlu­ngu be­mi­go­bhoo, lo­bu­hlu­ngu obu­le­si­hlu­kup ba­ma­bu­lu­luq.

34 Lo­kho ka­ku­be­ki­we ki­mi yi­ni, ku­na­nye­ki­we ema­gu­gwi­ni amir?

35 Nge­ya­mi impi­ndi­se­lo lo­ku­bu­yi­se­la, nge­si­kha­thi so­ku­tshe­le­la ko­nya­wo lwa­bos; ngo­ba usu­ku lwe­ngo­zi ya­bo se­lu­so­nde­le, le­zi­nto aba­zi­lu­ngi­se­lwe­yo zi­ya­pha­ngi­sat.

36 Ngo­ba iNko­si iza­ba­hlu­le­la aba­ntu ba­you, izi­so­le nge­nce­ku za­yo, la­pho ibo­na uku­thi ama­ndla ase­ha­mbi­lev, lo­ku­thi ka­kho ova­le­lwe­yo lo­khu­lu­le­ki­le­yow.

37 Kho­na iza­ku­thi: Ba­nga­phi onku­lu­nku­lu ba­bo, idwa­la aba­be­phe­phe­la ku­lox,

38 aba­dla ama­fu­tha emi­hla­tshe­lo ya­bo, ba­na­tha iwa­yi­ni lo­mni­ke­lo wa­bo wo­ku­thu­lu­lwa? Ka­ba­vu­ke, ba­li­si­ze, ba­be yi­si­vi­ke­lo se­nu.

39 Bo­na­ni kha­the­si uku­thi mi­na, ngi­ngu­ye, nja­lo ka­kho unku­lu­nku­lu ola­miy; mi­na ngi­ya­bu­la­la, nja­lo ngi­phi­li­sez; ngi­ya­tsha­ya, nja­lo mi­na nge­la­phe; nja­lo ka­kho onga­hlu­thu­na esa­ndle­ni sa­mia.

40 Ngo­ba ngi­pha­ka­mi­se­la isa­ndla sa­mi ema­zu­lwi­ni, ngi­thi: Ngi­ya­phi­la ku­ze ku­be pha­ka­deb,

41 nxa ngi­lo­la inke­mba ya­mi epha­zi­ma­yo, le­sa­ndla sa­mi si­ba­mbe­le­la ekwa­hlu­le­le­ni, ngi­za­bu­yi­se­la impi­ndi­se­lo ezi­the­ni za­mi, ngi­ba­vu­ze aba­ngi­zo­nda­yoc.

42 Ngi­za­da­ki­sa imi­tsho­ko ya­mi nge­ga­zi, le­nke­mba ya­mi iza­ku­dla inya­ma, nge­ga­zi la­ba­gwa­zi­we­yo la­ba­thu­nji­we­yod, eku­qa­li­se­ni kwe­zi­mpi­ndi­se­lo ngi­me­le­ne le­si­thae.

43 Tho­ko­za­ni zi­zwe, ba­ntu ba­yof; ngo­ba iza­phi­ndi­se­la iga­zi le­nce­ku za­yog, ibu­yi­se­le impi­ndi­se­lo ku­zi­tha za­yoh, ye­nze­le ili­zwe la­yo, aba­ntu ba­yo, inhla­wu­lo yo­ku­thu­lai.

44 UMo­zi­si wa­se­si­za, wa­khu­lu­ma wo­nke ama­zwi ali­ngo­ma endle­be­ni za­ba­ntu, ye­na lo­Ho­se­ya indo­da­na ka­Nu­ni.

45 UMo­zi­si ese­qe­di­le uku­khu­lu­ma wo­nke la­ma­zwi kuI­sra­ye­li wo­nke,

46 wa­thi ku­bo: Be­ka­ni inhli­zi­yo ye­nu ku­wo wo­nke ama­zwi engi­wa­fa­ka­za pha­ka­thi kwe­nu la­mu­hla, uku­thi li­ba­la­ye aba­ntwa­na be­nu ba­gci­ne uku­we­nza wo­nke ama­zwi alu­mla­yoj.

47 Ngo­ba ka­ku­si­yo into eyi­ze ki­ni, ngo­ba ku­yi­mpi­lo ye­nu; nga­li­nto li­za­kwe­lu­la izi­nsu­ku eli­zwe­ni eli­cha­pha iJo­da­ni uku­ya ku­lo uku­dla ili­fa la­lok.

UMo­zi­si uvu­nye­lwa uku­thi abo­ne ili­zwe le­Kha­na­ni

48 INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­si nga­lo­na lo­lo­su­ku isi­thi:

49 Ye­nyu­ke­la ku­le inta­ba yeA­ba­ri­mi, inta­ba ye­Ne­bo, ese­li­zwe­ni la­ko­Mo­wa­bi ema­qo­nda­na le­Je­ri­ko, ubo­ne ili­zwe le­Kha­na­ni engi­li­ni­ka aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li uku­ba yi­li­fal,

50 ufe­le enta­be­ni owe­nyu­ke­la ku­yo, ubu­the­lwe eba­ntwi­ni ba­ki­nim, nje­ngoA­ro­ni umne­we­nu efe­la enta­be­ni ye­Ho­ri, wa­bu­the­lwa eba­ntwi­ni ba­ki­bon.

51 Nge­nxa yo­ku­thi la­pha­mba­na la­mi pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ema­nzi­ni eMe­ri­ba-Ka­de­shi enka­nga­la ye­Zi­ni; ngo­ba ka­li­ngi­ngcwe­li­sa­nga pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­lio.

52 Ngo­ba unga­ne­no uza­li­bo­na ili­zwe, ko­dwa ka­wu­yi­ku­nge­na kho­na, eli­zwe­ni engi­li­ni­ka aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­lip.

UMo­zi­si ubu­si­sa izi­zwe za­koI­sra­ye­li

33La­le­si yi­si­bu­si­soa uMo­zi­si umu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu abu­si­sa nga­so aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li enga­ka­fib.

2 Wa­se­si­thi:

INko­si ya­ve­la eSi­na­yi, ye­nyu­ke­la ku­bo ive­la eSe­yi­ri,c ya­kha­nya ise­nta­be­ni ye­Pa­ra­nid, ya­bu­ya le­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi za­ba­ngcwe­le; nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne sa­yo kwa­ku­lo­mla­yo ovu­tha­yo ki­boe.

3 Ye­bo, ya­tha­nda aba­ntuf. Bo­nke aba­ngcwe­le ba­yo ba­be­se­sa­ndle­ni sa­kho; la­bo ba­hla­la enya­we­ni za­khog, nga­mu­nye emu­ke­le okwa­ma­zwi akhoh.

4 UMo­zi­si wa­si­la­ya umla­yoi, ili­fa le­ba­ndla li­ka­Ja­ko­bej.

5 Ya­ba yi­nko­sik eJe­shu­ru­nil, la­pho inhlo­ko za­ba­ntu zi­bu­the­ne, nda­wo­nye le­zi­zwe za­koI­sra­ye­li.

6 URu­be­ni ka­phi­le, anga­fim, la­ma­do­da akhe abe li­na­nin.

7 La­lo­khu ngo­ku­ka­Ju­da, wa­se­si­thi:

Zwa­na, Nko­si, ili­zwi li­ka­Ju­da, umle­the ku­ba­ntu ba­khe, iza­ndla za­khe ka­zi­mlwe­le, nja­lo ka­wu­be ngu­msi­zi ezi­the­ni za­kheo.

8 La­ku­Le­vi wa­thi:

IThu­mi­mi ya­kho leU­ri­mi ya­khop ngo­kwe­ndo­da, eyi­ngcwe­le ya­khoq, owa­yi­li­nga eMa­sa, wa­phi­ki­sa­na la­yo ema­nzi­ni eMe­ri­bar;

9 eya­thi ku­yi­se la­ku­ni­na: Ka­ngi­mbo­na­ngas; ka­ba­na­nza­nga aba­fo­wa­bo, ka­ba­za­nga aba­ntwa­na ba­khe. Ngo­ba ba­la­le­la ili­zwi la­kho, ba­gci­na isi­vu­me­lwa­no sa­khot.

10 Ba­za­mfu­ndi­sa uJa­ko­be iza­hlu­le­lo za­kho, loI­sra­ye­li umla­yo wa­khou; ba­za­be­ka impe­pha pha­mbi kwa­ma­kha­la akhov, lo­mni­ke­lo wo­nke phe­zu kwe­la­thi la­khow.

11 Bu­si­sa, Nko­si, ama­ndla akhe, we­mu­ke­le umse­be­nzi we­za­ndla za­khe; tsha­ya inka­lo za­la­bo aba­mvu­ke­la­yo le­za­ba­mzo­nda­yo, uku­ze ba­nga­su­ku­mix.

12 Ku­Bhe­nja­mi­ni wa­thi:

Otha­ndwa­yo we­Nko­si uza­hla­la evi­ke­le­ki­le nga­ki­yo; iza­msi­be­ke­la usu­ku lo­nke, uza­hla­la pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­hlo­mbe ayo.

13 La­ku­Jo­se­fa wa­thi:

Ili­zwe la­khe ka­li­bu­si­swe yi­Nko­si, ngo­ku­hle­ka­zi kwa­ma­zu­luy, nga­ma­zo­loz, la­ngo­ku­ju­la oku­le­le nga­pha­nsi,

14 la­ngo­ku­hle­ka­zi kwe­zi­the­lo ze­la­nga, la­ngo­ku­hle­ka­zi kwe­zi­nto ezi­ve­zwa zi­nya­nga,

15 la­nge­khe­the­lo le­nta­ba ezi­nda­la, la­ngo­ku­hle­ka­zi kwa­ma­qa­qa apha­ka­dea,

16 la­ngo­ku­hle­ka­zi ko­mhla­ba lo­ku­gcwa­la kwa­wob, lo­mu­sa wa­lo­wo owa­hla­lac esi­hla­hle­nid. Izi­nto le­zie ka­zi­ze ekha­nda li­ka­Jo­se­fa, le­nka­nda ya­lo­wo owe­hlu­ka­ni­swa la­ba­fo­wa­bof.

17 Ulo­bu­kho­si be­zi­bu­lo be­nku­nzi ya­kheg, le­mpo­ndo za­khe zi­mpo­ndo ze­nya­thih; uza­hla­ba nga­zo izi­zwe nda­wo­nye zi­ze zi­fi­ke emi­kha­wu­lwe­ni yo­mhla­bai. Le­zi zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi za­koE­fra­yi­mi, la­le­zi zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne za­ko­Ma­na­sej.

18 La­ku­Ze­bu­lu­ni wa­thi:

Tho­ko­za, Ze­bu­lu­ni, eku­phu­me­ni kwa­kho, la­we Isa­ka­ri, ema­the­nte­ni akhok.

19 Ba­za­bi­ze­la izi­zwe enta­be­nil, la­pho ba­hla­be imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­lu­nga. Ngo­ba ba­za­mu­nya ina­la ye­zi­nlwa­ndle, la­ma­gu­gu afi­hlwe etshe­be­tshe­be­nim.

20 La­ku­Ga­di wa­thi:

Ka­bu­si­swe owa­ndi­sa uGa­di. Uhla­la nje­nge­si­lwa­ne, ukle­bhu­la inga­lo, ye­bo inka­ndan.

21 Wa­zi­na­ke­ke­la nge­khe­the­loo, ngo­ba la­pho isa­be­lo so­mni­ku­mthe­tho sa­lo­ndo­lo­zwap; we­za le­nhlo­ko za­ba­ntu, we­nza uku­lu­nga kwe­Nko­si, le­za­hlu­le­lo za­yo loI­sra­ye­liq.

22 La­ku­Da­ni wa­thi:

UDa­ni ngu­mdlwa­ne we­si­lwa­ner; uza­kwe­qa eve­la eBa­sha­nis.

23 La­ku­Na­fi­tha­li wa­thi:

Na­fi­tha­li, ene­li­swa ngo­mu­sa, ugcwe­le isi­bu­si­so se­Nko­sit, dla­na ili­fa le­ntsho­na­la­nga le­ni­ngi­zi­muu.

24 La­kuA­she­ri wa­thi:

UA­she­ri ka­bu­si­swe nga­ba­ntwa­na, abe ngo­we­mu­ke­le­ka­yo ku­ba­fo­wa­bov, agxa­mu­ze unya­wo lwa­khe ema­fu­the­niw.

25 Insi­mbi le­thu­si ku­za­ku­ba yi­zi­ca­thu­lo za­kho, la­nje­nge­nsu­ku za­kho aza­ku­ba nja­lo ama­ndla akho.

26 Ka­kho onje­ngo­Nku­lu­nku­lux, Je­shu­ru­niy, oga­de ama­zu­lu ku­si­zo lwa­kho, lo­mkha­thi ngo­bu­kho­si ba­khez.

27 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­pha­ka­de uyi­si­phe­phe­loa, la­nga­pha­nsi ku­le­nga­lo ezi­nge­la­ku­phe­la. Uxo­tsha isi­tha pha­mbi kwa­kho, athi: Bhu­bhi­sa.

28 Nga­kho uI­sra­ye­li uza­hla­la evi­ke­le­ki­leb eye­dwac; ili­hlo li­ka­Ja­ko­bed li­za­ku­ba eli­zwe­ni la­ma­be­le le­wa­yi­ni eli­tshae; ye­bo, ama­zu­lu akhe aza­tho­nti­sa ama­zo­lof.

29 Ubu­si­si­we we­na, Isra­ye­lig! Ngu­ba­ni onje­nga­we, isi­zwe esi­si­ndi­swe yi­Nko­sih, isi­hla­ngu so­si­zo lwa­kho, lo­yi­nke­mba yo­bu­kho­si ba­kho? Le­zi­tha za­kho zi­za­ku­tho­be­la ngo­ku­ze­nzi­sai, la­we unya­the­le enda­we­ni za­zo ezi­pha­ke­me­yoj.

Uku­fa ku­ka­Mo­zi­si

34UMo­zi­si wa­se­se­nyu­ka esu­ka ema­gce­ke­ni ako­Mo­wa­bi, esi­ya enta­be­ni ye­Ne­bo, engqo­nge­ni ye­Pi­si­ga, ema­qo­nda­na le­Je­ri­koa. INko­si ya­si­mtshe­ngi­sa ili­zwe lo­nke, iGi­le­ya­di ku­ze ku­be ko­Da­nib,

2 la­yo yo­nke iNa­fi­tha­li, le­li­zwe la­koE­fra­yi­mi, le­Ma­na­se, le­li­zwe lo­nke la­ko­Ju­da, kwa­ze kwa­ba se­lwa­ndle lo­ku­ci­nac,

3 le­ni­ngi­zi­mu, le­gce­ke le­si­go­di se­Je­ri­kod, umu­zi wa­ma­la­lae, kwa­ze kwa­ba se­Zo­wa­rif.

4 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­ye: Le­li yi­li­zwe enga­li­fu­nge­la uA­bra­ha­ma, uI­sa­ka, lo­Ja­ko­be ngi­si­thi: Ngi­za­li­ni­ka inza­lo ya­khog. Se­ngi­kwe­nze wa­li­bo­na nga­me­hlo akho, ko­dwa ka­wu­yi­ku­cha­phe­la ki­loh.

5 UMo­zi­si ince­ku ye­Nko­si wa­se­fe­la kho­na eli­zwe­ni la­ko­Mo­wa­bi nje­ngo­ko­mla­yo we­Nko­si.

6 Ya­si­mngcwa­ba esi­go­di­ni eli­zwe­ni la­ko­Mo­wa­bi ma­qo­nda­na le­Be­ti-Pe­yo­rii; ko­dwa ka­ku­la­mu­ntu ola­zi­yo ingcwa­ba la­khe ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hlaj.

7 Nja­lo uMo­zi­si wa­ye­le­mi­nya­ka eli­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li eku­fe­ni kwa­khek. Ame­hlo akhe aye­nga­fi­pha­la­nga, la­ma­ndla akhe aye­nga­nya­ma­la­la­ngal.

8 Aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­se­be­mli­le­la uMo­zi­si ema­gce­ke­ni ako­Mo­wa­bi insu­ku ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu; za­phe­la-ke insu­ku zo­ku­kha­la zo­ku­mli­le­la uMo­zi­sim.

9 Nja­lo uJo­shu­wa indo­da­na ka­Nu­ni wa­ye­gcwe­le umo­ya wo­ku­hla­ka­ni­phan, ngo­ba uMo­zi­si wa­ye­be­ki­le iza­ndla za­khe phe­zu kwa­khe. Nga­kho aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­mla­le­la, be­nza nje­nga­lo­khu iNko­si imla­yi­le uMo­zi­sio.

10 Ka­ku­sa­ve­la­nga-ke umpro­fe­thi koI­sra­ye­li onje­ngo­Mo­zi­sip, iNko­si eya­ma­zi ubu­so ngo­bu­soq,

11 nga­zo zo­nke izi­bo­na­ka­li­so le­zi­ma­nga­li­so iNko­si eya­mthu­ma uku­thi aze­nze eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the, ku­Fa­ro la­ku­zo zo­nke ince­ku za­khe le­li­zwe­ni la­kher lo­nke,

12 la­nga­so so­nke le­so­sa­ndla esi­la­ma­ndlas la­nga­kho ko­nke okwe­sa­be­ka­yo oku­khu­lut uMo­zi­si akwe­nza­yo pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo kaI­sra­ye­li wo­nke.