UMTSHU­MA­YE­LI

UmTshu­ma­ye­li uthi ko­nke ku­yi­ze

1Ama­zwi omTshu­ma­ye­li, indo­da­na ka­Da­vi­daa, inko­si eJe­ru­sa­le­mab.

2 Ize le­zec, ku­tsho umTshu­ma­ye­lid, ize le­zee, ko­nkef ku­yi­zeg.

3 Ku­yi­nzu­zo­ni emu­ntwi­nih emtshi­ka­tshi­ke­ni wa­khe wo­nke awu­tshi­ka­tshi­ka nga­pha­nsi kwe­la­ngai?

4 Isi­zu­ku­lwa­na si­ye­dlu­la, le­si­zu­ku­lwa­na si­ze, ko­dwa umhla­ba umi ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­nij.

5 Le­la­nga li­ya­phu­ma, le­la­nga li­tsho­ne, li­tshe­tshe­la1 enda­we­ni la­pho eli­phu­ma kho­nak.

6 Umo­ya uyal eni­ngi­zi­mu, uji­ke­le enya­ka­tho, uji­ka­ji­ke uha­mbe, lo­mo­ya ubu­ye­le eku­bho­de­ni kwa­wom.

7 Yo­nke imi­fu­la iya olwa­ndle, ko­dwa ulwa­ndle ka­lu­gcwa­lin; enda­we­ni la­pho imi­fu­la eve­la kho­na, ibu­ye­le iye kho­nao.

8 Zo­nke izi­nto zi­ya­di­ni­sa; ka­ku­la­mu­ntu ola­kho uku­ku­khu­lu­ma. Ili­hlo ka­li­su­thi ngo­ku­bo­na, le­ndle­be ka­yi­gcwa­li­swa yi­ku­zwap.

9 Okwa­ke kwa­ba kho­na yi­lo­kho oku­za­ku­ba kho­na, lo­kwa­ke kwe­nzi­wa yi­lo­kho oku­za­kwe­nzi­wa; nja­lo ka­ku­la­lu­tho olu­tsha nga­pha­nsi kwe­la­ngaq.

10 Ku­nga­ba kho­na ulu­tho yi­ni oku­nga­thi­wa nga­lo: Kha­nge­la, lo­khu ku­tsha! Kwa­ku­ve­le ku­kho­na endu­lo enga­pha­mbi kwe­thur.

11 Ka­ku­kho uku­khu­nju­lwa kwe­zi­nto za­ku­qa­la; nja­lo le­zi­nto ezi­za­yo ezi­za­ku­ba kho­na ka­ku­yi­ku­ba kho­na uku­khu­nju­lwa kwa­zo la­la­bo aba­za­ku­ba kho­na emva kwa­lo­khos.

Ko­nke okwa­ku­se­nzi­wa ngu­mTshu­ma­ye­li kwa­ku­yi­ze

12 Mi­na mTshu­ma­ye­lit nga­ngi­yi­nko­si phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li eJe­ru­sa­le­mau.

13 Nga­se­ngi­ni­ke­la inhli­zi­yo ya­mi uku­di­nga lo­ku­hlo­li­si­sa ngo­ku­hla­ka­ni­pha nga­kho ko­nke okwe­nzi­wa­yov nga­pha­nsi kwa­ma­zu­luw; lu­mtshi­ka­tshi­kax onzi­ma uNku­lu­nku­lu uwu­ni­ke aba­ntwa­na ba­ba­ntu uku­thi ba­pha­the­ke nga­woy.

14 Ngi­yi­bo­ni­le yo­nke imi­se­be­nzi eye­nzi­wa­yo nga­pha­nsi kwe­la­nga; kha­nge­la-ke, ko­nke ku­yi­zeza lo­ku­kha­tha­ze­ka ko­mo­yab.

15 Oku­go­bi­le­yo ka­ku­la­ku­qo­ndi­swac; lo­ku­swe­le­ka­yo ka­ku­la­ku­ba­lwa.

16 Nga­khu­lu­ma mi­na le­nhli­zi­yo ya­mi ngi­si­thi: Kha­nge­la, mi­na ngi­khu­li­led nga­ndi­sa inhla­ka­ni­pho phe­zu kwa­bo bo­nke aba­be­pha­mbi kwa­mi eJe­ru­sa­le­ma; nja­lo inhli­zi­yo ya­mi ibo­ni­le ka­khu­lu inhla­ka­ni­pho lo­lwa­zie.

17 Nga­ngi­ni­ke­la inhli­zi­yo ya­mi ukwa­zi inhla­ka­ni­phof, lo­kwa­zi uku­hla­nyag lo­bu­thu­thah, nga­bo­na uku­thi la­lo­khu yi­ku­kha­tha­ze­ka ko­mo­yai.

18 Ngo­ba ku­nhla­ka­ni­pho ene­ngij ku­lo­ku­kha­tha­ze­ka oku­ne­ngik, lo­wa­ndi­sa ulwa­zi wa­ndi­sa usi­zil.

2Nga­thi mi­na enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­mi: Wo­za-ke, ngi­za­ku­za­ma nge­nto­ko­zo, nja­lo kho­li­sa oku­hle. Kha­nge­la-ke, la­lo­khu kwa­ku­yi­zea.

2 Ngo­ku­hle­ka nga­thib: Ku­yi­bu­hla­nya! La­nge­nto­ko­zo: Kwe­nza­nic?

3 Nga­di­nga enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­mi uku­tho­ko­zi­sa1 inya­ma ya­mi nge­wa­yi­nid (ko­dwa nga­kho­khe­la inhli­zi­yo ya­mi nge­nhla­ka­ni­phoe), lo­ku­ba­mbe­le­la ebu­thu­the­ni, ngi­ze ngi­bo­ne uku­thi ku­yi­ni lo­kho oku­lu­nge­le aba­ntwa­na ba­ba­ntu, aba­nga­kwe­nza nga­pha­nsi kwa­ma­zu­lu, nge­na­ni le­nsu­ku ze­mpi­lo za­bof.

4 Nga­ze­nze­la imi­se­be­nzi emi­khu­lu; nga­za­khe­la izi­ndlug; nga­zi­hla­nye­le­la izi­vi­ni;

5 nga­ze­nze­la izi­va­nde le­zi­va­nde ze­zi­hla­hla; nga­hla­nye­la ku­zo izi­hla­hla ze­zi­the­lo zo­hlo­bo lo­nkeh;

6 nga­ze­nze­la ama­chi­bi ama­nzi oku­the­le­la nga­wo ihla­thi lo­ku­khu­li­sa izi­hla­hla;

7 nga­the­nga izi­gqi­li le­zi­gqi­li­ka­zi, nga­ba la­ba­za­le­lwe2 endli­nii; nja­lo nga­ba le­mfu­yo ene­ngi ye­nko­mo le­zi­mvuj okwe­dlu­la bo­nke aba­be­kho­na nga­pha­mbi kwa­mi eJe­ru­sa­le­mak;

8 nga­zi­bu­the­la fu­thi isi­li­va le­go­li­del le­mfu­yo ekhe­the­ki­le­yom ya­ma­kho­sin le­ya­ma­zweo; nga­zi­zu­ze­la aba­hla­be­le­li la­ba­hla­be­le­li­ka­zip, le­nto­ko­zo za­ba­ntwa­na ba­ba­ntu, ama­nto­mba­za­na emi­hlo­bo yo­nke3q.

9 Nga­kho nga­ba mkhu­lu nga­nda okwe­dlu­la wo­nke owa­ye­kho­na nga­pha­mbi kwa­mir eJe­ru­sa­le­mas, le­nhla­ka­ni­pho ya­mi ye­ma la­mit.

10 La­kho ko­nke ame­hlo ami aku­fi­sa­yo ka­ngi­wa­nci­tsha­nga kho­na, ka­ngi­go­dla­nga inhli­zi­yo ya­mi la­ku­yi­phi into­ko­zo; ngo­ba inhli­zi­yo ya­mi ya­tho­ko­za eku­tshi­ka­tshi­ke­ni kwa­mi ko­nkeu; la­lo­khu kwa­ba yi­sa­be­lo sa­mi so­mtshi­ka­tshi­ka wa­mi wo­nkev.

11 Mi­na nga­se­ngi­kha­nge­la yo­nke imi­se­be­nzi iza­ndla za­mi ezi­ye­nzi­le­yo, lo­mtshi­ka­tshi­ka enga­ngi­tshi­ka­tshi­ke uku­we­nza; kha­nge­la-ke, ko­nke kwa­ku­yi­ze lo­ku­kha­tha­ze­ka ko­mo­yaw, nja­lo kwa­ku­nge­kho nzu­zo nga­pha­nsi kwe­la­ngax.

12 Mi­na nga­se­ngi­bu­ye­la uku­bo­na inhla­ka­ni­pho lo­bu­hla­nyay lo­bu­thu­thaz. Ngo­ba ange­nza­ni umu­ntu ola­nde­la inko­sia? Lo­khob oku­ve­le se­kwe­nzi­wec.

13 Mi­na nga­se­ngi­bo­na uku­thi inhla­ka­ni­pho ingco­no4 ku­lo­bu­thu­thad nje­ngo­ku­kha­nya ku­ngco­no ku­lo­mnya­mae.

14 Ohla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo, ame­hlo akhe ase­kha­nda la­khe, ko­dwa isi­thu­tha si­ha­mba emnya­me­nif; nga­se­ngi­sa­zi la­mi uku­thi ise­hla­ka­lo si­nye se­hle­la bo­nkegh.

15 Mi­na nga­se­ngi­si­thi enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­mi: Nje­ngo­ba ku­se­hle­la isi­thu­tha ku­za­nge­hle­la la­mii; pho, ku­nga­ni-ke mi­na nga­ngi­hla­ka­ni­phe okwe­dlu­li­si­le­yo? Nga­se­ngi­khu­lu­ma enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­mi uku­thi lo­khu la­kho ku­yi­zej.

16 Ngo­ba ka­ku­kho uku­khu­nju­lwa ko­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo okwe­dlu­la ko­yi­si­thu­tha pha­ka­dek; ngo­ba lo­khu oku­kho­na kha­the­si ensu­kwi­ni ezi­za­yo ko­nke ku­za­kho­hla­ka­lal. Ohla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo ufa nja­ni? Nje­nge­si­thu­tham.

17 Nga­se­ngi­zo­nda impi­lo, ngo­ba umse­be­nzi owe­nzi­wa nga­pha­nsi kwe­la­nga wa­wu­bu­hlu­ngu ki­mi; ngo­ba ko­nke ku­yi­ze lo­ku­kha­tha­ze­ka ko­mo­yan.

18 Ye­bo, mi­na nga­wu­zo­nda wo­nke umtshi­ka­tshi­ka wa­mi enga­wu­tshi­ka­tshi­ka nga­pha­nsi kwe­la­nga, ngo­ba ngi­za­wu­tshi­ye­la umu­ntuo oza­ku­ba kho­na nge­mva kwa­mip.

19 Ngu­ba­ni-ke owa­zi­yo uku­thi uza­ku­ba ngo­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo ku­mbe oyi­si­thu­thaq? Ka­nti uza­bu­sa phe­zu kwa­wo wo­nke umtshi­ka­tshi­ka wa­mi enga­wu­tshi­ka­tshi­ka­yo le­ngi­we­nze nge­nhla­ka­ni­pho nga­pha­nsi kwe­la­nga. Lo­khu la­kho ku­yi­ze.

20 Mi­na nga­se­ngi­phe­ndu­ka nga­da­nga­li­sa inhli­zi­yo ya­mi ngo­mtshi­ka­tshi­ka wo­nke enga­ngi­wu­tshi­ka­tshi­ka nga­pha­nsi kwe­la­ngar.

21 Ngo­ba ku­lo­mu­ntu omtshi­ka­tshi­ka wa­khe uku­nhla­ka­ni­pho la­ku­lwa­zi la­ku­bu­qo­tho, ka­nti uza­wu­ni­ka umu­ntu onga­tshi­ka­tshi­ka­nga ku­wo ube yi­sa­be­lo sa­khe. Lo­khu la­kho ku­yi­ze, lo­bu­bi obu­khu­lus.

22 Ngo­ba ula­ni umu­ntu ngo­mtshi­ka­tshi­ka wa­khe wo­nket la­ngo­ku­kha­tha­ze­ka kwe­nhli­zi­yo ya­khe aku­tshi­ka­tshi­ke nga­pha­nsi kwe­la­ngau?

23 Ngo­ba insu­ku za­khev zo­nke zi­zi­nsi­ziw, lo­mse­be­nzi wa­khex uyi­ku­da­bu­ka; le­bu­su­ku inhli­zi­yo ya­khe ka­yi­phu­mu­li. Lo­khu la­kho ku­yi­zey.

24 Ka­ku­kho oku­ngco­no emu­ntwi­ni ku­lo­ku­thi adle ana­thez abo­ni­se umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khe oku­hle emtshi­ka­tshi­ke­ni wa­khea. Lo­khu la­kho mi­na nga­bo­na uku­thi ku­ve­la esa­ndle­ni si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lub.

25 Ngo­ba ngu­ba­ni onga­dla ku­mbe ngu­ba­ni onga­kho­li­sa ku­la­mi?

26 Ngo­ba ye­na u­ya­mni­ka umu­ntu olu­ngi­le­yo pha­mbi ko­bu­so ba­khe inhla­ka­ni­pho lo­lwa­zi le­nto­ko­zoc; ko­dwa iso­ni uya­si­ni­ka umse­be­nzid wo­ku­bu­tha lo­ku­bu­the­le­lae uku­ni­ka olu­ngi­le­yo pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luf. Lo­khu la­kho ku­yi­ze lo­ku­kha­tha­ze­ka ko­mo­yag.

Ko­nke ku­le­si­kha­thi sa­kho

3Ko­nke ku­le­si­kha­thi esi­mi­si­we­yo, nja­lo ku­le­si­kha­thia sa­yo yo­nke inda­ba nga­pha­nsi kwa­ma­zu­lub:

2 Isi­kha­thi so­ku­za­lwa, le­si­kha­thi so­ku­fac; isi­kha­thi so­ku­hla­nye­la, le­si­kha­thi so­ku­si­phu­na oku­hla­nye­lwe­yod;

3 isi­kha­thi so­ku­bu­la­la, le­si­kha­thi so­ku­phi­li­sa; isi­kha­thi so­ku­di­li­za, le­si­kha­thi so­kwa­kha;

4 isi­kha­thi so­ku­kha­la inye­mbe­zi, le­si­kha­thi so­ku­hle­ka; isi­kha­thi so­ku­li­la, le­si­kha­thi so­ku­gi­dae;

5 isi­kha­thi so­ku­la­hla ama­tshe, le­si­kha­thi so­ku­bu­the­le­la ama­tshef; isi­kha­thi so­ku­go­na, le­si­kha­thi so­ku­ba kha­tsha­na lo­ku­go­nag;

6 isi­kha­thi so­ku­di­nga inzu­zo, le­si­kha­thi so­ku­ye­ke­la ku­la­hle­ke; isi­kha­thi so­ku­lo­ndo­lo­za, le­si­kha­thi so­ku­la­hla;

7 isi­kha­thi so­ku­da­bu­la, le­si­kha­thi so­ku­thu­ngah; isi­kha­thi so­ku­thu­la, le­si­kha­thi so­ku­khu­lu­mai;

8 isi­kha­thi so­ku­tha­nda, le­si­kha­thi so­ku­zo­nda; isi­kha­thi se­mpi, le­si­kha­thi so­ku­thu­la.

9 Ule­nzu­zo ba­ni ose­be­nza­yo kwa­tshi­ka­tshi­ka ki­khoj?

10 Ngi­wu­bo­ni­le umse­be­nzik uNku­lu­nku­lu awu­ni­ke aba­ntwa­na ba­ba­ntul uku­thi ba­pha­the­ke nga­wom.

11 Ko­nke ukwe­nze kwa­ba ku­hlen nge­si­kha­thi sa­khoo; wa­se­be­ka ipha­ka­de enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­bop, uku­ze ku­nga­bi lo­mu­ntu onga­fu­ma­na umse­be­nzi uNku­lu­nku­lu awe­nza­yo ku­su­ke­la eku­qa­le­ni ku­ze ku­be se­ku­ci­ne­niq.

12 Ngi­ya­zi uku­thi ka­ku­kho oku­hle ku­bo nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­tho­ko­zar lo­kwe­nza oku­hle empi­lwe­ni ya­khes.

13 Fu­thi lo­ku­thi wo­nke umu­ntu adle ana­thet akho­li­se oku­hle ngo­mtshi­ka­tshi­ka wa­khe wo­nkeu, ku­yi­si­pho si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luv.

14 Ngi­ya­zi uku­thi ko­nke uNku­lu­nku­lu akwe­nza­yo ku­za­ku­ba kho­na pha­ka­de; ka­ku­kho oku­za­kwe­nge­ze­le­lwa ku­kho, nja­lo ka­ku­kho oku­za­phu­ngu­lwa ku­kho; uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kwe­nza uku­ze be­sa­be pha­mbi kwa­khew.

15 Lo­kho okwa­ku­kho­nax ku­kho­na kha­the­siy, la­lo­kho oku­za­ku­ba kho­na se­ku­ve­le ku­kho­naz; nja­lo uNku­lu­nku­lu ufu­na oku­xo­tshi­we­yoa.

Ukwa­hlu­le­la lo­ku­lu­nga ka­ku­kho emhla­be­ni

16 Fu­thi nga­se­ngi­bo­na nga­pha­nsi kwe­la­nga inda­wo yo­kwa­hlu­le­la, kwa­ku­kho­na ubu­bi la­pho; le­nda­wo yo­ku­lu­nga, kwa­ku­kho­na ubu­bi la­phob.

17 Nga­thi mi­na enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­mi: UNku­lu­nku­lu uza­kwa­hlu­le­la olu­ngi­le­yo lo­mu­bic, ngo­ba ku­kho­na la­pho isi­kha­thid sa­yo yo­nke inda­ba le­sa­wo wo­nke umse­be­nzie.

18 Nga­thi mi­na enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­mi nge­si­mo sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ba­ntuf uku­thi uNku­lu­nku­lu aba­tshe­ngi­se oba­lag uku­thi ba­bo­ne uku­thi bo­na uqo­bo ba­zi­nya­ma­za­nah.

19 Ngo­ba okwe­hle­la aba­ntwa­na ba­ba­ntu kwe­hle­la le­zi­nya­ma­za­nai; nja­lo yi­nye into ebe­hle­la­yo; nje­ngo­ba omu­nye esi­fa, ngo­ku­nja­lo enye iya­fa; ye­bo ko­nke ku­lo­mo­ya mu­nye, lo­mu­ntu ka­la­kho anga­dlu­la nga­kho inya­ma­za­na; ngo­ba ko­nke ku­yi­zej.

20 Ko­nke ku­ya enda­we­ni­nye; ko­nke ku­ve­la ethu­li­ni, nja­lo ko­nke ku­bu­ye­la ethu­li­nik.

21 Ngu­ba­ni owa­zi umo­ya wa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ba­ntu owe­nyu­ke­la phe­zu­lu, lo­mo­ya we­nya­ma­za­na owe­hle­la pha­nsi emhla­ba­thi­nil?

22 Nga­kho nga­bo­na uku­thi ka­ku­kho oku­ngco­no okwe­dlu­la uku­thi umu­ntu azi­tho­ko­zi­se nge­mi­se­be­nzi ya­khem, ngo­ba lo­khu ku­yi­sa­be­lo sa­khen. Ngo­ba ngu­ba­ni onga­mle­tha uku­thi abo­ne lo­kho oku­za­ku­ba kho­na emva kwa­kheo?

4Mi­na nga­se­ngi­phe­ndu­kaa nga­bo­na inci­nde­ze­lo zo­nke eze­nzi­wa nga­pha­nsi kwe­la­ngab; kha­nge­la-ke inye­mbe­zi za­ba­ci­nde­ze­lwe­yo, nja­lo ba­be­nge­la­mdu­du­zic; le­hla­ngo­thi­ni lwa­ba­ba­ci­nde­ze­la­yo kwa­ku­la­ma­ndla, ko­dwa ba­be­nge­la­mdu­du­zid.

2 Nga­kho nga­nco­ma aba­fi­le­yoe, aba­ve­le se­be­fi­le, okwe­dlu­la aba­phi­la­yof, aba­lo­khu be­sa­phi­lag.

3 Ye­bo ungco­no ku­la­bo bo­ba­bi­li, onga­ka­bi kho­nahi, onga­bo­na­nga umse­be­nzi omu­bi owe­nzi­wa nga­pha­nsi kwe­la­ngaj.

4 Nga­se­ngi­bo­na mi­na wo­nke umtshi­ka­tshi­ka le­mpu­me­le­lo yo­nke yo­mse­be­nzi, ngo­ba lo­khu ku­ngu­mha­wu wo­mu­ntu ove­la ku­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khek. Lo­khu la­kho ku­yi­ze lo­ku­kha­tha­ze­ka ko­mo­yal.

5 Isi­phu­ku­phu­ku si­go­qa iza­ndla za­som si­dle inya­ma ya­son.

6 Si­ngco­no isa­ndlao esi­gcwe­le uku­thu­lap ku­le­za­ndla ezi­mbi­li ezi­gcwe­le uku­tshi­ka­tshi­ka lo­ku­kha­tha­ze­ka ko­mo­yaq.

7 Mi­na nga­se­ngi­phe­ndu­ka nga­bo­na ize nga­pha­nsi kwe­la­ngar.

8 Ku­kho­na oye­dwa, nja­lo ka­kho owe­si­bi­li, ye­bo ka­la­mntwa­na ku­mbe umfo­wa­bo, nja­lo ka­ku­la­ku­phe­la ko­mtshi­ka­tshi­ka wa­khe wo­nke, le­li­hlo la­khe ka­li­su­thi­swa yi­no­thos, nja­lo ka­tsho uku­thit: Ngi­tshi­ka­tshi­ke­la ba­ni, nge­nze umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi uswe­le oku­hleu? Lo­khu la­kho ku­yi­ze, ye­bo, ku­ngu­mse­be­nzi omu­biv.

9 Aba­bi­li ba­ngco­no ku­lo­ye­dwa, ngo­ba ba­lo­mvu­zo omu­hle ngo­ku­tshi­ka­tshi­ka kwa­bo.

10 Ngo­ba uba be­si­wa omu­nye uza­mvu­sa umnga­ne wa­khe; ko­dwa ma­ye ku­ye oye­dwa nxa esi­wa, ngo­ba ku­nge­kho owe­si­bi­li onga­mvu­saw.

11 Fu­thi uba aba­bi­li be­la­la nda­wo­nye, nga­kho ba­lo­ku­khu­du­ma­la; ko­dwa ngo­ye­dwa anga­khu­du­ma­la nja­nix?

12 Nja­lo uba omu­nye enge­hlu­la oye­dwa, aba­bi­li ba­za­me­la­na la­yey; le­nta­mbo ele­mi­cu emi­tha­thu ka­yi­qa­nyu­lwa ma­si­nya­nez.

13 Umfa­na ongu­mya­nga ohla­ka­ni­phi­le­yoa ungco­nob ku­le­nko­si enda­la eyi­si­thu­thac enga­sa­kwa­zi ukwe­lu­le­kwad.

14 Ngo­bae uya­phu­ma ento­lo­ngwe­ni uku­thi abe yi­nko­sif, la­nxa fu­thi owa­ye­ze­lwe embu­swe­ni wa­khe esi­ba ngu­mya­ngag.

15 Nga­bo­na bo­nke aba­phi­la­yo aba­ha­mba nga­pha­nsi kwe­la­nga, lo­mfa­na we­si­bi­li oza­ku­ma esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­kheh.

16 Ka­ku­la­si­phe­tho sa­ba­ntu bo­nke, sa­bo bo­nke aba­be­pha­mbi kwa­bo, la­la­bo abe­za emva ka­ba­yi­ku­tho­ko­za nga­yei. Isi­bi­li lo­khu la­kho ku­yi­ze lo­ku­kha­tha­ze­ka ko­mo­yaj.

Uku­nga­gcwa­li­si izi­fu­ngo ku­yi­bu­thu­tha

5Gci­na unya­wo lwa­khoa nxa usi­ya endli­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lub; so­nde­le­la uku­la­le­la ku­lo­ku­ni­ke­la umhla­tshe­lo we­zi­thu­tha, ngo­ba ka­za­zi uku­thi ze­nza oku­bic.

2 Unga­bi la­ma­wa­la ngo­mlo­mo wa­kho, le­nhli­zi­yo ya­kho inga­pha­ngi­si uku­khu­pha ili­zwi pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lud; ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu use­ma­zu­lwi­ni, we­na-ke use­mhla­be­ni, nga­kho ama­zwi akho ka­wa­be ma­lu­tshwa­nae.

3 Ngo­ba iphu­pho li­za ngo­bu­ne­ngi bo­mse­be­nzif, le­li­zwi le­si­thu­tha ngo­bu­ne­ngi ba­ma­zwig.

4 La­pho ufu­nga isi­fu­ngo ku­Nku­lu­nku­luh, unga­phu­zi uku­si­kho­khai, ngo­ba ka­ku­la­nto­ko­zo ku­zi­wu­la; kho­kha lo­kho oku­fu­ngi­le­yoj.

5 Ku­ngco­no uku­thi unga­fu­ngi ku­lo­ku­thi ufu­nge unga­kho­khi.

6 Unga­vu­me­li umlo­mo wa­kho uku­thi we­nze inya­ma ya­kho yo­nek, fu­thi unga­tsho pha­mbi kwe­ngi­lo­sil uku­thi be­ku­yi­si­pho­si­so; uNku­lu­nku­lu uza­thu­ku­the­le­la­ni ili­zwi la­kho, achi­the umse­be­nzi we­za­ndla za­khom?

7 Ngo­ba ebu­ne­ngi­ni ba­ma­phu­pho la­ma­zwi ku­kho­na lo­ku­yi­ze oku­ne­ngi, ko­dwa me­sa­be uNku­lu­nku­lun.

Ko­nke ku­yi­ze

8 Uba ubo­nao uci­nde­ze­lo lo­mya­ngap lo­ku­pha­nju­lwa ko­ku­lu­nga le­sa­hlu­le­lo ngo­dla­ke­laq esa­be­lwe­nir, unga­ma­nga­li nga­li­nto, ngo­ba ophe­zu­lu ko­phe­zu­lu uya­na­nze­le­la, nja­lo ku­la­ba­phe­zu­lu phe­zu kwa­bos.

9 Le­nzu­zo yo­mhla­ba­thi nge­ya­bo bo­nke; inko­si ise­tshe­nze­lwa yi­nsi­mut.

10 Otha­nda ima­li ka­yi­kwe­ne­li­swa yi­ma­li, nja­lo otha­nda oku­ne­ngi ka­yikwe­ne­li­swa yi­kwa­nda; lo­khu la­kho ku­yi­zeu.

11 Ekwa­nde­ni ko­ku­hle, ba­ya­nda aba­ku­dla­yo; nja­lo ku­le­nzu­zo ba­niv ku­ba­ni­ni ba­kho, nga­pha­ndle ko­kuku­bu­ka nga­me­hlo abow?

12 Bu­mna­ndi ubu­tho­ngo be­si­se­be­nzi lo­ba si­si­dla oku­lu­tshwa­na lo­ba oku­ne­ngi; ko­dwa uku­su­tha kwe­si­no­thi ka­ku­si­vu­me­li uku­la­la.

13 Ku­kho­nax ubu­bi obu­bu­hlu­ngu e­se­ngi­bu­bo­ni­le nga­pha­nsi kwe­la­ngay: Ino­tho egci­ne­lwe aba­ni­ni­yo ku­be yi­bu­bi ki­boz.

14 Ko­dwa le­yo­no­tho ichi­the­ka ngo­mse­be­nzi omu­bia: Ese­za­la umntwa­na, ku­nga­se­la­lu­tho esa­ndle­ni sa­khe.

15 Nje­ngo­ku­phu­ma kwa­khe esi­swi­ni si­ka­ni­na, uza­bu­ye­la eze eha­mba nje­ngo­ku­za kwa­khe; nja­lo ka­yi­ku­tha­tha lu­tho lo­mtshi­ka­tshi­ka wa­khe anga­ha­mba la­lo esa­ndle­ni sa­kheb.

16 Lo­khu la­kho ku­yi­bu­bi obu­bu­hlu­nguc, ku­kho ko­nke nje­ngo­ku­fi­ka kwa­khe ngo­ku­nja­lo uza­ha­mba. Nja­lo ule­nzu­zo ba­nid owa­tshi­ka­tshi­ke­la umo­yae?

17 Nja­lo insu­ku za­khe zo­nke udle­la emnya­me­ni, e­lo­si­zi olu­khu­lu, lo­mkhu­hla­ne wa­khe, lo­ku­thu­ku­the­laf?

18 Kha­nge­la, engi­ku­bo­ni­le­yo mi­na, ku­lu­ngi­le oku­hle uku­dla lo­ku­na­thag lo­ku­bo­na oku­hle emtshi­ka­tshi­ke­ni wa­khe wo­nke awu­tshi­ka­tshi­ka­yo nga­pha­nsi kwe­la­nga, e­na­nini le­nsu­ku ze­mpi­lo ya­khe uNku­lu­nku­lu amni­ke zo­nah, ngo­ba ku­yi­sa­be­lo sa­khei.

19 La­ye wo­nke umu­ntu, uNku­lu­nku­lu amni­ke ino­thoj le­ngce­bok, wa­mni­ka ama­ndla oku­dla ku­kho, lo­ku­tha­tha isa­be­lo sa­khe, lo­ku­tho­ko­za emtshi­ka­tshi­ke­ni wa­khe - lo­khu ku­yi­si­pho si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lul.

20 Ngo­ba ka­yi­ku­khu­mbu­la ka­khu­lu insu­ku ze­mpi­lo ya­khe, ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu umphe­ndu­la nge­nto­ko­zo ye­nhli­zi­yo ya­khe.

6Ku­kho­na ubu­bi ese­ngi­bu­bo­ni­le nga­pha­nsi kwe­la­nga, nja­lo bu­va­mi­le eba­ntwi­nia:

2 Umu­ntub uNku­lu­nku­lu amni­kec ino­thod le­ngce­boe lo­du­mof uku­ze anga­swe­le­li umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khe ulu­tho ku­kho ko­nke aku­fi­sa­yo, ko­dwa uNku­lu­nku­lu anga­mni­ki ama­ndla uku­thi adle ku­kho, ko­dwa owe­mzi­ni uya­ku­dla; lo­khu ku­yi­ze, nja­lo ku­yi­si­fo esi­big.

3 Uba umu­ntu eza­la aba­ntwa­na aba­li­khu­lu, aphi­le imi­nya­ka emi­ne­ngi, uku­ze insu­ku ze­mi­nya­ka ya­khe zi­be zi­ne­ngih, ko­dwa umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khe unga­su­thi­swa ngo­ku­hlei, fu­thi anga­bi la­ku­ngcwa­tshwaj, ngi­thi umphu­nzo ungco­no ku­la­yek.

4 Ngo­ba uza nge­ze, uye emnya­me­ni, le­bi­zo la­wo li­si­tshe­ke­lwe emnya­me­nil;

5 fu­thi ka­wu­li­bo­na­nga ila­nga, ka­wu­la­lwa­zi; lo ulo­ku­phu­mu­la ku­la­yem.

6 Ye­bo, la­nxa ephi­la imi­nya­ka eyi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne, ephi­ndwe ka­bi­lin, ka­nti enga­bo­na­nga oku­hleo; bo­nke ka­ba­yi yi­ni enda­we­ni eyo­dwap?

7 Wo­nke umtshi­ka­tshi­ka wo­mu­ntu ngo­wo­mlo­mo wa­kheq, ku­be ka­nti inka­nu­ko ka­yi­su­thir.

8 Ngo­ba ohla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo ula­ni okwe­dlu­la isi­thu­tha? Ula­ni umya­nga owa­zi uku­ha­mba pha­mbi kwa­ba­phi­la­yos?

9 Ku­ngco­no uku­bo­na kwa­me­hlo ku­lo­ku­zu­la­zu­la1 kwe­nka­nu­kot. Lo­khu la­kho ku­yi­ze lo­ku­kha­tha­ze­ka ko­mo­yau.

10 Ose­ku­kho­nav se­ku­ke kwa­thi­wa ibi­zo la­khow, nja­lo ku­ya­zi­wa uku­thi ku­ngu­mu­ntu, lo­ku­thi ka­la­kho uku­phi­ki­sa­nax lo­la­ma­ndla ku­la­yey.

11 Ngo­ba zi­ne­ngi izi­nto eza­ndi­sa ize; ku­yi­nzu­zo ba­ni emu­ntwi­niz?

12 Ngo­ba ngu­ba­ni okwa­zi­yo oku­lu­nge­le umu­ntu empi­lwe­ni, e­na­nini le­nsu­ku ze­mpi­lo ya­khe eyi­ze ayi­chi­tha nje­nge­si­thu­nzia? Ngo­ba ngu­ba­ni onga­tshe­la umu­ntub lo­kho oku­za­ku­ba kho­na emva kwa­khe nga­pha­nsi kwe­la­ngac?

Uku­hla­ka­ni­pha ku­hle okwe­dlu­la ko­nke

7Ibi­zo eli­hlea li­ngco­no ku­la­ma­fu­tha ama­hle; lo­su­ku lo­ku­fa ku­lo­su­ku lo­ku­za­lwa kwa­kheb.

2 Ku­ngco­no uku­ya endli­ni yo­ku­li­la ku­lo­ku­ya endli­ni ye­di­li; ngo­ba lo­khu ku­yi­si­phe­tho sa­khe wo­nke umu­ntu; lo­phi­la­yo uza­ku­be­ka enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­khec.

3 Usi­zi lu­ngco­no ku­lo­hle­kod, ngo­ba ngo­ku­da­na ko­bu­soe inhli­zi­yo ye­nzi­wa ngco­nof.

4 Inhli­zi­yo ya­ba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo ise­ndli­ni yo­ku­li­la, ko­dwa inhli­zi­yo ye­zi­thu­tha ise­ndli­ni ye­nto­ko­zo.

5 Ku­ngco­no uku­zwa uku­khu­za ko­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo ku­lo­ku­thi umu­ntu ezwe ingo­ma ye­zi­thu­thag.

6 Ngo­ba nje­ngo­ku­cha­cha­mba kwa­me­va nga­pha­nsi kwe­mbi­zah lu­nja­lo uhle­ko lwe­si­thu­tha. Lo­khu la­kho ku­yi­zei.

7 Isi­bi­li uci­nde­ze­loj lwe­nza ohla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo abe lu­hla­nyak, le­si­pho si­ya­yi­chi­tha inhli­zi­yol.

8 Si­ngco­no isi­phe­tho se­nto ku­lo­ku­qa­la kwa­yom; ku­ngco­no uku­be­ke­ze­la ko­mo­ya ku­lo­ku­zi­pha­ka­mi­sa ko­mo­yan.

9 Unga­pha­ngi­si emo­ye­ni wa­khoo uku­thu­ku­the­lap, ngo­ba uku­thu­ku­the­la ku­hla­la esi­fu­be­ni se­zi­thu­thaq.

10 Unga­tsho uku­thi: Kwe­nzi­wa yi­ni uku­thi insu­ku za­ku­qa­la zi­be ngco­no ku­la­le­zi? Ngo­ba ka­wu­bu­zi nge­nhla­ka­ni­pho nga­lo­khu.

11 Inhla­ka­ni­pho yi­nhle ile­li­fa, nja­lo ku­le­nzu­zor kwa­ba­li­bo­na­yo ila­ngas.

12 Ngo­ba inhla­ka­ni­pho iyi­si­vi­ke­lo, ima­li iyi­si­vi­ke­lo; ko­dwa ubu­ngco­no bo­lwa­zi yi­ku­thit lu­ni­ka impi­lou ku­ba­ni­ni­lov.

13 Na­ka­na umse­be­nzi ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu; ngo­ba ngu­ba­ni ola­kho ukwe­lu­law aku­go­bi­si­le­yoxy?

14 Tho­ko­za ngo­su­ku lo­ku­phu­me­le­la, ko­dwa ngo­su­ku lo­bu­bi na­ka­naz: UNku­lu­nku­lu ulwe­nzi­le la­lo­lu lwa­ba nje­nga­lo­lo, uku­ze umu­ntu anga­tho­li lu­tho olu­za­ku­ba kho­na emva kwa­khea.

15 Ko­nke ngi­ku­bo­ni­le ensu­kwi­ni zo­ku­yi­ze kwa­mi: Ku­kho­na olu­ngi­le­yo obhu­bhe­la eku­lu­nge­ni kwa­kheb, nja­lo ku­kho­na omu­bi owe­lu­la impi­lo ya­khe ebu­bi­ni ba­khec.

16 Unga­bi ngo­lu­ngi­le­yo ngo­ku­dlu­li­sa­yo, fu­thi unga­hla­ka­ni­phi okwe­dlu­li­si­le­yo; uzi­chi­the­la­nid?

17 Unga­bi ngo­mu­bi ngo­ku­dlu­li­sa­yo, fu­thi unga­bi yi­si­wu­la; uza­fe­la­ni ku­nga­ka­bi yi­si­kha­thi sa­khoe?

18 Ku­hle uku­thi uba­mbe­le­le ku­lo­khuf, ye­bog, unga­bu­yi­si isa­ndla sa­kho la­ku­lo­kho; ngo­ba ome­sa­ba­yo uNku­lu­nku­lu uza­phe­pha ku­kho ko­nkeh.

19 Inhla­ka­ni­pho iya­mqi­ni­sa ohla­ka­ni­phi­le­yoi okwe­dlu­la aba­bu­si aba­li­tshu­mi aba­se­mzi­nij.

20 Ngo­ba ka­ku­la­mu­ntu olu­ngi­le­yo emhla­be­ni owe­nza oku­hlek ango­nil.

21 Fu­thi unga­be­ki inhli­zi­yo ya­kho ema­zwi­ni wo­nke akhu­lu­nywa­yom, uku­ze unge­zwa uku­thi ince­ku ya­kho iya­ku­thu­kan.

22 Ngo­ba nge­zi­kha­thi ezi­ne­ngi le­nhli­zi­yo ya­kho iya­kwa­zi uku­thi la­we uqo­bo uba­thu­ki­le aba­nyeo.

23 Ko­nke lo­khu ngi­ku­hlo­li­le nge­nhla­ka­ni­pho, nga­thi: Ngi­za­hla­ka­ni­pha; ko­dwa kwa­ku­kha­tsha­na la­mip.

24 Oku­kha­tsha­na, lo­ku­ju­le ka­khu­luq, ngu­ba­ni oza­ku­fu­ma­nar?

25 Nga­phe­ndu­ka mi­na le­nhli­zi­yo ya­mi ukwa­zi lo­ku­hlo­la lo­ku­di­nga inhla­ka­ni­phos, le­si­za­tho se­zi­nto, lo­kwa­zi inko­hla­ka­lo yo­bu­wu­la, lo­bu­thu­tha bo­bu­hla­nyat.

26 Nga­se­ngi­tho­la oku­ba­ba ku­lo­ku­fau: Owe­si­fa­za­na onhli­zi­yo ya­khe iyi­mi­ji­bi­la la­ma­mbu­le, le­za­ndla za­khe zi­yi­zi­bo­phov. Olu­ngi­le­yo pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu uza­phe­pha ku­ye, ko­dwa iso­ni si­za­ba­njwa ngu­yew.

27 Kha­nge­la, yi­lo­khu engi­ku­tho­li­le­yo, utsho umTshu­ma­ye­lix, ngi­be­ka oku­nye ko­ku­nye, uku­tho­la isi­za­tho se­zi­nto,

28 umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi osa­si­di­nga ko­dwa ka­ngi­si­tho­la­nga. Indo­da eyo­dwa pha­ka­thi kwe­nku­lu­ngwa­ne nga­yi­tho­layz, ko­dwa owe­si­fa­za­na pha­ka­thi kwa­bo bo­nke la­bo ka­ngi­mtho­la­ngaa.

29 Kha­nge­la, yi­lo­khu ku­phe­la engi­ku­tho­li­le­yo, uku­thi uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­me­nza umu­ntu wa­qo­ndab; ko­dwa bo­na se­be­di­ngec ama­ce­bo ama­ne­ngid.

8Ngu­ba­ni onje­ngo­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo? Ngu­ba­ni-ke owa­zi uku­cha­si­swa ko­lu­tho? Inhla­ka­ni­pho yo­mu­ntua iya­kha­nyi­sa ubu­so ba­khe, lo­bu­lu­khu­ni bo­bu­so ba­khe bu­ya­gu­qu­lwab.

2 Ngithi: Gci­na umla­yo we­nko­si, la­nje­ngo­kwe­si­fu­ngo si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lucd.

3 Unga­pha­ngi­sie uku­su­ka pha­mbi kwa­yof, unge­mi eda­be­ni olu­bi, ngo­ba ye­nza ko­nke eku­tha­nda­yog.

4 La­pho oku­le­li­zwi le­nko­si kho­na ku­la­ma­ndlah; nja­lo ngu­ba­ni onga­thi ku­yo: We­nza­nii?

5 Lo­wo ogci­na umla­yo ka­yi­kwa­zi into embi, le­nhli­zi­yo yo­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo iya­sa­zi isi­kha­thi lo­kwa­hlu­le­laj.

6 Ngo­ba ku­lo lo­nke uda­ba ku­le­si­kha­thik lo­kwa­hlu­le­lal, ngo­ba ubu­bi bo­mu­ntu bu­khu­lu phe­zu kwa­khe.

7 Ngo­ba ka­kwa­zi uku­thi ku­za­ku­ba yi­nim, ngo­ba ngu­ba­ni onga­mtshe­la uku­thi ku­za­ku­ba ni­nin?

8 Ka­ku­la­mu­ntu ola­ma­ndla phe­zu ko­mo­yao uku­ba­mba umo­yap, nja­lo ka­la­ma­ndla osu­kwi­ni lo­ku­faq; nja­lo ka­ku­kho uku­khu­lu­lwa ku­le­yo­mpir, lo­bu­bi ka­bu­yi­ku­khu­lu­la aba­ni­ni­bos.

9 Ko­nke lo­khu ngi­ku­bo­ni­le, nga­ni­ke­la inhli­zi­yo ya­mi emse­be­nzi­ni wo­nke owe­nzi­wa nga­pha­nsi kwe­la­nga; ku­le­si­kha­thi la­pho umu­ntu abu­sa kho­na umu­ntu ku­be yi­ku­li­ma­la kwa­khe.

10 Ngo­ku­nja­lo-ke nga­bo­na aba­bi be­ngcwa­tshwat, aba­be­ve­la nja­lo ba­ye enda­we­ni engcwe­leu, aba­se­be­kho­hla­ke­le emzi­ni la­pho aba­be­nze kho­na oku­nja­lo. Lo­khu la­kho ku­yi­zev.

11 Ngo­ba isi­gwe­bo nge­se­nzo esi­bi si­nge­nzi­wa ma­si­nya­new, nge­nxa ya­lo­kho inhli­zi­yo ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­ba­ntu igcwe­le nga­pha­ka­thi kwa­bo ukwe­nza oku­bix.

12 La­nxa iso­ni si­se­nza oku­bi izi­kha­thi ezi­li­khu­lu, lensu­kuy za­so ze­lu­lweza, ku­be ka­nti si­bi­li ngi­ya­zi uku­thib ku­za­ba­lu­nge­la la­bo aba­me­sa­ba­yo uNku­lu­nku­lu, abe­sa­ba­yo pha­mbi kwa­khec.

13 Ko­dwa omu­bi ka­ku­yi­ku­mlu­nge­lade; fu­thi ka­yi­kwe­lu­la insu­ku za­khe; unje­nge­si­thu­nzi ngo­ba ke­sa­bi pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luf.

14 Ku­kho­na oku­yi­ze okwe­nzi­wa­yo emhla­be­ni, uku­thi ba­kho­na aba­lu­ngi­le­yo abe­hle­lwa nje­ngo­ko­mse­be­nzi wa­ba­big, ba­kho­na la­ba­bi abe­hle­lwa nje­ngo­ko­mse­be­nzi wa­ba­lu­ngi­le­yo. Nga­thi: Lo­khu la­kho ku­yi­zeh.

15 Nga­kho mi­na nga­ba­ba­za into­ko­zo; ngo­ba umu­ntu ka­la­lu­tho olu­hle nga­pha­nsi kwe­la­nga, nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­dla lo­ku­na­tha lo­ku­tho­ko­zai, ngo­ba lo­khu ku­za­hla­la la­ye eku­tshi­ka­tshi­ke­ni kwa­khe e­nsu­kwi­ni ze­mpi­lo ya­khe uNku­lu­nku­lu amni­ke zo­na nga­pha­nsi kwe­la­ngaj.

16 La­pho nga­ni­ke­la inhli­zi­yo ukwa­zi inhla­ka­ni­pho lo­ku­bo­na umse­be­nzi owe­nzi­wa emhla­be­ni, (ngo­ba fu­thi ukho­na onga­bo­ni ubu­tho­ngo nga­me­hlo akhe emi­ni le­bu­su­kuk)

17 nga­se­ngi­bo­na wo­nke umse­be­nzi ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu uku­thi umu­ntu ka­la­kho uku­fu­ma­na umse­be­nzi owe­nzi­wa­yo nga­pha­nsi kwe­la­ngal; ngo­ba la­nxa umu­ntu etshi­ka­tshi­ka uku­ku­di­nga, ku­be ka­nti ka­yi­ku­ku­fu­ma­na; ye­bo fu­thi, la­nxa ohla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo anga­thi uya­zi, ka­yi­ku­ba la­kho uku­ku­tho­lam.

9Ngo­ba ko­nke lo­khu nga­ku­be­ka enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­mi uku­hlo­li­si­sa ko­nke lo­khua, uku­thi aba­lu­ngi­le­yo la­ba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo le­ze­nzo za­bo ku­se­sa­ndle­ni si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lub; lo­ba utha­ndo ku­mbe inzo­ndo, ka­kho umu­ntu okwa­zi­yo, ko­nke oku­pha­mbi kwa­boc.

2 Ko­nke kwe­hla ngo­ku­fa­na­na­yo ku­bo bo­nked; si­nye ise­hla­ka­lo ko­lu­ngi­le­yo la­ko­mu­bi, ko­mu­hle, la­ko­hla­mbu­lu­ki­le­yo la­ko­nga­hla­mbu­lu­ka­nga, la­ko­ni­ke­la umhla­tshe­lo la­ko­nga­ni­ke­li umhla­tshe­loe; nje­ngo­lu­ngi­le­yo si­nja­lo iso­ni, ofu­nga­yo nje­ngo­we­sa­ba isi­fu­ngof.

3 Yi­lo­bu ubu­bi pha­ka­thi kwa­kho ko­nke okwe­nzi­wa nga­pha­nsi kwe­la­nga, uku­thi si­nye ise­hla­ka­lo ku­kho ko­nkeg, fu­thi le­nhli­zi­yo ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­ba­ntu igcwe­le ubu­bi, lo­bu­hla­nya bu­se­nhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­bo be­sa­phi­la, le­mva kwa­lo­khu ba­ya kwa­ba­fi­le­yoh.

4 Ngo­ba ku­lo­wo ohla­nga­ni­swe la­bo bo­nke aba­phi­la­yo ku­le­the­mba, ngo­ba inja ephi­la­yo ingco­no ku­le­si­lwa­ne esi­fi­le­yo.

5 Ngo­ba aba­phi­la­yo ba­ya­zi uku­thi ba­za­ku­fa, ko­dwa aba­fi­le­yo ka­ba­zi lu­tho, nja­lo ka­ba­se­la­wo umvu­zoi, ngo­ba uku­khu­nju­lwa kwa­bo se­ku­kho­hla­ke­lej.

6 Fu­thi utha­ndo lwa­bo le­nzo­ndo ya­bo lo­mo­na wa­bo se­ku­bhu­bhi­le, nja­lo ka­ba­sa­yi­ku­ba le­sa­be­lo la­pha­ka­de ku­kho ko­nke okwe­nzi­wa­yo nga­pha­nsi kwe­la­ngak.

7 Ha­mba, udle uku­dla kwa­kho nge­nto­ko­zo, una­the iwa­yi­ni la­kho nge­nhli­zi­yo ele­nja­bu­lol, ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lum use­tho­ko­zi­le nge­mi­se­be­nzi ya­khon.

8 Izi­gqo­ko za­kho ka­zi­be nge­zi­mhlo­phe nge­si­kha­thi so­nkeo, la­ma­fu­tha anga­swe­le­ki ekha­nda la­khop.

9 Kho­li­sa impi­lo lo­mka­kho omtha­nda­yo zo­nke izi­nsu­ku ze­mpi­lo ya­kho eyi­ze aku­ni­ke yo­na nga­pha­nsi kwe­la­nga, zo­nke izi­nsu­ku za­kho ezi­yi­zeq, ngo­ba le­si yi­sa­be­lo sa­kho empi­lwe­ni, le­mtshi­ka­tshi­ke­ni owu­tshi­ka­tshi­ka nga­pha­nsi kwe­la­ngar.

10 Lo­ba ku­yi­ni isa­ndla sa­kho esi­ku­tho­la­yo uku­kwe­nzas kwe­nze nga­ma­ndla akhot, ngo­ba ka­wu­kho umse­be­nzi le­ce­bo lo­lwa­zi le­nhla­ka­ni­pho engcwa­be­ni la­pho oya kho­nau.

11 Nga­phe­ndu­ka nga­bo­na nga­pha­nsi kwe­la­ngav uku­thi umja­ho ka­wu­si­wa­ba­le­ju­ba­new, le­mpi ka­yi­si­ya­ma­qha­we, fu­thi le­si­nkwa ka­si­sa­ba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yox, fu­thi le­no­tho ka­yi­si­ya­ba­lo­lwa­zi, fu­thi lo­mu­sa ka­wu­si­we­zi­ngci­tshiy, ko­dwa isi­kha­thi le­se­hla­ka­loz kwe­hle­la bo­nkea.

12 Ngo­ba fu­thi umu­ntu ka­sa­zi isi­kha­thi sa­kheb; nje­nge­nhla­nzi ezi­ba­njwa embu­le­ni eli­bic, la­nje­nge­zi­nyo­ni ezi­ba­njwa emji­bi­le­nid, nje­nga­zo aba­ntwa­na ba­ba­ntu ba­ya­ba­njwa esi­kha­thi­ni esi­bi, la­pho si­ba­ju­mae.

13 La­le inhla­ka­ni­pho nga­yi­bo­na nga­pha­nsi kwe­la­nga, nja­lo ya­ba nku­lu ki­mi.

14 Kwa­ku­kho­na umu­zi omnci­nya­ne, okwa­ku­la­ba­ntu aba­lu­tshwa­na pha­ka­thi kwa­wo; kwa­se­ku­si­za inko­si enku­lu ku­wo, ya­wu­vi­mbe­ze­laf, ya­wa­khe­la ama­du­ndu­lu ama­khu­lu oku­vi­mbe­ze­lag.

15 Kwa­se­ku­tho­la­ka­la pha­ka­thi kwa­wo umu­ntu ohla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo ongu­mya­ngah, ye­na-ke nge­nhla­ka­ni­pho ya­khe wa­wu­khu­lu­la lo­wo­mu­zii. Ka­nti ka­kho owa­ke wa­mkhu­mbu­la lo­wo­mu­ntu ongu­mya­ngaj.

16 Mi­na nga­se­ngi­si­thi: Inhla­ka­ni­pho ingco­no ku­la­ma­ndlak, la­nxa uku­hla­ka­ni­pha ko­mya­nga ku­se­yi­swalm la­ma­zwi akhe enga­la­le­lwa.

17 Ama­zwi aba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo azwi­wa eku­pho­le­ni ngco­no ku­lo­ku­me­me­za ko­bu­sa­yo pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­thu­than.

18 Inhla­ka­ni­pho ingco­no ku­le­zi­kha­li ze­mpio, ko­dwa iso­ni esi­so­dwa si­chi­tha ubu­hle obu­ne­ngip.

10Impu­ka­ne ezi­fi­le­yo zi­nu­ki­sa zi­bi­li­sea ama­gco­bo omtha­kib; ubu­thu­tha obu­nci­nya­ne be­nza nja­lo ko­hlo­ni­phe­ka­yo nge­nxa ye­nhla­ka­ni­pho lo­du­moc.

2 Inhli­zi­yo yo­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo inga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne sa­khe, ko­dwa inhli­zi­yo ye­si­thu­tha inga­kwe­so­kho­hlo sa­so.

3 Ye­bo-ke la­pho oyi­si­thu­tha eha­mba endle­le­ni, ingqo­ndo ya­khe iya­si­le­la, uthi ku­ye wo­nke uyi­si­thu­thad.

4 Uba umo­ya wo­mbu­si uku­vu­ke­la, unga­tshi­yi inda­wo ya­khoe, ngo­ba uku­tho­be­kaf ku­ya­thu­li­sa izi­pha­mbe­ko ezi­nku­lug.

5 Ku­lo­bu­bi e­ngi­bu­bo­ne nga­pha­nsi kwe­la­nga, nje­nge­si­pho­si­so esi­phu­ma ebu­swe­nih bo­mbu­sii:

6 Ubu­wu­la bu­be­kwa ezi­nda­we­ni ezi­pha­ke­me­yo ka­khu­lu, la­ba­no­thi­le­yo ba­hla­la enda­we­ni epha­nsij.

7 Ngi­bo­ni­le izi­gqi­lik zi­ga­de ama­bhi­za, le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla zi­ha­mba nje­nge­zi­gqi­li emhla­be­nil.

8 Oge­bha umgo­di uza­we­la ku­wom; lo­di­li­za umtha­nga­lan, inyo­ka iza­mlu­mao.

9 Osu­sa ama­tshe uza­li­nya­zwa yi­wop; oba­nda izi­go­do uza­ku­ba se­ngo­zi­ni nga­zoq.

10 Uba insi­mbi ibu­thu­ndur nja­lo enga­lo­li ubu­kha­lis, nga­kho ufa­ne­le enge­ze­le­le ama­ndla; ko­dwa inhla­ka­ni­pho yi­nhlet uku­lu­ngi­sau.

11 Uba inyo­ka ilu­ma ku­nge­la­ku­lu­njwav, ka­ku­la­nzu­zo ku­ngci­tshi yo­li­miw.

12 Ama­zwi omlo­mo ohla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo alo­mu­sax, ko­dwa inde­be ze­si­thu­tha zi­ya­si­gi­nyay.

13 Uku­qa­la kwa­ma­zwi omlo­mo wa­so ku­yi­bu­thu­thaz, lo­ku­ci­na kwe­nku­lu­mo ya­so ku­yi­bu­hla­nya obu­bia,

14 nja­lo isi­thu­tha sa­ndi­sa ama­zwib. Umu­ntu ka­zi oku­za­ku­ba kho­na; la­lo­kho oku­za­ku­ba kho­na emva kwa­khec, ngu­ba­ni onga­mtshe­la kho­nad?

15 Umtshi­ka­tshi­ka we­si­thu­tha­ndi­ni uya­si­di­ni­sa, ngo­ba ka­sa­zi uku­ya emzi­ni.

16 Ma­ye ku­we, li­zwee, onko­sif ya­kho ingu­mntwa­nag, le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­kho zi­dla eku­se­nih!

17 Ubu­si­si­we, li­zwe, onko­si ya­kho iyi­ndo­da­na ya­ba­khu­lu, le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­kho zi­dla nge­si­kha­thi esi­fa­ne­le­yo, zi­dle­la uku­qi­na, ha­tshi uku­da­kwai.

18 Ngo­bu­vi­la obu­khu­lu intu­ngo zi­ya­bhe­nsaj, la­ngo­ku­ye­ke­thi­sa iza­ndla indlu iya­ne­the­lak.

19 Idi­li le­nze­lwa uhle­ko, le­wa­yi­ni li­tho­ko­zi­sa impi­lol; ko­dwa ima­li iyi­mpe­ndu­lo ya­kho ko­nkem.

20 Le­mca­ba­ngwe­ni wa­kho unga­yi­thu­ki inko­sin, le­ka­me­lwe­ni la­kho lo­ku­la­la unga­mthu­ki ono­thi­le­yoo; ngo­ba inyo­ni ya­ma­zu­lu iza­thwa­la ili­zwi, lo­ku­la­ma­phi­ko ku­bi­ke uda­bap.

11Pho­se­la isi­nkwa sa­kho phe­zu ko­bu­so ba­ma­nzia, ngo­ba uza­si­tho­la emva kwe­nsu­ku ezi­ne­ngib.

2 Ni­ka isa­be­loc kwa­ba­yi­si­kho­mbi­sad, ye­bo, la­kwa­ba­yi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li, ngo­ba ka­wa­zi uku­thi bu­bi ba­ni obu­za­ku­ba emhla­be­nie.

3 Uba ama­ye­zi egcwe­le izu­lu, ayali­thu­lu­le­la emhla­be­ni; uba-ke isi­hla­hla si­we­la nge­ni­ngi­zi­mu ku­mbe nge­nya­ka­tho, enda­we­ni la­pho isi­hla­hla esi­we­la kho­na si­za­ku­ba kho­na­phof.

4 Ona­nze­le­la umo­ya ka­yi­ku­hla­nye­la, la­lo­wo okha­nge­la ama­ye­zi ka­yi­ku­vu­nag.

5 Nje­ngo­ba unga­zi uku­thi iyi­ni indle­la yo­mo­yah, akhu­la nja­ni ama­tha­mbo esi­swi­ni so­khu­le­lwe­yo, ngo­ku­nja­lo ka­wa­zi umse­be­nzi ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu owe­nza ko­nkei.

6 Hla­nye­la inhla­nye­lo ya­kho eku­se­ni, la­nta­mba­ma unga­phu­mu­zi isa­ndla sa­kho; ngo­ba ka­wa­zi uku­thi yi­yi­phi eza­phu­me­le­la, le ku­mbe le­ya­naj, lo­ba zo­mbi­li zi­za­ku­ba zi­nhle ngo­ku­fa­na­na­yok.

Ize­lu­le­ko kwa­ba­tsha

7 Si­bi­li, uku­kha­nya ku­mna­ndi; nja­lo ku­hle eme­hlwe­ni uku­bo­na ila­ngal.

8 Ko­dwa uba umu­ntu ephi­la imi­nya­ka emi­ne­ngi, ka­tho­ko­ze nga­yo yo­nke; ko­dwa ka­khu­mbu­le le­nsu­ku zo­mnya­ma, ngo­ba zi­za­ku­ba zi­ne­ngi. Ko­nke oku­za­yo ku­yi­zem.

9 Tho­ko­za, ja­ha, ebu­tshe­ni ba­khon, le­nhli­zi­yo ya­kho ka­yi­ku­tho­ko­zi­se ensu­kwi­ni zo­bu­tsha ba­khoo, uha­mbe endle­le­ni ze­nhli­zi­yo ya­khop le­ku­bo­ne­ni kwa­me­hlo akhoq. Ko­dwa ya­zir uku­thi nge­nxa ya­zo zo­nke izi­nto uNku­lu­nku­lu uza­ku­le­tha ku­sa­hlu­le­los.

10 Nga­kho su­sa uku­da­bu­ka enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­kho, ukhu­phe ubu­bi enya­me­ni ya­kho, ngo­ba ubu­tsha lo­bu­ja­ha bu­yi­zet.

12Khu­mbu­la-ke uMda­li wa­kho ensu­kwi­nia zo­bu­tsha ba­khob zi­nga­ka­fi­ki insu­ku ezi­mbic, ku­mbe ku­so­nde­le imi­nya­kad, la­pho oza­ku­thie: Ka­ngi­la­nto­ko­zo nga­yof.

2 Ku­nga­ka­fi­pha­li ila­ngag lo­ku­kha­nya le­nya­nga le­zi­nka­nye­zi, ku­mbe ama­ye­zi abu­ye­le emva kwe­zu­luh.

3 Ngo­su­ku la­pho aba­gci­ni be­ndlu be­za­thu­thu­me­lai, la­ma­do­da ala­ma­ndla akho­kho­be, la­ba­cho­la­yo be­me ngo­ba be­ba­lu­tshwa­na, la­la­bo aba­lu­ngu­za nga­ma­wi­ndi ba­fi­pha­ze­kej,

4 le­zi­va­lo zi­va­lwek esi­ta­la­di­nil, la­pho umsi­ndo wo­ku­cho­lam usu­nci­phan, la­pho eza­vu­ka eku­kha­le­ni kwe­nyo­ni, la­ma­do­da­ka­zi wo­nke engo­mao eza­tho­tshi­swap,

5 lala­pho be­za­kwe­sa­ba oku­pha­ke­me­yo le­ze­sa­bi­so endle­le­ni, la­pho isi­hla­hla se-a­li­mo­ndi* se­si­le­mpo­ko, le­nto­tho­vi­ya­ne iza­ku­ba ngu­mthwa­lo ku­yoq, le­si­lo­yi­so si­za­phe­la. Ngo­ba umu­ntu uya ekha­ya la­kher eli­la­pha­ka­des, la­ba­li­la­yo ba­za­zu­la­zu­lat esi­ta­la­de­niu.

6 Ku­nga­ka­thu­ku­lu­lwa inta­mbo ye­si­li­vav, lo­mga­nu we­go­li­de upha­hla­zwe, le­mbi­za ipha­hla­ze­ke emtho­nje­ni, le­ndi­ra­yo ye­phu­ke emgo­di­ni wa­ma­nziw,

7 lo­thu­li lu­bu­ye­le emhla­ba­thi­ni nje­ngo­ba lwa­lu­nja­lox, lo­mo­ya ubu­ye­lay ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu owa­wu­ni­ka­yoz.

8 Ize le­zea, ku­tsho umTshu­ma­ye­li, ko­nke ku­yi­zeb.

9 Phe­zu kwa­lo­kho-kec, ngo­ba umTshu­ma­ye­li wa­ye­hla­ka­ni­phi­le, wa­ye­lo­khu efu­ndi­sa aba­ntu ulwa­zid, ye­bo wa­zi­ndla, wa­di­ngi­si­sa, wa­mi­sae ku­hle iza­ga ezi­ne­ngif.

10 UmTshu­ma­ye­li wa­di­nga uku­tho­la ama­zwi akho­li­si­sa­yo, lo­kwa­bha­lwa­yo kwa­ku­qo­ndi­le, ama­zwi eqi­ni­sog.

11 Ama­zwi aba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo anje­nge­zi­nci­jo, la­nje­nge­zi­pi­ki­lih ezi­be­the­lwe za­tsho­nai, ama­kho­si emi­hla­nga­noj, eni­kwa ngu­me­lu­si mu­nyek.

12 Phe­zu kwa­lo­kho-ke, ndo­da­na ya­mil, xwa­yi­se­kam: Ekwe­nze­ni ingwa­lo ezi­ne­ngi ka­ku­la­si­phe­lon, lo­ku­fu­nda oku­ne­ngi ku­yi­ku­di­ni­sa inya­mao.

13 Isi­phe­tho so­da­ba ko­nke se­ku­zwa­ke­le yile­si: Me­sa­be uNku­lu­nku­lu, ugci­ne imi­la­yo ya­khe; ngo­ba lo­kho yi­mfa­ne­lo yo­nke yo­mu­ntup.

14 Ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu uza­le­tha wo­nke umse­be­nziq ku­sa­hlu­le­lo, la­yo yo­nke into efi­hli­we­yo, lo­ba ku­hle la­lo­ba ku­bir.