INGO­MA YE­ZI­NGO­MA

1Ingo­maa ye­zi­ngo­ma enge­ka­So­lo­mo­nib.

2 Ka­nga­nge ngo­kwa­nga ko­mlo­mo wa­khec; ngo­ba utha­ndo lwa­kho lu­ngco­no ku­le­wa­yi­nid.

3 Nge­nxa ye­phu­nga la­ma­gco­bo akho amna­ndi, ibi­zo la­kho linje­nga­ma­gco­bo athu­lu­li­we­yo; nga­kho-ke izi­nto­mbi zi­ya­ku­tha­ndae.

4 Ngi­do­nsaf, si­za­gi­ji­ma emva kwa­khog; inko­si ingi­nge­ni­seh ema­ka­me­lwe­ni ayoi; si­za­ja­bu­la si­tho­ko­ze ku­wej, si­khu­mbu­le utha­ndo lwa­kho okwe­dlu­la iwa­yi­nik; aba­qo­ndi­le­yo ba­ya­ku­tha­nda.

5 Ngi­mnya­ma, ko­dwa ngi­mu­hlel, ma­do­da­ka­zi eJe­ru­sa­le­mam, nje­nga­ma­the­nten eKe­da­ri, nje­nga­ma­khe­the­ni ka­So­lo­mo­nio.

6 Li­nga­ngi­bu­ke­li ngo­ba ngi­mnya­ma, ngo­ba ila­nga li­ngi­tshi­si­le. Aba­ntwa­na ba­ka­ma­ma ba­ngi­zo­nde­lap, ba­nge­nza umli­ndi­ka­zi we­zi­vi­niq; isi­vi­ni sa­mi esi­nge­sa­mi ka­ngi­si­li­nda­ngar.

7 Ngi­tshe­la, we­na umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi oku­tha­nda­yos, uku­thi we­lu­se­la nga­phi, uphu­mu­za1 nga­phi umhla­mbi emi­nit; ngo­ba ku­nga­ni ngi­za­ku­ba nje­ngo­zu­la­yo2 nga­se­mi­hla­nji­ni ya­ba­nga­ne ba­khou?

8 Uba unga­zi, we­na omu­hle ka­khu­lu pha­ka­thi kwa­be­si­fa­za­na, phu­ma we­na nge­zi­nya­the­lo zo­mhla­mbi, we­lu­se­le ama­zi­nya­ne akho pha­nsi kwa­ma­du­mba abe­lu­siv.

9 Ngi­ku­fa­na­ni­se le­bhi­za­ka­zi ezi­nqo­le­ni zi­ka­Fa­row, mtha­ndwa wa­mix.

10 Izi­hla­thi za­kho zi­nhley pha­ka­thi kwe­mi­ce­ci­so, inta­mo ya­kho nge­zi­gqi­zoz.

11 Si­za­kwe­nze­la imi­ce­ci­so ye­go­li­de la­ma­qhu­bu esi­li­vaa.

12 Inko­si ise­se­ta­fu­le­ni la­yob le­di­li ina­di* ya­mi ya­khu­pha iphu­nga la­yoc.

13 Isi­tha­ndwa sa­mi ki­mi si­yi­sa­mba se­mu­re*; si­za­la­la pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­be­le ami ebu­su­kud.

14 Isi­tha­ndwa sa­mi ki­mi si­li­hlu­ku­zo le­si­hla­hla se­he­na*e ezi­vi­ni­ni zeE­nge­dif.

15 Kha­nge­la, umu­hle, mtha­ndwa wa­mi, kha­nge­la, umu­hleg, ame­hlo akho anga­wa­ma­ju­bahi.

16 Kha­nge­la, umu­hle, si­tha­ndwa sa­mi, isi­bi­li uya­tho­ko­zi­sa. Lo­mbhe­da we­thu ulu­hla­za.

17 Imi­ja­boj ye­zi­ndlu ze­thuk yi­mi­se­da­ril, intu­ngo ze­thu nge­ze­fi­ri*m.

2Ngi­li­ro­zia le­Sha­ro­nib, umdu­ze we­zi­go­dic.

2 Nje­ngo­mdu­ze pha­ka­thi kwa­me­vad, unja­lo mtha­ndwa wa­mi pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­do­da­ka­zie.

3 Nje­nge­si­hla­hla sa­ma-a­phu­la pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­hla­hla ze­ga­nga, si­nja­lo isi­tha­ndwa sa­mi pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­do­da­naf. Nga­hla­la emthu­nzi­ni wa­so nga­tho­ko­za ka­khu­lug, le­si­the­lo sa­so si­mna­ndi eku­na­mbi­the­ni kwa­mih.

4 Sa­ngi­sa endli­ni ye­wa­yi­ni, le­si­bo­ni­so sa­so phe­zu kwa­mi si­lu­tha­ndoi.

5 Ngi­se­ke­la­nij nge­zi­nkwa ze­zi­the­lo ze­vi­ni ezo­nyi­si­we­yok, li­ngi­qi­ni­se nga­ma-a­phu­lal, ngo­ba ngi­gu­liswa lu­tha­ndom.

6 Isa­ndla sa­so so­kho­hlo si­nga­pha­nsi kwe­kha­nda la­min, le­so­ku­ne­ne sa­so si­ya­ngi­go­nao.

7 Ngi­ya­li­fu­ngi­sap, ma­do­da­ka­zi eJe­ru­sa­le­maq, nge­mi­zi­kirs ku­mbe nge­zi­mpa­la ze­ga­ngatu, uku­ze li­nga­pha­za­mi­si li­nga­vu­si utha­ndo aze atha­nde.

8 Ili­zwi le­si­tha­ndwa sa­mi! Kha­nge­la so­na si­ye­za, si­se­qa phe­zu kwe­zi­nta­ba, si­qo­lo­tsha phe­zu kwa­ma­qa­qav.

9 Isi­tha­ndwa sa­mi si­nje­ngo­mzi­kiw ku­mbe nje­nge­tho­le le­ndlu­ze­lexy. Kha­nge­la si­mi nge­mva ko­mdu­li we­thu, si­lu­ngu­za ema­wi­ndi­ni, si­zi­bo­na­ka­li­sa1 emi­nxi­be­ni ye­wi­ndiz.

10 Isi­tha­ndwa sa­mi sa­phe­ndu­la sa­thi ki­mia: Vu­ka we­nab, mtha­ndwa wa­mi, omu­hle wa­mi, asi­ha­mbe we­nac.

11 Ngo­ba kha­nge­la, ubu­si­ka se­bu­dlu­li­le, izu­lu se­li­phe­li­le, li­ha­mbi­le.

12 Ama­lu­ba aya­bo­na­ka­la emhla­be­ni, isi­kha­thi so­ku­hla­be­le­la se­si­fi­ki­le, le­li­zwi le­ju­ba li­ye­zwa­ka­la eli­zwe­ni la­ki­thid.

13 Isi­hla­hla so­mkhi­wa si­vu­thi­sa imi­khi­wa ya­so elu­hla­za, la­ma­vi­ni ale­mpo­koe ale­tha iphu­nga eli­mna­ndif. Vu­ka we­na, mtha­ndwa wa­mi, omu­hle wa­mi we­na, si­ha­mbeg.

14 Ju­ba la­mih, eli­se­ngo­xwe­ni ye­dwa­laij, eku­si­the­ke­ni kwe­li­wak, ngi­tshe­ngi­sa ubu­so ba­kho, ngi­zwi­se ili­zwi la­khol, ngo­ba ili­zwi la­kho li­mna­ndi, lo­bu­so ba­kho bu­ya­bu­ke­kam.

15 Si­ba­mbe­le­ni ama­kha­nka, ama­kha­nka ama­nci­nya­ne, ona izi­vi­nin, ngo­ba izi­vi­ni ze­thu zi­le­zi­mpo­koo.

16 Isi­tha­ndwa sa­mi nge­sa­mi, la­mi ngi­ngo­wa­sop, ese­lu­sa pha­ka­thi kwe­mi­du­zeq.

17 Ku­ze ku­be se­ma­da­bu­ka­ku­sa, la­ma­thu­nzi aba­le­ker, phe­ndu­ka, si­tha­ndwa sa­mi, ube nje­ngo­mzi­ki ku­mbe nje­nge­tho­le le­ndlu­ze­les phe­zu kwe­zi­nta­ba ze­Bhe­the­rit.

3Embhe­de­ni wa­mi ebu­su­kua nga­mdi­nga lo­wo umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi omtha­nda­yob; nga­mdi­nga, ko­dwa ka­ngi­mtho­la­ngac.

2 Se­ngi­za­su­ka ngi­bho­da­bho­de emzi­ni, ezi­ta­la­de­nid le­ma­gce­ke­nie, ngi­mdi­nge ye­na umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi omtha­nda­yof; nga­mdi­nga, ko­dwa ka­ngi­mtho­la­ngag.

3 Aba­li­ndi aba­be­bho­da­bho­da emzi­ni ba­ngi­fi­cah. Li­mbo­ni­le yi­ni ye­na umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi omtha­nda­yoij?

4 Se­ngi­dlu­le ka­nci­nya­ne ku­bo nga­se­ngi­mtho­la ye­na umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi omtha­nda­yok. Nga­mba­mbal, ka­ngi­mye­ke­la­nga aha­mbem nga­ze nga­mle­tha endli­ni ka­ma­man, le­ka­me­lwe­ni la­khe owa­ngi­mi­tha­yoo.

5 Ngi­ya­li­fu­ngi­sap, ma­do­da­ka­zi eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, nge­mi­zi­ki ku­mbe nge­zi­mpa­la ze­ga­nga, uku­ze li­nga­pha­za­mi­si li­nga­vu­si utha­ndo lu­ze lu­tha­ndeq.

6 Ngu­ba­ni lor owe­nyu­ka eve­la enka­nga­las nje­nge­zi­nsi­ka ze­ntu­thut, eqho­lwe nge­mu­re* le­mpe­phau, nga­kho ko­nke oku­cho­li­si­si­we­yo kwa­ba­the­ngi­siv?

7 Kha­nge­la umbhe­da wa­khe ongo­ka­So­lo­mo­ni, ama­qha­we anga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha awu­go­mbo­lo­ze­la, ema­qha­we­ni akoI­sra­ye­liw.

8 Wo­nke aba­mbe inke­mba efu­ndi­se­lwe impi, yi­le­lo la­le­lo inke­mba ya­lo emle­nze­ni wa­lox nge­nxa yo­kwe­sa­bay ebu­su­kuz.

9 Inko­si uSo­lo­mo­ni ya­ze­nze­la isi­hla­lo so­ku­thwa­lwa nge­zi­go­do ze­Le­bha­no­ni.

10 Ye­nza insi­ka za­so nge­si­li­va, ipha­nsi la­so nge­go­li­de, isi­hla­lo sa­so ngo­ku­yi­bu­be­nde, ubu­pha­ka­thi ba­so bu­be­ke­le­lwe ngo­tha­ndo nga­ma­do­da­ka­zi eJe­ru­sa­le­maa.

11 Phu­ma­ni, ma­do­da­ka­zi eZi­yo­nib, li­bo­ne inko­si uSo­lo­mo­ni, ilo­mqhe­le uni­na ame­thwe­sa umqhe­le nga­wo ngo­su­ku lo­mtsha­do wa­yoc, la­ngo­su­ku lwe­nto­ko­zo ye­nhli­zi­yo ya­yod.

4Kha­nge­la, umu­hle, mtha­ndwa wa­mi, kha­nge­la, umu­hlea. Ame­hlo akho anga­wa­ma­ju­ba nga­pha­ka­thib kwe­ve­yi­li la­khocd; inwe­le za­kho zi­nje­ngo­mhla­mbie we­mbu­zif zi­se­hlag enta­be­ni iGi­le­ya­dih.

2 Ama­zi­nyo akho anje­ngo­mhla­mbi we­zi­mvu­ka­zi ezi­gu­ndi­we­yoi, ezi­khu­phu­ka eku­ge­zi­swe­ni, oku­thi zo­nke za­zo zi­ze­le ama­pha­hla, nja­lo ku­nge­kho efe­lwa­yo pha­ka­thi kwa­zoj.

3 Inde­be za­kho zi­nje­nge­nta­mbo ebo­mvuk, le­nku­lu­mo ya­kho yi­nhlel. Inhla­fu­no za­khom pha­ka­thi kwe­ve­yi­li la­khono zi­nje­ngo­ce­zu lwe­po­me­gra­na­ti*pq.

4 Inta­mo ya­kho inje­ngo­mpho­tsho­ngo ka­Da­vi­dar owa­khi­we wa­ba yi­ndlu ye­zi­kha­lis, oku­le­nga ku­wo ama­ha­wu ayi­nku­lu­ngwa­net, wo­nke ayi­zi­hla­ngu za­ma­qha­weu.

5 Ama­be­le akho wo­ma­bi­liv anje­nga­ba­ntwa­naw bo­mzi­kix, aba­nga­ma­pha­hla empa­la, aba­dla pha­ka­thi kwe­mi­du­zey.

6 Ku­ze ku­be se­ma­da­bu­ka­ku­saz, la­ma­thu­nzi aba­le­kea, mi­na ngi­za­ku­ya enta­be­ni ye­mu­re*b, le­qa­qe­ni lwe­mpe­phac.

7 We­na wo­nke umu­hle, mtha­ndwa wa­mid, ka­ku­kho si­ci ku­wee.

8 Wo­za la­mi si­su­ke eLe­bha­no­nif, ma­ko­ti wa­mi, la­mi si­su­ke eLe­bha­no­nig. Kha­nge­la use­ngqo­nge­ni yeA­ma­nah, engqo­nge­ni ye­Se­ni­rii le­ye­He­rmo­nij, ezi­mba­lwi­ni ze­zi­lwa­ne, enta­be­ni ze­zi­ngwek.

9 Uyi­thu­mbi­le inhli­zi­yo ya­mi, da­de­we­thu, ma­ko­ti, uyi­thu­mbi­le inhli­zi­yo ya­mi nge­li­nye la­me­hlo akhol, nge­si­gqi­zo esi­so­dwa se­nta­mo ya­khom.

10 Lu­hle ka­nga­ka­na­ni utha­ndo lwa­kho, da­de­we­thu, ma­ko­tin! Lu­ngco­no ka­nga­ka­na­ni utha­ndo lwa­kho ku­le­wa­yi­nio, le­phu­nga la­ma­gco­bo akho ku­la­ma­kha wo­nkep.

11 Inde­be za­kho, ma­ko­tiq, zi­tho­nta nje­ngo­hla­nga lo­lu­jur; ulu­ju lo­cha­go ku­nga­pha­nsi ko­li­mi lwa­khos, le­phu­nga le­ze­mba­tho za­kho li­nje­nge­phu­nga le­Le­bha­no­nit.

12 Uyi­si­va­nde esi­khi­yi­we­yo, da­de­we­thu, ma­ko­tiu, umtho­mbo okhi­yi­we­yov, isi­phe­thu esi­na­nye­kwe ngo­pha­wuw.

13 Ama­hlu­me­la akho ayi­si­va­ndex sa­ma­po­me­gra­na­ti*y, le­zi­the­lo ezi­mna­ndiz, ihe­na* le­na­di*a,

14 ina­di* le­sa­fro­ni*b, ikha­la­mu*c le­ki­na­mo­ni*d, le­zi­hla­hla zo­nke ze­mpe­phae, imu­refgh le­nhla­bai, la­ma­kha wo­nke aqa­ka­the­ki­le­yojk;

15 umtho­mbo we­zi­va­nde, umgo­di wa­ma­nzi aphi­la­yo, le­zi­fu­la ezi­ve­la eLe­bha­no­nil.

16 Vu­ka, mo­ya we­nya­ka­tho, uze la­we, mo­ya we­ni­ngi­zi­mu, uphe­phe­the esi­va­nde­ni sa­mi uku­ze ama­kha aso age­le­ze aphu­mem. Ka­si­ze isi­tha­ndwa sa­mi esi­va­nde­ni sa­son, si­dleo izi­the­lo za­so ezi­mna­ndip.

5Se­ngi­nge­ni­le esi­va­nde­ni sa­mia, da­de­we­thu, mlo­bo­ka­zib, se­ngi­khec imu­re ya­mi la­ma­kha amid, ngi­dlee uhla­nga lo­lu­ju lwa­mi ka­nye lo­lu­ju lwa­mif, ngi­na­the iwa­yi­ni la­mi lo­cha­go lwa­mig. Dla­ni­ni, ba­nga­ne, li­na­the, li­na­the ka­khu­lu, ba­tha­nde­ka­yoh.

2 Ngi­le­le, ko­dwa inhli­zi­yo ya­mi ipha­phe­me. Ili­zwi le­si­tha­ndwa sa­mi li­qo­qo­dai, li­si­thij: Ngi­vu­le­la, da­de­we­thuk, mtha­ndwa wa­mil, ju­ba la­mim, ophe­le­le­yo wa­min, ngo­ba ikha­nda la­mi li­gcwe­le ama­zo­lo, inwe­le za­mi ezi­pho­the­ne­yoo ama­tho­nsi ebu­su­kup.

3 Ngi­khu­phi­le isi­gqo­ko sa­miq, ngi­nga­si­gqo­ka nja­nir? Ngi­ge­zi­le inya­wo za­mi, ngi­nga­zi­ngco­li­sa nja­nis?

4 Isi­tha­ndwa sa­mi sa­fa­ka isa­ndla sa­so esi­kha­le­ni se­si­va­lot, le­mi­bi­li­ni ya­mi ya­si­qu­bu­le­kau.

5 Nga­su­ku­ma mi­na uku­vu­le­la isi­tha­ndwa sa­mi; le­za­ndla za­mi za­tho­nta imu­re*, le­mi­nwe ya­mi imu­re ege­le­za­yo, ezi­ba­nje­ni ze­khi­ye.

6 Mi­na nga­si­vu­le­la isi­tha­ndwa sa­mi, ko­dwa isi­tha­ndwa sa­mi sa­si­tshi­bi­li­ke se­dlu­lav. Umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi we­hlu­le­ka1 eku­khu­lu­me­ni kwa­sow. Nga­si­di­nga, ko­dwa ka­ngi­si­tho­la­ngax, nga­si­bi­za, ko­dwa ka­si­ngi­phe­ndu­la­ngay.

7 Aba­li­ndi aba­be­bho­da­bho­da emzi­ni ba­ngi­fi­caz, ba­ngi­tsha­ya, ba­ngi­li­ma­zaa; aba­li­ndi be­mi­du­li ba­ngi­tha­the­la ija­li ya­mib.

8 Ngi­ya­li­fu­ngi­sac, ma­do­da­ka­zi eJe­ru­sa­le­mad, uba li­tho­la otha­nde­ka­yo wa­mi, li­za­mtshe­la­ni? Uku­thi ngi­gu­liswa lu­tha­ndoe.

9 Isi­tha­ndwa sa­kho si­me­dlu­la nga­ni omu­nye otha­nde­ka­yo, we­na omu­hle pha­ka­thi kwa­be­si­fa­za­naf? Isi­tha­ndwa sa­kho si­me­dlu­la nga­ni omu­nye otha­nde­ka­yo uku­thi usi­fu­ngi­se nja­log?

10 Isi­tha­ndwa sa­mi si­mhlo­phe si­bo­mva­na, inhlo­ko­nku­lu2 pha­ka­thi kwe­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mih.

11 Ikha­nda la­so linje­nge­go­li­de eli­ce­nge­ke ka­khu­luij, inwe­le za­so ezi­pho­the­ne­yo zi­yi­bu­le­mbu, zi­mnya­ma nje­nge­wa­ba­yik.

12 Ame­hlo aso anje­nga­ma­ju­ba ezi­fu­le­ni za­ma­nzi, age­zwe ngo­cha­go, afa­kwe ka­ku­hlel.

13 Izi­hla­thi za­som zi­nje­ngo­mbhe­da wa­ma­khan, nje­nge­mi­bu­nduop ya­ma­kha akhu­pha iphu­nga eli­mna­ndi. Inde­be za­so zinje­nge­mi­du­ze, zi­tho­nta imu­re* ege­le­za­yoq.

14 Iza­ndla za­so zinje­nge­nda­nda­tho ze­go­li­der ezi­gcwe­le ibhe­ru­le*s. Isi­su sa­so sinje­ngo­pho­ndo lwe­ndlo­vu olu­kha­nya­yo, lu­hu­qwe nge­sa­fi­re*.t

15 Imi­le­nze ya­sou zi­nsi­ka ze­li­tshe eli­mhlo­phev zi­mi­swe ezi­se­ke­lwe­ni ze­go­li­de eli­cwe­nge­ki­le­yow. Uku­kha­nge­le­ka kwa­so ku­nje­nge­Le­bha­no­nix, eli­khe­the­lo nje­nge­mi­se­da­riy.

16 Umlo­mo wa­so umna­ndi ka­khu­lu, ye­bo so­nke si­ya­tha­nde­ka ka­khu­luz. Le­si yi­si­tha­ndwa sa­mi, nja­lo le­si ngu­mnga­ne wa­mi, ma­do­da­ka­zi eJe­ru­sa­le­maa.

6Si­ye nga­phi isi­tha­ndwa sa­kho, we­na omu­hle pha­ka­thi kwa­be­si­fa­za­na? Si­phe­ndu­ke­le nga­phi isi­tha­ndwa sa­kho, uku­ze si­si­di­nge ka­nye la­wea?

2 Isi­tha­ndwa sa­mi se­hle­le esi­va­nde­ni sa­sob, emi­bhe­de­ni ya­ma­khac, uku­dla ezi­va­nde­ni, lo­ku­kha imi­du­zed.

3 Ngi­ngo­we­si­tha­ndwa sa­mi, le­si­tha­ndwa sa­mi si­nge­sa­mie, esi­dla pha­ka­thi kwe­mi­du­zef.

4 Umu­hle, mtha­ndwa wa­mig, nje­nge­Ti­ri­zah, uya­bu­ke­ka nje­nge­Je­ru­sa­le­mai, uye­sa­be­ka nje­ngebu­thoj eli­phe­the izi­bo­ni­sok.

5 Su­sa ame­hlo akho ki­mi ngo­ba aya­ngi­nqo­ba. Inwe­le za­kho zi­nje­ngo­mhla­mbi we­mbu­zi zi­se­hla eGi­le­ya­dil.

6 Ama­zi­nyo akho anje­ngo­mhla­mbi we­zi­mvu­ka­zi ezi­khu­phu­ka eku­ge­zi­swe­ni, oku­thi zo­nke za­zo zi­ze­le ama­pha­hla, nja­lo ku­nge­kho eyi­nyu­mba pha­ka­thi kwa­zom.

7 Inhla­fu­no za­kho pha­ka­thi kwe­ve­yi­li la­kho zi­nje­ngo­ce­zu lwe­po­me­gra­na­ti*n.

8 Ku­kho­na izi­ndlo­vu­ka­zi ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha, la­ba­fa­zi aba­nca­ne aba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­lio, le­zi­nto­mbi ezi­nge­la­na­nip.

9 Li­nye iju­ba la­miq, ophe­le­le­yo wa­mir, ngu­ye ye­dwa ku­ni­na, ongo­khe­thi­we­yo wa­khes owa­mza­la­yot. Ama­do­da­ka­zi ambo­na, ambu­si­sau, izi­ndlo­vu­ka­zi la­ba­fa­zi aba­nci­nya­ne, ba­mba­ba­zav.

10 Ngu­ba­ni lo obo­na­ka­la nje­ngo­ku­saw, omu­hle nje­nge­nya­ngax, ocwe­bi­le­yoy nje­nge­la­ngaza, owe­sa­be­ka nje­ngebu­tho eli­phe­the izi­bo­ni­sob?

11 Nge­hle­la esi­va­nde­ni se­nke­lo uku­bo­na oku­hlu­ma­yo esi­go­di­nic, uku­bo­na uku­thi ivi­ni li­ya­hlu­mad, ama­po­me­gra­na­ti*ef aya­kha­hle­la yi­nig.

12 Ngi­nga­ka­zi umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi wa­ngi­mi­sa e­zi­nqo­leni zo­bu­kho­si za­ba­ntu ba­ki­thi1h.

13 Phe­ndu­ka, phe­ndu­ka, mShu­la­mii, phe­ndu­ka, phe­ndu­ka, uku­ze si­ku­bu­ke. Li­mbu­ke­la­ni umShu­la­mi? Ku­nje­nge­xu­ku la­ma­bu­tho ama­bi­lij2.

7Zi­nhle ka­nga­ka­na­ni izi­nya­wo za­kho ema­nya­the­lwe­nia, ndo­da­ka­zi ye­nko­sa­nab! Ama­lu­nga ama­tha­nga­zi akho anje­nge­mi­ce­ci­soc, umse­be­nzi we­za­ndla ze­ngci­tshid.

2 Inka­ba ya­kho inje­ngo­mga­nu oyi­ngu­bhe onga­swe­li iwa­yi­ni eli­xu­tsha­ni­si­we­yoe. Isi­su sa­kho sinje­nge­nqu­mbi ye­ngqo­lo­yi ezi­nge­le­ze­lwe yi­mi­du­zef.

3 Ama­be­le akho wo­ma­bi­li anje­nga­ba­ntwa­na bo­mzi­ki, aba­nga­ma­pha­hla empa­lag.

4 Inta­mo ya­kho inje­ngo­mpho­tsho­ngo we­mpo­ndo ze­ndlo­vuh. Ame­hlo akho ayi­zi­zi­ba ze­He­shi­bo­nii nga­se­sa­ngwe­ni le­Be­ti-Ra­bi­mij. Impu­mu­lo ya­kho inje­ngo­mpho­tsho­ngok we­Le­bha­no­nil okha­nge­le­ne le­Da­ma­se­kom.

5 Ikha­nda la­kho phe­zu kwa­kho li­nje­nge­Kha­rme­lin, le­nwe­le ze­kha­nda la­kho ezi­le­nga­yo zi­nje­ngo­ku­yi­bu­be­ndeo; inko­si ibo­tshwep emi­kha­ndlwe­niq.

6 Umu­hle ka­nga­ka­na­ni, nja­lo utha­nde­ka ka­nga­ka­na­nir, tha­ndo, ezi­nja­bu­lwe­nis.

7 Lo­bu ubu­de ba­kho bu­nje­nge­si­hla­hla se­la­lat, la­ma­be­le akho nje­nga­ma­xhau.

8 Nga­thi: Ngi­za­khwe­la esi­hla­hle­ni se­la­lav ngi­ba­mbe inga­tsha za­so. Kha­the­si-ke ama­be­le akho aza­ku­ba nje­nga­ma­hlu­ku­zo evi­niw, le­phu­nga la­ma­kha­la akho li­nje­nga­ma-a­phu­lax,

9 lo­lwa­nga lwa­kho lu­nje­nge­wa­yi­ni eli­hley eli­ya ku­si­tha­ndwa sa­mi ka­ku­hlez, ku­se­nza inde­be za­ba­le­le­yo zi­khu­lu­mea.

10 Ngi­ngo­we­si­tha­ndwa sa­mib, le­si­fi­so sa­so si­nga­ki­mic.

11 Wo­za, si­tha­ndwa sa­mi, ka­si­phu­me­le ega­nge­ni, si­la­le ebu­su­ku emi­za­ne­ni;

12 ka­si­vu­ke ngo­vi­vi si­ye ezi­vi­ni­ni, si­bo­ne uku­thi ama­vi­ni ase­hlu­mad, ekhu­pha impo­koe, lo­ku­thi ama­po­me­gra­na­ti* akha­hle­le yi­ni. La­pho ngi­za­ku­ni­ka utha­ndo lwa­mif.

13 Ama­ma­ndra­ke* akhu­pha iphu­nga eli­mna­ndig, la­nga­se­ma­sa­ngwe­ni ethuh ku­kho­na zo­nke inhlo­bo ze­zi­the­lo ezi­mna­ndi ka­khu­lui, ezi­ntsha le­zi­nda­laj, e­ngi­zi­be­ke­le we­na, si­tha­ndwa sa­mik.

8Ku­nga­thi nga­be unje­ngo­mfo­we­thu owa­mu­nya ama­be­le ka­ma­ma! Uba be­ngi­nga­ku­fi­ca pha­ndle, be­ngi­nga­kwa­nga, ye­bo, be­be­nga­yi­ku­ngi­de­le­la.

2 Be­ngi­nga­ku­kho­khe­la ngi­ku­nge­ni­se endli­ni ka­ma­ma, ube­nga­ngi­fu­ndi­saa; be­ngi­nga­ku­na­thi­sa okwe­wa­yi­ni eli­le­si­no­ngob, oko­mhlu­zic we­po­me­gra­na­ti la­mid.

3 Isa­ndla sa­khe so­kho­hlo si­nga­pha­nsi kwe­kha­nda la­mie, le­so­ku­ne­ne sa­so si­ya­ngi­go­naf.

4 Ngi­ya­li­fu­ngi­sag, li­na ma­do­da­ka­zi eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, uku­ze li­nga­pha­za­mi­si li­nga­vu­si utha­ndo aze atha­ndeh.

5 Ngu­ba­ni lo owe­nyu­ka eve­la enka­nga­la eye­me ko­tha­nde­ka­yo wa­khei? Nga­ku­vu­sa nga­pha­nsij kwe­si­hla­hla sa­ma-a­phu­lak, ku­la­pho unyo­ko aku­he­le­la kho­na, ku­la­pho ahe­le­lwa kho­na owa­ku­za­la­yo.

6 Ngi­be­ka nje­ngo­pha­wu enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­kho, nje­ngo­pha­wu enga­lwe­ni ya­khol; ngo­ba utha­ndo lu­la­ma­ndla nje­ngo­ku­fam, ubu­khwe­le bu­le­si­hlu­ku nje­nge­ngcwa­ban; ama­la­hle alo anga­ma­la­hle omli­loo, ila­nga­bip eli­la­ma­ndla ka­khu­luq.

7 Ama­nzi ama­ne­ngi ka­wa­la­ku­lu­ci­tsha utha­ndo, le­zi­mpo­pho­ma ka­zi­lu­ga­lu­li­si. Uba umu­ntu ube­nga­ni­ka impa­hla yo­nke ye­ndlu ya­khe ngo­tha­ndo, be­be­nga­yi­de­le­la lo­ku­yi­de­le­lar.

8 Si­lo­da­de­we­thu omnci­nya­ne, nja­lo ka­la­ma­be­les. Si­za­me­nze­la­ni uda­de­we­thu ngo­su­ku mhla ku­khu­lu­nywa nga­ye?

9 Uba engu­mdu­li, si­za­kwa­kha phe­zu kwa­khe inqa­ba ye­si­li­vat, nja­lo uba engu­mnya­ngo, si­za­mva­le­la nga­ma­pu­la­nka omse­da­riu.

10 Ngi­ngu­mdu­li, la­ma­be­le ami anje­nge­mi­pho­tsho­ngov; kho­na eme­hlwe­ni akhe nga­ba nje­ngo­ku­fu­me­ne umu­sa1.

11 USo­lo­mo­ni wa­ye­le­si­vi­niw eBha­li-Ha­mo­ni, wa­ni­ke­la isi­vi­nix ku­ba­li­ndiy; ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo wa­ye­za­le­tha nge­zi­the­lo za­so inhla­mvu ze­si­li­va ezi­yi­nku­lu­ngwa­nez.

12 Isi­vi­ni sa­mi esi­nge­sa­mi si­pha­mbi kwa­mi; inhla­mvu ezi­yi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne nge­za­kho, So­lo­mo­nia, la­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­lib nga­wa­ba­li­ndi be­zi­the­lo za­soc.

13 We­na ohla­la ezi­va­nde­nid, aba­nga­ne ba­la­le­la ili­zwi la­khoe; ngi­zwi­se lo­naf.

14 Pha­ngi­sa, si­tha­ndwa sa­mig, ube nje­ngo­mzi­ki ku­mbe nje­nge­tho­le le­ndlu­ze­le phe­zu kwe­zi­nta­ba za­ma­khah.