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UNku­lu­nku­lu ukhu­za isi­zwe sa­ko­Ju­da eso­na­yo

1Umbo­no kaI­sa­yaa indo­da­na kaA­mo­zi, awu­bo­na ngo­Ju­da le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, ensu­kwi­nib za­boU­zi­yac, uJo­tha­mud, uA­ha­zie, uHe­ze­khi­yaf, ama­kho­si ako­Ju­da.

2 Zwa­ni­nig, ma­zu­lu, ube­ke indle­beh, mhla­ba, ngo­ba iNko­si isi­khu­lu­mi­le, ya­thi: Ngo­ndli­le nga­khu­li­sa aba­ntwa­nai, ko­dwa bo­na ba­ngi­vu­ke­le.

3 Inka­bi iya­ma­zi umni­ni­yoj, lo­ba­bhe­mi umko­lok wo­mni­ka­zi wa­khe; ko­dwa uI­sra­ye­li ka­zilm, aba­ntu ba­mi ka­ba­qe­di­si­sin.

4 Ha­wu, isi­zwe eso­na­yo, aba­ntu aba­si­ndwa yi­bu­bi, inza­loo ya­be­nzi bo­bu­bi, aba­ntwa­na abo­na­ka­li­sa­yo! Ba­yi­tshi­yi­le iNko­si, ba­mde­le­lep oNgcwe­le kaI­sra­ye­li, ba­hle­hle­le nyo­va­ne.

5 Li­za­tsha­ye­lwa­niq fu­thi? Be­li­za­qhu­be­ka li­vu­ke­la; ikha­nda lo­nke li­ya­gu­la, le­nhli­zi­yo yo­nke ibu­tha­ka­tha­ka.

6 Ku­su­ke­la ku­nga­pha­nsi yo­nya­wo ku­ze ku­fi­ke ekha­nda ka­ku­la­nda­wo ephi­li­le­yor ku­kho, ko­dwa izi­lo­ndas le­mi­vi­mvi­nyatu la­ma­nxe­bav opha­yo; ka­ku­kha­nywa­nga, ka­ku­bo­tshwa­nga, ka­ku­tha­nji­swa­nga nga­ma­fu­thaw.

7 Ili­zwex la­ki­ni li­yi­nci­tha­ka­lo, imi­zi ye­nu itshi­swe ngo­mli­lo, umhla­ba we­nu abe­zi­zwe ba­wu­dla pha­mbi kwe­nu, nja­loy ku­le­nci­tha­ka­lo, nje­ngo­ku­ge­nqu­lwa nga­be­mzi­ni.

8 Indo­da­ka­zi ye­Zi­yo­ni ise­le-kez nje­nge­du­mba esi­vi­ni­ni, nje­nge­nga­la­nea ensi­mi­nib ya­ma­kho­ma­ne, nje­ngo­mu­zi ovi­nje­ze­lwe­yo.

9 Ubac iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla ibi­nga­si­tshi­ye­la­ngad insa­li eyi­ngco­sa­na, be­si­za­ku­ba nje­nge­So­do­mae, si­fa­na­ne le­Go­mo­raf.

10 Zwa­ni­ni ili­zwi le­Nko­si, ba­bu­sig be­So­do­mah, li­be­ke indle­be ku­mla­yo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thu, ba­ntu be­Go­mo­ra.

11 Bu­yi­ni ki­mi ubu­ne­ngi be­mi­hla­tshe­lo ye­nu? itsho iNko­sii. Nge­ne­li­si­we yi­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swa ye­zi­nqa­ma la­nga­ma­hwa­hwa oku­no­ni­si­we­yo; le­ga­zi la­ma­jo­ngo­si le­la­ma­wu­ndlu le­le­zi­mpo­ngo ka­ngi­tho­ko­zi nga­lo.

12 La­pho li­si­za­bo­na­ka­la pha­mbi kwa­mij, ngu­ba­ni obi­ze lo­khu esa­ndle­ni se­nuk, uku­gxo­ba ama­gu­ma ami?l

13 Li­nga­be li­sa­le­tha umni­ke­lo oyi­ze; impe­pha iyi­si­ne­ngi­so ki­mi; uku­thwa­sa kwe­nya­ngamn, le­sa­ba­thao, uku­bi­zwa kwe­nhla­nga­no, ngi­nge­ku­me­lep; ku­yi­si­pha­mbe­ko, ngi­tsho umhla­nga­no onzu­luq.

14 Umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi uya­ku­zo­nda uku­thwa­sa kwe­zi­nya­ngar ze­nu le­mi­kho­si ye­nu emi­si­we­yos; ku­ngu­mthwa­lo ki­mit, se­ngi­kha­the­le yi­kuku­thwa­lau.

15 La­la­pho li­se­lu­la iza­ndla ze­nuv ngi­za­li­fi­hle­la ame­hlo amiw; nja­lo nxa li­sa­ndi­sa umkhu­le­ko ka­ngi­yi­ku­zwa; iza­ndla ze­nu zi­gcwe­le iga­zix.

16 Ge­za­ni, li­zi­hla­mbu­lu­ley; su­sa­ni ubu­bi be­ze­nzo ze­nu pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo ami; ye­ke­la­ni ukwe­nza oku­biz;

17 fu­nda­ni ukwe­nza oku­hle; di­nga­ni isa­hlu­le­loab; si­za­ni oci­nde­ze­lwe­yo; ye­hlu­le­la­nic inta­nda­ned; me­la­ni umfe­lo­ka­zie.

18 Wo­za­ni kha­the­si, si­qo­ndi­sa­nef, itsho iNko­si; lo­ba izo­no ze­nu zi­nje­ngo­ku­bo­mvu ge­bhu, zi­za­ku­ba mhlo­phe nje­nge­li­qhwa eli­khi­thi­ki­le­yog; lo­ba zi­bo­mvu nje­ngo­ku­bo­mvu ka­khu­lu, zi­za­ku­ba nje­ngo­bo­ya be­zi­mvu.

19 Uba li­vu­ma li­la­le­la, li­za­ku­dla oku­hle kwe­li­zwe;

20 ko­dwa uba li­sa­la li­be le­nka­ni, li­za­dli­wa yi­nke­mba; ngo­ba umlo­mo we­Nko­si ukhu­lu­mi­leh.

Ukwa­hlu­le­lwa lo­ku­khu­lu­lwa kwe­Zi­yo­ni

21 Ye­ka, umu­zi othe­mbe­ki­le­yo usu­be li­wu­le!i Wa­wu­gcwe­le isa­hlu­le­lo, uku­lu­nga kwa­ku­hle­zi ku­wo, ko­dwa kha­the­si aba­bu­la­li.

22 Isi­li­va sa­kho se­si­be nga­ma­nye­lej; iwa­yi­ni la­kho la­xu­ba­na la­ma­nzik.

23 Izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­kho zi­nga­ba­hla­mu­kil la­ba­nga­ne ba­ma­se­lam; ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo utha­nda isi­phon, azi­nge­le izi­va­la­mlo­mo; ka­ze­hlu­le­li izi­nta­nda­neo, le­nda­ba yo­mfe­lo­ka­zi ka­yi­fi­ki ku­zo.

24 Nga­kho itsho iNko­si, iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndlap, oLa­ma­ndla wa­koI­sra­ye­liq: E, ngi­za­zi­du­du­za nge­zi­tha za­mir, ngi­zi­phi­ndi­se­le kwa­ba­me­la­na la­mis.

25 Ngi­za­bu­yi­se­la isa­ndla sa­mi phe­zu kwa­khot, ngi­cwe­ngi­si­se ama­nye­le akho, ngi­su­seu yo­nke ingce­ke­za yo­ku­cwe­ngwa kwa­khov.

26 Ngi­za­bu­yi­se­la aba­hlu­le­li ba­kho nje­nge­ku­qa­le­niw, la­be­lu­le­ki ba­kho nje­nga­ku­qa­la; emva kwa­lo­kho ubi­zwe ngo­ku­thi ngu­mu­zi wo­ku­lu­nga, umu­zi othe­mbe­ki­le­yox.

27 IZi­yo­ni iza­hle­ngwa nge­sa­hlu­le­lo, la­ba­phe­ndu­ka­yo ba­yo ngo­ku­lu­nga.

28 Lo­kwe­phu­lwa kwa­ba­pha­mbu­kiyz lo­kwe­zo­ni ku­za­ku­ba ka­nye­ka­nye, la­ba­de­la iNko­si ba­qe­dwea.

29 Ngo­ba ba­za­ku­ba le­nhlo­ni nge­zi­hla­hla za­ma-o­khi*b ela­li­zi­lo­yi­sa, li­ya­nge­ke nge­zi­va­nde eli­zi­khe­thi­le­yoc.

30 Ngo­ba li­za­ku­ba nje­nge­si­hla­hla se-o­khi oma­hla­mvu aso aya­bu­nad, la­nje­nge­si­va­nde esi­nge­la­ma­nzie.

31 Nja­lo ola­ma­ndla uza­ku­ba li­fi­la­ki­si eli­yi­zi­bif, lo­me­nzi wa­lo abe yi­nhla­nsi; nja­lo ku­za­ku­tsha ko­ku­bi­li ka­nye­ka­nyeg, ku­nga­bi kho­na oci­tsha­yo.

Isi­the­mbi­so so­ku­thu­la

2Ili­zwi uI­sa­ya indo­da­na kaA­mo­zia ali­bo­na ngo­Ju­da le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma.

2 Ku­za­ku­thi-keb eku­phe­le­ni kwe­zi­nsu­kuc inta­ba ye­ndlu ye­Nko­sid imi­swe engqo­nge­ni ye­zi­nta­bae, ipha­ka­nyi­swe phe­zu kwa­ma­qa­qa; la­zo zo­nke izi­zwe zi­za­ju­lu­ke­la ku­yofg.

3 Le­zi­zwe ezi­ne­ngi zi­za­ha­mba zi­thi: Wo­za­nih se­nyu­ke­le enta­be­ni ye­Nko­si, endli­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ka­Ja­ko­be, nja­lo uza­si­fu­ndi­sa nge­ndle­la za­khei, si­ha­mbe emi­kho­ndwe­ni ya­khe; ngo­ba ku­za­phu­ma umla­yo eZi­yo­nij, le­li­zwi le­Nko­si eJe­ru­sa­le­mak.

4 Nja­lo iza­kwa­hlu­le­la pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwe, ikhu­ze aba­ntu aba­ne­ngi; nja­lo ba­za­kha­nda inke­mba za­bol zi­be yi­zi­ka­li za­ma­khu­bam, le­mi­kho­nto ya­bon ibe zi­ngqa­mu zo­ku­the­na izi­hla­hlao; isi­zwe ka­si­yi­ku­pha­ka­mi­se­la isi­zwe inke­mba, ka­zi­sa­yi­ku­fu­nda impi fu­thip.

5 Ndlu ka­Ja­ko­be, wo­za­ni si­ha­mbe eku­kha­nye­ni kwe­Nko­siq.

Uku­gwe­tshwa kwa­ba­zi­khu­khu­me­za­yo

6 Ngo­ba uba­de­li­le aba­ntu ba­kho, indlu ka­Ja­ko­be, ngo­ba ba­gcwe­le okwe­mpu­ma­la­ngar, ba­yi­za­nu­ses nje­nga­ma­Fi­li­stit, ba­zi­ja­bu­li­sa nga­ba­ntwa­na be­zi­zweu.

7 Le­li­zwe la­bo li­gcwa­li­swe isi­li­va le­go­li­dev, nja­lo ka­ku­la­ku­phe­la kwe­no­tho ya­bo; le­li­zwe la­bo li­gcwa­li­swe ama­bhi­zaw, nja­lo ka­ku­la­ku­phe­la kwe­nqo­la za­bo.

8 Le­li­zwe la­bo li­gcwa­li­swex izi­tho­mbey; ba­kho­tha­me­la imi­se­be­nzi ye­za­ndla za­bo, lo­kho imi­nwe ya­bo ekwe­nzi­le­yo.

9 Lo­mu­ntu­ka­za­na uya­kho­tha­maz, lo­mu­ntu omkhu­lua azi­tho­beb; nga­kho ka­wu­ba­xo­le­li.

10 Nge­na edwa­le­nic, uca­tshe othu­li­ni, nge­nxa yo­kwe­sa­be­ka kwe­Nko­side, la­nge­nxa yo­du­mo lo­bu­kho­si ba­yo.

11 Ame­hlo azi­qhe­nya­yo omu­ntu aza­kwe­hli­se­lwa pha­nsif, lo­ku­zi­khu­khu­me­za kwa­ba­ntu ku­za­kho­tha­nyi­swa, nja­lo iNko­si ku­phe­la iza­pha­ka­nyi­swag nga­lo­lo­su­kuh.

12 Ngo­ba usu­ku lwe­Nko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla lu­za­ku­ba phe­zu kwa­khe wo­nke ozi­gqa­ja­yo lo­zi­khu­khu­me­za­yoi, lu­me­la­ne la­ye wo­nke ozi­pha­ka­mi­sa­yo, uku­ze atho­tshi­swej,

13 lu­me­la­ne la­yo yo­nke imi­se­da­ri ye­Le­bha­no­ni emi­de le­pha­ke­me­yok, lu­me­la­ne la­zo zo­nke izi­hla­hla za­ma-o­khi* ze­Ba­sha­nil,

14 lu­me­la­ne la­zo zo­nke inta­ba ezi­ndem, lu­me­la­ne la­wo wo­nke ama­qa­qa apha­ke­me­yon,

15 lu­me­la­ne la­wo wo­nke umpho­tsho­ngo opha­ke­me­yo, lu­me­la­ne la­wo wo­nke umtha­nga­la obi­ye­lwe­yo,

16 lu­me­la­ne la­yo yo­nke imi­khu­mbi ye­Ta­rshi­shio, lu­me­la­ne la­yo yo­nke imi­fa­ne­ki­so elo­yi­se­ka­yo.

17 Lo­ku­zi­qhe­nya kwa­ba­ntu ku­za­kho­tha­nyi­swap, lo­ku­zi­khu­khu­me­za kwa­ba­ntu ku­za­tho­tshi­swa, le­Nko­si ku­phe­la iza­pha­ka­nyi­swa nga­lo­lu­su­kuq.

18 Le­zi­tho­mbe zi­za­phe­la dur.

19 Ba­za­nge­na-kes ezi­mba­lwi­ni za­ma­dwa­lat le­mi­ho­me­ni yo­mhla­ba, nge­nxa yo­kwe­sa­be­ka kwe­Nko­siu la­nge­nxa yo­du­mo lo­ku­pha­ka­ma kwa­yo, la­pho iza­vu­ka uku­qha­qha­ze­li­sa umhla­bav.

20 Nga­lo­lo­su­kuw umu­ntu uza­la­hle­lax ema­gu­ndwa­ne­ni la­ku­bo­lu­lwa­ne izi­tho­mbe za­khe ze­si­li­vay le­zi­tho­mbe za­khe ze­go­li­deza aba­ze­nze­la zo­na ukuzi­kho­nza,

21 uku­nge­nab ezi­ngo­xwe­ni za­ma­dwa­lac le­zi­ngo­xwe­ni za­ma­wad, nge­nxa yo­kwe­sa­be­ka kwe­Nko­sie la­nge­nxa yo­du­mo lo­ku­pha­ka­ma kwa­yo, la­pho iza­vu­ka uku­qha­qha­ze­li­sa umhla­baf.

22 Li­na phe­za­ni ku­mu­ntug, omphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khe use­ma­kha­le­ni akheh; ngo­ba una­ka­nwa ku­ku­phi?

Uku­gwe­tshwa kwe­Je­ru­sa­le­ma lo­Ju­da

3Ngo­ba kha­nge­la, iNko­si, uJe­ho­va wa­ma­ba­ndlaa, iza­su­sa eJe­ru­sa­le­ma la­ko­Ju­dab insi­ka lo­do­ndo­loc, insi­ka yo­nke ye­si­nkwa, le­nsi­ka yo­nke ya­ma­nzi,

2 iqha­we, le­ndo­da ye­mpid, uma­hlu­le­li, lo­mpro­fe­thi, lo­mvu­mi­si, lo­mda­lae,

3 indu­na ya­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu, lo­we­mu­ke­le­ka­yo ngo­bu­so, lo­me­lu­le­ki, lo­mba­zi ohla­ka­ni­phi­le­yof, lo­wa­zi ama­lu­mbo.

4 Ngi­za­ba­ni­ka aba­fa­na1 ba­be yi­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­bog, le­zi­hlu­ku zi­za­bu­sa phe­zu kwa­boh.

5 La­ba­ntu ba­za­ci­nde­ze­lwai, omu­nye ko­mu­nye, nja­lo ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo ku­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khe; ija­ha li­za­de­le­la omda­la, lo­de­le­le­ka­yo ohlo­ni­phe­ka­yo.

6 La­pho umu­ntu eza­ba­mba umfo­wa­boj we­ndlu ka­yi­se athi: We­na ule­se­mba­tho, wo­ba ngu­mbu­si we­thuk, lo­khu­ku­chi­tha­ka­la ku­be nga­pha­nsi kwe­sa­ndla sa­khol;

7 uza­pha­ka­mi­sa nga­lo­lo­su­kum athi: Ka­ngi­yi­ku­ba ngu­me­la­phi, ngo­ba endli­ni ya­mi ka­ku­la­ku­dla ka­ku­la­se­mba­tho; li­nga­ngi­mi­si ngi­be ngu­mbu­si wa­ba­ntun.

8 Ngo­ba iJe­ru­sa­le­ma ikhu­be­ki­leo, lo­Ju­da uwi­le, ngo­ba uli­mi lwa­bo le­ze­nzo za­bo ku­me­le­ne le­Nko­si, uku­vu­ke­la ame­hlo obu­kho­si ba­yop.

9 Uku­kha­nge­le­ka ko­bu­so ba­bo ku­ya­fa­ka­za nga­bo; be­me­me­ze­la izo­no za­boq nje­nge­So­do­mar, ka­ba­zi­fi­hli. Ma­ye ku­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­bo! Ngo­ba ba­ze­nze­la oku­bi.

10 Tshe­la­ni olu­ngi­le­yo uku­thi ku­za­ku­bas ku­hle ku­yet; ngo­ba ba­za­ku­dla isi­the­lo se­ze­nzo za­bou.

11 Ma­ye ko­kho­hla­ke­le­yo! Ku­za­ku­ba ku­bi ku­yev; ngo­ba umvu­zo we­za­ndla za­khew uza­kwe­nzi­wa ku­ye.

12 Aba­ntu ba­mi, aba­ci­nde­ze­li ba­bo nga­ba­ntwa­naxy, la­be­si­fa­za­na ba­ya­ba­bu­sa. Ba­ntu ba­mi, aba­kho­khe­li be­nu nga­ba­du­hi­si, ba­sa­nga­ni­sa indle­la ye­mi­kho­ndo ye­nu.

13 INko­si izi­mi­se­lez uku­phi­ki­sa­naa, imi uku­thi ya­hlu­le­le aba­ntu.

14 INko­si inge­na ku­sa­hlu­le­lob la­ba­da­la ba­ba­ntu ba­yo le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­yo; ngo­ba li­na li­dle isi­vi­nic; impa­ngo yo­mya­nga ise­zi­ndli­ni ze­nu.

15 Li­na li­ba­cho­bo­ze­la­ni aba­ntu ba­mid, li­cho­la ubu­so ba­ba­ya­nga? itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­va wa­ma­ba­ndla.

Uku­gwe­tshwa kwa­be­si­fa­za­na be­Zi­yo­ni

16 INko­si ya­si­si­thi: Nge­nxa yo­ku­thie ama­do­da­ka­zi eZi­yo­nif ezi­pha­ka­mi­si­le, eha­mba elu­le inta­mo, ehu­ga nga­me­hlo, eha­mba ngo­ku­qo­qo­me­la eha­mba, ekhe­nce­zi­sa izi­gqi­zo enya­we­ni za­wog,

17 nga­kho iNko­si iza­kwe­nza inka­nda ya­ma­do­da­ka­zi eZi­yo­nih ibe lo­qwe­qwe, le­Nko­si iza­nqu­nu­la izi­tho za­wo za­nga­se­sei.

18 Nga­lo­lo­su­kuj iNko­si iza­su­sa ubu­hle be­zi­gqi­zo za­wok, le­zi­cwa­tshol, la­ma­so­ngo anje­nge­nya­ngam,

19 ama­ci­ci, la­ma­so­ngo, le­zi­mbo­mbo­zo,

20 ama­qhi­yen, le­zi­ge­tsho, la­ma­bha­ntio, le­mi­fu­ma, le­zi­nte­bep,

21 izi­nda­nda­thoq, la­ma­ci­ci ama­kha­lar,

22 izi­gqo­ko ze­mi­kho­sis, la­ma­ja­zi, le­ze­mba­thot, le­za­mbau,

23 le­zi­bu­kov, le­zi­gqo­ko ze­le­mbu eli­co­le­ki­le­yo ka­khu­luw, la­ma­qhe­lex, la­ma­ve­yi­li.

24 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke enda­we­ni ya­ma­khay ku­be le­vu­mbaz, le­nda­we­ni ye­bha­nti ku­be kho­na igo­da, le­nda­we­ni ye­nwe­le ezi­lu­ngi­swe ku­hlea ku­be kho­na impa­ba­ngabc, le­nda­we­ni ye­si­gqo­ko esi­hle ku­be kho­na isa­kad, uku­tsha enda­we­ni yo­bu­hle.

25 Ama­do­da akho aza­ku­wa nge­nke­mba, la­ma­qha­we akho empi­ni.

26 La­ma­sa­ngo ayoe aza­kha­la ali­lef; ye­nzi­we ize iza­hla­la emhla­ba­thi­nig.

IJe­ru­sa­le­ma iza­ku­ba lo­du­mo

4La­be­si­fa­za­na aba­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa ba­za­ba­mba indo­da ibe­nye nga­lo­lo­su­kuabcd, ba­thi: Si­za­ku­dla okwe­thu uku­dla, si­gqo­ke eze­thu izi­gqo­ko; ku­phe­la ibi­zo la­kho ka­li­bi­zwe phe­zu kwe­thu; su­sa ihla­zo le­thue.

2 Nga­lo­lo­su­kuf ihlu­me­la le­Nko­sig li­za­ku­ba nge­lo­bu­hle, nja­lo elo­du­mo, le­si­the­lo se­li­zwe nge­so­ku­hle ka­khu­lu lo­ko­ku­bu­ke­kah kwa­ba­phu­nyu­ki­le­yo ba­koI­sra­ye­li.

3 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke ose­le­yo eZi­yo­ni lo­tshi­ywe eJe­ru­sa­le­ma athi­we ungcwe­lei, wo­nke obha­le­lwej impi­lo eJe­ru­sa­le­ma;

4 iNko­si isi­ge­zi­si­le ingce­ke­zak ya­ma­do­da­ka­zi eZi­yo­nil, ya­hla­mbu­lu­la ama­ca­la ega­zi eJe­ru­sa­le­mam pha­ka­thi kwa­yo, ngo­mo­ya we­sa­hlu­le­lo la­ngo­mo­ya wo­ku­tshi­sa.

5 Le­Nko­si iza­da­la phe­zu kwa­yo yo­nke inda­wo yo­ku­hla­la ye­nta­ba ye­Zi­yo­ni, la­phe­zu kwe­nhla­nga­no za­yo ezi­bi­zi­we­yo, iye­zi emi­ni, le­ntu­thun, lo­ku­kha­nyao ko­mli­lo ola­ma­la­nga­bi ebu­su­kup; ngo­ba phe­zu kwa­yo yo­nke inka­zi­mu­lo ku­za­ku­ba le­se­mbe­so esi­lu­pha­hla.

6 Nja­lo ku­za­ku­ba le­du­mbaq li­be ngu­mthu­nzi emi­ni eku­tshi­se­nir, nja­lo li­be yi­si­phe­phe­los, nja­lo li­be yi­si­vi­ke­lo esi­vu­ngu­vu­ngwi­ni le­zu­lwi­nit.

Umfa­ne­ki­so we­si­vi­ni

5Ake ngi­hla­be­le­le otha­ndi­we­yo wa­mia ingo­ma yo­mtha­ndwa wa­mib nge­si­vi­ni sa­khec.

Otha­ndi­we­yo wa­mid ule­si­vi­ni oqa­qe­ni olu­vu­ndi­le­yo.

2 Wa­si­bi­ye­lae, wa­khu­pha ama­tshe ki­sof, wa­si­hla­nye­lag nge­vi­ni eli­khe­thi­we­yoh, wa­kha umpho­tsho­ngo pha­ka­thi kwa­soi, wa­gu­bhaj le­si­kha­me­lo se­wa­yi­ni ki­sok; wa­li­nde­la uku­thi si­za­the­la izi­the­lo ze­vi­nil, ko­dwa sa­the­la izi­the­lo ze­vi­ni ezi­mu­nyu.

3 Nga­kho-ke, ba­hla­li be­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, la­ni ma­do­da ako­Ju­da, ake la­hlu­le­le pha­ka­thi kwa­mi le­si­vi­ni sa­mi.

4 Nga­be kwe­nzi­wa­ni oku­nye esi­vi­ni­ni sa­mi engi­nga­kwe­nza­nga ku­so? Nga­li­nde­le­la­ni uku­thi si­za­the­la izi­the­lo ze­vi­nim, ko­dwa sa­the­la izi­the­lo ze­vi­ni ezi­mu­nyu?

5 Nga­kho-ken, ake ngi­li­tshe­le engi­za­kwe­nza esi­vi­ni­ni sa­mi: Ngi­za­su­sa utha­ngo lwa­soo uku­ze si­be li­dle­lop, ngi­di­li­ze umdu­li wa­soq uku­ze si­be nge­so­ku­gxo­tshwa.

6 Ngi­za­se­nza si­be li­ga­nga, si­nga­the­nwa, si­nga­hla­ku­lwa, ko­dwa ku­mi­le ame­va lo­khu­la olu­hla­ba­yor. Nja­lo ngi­za­la­ya ama­ye­zi uku­thi anga­ni­si izu­lu phe­zu kwa­so.

7 Ngo­ba isi­vi­nis se­Nko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla yi­ndlu kaI­sra­ye­li, la­ba­ntu ba­ko­Ju­da ba­yi­si­tho­mbo se­nto­ko­zo za­yo. Nja­lo ya­yi­li­nde­le isa­hlu­le­lo, ko­dwa kha­nge­la, uku­chi­thwa kwe­ga­zi1; uku­lu­nga, ko­dwa kha­nge­la, uku­kha­la.

Ama­zwi okwa­hlu­le­la aba­bi

8 Ma­ye ku­la­bo aba­hla­nga­ni­sa indlu le­ndlut, aba­so­nde­za insi­mu le­nsi­muu, ku­ze ku­swe­le­ke inda­wo, li­na-ke li­hla­le lo­dwa pha­ka­thi kwe­li­zwe!

9 Endle­be­ni za­mi iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla ya­thi: Isi­bi­li izi­ndlu ezi­ne­ngi zi­za­ku­ba nga­ma­nxi­wa, ezi­nku­lu le­zi­nhle zi­nga­bi la­mhla­li.

10 Ngo­ba indi­ma ezi­li­tshu­mi ze­si­vi­ni zi­za­the­la ibha­thi*v eli­lo­dwa, le­ho­me­ri* le­nhla­nye­lowx li­the­le i-e­fa*y.

11 Ma­ye kwa­ba­vu­ka eku­se­ni ka­khu­luz, be­xo­tsha­na lo­ku­na­thwa­yo oku­la­ma­ndla, ba­li­ba­le ku­ze ku­hlwea, li­ze iwa­yi­ni li­ba­lu­ma­thi­seb!

12 Nja­lo icha­chocd lo­mhu­bheef, isi­gu­bhughi lo­mhla­ngaj, le­wa­yi­ni kuse­ma­di­lini abo, ko­dwa ka­ba­na­nzik ise­nzo se­Nko­sil, be­nga­bo­nimn umse­be­nzi we­za­ndla za­yoo.

13 Nga­kho aba­ntu ba­mi ba­za­ku­ya eku­thu­njwe­ni nge­nxa yo­ku­nga­bi lo­lwa­zip, la­ma­do­da abo odu­mo ale­ndla­la, le­ne­ngi la­bo li­za­ko­ma ngu­mha­wu.

14 Nga­kho ingcwa­ba li­za­zi­na­bu­lu­laq, li­vu­ler umlo­mo wa­lo ube ba­nzi ngo­ku­nge­la­si­li­nga­ni­sos, ku­ze kwe­hle udu­mo lwa­bo lo­bu­ne­ngi ba­bot le­nxo­ko­ze­lo ya­bou lo­tho­ko­za­yov pha­ka­thi kwa­bo.

15 Lo­mu­ntu­ka­za­naw uza­kwe­hli­se­lwa pha­nsi, lo­mu­ntu opha­ke­me­yo atho­tshi­swe, la­me­hlo aba­zi­khu­khu­me­za­yo atho­tshi­swe.

16 Ko­dwa iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndlax iza­pha­ka­nyi­swa nge­sa­hlu­le­lo, lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu ongcwe­le uza­ngcwe­li­swa ngo­ku­lu­nga.

17 La­ma­wu­ndlu aza­ku­dla ngo­kwe­ndle­la ya­woy, la­be­mzi­ni ba­dle ama­nxi­wa aba­khu­lu­phe­le­yoza.

18 Ma­ye kwa­ba­do­nsa isi­pha­mbe­ko nge­nta­mbo ze­ze, le­so­no nje­nga­ma­go­da enqo­la!

19 La­bo aba­thib: Ka­pha­ngi­se, apha­ngi­si­se umse­be­nzi wa­khe, uku­ze siwu­bo­ne; le­ce­bo lo­Ngcwe­le kaI­sra­ye­li ka­li­so­nde­le li­ze, uku­ze sila­zi.

20 Ma­ye kwa­ba­thi ko­ku­bi ku­hle, la­ko­ku­hle ku­bi, aba­be­ka umnya­ma ube yi­ku­kha­nya, lo­ku­kha­nya ku­be ngu­mnya­mac, aba­be­ka oku­ba­ba­yo ku­be mna­ndi, lo­ku­mna­ndi ku­be ngo­ku­ba­ba­yo!

21 Ma­ye kwa­ba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo eme­hlwe­ni abod, la­ba­qe­di­si­sa­yo pha­mbi ko­bu­so ba­bo!

22 Ma­yee kwa­ba­nga­ma­qha­we oku­na­tha iwa­yi­ni, la­ma­do­da ala­ma­ndla oku­hla­nga­ni­sa oku­na­thwa­yo oku­la­ma­ndla;

23 aba­lu­ngi­si­sa okho­hla­ke­le­yof nge­nxa yo­mvu­zog, ba­su­se uku­lu­nga kwa­ba­lu­ngi­le­yo ku­bo!

24 Nga­kho nje­ngo­li­mi lo­mli­loh lu­si­dla isi­di­ndi so­tsha­nii, la­ma­kho­ba edi­li­ka nge­la­nga­bijk, ngo­ku­nja­lo impa­nde ya­bol iza­ku­ba nje­ngo­ku­bo­lam, le­mpo­ko ya­bo iphe­phu­ke nje­ngo­thu­li; ngo­ba be­wa­li­le umla­yo we­Nko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, ba­li­de­le­la ili­zwin lo­Ngcwe­le kaI­sra­ye­lio.

25 Nge­nxa ya­lo­kho ula­ka lwe­Nko­sip lu­ba­vu­the­le aba­ntu ba­yo, ye­lu­la isa­ndla sa­yo ime­le­ne la­bo, ya­ba­tsha­ya, izi­nta­ba za­ze za­za­ma­za­maq, le­zi­du­mbu za­bo za­ba nje­nge­ngce­ke­za pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­ta­la­da. Nge­nxa ya­kho ko­nke lo­khu ula­ka lwa­yo ka­lu­phe­ndu­kir, ko­dwa isa­ndla sa­yo si­lo­khu se­lu­li­we.

26 Nja­lo iza­si­pha­ka­mi­se­la isi­zwe isi­bo­ni­sos ikha­tsha­natu, isi­tsha­ye­le ikhwe­lov ise­ku­ci­ne­ni ko­mhla­baw; kha­nge­la-ke, si­za­ku­za ma­si­nya­ne nge­ju­ba­nex.

27 Ka­kho oza­di­nwa, nja­lo ka­kho oza­khu­be­kay pha­ka­thi kwa­so, ka­kho oza­wo­ze­la, nja­lo ka­kho oza­la­laz, nja­lo ka­kho oza­khu­lu­le­lwa ibha­nti lo­kha­lo lwa­khea, nja­lo ka­kho oza­qa­nyu­ke­lwa ngu­mchi­lo wa­ma­nya­the­la akheb.

28 Omi­tsho­ko ya­khe ibu­kha­lic, lo­ma­da­ndi­li akhe wo­nke ago­tshi­wed; ama­so­ndo ama­bhi­za akhe aza­ba­lwa nje­nge­li­tshe eli­lu­khu­ni, la­ma­vi­li akhe nje­nge­si­vu­ngu­za­nee.

29 Uku­bho­nga kwa­khe ku­za­ku­ba nje­ngo­kwe­si­lwa­nefg, nja­lo uza­bho­nga nje­nga­ma­bho­ngo esi­lwa­neh, abha­vu­me aba­mbe impa­ngo, ayi­le­the eku­vi­ke­le­ke­ni, nja­lo ku­nge­kho ume­mu­ki.

30 Ba­za­ku­bha­vu­me­la nga­lo­lo­su­ku nje­ngo­ku­bha­vu­ma ko­lwa­ndlei. Uba umu­ntu ekha­nge­la emhla­be­nij, kha­nge­la-ke, umnya­ma, usi­zik, lo­ku­kha­nya kwe­nzi­we kwa­ba mnya­ma nga­ma­ye­zi aso.

Umbo­no lo­bi­zo lu­kaI­sa­ya

6Ngo­mnya­kaa wo­ku­fa kwe­nko­si uU­zi­yab nga­bo­na iNko­si ihle­zi esi­hla­lwe­ni so­bu­kho­sic esi­phe­zu­lu le­si­pha­ke­me­yo, le­mi­phe­tho ye­se­mba­tho sa­yo ya­gcwa­li­sa ithe­mpe­li.

2 Ama­se­ra­fi* aye­mi nga­phe­zu kwa­yo; impi­ko ezi­yi­si­thu­phad, impi­ko ezi­yi­si­thu­pha za­le­lo la­le­lo; nge­zi­mbi­li la­gu­bu­ze­la ubu­so ba­lo, la­nge­zi­mbi­li la­gu­bu­ze­la inya­wo za­lo, la­nge­zi­mbi­li la­pha­pha.

3 Le­li­nye la­me­me­za kwe­li­nye la­thi: Ingcwe­le, ingcwe­le, ingcwe­le iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndlae; umhla­ba wo­nke ugcwe­le inka­zi­mu­lo ya­yofg.

4 Insi­ka zo­mnya­ngo za­se­zi­nyi­ki­nye­ka nge­nxa ye­li­zwi lo­me­me­za­yo, le­ndlu ya­gcwa­la intu­thuh.

5 Nga­se­ngi­si­thi: Ma­ye ki­mii, ngo­ba ngi­ya­bhu­bha! Ngo­ba ngi­ngu­mu­ntu we­nde­be ezi­ngco­li­le­yo, fu­thi ngi­hla­la pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntu be­nde­be ezi­ngco­li­le­yo; ngo­ba ame­hlo ami abo­ni­le iNko­si, uJe­ho­va wa­ma­ba­ndlaj.

6 Kwa­se­ku­pha­phe­la ki­mi eli­nye la­ma­se­ra­fi li­le­la­hle eli­vu­tha­yo esa­ndle­ni sa­lo e­la­lili­the­the ngo­dla­wu ela­thi­nik.

7 La­thi­nta umlo­mo wa­mil, la­thi: Kha­nge­la, lo­khu ku­zi­thi­nti­le inde­be za­kho; nga­kho ubu­bi ba­kho bu­su­si­we, le­so­no sa­kho se­nze­lwe inhla­wu­lo lo­ku­thu­lam.

8 Nga­se­ngi­si­zwa ili­zwi le­Nko­si li­si­thi: Ngi­za­thu­ma ba­ni? Nja­lo ngu­ba­ni oza­si­ye­la?n Nga­se­ngi­si­thi: Kha­nge­la, ngila­pha, thu­ma mi­nao.

9 Ya­si­si­thi: Ha­mba, uthi ku­la­ba­ba­ntu: Zwa­ni­ni li­zwep, ko­dwa ka­li­yi­ku­qe­di­si­sa; nja­lo bo­na­ni li­bo­ne, ko­dwa ka­li­yi­ku­bo­ni­si­sa.

10 Ye­nza inhli­zi­yo ya­la­ba­ba­ntu ikhu­lu­pha­leq, we­nze indle­be za­bo zi­be nzi­ma, uva­le ame­hlo abor, hle­zi ba­bo­ne nga­me­hlo abos, be­zwe nge­ndle­be za­bo, ba­qe­di­si­se nge­nhli­zi­yo za­bo, ba­phe­ndu­ke, ba­be­se­be­si­li­swa.

11 Nga­se­ngi­si­thi: Ko­ze ku­be ni­ni, Nko­si?t Ya­si­si­thi: Ku­ze ku­chi­the­ke imi­zi inga­bi la­mhla­li, le­zi­ndlu zi­nga­bi la­mu­ntu, le­li­zwe li­chi­the­ke li­thi nya,

12 le­Nko­si iba­su­se­le kha­tsha­na aba­ntuu, nja­lo ku­be lo­ku­tshi­ywa oku­khu­lu pha­ka­thi kwe­li­zwe.

13 Ko­dwa ingxe­nye eyo­dwa etshu­mi­niv ise­za­ku­ba ku­lo; iza­phe­ndu­ka, ibe nge­yo­ku­dli­waw; nje­ngo­mthe­re­bhi­nti*x la­nje­nge­si­hla­hla se-o­khi*, esi­wo­hlo­za ama­hla­mvu aso, isi­di­ndi sa­so si­ku­zoy; inza­lo engcwe­lez iyi­si­di­ndi sa­lo.

Ili­zwi li­kaI­sa­ya kuA­ha­zi

7Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ensu­kwi­ni zi­kaA­ha­zia indo­da­na ka­Jo­tha­mu, indo­da­na kaU­zi­ya inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da, uRe­zi­nib inko­si ye­Si­ri­ya ka­nye lo­Phe­kac indo­da­na ka­Re­ma­li­ya inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li we­nyu­ke­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma uku­ya empi­ni eme­le­ne la­yo, ko­dwa ka­ba­nga­la­kho uku­lwa la­yo ngo­ku­phu­me­le­la­yo.

2 Kwa­se­ku­bi­kwa endli­ni ka­Da­vi­da uku­thi iSi­ri­ya ihla­nge­ne loE­fra­yi­mi; inhli­zi­yo ya­khe le­nhli­zi­yo ya­ba­ntu ba­khe za­se­zi­nyi­ki­nye­ka nje­nge­zi­hla­hla ze­gu­su zi­nyi­ki­nywa ngu­mo­ya.

3 INko­si ya­si­si­thi kuI­sa­ya: Ake uphu­me uye­hla­nga­be­za uA­ha­zi, we­na lo­She­ya­ri-Ya­shu­bi indo­da­na ya­kho, eku­ci­ne­ni ko­mfo­lod we­chi­bi eli­nga­phe­zu­lue, emgwa­qwe­ni omkhu­lu we­nsi­mu yo­mwa­tshif,

4 uthi ku­ye: Na­nze­le­la, uthu­le, unge­sa­bi, le­nhli­zi­yo ya­kho inga­bi bu­tha­ka­tha­ka nge­nxa ye­mi­si­la emi­bi­li ya­le­zi­zi­khu­ni ezi­thu­nqa­yog, nge­nxa yo­ku­vu­tha ko­la­ka lu­ka­Re­zi­ni le­Si­ri­ya, le­ndo­da­na ka­Re­ma­li­yah.

5 Nge­nxa yo­ku­thi iSi­ri­ya, uE­fra­yi­mi, le­ndo­da­na ka­Re­ma­li­ya, ba­ce­bi­se oku­bi nga­we, be­si­thi:

6 Ase­nyu­ke­le ko­Ju­da, si­me­sa­bi­se, si­zi­fo­hle­le­le ku­ye, si­be­ke inko­si pha­ka­thi kwa­khe, indo­da­na ka­Ta­be­ye­li.

7 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Ka­ku­yi­ku­mai, nja­lo ka­ku­yi­kwe­nze­ka.

8 Ngo­ba inhlo­ko ye­Si­ri­yaj yi­Da­ma­se­kok, le­nhlo­ko ye­Da­ma­se­ko ngu­Re­zi­ni; la­pha­ka­thi ku­se­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha la­nhla­nul uE­fra­yi­mi uza­kwe­phu­lwa, anga­bi yi­si­zwe.

9 Nja­lo inhlo­ko kaE­fra­yi­mi yi­Sa­ma­ri­yam, le­nhlo­ko ye­Sa­ma­ri­ya yi­ndo­da­na ka­Re­ma­li­yan. Uba li­nga­kho­lwa, isi­bi­li ka­li­yi­ku­qi­ni­swao.

Ili­zwi li­kaI­sa­ya ngoE­ma­nu­we­li

10 INko­si ya­si­qhu­be­ka ikhu­lu­ma kuA­ha­zi isi­thi:

11 Zi­ce­le­le isi­bo­na­ka­li­so eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khop; ce­la eku­ju­le­niq lo­ba eku­pha­ka­me­ni phe­zu­lur.

12 Ko­dwa uA­ha­zi wa­thi: Ka­ngi­yi­ku­ce­la, ka­ngi­yi­ku­li­nga iNko­sis.

13 Wa­se­si­thi: Zwa­na-ke, ndlu ka­Da­vi­dat; ku­yi­nto enci­nya­ne ka­khu­lu ku­we yi­ni uku­thi udi­ni­se aba­ntuu, uku­thi udi­ni­se lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi?v

14 Nga­kho iNko­si uqo­bo iza­li­ni­ka isi­bo­na­ka­li­sowx: Kha­nge­lay, into­mbi emsu­lwa iza­tha­tha isi­suz, ibe­le­the indo­da­naa, ibi­ze ibi­zo la­yo ngo­ku­thi nguE­ma­nu­we­lib.

15 Uza­ku­dla ama­sic lo­lu­jud, aze azi ukwa­la oku­bi lo­ku­khe­tha oku­hlee.

16 Ngo­ba umntwa­naf enga­ka­kwa­zi ukwa­la oku­bi lo­ku­khe­tha oku­hle, ili­zwe one­ngwa yi­log li­za­tshi­ywa nga­ma­kho­si alo ama­bi­lih.

17 INko­si iza­le­tha phe­zu kwa­khoi la­phe­zu kwa­ba­ntu ba­khoj la­phe­zu kwe­ndlu ka­yi­hlo insu­ku ezi­nge­za­nga ku­su­ke­la osu­kwi­ni uE­fra­yi­mi asu­ka nga­lo ko­Ju­dak; yi­nko­si yeA­si­ri­yal.

18 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke nga­lo­lo­su­kum iNko­si itsha­ye ikhwe­lon empu­ka­ne­ni ese­phe­the­lwe­ni lwe­mi­fu­la ye­Gi­bhi­theo, le­nyo­si­ni ese­li­zwe­ni leA­si­ri­yap.

19 Zi­za­ku­za-ke, zi­phu­mu­le zo­nke ezi­go­di­ni za­ma­wa, le­zi­ngo­xwe­ni za­ma­dwa­laq, le­zi­hla­hle­ni zo­nke za­me­var, le­ma­dle­lwe­ni wo­nke.

20 Nga­lo­lo­su­kus iNko­si iza­phu­ca nge­nsi­ngot eye­bo­le­kwe, phe­tshe­yau ko­mfu­lav, nge­nko­si yeA­si­ri­ya, ikha­nda lo­bo­ya be­zi­nya­wo, fu­thi ihlu­thu­ne le­nde­vu.

21 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke nga­lo­lo­su­kuw umu­ntu uza­gci­na ku­phi­la itho­ka­zi le­zi­mvu ezi­mbi­li;

22 ku­za­ku­thi-ke nge­nxa yo­bu­ne­ngi bo­cha­go ezi­lwe­hli­sa­yo adle ama­si; ye­bo, wo­nke ose­le­yo pha­ka­thi kwe­li­zwe uza­ku­dla ama­six lo­lu­juy.

23 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke nga­lo­lo­su­kuz, yo­nke inda­wo la­pho okwa­ku­kho­na ama­vi­ni ayi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne nge­nhla­mvu ze­si­li­va ezi­yi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne, ku­be ngo­kwa­me­va lo­khu­la olu­hla­ba­yoa.

24 Ba­za­ku­ya kho­na nge­mi­tsho­ko la­nge­da­ndi­lib, ngo­ba ili­zwe lo­nkec li­za­ku­ba nga­me­va lo­khu­la olu­hla­ba­yod.

25 La­zo zo­nke izi­nta­ba eza­zi­li­nywa nge­khu­ba ka­ba­yi­ku­ya ku­zo ngo­kwe­sa­ba ame­va lo­khu­la olu­hla­ba­yoe; ko­dwa ku­za­ku­ba ngo­ko­ku­nge­ni­sa inka­bif lo­ko­ku­nya­the­lwa yi­zi­mvug.

Ibi­zo le­ndo­da­na yo­mpro­fe­thi

8INko­si ya­si­si­thi ki­mi: Zi­tha­the­le isi­bhe­bhe esi­khu­lua, ubha­le ki­sob nge­phe­ni yo­mu­ntuc uku­thi: Ma­he­ri­sha­la­li-Ha­shi­ba­zi.

2 Nga­se­ngi­zi­fa­ka­zi­se­la aba­fa­ka­zi aba­the­mbe­ki­le­yo, oU­ri­ya umpri­stid lo­Ze­kha­ri­yae indo­da­na ka­Je­be­re­ki­ya.

3 Nga­se­ngi­so­nde­la ku­mpro­fe­thi­ka­zi, wa­se­tha­tha isi­su, wa­za­la indo­da­na. INko­si ya­si­si­thi ki­mi: Umu­the ibi­zo lo­ku­thi uMa­he­ri­sha­la­li-Ha­shi­ba­zi.

4 Ngo­ba umntwa­na enga­ka­kwa­zi uku­me­me­zaf athi ba­ba, lo­ku­thi, ma­ma, ino­thog ye­Da­ma­se­koh le­mpa­ngo ye­Sa­ma­ri­yai ku­za­thwa­le­lwa pha­mbi kwe­nko­si yeA­si­ri­ya.

5 INko­si ya­si­bu­ya ya­khu­lu­ma la­mi fu­thi isi­thi:

6 Nge­nxa yo­ku­thi le­si­si­zwe si­wa­li­le ama­nzi eShi­lo­waj aha­mba ka­nci­nya­ne, nja­lo ku­le­nto­ko­zo ku­Re­zi­ni le­ndo­da­na ka­Re­ma­li­yak,

7 nga­kho-ke, kha­nge­la, iNko­si iza­kwe­nyu­se­la phe­zu kwa­bo ama­nzil omfu­la ama­ne­ngi la­la­ma­ndla, inko­si yeA­si­ri­yam la­bo bo­nke ubu­kho­si ba­yo; aza­kwe­nyu­ke­la phe­zu kwa­so yo­nke imi­ge­lo ya­so, aha­mbe phe­zu kwa­zo zo­nke inku­mbi za­so,

8 aze adlu­le­le ko­Ju­da; akhu­khu­leno, adlu­lep, afi­nye­le­le enta­nye­niq; lo­kwe­lu­le­kar kwe­mpi­ko za­wos ku­za­gcwa­li­sa ili­zwe la­khot, Ema­nu­we­liu.

9 Zi­hla­nga­ni­se­niv, zi­zwe, ko­dwa li­pha­hla­zwew; be­ka­ni indle­be, li­na lo­nke abe­zi­zwe ezi­kha­tsha­na; zi­bhi­nce­ni, ko­dwa li­pha­hla­zwe; zi­bhi­nce­ni, ko­dwa li­pha­hla­zwe.

10 Ce­ba­ni ice­box, ko­dwa li­za­fo­ji­sway; khu­lu­ma­ni ili­zwi, ko­dwa ka­li­yi­ku­maz; ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu ula­thiab.

Yi­Nko­si efa­ne­le ukwe­sa­tshwa

11 Ngo­ba ya­tsho nja­lo iNko­si ki­mi nge­sa­ndla esi­la­ma­ndla, ya­ngi­fu­ndi­sa uku­thi ngi­nga­ha­mbi endle­le­ni ya­la­ba­ba­ntu, isi­thi:

12 Li­nga­tsho uku­thi: Ugo­bec, ku­kho ko­nke la­ba­ba­ntu aba­thi nga­kho: Ugo­bed; li­nge­sa­bi ukwe­sa­ba kwa­boe, li­nga­tsha­ywa lu­va­lo.

13 INko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, yo­na li­za­yi­ngcwe­li­saf, nja­lo yo­na ibe yi­kwe­sa­ba kwe­nug, nja­lo yo­na ibe lu­va­lo lwe­nu.

14 Nja­lo iza­ku­ba yi­nda­wo engcwe­leh, ko­dwa ibe yi­li­tshe lo­ku­khu­be­ki­sai, ibe li­dwa­la lo­ku­wi­sa ku­zo zo­mbi­li izi­ndlu za­koI­sra­ye­li, ibe ngu­mji­bi­laj ibe yi­si­fuk kwa­ba­khi­le­yo eJe­ru­sa­le­ma.

15 La­ba­ne­ngi ba­za­khu­be­ka pha­ka­thi kwa­bo, ba­wel, be­phu­ke, ba­thi­ywe, ba­thu­njwe.

16 Bo­pha ubu­fa­ka­zi, una­me­ke umla­yom pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­fu­ndi ba­min.

17 Nga­kho ngi­za­li­nde­la iNko­sio efi­hle­la indlu ka­Ja­ko­be ubu­so ba­yop, ngi­yi­di­ngeq.

18 Kha­nge­lar mi­na la­ba­ntwa­nas iNko­si engi­ni­ke bo­na si­yi­zi­bo­na­ka­li­sot le­zi­ma­nga­li­sou koI­sra­ye­li, ezi­ve­la eNko­si­ni ya­ma­ba­ndla ehla­la enta­be­ni ye­Zi­yo­ni.

19 La­la­pho be­za­ku­thi ki­ni: Bu­za­ni kwa­ba­la­ma­dlo­ziv, la­ku­ba­tha­ka­thiw aba­tsha­ya imi­lo­zwix la­ba­nye­nye­za­yoy: aba­ntu ka­ba­yi­ku­bu­za yi­ni ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo?z Aba­ntu ba­bu­ze yi­ni be­me­le aba­phi­la­yo kwa­ba­fi­le­yo?a

20 Ku­wo umthe­tho la­ku­bo ubu­fa­ka­zi!b Uba be­nga­khu­lu­mi nje­nga­le­li­li­zwic, ku­ngo­ku­thi ka­ku­kho uku­sa ku­bod.

21 Ba­za­da­bu­la ku­kho, be­ci­nde­ze­lwe ka­khu­lu be­la­mbi­lee; ku­za­ku­thi-ke be­la­mbi­le be­zo­ndi­le, ba­thu­kef inko­si ya­bo lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo, ba­kha­nge­le phe­zu­lu.

22 Nja­lo ba­za­kha­nge­la emhla­be­nig, kha­nge­la-ke, ku­za­ku­ba lo­ku­hlu­phe­ka lo­mnya­mah, ubu­mnya­mai be­nka­tha­zoj, nja­lo axo­tshe­lwe emnya­me­ni.

INko­si yo­ku­thu­la

9Ko­dwa umnya­maa ka­wu­yi­ku­ba nje­nge­nka­tha­zo ya­lo; nje­nge­si­kha­thi­ni sa­ma­ndu­lob wa­kwe­nza kwa­ba lu­lac eli­zwe­ni la­ko­Ze­bu­lu­ni le­li­zwe­ni la­ko­Na­fi­tha­lid; ko­dwa emva kwa­lo­khue wa­kwe­nza kwa­ba nzi­maf nge­ndle­la yo­lwa­ndleg, phe­tshe­ya kwe­Jo­da­nih, e­Ga­li­lii le­zi­zwe.

2 Aba­ntujk aba­be­ha­mba emnya­me­ni ba­bo­ni­le uku­kha­nya oku­khu­lul; aba­be­hla­la eli­zwe­ni le­thu­nzi lo­ku­fam, uku­kha­nya ku­ba­kha­nyi­se­le.

3 Wa­ndi­si­le isi­zwe, wa­khu­li­sa into­ko­zo ya­so; ba­ya­tho­ko­za pha­mbi kwa­kho nje­nge­nto­ko­zo eku­vu­ne­nin, nje­ngo­ba be­tho­ko­zao ekwe­hlu­ka­ni­se­la­ne­ni kwa­bo impa­ngop.

4 Ngo­ba we­phu­li­le ijo­gwe lo­mthwa­lo wa­soq, lo­swa­zi lwe­hlo­mbe la­sor, into­nga yo­mci­nde­ze­li wa­sos, nje­nga­so­su­kwi­nit lu­ka­Mi­di­ya­niu.

5 Ngo­ba wo­nke umsi­ndo we­mpi use­nhlo­ko­me­ni, le­si­gqo­ko si­gi­qwe ega­zi­ni; nja­lo ku­za­ku­ba nge­so­ku­tshi­swav, ku­be zi­nku­ni zo­mli­lo.

6 Ngo­ba si­za­le­lwe umntwa­naw, si­ni­kwe indo­da­nax; lo­mbu­soy uza­ku­ba se­hlo­mbe la­yoz, le­bi­zo la­khe li­za­thi­wa: OMa­nga­li­sa­yoa, uMe­lu­le­kib, uNku­lu­nku­lu ola­ma­ndlac, uBa­ba we­pha­ka­dede, iNko­sa­na yo­ku­thu­laf.

7 Ukwa­nda ko­mbu­so lo­ku­thu­la ka­ku­yi­ku­phe­lag, phe­zu kwe­si­hla­lo so­bu­kho­si si­ka­Da­vi­dah la­phe­zu ko­mbu­so wa­khe, uku­wu­mi­sa, lo­ku­wu­qi­ni­sa nge­sa­hlu­le­lo la­ngo­ku­lu­ngai, ku­su­ke­la kha­the­si ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni. Uku­tshi­se­ka kwe­Nko­si ya­ma­ba­ndlaj ku­za­kwe­nza lo­khu.

INko­si ithu­ku­the­le­la uI­sra­ye­li

8 INko­si ithu­me­le ili­zwi ko­Ja­ko­be, la­we­la koI­sra­ye­li.

9 La­bo bo­nke aba­ntu ba­za­kwa­zik, uE­fra­yi­mil lo­mhla­li we­Sa­ma­ri­yam, ngo­ku­zi­gqa­ja la­ngo­ku­zi­khu­khu­me­za kwe­nhli­zi­yo, be­si­thi:

10 Izi­ti­na zi­wi­le, ko­dwa si­za­kwa­kha nga­ma­tshe aba­zi­we­yo; imi­khi­wa ye­si­kha­mo­ren iga­nyu­li­we, ko­dwa si­za­yi­gu­qu­la ibe yi­mi­se­da­rio.

11 Nga­kho iNko­si iza­pha­ka­mi­sa aba­ci­nde­ze­lip ba­ka­Re­zi­niq phe­zu kwa­khe, itsho­tsho­ze­le izi­tha za­khe;

12 ama­Si­ri­yar nga­pha­mbi­li la­ma­Fi­li­stis nge­mu­va, aza­ku­dla uI­sra­ye­li ngo­mlo­mo wo­nke. Ku­kho ko­nke lo­khu intu­ku­the­lo ya­yo ka­yi­phe­ndu­kit, ko­dwa isa­ndla sa­yo si­lo­khu se­lu­li­we.

13 Ngo­ba aba­ntu ka­ba­phe­ndu­ke­li ku­lo­wo owa­ba­tsha­ya­you, fu­thi ka­ba­yi­di­ngi iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla.

14 Nga­kho iNko­si iza­qu­ma ku­su­ke koI­sra­ye­li inhlo­ko lo­msi­lav, uga­tshawx lo­mhla­ngayz, nga­su­ku lu­nyea.

15 Omda­la lo­we­mu­ke­lwa ngo­bu­sob, uyi­nhlo­ko, ko­dwa umpro­fe­thi ofu­ndi­sa ama­ngac, ungu­msi­la.

16 Ngo­ba aba­kho­khe­lid ba­la­ba­ba­ntu ba­ya­du­hi­sae, la­ba­kho­khe­lwa yi­bof ba­ya­gi­nywag.

17 Nge­nxa ya­lo­kho iNko­si ka­yi­yi­ku­tho­ko­zah nga­ma­ja­ha abo, ka­yi­yi­ku­ba la­si­ha­wu nge­zi­nta­nda­ne za­bo la­ba­fe­lo­ka­zi ba­bo; ngo­ba bo­nke ba­nga­ba­ze­nzi­si la­be­nzi bo­bu­bii, lo­mlo­mo wo­nke ukhu­lu­ma ubu­thu­thaj. Ku­kho ko­nke lo­khu intu­ku­the­lo ya­yo ka­yi­phe­ndu­kik, ko­dwa isa­ndla sa­yo si­lo­khu se­lu­li­we.

18 Ngo­ba inko­hla­ka­lo itshi­sa nje­ngo­mli­lol; iza­ku­dla ame­va lo­khu­la olu­hla­ba­yom, ithu­nge­le izi­xu­ku ze­hla­thin, zi­zi­pha­ka­mi­se nje­ngo­ku­pha­ka­ma kwe­ntu­thuo.

19 Ngo­la­ka lwe­Nko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla ili­zwe li­ya­fi­pha­zwa, la­ba­ntu ba­za­ku­ba nje­ngo­ku­dla ko­mli­lo; umu­ntu ka­yi­ku­ye­ke­la umfo­wa­bop.

20 Nja­lo uza­hlu­thu­na nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne, ko­dwa ala­mbe; adle nga­kwe­so­kho­hloq, ko­dwa anga­su­thir; ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo adle inya­ma ye­nga­lo ya­khes;

21 uMa­na­se uE­fra­yi­mi, loE­fra­yi­mi uMa­na­set; ba­za­me­la­na lo­Ju­da ka­nye­ka­nyeu. Ku­kho ko­nke lo­khu intu­ku­the­lo ya­yo ka­yi­phe­ndu­kiv, ko­dwa isa­ndla sa­yo si­lo­khu se­lu­li­we.

10Ma­ye kwa­ba­mi­sa izi­mi­so ezi­kho­hla­ke­le­yoa, la­ku­ba­bha­li aba­bha­la uhlu­phob;

2 uku­pha­mbu­la aba­ya­nga ekwa­hlu­le­lwe­ni, lo­ku­pha­nga ilu­nge­lo la­ba­hlu­phe­ka­yo ba­ba­ntu ba­mic, uku­ze aba­fe­lo­ka­zid ba­be yi­mpa­ngo ya­bo lo­ku­thi ba­pha­nge izi­nta­nda­ne!e

3 Ko­dwa li­za­kwe­nza­nif ngo­su­kug lwe­mpi­ndi­se­loh, le­nci­tha­ka­lwe­nii e­za­ve­la kha­tsha­na?j Li­za­ba­le­ke­la ku­ba­ni uku­thi li­be lo­si­zo? Li­za­tshi­ya nga­phi udu­mo lwe­nu?

4 Nga­pha­ndle kwa­mi ba­za­kho­tha­ma nga­pha­nsi kwe­zi­bo­tshwak, li­we­le nga­pha­nsi kwa­ba­bu­le­we­yo. Ku­kho ko­nke lo­khu intu­ku­the­lo ya­yo ka­yi­phe­ndu­kil, ko­dwa isa­ndla sa­yo si­lo­khu se­lu­li­we.

Ili­zwi le­Nko­si ngeA­si­ri­ya

5 Ma­ye ku­mA­si­ri­ya, into­nga ye­ntu­ku­the­lo ya­mim, lo­la­ka lwa­mi lu­yi­ndu­kun esa­ndle­ni sa­bo!

6 Ngi­za­mthu­me­la isi­zwe esi­ze­nzi­sa­yoo, ngi­za­mla­yap uku­me­la­na la­ba­ntu bo­la­ka lwa­mi, uku­pha­nga impa­ngoq, lo­ku­thu­mba oku­thu­nji­we­yo, lo­ku­ku­be­ka ku­be ngo­ku­nya­the­lwa­yo nje­ngo­da­ka lwe­zi­ta­la­da.

7 Ko­dwa ye­na ka­na­ka­ni nja­lor, le­nhli­zi­yo ya­khe ka­yi­ca­ba­ngi nja­lo; ko­dwa ku­se­nhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­khe uku­chi­tha, lo­ku­qu­ma izi­zwe ezi­nge­nlu­tshwa­na.

8 Ngo­ba uthi: Izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­mi zo­nke ka­zi­si­ma­kho­si yi­ni?s

9 IKa­li­not ka­yi­nje­nge­Ka­ri­ke­mi­shiu yi­ni? IHa­ma­thi ka­yi­nje­ngeA­rpa­di yi­ni?vwx ISa­ma­ri­yay ka­yi­nje­nge­Da­ma­se­koz yi­ni?

10 Nje­ngo­ba isa­ndla sa­mia si­tho­le imi­bu­so ye­zi­tho­mbeb, ozi­tho­mbe za­yo ezi­ba­zi­we­yo zi­ngco­no ku­leze­Je­ru­sa­le­ma la­ku­leze­Sa­ma­ri­yac;

11 nje­nga­lo­khu nge­nzi­le ku­yo iSa­ma­ri­yad le­zi­tho­mbe za­yoe, ka­ngi­yi­kwe­nza nja­lo yi­ni ku­yo iJe­ru­sa­le­ma le­zi­tho­mbef za­yo?

12 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke la­pho iNko­si isi­qe­di­le umse­be­nzi wa­yo wo­nkeg enta­be­ni ye­Zi­yo­ni la­se­Je­ru­sa­le­mah, ngi­phi­ndi­se­lei isi­the­lo so­ku­zi­khu­khu­me­za kwe­nhli­zi­yo ye­nko­si yeA­si­ri­yaj lo­bu­hle bo­ku­zi­qhe­nya kwa­me­hlo ayo.

13 Ngo­ba ithe: Nga­ma­ndla esa­ndla sa­mi ngi­kwe­nzi­lek, la­nge­nhla­ka­ni­pho ya­mil, ngo­ba ngi­ya­qe­di­si­sa; nja­lo ngi­su­si­le imi­kha­wu­lo ye­zi­zwe, nga­pha­nga ino­tho ya­zo; la­nje­nge­qha­wem nge­hli­se­la pha­nsi aba­hla­li ba­zo.

14 Isa­ndla sa­mi se­si­tho­le ino­tho ye­zi­zwe nje­nge­si­dle­ken; la­nje­ngo­bu­the­le­la ama­qa­nda atshi­yi­we­yo, mi­na ngi­bu­the­le­le umhla­ba wo­nke; nja­lo kwa­ku­nge­kho opha­pha­ze­li­sa impi­ko, ku­mbe ovu­la umlo­mo, ku­mbe otshi­yo­za­yoo.

15 Ihlo­ka li­za­zi­khu­khu­me­za ku­ye oga­mu­la nga­lo yi­nip? Isa­ha iza­zi­khu­li­sa ku­ye oyi­nyi­ki­nya­yo yi­ni? Nje­ngo­ku­nga­thi indu­ku inga­zi­pha­ka­mi­sa, ku­nga­thi ka­yi­si­si­go­do.

16 Nga­lo­khu iNko­si uJe­ho­va wa­ma­ba­ndlaq iza­thu­me­la uku­ca­ka pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­zi­mu­ki­le­yo ba­yors; la­nga­pha­nsi ko­du­mo lwa­yo iza­phe­mba uku­tshi­sa nje­ngo­ku­tshi­sa ko­mli­lo.

17 Lo­ku­kha­nya ku­kaI­sra­ye­li ku­za­ku­ba ngu­mli­lo, lo­Ngcwe­le wa­khe abe li­la­nga­bi, eli­za­tshi­sa li­qe­det ame­va ayo lo­khu­la lwa­yo olu­hla­ba­you nga­su­ku lu­nyev.

18 Li­qe­de lo­du­mo lwe­hla­thi lwa­yow, le­nsi­mu ya­yo ethe­la­yox, ku­su­ke­la emphe­fu­mu­lwe­ni ku­si­ya enya­me­ni, ibe nje­ngo­ku­phe­la kwa­ma­ndla wo­mthwa­li­fu­le­giy.

19 Lo­ku­se­le­yo kwe­zi­hla­hla ze­hla­thi za­yo ku­za­ku­ba nlu­tshwa­na nge­na­ni, uku­ze umntwa­na aku­ba­le.

Insa­li ya­koI­sra­ye­li

20 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke nga­lo­lo­su­kuz insa­li ya­koI­sra­ye­li la­ba­phu­nyu­ki­le­yo be­ndlu ka­Ja­ko­bea ka­ba­sa­yi­ku­qhu­be­ka ukwe­ya­ma ko­ba­tsha­yi­le­yob; ko­dwa ba­za­kwe­ya­ma eNko­si­nic, oNgcwe­le kaI­sra­ye­li, nge­qi­ni­so.

21 Insa­li iza­bu­ye­lad, insa­li ka­Ja­ko­be, ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu ola­ma­ndlae.

22 Ngo­ba la­nxa aba­ntu ba­kho, Isra­ye­lif, be­nga­nge­tshe­be­tshe­be lo­lwa­ndleg, ku­be ka­nti insa­li ya­bo iza­bu­ya; uku­chi­the­ka ku­mi­si­weh, ku­phu­phu­ma ngo­ku­lu­nga.

23 Ngo­ba uku­bhu­ji­swa oku­phe­le­le­yoi oku­mi­si­we­yo iNko­si uJe­ho­va wa­ma­ba­ndla iza­kwe­nza pha­ka­thi ko­mhla­ba wo­nke.

24 Nga­kho itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va wa­ma­ba­ndla: Ba­ntu ba­mi, eli­hla­la eZi­yo­ni, li­nge­sa­bi iA­si­ri­yaj la­pho ili­tsha­ya nge­ndu­kuk, ili­pha­ka­mi­se­la into­nga ya­yol nje­nge­ndle­la ya­ma­Gi­bhi­themn.

25 Ngo­ba ku­se­yi­si­kha­tsha­na njeop uku­thu­ku­the­la ku­za­phe­laq, lo­la­ka lwa­mi eku­chi­thwe­ni kwa­bo.

26 Nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla iza­ba­vu­se­la isi­swe­pur, nje­ngo­ku­hla­tshwa kwe­Mi­di­ya­ni edwa­le­ni leO­re­bis; lanje­nge­nto­nga ya­yo phe­zu ko­lwa­ndlet eza­yi­pha­ka­mi­sa nje­nge­ndle­la ye­Gi­bhi­theuv.

27 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke nga­lo­lo­su­kuw umthwa­lo wa­yox usu­ke ehlo­mbe la­kho, le­jo­gwe la­yo enta­nye­ni ya­kho, le­jo­gwe li­za­kwe­phu­lway nge­nxa yo­ku­gco­tshwaz.

Uku­hla­se­la kwa­beA­si­ri­ya

28 Uye­za eA­ya­thia, uda­bu­la pha­ka­thi kwe­Mi­gi­ro­nib; eMi­ki­ma­shic we­thu­la impa­hla ya­khed.

29 Ba­dlu­la esi­kha­le­nie, ebu­su­ku ba­ya­la­la eGe­baf; iRa­ma iya­thu­thu­me­lag; iGi­be­yah ka­Sa­wu­li iya­ba­le­ka.

30 Hla­ba umkho­si nge­li­zwi la­kho, ndo­da­ka­zi ka­Ga­li­mii! Li­zwa­ka­li­se eLa­yi­shi, Ana­tho­thij elu­si­za­na!

31 IMa­di­me­nak iya­ba­le­ka, aba­hla­li be­Ge­bi­mi ba­di­nga isi­phe­phe­lo.

32 Ku­se­la­mu­hla uza­ku­ma eNo­bil, anyi­ki­nye isa­ndla sa­khem eme­le­nen le­nta­bao ye­ndo­da­ka­zi ye­Zi­yo­nip, uqa­qa lwe­Je­ru­sa­le­ma.

33 Kha­nge­la, iNko­si uJe­ho­va wa­ma­ba­ndlaq iza­qu­ma inga­tsha nga­ma­ndla esa­be­ka­yor, la­la­bo aba­pha­ke­me ngo­bu­des ba­za­ga­nyu­le­lwa pha­nsi, la­ba­zi­khu­khu­me­za­yo ba­za­tho­tshi­swa.

34 Nja­lo iza­ga­mu­la izi­xu­ku ze­hla­thi nge­nsi­mbit, le­Le­bha­no­niu iza­ku­wa ngo­la­ma­ndla.

Umbu­so olo­ku­thu­la

11Ku­za­ve­la-ke uGa­tshaa esi­di­ndi­nib si­ka­Je­sec, le­Hlu­me­lad li­khu­le empa­nde­ni za­khee.

2 Lo­Mo­ya we­Nko­sif uza­hla­la phe­zu kwa­khe, uMo­ya we­nhla­ka­ni­pho lo­ku­qe­di­si­sag, uMo­ya we­se­lu­le­ko lo­wa­ma­ndla, uMo­ya wo­lwa­zi lo­wo­kwe­sa­ba iNko­si.

3 Le­phu­nga la­khe li­za­ku­ba se­ku­ye­sa­be­ni iNko­si; ka­yi­kwa­hlu­le­lah ngo­ku­bo­na kwa­me­hlo akhei, nja­lo ka­yi­ku­khu­za ngo­ku­zwa kwe­zi­ndle­be za­khe;

4 ko­dwa uza­kwa­hlu­le­la aba­ya­nga ngo­ku­lu­ngaj, akhu­ze aba­tho­be­ki­le­yo bo­mhla­ba ngo­bu­qo­tho; nja­lo uza­tsha­yak umhla­ba nge­nto­nga yo­mlo­mo wa­khe, la­ngo­mo­ya we­nde­be za­khel uza­bu­la­la okho­hla­ke­le­yom.

5 Nja­lo uku­lu­ngan ku­za­ku­ba li­bha­nti lo­kha­lo lwa­kheo, lo­bu­qo­tho bu­be li­bha­nti lo­kha­lo lwa­khe.

6 Le­mpi­sip iza­hla­la le­wu­ndlu, nja­lo ingwe ila­le le­zi­nya­ne; le­tho­le, le­bho­ngo le­si­lwa­neq, lo­ku­no­ni­si­we­yo nda­wo­nye; lo­mfa­na omnci­nya­ne uza­ku­qhu­ba.

7 Inko­mo­ka­zi le­bhe­re ku­za­ku­dla; ama­tho­le akho ala­le nda­wo­nye; le­si­lwa­ners si­za­ku­dla ama­hla­nga nje­nge­nka­bi.

8 Lo­mu­nya­yo uza­dla­le­la phe­zu ko­mli­ndi we­nhla­ngwa­nat, lo­lu­nyu­li­we­yo afa­ke isa­ndla sa­khe emli­ndi­ni we­phi­mpi.

9 Ka­ba­yi­kwe­nza oku­biuv, nja­lo ka­ba­yi­ko­na enta­be­ni ya­mi yo­nke engcwe­lew; ngo­ba umhla­ba uza­gcwa­la ulwa­zi lwe­Nko­six nje­nga­ma­nzi esi­be­ke­la ulwa­ndle.

Aba­thu­nji­we­yo ba­za­bu­ya

10 La­nga­lo­lo­su­kuy ku­za­ku­baz le­mpa­nde ka­Je­sea eza­ku­ma ibe lu­pha­wu ezi­zwe­nib; izi­zwe zi­za­di­nga ku­yo, le­nda­wo ya­yo yo­ku­phu­mu­lac ibe lo­du­mo.

11 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke nga­lo­lo­su­kud iNko­si ise­be­nzi­se isa­ndla sa­yo fu­thi ngo­kwe­si­bi­li uku­bu­yi­sa insa­li ya­ba­ntu ba­yo, eza­sa­lae ive­la eA­si­ri­yaf le­Gi­bhi­theg le­Pa­tro­sih leE­thi­yo­phi­yai leE­la­muj le­Shi­na­rik le­Ha­ma­thil le­zi­hle­nge­ni zo­lwa­ndlem.

12 Iza­pha­ka­mi­se­lan izi­zwe upha­wuo, ibu­the aba­xo­tshi­we­yop ba­koI­sra­ye­li, iqo­qeq aba­hla­ka­ze­ki­le­yo ba­ko­Ju­dar, be­ve­la ezi­ngo­nsi­ni zo­zi­ne zo­mhla­ba.

13 Lo­mha­wu kaE­fra­yi­mi uza­su­kas, le­zi­tha za­ko­Ju­da zi­za­qu­nywa; uE­fra­yi­mi ka­yi­ku­ba lo­mo­na ngo­Ju­da, lo­Ju­da ka­yi­ku­ci­nde­ze­la uE­fra­yi­mi.

14 Ko­dwa ba­za­pha­pha phe­zu kwe­hlo­mbet la­ma­Fi­li­stiu nge­ntsho­na­la­nga; ka­nye­ka­nye ba­pha­nge aba­ntwa­na be­mpu­ma­la­nga; ba­za­kwe­lu­le­la isa­ndla sa­bov kuE­do­maw lo­Mo­wa­bix; la­ba­ntwa­nay ba­koA­mo­niza ba­ba­la­le­leb.

15 Le­Nko­si iza­tsha­ba­la­li­sac uli­mi lo­lwa­ndle lwe­Gi­bhi­thed, inyi­ki­nye isa­ndla sa­yoe phe­zu ko­mfu­laf nga­ma­ndla omo­ya wa­yo, iwu­tsha­ye ube yi­zi­fu­dla­na ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa, ibe­nze ba­cha­phe nga­ma­nya­the­lag.

16 Ku­za­ku­ba kho­nah umgwa­qo omkhu­lui we­nsa­li ya­ba­ntu ba­khe aba­se­le­yo be­ve­la eA­si­ri­yaj, nje­nga­lo­khu kwa­ku­nja­lo kuI­sra­ye­lik ngo­su­ku lo­kwe­nyu­ka kwa­khe eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the.

Ingo­ma yo­ku­bo­nga

12La­nga­lo­lo­su­kua uza­ku­thi: Ngi­ya­ku­bo­nga, Nko­si, la­nxa wa­wu­ngi­thu­ku­the­le­le, ula­ka lwa­kho se­lu­phe­ndu­ki­le, nja­lo ungi­du­du­zi­le.

2 Kha­nge­la, uNku­lu­nku­lu ulu­si­ndi­so lwa­mib, ngi­za­the­mba ngi­nge­sa­bi; ngo­ba iNko­si uJe­ho­vac inga­ma­ndla ami le­ngo­ma ya­mid, isi­be lu­si­ndi­so lwa­mi.

3 Nga­kho nge­nto­ko­zoe li­za­ku­kha ama­nzi emi­tho­nje­ni yo­si­ndi­so.

4 Li­thi nga­lo­lo­su­kuf: Bo­nga­ni iNko­sig, li­bi­ze ibi­zo la­yoh, la­zi­se ize­nzo za­yoij pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwe, li­me­me­ze­le uku­thi ibi­zo la­yok li­pha­ke­mel.

5 Hla­be­le­la­ni eNko­si­nim ngo­ba ye­nzi­le izi­nto ezi­nhle ka­khu­lu; lo­khu ka­kwa­zi­we emhla­be­ni wo­nke.

6 Me­me­zan, uhla­be­le nge­nto­ko­zo, mhla­li we­Zi­yo­niop, ngo­ba oNgcwe­le kaI­sra­ye­li mkhu­lu pha­ka­thi kwa­khoqr.

Umthwa­lo we­Bha­bhi­lo­ni

13Umthwa­loa we­Bha­bhi­lo­nib awu­bo­na­yo uI­sa­ya indo­da­na kaA­mo­zic.

2 Pha­ka­mi­sa­ni upha­wud enta­be­ni eli­gce­keef, li­ba­pha­ka­mi­se­le ili­zwi, li­qhwe­be nge­sa­ndlag, uku­ze ba­nge­ne emi­nya­ngo ye­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla.

3 Mi­na ngi­ba­la­yi­le aba­ngcwe­li­si­we­yo ba­mih, ngi­bi­zi­le la­ma­qha­we amii ku­ntu­ku­the­lo ya­mi, aba­tho­ko­za­yo ngo­bu­kho­si ba­mijk.

4 Uku­xo­ko­ze­la kwe­xu­ku ezi­nta­be­nil, ku­nga­thi ngo­kwa­ba­ntu aba­ne­ngi, umsi­ndo wo­ku­xo­ko­ze­lam kwe­mi­bu­so, kwe­zi­zwe ezi­bu­the­ne­yo; iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla ibu­tha ibu­tho le­mpi.

5 Ba­ve­la eli­zwe­ni eli­kha­tsha­nan, emkha­wu­lwe­ni wa­ma­zu­lu, iNko­si ka­nye le­zi­kha­li ze­ntu­ku­the­lo ya­yo, uku­chi­thao ili­zwe lo­nke.

6 Qhi­nqa­ni isi­li­lop, ngo­ba usu­ku lwe­Nko­si lu­so­nde­leqr; nje­ngo­ku­chi­the­ka oku­ve­la ku­So­ma­ndla lu­za­fi­kast.

7 Nge­nxa ya­lo­khu iza­ndla zo­nke zi­za­xe­ga, le­nhli­zi­yo yo­nke yo­mu­ntu inci­bi­li­keu;

8 ba­be­se­be­tsha­ywa lu­va­lo; imi­he­lov lo­bu­hlu­nguw ku­ba­ba­mbe; ba­fu­the­lwe nje­ngo­we­si­fa­za­na obe­le­tha­yoxy; ba­ma­nga­le ngu­lo­wo ngo­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khe; ubu­so ba­bo bu­yi­bu­so ba­ma­la­nga­bi.

9 Kha­nge­la­ni, usu­ku lwe­Nko­si lu­ye­zaz, lu­le­si­hlu­ku lo­ku­fu­the­ka lo­la­ka olu­vu­tha­yoa, uku­be­ka umhla­ba ube yi­nci­tha­ka­lo; ibhu­bhi­se izo­nib za­wo zi­su­ke ku­wo.

10 Ngo­ba inka­nye­zi za­ma­zu­lu le­mi­tha­la ya­zoc ka­zi­yi­ku­kha­nyi­sa uku­kha­nya kwa­zod; ila­nga li­za­ku­ba mnya­mae eku­phu­me­ni kwa­lo, le­nya­nga ka­yi­yi­ku­kha­nyi­sa uku­kha­nya kwa­yof.

11 Ngo­ba ngi­za­phi­ndi­se­la ubu­big phe­zu ko­mhla­ba, la­phe­zu kwa­ba­kho­hla­ke­le­yo izo­no za­bo; ngi­qe­de uku­zi­gqa­ja kwa­ba­zi­khu­khu­me­za­yoh; ngi­tho­bi­se uku­zi­khu­khu­me­za kwa­ba­le­si­hlu­kui.

12 Ngi­za­kwe­nza uku­thi indo­daj ibe li­gu­gu eli­khu­luk ku­le­go­li­de eli­cwe­nge­ki­le­yol, lo­mu­ntu ku­le­go­li­de leO­fi­rim.

13 Nge­nxa ya­lo­khu ngi­za­za­ma­za­mi­sa ama­zu­lun, lo­mhla­ba uza­nyi­ki­nye­kao usu­ke enda­we­ni ya­wo, entu­ku­the­lwe­nip ye­Nko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, lo­su­kwi­niq lo­ku­vu­tha ko­la­ka lwa­yor.

14 Nja­lo ku­za­ku­ba nje­ngo­mzi­ki oxo­tshwa­yo, la­nje­nge­zi­mvu oku­nge­la­mu­ntu ozi­qo­qa­yo; ba­za­phe­ndu­ka ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo eba­ntwi­ni ba­ki­bos, ba­ba­le­ke­le ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo eli­zwe­ni la­khe.

15 Wo­nke oza­tho­la­ka­la uza­gwa­zwat, la­ye wo­nke oza­ba­njwa uza­ku­wa nge­nke­mba.

16 La­ba­ntwa­na ba­bou ba­za­cho­tsho­zwa pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo abo, izi­ndlu za­bo zi­pha­ngwev, la­bo­mka­bo ba­dlwe­ngu­lwew.

17 Kha­nge­la, ngi­za­ba­vu­se­lax ama­Me­dey, anga­kha­tha­le­li isi­li­vaz, le­go­li­de, anga­tho­ko­zi nga­lo.

18 La­ma­da­ndi­li awoa aza­cho­bo­za ama­ja­ha; nja­lo ka­wa­yi­ku­ba le­si­ha­wu nge­si­the­lo se­si­za­lo; ili­hlo la­wob ka­li­yi­ku­ha­wu­ke­la aba­ntwa­na.

19 Le­Bha­bhi­lo­ni, udu­mo lwe­mi­bu­soc, ubu­hled bo­ku­zi­qhe­nya kwa­ma­Kha­la­di­yaef, iza­ku­bag nje­ngo­ku­ge­nqu­lwa ngu­Nku­lu­nku­luh kwe­So­do­ma le­Go­mo­rai.

20 Ka­ku­yi­ku­ba le­nda­wo yo­ku­hla­la ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­nij, nja­lo ka­yi­yi­ku­hla­lwa ku­si­zu­ku­lwa­na le­si­zu­ku­lwa­na; lo­mA­ra­bhi­yak ka­yi­ku­mi­sa ithe­nte kho­na, la­be­lu­si ka­ba­yi­ku­la­li­sa umhla­mbi kho­nal.

21 Ko­dwam izi­lo ze­ga­ngan zi­za­la­la kho­na, le­zi­ndlu za­yo zi­za­gcwa­la izi­lo ezi­kho­nya­yo; la­ma­do­da­ka­zi ezi­ntshe aza­hla­la kho­nao, la­ma­go­go aqo­lo­tshe kho­napq.

22 Le­zi­mpi­sir zi­za­phe­ndu­la­na ema­nxi­we­ni ayos, le­mi­go­bhot ezi­go­dlwe­ni ezi­le­nto­ko­zouv. Le­si­kha­thi sa­yo si­se­du­ze uku­fi­kaw, le­zi­nsu­ku za­yo ka­zi­yi­ku­phu­zi­swa.

Uku­bu­ya kwa­ba­thu­nji­we­yo

14Ngo­ba iNko­si iza­mha­wu­ke­la uJa­ko­bea, imkhe­the fu­thi uI­sra­ye­lib, iba­be­ke eli­zwe­ni la­ki­boc; la­be­zi­zwed ba­za­hla­nga­na la­bo, nja­lo ba­za­na­ma­the­la endli­ni ka­Ja­ko­be.

2 La­ba­ntu ba­za­ba­tha­tha, ba­ba­se enda­we­ni ya­boe; le­ndlu kaI­sra­ye­li iza­ba­fu­ya eli­zwe­ni le­Nko­si, ba­be yi­zi­gqi­li le­zi­gqi­li­ka­zif; nja­lo ba­za­thu­mba aba­thu­mbi ba­bo, ba­bu­se aba­ci­nde­ze­li ba­bog.

3 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke ngo­su­ku iNko­si eza­li­phu­mu­za nga­lo ebu­hlu­ngwi­ni be­nu le­ku­hlu­phe­ke­ni kwe­nu le­mtshi­ka­tshi­ke­ni onzi­ma ebe­li­se­tshe­nzi­swa ki­wo,

4 li­za­pha­ka­mi­sa le­si­sa­gah nge­nko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni li­thi: Uphe­le nja­ni umci­nde­ze­lii! Owe­go­li­de usu­phe­li­le!

5 INko­si ilwe­phu­le udo­ndo­loj lwa­ba­kho­hla­ke­le­yok, into­nga ya­ba­bu­silm.

6 Owa­tsha­ya aba­ntu entu­ku­the­lwe­ni ngo­ku­tsha­ya oku­nga­phe­li­yo, owa­bu­sa izi­zwe ngo­la­ka, wa­zi­nge­lwa ku­nge­kho onqa­nda­yo.

7 Umhla­ba wo­nke uphu­mu­le, ulo­ku­thu­la; ba­qha­mu­ka ngo­ku­hla­be­le­lan.

8 Le­zi­hla­hla ze­fi­riop zi­ya­tho­ko­za nga­we, imi­se­da­ri ye­Le­bha­no­niqr, isi­thi: Se­lo­khu wa­la­la pha­nsi, ka­ku­la­mga­mu­li owe­nyu­ke­la ki­thi.

9 Isi­ho­gos nga­pha­nsi si­ya­nya­ka­zi­swa nge­nxa ya­kho ukuku­hla­nga­be­za eku­ze­ni kwa­kho; si­ku­vu­se­la imi­mo­ya efi­le­yot, impo­ngo zo­nke zo­mhla­ba, si­su­ku­mi­se wo­nke ama­kho­si ezi­zwe ezi­hla­lwe­ni za­wo zo­bu­kho­si.

10 Bo­nke ba­za­phe­ndu­lau ba­thi ku­we: La­we usu­bu­tha­ka­tha­ka nje­nga­thi; usu­fa­na­na la­thi.

11 Ubu­kho­si ba­kho se­be­hli­se­lwe esi­ho­gwe­ni, lo­ku­kha­la kwa­ma­cha­cho akhov; izi­mpe­thu zi­za­kwe­ndla­lwa nga­pha­nsi kwa­kho, le­mi­hla­va­ne iku­gu­bu­ze­le.

12 Uwe ka­nga­na­ni uve­la ema­zu­lwi­niw, we­na okha­nya­yo, ndo­da­na yo­ku­sax! Uqu­nye­lwe emhla­ba­thi­niy, we­na owa­wi­se­la pha­nsi izi­zwez!

13 We­na wa­su­si­thi enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­kho: Ngi­za­kwe­nyu­ke­la ema­zu­lwi­nia; nga­phe­zu kwe­nka­nye­zi zi­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ngi­pha­ka­mi­se isi­hla­lo sa­mi so­bu­kho­sib; ngi­hla­le enta­be­ni ye­nhla­nga­noc ezi­nhla­ngo­thi­ni ze­nya­ka­thod;

14 ngi­za­kwe­nyu­ke­la nga­phe­zu kwe­nda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yo za­ma­ye­zie; ngi­ze­nze ngi­fa­na­ne lo­Phe­zu­ko­nkef.

15 Ko­dwa uza­kwe­hli­se­lwa esi­ho­gwe­nig, ezi­nhla­ngo­thi­ni zo­mgo­dih.

16 Aba­ku­bo­na­yo ba­za­ku­jo­lo­ze­lai, ba­ku­qa­phe­le, be­si­thi: Ngu­ye lo umu­ntu yi­ni owe­nza uku­thi umhla­ba uthu­thu­me­lej, owa­nya­ka­zi­sa imi­bu­sok,

17 owa­mi­sa ili­zwe la­ba nje­nge­nka­nga­la, wa­chi­tha imi­zi ya­lo, onga­vu­le­la­nga izi­bo­tshwa za­khe zi­ye ekha­ya?

18 Wo­nke ama­kho­si ezi­zwe, wo­nke ala­la pha­nsi ngo­du­mo, ile­yo la­le­yo endli­ni ya­yol;

19 ko­dwa we­na upho­se­lwe nga­pha­ndle kwe­ngcwa­ba la­kho, nje­nge­hlu­me­la eli­ne­nge­ka­yo, nje­nge­le­mbu la­ba­bu­le­we­yo, be­gwa­zwe nge­nke­mba, abe­hle­la pha­nsi ema­tshe­ni omgo­dim, nje­nge­si­du­mbu esi­nya­the­le­lwe pha­nsi.

20 Ka­wu­yi­ku­hla­nga­ni­swa ka­nye la­bo eku­ngcwa­tshwe­nin, ngo­ba uli­chi­thi­le ili­zwe la­ki­ni, wa­bu­la­la aba­ntu ba­ki­ni. Inza­loo ya­be­nzi bo­bu­bi ka­yi­yi­ku­bi­zwa ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni.

21 Lu­ngi­se­la­ni uku­bu­la­wa kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­bo nge­nxa yo­bu­bi ba­bo­yi­sep, uku­ze ba­nga­vu­kiq ba­dle ili­fa le­li­zwe, ba­gcwa­li­se ubu­so bo­mhla­ba nge­mi­zi.

IBha­bhi­lo­ni iza­chi­the­ka

22 Ngo­ba ngi­za­ba­vu­ke­la, itsho iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, ngi­qu­me ku­su­ke eBha­bhi­lo­ni ibi­zor, le­nsa­lis, le­ndo­da­nat, lo­mzu­ku­luuv, itsho iNko­si.

23 Ngi­za­yi­mi­sa ibe yi­nda­wo ye­zi­nhlo­ni la­ma­te­te ama­nziw, ngi­yi­tha­nye­le ngo­mtha­nye­lo we­nci­tha­ka­lo, ku­tsho iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla.

IA­si­ri­ya iza­chi­the­ka

24 INko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla ifu­ngi­le isi­thi: Isi­bi­li, nje­ngo­ku­ca­ba­nga kwa­mi ku­za­ku­ba nja­lo, la­nje­ngo­kwe­lu­le­ka kwa­mi kho­na ku­za­ku­ma!

25 Uku­thi ngi­me­phu­le umA­si­ri­yax eli­zwe­ni la­mi, ngi­mnya­the­le phe­zu kwe­zi­nta­ba za­mi; be­se­li­su­ka ijo­gwey la­khe phe­zu kwa­bo, lo­mthwa­lo wa­kheza usu­ke ehlo­mbe la­bo.

26 Le­si yi­se­lu­le­ko ese­lu­le­kwe ngo­mhla­ba wo­nke, nja­lo le­si yi­sa­ndla ese­lu­le­lwe izi­zwe zo­nkeb.

27 Ngo­ba iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla iku­ce­bi­lec, ngu­ba­ni-ke onga­ku­phu­thi­sad? Le­sa­ndla sa­yo se­lu­li­wee, nja­lo ngu­ba­ni onga­si­bu­yi­se­la emu­vaf?

Ama­Fi­li­sti aza­chi­the­ka

28 Ngo­mnya­ka wo­ku­fa kwe­nko­si uA­ha­zig kwa­ba la­lo umthwa­loh:

29 Unga­tho­ko­zi, we­na wo­nke Fi­li­stii, ngo­ku­thi into­ngaj eku­tsha­yi­le­yo ye­phu­ki­le; ngo­ba empa­nde­ni ye­nyo­kak ku­za­ve­la ibu­lu­lul, le­si­the­lo sa­bom si­be yi­nyo­ka epha­pha­yo etshi­sa­yon.

30 La­ma­zi­bu­loo aba­ya­nga aza­kwe­lu­se­la, la­ba­swe­la­yo ba­la­le be­vi­ke­le­ki­le; ko­dwa ngi­za­bu­la­la impa­nde ya­kho nge­ndla­la, nja­lo abu­la­le insa­li ya­kho.

31 Qhi­nqa isi­li­lop, sa­ngo, ukha­le, mu­zi. Unci­bi­li­ke, Fi­li­stiqr, wo­nke. Ngo­ba enya­ka­tho ku­ve­la intu­thu, nja­lo ka­kho oza­ku­ba ye­dwa nge­zi­kha­thi za­khe ezi­mi­si­we­yos.

32 Le­zi­thu­nywa ze­si­zwe zi­za­phe­ndu­lwa ngo­ku­thi­ni? Ngo­ku­thi: INko­si iyi­se­ke­le iZi­yo­nit, la­ba­hlu­phe­ka­yo ba­ba­ntu ba­youv ba­za­the­mbe­la ku­yowx.

Uku­kha­le­la uMo­wa­bi

15Umthwa­loa ka­Mo­wa­bib.

Ngo­ba ngo­bu­su­kuc iA­ri ka­Mo­wa­bid ichi­the­ki­le, iqu­nyi­we; ngo­ba ngo­bu­su­kue iKi­ri ka­Mo­wa­bif ichi­the­ki­le, iqu­nyi­we.

2 We­nyu­ke­la eBa­yi­tig le­Di­bo­nih, inda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yo, ukuya­li­lai; uMo­wa­bi uza­qhi­nqa isi­li­loj nge­Ne­bok la­nge­Me­de­bal; ku­le­mpa­ba­ngam ku­wo wo­nke ama­kha­nda abo, zo­nke inde­vu zi­ge­li­wen;

3 ezi­ta­la­de­ni za­bo ba­zi­bhi­nca nga­ma­sa­kao; empa­hle­ni ze­zi­ndlu za­bop le­zi­ta­la­de­ni za­boq wo­nker uqhi­nqa isi­li­los, be­se­hla be­kha­la inye­mbe­zi.

4 Le­He­shi­bo­nit leE­le­ya­leu ku­za­kha­la; ili­zwi la­bo li­zwa­ka­le ku­ze ku­be se­Ja­ha­ziv; nge­nxa ya­lo­khu aba­hlo­mi­le­yo ba­ko­Mo­wa­bi ba­ya­me­me­za; umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khe uya­thu­thu­me­la ku­ye.

5 Inhli­zi­yo ya­mi iya­mkha­le­la uMo­wa­biw; aba­ba­le­ka­yo ba­khex ba­fi­nye­le­le eZo­wa­riy, itho­ka­ziz eli­le­mi­nya­ka emi­tha­thu; ngo­ba umqa­nso we­Lu­hi­thia, ba­we­nyu­ka be­kha­la inye­mbe­zi; ngo­ba endle­le­ni ye­Ho­ro­na­yi­mib ba­pha­ka­mi­sa uku­kha­la kwe­nci­tha­ka­lo.

6 Ngo­ba ama­nzic eNi­mi­ri­mid aza­ku­ba zi­nci­tha­ka­loe; ngo­ba utsha­ni bu­yo­ma, uhla­za lu­ya­phe­la, ka­ku­kho oku­lu­hla­za.

7 Nge­nxa ya­lo­khu ukwa­nda aba­kwe­nzi­le­yof le­mpa­hla ya­bo ba­za­ku­thwa­le­la esi­fu­le­ni se­mi­nye­za­neg.

8 Ngo­ba uku­kha­la ku­za­bho­da umngce­le ka­Mo­wa­bi, uku­qhi­nqa kwa­khe isi­li­lo ku­fi­nye­le­la eE­gi­la­yi­mih, ye­bo, uku­qhi­nqa kwa­khe isi­li­lo ku­fi­nye­le­la eBe­ri-E­li­mii.

9 Ngo­ba ama­nzi eDi­bo­nij agcwe­le iga­zi; ngo­ba ngi­za­mi­se­la iDi­bo­nik oku­nye fu­thi, isi­lwa­nel ku­la­bo aba­phu­nyu­ki­le­yo ba­ko­Mo­wa­bim la­ku­nsa­li ye­li­zwe.

Uku­hlu­phe­ka ku­ka­Mo­wa­bi

16Thu­me­la­ni iwu­ndlua ku­mbu­si we­li­zwe li­li­su­sa eSe­la li­si­ya enka­nga­la, enta­be­ni ye­ndo­da­ka­zi ye­Zi­yo­nib.

2 Ngo­ba ku­za­ku­thi, nje­nge­nyo­ni ezu­la­zu­la­yo exo­tshwe e­si­dle­kenicd, aza­ku­ba nja­lo ama­do­da­ka­zi ako­Mo­wa­bi ema­zi­bu­kwe­ni eA­ri­no­ni.

3 Le­tha­ni ise­lu­le­ko, le­nze isi­nqu­mo; we­nze isi­thu­nzi sa­kho si­be nje­ngo­bu­su­ku pha­ka­thi kwe­mi­nie, ufi­hle aba­xo­tshi­we­yof, unga­ve­zi oba­le­ka­yog;

4 Aba­xo­tshi­we­yoh ba­mi ka­ba­hla­le nje­nga­be­zi­zwe pha­ka­thi kwa­kho, Mo­wa­bi; ube yi­si­phe­phe­loi ki­bo ebu­swe­ni bo­mchi­thi; ngo­ba umci­nde­ze­li use­ku­ci­ne­ni, uku­chi­the­ka se­ku­nya­ma­le­le, lo­nya­the­ze­la pha­nsi use­phe­li­le eli­zwe­ni.

5 Nja­lo ku­za­mi­swa isi­hla­lo so­bu­kho­sij ngo­mu­sa, nja­lo ahla­le ki­so ngo­bu­qo­tho ethe­nte­ni li­ka­Da­vi­da, esa­hlu­le­lak, lo­di­nga isa­hlu­le­lo, lo­pha­ngi­si­sa uku­lu­ngal.

6 Si­zwi­le ngo­ku­zi­pha­ka­mi­sa ku­ka­Mo­wa­bim, uya­zi­gqa­ja ka­khu­lu; uku­zi­khu­khu­me­za kwa­khe, lo­ku­zi­qhe­nya kwa­khe, lo­la­ka lwa­khe, uku­wu­ma­na kwa­khen ka­ku­nja­loo.

7 Nga­kho uMo­wa­bi uza­qhi­nqe­la uMo­wa­bi isi­li­lop, bo­nke ba­qhi­nqe isi­li­loq; li­bu­bu­le­le izi­se­ke­lo ze­Ki­ri-Ha­re­se­thirst; isi­bi­li ba­tsha­yi­we.

8 Ngo­ba ama­si­mu eHe­shi­bo­niu aya­bu­nav, ivi­niw le­Si­bi­max; ama­kho­si ezi­zwe atsha­ye­le pha­nsi ama­hlu­ku­zo evi­ni awo; afi­nye­le­ley eJa­ze­riz, azu­la­zu­le e­nka­nga­laa, inga­tsha za­wo ze­lu­li­web, za­cha­pha ulwa­ndlec.

9 Nge­nxa ya­lo­kho ngi­za­kha­la inye­mbe­zid ngo­ku­kha­la kwe­Ja­ze­rie nge­vi­ni le­Si­bi­maf; ngi­ku­tha­mbi­se nge­zi­nye­mbe­zi za­mi, He­shi­bo­nig, la­we Ele­ya­leh; ngo­ba uku­ja­bu­le­lai izi­the­lo za­kho ze­hlo­boj le­si­vu­no sa­kho se­ku­wi­lek.

10 Into­ko­zo le­nja­bu­lol se­ku­su­si­we ensi­mi­ni ethe­la­yom, le­zi­vi­ni­nin ka­ku­hla­tshe­lwa ngo­ma; ka­ku­la­ku­me­me­za; ka­ku­la­mnya­the­li onya­the­la iwa­yi­nio ezi­kha­me­lwe­ni ze­wa­yi­nip; ngi­mi­si­le uku­me­me­za kwe­nja­bu­loqr.

11 Nge­nxa ya­lo­kho imi­bi­li­ni ya­mi iya­kha­la nje­nge­cha­cho ngo­Mo­wa­bis, le­nga­pha­ka­thi ya­mi nge­Ki­ri-Ha­re­sit.

12 Ku­za­ku­thi se­ku­bo­na­ke­le uku­thi uMo­wa­bi uzi­di­ni­si­le enda­we­ni epha­ke­me­you, kho­na eza­nge­na endli­ni ya­khe engcwe­le uku­khu­le­ka, ko­dwa ka­yi­ku­phu­me­le­la.

13 Le­li yi­li­zwi iNko­si eli­khu­lu­me ngo­Mo­wa­bi ku­su­ke­la ku­le­so­si­kha­thiv.

14 Ko­dwa kha­the­si iNko­si ikhu­lu­ma isi­thi: Pha­ka­thi kwe­mi­nya­ka emi­tha­thu, nje­nge­mi­nya­ka yo­qa­tshi­we­yow, udu­mo lu­ka­Mo­wa­bi lu­za­de­le­lwa, ele­xu­ku eli­khu­lu; le­nsa­li iza­ku­ba nlu­tshwa­na, inca­ne, inge­la­ma­ndlax.

Umthwa­lo we­Da­ma­se­ko

17Umthwa­loa we­Da­ma­se­kob.

Kha­nge­la, iDa­ma­se­ko iza­su­swa, inga­bi ngu­mu­zic, ko­dwa ibe lu­nxi­wa olu­di­li­ki­le­yo.

2 Imi­zi yeA­ro­we­rid iza­tshi­ywa, ibe nge­ye­mi­hla­mbi ela­la pha­nsie, nja­lo ku­nga­bi lo­me­thu­sifg.

3 Le­nqa­bah iza­phe­la koE­fra­yi­mii, lo­mbu­soj we­Da­ma­se­kok, le­nsa­li ye­Si­ri­ya; ba­za­ku­ba nje­ngo­du­mo lwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, itsho iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla.

Uku­gwe­tshwa ku­kaI­sra­ye­li

4 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke nga­lo­lo­su­ku udu­mo lu­ka­Ja­ko­bel lwe­hli­se­lwe pha­nsi, lo­ku­zi­mu­kam kwe­nya­ma ya­khe ku­ca­ki­swe.

5 Nja­lo ku­be nje­ngo­mvu­nin evu­na ama­be­le ami­yo, le­nga­lo ya­khe iqu­me izi­khwe­bu; ye­bo, ku­be nje­ngo­mu­ntu edo­bha izi­khwe­bu esi­go­di­ni se­Re­fa­yi­mio.

6 Ko­dwap umkho­tho­zoqr uza­sa­la ku­kho, nje­ngo­ku­nyi­ki­nye­ka kwe­si­hla­hla so­mhlwa­this, imi­hlwa­thi emi­bi­li lo­ba emi­tha­thut engqo­nge­ni yo­ga­tsha olu­phe­zu­luu, emi­ne lo­ba emi­hla­nu enga­tshe­ni za­so ezi­the­la­yov, itsho iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li.

7 Nga­lo­lo­su­ku umu­ntu uza­jo­lo­ze­la ku­Me­nzi wa­khew, la­me­hlo akhe akha­nge­le ko­Ngcwe­le kaI­sra­ye­li.

8 Nja­lo ka­yi­ku­jo­lo­ze­la ema­la­thi­ni, umse­be­nzi we­za­ndla za­khex; nja­lo ka­yi­ku­kha­nge­la ku­lo­kho imi­nwe ya­khe ekwe­nzi­le­yo, lo­ba izi­xu­kuyz lo­ba ama­la­thi ela­ngaa.

9 Nga­lo­lo­su­ku imi­zi ya­bo eqi­ni­le­yo iza­ku­ba nje­nge­gu­sub eli­de­li­we­yo le­ngqo­nga yo­ga­tshac aba­lu­de­li­le­yo nge­nxa ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­lid; nja­lo ku­za­ku­ba yi­nci­tha­ka­lo.

10 Ngo­ba umkho­hli­we uNku­lu­nku­lu wo­si­ndi­so lwa­khoe, ka­wu­khu­mbu­la­nga idwa­la la­ma­ndla akhof; nge­nxa ya­lo­kho uza­hla­nye­la izi­tho­mbo ezi­nhle, uyi­hla­nye­le nga­ma­hlu­me­la ange­jwa­ye­le­ka­nga.

11 Ngo­su­ku lo­ku­hla­nye­la kwa­kho uza­kwe­nza ku­hlu­me, le­ku­se­ni we­nze inhla­nye­lo ya­kho ikhu­phe impo­ko; ko­dwa isi­vu­no si­za­ku­ba yi­nqu­mbi ngo­su­ku lo­mkhu­hla­ne lo­bu­hlu­ngu obu­nge­la­phe­ki­yo.

12 Ye­ka uku­hlo­ko­ma kwa­ba­ntu aba­ne­ngi aba­hlo­ko­mag nje­ngo­ku­hlo­ko­ma kwe­zi­nlwa­ndleh, lo­ku­du­ma kwe­zi­zwei ezi­du­ma nje­ngo­mdu­moj wa­ma­nzi ama­ne­ngik!

13 Izi­zwel zi­du­ma nje­ngo­mdu­mo wa­ma­nzi ama­ne­ngim, ko­dwa uza­zi­khu­zan uku­ze zi­ba­le­ke­le kha­tsha­na, zi­xo­tshwe nje­nga­ma­kho­ba ezi­nta­bao pha­mbi ko­mo­ya, la­nje­ngo­ku­gi­qi­ka­yop pha­mbi kwe­si­phe­phoq.

14 Nge­si­kha­thi so­ku­hlwa, kha­nge­la-ke, uku­thu­thu­me­la, ku­nga­ka­si kase­kho. Yi­so isa­be­lo sa­ba­si­pha­nga­yor le­nka­tho ya­ba­si­hla­se­la­yo.

Ili­zwi ngeE­thi­yo­phi­ya

18Ma­ye e­li­zwenia oku­ha­tsha­za ku­lo impi­kob, eli­nga­phe­tshe­ya kwe­mi­fu­la yeE­thi­yo­phi­yac,

2 eli­thu­ma izi­thu­nywad ngo­lwa­ndlee la­nge­mi­khu­mbi ye­mi­hla­ngaf ebu­swe­ni ba­ma­nzi! Ha­mba­ni, zi­thu­nywa ezi­le­ju­ba­neg, li­ye esi­zwe­nih esi­de le­si­bu­tshe­le­zii, esi­zwe­ni ese­sa­be­ka­yoj ku­su­ke­la la­pho ku­si­ya pha­mbi­lik, isi­zwe esi­ngu­mzi­la­mzi­la esi­nya­the­le­la pha­nsil, esi­li­zwe la­so imi­fu­la iya­le­hlu­ka­ni­sam.

3 Li­na lo­nke ba­hla­li bo­mhla­ba, la­ni eli­hle­zi eli­zwe­ni, bo­na­ni la­pho ku­pha­ka­nyi­swa upha­wu e­zi­nta­benin, li­zwe la­pho ku­vu­the­lwa upho­ndo.

4 Ngo­ba ya­tsho nja­lo iNko­si ki­mi: Ngi­za­thu­la ngi­kha­nge­le ngi­se­nda­we­ni ya­mi emi­si­we­yoo, nje­ngo­ku­kha­nya oku­tshi­sa­yo phe­zu kwe­si­ba­nep, nje­nge­ye­zi la­ma­zo­lo eku­tshi­se­ni kwe­si­vu­no.

5 Ngo­ba ma­ndu­lo kwe­si­vu­no, ihlu­me­la se­li­phe­le­le, le­si­the­lo se­si­vi­ni esi­nga­vu­thwa­ngaq si­ya­vu­thwa emva kwa­ma­lu­bar, iza­qu­ma ama­hlu­me­la nge­zi­ngqa­mu zo­ku­the­nas, isu­se izi­nga­tsha, izi­qu­met.

6 Zi­za­tshi­ywa nda­wo­nyeu zi­be nge­ze­nyo­ni ze­zi­nta­bav ezi­dla inya­ma le­ze­nya­ma­za­na zo­mhla­ba. Le­nyo­ni ezi­dla inya­ma zi­za­chi­tha ihlo­bo phe­zu kwa­zow, le­nya­ma­za­na zo­nke zo­mhla­ba zi­chi­the ubu­si­ka phe­zu kwa­zo.

7 Nga­le­so­si­kha­thi ku­za­le­thwa isi­phox eNko­si­ni ya­ma­ba­ndla, isi­zwe esi­de le­si­bu­tshe­le­ziy, le­si­zwe­ni ese­sa­be­ka­yo ku­su­ke­la la­pho ku­si­ya pha­mbi­liz, isi­zwe esi­ngu­mzi­la­mzi­la esi­nya­the­le­la pha­nsia, esi­li­zwe la­so imi­fu­la iya­le­hlu­ka­ni­sab, si­ye enda­we­ni ye­bi­zo le­Nko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, inta­ba ye­Zi­yo­ni.

Umthwa­lo we­Gi­bhi­the

19Umthwa­loa we­Gi­bhi­theb.

Kha­nge­la, iNko­si iga­dec eye­zi­ni eli­le­ju­ba­ned, iza­ku­za eGi­bhi­the; le­zi­tho­mbe ze­Gi­bhi­thee zi­za­thu­thu­me­la pha­mbi kwa­yo, le­nhli­zi­yo ya­ma­Gi­bhi­thef inci­bi­li­ke pha­ka­thi kwa­wo.

2 Nja­lo ngi­za­ci­ja ama­Gi­bhi­the ame­la­ne la­ma­Gi­bhi­the, uku­thi alwe, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo eme­le­ne lo­mfo­wa­bo, la­ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo eme­le­ne lo­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­kheg, umu­zi ume­le­ne lo­mu­zi, umbu­so ume­le­ne lo­mbu­so.

3 Lo­mo­ya wa­ma­Gi­bhi­the uza­thu­lu­lwa pha­ka­thi kwa­wo, nja­lo ngi­za­gi­nya ice­bo la­wo; ba­be­se­be­bu­za izi­tho­mbe za­wo, la­ba­tha­ka­thi, la­ba­la­ma­dlo­zih, la­ba­lu­mba­yo.

4 Se­ngi­za­va­le­la ama­Gi­bhi­the esa­ndle­ni sa­ma­kho­si alu­khu­nii; le­nko­si elo­la­kaj iza­bu­sa phe­zu kwa­wo, ku­tsho iNko­si uJe­ho­va wa­ma­ba­ndlak.

5 La­ma­nzi elwa­ndle aza­ci­tshalm, lo­mfu­lan wo­me utsheo.

6 Nja­lo ba­za­kwa­la imi­fu­la, le­zi­fu­dla­na ze­Gi­bhi­the ze­tshe zi­ci­tshep; imi­hla­nga le­bhu­maq ku­bu­ner.

7 Imi­hla­nga ezi­fu­le­ni, emi­lo­nye­ni ye­zi­fu­la, la­kho ko­nke oku­hla­nye­lwe­yo kwe­zi­fu­la ku­za­ko­ma, ku­phe­tshe­thwes, ku­nga­be ku­sa­ba kho­na.

8 Nja­lo aba­go­li be­nhla­nzit ba­za­kha­la, la­bo bo­nke aba­pho­sa ingwe­gweu zo­ku­thi­ya inhla­nzi esi­fu­le­ni ba­za­li­la; la­be­ndla­la imbu­le ebu­swe­ni ba­ma­nzi ba­za­phe­la ama­ndlav.

9 La­ba­se­be­nzi nge­fi­ka­li­si eli­co­le­ki­le­yow la­be­lu­ka oku­mhlo­phe ba­za­ku­ba le­nhlo­ni.

10 Le­zi­se­ke­lo za­yo zo­nke zi­za­cho­tsho­zwa, la­ma­do­da ayi­zi­qa­tshwa aza­da­na emphe­fu­mu­lwe­ni.

11 Isi­bi­li, izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla ze­Zo­wa­ni zi­yi­zi­thu­thax, ise­lu­le­ko sa­be­lu­le­ki aba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo ba­ka­Fa­ro si­yi­bu­thu­thay. Li­tsho nja­ni ku­Fa­ro li­thi: Ngi­yi­ndo­da­na ya­ba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yoz, indo­da­na ya­ma­kho­si endu­loa?

12 Pho, ba­nga­phi aba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo ba­khob? Ye­bo, ake ba­ku­tshe­le, ka­ba­kwa­zi lo­kho iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla eku­ce­bi­le­yo nge­Gi­bhi­the.

13 Izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla ze­Zo­wa­nic se­zi­be yi­zi­thu­tha, izi­pha­tha­ma­ndlad ze­No­fi zi­kho­hli­si­wee; ba­za­du­hi­sa iGi­bhi­thef, insi­ka1 ye­zi­zwe za­yo.

14 INko­si ithu­lu­le umo­ya opha­mbe­ne­yo pha­ka­thi kwa­yo; ba­du­hi­se iGi­bhi­theg ku­kho ko­nke ukwe­nza kwa­yo, nje­ngo­da­ki­we­yoh edi­ya­ze­lai eku­hla­nze­ni kwa­khe.

15 Nja­lo ka­ku­yi­ku­ba kho­na umse­be­nzi we­Gi­bhi­the oku­nga­we­nza inhlo­ko ku­mbe umsi­laj, uga­tsha lo­ba umhla­ngak.

16 Nga­lo­lo­su­kul iGi­bhi­the iza­ku­ba nje­nga­be­si­fa­za­nam; iza­thu­thu­me­la ye­sa­be nge­nxa yo­ku­zu­ngu­za kwe­sa­ndlan se­Nko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla esi­zu­ngu­zao phe­zu kwa­yo.

17 Le­li­zwe la­ko­Ju­da li­za­ku­ba yi­se­sa­bi­so eGi­bhi­the; wo­nke oza­khu­lu­ma nga­lo uza­kwe­thu­ka ye­na ngo­kwa­khe nge­nxa ye­ce­bo le­Nko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla eli­ce­bi­le­yo ime­le­ne la­yo.

18 Nga­lo­lo­su­kup ku­za­ku­ba le­mi­zi emi­hla­nuq eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the ekhu­lu­mar uli­mi lwe­Kha­na­ni, le­fu­nga­yo eNko­si­ni ya­ma­ba­ndla. Omu­nye uza­ku­thi­wa ngu­mu­zi wo­ku­bhu­ji­swas.

19 Nga­lo­lo­su­kut iNko­si iza­ku­ba le­la­thiu pha­ka­thi kwe­li­zwe le­Gi­bhi­thev, le­nsi­kaw ye­Nko­si emngce­le­ni wa­yo.

20 Nja­lo iza­ku­ba yi­si­bo­na­ka­li­so ibe yi­bu­fa­ka­zix be­Nko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the, ngo­ba ba­za­kha­la eNko­si­niy nge­nxa ya­ba­ci­nde­ze­li, nja­lo iza­thu­ma ku­bo umsi­ndi­siza lo­mkhu­lu oza­ba­khu­lu­la.

21 Le­Nko­si iza­kwa­zi­wa ku­ma­Gi­bhi­the; nja­lo ama­Gi­bhi­theb aza­ya­zi iNko­si nga­lo­lo­su­kuc, aza­kwe­nza umhla­tshe­lo lo­mni­ke­lod, afu­nge isi­fu­ngo eNko­si­ni, asi­kho­khee.

22 Le­Nko­si iza­tsha­ya iGi­bhi­the, itsha­ye ibu­ye isi­li­sef; nja­lo ba­za­phe­ndu­ke­la eNko­si­ni, eza­nce­nge­ka nga­bog, iba­si­li­se.

23 Nga­lo­lo­su­kuh ku­za­ku­ba lo­mgwa­qo omkhu­lui osu­ka eGi­bhi­the usi­ya eA­si­ri­ya, uku­ze amaA­si­ri­ya eze eGi­bhi­the, la­ma­Gi­bhi­the eA­si­ri­ya; la­ma­Gi­bhi­the akho­nze ka­nye la­maA­si­ri­yaj.

24 Nga­lo­lo­su­kuk uI­sra­ye­li uza­ku­ba ngo­we­si­tha­thu le­Gi­bhi­the leA­si­ri­ya, isi­bu­si­so pha­ka­thi ko­mhla­ba,

25 eza­ba­bu­si­sa iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla isi­thi: Ibu­si­si­we iGi­bhi­the aba­ntu ba­mil, leA­si­ri­ya umse­be­nzi we­za­ndla za­mim, loI­sra­ye­li ili­fa la­min.

IA­si­ri­ya iza­nqo­ba iGi­bhi­the leE­thi­yo­phi­ya

20Ngo­mnya­ka wo­ku­fi­ka ku­ka­Tha­ri­tha­nia eA­shi­do­dib, la­pho uSa­ri­go­ni inko­si yeA­si­ri­ya emthu­ma, la­pho wa­lwa leA­shi­do­di wa­yi­thu­mba;

2 nga­le­so­si­kha­thi iNko­si ya­khu­lu­ma nge­sa­ndla si­kaI­sa­yac indo­da­na kaA­mo­zi isi­thi: Ha­mba, ukhu­lu­le isa­kad ekha­lwe­ni lwa­kho, ukhu­phe inya­the­la la­kho enya­we­ni za­kho. Wa­se­se­nza nja­lo, eha­mba­zee enga­fa­ka­nga ma­nya­the­laf.

3 INko­si ya­si­si­thi: Nje­nga­lo­khu ince­ku ya­mi uI­sa­ya isi­ha­mbe­zeg inga­fa­ka­nga ma­nya­the­lah okwe­mi­nya­ka emi­tha­thui, ku­be yi­si­bo­na­ka­li­so le­si­ma­ngaj phe­zu kwe­Gi­bhi­the la­phe­zu kweE­thi­yo­phi­yak;

4 ngo­ku­nja­lo inko­si yeA­si­ri­yal iza­qhu­ba aba­thu­nji­we­yo be­Gi­bhi­the la­ba­xo­tshi­we­yo beE­thi­yo­phi­yamn, aba­tsha la­ba­da­la, be­zeo be­nga­fa­ka­nga ma­nya­the­lap, le­zi­bu­nu zi­se­gce­ke­niq, ku­be li­hla­zo eGi­bhi­the.

5 Ba­se­be­se­thu­ka ba­ba le­nhlo­nir ngeE­thi­yo­phi­yast ithe­mba la­bo, la­nge­Gi­bhi­the udu­mo lwa­bou.

6 Aba­hla­li ba­le­si­si­hle­nge ba­za­ku­thi nga­lo­lo­su­ku: Kha­nge­la, li­nja­lo ithe­mba le­thu, la­pho esa­ba­le­ke­le­la usi­zo kho­na uku­ze si­khu­lu­lwe ebu­swe­ni be­nko­si yeA­si­ri­ya. Pho, thi­na si­za­phu­nyu­ka nja­ni?

Umbo­no wo­ku­nqo­tshwa kwe­Bha­bhi­lo­ni

21Umthwa­loa we­nka­nga­lab yo­lwa­ndlec.

Nje­ngo­ku­dlu­la kwe­zi­vu­ngu­za­ned eni­ngi­zi­mu, ku­za­ve­la enka­nga­lae, eli­zwe­ni ele­sa­be­ka­yo.

2 Nga­zi­swe umbo­no olu­khu­ni; umkho­hli­si we­nza nge­nko­hli­sofg, lo­mchi­thi uya­chi­thah. Ye­nyu­ka Ela­mui, uvi­mbe­ze­le Me­dej; ngi­qe­dek ko­nke uku­bu­bu­la kwa­yo.

3 Nge­nxa ya­lo­khu ukha­lo lwa­mi lu­gcwe­le ubu­hlu­ngul, imi­he­lom ingi­ba­mbi­le nje­nge­mi­he­lo yo­be­le­tha­yo; nga­go­tshi­swa nge­nxa yo­ku­zwan, nga­di­de­ka nge­nxa yo­ku­bo­na.

4 Inhli­zi­yo ya­mi ya­du­ha, uva­lo lwa­nge­sa­bi­sao; uku­hwa­la­lap engi­ku­lo­yi­sa­yoq wa­kwe­nza kwa­ba yi­ku­thu­thu­me­la ki­mi.

5 Lu­ngi­sa ita­fu­lar, li­nda empho­tsho­ngwe­ni wo­ku­li­nda, dla­na, una­the; su­ku­ma­ni, zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla, li­gco­be isi­hla­ngus.

6 Ngo­ba ya­tsho nja­lo iNko­si ki­mi: Ha­mba umi­se umli­ndi; akhu­lu­me aku­bo­na­yo.

7 Wa­se­bo­na inqo­lat, aba­ga­di ba­ma­bhi­za aba­bi­liu, inqo­la ka­ba­bhe­mi, inqo­la ye­ka­me­la; wa­la­le­la nge­si­ne­kev, nge­si­ne­ke esi­khu­luw.

8 Wa­se­me­me­za esi­thi: Isi­lwa­ne, Nko­si, ngi­mi nja­lo­nja­lox empho­tsho­ngwe­ni wo­ku­li­nda emi­ni, nja­lo ngi­mi emli­ndwe­ni ubu­su­ku bo­nkey.

9 Kha­nge­la-ke, na­nsi inqo­la yo­mu­ntuz isi­za, la­ba­ga­di ba­ma­bhi­za aba­bi­lia. Wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Iwi­le, iwi­le iBha­bhi­lo­nib; la­zo zo­nke izi­tho­mbe ezi­ba­zi­we­yoc za­bo­nku­lu­nku­lu ba­yo uzi­di­li­ze­le emhla­ba­thi­ni.

10 Li­na oku­bhu­li­we­yod kwa­mi, la­ma­be­le eba­la la­mi lo­ku­bhu­le­lae, engi­ku­zwi­le­yo eNko­si­ni ya­ma­ba­ndla, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li, ngi­li­tshe­li­le kho­na.

Umthwa­lo we­Du­ma

11 Umthwa­lof we­Du­mag.

Uya­ngi­me­me­za ese­Se­yi­rih esi­thi: Mli­ndi, uthi­ni ngo­bu­su­ku? Mli­ndi, uthi­ni ngo­bu­su­ku?

12 Umli­ndi wa­thi: Ku­ye­za uku­sa, lo­bu­su­ku fu­thi. Uba li­bu­za, bu­za­ni, li­bu­ye, li­zei.

Umthwa­lo phe­zu kweA­ra­bhi­ya

13 Umthwa­loj phe­zu kweA­ra­bhi­yakl.

Ehla­thi­ni leA­ra­bhi­ya li­za­la­la ubu­su­ku, li­na zi­ndwe­ndwem ze­De­da­nin.

14 Mle­the­le­ni omi­le­yo ama­nzi. Aba­hla­li be­li­zwe le­Te­mao ba­hla­nga­be­zap oba­le­ka­yo ngo­ku­dla.

15 Ngo­ba ba­ba­le­ke­la izi­nke­mba, inke­mba ehwa­tshi­we­yo, le­da­ndi­li eli­go­tshi­we­yo, lo­bu­nzi­ma be­mpi.

16 qNgo­ba itsho nja­lo iNko­si ki­mi: Ku­se­se­pha­ka­thi ko­mnya­ka, nje­nge­mi­nya­ka yo­qa­tshi­we­yor, lo­nke udu­mo lwe­Ke­da­ri lu­za­phe­la.

17 Le­nsa­li ye­na­ni la­ba­tsho­ki, ama­qha­we ama­Ke­da­ris, ba­za­ku­ba ba­lu­tshwa­na. Ngo­ba iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li isi­khu­lu­mi­let.

Umthwa­lo we­Je­ru­sa­le­ma

22Umthwa­loa we­si­go­dib so­mbo­noc.

Ku­the­ni ku­we kha­the­si, uku­thi ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo wa­kho akhwe­le empa­hle­ni ze­zi­ndlud?

2 We­na ogcwe­le imi­si­ndo, mu­zi oxo­ko­ze­la­yo, do­lo­bho eli­le­nto­ko­zoe, aba­bu­le­we­yo ba­kho ka­ba­bu­la­wa­nga nge­nke­mba, ka­ba­fe­la­nga empi­ni.

3 Bo­nke aba­bu­si ba­khofg ba­ba­le­ke ka­nye­ka­nye, ba­bo­tshwe nga­ba­tsho­ki, bo­nke aba­tho­la­ka­la ku­we, ba­bo­tshi­we ka­nye­ka­nye, ba­ba­le­ke be­su­ka kha­tsha­na.

4 Nge­nxa ya­lo­khu nga­thi: Su­sa­ni ame­hlo ki­mih; ka­ngi­kha­le ka­bu­hlu­ngui; unga­pha­ngi­si uku­ngi­du­du­za nge­nxa yo­ku­chi­the­ka kwe­ndo­da­ka­zi ya­ba­ntu ba­ki­thi.

5 Ngo­ba ku­lu­su­ku lo­ku­sa­nga­ni­se­kaj, lo­lo­ku­nya­the­le­la pha­nsik, lo­lo­ku­phi­thi­ze­lal kwe­Nko­si uJe­ho­va wa­ma­ba­ndlam esi­go­di­ni so­mbo­non, lo­ku­di­li­ze­la pha­nsi umdu­li, lo­lo­ku­hla­ba umkho­si ku­ze ku­be se­nta­be­nio.

6 IE­la­mup ya­tha­tha-ke isi­khwa­ma se­mi­tsho­ko, ka­nye le­nqo­la, aba­ntu, aba­ga­di ba­ma­bhi­zaq; le­Ki­rir ye­mbu­la isi­hla­ngus.

7 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke izi­go­di za­kho ezi­khe­the­ki­le­yo zi­gcwa­la izi­nqo­lat, la­ba­ga­di ba­ma­bhi­za ba­zi­hle­le lo­ku­zi­hle­la nga­se­sa­ngwe­ni.

8 Nja­lo ye­na uza­kwe­mbu­la isi­mbo­mbo­zo sa­ko­Ju­da; la­nga­lo­lo­su­ku we­na uza­kha­nge­la izi­kha­liu ze­ndlu ye­hla­thiv.

9 Nja­lo li­za­bo­na imi­ke­nke yo­mu­zi ka­Da­vi­daw, uku­thi mi­ne­ngi, li­qo­qe ama­nzixy echi­bi­ni eli­nga­pha­nsiz.

10 Li­za­ba­la izi­ndlu ze­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, li­di­li­ze izi­ndlu uku­ze li­qi­ni­se umdu­li.

11 Li­za­kwe­nza ichi­bia pha­ka­thi kwe­mi­du­li yo­mi­bi­li li­se­nze­la ama­nzi omgo­di omda­lab. Ko­dwa ka­li­yi­ku­kha­nge­la ko­wa­kwe­nza­yoc, ka­li­mna­nza­nga owa­ku­bu­mba­yo ku­da­lad.

12 La­nga­lo­lo­su­ku iNko­si uJe­ho­va wa­ma­ba­ndla iza­me­me­ze­la uku­li­lae, lo­ku­kha­laf, lo­ku­phu­cwa kwa­ma­kha­ndag, lo­ku­gqo­kwa kwe­sa­kah.

13 Ko­dwa kha­nge­la, inja­bu­lo lo­ku­tha­ba, uku­bu­la­wa kwe­nko­mo, lo­ku­hla­tshwa kwe­zi­mvu, uku­dli­wa kwe­nya­ma, lo­ku­na­thwa kwe­wa­yi­ni; la­thi: Asi­dle­ni si­na­thei, ngo­ba ku­sa­sa si­za­ku­fa.

14 Ko­dwa iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla ye­mbu­la endle­be­ni za­mij isi­thi: Isi­bi­li le­si­so­nok ka­li­yi­ku­se­nze­lwa inhla­wu­lo yo­ku­thu­la li­ze li­fel, ku­tsho iNko­si uJe­ho­va wa­ma­ba­ndla.

UEIi­ya­ki­mi uza­tha­tha isi­khu­ndla si­ka­She­bi­na

15 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va wa­ma­ba­ndla: Ha­mba uye ku­lo umpha­thi, ku­She­bi­nam, ophe­zu kwe­ndlun, uthi:

16 Ula­ni la­pha, nja­lo ulo­ba­ni la­pha, uku­thi uzi­ge­bhe­le ingcwa­ba la­phao, nje­ngo­zi­ge­bhe­la ingcwa­ba la­khe phe­zu­lup, ozi­gu­bhe­la inda­wo yo­ku­hla­la edwa­le­ni?

17 Kha­nge­la, iNko­si iza­ku­ji­ki­je­la kha­tsha­na ngo­ku­ji­ka kwe­ndo­da1; iza­ku­go­qe­la ngo­kuku­go­qe­laq,

18 iku­tha­nde­le lo­ku­ku­tha­nde­lar nje­nge­bho­las eli­go­qe­lwa­yo; nje­nge­bho­la iza­ku­pho­se­la eli­zwe­ni eli­ba­nzi; la­la­pho uza­fe­la, la­la­pho izi­nqo­la zo­du­mo lwa­kho zi­za­ku­ba li­hla­zo, olwe­ndlu ye­nko­si ya­kho!

19 Nja­lo ngi­za­ku­su­ndu­za usu­ke esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­kho, iku­wi­se eku­me­ni kwa­khotu.

20 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke nga­lo­lo­su­ku ngi­bi­ze ince­ku ya­mi uE­li­ya­khi­mi indo­da­na ka­Hi­li­khi­yav;

21 ngi­za­mgqo­ki­sa isi­gqo­ko sa­khow, ngi­mqi­ni­se nge­bha­nti la­kho, ngi­ni­ke­ze umbu­so wa­kho esa­ndle­ni sa­khex; nja­lo ye­na uza­ku­ba ngu­yi­sey ku­ba­hla­li be­Je­ru­sa­le­ma le­ndli­ni ya­ko­Ju­da.

22 Ngi­za­be­ka-ke isi­hlu­thu­le­loz se­ndlu ka­Da­vi­da ehlo­mbe la­khea; ye­na uza­vu­la ku­nga­va­li mu­ntu, ava­le ku­nga­vu­li mu­ntub.

23 Ngi­za­mbe­the­la nje­nge­si­kho­nkwa­nec enda­we­ni eqi­ni­le­yo; nja­lo uza­ku­ba yi­si­hla­lo so­bu­kho­si esi­lo­du­mod endli­ni ka­yi­se.

24 Nja­lo ba­za­pha­nye­ka phe­zu kwa­khe udu­mo lo­nke lwe­ndlu ka­yi­se, inza­lo le­mbe­wue, zo­nke izi­tsha ezi­nci­nya­ne, ku­su­ke­la ezi­tshe­ni ze­nke­zof ku­si­ya ku­zo zo­nke izi­tsha ze­zi­phi­sog.

25 Nga­lo­lo­su­ku, itsho iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, isi­kho­nkwa­neh esa­be­the­lwa enda­we­ni eqi­ni­le­yo si­za­su­swa, si­ga­nyu­lwe si­wei; lo­mthwa­loj obu­phe­zu kwa­so uza­qu­nywa; ngo­ba iNko­si ikhu­lu­mi­lek.

Umthwa­lo we­Ti­re

23Umthwa­loa we­Ti­reb.

Qhi­nqa­ni isi­li­loc, mi­khu­mbi ye­Ta­rshi­shi, ngo­ba ichi­thi­we, uku­ze ku­nga­bi le­ndlud, uku­thi ku­nga­bi lo­ku­nge­nae. Ku­ve­la eli­zwe­ni le­Ki­ti­mif kwe­mbu­li­we ku­bo.

2 Thu­la­nig, ba­hla­li be­si­hle­ngeh; we­na aba­ku­gcwa­li­si­le­yo aba­the­ngi­se­la­ni be­Si­do­nii aba­cha­pha ulwa­ndle.

3 La­nga­ma­nzi ama­khu­lu, inza­lo ye­Shi­ho­rij, isi­vu­no so­mfu­la yi­nzu­zo ya­yo; nja­lo iyi­nda­wo ye­zi­zwe yo­ku­the­ngi­se­la­nak.

4 Wo­ba le­nhlo­ni, Si­do­nil; ngo­ba ulwa­ndle lu­khu­lu­mi­le, ama­ndla olwa­ndle, lu­si­thi: Ka­ngi­he­le­lwa, ka­ngi­be­le­tha­nga, ka­ngi­khu­li­sa­ngam ama­ja­ha, ka­ngo­ndla­nga izi­nto­mbi ezi­msu­lwan.

5 Nje­nga­se­mbi­kwe­ni nge­Gi­bhi­the ba­za­he­le­lwa ngo­mbi­ko we­Ti­re.

6 Cha­phe­la­ni eTa­rshi­shio, qhi­nqa­ni isi­li­lo, ba­hla­li be­si­hle­ngep.

7 Yi­wo lo yi­ni umu­zi we­nu oja­bu­la­yoq, obu­da­la ba­wo bu­su­ke­la ensu­kwi­ni ze­ndu­lor? Inya­wo za­wo zi­za­wu­thwa­le­la kha­tsha­na ukuya­hla­la nje­ngo­we­zi­zwe.

8 Ngu­ba­ni owe­lu­le­ke lo­khu nge­Ti­re, ome­the­si wo­mqhe­le, oba­the­ngi­sis ba­yo ba­yi­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla, oba­the­ngi­se­la­ni ba­yo nga­ba­du­mi­le­yo emhla­be­ni?

9 INko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla iku­ce­bi­si­le lo­khu, uko­na­ka­li­sa uku­zi­gqa­ja ko­du­mot lo­nke, ukwe­nza ba­de­le­le­keu bo­nke aba­du­mi­le­yo bo­mhla­ba.

10 Da­bu­la ili­zwe la­kho nje­ngo­mfu­lav, ndo­da­ka­zi ye­Ta­rshi­shiw; aku­se­la­ma­ndlax.

11 Ye­lu­le­le isa­ndla sa­yo phe­zu ko­lwa­ndle, inyi­ki­nye imi­bu­soy; iNko­si ila­ye­zi­le ime­le­ne le­Kha­na­ni, uku­chi­tha inqa­ba za­yo.

12 Ya­si­si­thi: Ka­wu­sa­yi­ku­phi­nda uja­bu­le, nto­mbi emsu­lwa eci­nde­ze­lwe­yo, ndo­da­ka­zi ye­Si­do­ni; eKhi­thi­muz su­ku­ma ucha­phe; la­kho­na ka­ku­yi­ku­ba lo­ku­phu­mu­la ku­we.

13 Kha­nge­la ili­zwe la­ma­Kha­la­di­yaa; le­si­si­zwe sa­si­nge­kho; ama­Si­ri­ya asi­se­ke­le­la bo­na aba­hla­la enka­nga­lab; ami­sa imi­pho­tsho­ngo ya­wo yo­ku­vi­mbe­ze­lac, abhi­dli­za izi­go­dlo za­lo; ale­nza la­ba lu­nxi­wad.

14 Qhi­nqa­ni isi­li­lo, mi­khu­mbi ye­Ta­rshi­shie, ngo­ba inqa­ba ye­nu ichi­the­ki­le.

15 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke nga­lo­lo­su­ku iTi­re ikho­hla­ka­le okwe­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­saf, nje­ngo­kwe­nsu­ku ze­nko­si eyo­dwag. Eku­phe­le­ni kwe­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sah ku­za­ku­ba kho­na eTi­re oku­nje­nge­ngo­ma ye­wu­lei.

16 Tha­tha icha­choj, ubho­de umu­zi, wu­le eli­kho­hla­ke­le­yo, utsha­ye ka­mna­ndik, uhla­be­le ingo­ma ezi­ne­ngi, uku­ze ukhu­nju­lwe.

17 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke eku­phe­le­ni kwe­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sal iNko­si iyi­ha­mbe­le iTi­rem; nja­lo iza­bu­ye­la eku­qa­tshwe­nin ko­bu­wu­le ba­yo; iza­wu­lao la­yo yo­nke imi­bu­so yo­mhla­ba phe­zu ko­bu­so bo­mhla­ba.

18 Lo­ku­the­ngi­se­la­na kwa­yo lo­ku­qa­tshwa kwa­yo ku­za­ku­ba yi­bu­ngcwe­le eNko­si­nip; ka­ku­yi­ku­lo­ndo­lo­zwa ku­mbe ku­bu­the­le­lwe, ngo­ba inzu­zo ya­yo yo­ku­the­ngi­se­la­na iza­ku­ba nge­ya­ba­hla­la pha­mbi kwe­Nko­siq, uku­ze ba­dle ba­su­ther, ba­be le­zi­gqo­ko ezi­nhle.

Ukwe­hlu­le­lwa ko­mhla­ba

24Kha­nge­la, iNko­sia ye­nza umhla­ba ube yi­zebc, iwe­nze ube yi­nci­tha­ka­lod, yo­ne ubu­so ba­wo, ihla­ka­ze aba­hla­li ba­wo.

2 Ku­za­ku­thi nje­nga­ba­ntue ku­be nja­lo umpri­sti; nje­nge­si­se­be­nzi ku­be nja­lo inko­si ya­so; nje­nge­nce­ku­ka­zi ku­be nja­lo inko­si­ka­zi ya­yo; nje­ngo­mthe­ngi ku­be nja­lo umthe­ngi­sif; nje­ngo­mbo­le­ki­si ku­be nja­lo obo­le­ka­yo; nje­ngo­mni­ki we­si­kwe­le­de ku­be nja­lo okwe­le­da­yog.

3 Umhla­bah uza­chi­the­ka lo­ku­chi­the­kai, upha­ngwe lo­ku­pha­ngwa; ngo­ba iNko­si ili­khu­lu­mi­le le­li­li­zwij.

4 Umhla­ba uya­li­la, ubu­ne, ili­zwe li­ya­da­nga­lak, li­bu­ne; aba­ntu bo­mhla­ba aba­pha­ke­me­yo ba­ya­da­nga­lal.

5 Umhla­ba la­wo ungco­li­si­wem nga­pha­nsi kwa­ba­hla­li ba­wo; ngo­ba be­qi­le imi­la­yo, ba­gu­qu­la isi­mi­so, be­phu­la isi­vu­me­lwa­no esi­la­pha­ka­den.

6 Nge­nxa ya­lo­kho isi­qa­le­ki­so si­wu­qe­di­le umhla­ba, la­ba­hla­la ku­wo ba­ya­chi­the­kao; nga­kho-ke aba­hla­li bo­mhla­ba ba­tshi­si­wep, nja­lo ku­sa­le aba­ntu aba­lu­tshwa­naq.

7 Iwa­yi­ni eli­tsha li­ya­li­lar, ivi­ni li­da­nga­le, bo­nke aba­nhli­zi­yo etho­ko­za­yo ba­ya­bu­bu­la.

8 Inja­bu­los ye­zi­gu­bhut iphe­li­leu, umsi­ndo wa­ba­ja­bu­la­yo uphe­li­lev, into­ko­zo ye­cha­chow iphe­li­lex.

9 Ka­ba­yi­ku­na­tha iwa­yi­ni nge­ngo­ma; oku­na­thwa­yo oku­la­ma­ndla ku­za­ba­ba kwa­ba­ku­na­tha­yo.

10 Umu­zi we­nci­tha­ka­lo ubhi­dli­ki­ley, yo­nke indlu iva­li­we uku­ze ku­nga­nge­nwaz.

11 Ku­kha­le­lwaa iwa­yi­ni ezi­ta­la­de­nib; into­ko­zo yo­nke ifi­phe­le, inja­bu­lo yo­mhla­ba inya­ma­le­lec.

12 Emzi­ni ku­se­le inci­tha­ka­lo, le­sa­ngo li­tsha­yi­we la­chi­thwa.

13 Ngo­ba ku­za­ku­ba nja­lo pha­ka­thi kwe­li­zwe, pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntud, nje­ngo­ku­nyi­ki­nywa kwe­si­hla­hla so­mhlwa­thie, nje­ngo­ku­kho­tho­za se­si­phe­li­le isi­vu­no se­zi­the­lo ze­vi­nif.

14 Bo­na ba­za­pha­ka­mi­sa ili­zwi la­bo, ba­za­hla­be­le­lag ubu­kho­si be­Nko­si, ba­me­me­ze be­se­lwa­ndleh.

15 Nge­nxa ya­lo­khu du­mi­sa­ni iNko­si emi­li­lwe­nii, ibi­zo le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­lij ezi­hle­nge­ni zo­lwa­ndlek.

16 Si­zwi­le ama­hu­bol ave­la emkha­wu­lwe­ni wo­mhla­ba, udu­mo ko­lu­ngi­le­yom. Ko­dwa nga­thi: Uku­ca­ka kwa­mi, uku­ca­ka kwa­mi! Ma­ye ki­mi! Abe­nzi be­nko­hli­so be­nze ngo­ku­kho­hli­san; ye­bo abe­nzi be­nko­hli­so be­nze ngo­ku­kho­hli­sa oku­khu­lu.

17 Ukwe­sa­bao lo­mgo­di lo­mji­bi­lap ku­phe­zu kwa­kho, we­na mhla­li wo­mhla­baq.

18 Ku­za­ku­thi-ker oba­le­ke­las umsi­ndo wo­kwe­sa­ba awe­le emgo­di­ni; lo­we­nyu­ka pha­ka­thi ko­mgo­di aba­njwe ngu­mji­bi­la; ngo­ba ama­wi­ndi aphe­zu­lu avu­le­ki­let, le­zi­se­ke­lo zo­mhla­ba zi­ya­qha­qha­ze­lau.

19 Umhla­ba we­phu­ki­le lo­kwe­phu­kav, umhla­ba uda­tshu­da­tshu­li­wew, umhla­ba uya­nyi­ki­nye­ka ka­khu­lu.

20 Umhla­ba uza­di­ya­ze­la lo­ku­di­ya­ze­la nje­nge­si­da­kwax, uzu­ngu­ze­ke nje­nge­du­mbay; le­si­pha­mbe­ko sa­wo si­za­ku­ba nzi­ma phe­zu kwa­wo; uza­ku­wa, unga­be usa­vu­ka fu­thi.

21 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke nga­lo­lo­su­kuz iNko­si ije­zi­se ibu­tho la­ba­pha­ke­me­yo aba­phe­zu­lua, la­ma­kho­si omhla­ba phe­zu ko­mhla­bab.

22 Ba­za­bu­the­lwa nda­wo­nye nje­nge­zi­bo­tshwac zi­bu­the­lwa emgo­di­ni, ba­va­le­lwe ento­lo­ngwe­nid, la­nge­mva kwe­nsu­ku ezi­ne­ngie be­the­ke­le­lwef.

23 Kho­nag inya­nga iza­ya­nge­ka, le­la­nga li­be le­nhlo­ni, ngo­ba iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla iya­bu­sah enta­be­ni iZi­yo­ni la­se­Je­ru­sa­le­mai, la­pha­mbi kwa­ba­da­la ku­za­ku­ba kho­na inka­zi­mu­loj.

Ingo­ma yo­ku­bo­nga iNko­si nge­ze­nzo za­yo

25Nko­si ungu­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi; ngi­za­ku­pha­ka­mi­saa, ngi­du­mi­se ibi­zo la­kho; ngo­ba we­nzi­leb oku­ma­nga­li­sa­yocd; ama­ce­bo akho endu­lo alu­the­mbe­ko le­qi­ni­soe.

2 Ngo­ba we­nzi­le umu­zi wa­ba yi­nqwa­baf; umu­zi obi­ye­lwe­yog ube lu­nxi­wah; isi­go­dlo sa­be­zi­zwei si­nga­bi ngu­mu­zij; ka­si­yi­kwa­khi­wa ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni.

3 Nge­nxa ya­lo­kho aba­ntu aba­la­ma­ndla ba­za­ku­du­mi­sak; umu­zi we­zi­zwe ezi­le­si­hlu­ku uza­kwe­sa­bal.

4 Ngo­ba ubu­nga­ma­ndla ku­mya­ngam, ama­ndla ko­swe­le­yo eku­hlu­phe­ke­ni kwa­khe, isi­phe­phe­lo ku­zu­lu le­si­phe­phon, umthu­nzi eku­tshi­se­niop, la­pho uku­vu­the­la kwa­ba­lo­lu­nya ku­nje­nge­zu­lu le­si­phe­pho e­mdu­lini.

5 Uza­kwe­hli­sa umsi­ndo wa­be­zi­zweq nje­ngo­ku­tshi­sa enda­we­ni eyo­mi­le­yor; uku­tshi­sa emthu­nzi­ni we­ye­zis; ingo­mat ya­ba­lo­lu­nya iza­tho­tshi­swa.

6 La­ku­li­nta­bau iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndlav iza­kwe­nze­la aba­ntu bo­nkew idi­li le­zi­nto ezi­no­ni­le­yox, idi­li la­ma­wa­yi­ni ale­nze­ce, le­zi­nto ezi­no­ni­le­yo zi­gcwe­le umnka­ntsho, la­ma­wa­yi­ni ale­nze­ce ace­nge­ki­le­yo.

7 Iza­gi­nya ku­li­nta­bay ubu­so be­se­mbe­so ese­mbe­se bo­nke aba­ntuz, le­si­gu­bu­ze­lo ese­lu­ki­we­yoa phe­zu kwe­zi­zwe zo­nkeb.

8 Iza­gi­nya uku­fac eku­nqo­be­nid, le­Nko­si uJe­ho­va iza­kwe­su­la inye­mbe­zie izi­su­se ebu­swe­ni bo­nke, isu­se le­hla­zo la­ba­ntu ba­yo emhla­be­ni wo­nke; ngo­ba iNko­si ikhu­lu­mi­lef.

9 Ku­za­ku­thi­wa-ke nga­lo­lo­su­kug: Kha­nge­la, lo ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thu; si­li­nde­le ku­yeh, nja­lo uza­si­si­ndi­sa; le yi­Nko­si; si­yi­li­nde­lei, si­za­tha­ba, si­tho­ko­zej ku­si­ndi­so lwa­yok.

10 Ngo­ba isa­ndla se­Nko­si si­za­phu­mu­la ku­li­nta­balm, lo­Mo­wa­bin uza­nya­the­le­lwa pha­nsi kwa­yoo, nje­nga­ma­hla­nga abu­the­le­lwe­yo enya­the­le­lwa enqu­nji­ni yo­mqu­ba.

11 Nja­lo iza­kwe­lu­la iza­ndla za­yo pha­ka­thi kwa­khe nje­ngo­ntshe­za­yo eze­lu­la uku­ze antshe­ze; nja­lo iza­tho­bi­sa uku­zi­gqa­ja kwa­khe ka­nye lo­ku­ca­tha­me­la kwe­za­ndla za­khe.

12 Le­nqa­ba epha­ke­me­yop ye­mi­du­li ya­kho iza­yi­di­li­ze­la pha­nsiq, iye­hli­se­le pha­nsir, iyi­fi­ki­se emhla­ba­thi­nis, ethu­li­ni.

Ingo­ma yo­ku­khu­lu­lwa

26Nga­lo­lo­su­kua li­ngo­ma iza­hla­tshe­lwa eli­zwe­ni la­ko­Ju­dab ethi: Si­lo­mu­zi oqi­ni­le­yo; uNku­lu­nku­lu uza­mi­sa usi­ndi­soc lu­be yi­mi­du­li le­zi­nqa­bad.

2 Vu­la­ni ama­sa­ngoe uku­ze si­nge­ne isi­zwe esi­lu­ngi­le­yof esi­gci­na uku­the­mbe­ka.

3 Uzamgci­na eku­thu­le­ni oku­phe­le­le­yog o­ngqo­ndo ya­khe ye­ya­ma phe­zu kwa­khoh, ngo­ba ethe­mba ku­wei.

4 The­mba­ni eNko­si­ni ko­ku­phe­laj, ngo­ba eNko­si­ni uJe­ho­vak ku­Li­dwa­la eli­la­pha­ka­de.

5 Ngo­ba ibe­hli­se­la pha­nsi aba­hla­la engqo­nge­nil; umu­zi opha­ke­me­yo, iwe­hli­se­la pha­nsimn; iwe­hli­se­la pha­nsi emhla­ba­thi­nio, iwu­fi­ki­se othu­li­nip.

6 Unya­wo lu­za­wu­nya­the­le­la pha­nsi, ngi­tsho inya­wo za­ba­ya­nga, ama­nya­the­la aba­swe­la­yo.

7 Indle­la ya­ba­lu­ngi­le­yo iyi­ku­qo­ndaq; we­na oqo­ndi­le­yor, uya­li­nga­ni­sa umkho­ndo wa­ba­lu­ngi­le­yos.

8 Ye­bo, endle­le­ni ye­za­hlu­le­lo za­khot, Nko­si, si­ku­li­nde­leuv; isi­lo­yi­so so­mphe­fu­mu­lo we­thuw si­se­bi­zwe­ni la­khoxy le­ku­ku­khu­mbu­le­niza.

9 Ngo­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi ngi­ku­lo­yi­si­le ebu­su­kub; ye­bo, ngo­mo­ya wa­mi o­pha­ka­thi kwa­mi ngi­za­ku­di­nga ngo­vi­vic; ngo­ba la­pho iza­hlu­le­lo za­kho zi­se­mhla­be­nid, aba­hla­li bo­mhla­ba ba­za­fu­nda uku­lu­nga.

10 Ubae okho­hla­ke­le­yo etshe­ngi­swa umu­saf, ku­be ka­nti ka­yi­ku­fu­nda uku­lu­nga; eli­zwe­ni lo­bu­qo­thog uza­kwe­nza oku­bi, nja­lo ka­yi­ku­bo­nah ubu­kho­si be­Nko­si.

11 Nko­si, isa­ndla sa­kho si­pha­ke­me, ka­ba­yi­ku­bo­nai; ko­dwa ba­za­bo­na, ba­be le­nhlo­ni ngo­ku­tshi­se­ke­la kwa­kho aba­ntu; intu­ku­the­lo yo­mli­loj we­zi­tha za­kho uza­zi­qe­da.

12 Nko­si, uza­si­mi­se­la uku­thu­lakl, ngo­ba la­we use­nze­le yo­nke imi­se­be­nzi ye­thum.

13 Nko­si Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thu, ama­nye ama­kho­si nga­pha­ndle kwa­kho ake abu­sa phe­zu kwe­thun; ko­dwa nga­weo ku­phe­la si­za­khu­mbu­la ibi­zo la­kho.

14 Afi­le, ka­wa­yi­ku­phi­la; ayi­mi­mo­ya efi­le­yop, ka­wa­yi­ku­vu­ka; nga­khoq uwa­phi­ndi­se­le wa­wa­chi­thar, wa­qe­da ko­nke uku­khu­nju­lwa kwa­wos.

15 Usa­ndi­si­le isi­zwet, Nko­si, wa­sa­ndi­sa isi­zwe; uya­du­nyi­swau; usi­su­se­le kha­tsha­nav ku­yo yo­nke imi­kha­wu­lo yo­mhla­baw.

16 Nko­si, be­se­ku­hlu­phe­ke­ni ba­kwe­the­ke­le­lex, ba­thu­lu­la umkhu­le­ko la­pho uku­je­zi­sa kwa­kho ku­phe­zu kwa­bo.

17 Nje­ngo­we­si­fa­za­na okhu­le­lwe­yoy se­ku­so­nde­le uku­be­le­tha, ese­bu­hlu­ngwi­ni, ekha­la emi­he­lwe­ni ya­khe, sa­ba nja­lo ebu­swe­ni ba­kho, Nko­si.

18 Sa­si­khu­le­lwe, sa­si­se­bu­hlu­ngwi­ni, kwa­ku­nga­thi si­be­le­the umo­ya. Ka­se­nza­nga usi­ndi­so emhla­be­ni, nja­lo aba­hla­li bo­mhla­baz ka­ba­wa­ngaa.

19 Aba­fi­le­yo ba­kho ba­za­phi­lab, le­si­du­mbu sa­mi, ba­za­vu­ka. Vu­ka­ni, li­me­me­ze nge­nto­ko­zoc, li­na eli­hla­la ethu­li­nid; ngo­ba ama­zo­lo akhoe anje­nga­ma­zo­lo emi­bhi­daf, lo­mhla­ba uza­ba­khu­pha imi­mo­ya efi­le­yog.

Ukwa­hlu­le­lwa lo­ku­bu­yi­swa ku­kaI­sra­ye­li

20 Ha­mba­ni ba­ntu ba­mi, li­nge­ne ema­ka­me­lwe­ni enuh, li­va­le imi­nya­ngo ye­nu nge­mva kwe­nu, li­ca­tshe okwe­si­kha­tsha­naij, lu­ze lu­dlu­le ula­kak.

21 Ngo­ba, kha­nge­la­nil, iNko­si iya­phu­ma enda­we­ni ya­yo uku­thi iphi­ndi­se­lem ubu­bi ba­ba­hla­li bo­mhla­ba phe­zu kwa­bo; lo­mhla­ba uza­ve­za iga­zi la­wo, unga­be usa­ba­fi­hla aba­bu­le­we­yo ba­won.

Uku­bu­yi­swa ku­kaI­sra­ye­li

27Nga­lo­lo­su­kua iNko­si nge­nke­mba ya­yo elu­khu­ni le­nku­lu le­la­ma­ndla iza­je­zi­sab uLe­vi­ya­tha­ni*cd, inyo­ka eba­le­ka­yo, ngi­tsho uLe­vi­ya­tha­nief inyo­ka ego­qa­na­yog, ibu­la­le umgo­bho ose­lwa­ndleh.

2 Nga­lo­lo­su­kui hla­be­le­la­nij nga­so isi­vi­ni se­wa­yi­ni eli­bo­mvuk.

3 Mi­na Nko­sil, ngi­ya­si­lo­ndo­lo­zam, ngi­ya­si­the­le­la isi­kha­thi so­nken; hle­zi ku­be kho­na oso­na­yoo ngi­si­lo­ndo­lo­ze ebu­su­ku le­mi­nipq.

4 Uku­thu­ku­the­la ka­ku­kho ki­mir. Ngu­ba­ni onga­be­ka ukhu­la olu­hla­ba­yo la­me­vast ku­me­la­ne la­mi empi­ni? Be­ngi­za­ma­tsha ngi­da­bu­le pha­ka­thi kwa­kho, ngi­ku­tshi­se ka­nye­ka­nyeu.

5 Ku­mbe ka­ba­mbe­le­le ema­ndle­ni amiv, enze uku­thu­la la­miw; uza­kwe­nza uku­thu­la la­mi.

6 Iza­kwe­nza aba­ve­la ko­Ja­ko­be ba­gxi­lex, uI­sra­ye­li uza­hlu­may, akha­hle­lez, agcwa­li­se ubu­so bo­mhla­ba nge­zi­the­lo.

7 Imtsha­yi­le yi­ni nje­ngo­ku­tsha­ya kwa­yo oyi­tsha­ya­yoa? Ubu­le­we yi­ni nje­ngo­ku­bu­la­wa kwa­ba­bu­le­we­yo ba­khe?

8 Nge­si­li­nga­ni­sobc eku­ku­xo­tshe­ni iza­phi­ki­sa­na la­khod; iza­ku­su­sa ngo­mo­ya wa­yo olu­khu­ni ngo­su­ku lo­mo­ya we­mpu­ma­la­ngae.

9 Nga­kho nga­lo­khuf isi­pha­mbe­kog si­ka­Ja­ko­be si­za­hla­wu­le­lwa; la­lo­khu ku­yi­si­the­lo so­nke so­ku­su­sa iso­no sa­kheh, la­pho ese­nza uku­thi wo­nke ama­tshe ela­thi abe nje­nga­ma­tshe eka­la­gai avu­thu­zi­we­yo, izi­xu­kuj la­ma­la­thi ela­ngak ka­ku­yi­ku­ma.

10 Ngo­ba umu­zi obi­ye­lwe­yol uza­ku­ba wo­dwa, inda­wo yo­ku­hla­lamn ixo­tshweo, itshi­ywe nje­nge­nka­nga­lap; la­pho itho­le li­za­ku­dla kho­naq, li­la­le kho­na, li­qe­de izi­nga­tsha za­wor.

11 La­pho inga­tsha za­wos se­zo­mi­le zi­za­kwe­phu­lwa; abe­si­fa­za­na be­ze ba­zi­ba­set; ngo­ba ka­ba­si­ba­ntu aba­qe­di­si­sa­you; nga­kho-ke lo­wo owa­be­nza­yo ka­yi­ku­ba­ha­wu­ke­lav, lo­wa­ba­bu­mba­yo ka­yi­ku­ba­tshe­ngi­sa umu­sawx.

12 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke nga­lo­lo­su­kuy iNko­si ibhu­leza ku­su­ke­la esi­fu­dla­ne­ni so­mfu­lab ku­ze ku­be se­mfu­le­ni we­Gi­bhi­thec; li­na-ke li­za­bu­thwa nga­mu­nye nga­mu­nye, ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li.

13 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke nga­lo­lo­su­kud ku­vu­the­lwe upho­ndo olu­khu­lue, la­la­bo aba­be­bhu­bhe eli­zwe­ni leA­si­ri­yaf la­ba­xo­tshe­lwe eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­theg, ba­za­bu­ya ba­yi­kho­nze iNko­si enta­be­ni engcwe­le eJe­ru­sa­le­mah.

UE­fra­yi­mi uya­xwa­yi­swa

28Ma­ye ku­mqhe­le wo­ku­zi­gqa­jaa we­zi­da­kwa za­koE­fra­yi­mi, obu­hle be­nka­zi­mu­lo ya­zob bu­li­lu­ba eli­bu­na­yo, eli­phe­zu kwe­kha­nda le­zi­ho­tsha ezi­vu­ndi­le­yoc za­la­bo aba­tsha­ywe li­wa­yi­ni.

2 Kha­nge­la, iNko­si ila­ye ola­ma­ndla lo­qi­ni­le­yod, oza­pho­se­la emhla­be­ni nge­sa­ndla, nje­nge­zu­lu le­si­phe­pho eli­le­si­qho­thoe, isi­phe­pho esi­chi­tha­yofg, nje­nge­mpo­pho­ma ya­ma­nzi ala­ma­ndlah akhu­khu­la­yoij.

3 Umqhe­le wo­ku­zi­qga­jak we­zi­da­kwa za­koE­fra­yi­mi uza­nya­the­le­lwa pha­nsi nge­zi­nya­wo.

4 Lo­bu­hle be­nka­zi­mu­lo ya­khel, obu­phe­zu kwe­kha­nda le­si­ho­tsha esi­vu­nde ka­khu­lum, bu­za­ku­ba li­lu­ba eli­bu­na­yo, nje­nge­si­the­lo esi­vu­thwe ma­si­nya­ne ku­nga­ka­fi­ki ihlo­bon; oku­thi osi­bo­ni­le­yo asi­bo­ne, si­se­se­sa­ndle­ni sa­khe asi­gi­nye.

5 Nga­lo­lo­su­kuo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla iza­ku­ba ngu­mqhe­le we­nka­zi­mu­lop, le­si­dlo­dlo so­bu­hleq ku­nsa­li ya­ba­ntu ba­yo,

6 lo­mo­ya we­sa­hlu­le­lo ku­lo­wo ohla­le­la isa­hlu­le­lo, la­ma­ndla ku­la­bo aba­bu­yi­se­la impi esa­ngwe­nir.

7 La­la­ba ba­du­hi­le nge­nxa ye­wa­yi­nis, la­nge­nxa yo­ku­na­thwa­yo oku­la­ma­ndla ba­pha­mbu­ki­let; umpri­sti lo­mpro­fe­thi ba­du­hi­le nge­nxa yo­ku­na­thwa­yo oku­la­ma­ndlau, ba­gi­nywe li­wa­yi­ni, ba­pha­mbu­ki­le nge­nxa yo­ku­na­thwa­yo oku­la­ma­ndla; ba­ya­du­ha embo­nwe­ni, ba­khu­be­ke ku­sa­hlu­le­lov.

8 Ngo­ba wo­nke ama­ta­fu­la agcwe­le ama­hla­nzo lo­ku­ngco­la, ka­ku­la­nda­wo enga­ngco­la­nga.

9 Iza­fu­ndi­sa ba­ni ulwa­ziw, nja­lo iza­kwe­nza ba­ni aqe­di­si­se umbi­ko? Aba­lu­nyu­li­we­yo echa­gwe­nix, aba­khu­nyu­li­we­yo ema­be­le­ni.

10 Ngo­ba umthe­tho phe­zu ko­mthe­thoy, umthe­tho phe­zu ko­mthe­tho; umzi­la phe­zu ko­mzi­la, umzi­la phe­zu ko­mzi­la; la­pha oku­nci­nya­ne, la­pha­ya­na oku­nci­nya­ne.

11 Ngo­ba nge­nde­be ezi­klo­lo­da­yo la­ngo­lu­nye uli­miza iza­khu­lu­ma ku­la­ba­ba­ntu,

12 eya­thi ku­bo: Lo­khu yi­ku­phu­mu­lab, phu­mu­za­ni aba­di­ni­we­yoc; la­lo­khu yi­ku­vu­se­le­la; ko­dwa ka­ba­tha­nda­nga uku­zwad.

13 Ko­dwa ili­zwi le­Nko­si li­za­ku­ba ki­bo ngu­mthe­tho phe­zu ko­mthe­tho, umthe­tho phe­zu ko­mthe­thoe; umzi­la phe­zu ko­mzi­la, umzi­la phe­zu ko­mzi­laf; la­pha oku­nci­nya­ne, la­pha­ya­na oku­nci­nya­ne; uku­ze ba­ha­mbe, ba­we nyo­va­neg, be­phu­keh, ba­thi­ywei, ba­thu­njwej.

14 Nga­kho zwa­ni­ni ili­zwi le­Nko­si, ba­ntu aba­klo­lo­da­yok, eli­bu­sa la­ba­ba­ntu aba­se­Je­ru­sa­le­ma.

15 Ngo­ba li­the: Si­vu­me­la­ne isi­vu­me­lwa­no lo­ku­fal, nja­lo se­nze isi­vu­me­lwa­no le­si­ho­gom; la­pho isi­swe­pu esi­phu­phu­ma­yo si­se­dlu­lan, ka­si­yi­ku­fi­ka ki­thi; ngo­ba se­nze ama­nga aba yi­si­phe­phe­lo se­thuo, sa­ca­tsha nga­pha­nsi kwe­nko­hli­sop.

16 Nga­kho itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Kha­nge­la, ngi­be­ka eZi­yo­niq ili­tsher le­si­se­ke­lo, ili­tshe eli­hlo­li­we­yos, ili­tshe le­ngo­nsi eli­li­gu­gut, isi­se­ke­lo esi­se­ke­lwe­you; okho­lwa­yo ka­yi­ku­pha­ngi­savw.

17 Isa­hlu­le­lo la­so ngi­za­si­be­ka enta­nje­nixy, lo­ku­lu­nga enta­nje­ni yo­ku­qo­ndi­saz; le­si­qho­thoa si­za­khu­khu­la isi­phe­phe­lo sa­ma­ngab; la­ma­nzi aga­bhe­lec inda­wo yo­ku­ca­tshad.

18 Le­si­vu­me­lwa­no se­nue lo­ku­fa si­za­phe­la, lo­ku­vu­me­la­na kwe­nu le­si­ho­go ka­ku­yi­ku­maf; la­pho isi­swe­pu esi­khu­khu­la­yo si­se­dlu­lag, kho­na li­za­nya­the­le­lwa pha­nsi yi­kho.

19 Ku­su­ke­la esi­kha­thi­ni so­kwe­dlu­la kwa­so, si­za­li­tha­tha; ngo­ba uku­sa ngo­ku­sa si­za­kwe­dlu­la, emi­ni le­bu­su­kuh; nja­lo ku­za­ku­ba ngo­kwe­sa­bi­sa­yoi ku­phe­la uku­qe­di­si­sa umbi­koj.

20 Ngo­ba umbhe­da mfi­tsha­ne ka­khu­lu uku­thi umu­ntu aze­lu­le ku­wo, le­ngu­bo yi­nci­nya­ne ka­khu­lu uku­thi umu­ntu azi­go­qe­le nga­yok.

21 Ngo­ba iNko­si iza­vu­ka nje­nge­nta­beni ye­Pe­ra­zi­mil, ithu­ku­the­le nje­nge­si­go­dinim se­Gi­be­yo­nin, uku­ze ye­nze umse­be­nzi wa­yo, umse­be­nzi wa­yo onge­jwa­ye­le­ka­nga, ye­nze ise­nzo sa­yo, ise­nzo sa­yo esi­nge­jwa­ye­le­ka­nga.

22 Nga­kho-ke li­nga­hle­ki usu­luo, hle­zi izi­bo­pho ze­nu zi­qi­ni­swe; ngo­ba ngi­zwi­le eNko­si­ni uJe­ho­va wa­ma­ba­ndla ngo­ku­qe­dwa oku­qu­nywe phe­zu ko­mhla­ba wo­nkep.

Inhla­ka­ni­pho ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu

23 Be­ka­ni indle­be, li­zwe ili­zwi la­mi; la­le­la­ni li­zwe inku­lu­mo ya­mi.

24 Umli­mi uli­me­la uku­hla­nye­la lo­nke usu­ku yi­ni? Uya­vu­la abhu­qe umhla­ba­thi wa­khe yi­niq?

25 Ka­ku­nja­lo yi­ni, ese­wu­hle­le­mbi­le ubu­so ba­wo, uku­thi apho­se ama­fi­tshi­zi*, ahla­ka­ze ikhu­mi­ni*, afa­ke phe­zu kwa­kho ingqo­lo­yi enhle ka­khu­lu, le­bha­li* emi­si­we­yo, le­spe­li­te* emngce­le­ni wa­kho?

26 Ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khe uya­ma­zi­sa nge­ndle­lar, amfu­ndi­se.

27 Ngo­ba ama­fi­tshi­zi ka­wa­bhu­lwa ngo­bhu­los, le­vi­li le­nqo­la ka­li­phe­ndu­lwa phe­zu kwe­khu­mi­nit; ko­dwa ama­fi­tshi­zi atsha­ywa ngo­swa­ziu, le­khu­mi­ni nge­nto­nga.

28 Ama­be­le esi­nkwa aya­cho­tsho­zwa; ngo­ba ka­yi­ku­hla­la ewa­bhu­la ko­ku­phe­la, lo­ba ewa­cho­bo­za nge­vi­li le­nqo­la ya­khe, nja­lo ka­wa­cho­bo­zi nga­ma­bhi­za akhe.

29 La­lo­khu ku­ve­la eNko­si­ni ya­ma­ba­ndla; iya­ma­nga­li­sa ekwe­lu­le­ke­niv, yi­nku­lu eku­se­be­nze­niw.

Oku­za­kwe­nze­ka eJe­ru­sa­le­ma

29Ma­ye ku­yo iA­ri­ye­lia, ku­yo iA­ri­ye­li umu­zi uDa­vi­dab ami­sa ku­wo inka­mbac! Ye­nge­ze­le­la­ni umnya­ka emnya­ke­ni; ka­yi­bho­ded imi­kho­sie.

2 Ka­nti ngi­za­yi­ci­nde­ze­la iA­ri­ye­lif, nja­lo ku­be kho­na uku­li­la lo­si­zi; nja­lo ku­za­ku­ba nje­ngeA­ri­ye­li ki­mig.

3 Nja­lo ngi­za­mi­sa inka­mbah inhla­ngo­thi za­kho zo­nkei, ngi­ku­vi­mbe­ze­lej nge­du­ndu­luk, ngi­ku­mi­se­le izi­nqa­bal ezi­me­le­ne la­we.

4 Nja­lo uza­kwe­hli­se­lwa pha­nsim, ukhu­lu­me use­mhla­ba­thi­ni, le­nku­lu­mo ya­kho iza­ku­ba pha­nsi ethu­li­nin, le­li­zwi la­kho li­za­ku­ba nje­nge­lo­le­dlo­zio li­phu­ma emhla­ba­thi­ni, le­nku­lu­mo ya­kho ibe ngu­mlo­zwi ophu­ma othu­li­nip.

5 Nja­lo ixu­ku la­be­zi­zwe ba­kho li­za­ku­ba nje­ngo­thu­li olu­cho­le­ki­le­yoq, le­xu­ku la­ba­le­si­hlu­kur nje­nga­ma­kho­ba adlu­la­yos. Ye­bo, ku­za­hle ku­be ma­si­nya­net.

6 Uza­kwe­the­ke­le­lwa yi­Nko­si ya­ma­ba­ndlau ngo­mdu­mo, la­ngo­ku­za­ma­za­ma ko­mhla­ba, lo­msi­ndo omkhu­lu, isi­vu­ngu­za­ne, le­si­phe­phov, le­la­nga­bi lo­mli­lo oqo­thu­la­yow.

7 Le­xu­ku le­zi­zwe zo­nkex eli­lwa li­me­le­ne leA­ri­ye­liy, ngi­tsho zo­nke ezi­lwa zi­me­le­ne la­yo le­zi­nqa­ba za­yoz, le­zi­yi­ci­nde­ze­la­yo, zi­za­ku­ba nje­nge­phu­pho, umbo­no wo­bu­su­kua.

8 Ku­za­ku­ba la­nje­ngo­la­mbi­le­yo ephu­phabc, kha­nge­la-ke, uya­dla, ko­dwa apha­pha­med, lo­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khe unge­la­lu­tho; lo­ba nje­ngo­wo­mi­le­yo ephu­pha, kha­nge­la-ke, uya­na­tha, ko­dwa apha­pha­me, kha­nge­la-ke uphe­le­lwa nga­ma­ndla, lo­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khe uya­la­nga­thae; li­za­ku­ba nja­lo ixu­ku la­zo zo­nke izi­zwe ezi­lwa zi­me­le­ne le­nta­ba iZi­yo­ni.

Uku­phu­mpu­the­ka ku­kaI­sra­ye­li

9 Ma­ni­ni, li­thi­thi­ba­le; zi­tho­ko­zi­se­ni li­phu­mpu­the­ke; ba­da­ki­wef, ko­dwa ha­tshi nge­wa­yi­nig; ba­ya­di­ya­ze­la, ko­dwa ha­tshi nge­nxa yo­ku­na­thwa­yo oku­la­ma­ndla.

10 Ngo­ba iNko­sih ithu­lu­le­le phe­zu kwe­nu umo­ya wo­bu­tho­ngo obu­nzi­mai, ya­va­la ame­hlo enuj; aba­pro­fe­thi le­zi­nhlo­ko ze­nu, aba­bo­ni, iba­gu­bu­ze­le.

11 La­wo wo­nke umbo­nok usu­be ki­ni nje­nga­ma­zwi ogwa­lo olu­na­nye­ki­we­yol oku­thi ba­lu­ni­ka owa­zi umbha­lo, be­si­thi: Ba­la lo­khu si­ya­ku­nce­nga; ye­na athi: Ngi­nge­ke, ngo­ba lu­na­nye­ki­wem.

12 Ugwa­lo be­se­lu­ni­kwa onga­zi umbha­lo, be­si­thi: Ba­la lo­khu, si­ya­ku­nce­nga; ye­na athi: Ka­ngi­wa­zi umbha­lo.

13 INko­si ya­si­si­thi: Nge­nxa yo­ku­thi la­ba­ba­ntu be­so­nde­la ngo­mlo­mo wa­bon la­nge­zi­nde­be za­bo be­ngi­hlo­ni­phao, ko­dwa ba­be­ka inhli­zi­yo ya­bo kha­tsha­na la­mi, lo­ku­nge­sa­ba kwa­bo ku­fu­ndi­swa ngu­mla­yo wa­ba­ntup;

14 nga­kho, kha­nge­la, ngi­za­qhu­be­ka uku­kwe­nza ngo­ku­ma­nga­li­sa­yo la­la­ba­ba­ntu, umse­be­nzi oma­nga­li­sa­yo le­si­ma­nga; ngo­ba inhla­ka­ni­phoq ya­ba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo ba­bo iza­phe­la, lo­ku­qe­di­si­sa kwa­ba­qe­di­si­sa­yo ba­bo ku­ca­tshe.

15 Ma­ye ku­la­bo aba­ju­la be­su­ka eNko­si­ni uku­ze ba­fi­hle ice­bo la­bor, le­mi­se­be­nzi ya­bo ise­mnya­me­ni, ba­thi: Ngu­ba­ni osi­bo­na­yo? Nja­lo ngu­ba­ni osa­zi­yo?s

16 Uku­go­nqo­mi­sa kwe­nu ku­thi­wa ku­nje­nge­bu­mba lo­mbu­mbi! Ngo­ba umse­be­nzit uza­ku­tsho yi­ni nga­ye owe­nzi­le­yo uku­thi: Ka­nge­nza­nga? Ku­mbe oku­bu­nji­we­you ku­nga­tsho yi­ni ngo­mbu­mbi wa­kho uku­thi: Ka­qe­di­si­si?

17 Ka­ku­se­yisi­kha­tsha­na esi­fi­tsha­nev yi­ni, uku­thi iLe­bha­no­niw iphe­ndu­lwe ibe yi­nsi­mu ethe­la­yo, le­nsi­mu ethe­la­yox ithi­we inje­nge­hla­thi?

18 Nja­lo nga­lo­lo­su­kuy iza­cu­thez zi­za­ku­zwa ama­zwi ogwa­lo, la­me­hlo ezi­pho­fu abo­ne eku­fi­pha­le­ni le­mnya­me­ni.

19 Aba­tho­be­ki­le­yoa la­bo ba­za­kwa­ndi­sa into­ko­zo eNko­si­ni, la­ba­nga­ba­ya­nga eba­ntwi­nib ba­tho­ko­ze ko­Ngcwe­le kaI­sra­ye­li.

20 Ngo­ba ole­si­hlu­kuc uza­phe­lad, lo­de­le­la­yoe uqe­di­wef, la­bo bo­nke aba­li­nde­le oku­bi ba­qu­nyi­we;

21 abe­nza umu­ntu one nge­li­zwi, ba­mbe­ke­le umji­bi­la okhu­za­yo esa­ngwe­nig, ba­pha­mbu­le olu­ngi­le­yoh nge­nto enge­lu­thoi.

22 Nga­kho itsho nja­lo iNko­si eya­hle­nga uA­bra­ha­ma, nge­ndlu ka­Ja­ko­be: Kha­the­si uJa­ko­be ka­yi­ku­ba la­nhlo­ni, lo­bu­so ba­khe kha­the­si ka­bu­yi­ku­hlo­ba.

23 Ngo­ba la­pho ebo­na aba­ntwa­na ba­khe, umse­be­nzi we­za­ndla za­mij, pha­ka­thi kwa­khe, ba­za­ngcwe­li­sa ibi­zo la­mik; ba­ngcwe­li­se oNgcwe­le ka­Ja­ko­be, be­sa­be uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­lil.

24 La­la­bo aba­du­ha­yo emo­ye­ni ba­za­kwa­zi uku­qe­di­si­sa, la­ba­ngu­ngu­na­yom ba­za­fu­nda imfu­ndi­son.

Ubu­ze bo­kwe­nza isi­vu­me­lwa­no le­Gi­bhi­the

30Ma­ye eba­ntwa­ne­ni aba­hla­mu­ka­yo!a itsho iNko­si, uku­thi be­nze ice­bob, ko­dwa eli­nge­yi­si­lo ela­mi, lo­ku­thi be­mbe­se nge­se­mbe­soc, ko­dwa esi­nge­si­so so­mo­ya wa­mi, uku­ze be­nge­ze­le­le iso­no phe­zu kwe­so­nod.

2 Aba­ha­mba ukwe­hle­la eGi­bhi­thee, nja­lo be­nga­bu­za­nga umlo­mo wa­mif, uku­ze ba­zi­qi­ni­se ema­ndle­ni ka­Fa­ro, ba­the­mbe­le emthu­nzi­ni we­Gi­bhi­the!g

3 Nga­kho ama­ndla ka­Fa­ro aza­ku­ba li­hla­zo ki­ni, lo­ku­the­mbe­lah emthu­nzi­ni we­Gi­bhi­thei ku­be yi­ku­ya­nge­ka.

4 Ngo­ba izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­khe za­zi­se­Zo­wa­nij le­zi­thu­nywa za­khek za­fi­ka eHa­ne­sil.

5 Bo­nke iza­ba­ya­ngi­sam nga­ba­ntu aba­be­nge­la­ku­ba­si­zan, ba­nga­bi lu­nce­do nja­lo ba­nga­bi yi­nzu­zo, ko­dwa ba­be lu­ya­ngi­so nja­lo ba­be li­hla­zo.

6 Umthwa­loo we­zi­lo ze­ni­ngi­zi­mup.

Eli­zwe­ni lo­ku­ci­nde­ze­lwaq le­mba­nde­ze­lor, la­pho oku­ve­la kho­na ibho­ngo le­si­lwa­nes, ibu­lu­lutu le­nyo­ka epha­pha­yo elo­ku­tshi­savw, ba­thwa­la ino­tho ya­box emhla­na wa­ma­tho­le abo­ba­bhe­miy, lo­ku­li­gu­gu kwa­bo phe­zu kwa­ma­lu­nda ama­ka­me­laz, be­ku­sa eba­ntwi­ni aba­nge­la­si­zoa.

7 Ngo­ba ama­Gi­bhi­theb aza­si­za nge­ze la­ngo­ku­nge­la­lu­tho; nga­kho nga­kha­la nga­lo­khu nga­thi: Ama­ndla abo yi­ku­hla­la ba­thu­lec.

8 Kha­the­si ha­mba, uku­bha­led pha­mbi kwa­bo esi­bhe­bhe­ni, uku­lo­be ngo­ku­gu­bha egwa­lwe­nie, uku­ze ku­be kho­na ku­ze ku­be lu­su­ku lo­ku­ci­na, ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni, ku­ze ku­be pha­ka­de.

9 Ngo­ba ba­nga­ba­ntu aba­vu­ke­la­yof, aba­ntwa­na aba­qa­mba ama­nga, aba­ntwa­na aba­nga­tha­ndi uku­zwa umla­yo we­Nko­si;

10 aba­thi ku­ba­bo­ni: Li­nga­bo­nig; la­ku­ba­kha­nge­li: Li­nga­si­kha­nge­le­li izi­nto ezi­qo­ndi­le­yoh; khu­lu­ma­ni ki­thi izi­nto ezi­bu­tshe­le­zii, li­kha­nge­le izi­nko­hli­so;

11 phu­ma­ni endle­le­ni, li­pha­mbu­ke li­su­ke emkho­ndwe­ni, li­su­se oNgcwe­le kaI­sra­ye­li pha­mbi kwe­thu.

12 Nga­kho utsho nja­lo oNgcwe­le kaI­sra­ye­li uthi: Ngo­ba li­de­le­le le­li­li­zwi, la­the­mbe­la ku­ci­nde­ze­lo lo­ku­pha­mbe­ne­yoj, la­ba­mbe­le­la ku­kho.

13 Nga­kho lo­bu­bu­bi bu­za­ku­ba ki­ni nje­ngo­mke­nke osu­za­ku­wa, ukhu­khu­ma­la emdu­li­ni omu­de, oku­di­li­ka kwa­wo ku­hle ku­fi­kek ma­si­nya­za­nalm.

14 Ye­bo, uza­we­phu­lan nje­ngo­kwe­phu­lwa kwe­mbi­za ya­ba­bu­mbi epha­ha­zi­we­yo; ka­yi­ku­ye­ke­lao, uku­ze ku­nga­tho­la­ka­li ezi­cu­cwi­ni za­yo ude­nge­zip lo­ko­kha umli­lo ezi­koq, ku­mbe uku­kha ama­nzi emtho­nje­nir.

15 Ngo­ba itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va, oNgcwe­le kaI­sra­ye­li: Ngo­ku­phe­ndu­ka lo­ku­phu­mu­la li­za­si­ndi­swas; ngo­ku­thu­lat la­ngo­kwe­the­mba ku­za­ku­ba nga­ma­ndla enu; ko­dwa ka­li­fu­na­ngau.

16 Ko­dwa la­thi: Ha­tshi, ngo­ba si­za­ba­le­ka nga­ma­bhi­zav; nga­kho-ke li­za­ba­le­ka; nja­lo: Si­za­ga­daw ama­bhi­za ale­ju­ba­nex; nga­kho-ke aba­li­xo­tsha­yo ba­za­ku­ba le­ju­ba­ne.

17 Inku­lu­ngwa­ne eyo­dway iza­ba­le­ka ngo­ku­kha­li­ma ko­ye­dwa; ngo­ku­kha­li­ma kwa­ba­hla­nu li­za­ba­le­ka, li­ze li­sa­le nje­nge­nsi­ka phe­zu kwe­ngqo­nga ye­nta­ba, la­nje­nge­si­bo­ni­soz phe­zu ko­qa­qa.

Isi­the­mbi­so si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu eba­ntwi­ni ba­khe

18 Nga­kho-ke iNko­si iza­li­ndaa, uku­ze ibe lo­mu­sa ki­ni, nga­kho-ke iza­pha­ka­nyi­swab uku­thi ibe le­si­ha­wu ki­ni; ngo­ba iNko­si ingu­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­sa­hlu­le­lo; ba­bu­si­si­we bo­nke aba­li­nde­la ku­yoc.

19 Ngo­ba aba­ntu ba­za­hla­la eZi­yo­ni eJe­ru­sa­le­mad; ka­li­yi­ku­kha­la lo­ku­kha­la inye­mbe­zi; iza­ku­ba lo­mu­sa omkhu­lu ku­we eli­zwi­ni lo­ku­kha­la kwa­kho; la­pho ili­zwa iza­ku­phe­ndu­la.

20 Lo­ba iNko­si ili­ni­ka isi­nkwa so­si­zie la­ma­nzi oku­hlu­phe­kaf, ka­nti aba­fu­ndi­si ba­kho ka­ba­sa­yi­ku­su­se­lwa engo­nsi­nig, ko­dwa ame­hlo akho aza­bo­na aba­fu­ndi­si ba­kho.

21 Le­ndle­be za­kho zi­za­ku­zwa ili­zwi emva kwa­kho li­si­thi: Le yi­yo indle­la, ha­mba­ni nga­yoh, la­pho li­pha­mbu­ke­la nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne la­la­pho li­pha­mbu­ke­la nga­kwe­so­kho­hloi.

22 Li­za­ngco­li­sa lo­ku­hu­qi­we­yoj kwe­zi­tho­mbe za­kho ezi­ba­zi­we­yok ze­si­li­va, lo­ku­na­nye­ki­we­yo kwe­zi­tho­mbe za­kho ze­go­li­de ezi­bu­njwe ngo­ku­nci­bi­li­ki­sal; li­zi­hla­ka­ze nje­nge­le­mbu lo­se­si­kha­thi­nim, li­thi ku­zo: Phu­ma­ni!n

23 Kho­na iza­ni­ka izu­lu le­nhla­nye­lo ya­kho oza­yi­hla­nye­la emhla­ba­thi­ni, le­si­nkwa se­si­vu­no so­mhla­ba; uza­vu­nda uci­ci­me. Nga­lo­lo­su­kuo izi­fu­yo ze­nu zi­za­ku­dla ema­dle­lwe­ni aba­nzip;

24 le­zi­nka­biq la­bo­ba­bhe­mi aba­tshar oku­li­ma umhla­ba­this ku­za­ku­dla umnca­ntshat, owe­li­we­yo nge­fo­tsho­lo la­nge­fo­lo­gwe.

25 La­phe­zu kwa­yo yo­nke inta­ba endeu la­phe­zu kwa­lo lo­nke uqa­qa olu­pha­ke­me­yov ku­za­ku­ba le­mi­fu­la le­zi­fu­dla­na za­ma­nziw ngo­su­ku lo­ku­bu­la­wa oku­khu­lu, la­pho ku­si­wa imi­pho­tsho­ngox.

26 Fu­thi uku­kha­nyay kwe­nya­nga ku­za­ku­ba nje­ngo­ku­kha­nya kwe­la­nga, lo­ku­kha­nya kwe­la­nga ku­phi­ndwe ka­si­kho­mbi­saz, nje­ngo­ku­kha­nya kwe­nsu­ku ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa, mhla iNko­si ibo­pha ukwe­phu­ka kwa­ba­ntu ba­yo, ipho­li­saa umvi­mvi­nya we­si­lo­nda sa­bo.

Uku­nqo­tshwa kweA­si­ri­ya

27 Kha­nge­la, ibi­zo le­Nko­si li­ve­la kha­tsha­na, li­vu­tha ula­ka lwa­yo, lo­mthwa­lo unzi­ma; inde­be za­yo zi­gcwe­le intu­ku­the­lo, lo­li­mi lwa­yo lu­nje­ngo­mli­lo oqo­thu­la­yo;

28 lo­ku­phe­fu­mu­la kwa­yob ku­nje­nge­si­fu­la esi­phu­phu­ma­yo si­ze si­fi­ke pha­ka­thi kwe­nta­moc, uku­hlu­ngu­la izi­zwe nge­si­hlu­ngu­lo so­bu­zed; nja­lo ku­za­ku­ba le­to­mue eli­du­hi­sa­yo emi­hla­thi­ni ya­ba­ntu.

29 Li­za­ku­ba le­ngo­ma, nje­nge­yo­bu­su­ku bo­kwe­hlu­ka­ni­swa ko­mkho­si, lo­ku­tho­ko­za kwe­nhli­zi­yo, nje­ngo­ha­mba lo­mhu­bhef esi­ya enta­be­ni ye­Nko­sig, eDwa­le­ni la­koI­sra­ye­li.

30 INko­si iza­zwa­ka­li­sa-ke ili­zwi la­yo eli­lo­du­mo, ibo­na­ka­li­se ukwe­hla kwe­nga­lo ya­yoh, nge­ntu­ku­the­lo yo­la­ka, le­la­nga­bi lo­mli­lo oqo­thu­la­yoi, isi­vu­ngu­vu­ngu, le­zu­lu le­si­phe­phoj, le­si­qho­thokl.

31 Ngo­ba nge­li­zwi le­Nko­sim amaA­si­ri­ya aza­pha­hla­zwan, itsha­ya nge­ndu­kuo.

32 Ku­za­ku­thi lo­ba nga­phi okwe­dlu­la kho­na indu­ku emi­si­we­yo, iNko­si eyi­be­ka phe­zu kwa­yo, ku­be nge­zi­gu­bhup la­nga­ma­cha­choq, la­nge­zi­mpi zo­ku­nyi­ki­nyar ilwe la­bo.

33 Ngo­ba iTho­fe­this ya­hle­lwa endu­lo, la­yo ya­mi­se­lwa inko­sit; ya­ye­nza ya­tsho­na, ya­ba ba­nzi, inqu­mbi ya­yo ingu­mli­lo le­nku­ni ezi­ne­ngiu; uku­phe­fu­mu­la kwe­Nko­si ku­ya­yi­thu­nge­lav nje­nge­si­fu­la se­so­lu­fa*.

Ubu­ze be­Gi­bhi­the

31Ma­ye ku­la­bo abe­hle­la usi­zo eGi­bhi­thea, abe­ya­ma ema­bhi­ze­nibc, be­the­mba izi­nqo­lad ngo­ba zi­zi­ne­ngi, la­ba­ga­di ba­ma­bhi­za ngo­ba be­la­ma­ndla ka­khu­lu, ko­dwa be­nga­kha­nge­li ko­Ngcwe­le kaI­sra­ye­li, nja­lo be­nga­di­ngi iNko­si!e

2 Ka­nti la­yo ihla­ka­ni­phi­lef, iza­le­tha ubu­bi, nja­lo ka­yi­yi­ku­wa­bu­yi­sa ama­zwi ayog; ko­dwa iza­vu­ke­la indlu ya­be­nzi bo­bu­bi, nja­lo ime­le­ne lo­si­zo lwa­be­nzi be­zi­pha­mbe­koh.

3 Ngo­ba ama­Gi­bhi­the anga­ba­ntu, ka­ba­su­Nku­lu­nku­lui, la­ma­bhi­za awo ayi­nya­maj, ka­wa­yi­si­mo­ya. La­pho iNko­si iza­kwe­lu­la isa­ndla sa­yo, osi­za­yo uza­khu­be­ka lo­si­zwa­yo uza­ku­wa pha­nsik, nja­lo bo­nke ba­phe­le ka­nye­ka­nyel.

4 Ngo­ba iNko­si itsho nja­lo ki­mi: Nje­nge­si­lwa­nem le­bho­ngo le­si­lwa­nen ku­bho­nge­la phe­zu kwe­mpa­ngo ya­kho, la­pho ixu­kuo la­be­lu­si li­bi­ze­lwe uku­me­la­na la­so, ka­si­yi­kwe­sa­ba ili­zwi la­bop, nja­lo ka­si­yi­ku­zi­tho­ba nge­nxa yo­msi­ndo wa­bo; ngo­ku­nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla iza­kwe­hla uku­lwe­la inta­ba ye­Zi­yo­niq lo­qa­qa lwa­yo.

5 Nje­nge­nyo­ni ezi­pha­pha­yor, ngo­ku­nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla iza­vi­ke­la iJe­ru­sa­le­ma; ivi­ke­la, izayo­phu­las; ise­dlu­la, iyi­khu­lu­let.

6 Phe­ndu­ke­la­ni kuyo oku­yo aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­hlu­bu­ke ngo­ku­ju­li­le­you.

7 Ngo­ba nga­lo­lo­su­ku ba­za­la­hla, wo­nke umu­ntuv izi­tho­mbe za­khe ze­si­li­va le­zi­tho­mbe za­khe ze­go­li­dew, oza­ndla ze­nu zi­le­nze­le zo­na uku­ba yi­so­nox.

8 ISi­ri­yay iza­ku­wa-ke nge­nke­mba enge­yi­si­yo yo­mu­ntu ola­ma­ndlaz, le­nke­mba enge­yi­si­yo yo­mu­ntu­ka­za­naa iza­yi­qe­da; ko­dwa iza­ba­le­ke­la inke­mbab, la­ma­ja­ha ayo abe yi­zi­bha­lwa.

9 Iza­kwe­dlu­le­lac e­dwa­leni la­yo ngo­kwe­sa­ba, le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­yo ze­sa­be upha­wud, itsho iNko­si, omli­lo wa­yo use­Zi­yo­nie, le­si­tha­ndo sa­yo si­se­Je­ru­sa­le­maf.

INko­si elu­ngi­le­yo

32Kha­nge­la, inko­si iza­bu­sa ngo­ku­lu­ngaa, le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla zi­bu­se nge­sa­hlu­le­lo.

2 Lo­mu­ntu uza­ku­ba nje­nge­nda­wo yo­ku­ca­tshe­la umo­ya le­si­vi­ke­lo ku­zu­lu le­si­phe­phob; nje­nge­mi­fu­la ya­ma­nzi enda­we­ni eyo­mi­le­yoc, nje­ngo­mthu­nzid we­dwa­la eli­khu­lu eli­zwe­ni elo­mi­le­yoe.

3 La­me­hlof ala­bo aba­bo­na­yo ka­wa­yi­ku­fi­pha­la, le­zi­ndle­beg za­la­bo abe­zwa­yo zi­za­la­le­la.

4 Le­nhli­zi­yo ya­ba­la­ma­wa­la iza­qe­di­si­sa ulwa­zi, lo­li­mi lwa­ba­ga­ga­sa­yoh lu­za­pha­ngi­sa uku­khu­lu­ma ngo­ku­ca­ca.

5 Isi­thu­tha ka­si­sa­yi­ku­bi­zwa ngo­ku­thi si­hlo­ni­phe­ki­le, lo­nci­tsha­na­yo anga­thi­wa uya­pha­na.

6 Ngo­ba isi­thu­tha si­khu­lu­ma ubu­thu­tha, le­nhli­zi­yo ya­so ise­be­nze oku­bi, ukwe­nza ubu­ze­nzi­si, lo­ku­khu­lu­ma oku­pha­mbe­ne­yo nge­Nko­si, ukwe­nza umphe­fu­mu­lo wo­la­mbi­le­yo ube ze, se­nze ku­swe­le­ke oku­na­thwa­yo ko­wo­mi­le­yo.

7 Izi­kha­li zo­nci­tsha­na­yo la­zo zi­mbi; ye­na uce­ba ama­ce­bo akho­hla­ke­le­yo uku­ze achi­the aba­ya­ngai nga­ma­zwi ama­nga, la­nxa oswe­la­yo ekhu­lu­ma oku­lu­ngi­le­yo.

8 Ko­dwa ohlo­ni­phe­ka­yo uce­ba izi­nto ezi­hlo­ni­phe­ka­yoj; la­nge­zi­nto ezi­hlo­ni­phe­ka­yo ye­na uza­ku­ma.

Uku­xwa­yi­swa kwa­be­si­fa­za­na be­Je­ru­sa­le­ma

9 Vu­ka­ni, be­si­fa­za­na abo­nwa­bi­le­yok, li­zwe ili­zwi la­mi; ma­do­da­ka­zi avi­ke­le­ki­le­yo, be­ka­ni indle­be eku­khu­lu­me­ni kwa­mi.

10 Izi­nsu­ku eze­dlu­la umnya­ka li­za­thu­thu­me­la, be­si­fa­za­na aba­vi­ke­le­ki­le­yo, ngo­ba uku­vu­nwa kwe­vi­ni ku­za­phe­la, uku­bu­tha ka­ku­yi­ku­fi­ka.

11 Thu­thu­me­la­ni, be­si­fa­za­na abo­nwa­bi­le­yol, li­qhu­qhe, ba­vi­ke­le­ki­le­yo; khu­lu­la­ni, li­zi­nqu­nu­lem, li­bhi­nce ama­sa­ka enka­lwe­nin.

12 Ba­za­kha­le­la ama­be­le oku­mu­nya, ama­si­mu ama­hle, ivi­ni eli­the­la­yoo.

13 Phe­zu ko­mhla­ba­thi wa­ba­ntu ba­mi ku­za­khu­la ame­va lo­khu­la olu­hla­ba­yop; ye­bo, phe­zu kwe­zi­ndlu zo­nke ze­nja­bu­lo, e­mzini we­nto­ko­zoq.

14 Ngo­ba isi­go­dlo si­za­de­lwar, ine­ngi lo­mu­zi li­za­tshi­ywa; inqa­ba le­mi­pho­tsho­ngos ku­za­ku­ba yi­mi­ho­me ku­ze ku­be pha­ka­de, into­ko­zo ya­bo­ba­bhe­mi be­ga­nga, la­ma­dle­lo emi­hla­mbit;

15 aze athu­lu­le­lwe phe­zu kwe­thu uMo­yau eve­la phe­zu­lu, le­nka­nga­lav ibe yi­nsi­mu ethe­la­yo, le­nsi­mu ethe­la­yo ithi­we li­hla­thiw.

16 Kho­na isa­hlu­le­lo si­za­hla­la enka­nga­la, lo­ku­lu­nga ku­hla­le ensi­mi­ni ethe­la­yox.

17 Lo­mse­be­nzi wo­ku­lu­ngay uza­ku­ba yi­ku­thu­laz, lo­kwe­nza ko­ku­lu­ngaa ku­be yi­ku­thu­la lo­ku­qi­ni­se­ki­swa ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni.

18 La­ba­ntu ba­mi ba­za­hla­la enda­we­ni yo­ku­hla­la elo­ku­thu­la, le­zi­nda­we­ni zo­ku­hla­la ezi­vi­ke­le­ki­le­yo, le­zi­nda­we­ni zo­ku­phu­mu­la ezo­nwa­bi­le­yob.

19 Ko­dwa li­za­ku­na nge­si­qho­thoc ekwe­hle­nid kwe­hla­thie, lo­mu­zi uza­tho­tshi­swa enda­we­ni epha­nsi.

20 Li­bu­si­si­we li­na eli­hla­nye­la nga­se­ma­nzi­ni wo­nkef, li­thu­me­ze­lag la­pho inya­wo ze­zi­nka­bi la­bo­ba­bhe­mih.

INko­si iza­khu­lu­la aba­ntu ba­yo

33Ma­ye ku­we ochi­tha­yoa, ko­dwa unga­chi­thwa­nga! Lo­we­nza nge­nko­hli­sob, be­nge­nza­nga nge­nko­hli­so ku­we! La­pho usu­qe­di­le uku­chi­tha, uza­chi­thwac; la­pho usu­ci­ni­le ukwe­nza nge­nko­hli­so, ba­za­kwe­nza nge­nko­hli­so ku­we.

2 Nko­si, wo­ba lo­mu­sa ki­thi, si­ku­li­nde­led; wo­ba yi­nga­lo ya­boe eku­se­ni ko­nkef, lo­si­ndi­so lwe­thu nge­si­kha­thi so­ci­nde­ze­lo.

3 Emsi­ndwe­ni wo­ku­hlo­ko­ma aba­ntu ba­ba­le­ka; eku­zi­pha­ka­mi­se­ni kwa­kho izi­zwe za­hla­ka­ze­kag.

4 Le­mpa­ngo ye­nuh iza­bu­thwai nje­ngo­ku­bu­tha kwe­ci­mbij, nje­ngo­ku­gi­ji­ma kwe­nte­the uza­gi­ji­ma phe­zu kwa­yok.

5 INko­si ipha­ke­mel, ngo­ba ihla­la phe­zu­lu; igcwa­li­se iZi­yo­ni nge­sa­hlu­le­lo la­ngo­ku­lu­nga.

6 Le­nhla­ka­ni­pho lo­lwa­zi ku­za­ku­ba yi­ku­qi­na kwe­zi­kha­thi za­khom, ama­ndla ezi­nsi­ndi­son; ukwe­sa­ba iNko­si ku­li­gu­gu la­khe.

7 Kha­nge­la, ama­qha­we abo aza­kha­la nga­pha­ndle; izi­thu­nywa zo­ku­thu­lao zi­za­kha­la inye­mbe­zi ngo­ku­ba­ba­yo.

8 Imi­gwa­qo emi­khu­lu izep, owe­dlu­la nge­ndle­la ka­kho; we­phu­le isi­vu­me­lwa­noq, ude­le­le imi­zir, ka­na­nzi mu­ntu.

9 Ili­zwe li­ya­li­las li­da­nge­let; iLe­bha­no­niu ile­nhlo­ni iya­bu­na; iSha­ro­niv inje­nge­nka­nga­la; nja­lo iBa­sha­niw le­Kha­rme­lix ku­ya­khi­thi­zay.

10 Kha­the­si ngi­za­vu­kaz, ku­tsho iNko­si; kha­the­si ngi­za­du­nyi­swa; kha­the­si ngi­za­pha­ka­nyi­swa.

11 Li­za­khu­le­lwaa nga­ma­kho­bab, be­se­li­za­lac izi­bid; umo­ya we­nu, nje­ngo­mli­lo, uza­li­qe­da.

12 Nja­lo aba­ntu ba­za­ku­ba nje­ngo­ku­tshi­si­we­yo kwe­ka­la­ga; nje­nga­me­vae aqu­nyi­we­yo ba­za­tshi­swa emli­lwe­nif.

13 Zwa­ni­ni, li­na eli­kha­tsha­nag, engi­kwe­nzi­le­yo; la­ni eli­se­du­zeh, vu­ma­ni ama­ndla ami.

14 Izo­ni ze­Zi­yo­ni zi­ye­sa­ba, uku­thu­thu­me­lai ku­ba­ba­mbi­le aba­ze­nzi­sij. Ngu­ba­ni pha­ka­thi kwe­thu onga­hla­la lo­mli­lo oqo­thu­la­yok? Ngu­ba­ni pha­ka­thi kwe­thu onga­hla­la lo­ku­tshi­sa oku­la­pha­ka­de?

15 Ye­na oha­mba ngo­ku­lu­ngal, akhu­lu­me ngo­bu­qo­tho, ode­le­la inzu­zo ye­zi­nci­nde­ze­lom, othi­nti­tha iza­ndla za­khe eku­ba­mbe­ni isi­va­la­mlo­mon, ova­la indle­be ya­khe eku­zwe­ni nga­ma­ca­la le­ga­zi, oci­me­za ame­hlo akhe uku­ze anga­bo­ni oku­bio;

16 ye­na uza­hla­la ezi­nda­we­ni ezi­pha­ke­me­yop; izi­nqa­ba za­ma­dwa­la zi­be yi­si­vi­ke­lo sa­khe; isi­nkwa sa­khe asi­ni­kwe; ama­nzi akhe athe­mbe­keq.

17 Ame­hlo akho aza­bo­na iNko­si ebu­hle­ni ba­yor; abo­ne ili­zwe eli­kha­tsha­na ka­khu­lu.

18 Inhli­zi­yo ya­kho iza­zi­ndla ukwe­sa­bi­sa. Unga­phi umbha­lis? Unga­phi umli­nga­ni­si? Unga­phi oba­la imi­pho­tsho­ngo?

19 Ka­wu­yi­ku­bo­nat aba­ntu aba­yi­zi­qho­lou, aba­ntu abe­nku­lu­mo eju­le oko­ku­thi unge­yi­zwi­si­sev, abo­li­mi olu­ga­ga­sa­yow onge­lu­qe­di­si­se.

20 Kha­nge­la iZi­yo­ni, umu­zi we­mi­kho­si ye­thu emi­si­we­yox; ame­hlo akho aza­bo­na iJe­ru­sa­le­may, inda­wo yo­ku­hla­la elo­ko­nwa­baz, ithe­nte eli­nga­yi­ku­su­ka, ozi­kho­nkwa­ne za­lo ezi­za­si­tshu­lwa pha­ka­deab, ka­ku­yi­ku­qa­mu­ka le­yo­dwa ye­zi­nta­mboc za­lo.

21 Ko­dwa la­pho iNko­si iza­ku­ba nge­lo­bu­kho­si ki­thi, inda­wo ye­mi­fu­lad, ye­zi­fu­la ezi­ba­nzie; umko­lo ola­ma­phi­ni oku­gwe­dla onga­ha­mbi kho­na, lo­mkhu­mbi ola­ma­ndla onge­dlu­li kho­na.

22 Ngo­ba uJe­ho­va ungu­ma­hlu­le­li we­thu, uJe­ho­va ungu­mni­ku­mthe­tho we­thuf, uJe­ho­va uyi­nko­si ye­thu, ye­na uza­si­si­ndi­sa.

23 Ingo­da za­khog zi­ya­xe­gah; ka­zi­yi­ku­qi­ni­sa iqo­nde insi­ka ya­zo yo­mko­loi, zi­nge­ye­lu­le ise­yi­lij; kho­na ku­za­kwa­bi­wa impa­ngokl ye­mpa­ngo ene­ngi, aba­qhu­la­yom ba­pha­nge impa­ngo.

24 Lo­mhla­li ka­yi­ku­thi: Ngi­ya­gu­lan. Aba­ntu aba­hla­la ku­yo ba­za­the­the­le­lwa izi­pha­mbe­koo.

INko­si ithu­ku­the­le­la izi­zwe zo­nke

34So­nde­la­ni, zi­zwe, uku­ze li­zwea; la­ni ba­ntu, li­la­le­le; umhla­ba ka­wu­zweb, lo­ku­gcwa­la kwa­wo; ili­zwe, la­kho ko­nke oku­ve­la ki­loc.

2 Ngo­ba intu­ku­the­lo ye­Nko­si iphe­zu kwa­zo zo­nke izi­zwe, lo­la­ka phe­zu kwa­wo wo­nke ama­bu­tho azo; izi­tsha­ba­la­li­si­led, izi­ni­ke­le eku­bu­la­we­ni.

3 Aba­bu­le­we­yo ba­zo la­bo ba­za­pho­se­lwa pha­ndle, le­vu­mba la­boe li­za­kwe­nyu­ka ezi­du­nji­ni za­bo, le­zi­nta­ba zi­za­nci­bi­li­ka nge­ga­zi la­bo.

4 La­lo lo­nke ibu­tho la­ma­zu­lu li­za­bo­lafg; la­ma­zu­lu ago­qwe nje­ngo­mqu­luh; la­lo lo­nke ibu­tho la­bo li­we­le pha­nsii, nje­nge­hla­mvuj li­wo­hlo­ka evi­ni­ni, la­nje­ngomkhi­wa owo­hlo­ka­yo esi­hla­hle­ni so­mkhi­wak.

5 Ngo­ba inke­mba ya­mil iza­cwi­la ema­zu­lwi­nim; kha­nge­la, iza­kwe­hle­lan phe­zu ku­kaE­do­mao la­phe­zu kwa­ba­ntu bo­ku­tsha­ba­la­li­sa kwa­mip nge­si­gwe­bo.

6 Inke­mbaq ye­Nko­si igcwe­le iga­zi, ino­ni­swe nga­ma­fu­tha, nge­ga­zi la­ma­wu­ndlu le­le­zi­mbu­zi, nga­ma­hwa­hwa ezi­nso ze­zi­nqa­ma; ngo­ba iNko­si ilo­mhla­tshe­lor eBho­zi­ras, lo­ku­bu­la­la oku­khu­lu eli­zwe­ni leE­do­mat.

7 Le­zi­nya­thiu zi­za­kwe­hla ka­nye la­zo, la­ma­jo­ngo­siv ka­nye le­zi­nku­nziw. Nja­lo ili­zwe la­bo li­za­cwi­la ega­zi­ni, lo­thu­li lwa­bo lu­no­ni­swe nga­ma­hwa­hwa.

8 Ngo­ba ku­lu­su­ku lwe­mpi­ndi­se­lo ye­Nko­six, umnya­ka wo­ku­bu­yi­se­lwa kwe­mpi­ki­sa­no ye­Zi­yo­ni.

9 Le­zi­fu­la za­bo zi­za­phe­ndu­lwa zi­be yi­ngci­noy, lo­thu­li lwa­bo lu­be yi­si­ba­bu­le; le­li­zwe la­bo li­za­ku­ba yi­ngci­no etsha­yo.

10 Ka­li­yi­ku­ci­tshwa ubu­su­ku le­mi­ni; intu­thuz ya­lo iza­kwe­nyu­ka la­pha­ka­de; ku­su­ke­la esi­zu­ku­lwa­ne­ni ku­si­ya ku­si­zu­ku­lwa­na li­za­ku­ba yi­nka­nga­laa; ka­kho oza­da­bu­la pha­ka­thi kwa­lo ku­ze ku­be ni­ni la­ni­ni.

11 Ko­dwa iwu­nkweb le­nhlo­nic ku­za­ku­dla ili­fa la­lo; isi­kho­va la­so le­wa­ba­yi ku­za­hla­la ku­lod. Nja­lo iza­kwe­lu­lae phe­zu kwa­lo inta­mbo ye­nci­tha­ka­lofg, la­ma­tsheh onxi­wai.

12 Ba­za­bi­ze­la izi­khu­lu za­lo e­mbu­sweni, ko­dwa ka­kho oza­ku­ba kho­na, le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­lo zo­nke zi­za­ku­ba yi­nto enge­lu­tho.

13 La­me­vaj aza­khu­la ezi­go­dlwe­ni za­lo, imba­ba­za­nek lo­khu­la olu­hla­ba­yo ezi­nqa­be­ni za­lol; nja­lo li­bem yi­nda­wo yo­ku­hla­lan ye­mi­go­bhoo, umu­zi wa­ma­do­da­ka­zi ezi­ntshep.

14 Izi­lo ze­nka­nga­laqr la­zo zi­za­hla­nga­na le­zi­lo ezi­hla­ba umkhu­lu­ngwa­ne, le­go­gos li­za­kha­le­la umnga­ne wa­lo; le­si­kho­va esi­kha­la­yo si­za­phu­mu­la kho­nat, si­zi­tho­le­le inda­wo yo­ku­phu­mu­la.

15 La­pho isi­kho­va esi­khu­lu si­za­kwa­kha isi­dle­keu, si­be­ke­le, si­cha­mi­se­le, si­fu­ka­me­le nga­pha­nsi ko­mthu­nzi wa­sov; ama­nqew la­wo aza­bu­tha­na la­pho, yi­le­lo la­le­lo lo­mnga­ne wa­lo.

16 Di­nga­ni egwa­lwe­ni lwe­Nko­six, li­fu­nde; ka­ku­kho lo­ku­ko­dwa kwa­lo­khu oku­za­si­le­lay, ka­ku­kho oku­za­swe­la umnga­ne wa­khoz; ngo­ba umlo­mo wa­mi ngo­kwa­wo ula­yi­le, lo­mo­ya wa­yo ngo­kwa­wo uku­bu­tha­ni­si­le.

17 Ngo­ba yo­na ibe­nze­le inka­tho yo­ku­pho­sa, le­sa­ndla sa­yo si­be­hlu­ka­ni­se­le nge­nta­mbo; li­za­ku­ba yi­li­fa la­bo ku­ze ku­be pha­ka­dea, ku­su­ke­la ku­si­zu­ku­lwa­na ku­ze ku­be se­si­zu­ku­lwa­ne­ni ba­za­hla­la ku­lo.

Uku­bu­yi­se­lwa kwa­ba­ntu be­Nko­si

35Inka­nga­laa le­gwa­du­le ku­za­ja­bu­la nga­bob; le­hla­ne itho­ko­ze, ikha­hle­le nje­nge­ro­si,

2 ikha­hle­le ka­khu­luc, itho­ko­ze la­nge­nto­ko­zo lo­ku­hla­be­le­la. Inka­zi­mu­lo ye­Le­bha­no­nid iza­yi­ni­kwa, ubu­hle be­Kha­rme­lief le­Sha­ro­nigh; kho­na ku­za­bo­na inka­zi­mu­lo ye­Nko­si, ubu­kho­si bu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thu.

3 Qi­ni­sa­ni iza­ndla ezi­bu­tha­ka­tha­kai, li­qi­ni­se ama­do­lo axe­ga­yo.

4 Tsho­ni­ni kwa­ba­le­nhli­zi­yo epha­ngi­sa­yo li­thi: Qi­na­ni, li­nge­sa­bi. Kha­nge­la­ni, uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu uza­ku­za nge­mpi­ndi­se­lo, uNku­lu­nku­lu elo­mvu­zo; ye­na uza­ku­za ali­si­ndi­se.

5 Kho­na ame­hlo ezi­pho­fu eza­vu­le­kaj, le­zi­ndle­be ze­za­cu­the zi­vu­le­kekl.

6 Kho­na oqhu­la­yo eza­kwe­qa nje­nge­ndlu­ze­lem, lo­li­mi lwe­si­mu­ngu­lu lu­hla­be­le­leno; ngo­ba ama­nzi aza­qhe­ke­za enda­we­ni elu­gwa­du­lepq, le­zi­fu­la enka­nga­la.

7 Lo­mhla­ba­thi otshi­le­yors uza­ku­ba li­xha­pho­zit, lo­mhla­ba­thi owo­mi­le­you ube yi­mi­tho­mbo ya­ma­nziv. Enda­we­ni yo­ku­hla­la ye­mi­go­bhow, enda­we­ni ya­wo yo­ku­la­lax, ku­be lo­tsha­ni le­mi­hla­ngay le­bhu­maz.

8 Ku­za­ku­ba lo­mgwa­qo omkhu­lu kho­na, le­ndle­laa, eza­thi­wa yi­ndle­la yo­bu­ngcwe­le; ongco­li­le­yob ka­yi­ku­dlu­la ku­yo, ko­dwa iza­ku­ba nge­ya­lo­wo; aba­ha­mba­yo ngale­yo­ndle­la, lo­ba be­yi­zi­thu­tha, ka­ba­yi­ku­la­hle­ka.

9 Ka­ku­yi­ku­ba kho­na isi­lwa­ne la­phoc, le­si­lo esi­pha­nga­yo ka­si­yi­kwe­nyu­ka phe­zu kwa­yo, ka­si­yi­ku­tho­lwa la­pho; ko­dwa aba­hle­ngi­we­yod ba­za­ha­mba nga­yo.

10 Nja­lo abe­nze­lwe inhla­wu­lo yo­ku­thu­la be­Nko­si ba­za­bu­ye­lae, ba­fi­ke eZi­yo­nif nge­ngo­mag, be­le­nto­ko­zo epha­ka­de phe­zu kwe­kha­nda la­boh; ba­za­zu­zai into­ko­zo le­nja­bu­loj, ku­ba­le­ke-ke usi­zi lo­ku­bu­bu­lakl.

Uku­hla­se­lwa kwe­li­zwe la­ko­Ju­da ngu­Se­na­khe­ri­bi

36Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ngo­mnya­ka we­tshu­mi la­nea we­nko­si uHe­ze­khi­ya, uSe­na­khe­ri­bi inko­si yeA­si­ri­ya we­nyu­ka wa­me­la­na le­mi­zi yo­nke evi­ke­lwe­yo ya­ko­Ju­da, wa­yi­tha­tha.

2 Nja­lo inko­si yeA­si­ri­yab ya­thu­ma uRa­bi-Sha­ke esu­ka eLa­ki­shi esi­ya eJe­ru­sa­le­ma enko­si­ni uHe­ze­khi­ya le­bu­tho eli­nzi­ma. Wa­se­si­ma emfo­lwe­ni we­chi­bi eli­nga­phe­zu­lu, emgwa­qwe­ni omkhu­lu we­nsi­mu yo­mwa­tshi.

3 Kwa­se­ku­phu­me­la ku­ye uE­li­ya­khi­mi, indo­da­na ka­Hi­li­khi­ya, owa­ye­phe­zu kwe­ndluc, lo­She­bi­na umbha­lid, lo­Jo­wa indo­da­na kaA­sa­fi uma­bha­la­ne.

4 URa­bi-Sha­ke wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Tsho­ni­ni kha­the­si ku­He­ze­khi­ya uku­thi: Itsho nja­lo inko­si enku­lu, inko­si yeA­si­ri­yae: Li­the­mba ba­ni le­li othe­mbe­le ku­lo?

5 Ngi­thif (ko­dwa yi­li­zwi le­nde­be): Ku­le­se­lu­le­ko la­ma­ndla empi. Kha­the­si uthe­mbe­le ku­ba­ni uku­thi ungi­vu­ke­le?

6 Kha­nge­la, uthe­mbe­le ku­lo­lu­do­ndo­lo lwa­lo umhla­nga owe­phu­ki­le­yo, ku­yo iGi­bhi­the, oku­thi uba umu­ntu ese­ya­ma ku­lo, lu­za­nge­na esa­ndle­ni sa­khe lu­si­hla­be. Unja­lo uFa­ro inko­si ye­Gi­bhi­the ku­bo bo­nke aba­the­mbe­la ku­yeg.

7 Ko­dwa uba usi­thi ki­mi: Si­the­mbe­la eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu; ka­ku­su­ye yi­ni ozi­nda­wo za­khe ezi­pha­ke­me­yo la­ma­la­thi akhe uHe­ze­khi­ya aku­su­si­le­yo, wa­thi ku­Ju­da le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma: Li­za­kho­nza pha­mbi kwa­le­li ila­thi?

8 Nga­kho-ke ake uni­ke isi­ba­mbi­so enko­si­ni ya­mi, inko­si yeA­si­ri­ya; nja­lo ngi­za­ku­ni­ka ama­bhi­za azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­mbi­li, uba we­na ula­kho uku­ni­ka aba­ga­di ba­ma­bhi­za phe­zu kwa­wo.

9 Uza­bu­yi­se­la nja­ni-ke emu­va ubu­so bo­mbu­si oye­dwa wa­ba­nci­nya­ne be­zi­nce­ku ze­nko­si ya­mi, we­na-ke uthe­mbe­la eGi­bhi­thehi nge­nxa ye­zi­nqo­la la­ba­ga­di ba­ma­bhi­za?

10 Kha­the­si se­nge­nyu­ki­le yi­ni ngi­nge­la­Nko­si ngi­me­le­ne la­le­li­li­zwe uku­li­chi­tha? INko­si ya­thi ki­mi: Ye­nyu­ka ume­le­ne la­le­li­li­zwe, uli­chi­the.

11 UEIi­ya­ki­mi lo­She­bi­na lo­Jo­wa ba­se­be­si­thi ku­Ra­bi-Sha­ke: Ake ukhu­lu­me le­nce­ku za­kho nge­si­Si­ri­ya, ngo­ba si­ya­si­qe­di­si­sa; unga­khu­lu­mi la­thi nge­si­Ju­da, endle­be­ni za­ba­ntu aba­phe­zu ko­mdu­li.

12 Ko­dwa uRa­bi-Sha­ke wa­thi: Inko­si ya­mi ingi­thu­me enko­si­ni ya­kho la­ku­we yi­ni uku­khu­lu­ma la­ma­zwi? Ka­ku­se­ba­ntwi­ni yi­ni aba­hle­zi phe­zu ko­mdu­li uku­ze ba­dle ubu­lo­ngwe ba­bo, ba­na­the umcha­mo wa­bo ka­nye la­ni?

13 URa­bi-Sha­ke we­ma-ke, wa­me­me­za nge­li­zwi eli­khu­lu nge­si­Ju­da, wa­thi: Zwa­ni­ni ama­zwi enko­si enku­lu, inko­si yeA­si­ri­yaj.

14 Itsho nja­lo inko­si: UHe­ze­khi­ya ka­nga­li­kho­hli­si, ngo­ba ka­yi­ku­ba la­kho uku­li­khu­lu­la.

15 Fu­thi uHe­ze­khi­ya anga­le­nzi li­the­mbe­le eNko­si­ni, esi­thi: INko­si iza­si­khu­lu­la lo­ku­si­khu­lu­la; lu­mu­zi ka­wu­yi­ku­ni­ke­lwa esa­ndle­ni se­nko­si yeA­si­ri­ya.

16 Li­nga­mla­le­li uHe­ze­khi­ya, ngo­ba itsho nja­lo inko­si yeA­si­ri­ya: Di­nga­ni umu­sa wa­mi nge­si­pho, lisi­thu­me­le ki­mi; li­dle ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo okwe­vi­ni la­khe, la­ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo oko­mkhi­wa wa­khe, li­na­the ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo ama­nzi omtho­mbo wa­khe;

17 ngi­ze ngi­fi­ke, ngi­li­tha­the, ngi­li­se eli­zwe­ni eli­fa­na­na le­li­zwe le­nuk, ili­zwe la­ma­be­le le­wa­yi­ni eli­tsha, ili­zwe le­si­nkwa le­zi­vi­ni.

18 UHe­ze­khi­ya ka­nga­li­hu­gi esi­thi: INko­si iza­si­khu­lu­la. Onku­lu­nku­lu be­zi­zwe ba­khu­lu­le yi­ni, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo ili­zwe la­khe, esa­ndle­ni sa­ma­kho­si eA­si­ri­ya?

19 Ba­nga­phi onku­lu­nku­lu be­Ha­ma­thi leA­rpa­di? Ba­nga­phi onku­lu­nku­lu be­Se­fa­va­yi­mi? Ba­yi­khu­lu­le yi­ni la­yo iSa­ma­ri­yal esa­ndle­ni sa­mi?

20 Ngo­ba­ni pha­ka­thi kwa­bo bo­nke onku­lu­nku­lu ba­la­wo­ma­zwe aba­khu­lu­le ili­zwe la­bo esa­ndle­ni sa­mi, uku­thi iNko­si ikhu­lu­le iJe­ru­sa­le­ma esa­ndle­ni sa­mi?

21 Ko­dwa ba­thu­la, ka­ba­ze ba­mphe­ndu­la li­zwi, ngo­ba umla­yo we­nko­si wa­wu­yi­ku­thi: Li­nga­mphe­ndu­li.

22 Kwa­se­ku­fi­ka uE­li­ya­khi­mi, indo­da­na ka­Hi­li­khi­ya, owa­ye­phe­zu kwe­ndlu, lo­She­bi­na umbha­li, lo­Jo­wa indo­da­na kaA­sa­fi, uma­bha­la­ne, ku­He­ze­khi­ya, izi­gqo­ko za­bo zi­da­tshu­li­we, ba­mtshe­la ama­zwi ka­Ra­bi-Sha­ke.

Uku­khu­lu­lwa kwe­li­zwe la­ko­Ju­da

37Kwa­se­ku­si­thi inko­si uHe­ze­khi­ya isiku­zwi­le, ya­da­bu­la izi­gqo­ko za­yo, ya­ze­mbe­sa nge­sa­ka, ya­nge­na endli­ni ye­Nko­si.

2 Ya­si­thu­ma uE­li­ya­khi­mi umpha­thi we­ndlu, lo­She­bi­na uma­bha­la­ne, la­ba­da­la ba­ba­pri­sti be­mbe­the ama­sa­ka, kuI­sa­ya umpro­fe­thi indo­da­na kaA­mo­zia.

3 Ba­se­be­si­thi ku­ye: Utsho nja­lo uHe­ze­khi­ya: Lo­lu­su­ku lu­su­ku lo­hlu­phob lo­lo­ku­so­lwa lo­lo­kwe­yi­swa, ngo­ba aba­ntwa­na se­be­fi­ki­le emlo­nye­ni we­si­za­loc, ka­nti aku­la­ma­ndla oku­be­le­tha.

4 Mhla­wu­mbe iNko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, iza­we­zwa ama­zwi ka­Ra­bi-Sha­ke, onko­si yeA­si­ri­ya, inko­si ya­khe, emthu­me uku­thu­ka uNku­lu­nku­lu ophi­la­yo, lo­ku­so­la nga­ma­zwi iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho ewa­zwi­le­yo. Nga­kho pha­ka­mi­sa umkhu­le­ko nge­nsa­li etho­la­ke­le­yod.

5 Nga­kho ince­ku ze­nko­si uHe­ze­khi­ya za­fi­ka kuI­sa­ya.

6 UI­sa­ya wa­se­si­thi ku­zo: Li­za­ku­tsho nja­lo enko­si­ni ye­nu: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Unge­sa­bi ama­zwi owe­zwi­le­yo, ince­ku ze­nko­si yeA­si­ri­ya ezi­ngi­thu­ke nga­wo.

7 Kha­nge­la, ngi­za­fa­ka umo­ya ku­yo, nja­lo iza­ku­zwa ihu­nga­hu­ngae, ibu­ye­le eli­zwe­ni la­yo; nja­lo ngi­za­ye­nza uku­thi iwe nge­nke­mba eli­zwe­ni la­yo.

8 URa­bi-Sha­ke wa­se­bu­ye­la, wa­fi­ca inko­si yeA­si­ri­ya isi­lwa ime­le­ne le­Li­bhi­na; ngo­ba wa­ye­zwi­le uku­thi isi­su­ki­le eLa­ki­shi.

9 Wa­se­si­zwa ngo­Ti­ri­ha­ka inko­si yeE­thi­yo­phi­yaf ku­thi­wa: Uphu­mi­le ukuza­ku­lwa la­we. Ese­ku­zwi­le wa­thu­ma izi­thu­nywa ku­He­ze­khi­ya esi­thi:

10 Li­za­khu­lu­ma ka­nje ku­He­ze­khi­ya inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da li­thi: UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho othe­mbe­le ku­ye ka­nga­ku­kho­hli­si esi­thi: IJe­ru­sa­le­ma ka­yi­yi­ku­ni­ke­lwa esa­ndle­ni se­nko­si yeA­si­ri­ya.

11 Kha­nge­la, we­na usu­zwi­le uku­thi ama­kho­si eA­si­ri­ya enze­ni ku­wo wo­nke ama­zwe ngo­ku­wa­tsha­ba­la­li­sa. We­na-ke uza­khu­lu­lwa yi­ni?

12 Onku­lu­nku­lu be­zi­zwe ba­zi­khu­lu­la yi­ni oba­ba aba­zi­chi­tha­yo, iGo­za­ni le­Ha­ra­ni le­Re­ze­fi, la­ba­ntwa­na beE­de­ni aba­be­se­Te­la­sa­ri?

13 Inga­phi inko­si ye­Ha­ma­thig, le­nko­si yeA­rpa­dih, le­nko­si yo­mu­zi we­Se­fa­va­yi­mi, iHe­na, leI­va?

14 UHe­ze­khi­ya wa­se­se­mu­ke­la izi­ncwa­di esa­ndle­ni se­zi­thu­nywa, wa­zi­fu­nda, we­nyu­ke­la endli­ni ye­Nko­si; uHe­ze­khi­ya wa­se­zi­cha­ya pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si.

15 UHe­ze­khi­ya wa­se­khu­le­ka eNko­si­ni, esi­thi:

16 Nko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, Nku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li, ohla­la pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­khe­ru­bhi*, ngu­we we­dwa ongu­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­yo yo­nke imi­bu­so yo­mhla­ba; we­na we­nze ama­zu­lu lo­mhla­bai.

17 Tho­ba indle­be ya­kho, Nko­si, uzwej, vu­la ame­hlo akho, Nko­si, ubo­ne; uzwe wo­nke ama­zwi ka­Se­na­khe­ri­bi awa­thu­me­le uku­klo­lo­de­la uNku­lu­nku­lu ophi­la­yo.

18 Qi­ni­so, Nko­si, ama­kho­si eA­si­ri­ya achi­thi­le zo­nke izi­zwe la­ma­zwe azo;

19 apho­se­la onku­lu­nku­lu ba­zo emli­lwe­ni, ngo­ba ba­be­nge­yi­si­bo onku­lu­nku­lu, ko­dwa umse­be­nzi we­za­ndla za­ba­ntu, izi­go­do la­ma­tshe; nga­lo­kho ba­ba­bhu­bhi­sa.

20 Nga­kho-ke, Nko­si Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thu, si­si­ndi­se esa­ndle­ni sa­khe, uku­ze yo­nke imi­bu­so yo­mhla­bak ya­zi uku­thi we­na we­dwa uyi­Nko­si.

21 UI­sa­ya indo­da­na kaA­mo­zil wa­se­thu­me­la ku­He­ze­khi­ya, esi­thi: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li: Lo­kho oku­khu­le­ke ki­mi ngo­Se­na­khe­ri­bi inko­si yeA­si­ri­ya,

22 le­li yi­li­zwi iNko­si eli­khu­lu­me nga­ye: Into­mbi emsu­lwa, indo­da­ka­zi ye­Zi­yo­nim iya­ku­de­le­la, iya­ku­klo­lo­de­la; indo­da­ka­zi ye­Je­ru­sa­le­ma ini­ki­na ikha­nda nge­mva kwa­kho.

23 Ngu­ba­ni ome­yi­si­le­yo wa­mhla­mba­za? Nja­lo upha­ka­mi­se­le ba­ni ili­zwi, wa­pha­ka­mi­se­la ame­hlo akho phe­zu­lu? Ume­le­ne lo­Ngcwe­le kaI­sra­ye­li.

24 Uklo­lo­de­le iNko­si nge­sa­ndla se­zi­nce­ku za­kho, wa­thi: Ngo­bu­ne­ngi be­zi­nqo­la za­mi mi­na nge­nyu­ke­le enda­we­ni epha­ke­me­yo ye­zi­nta­ba, ezi­nhla­ngo­thi­ni ze­Le­bha­no­ni. Nja­lo ngi­za­ga­mu­la imi­se­da­rin ya­yo emi­de, ikhe­the­lo le­zi­hla­hla za­ma­fi­ri ayoo, ngi­nge­ne eku­pha­ka­me­ni kwe­mi­ngce­le ya­yo, igu­su le­Kha­rme­li la­yop.

25 Mi­na nga­ge­bha, nga­na­tha ama­nzi, la­nge­nga­pha­nsi ye­nya­wo za­mi ngo­mi­sa yo­nke imi­fu­laq ye­nda­wo evi­nje­lwe­yor.

26 Ka­wu­zwa­nga yi­ni uku­thi nga­kwe­nza endu­los, nga­ku­bu­mbat ensu­kwi­ni ze­ndu­lo? Kha­the­si ngi­ku­fi­ki­si­le, uku­thi ube ngo­wo­ku­di­li­za imi­zi evi­ke­lwe­you ibe zi­nqu­mbi za­ma­nxi­wa.

27 Nga­kho aba­hla­li ba­yo ba­be­le­sa­ndla esi­fi­tsha­ne, be­sa­ba, ba­ba le­nhlo­niv, ba­ba nje­ngo­tsha­ni be­ga­nga, le­mi­bhi­da elu­hla­za, utsha­ni be­mpa­hla, la­ma­be­le aha­ngu­li­we­yo enga­ka­mi.

28 Ko­dwa ngi­ya­kwa­zi uku­hla­la kwa­kho, lo­ku­phu­ma kwa­kho, lo­ku­nge­na kwa­kho, lo­ku­ngi­thu­ku­the­le­la kwa­kho.

29 Nge­nxa yo­ku­ngi­thu­ku­the­le­la kwa­kho, lo­ku­thi umsi­ndow wa­kho we­nyu­ke­le endle­be­ni za­mi, ngi­za­ku­fa­ka umkha­la wa­mi ema­kha­le­ni akho, le­to­mu la­mi ende­be­ni za­khox, ngi­kwe­nze ubu­ye­le nge­ndle­la owe­za nga­yo.

30 Lo­khu-ke ku­za­ku­ba yi­si­bo­na­ka­li­so ku­we; lo­nya­ka uza­ku­dla oku­zi­khu­le­la­yo; la­ngo­mnya­ka we­si­bi­li umkhu­khu­ze­la; ku­thi ngo­mnya­ka we­si­tha­thuy li­hla­nye­le, li­vu­ne, li­hla­nye­le izi­vi­ni, li­dle izi­the­lo za­zo.

31 Lo­ku­phe­phi­le­yo kwe­ndlu ya­ko­Ju­da oku­se­le­yo ku­za­phi­nda ku­gxu­me­ke impa­nde pha­nsi, ku­the­le izi­the­lo nga­phe­zu­luz.

32 Ngo­ba ku­za­phu­ma eJe­ru­sa­le­ma insa­lia, lo­ku­phe­phi­le­yo enta­be­ni ye­Zi­yo­ni. Uku­tshi­se­ka kwe­Nko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla ku­za­kwe­nza lo­khu.

33 Nga­kho, utsho nja­lo uJe­ho­va nge­nko­si yeA­si­ri­ya: Ka­yi­yi­ku­nge­na ku­lu­mu­zib, ka­yi­yi­ku­tsho­ka umtsho­ko kho­nac, ka­yi­yi­ku­za pha­mbi kwa­wo ile­si­hla­ngu, ka­yi­yi­ku­bu­the­le­la idu­ndu­lu ma­qo­nda­na la­wod.

34 Nge­ndle­la eye­za nga­yo, nga­yo iza­bu­ye­la, nja­lo ka­yi­yi­ku­nge­na ku­lo umu­zi, itsho iNko­si.

35 Ngo­ba ngi­za­wu­vi­ke­la lu­mu­zi uku­wu­si­ndi­sae, nge­nxa ya­mi, la­nge­nxa ka­Da­vi­da ince­ku ya­mi.

36 Kho­na kwa­phu­ma ingi­lo­si ye­Nko­sif, ya­tsha­ya enka­mbe­ni ya­maA­si­ri­yag aba­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li la­nhla­nu. Kwa­thi be­vu­ka eku­se­ni ka­khu­lu, kha­nge­la-ke, bo­nke ba­be­yi­zi­du­mbu ezi­fi­le­yo.

37 Nga­kho uSe­na­khe­ri­bi inko­si yeA­si­ri­ya wa­su­ka, wa­ha­mba ebu­ye­la, wa­hla­la eNi­ne­veh.

38 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ekho­nza endli­ni ka­Ni­si­ro­ki unku­lu­nku­lu wa­khe, oA­dra­me­le­ki lo­Sha­re­ze­ri ama­do­da­na akhe ba­mtsha­ya nge­nke­mba; bo­na ba­se­be­phe­phe­la eli­zwe­ni leA­ra­ra­thi. UE­sa­ri­ha­do­ni indo­da­na ya­khe wa­se­bu­sa esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khe.

Uku­gu­la ku­ka­He­ze­khi­ya

38Nga­le­zo­nsu­ku uHe­ze­khi­ya wa­gu­la wa­pho­s'u­ku­faa. UI­sa­ya indo­da­na kaA­mo­zi umpro­fe­thib wa­se­fi­ka ku­ye, wa­thi ku­ye: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: La­ye­ze­la indlu ya­kho, ngo­ba uza­ku­fa, ka­wu­yi­ku­phi­la.

2 UHe­ze­khi­ya wa­se­phe­ndu­le­la ubu­so ba­khe nga­se­mdu­li­ni, wa­khu­le­ka eNko­si­ni,

3 wa­thi: Ngi­ya­ku­nce­nga, Nko­si, ake ukhu­mbu­le uku­thi ngi­ha­mbe pha­mbi kwa­kho ngo­bu­qo­tho la­nge­nhli­zi­yo ephe­le­le­yo, nge­nza oku­lu­ngi­le­yo eme­hlwe­ni akho. UHe­ze­khi­ya wa­se­kha­la inye­mbe­zi ngo­ku­kha­la oku­khu­lu.

4 Kwa­se­ku­fi­ka ili­zwi le­Nko­si kuI­sa­ya, li­si­thi:

5 Ha­mba, uthi ku­He­ze­khi­ya: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu ka­Da­vi­da uyi­hlo: Ngi­wu­zwi­le umkhu­le­ko wa­kho, ngi­bo­ni­le inye­mbe­zi za­kho; kha­nge­la, ngi­za­kwe­nge­ze­le­la imi­nya­ka eli­tshu­mi la­nhla­nu ensu­kwi­ni za­kho,

6 ngi­ku­khu­lu­le we­na la­lu­mu­zi esa­ndle­ni se­nko­si yeA­si­ri­ya, ngi­wu­vi­ke­le lu­mu­zic.

7 La­le­si yi­si­bo­na­ka­li­so ku­we esi­ve­la eNko­si­ni, eso­ku­thi iNko­si iza­ye­nza le into eyi­khu­lu­mi­le­yo.

8 Kha­nge­la, ngi­za­bu­yi­se­la emu­va isi­thu­nzi se­zi­nya­the­lod ese­se­hli­le ezi­nya­the­lwe­ni ze­la­nga zi­kaA­ha­zi, izi­nya­the­lo ezi­li­tshu­mi emu­va. Ila­nga la­se­li­bu­ye­la emu­va izi­nya­the­lo ezi­li­tshu­mi, nge­zi­nya­the­lo ela­le­hle nga­zo.

9 Umbha­lo ka­He­ze­khi­ya inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da la­pho egu­la, ese­si­le emkhu­hla­ne­ni wa­khe.

10 Mi­na nga­thi: Eku­qu­nywe­ni kwe­zi­nsu­ku za­mie ngi­za­ku­ya ema­sa­ngwe­ni engcwa­baf; nge­mu­ki­we insa­li ye­mi­nya­ka ya­mi.

11 Nga­thi: Ka­ngi­yi­ku­bo­na uJe­ho­vag, uJe­ho­vah eli­zwe­ni la­ba­phi­la­yoi; ka­ngi­sa­yi­ku­bo­na mu­ntu la­ba­hla­li bo­mhla­ba.

12 Isi­zu­ku­lwa­na sa­mi se­si­su­ki­le, sa­su­swa ki­mi nje­nge­the­nte lo­me­lu­sij; ngi­qu­me impi­lo ya­mi nje­ngo­me­lu­kik; uza­ngi­qu­mal nje­ngo­mkhu­hla­ne oci­ki­za­yo1; ku­su­ke­la emi­ni ku­ze ku­be se­bu­su­ku uza­ngi­qe­dam.

13 Nga­ba­li­sa kwa­ze kwa­ba se­ku­se­nin; nje­nge­si­lwa­neo, ngo­ku­nja­lo uza­kwe­phu­la ama­tha­mbo ami wo­nke; ku­su­ke­la emi­ni ku­ze ku­be se­bu­su­ku uza­ngi­qe­dap.

14 Nje­nge­nko­nja­neq ku­mbe ihe­mur, ngo­ku­nja­lo nga­tshi­yo­zas; ngi­li­la nje­nge­ju­batu; ame­hlo ami afi­pha­la ngo­ku­kha­nge­la phe­zu­luv. Nko­si, ngi­ci­nde­ze­lwe; wo­ba yi­si­ba­mbi­so sa­miw.

15 Ngi­nga­thi­ni? Ikhu­lu­mi­le ki­mi, yo­na uqo­bo ikwe­nzi­le. Ngi­za­ha­mba ka­bu­tha­ka­tha­kax yo­nke imi­nya­ka ya­mi ebu­hlu­ngwi­ni bo­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­miy.

16 Nko­si, nga­le­zi­zi­nto ba­ya­phi­laz, la­ku­zo zo­nke le­zi­zi­nto ku­le­mpi­lo yo­mo­ya wa­mi. Nja­lo uza­nge­la­pha, ungi­phi­li­sea.

17 Kha­nge­la, ku­lo­ku­thu­la ngi­be lo­bu­hlu­ngu obu­khu­lu, ko­dwa we­na uwu­tha­ndi­le umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi wa­wu­khu­lu­la ego­di­ni le­nci­tha­ka­lo, ngo­ba upho­se­le nge­mva ko­mhla­na wa­kho zo­nke izo­no za­mibc.

18 Ngo­ba ingcwa­ba li­nge­ku­bo­nged; uku­fa kunge­ku­du­mi­se; la­bo abe­hle­la emgo­di­nie ba­nge­li­the­mbe­le iqi­ni­so la­kho.

19 Ophi­la­yo, ophi­la­yo, ye­na uza­ku­du­mi­sa, nje­nga­mi la­mu­hla; uyi­se uza­kwa­zi­sa aba­ntwa­na iqi­ni­so la­khof.

20 INko­si ya­yi­lu­nge­le uku­ngi­si­ndi­sa; nga­kho si­za­hla­be­le­la izi­ngo­ma za­mi nga­ma­cha­chog insu­ku zo­nke ze­mpi­lo ye­thu endli­ni ye­Nko­si.

21 Ngo­ba uI­sa­yah wa­ye­the: Ka­ba­tha­the isi­ga­qa so­mkhi­wa, ba­si­fa­ke nje­ngo­mna­me­ko phe­zu kwe­thu­mba, nja­lo uza­si­la.

22 UHe­ze­khi­yai la­ye wa­ye­the: Si­yi­ni isi­bo­na­ka­li­so so­ku­thi ngi­za­kwe­nyu­ke­la endli­ni ye­Nko­sij?

Inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni ithu­ma izi­thu­nywa ku­He­ze­khi­ya

39Nga­le­so­si­kha­thi uMe­ro­da­ki-Ba­la­da­ni, indo­da­na ka­Ba­la­da­ni inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­nia, wa­thu­me­la izi­ncwa­di le­si­pho ku­He­ze­khi­ya, ngo­ba wa­ye­zwi­le uku­thi ube­ka­de egu­la, use­qi­ni­le.

2 UHe­ze­khi­ya wa­se­tho­ko­za nga­zo, wa­ba­tshe­ngi­sa indlu yo­ku­li­gu­gu kwa­khe, isi­li­vab, le­go­li­de, la­ma­khac, la­ma­fu­tha ama­hled, le­ndlu yo­nke ye­zi­kha­li za­khe, la­kho ko­nke okwa­tho­la­ka­la ko­ku­li­gu­gu kwa­khee; ka­ku­ba­nga la­lu­tho endli­ni ya­khe le­mbu­swe­ni wa­khe wo­nke uHe­ze­khi­ya anga­ba­tshe­ngi­sa­nga lo­na.

3 Wa­se­fi­ka uI­sa­ya umpro­fe­thi enko­si­ni uHe­ze­khi­ya, wa­thi ku­yo: Athe­ni la­ma­do­da? Fu­thi ave­le nga­phi esi­za ku­we? UHe­ze­khi­ya wa­se­si­thi: Ave­le eli­zwe­ni eli­kha­tsha­na esi­za ki­mi, eBha­bhi­lo­nif.

4 Wa­se­si­thi: Abo­ne­ni endli­ni ya­kho? UHe­ze­khi­ya wa­se­si­thi: Abo­ne ko­nke oku­se­ndli­ni ya­mi; ka­ku­la­lu­tho pha­ka­thi ko­ku­li­gu­gu kwa­mi engi­nga­wa­tshe­ngi­sa­nga lo­na.

5 UI­sa­ya wa­se­si­thi ku­He­ze­khi­ya: Zwa­na ili­zwi le­Nko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla.

6 Kha­nge­la, insu­ku zi­ye­za la­pho ko­nke oku­se­ndli­ni ya­kho, la­lo­kho oyi­hlo aba­ku­bu­the­le­la­yo ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hla, ku­za­thwa­le­lwa eBha­bhi­lo­ni; ka­ku­yi­ku­sa­la lu­tho, ku­tsho iNko­si.

7 Nja­lo ba­za­tha­tha ema­do­da­ne­ni akho aza­phu­ma ku­we, oza­wa­za­la; nja­lo abe nga­ba­the­nwa esi­go­dlwe­ni se­nko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­nig.

8 UHe­ze­khi­ya wa­se­si­thi kuI­sa­ya: Ili­zwi le­Nko­si oli­khu­lu­mi­le­yo li­lu­ngi­le. Wa­thi fu­thi: Ngo­ba ku­za­ku­ba lo­ku­thu­la le­qi­ni­so ensu­kwi­ni za­mi.

Aba­ntu ba­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ba­ya­du­du­zwa

40Du­du­za­ni, li­du­du­ze aba­ntu ba­mia, utsho uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu.

2 Khu­lu­ma­ni ku­nhli­zi­yo ye­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, li­me­me­ze ku­yo uku­thi imfa­zo ya­yo iphe­le­li­si­we, uku­thi ubu­bi ba­yo bu­the­the­le­lwe, ngo­ba ye­mu­ke­le esa­ndle­ni se­Nko­si oku­phi­ndwe ka­bi­li nga­zo zo­nke izo­no za­yob.

3 Ili­zwi lo­me­me­za­yo ehla­nec li­thi: Lu­ngi­sa­ni indle­la ye­Nko­sid, le­nze­le uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu umgwa­qo omkhu­lue oqo­ndi­le­yo enka­nga­la.

4 So­nke isi­go­di si­za­pha­ka­nyi­swaf, la­yo yo­nke inta­ba lo­qa­qa ku­za­kwe­hli­swag; lo­ku­go­bi­le­yoh ku­za­kwe­nzi­wa ku­qo­nde, le­nda­wo ezi­ma­xha­ka­xha­ka zi­be li­gce­ke.

5 Inka­zi­mu­loi ye­Nko­si iza­bo­na­ka­li­swa, la­yo yo­nke inya­maj iyi­bo­ne ka­nye­ka­nye, ngo­ba umlo­mo we­Nko­si ukhu­lu­mi­lek.

6 Ili­zwi la­thi: Me­me­za! Wa­se­si­thi: Ngi­za­me­me­za ngi­thi­ni? Yo­nke inya­mal ibu­tsha­nimn, la­bo bo­nke ubu­hle ba­yo bu­nje­nge­lu­ba le­ga­ngaop.

7 Utsha­ni bu­ya­bu­naqr, ilu­ba li­ya­wo­hlo­kas, ngo­ba uMo­ya we­Nko­sit uphe­phe­tha ku­kho; isi­bi­li aba­ntuu ba­bu­tsha­niv.

8 Utsha­ni bu­ya­bu­na, ilu­ba li­ya­wo­hlo­kaw; ko­dwax ili­zwi li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thu li­mi ku­ze ku­be ni­ni la­ni­niy.

9 We­na Zi­yo­ni, ole­tha izi­nda­ba ezi­nhle, khwe­la enta­be­ni ende; we­na Je­ru­sa­le­ma, ole­tha izi­nda­ba ezi­nhle, pha­ka­mi­sa ili­zwi la­kho nga­ma­ndla, li­pha­ka­mi­se unge­sa­bi; tsho­no emi­zi­ni ya­ko­Ju­da uthi: Kha­nge­la­ni, uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu.

10 Kha­nge­la, iNko­si uJe­ho­va iza­ku­za nga­ma­ndlaz, le­nga­lo ya­yo iza­yi­bu­se­laa; kha­nge­lab, umvu­zo wa­yo ila­wo, le­nko­khe­lo ya­yo ipha­mbi kwa­yoc.

11 Iza­kwe­lu­sa umhla­mbi wa­yo nje­ngo­me­lu­side, iza­bu­thaf ama­wu­ndlug nge­nga­lo ya­yo, iwa­thwa­le esi­fu­be­ni sa­yoh, ikho­khe­le ku­hlei ezi­mu­nyi­sa­yo.

Ngu­ba­ni onje­ngo­Nku­lu­nku­lu?

12 Ngu­ba­ni oli­nga­ni­se ama­nzij ente­nde­ni ye­sa­ndla sa­khe, wa­li­nga­ni­sa ama­zu­luk nge­mi­nwe eye­lu­li­we­yo, wa­hla­nga­ni­sa uthu­li lo­mhla­ba esi­li­nga­ni­swe­ni, wa­li­nga­ni­sa izi­nta­ba nge­si­ka­lil, la­ma­qa­qa nge­si­li­nga­ni­som?

13 Ngu­ba­nin oqo­ndi­se uMo­ya we­Nko­sio, ku­mbe wa­mfu­ndi­sa engu­me­lu­le­ki wa­khe?

14 Ye­lu­le­ka­ne lo­ba­ni, owa­ye­nza ya­qe­di­si­sa, wa­yi­fu­ndi­sa endle­le­ni ye­sa­hlu­le­lo, wa­yi­fu­ndi­sa ulwa­zip, wa­ya­zi­sa indle­la yo­ku­qe­di­si­sa?

15 Kha­nge­la, izi­zwe zi­nje­nge­tho­nsi le­nko­nxa, zi­ba­lwa nje­ngo­thu­li lwe­si­ka­li. Kha­nge­la, upha­ka­mi­sa izi­hle­ngeq nje­nge­nto enci­nya­ne ka­khu­lur.

16 Le­Le­bha­no­ni ka­ye­ne­li uku­tshas, le­nya­ma­za­nat za­yo ka­ze­ne­li umni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa.

17 Zo­nke izi­zwe zi­nje­nge­zi­nga­si­lu­thouv pha­mbi kwa­yo, zi­ba­lwaw ku­yo zi­nci­nya­ne ku­lo­ku­nge­lu­thox lo­ku­yi­zey.

18 Pho, li­za­mfa­na­ni­sa lo­ba­ni uNku­lu­nku­luz, lo­ba mfa­ne­ki­so ba­ni eli­za­mli­nga­ni­sa la­wo?

19 Ingci­tshi inci­bi­li­ki­sa isi­tho­mbe esi­ba­zi­we­yoa, lo­mkha­ndi we­go­li­deb uya­si­na­me­ka nge­go­li­dec, abu­mbe ngo­ku­nci­bi­li­ki­sa ama­ke­ta­ne esi­li­va.

20 Lo­wo ongu­mya­nga onge­la­mni­ke­lo ukhe­tha isi­hla­hla e­si­nga­bo­li­yo, azi­di­nge­le umba­zi oyi­ngci­tshi uku­ze alu­ngi­se isi­tho­mbe e­si­nga­yi­ku­nyi­ki­nywad.

21 Ka­la­zi yi­nie? Ka­li­zwa­nga yi­ni? Ka­li­tshe­lwa­nga yi­ni kwa­se­ku­qa­le­ni? Ka­li­qe­di­si­sa­nga yi­ni kwa­se­ku­se­ke­lwe­ni ko­mhla­baf?

22 Ku­ngu­ye ohla­la phe­zu kwe­si­go­mbo­lo­zi so­mhla­bag, la­ba­hla­li ba­wo ba­nje­nge­nte­theh; owe­ndla­la ama­zu­lui nje­nge­khe­the­nij, awe­lu­le nje­nge­the­nte lo­ku­hla­la;

23 owe­nza izi­pha­tha­ma­ndlak zi­nga­bi yi­lu­thol, enze abe­hlu­le­li bo­mhla­ba ba­be nje­nge­zem.

24 Ye­bo, ka­ba­yi­ku­gxu­nye­kwa; ye­bo, ka­ba­yi­ku­hla­nye­lwa; ye­bo, isi­qu sa­bo ka­si­yi­ku­gxi­la emhla­ba­thi­nin; la­ye uza­phe­phe­tha phe­zu kwa­bo, ba­bu­ne; le­si­vu­ngu­za­ne si­ba­su­se nje­nga­ma­bi­bio.

25 Pho, li­za­ngi­fa­na­ni­sa lo­ba­nipq, engi­za­fa­na­na la­yer? ku­tsho oNgcwe­le.

26 Pha­ka­mi­se­la­ni ame­hlo enu phe­zu­lus, li­bo­ne oda­le le­zi­zi­nto; okhi­pha ibu­tho la­zo nge­na­nit; azi­bi­ze zo­nke nga­ma­bi­zou ngo­bu­khu­lu ba­ma­ndla akhev, ngo­ba eqi­ni­le ema­ndle­ni; ka­yi­kho le­yo­dwa esi­le­la­yow.

27 Utsho­lo­ni, we­na Ja­ko­be, ukhu­lu­me, we­na Isra­ye­li uku­thi: Indle­la ya­mi isi­the­ki­le eNko­si­nix le­sa­hlu­le­lo sa­miy se­dlu­li­si­we ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi?

28 Ka­wa­zi yi­niz, ka­wuke­zwa yi­nia? UNku­lu­nku­lu ola­pha­ka­de, iNko­si, uMda­li we­mi­kha­wu­lo yo­mhla­ba ka­phe­li ama­ndla nja­lo ka­di­nwa? Ka­ku­phe­nye­ki uku­qe­di­si­sa kwa­khebc.

29 Ini­ka aba­da­nge­le­yo ama­ndla, la­kwa­ba­nga­qi­na­nga ya­ndi­sa ama­ndla.

30 La­ba­tsha ba­za­phe­le­lwa nga­ma­ndla, ba­di­nwe, la­ma­ja­ha aza­ku­wa lo­ku­wa;

31 ko­dwa aba­li­nde­la iNko­si ba­za­vu­se­le­la ama­ndlade; ba­za­qo­nga nge­mpi­ko nje­nge­nko­zifg, ba­gi­ji­me ba­nga­di­nwa, ba­ha­mbe ba­nga­phe­li ama­ndla.

UNku­lu­nku­lu uza­mlo­ndo­lo­za uI­sra­ye­li

41Thu­la­ni pha­mbi kwa­mia, zi­hle­ngeb, ka­ku­thi aba­ntu ba­vu­se­le­le ama­ndlac; ka­ba­so­nde­le; ba­be­se­be­khu­lu­ma; ka­si­so­nde­le ka­nye­ka­nye ku­sa­hlu­le­lo.

2 Ngu­ba­ni owa­vu­sad olu­ngi­le­yo nga­se­mpu­ma­la­ngae? Wa­mbi­ze­la enya­we­ni lwa­khef; wa­ni­ke­la izi­zweg pha­mbi kwa­khe, wame­nza wa­bu­sa phe­zu kwa­ma­kho­sih, wa­wa­ni­ke­la enke­mbe­ni ya­khe nje­ngo­thu­lii, eda­ndi­li­ni la­khe nje­nge­zi­bi ezi­qhu­tshe­lwa­yoj.

3 Wa­xo­tsha­na la­wo, we­dlu­la ephe­phi­le, nge­ndle­la angayi­ha­mba­nga nge­nya­wo za­khe.

4 Ngu­ba­ni oku­se­be­nzi­le­yo, wakwe­nzak, ebi­za izi­zu­ku­lwa­na kwa­se­ku­qa­le­ni? Mi­na iNko­si ngi­ngo­wo­ku­qa­lal, nja­lo ngi­la­bo­ku­ci­na; ngi­ngu­yem.

5 Izi­hle­ngen za­ku­bo­na, ze­sa­ba; imi­kha­wu­lo yo­mhla­ba ya­thu­thu­me­la; ya­so­nde­la, ya­fi­ka.

6 Ba­si­za, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo uma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khe, wo­nke wa­se­si­thi ku­mfo­wa­bo: Qi­na!

7 Umba­zio wa­se­qi­ni­sa umkha­ndi we­go­li­de, lo­lo­lo­nga nge­sa­ndo lo­wo otsha­ya isi­kha­nde­lo, esi­thi: Ku­lu­nge­le uku­nu­se­lwa; wa­ku­qi­ni­sa nge­zi­pi­ki­li uku­ze ku­nga­nyi­ki­nye­kip.

8 Ko­dwa we­na Isra­ye­liq, nce­ku ya­mir, Ja­ko­be engi­ku­khe­thi­le­yos, nza­lo kaA­bra­ha­mat isi­tha­ndwa sa­mi,

9 we­na enga­ku­ba­mba­yo kwa­se­mi­kha­wu­lwe­ni yo­mhla­ba, nga­ku­bi­za ezi­khu­lwi­ni za­wou, nga­thi ku­we: Uyi­nce­ku ya­miv, ngi­ku­khe­thi­lew, ka­ngi­ku­la­hla­nga;

10 unge­sa­bix, ngo­ba ngi­la­wey, unga­tha­la­tha­la­ziz, ngo­ba mi­na ngi­ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho; ngi­za­ku­qi­ni­saa, ye­bo ngi­za­ku­si­zab, ye­bo ngi­za­ku­se­ke­la nge­sa­ndla sa­mi so­ku­ne­ne eso­ku­lu­nga kwa­mi.

11 Kha­nge­la bo­nke aba­ku­thu­ku­the­le­la­yoc ba­za­ya­nge­ka ba­da­ni­swed, ba­za­ku­ba nje­nge­nto enge­si­lu­thoe; la­ba­ntu aba­lwa la­we ba­za­bhu­bha.

12 Uza­ba­di­nga, unga­ba­tho­li; aba­ntu aba­phi­ki­sa­na la­we ba­za­ku­ba nje­nge­nto enge­si­lu­thof, la­ba­ntu aba­lwa la­we ba­za­ku­ba nje­nge­zeg.

13 Ngo­ba mi­na Nko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, ngi­ba­mba isa­ndla sa­kho so­ku­ne­neh, ngi­si­thi ku­we: Unge­sa­bii, mi­na ngi­za­ku­si­zaj.

14 Unge­sa­bik, mpe­thu engu­Ja­ko­bel, ba­ntu ba­koI­sra­ye­li; mi­na ngi­za­ku­si­zam, ku­tsho iNko­si, lo­mhle­ngi wa­khon, oNgcwe­le kaI­sra­ye­lio.

15 Kha­nge­la, ngi­za­kwe­nzap ube lu­bhu­lo olu­bu­kha­li olu­tshaq, olu­bu­kha­li nhla­ngo­thi zo­mbi­lir; uza­bhu­la izi­nta­ba uzi­cho­bo­zes, we­nze ama­qa­qa abe nje­nga­ma­kho­ba;

16 uza­we­lat, lo­mo­ya uza­wa­su­sa, le­si­vu­ngu­za­ne si­wa­chi­tha­chi­the; nja­lo we­na utho­ko­ze nge­Nko­si, uzi­du­mi­seu ngo­Ngcwe­le kaI­sra­ye­liv.

17 Aba­ya­nga la­ba­swe­la­yo ba­di­nga ama­nzi, ko­dwa enge­kho; uli­mi lwa­bo lo­me ngo­ko­maw; mi­na Nko­si ngi­za­ba­phe­ndu­la; mi­na Nku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­lix ka­ngi­yi­ku­ba­de­la.

18 Ngi­za­vu­la imi­fu­lay ema­du­ndu­lwi­niz, le­mi­tho­mbo pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­go­dia; ngi­za­kwe­nzab inka­nga­lac ibe yi­si­zi­ba sa­ma­nzi, lo­mhla­ba­thi owo­mi­le­yo ube yi­zi­phe­thu za­ma­nzide.

19 Ngi­za­mi­sa enka­nga­la umse­da­rif, isi­hla­hla se­si­ngag, le­mi­te­li*, le­si­hla­hla sa­ma­fu­tha; ngi­be­ke egwa­du­le­ni isi­hla­hla se­fi­rih, uma­ngwei, lo­msa­yi­phu­re­si* nda­wo­nye;

20 uku­ze ba­bo­ne, ba­zij, ba­qa­phe­li­se, ba­qe­di­si­se ka­nye­ka­nyek, uku­thi isa­ndla se­Nko­si si­kwe­nzi­le lo­khu, lo­Ngcwe­le kaI­sra­ye­li uku­da­li­le.

Aba­nye onku­lu­nku­lu ba­yi­ze

21 So­nde­za­ni inda­ba ye­nu, itsho iNko­si, li­so­nde­ze izi­za­tho ze­nu ezi­qi­ni­le­yol, itsho iNko­si ka­Ja­ko­be.

22 Ka­ba­so­nde­ze, ba­si­tshe­le oku­za­kwe­nza­ka­lam; ka­ba­khu­lu­me izi­nto za­ma­ndu­lon, uku­thi zi­yi­ni, uku­ze sizi­be­ke enhli­zi­ywe­ni ye­thu, sa­zi isi­phe­tho sa­zo; lo­ba ye­nza uku­thi si­zwe izi­nto ezi­za­yo.

23 Tsho­ni­ni izi­nto ezi­za­ku­zao nga­se­mu­vap, uku­ze sa­zi uku­thi li­ngo­nku­lu­nku­luq; ye­bo, ye­nza­ni oku­hle ku­mbe le­nze oku­bir, uku­ze si­ma­nga­les, si­kha­nge­le ka­nye­ka­nye.

24 Kha­nge­la­ni, li­ve­la ko­ku­nge­khot, lo­mse­be­nzi we­nu uve­la ema­ye­ni; uyi­si­ne­ngi­so oli­khe­tha­yo.

25 Ngi­mvu­si­leu o­ve­la enya­ka­thov, nja­lo uza­fi­ka, eve­la la­pho eli­phu­ma kho­na ila­ngaw uza­bi­za ibi­zo la­mix; nja­lo uza­kwe­hle­la phe­zu kwe­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla nje­ngo­da­ka, la­nje­ngo­mbu­mbi evo­xa ibu­mba.

26 Ngu­ba­ni owa­bi­ka­yo kwa­se­ku­qa­le­niy, uku­ze sa­zi? la­nga­pha­mbi­li uku­ze si­tsho uku­thi: U­lu­ngi­le? Ye­bo, ka­kho obi­ka­yo, ye­bo, ka­kho ozwa­ka­li­sa­yo, ye­bo, ka­kho owe­zwa­yo ama­zwi enu.

27 Owo­ku­qa­laz uza­ku­thi eZi­yo­nia: Kha­nge­la, uba­kha­nge­le; nja­lo ngi­za­ni­ka iJe­ru­sa­le­ma ole­tha izi­nda­ba ezi­nhleb.

28 Ngo­ba nga­kha­nge­lac, nja­lo kwa­ku­nge­la­mu­ntu, la­pha­ka­thi kwa­bo ku­nge­kho ume­lu­le­ki, uku­thi, la­pho ngi­ba­bu­za, ba­phe­ndu­le ili­zwi.

29 Kha­nge­la, bo­nke ba­yi­zed; imi­se­be­nzi ya­bo ka­yi­si­lu­thoe; izi­tho­mbe za­bo ezi­bu­nji­we­yo zi­ngu­mo­ya lo­ku­sa­nga­ni­se­ka.

Ince­ku ye­Nko­si

42Kha­nge­laa ince­ku ya­mib, engi­yi­se­ke­la­yo, umkhe­thwa wa­mic, otho­ko­za nga­ye umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mid; ngi­be­ki­le uMo­ya wa­mi phe­zu kwa­khee; uza­ve­ze­la izi­zwe isa­hlu­le­lo.

2 Ka­yi­ku­me­me­za, ka­yi­ku­pha­ka­mi­sa ili­zwi, ka­yi­kwe­nza ili­zwi la­khe li­zwa­ka­le esi­ta­la­de­ni.

3 Umhla­nga ofe­ce­ki­le­yo ka­yi­ku­we­phu­la, le­nta­mbo ye­si­ba­ne ethu­nqa­yo ka­yi­ku­yi­ci­tsha; uza­ve­za isa­hlu­le­lo nge­qi­ni­so.

4 Ka­yi­ku­di­nwa, ka­yi­kwe­phu­lwa, aze ami­se isa­hlu­le­lo emhla­be­ni; le­zi­hle­ngef zi­za­li­nde­la umla­yo wa­khe.

5 Utsho nja­lo uNku­lu­nku­lu iNko­si, owa­da­la ama­zu­lu, wa­we­lu­lagh, owe­ndla­la umhla­baij la­lo­kho oku­phu­ma ku­wok, oni­ka aba­ntu aba­ku­wo uku­phe­fu­mu­lalm, lo­mo­yan ku­la­bo aba­ha­mba ku­wo.

6 Mi­na Nko­si ngi­ku­bi­zi­le ngo­ku­lu­nga, ngi­za­ba­mba isa­ndla sa­khoo, ngi­ku­lo­ndo­lo­ze, ngi­ku­ni­ke ube yi­si­vu­me­lwa­no sa­ba­ntup, ube yi­ku­kha­nya kwa­be­zi­zweq.

7 Uku­thi uvu­le ame­hlo ezi­pho­fur, uku­thi ukhu­phe izi­bo­tshwa ento­lo­ngwe­nis, la­ba­hle­zi emnya­me­nit endli­ni ye­zi­bo­tshwa.

8 Ngi­yi­Nko­si, le­lo li­bi­zo la­mi; lo­du­mo lwa­miu ka­ngi­yi­ku­lu­ni­ka omu­nyev, ku­mbe indu­mi­so ya­mi ezi­tho­mbe­ni ezi­ba­zi­we­yo.

9 Kha­nge­la, izi­nto za­ma­ndu­lo se­zi­fi­ki­lew; se­ngi­me­me­ze­la izi­nto ezi­ntshax; zi­nga­ka­hlu­mi ngi­li­tshe­la nga­zo.

Ingo­ma entsha yo­ku­du­mi­sa iNko­si

10 Hla­be­le­la­niy iNko­si ingo­ma entsha, indu­mi­so za­yo ku­su­ke­la emkha­wu­lwe­ni wo­mhla­ba; li­na ele­hle­la elwa­ndlez, lo­ku­gcwa­la kwa­lo, zi­hle­ngea, la­ba­hla­li ba­zo.

11 Ka­ku­thi inka­nga­lab le­mi­zi ya­yo ku­pha­ka­mi­se ili­zwic, le­mi­zi uKe­da­rid ahla­la ku­yo; ka­ku­thi aba­hla­li be­dwa­la ba­hla­be­le­le, ba­me­me­ze be­se­ngqo­nge­ni ye­zi­nta­ba.

12 Ka­ba­yi­ni­ke udu­moe iNko­si, ba­me­me­ze­le indu­mi­sof ya­yo ezi­hle­nge­nig.

13 INko­si iza­phu­ma nje­nge­qha­weh, ivu­se­le­le uku­tshi­se­ka nje­nge­ndo­da ye­mpii; iza­me­me­za, ye­bo ikla­ba­la­lej, izi­nqo­be izi­tha za­yo.

14 Kwa­se­ndu­lo ngi­thu­le, nga­thi zwi, nga­zi­ba­mbak; ngi­za­kha­la nje­ngo­we­si­fa­za­na obe­le­tha­yol; ngi­phe­fu­ze­le, ngi­khe­fu­ze­le ka­nye­ka­nye.

15 Ngi­za­bhi­dli­za izi­nta­ba la­ma­qa­qa, ngo­mi­se ko­nke oku­lu­hla­za kwa­zo, nge­nze imi­fu­la ibe yi­zi­hle­ngem, ngo­mi­se ama­chi­bi.

16 Nja­lo ngi­za­kwe­nza izi­pho­fu zi­ha­mbe nge­ndle­la e­zi­ngaya­zi­yo, ngi­zi­kho­khe­le­le emi­kho­ndwe­ni e­zi­ngaya­zi­yo; ngi­za­kwe­nza umnya­ma ube yi­ku­kha­nya pha­mbi kwa­zo, le­zi­nto ezi­go­bi­le­yo zi­qo­nde; le­zi­zi­nto ngi­za­ze­nza ku­zo, ngi­nga­zi­ye­ke­li.

UI­sra­ye­li wa­hlu­phe­ka nge­nxa yo­ku­nga­la­le­li umla­yo we­Nko­si