UGWA­LO LO­MPRO­FE­THI

UHE­ZE­KE­LI

Umpro­fe­thi ubo­na isi­hla­lo so­bu­kho­si si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu

1Kwa­se­ku­si­thi-ke ngo­mnya­ka wa­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu, ngenya­nga ye­si­ne, ngo­lwe­si­hla­nu lwe­nya­ngaa, la­pho nga­ngi­pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­thu­nji­we­yo nga­se­mfu­le­ni iKe­ba­rib, avu­le­ka ama­zu­luc, nga­se­ngi­bo­na imi­bo­no ka­Nku­lu­nku­lud.

2 Ngo­lwe­si­hla­nu lwe­nya­nga, oku­ngu­mnya­ka we­si­hla­nue wo­ku­thu­njwa kwe­nko­si uJe­ho­ya­khi­nif,

3 ili­zwi le­Nko­si le­za li­qo­nde ku­He­ze­ke­li, indo­da­na ka­Bu­zi, umpri­stigh, eli­zwe­ni la­ma­Kha­la­di­ya nga­se­mfu­le­ni iKe­ba­rii; le­sa­ndla se­Nko­si sa­ba phe­zu kwa­khe la­phoj.

4 Nga­se­ngi­bo­na, kha­nge­la-ke, umo­ya we­si­vu­ngu­za­nek wa­ve­la enya­ka­tho, iye­zi eli­khu­lu, lo­mli­lo ozi­mu­me­the­yol, lo­ku­cwa­zi­mu­la inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke za­lom, la­pha­ka­thi kwa­lo kwa­ve­la kwa­nga­thi li­ba­la le­thu­si, li­ve­la pha­ka­thi ko­mli­lonop.

5 La­pha­ka­thi kwa­lo kwa­ve­la umfa­ne­ki­so we­zi­da­lwa ezi­ne ezi­phi­la­yoq. La­lo­khu kwa­ku­yi­si­mo sa­zor: Za­zi­lo­mfa­ne­ki­so wo­mu­ntus.

6 Nja­lo yi­le­so la­le­so sa­si­lo­bu­so obu­ne, nja­lo yi­le­so la­le­so sa­zo sa­si­le­mpi­ko ezi­net.

7 Le­nya­wo za­zo za­zi­zi­nya­wo ezi­qo­ndi­le­yo, le­nga­pha­nsi ye­zi­nya­wo za­zo ya­yi­nje­nge­nga­pha­nsi yo­nya­wo lwe­tho­le, za­cwa­zi­mu­la nje­ngo­mba­la we­thu­si eli­lo­lo­ngi­we­youv.

8 Nja­lo kwa­ku­le­za­ndla zo­mu­ntu nga­pha­nsi kwe­mpi­ko za­zow enhla­ngo­thi­ni za­zo zo­zi­nex. Nja­lo zo­zi­ne za­zi­lo­bu­so ba­zo le­mpi­ko za­zoy.

9 Impi­ko za­zoz za­zi­hla­nge­ne olu­nye ko­lu­nyea; azi­phe­ndu­ka­nga eku­ha­mbe­ni kwa­zob; za­ha­mba, yi­le­so la­le­so si­qo­nde pha­mbi­lic.

10 Nja­lo umfa­ne­ki­so wo­bu­so ba­zo wa­wu­yi­bu­so bo­mu­ntu, nja­lo zo­zi­ne za­zi­lo­bu­so be­si­lwa­ne nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne; nja­lo zo­zi­ne za­zi­lo­bu­so be­nka­bi nga­kwe­so­kho­hlo; fu­thi zo­zi­ne za­zi­lo­bu­so be­li­nqed.

11 Ba­bu­nja­lo ubu­so ba­zo; le­mpi­ko za­zo za­ze­hlu­ke­ne nga­phe­zu­lu; yi­le­so la­le­so sa­si­le­zi­mbi­li zi­hla­nga­ni­si­we ko­lu­nyee, le­zi­mbi­li zi­gu­bu­ze­le imi­zi­mba ya­zof.

12 Za­ha­mba yi­le­so la­le­so si­qo­nde pha­mbi­lig; za­ya la­pho umo­ya owa­ya kho­nah, zi­nga­phe­ndu­ki eku­ha­mbe­ni kwa­zoi.

13 Ma­ye­la­na lo­mfa­ne­ki­so we­zi­da­lwa ezi­phi­la­yo, uku­bo­na­ka­la kwa­zo kwa­ku­nje­nga­ma­la­hle omli­lo avu­tha­yoj, nje­ngo­ku­bo­na­ka­la kwe­zi­ba­ne; kwa­ha­mba ku­si­ya le la­le pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­da­lwa ezi­phi­la­yo; nja­lo umli­lo wa­wu­lo­ku­kha­zi­mu­la, nja­lo emli­lwe­ni kwa­ku­phu­ma umba­nek.

14 Le­zi­da­lwa ezi­phi­la­yo za­gi­ji­mal za­phe­ndu­ka nje­ngo­ku­bo­na­ka­la ko­ku­pha­zi­ma ko­mba­nem.

15 Nga­thi ngi­kha­nge­la izi­da­lwa ezi­phi­la­yo, kha­nge­la-ke, ivi­li eli­lo­dwa la­li­se­mhla­be­ni ece­le­ni kwe­zi­da­lwa ezi­phi­la­yo, ebu­swe­ni ba­so obu­nen.

16 Uku­bo­na­ka­la kwa­ma­vi­li lo­mse­be­nzi wa­woo kwa­ku­fa­na­na lo­mba­lap we­bhe­ru­le*q; nja­lo zo­zi­ne za­zi­le­si­mo si­nyer; lo­ku­bo­na­ka­la kwa­zo lo­mse­be­nzi wa­zo kwa­ku­nje­ngo­ku­thi li­vi­li pha­ka­thi kwe­vi­lis.

17 Eku­ha­mbe­ni kwa­wot aha­mba nge­zi­nhla­ngo­thi za­wo zo­zi­neu; ka­wa­phe­ndu­ka­nga eku­ha­mbe­ni kwa­wov.

18 Ma­ye­la­na la­ma­ri­mu awo, aye­pha­ke­me ka­nga­ngo­ku­thi aye­se­sa­be­ka; nja­lo ama­ri­mu awo aye­gcwe­lew ame­hlo inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke za­wo zo­zi­nex.

19 Eku­ha­mbe­ni kwe­zi­da­lwa ezi­phi­la­yo ama­vi­li aha­mba ece­le­ni kwa­zoy; le­ku­pha­ka­nyi­swe­ni kwe­zi­da­lwa ezi­phi­la­yo emhla­be­ni la­ma­vi­li apha­ka­nyi­swaz.

20 La­pho umo­ya owa­wu­si­ya kho­na za­ya kho­na, ku­la­pho umo­ya owa­wu­za­ku­ya kho­naa; la­ma­vi­li apha­ka­nyi­swa eqo­nde­ne la­wob; ngo­ba umo­ya we­zi­da­lwa ezi­phi­la­yo wa­wu­se­ma­vi­li­nic.

21 La­pho le­zi zi­ha­mba, la­wo aha­mbad; la­la­pho le­zi zi­si­ma, la­wo emae; la­la­pho le­zi zi­pha­ka­nyi­swa emhla­be­nif, ama­vi­li apha­ka­nyi­swa eqo­nde­ne la­zog; ngo­ba umo­ya we­zi­da­lwa ezi­phi­la­yo wa­wu­se­ma­vi­li­nih.

22 Nja­lo isi­mo so­mkha­thi nga­phe­zu kwa­ma­kha­nda ezi­da­lwa ezi­phi­la­yoi sa­si­nje­ngo­mba­la we­kri­sta­li* ele­sa­be­ka­yoj, se­lu­li­we phe­zu kwa­ma­kha­nda azo nga­phe­zu­lu.

23 La­nga­pha­nsi ko­mkha­thi impi­ko za­zo za­zi­qo­ndi­lek, olu­nye lu­si­ya ko­lu­nye; yi­le­so la­le­so si­le­zi­mbi­li eze­mbe­se imi­zi­mba ya­zo nga­pha, nja­lo yi­le­so la­le­so si­le­zi­mbi­li eze­mbe­se nga­pha­ya­nal.

24 Le­ku­ha­mbe­ni kwa­zo nge­zwa umsi­ndo we­mpi­ko za­zom u­nje­ngo­msi­ndo wa­ma­nzi ama­ne­ngin, nje­nge­li­zwiop li­ka­So­ma­ndlaq, umsi­ndo wo­ku­hlo­ko­mar, nje­ngo­msi­ndo we­nka­mba; la­pho zi­si­ma ze­hli­sa impi­ko za­zos.

25 Kwa­se­ku­si­ba le­li­zwi ela­ve­la phe­zu ko­mkha­thi onga­phe­zu kwe­kha­nda la­zo la­pho se­zi­mi se­ze­hli­se impi­ko za­zot.

26 La­nga­phe­zu ko­mkha­thi owa­wu­phe­zu kwe­kha­nda la­zou kwa­ku­nje­nge­si­mov se­li­tshe le­sa­fi­re*w, umfa­ne­ki­so we­si­hla­lo so­bu­kho­six; la­nga­phe­zu ko­mfa­ne­ki­so we­si­hla­lo so­bu­kho­siy kwa­ku­lo­mfa­ne­ki­so onje­ngo­ku­bo­na­ka­la ko­mu­ntu phe­zu kwa­kho nga­phe­zu­luz.

27 Nga­se­ngi­bo­na nje­ngo­mba­la we­thu­si, nje­ngo­ku­bo­na­ka­la ko­mli­lo pha­ka­thi kwa­kho inhla­ngo­thi zo­nkea, ku­su­ke­la eku­bo­na­ka­le­ni ko­kha­lo lwa­khe la­nga­phe­zu­lu, nja­lo ku­su­ke­la eku­bo­na­ka­le­ni ko­kha­lo lwa­khe la­nga­pha­nsi, nga­bo­na ku­nje­ngo­ku­bo­na­ka­la ko­mli­lob, lo­ku­kha­zi­mu­la inhla­ngo­thi za­khe zo­nkec.

28 Nje­ngo­ku­bo­na­ka­la ko­mchi­lo wa­ma­kho­si­ka­zid ose­ma­ye­zi­ni ngo­su­ku lwe­zu­lue, kwa­ku­nja­lo uku­bo­na­ka­la ko­ku­kha­zi­mu­la inhla­ngo­thi zo­nkef. Lo­khu kwa­ku­yi­ku­bo­na­ka­la kwe­si­mo se­nka­zi­mu­lo ye­Nko­sig. Nga­thi ngi­ku­bo­nah, nga­thi mbo ngo­bu­so, nga­se­ngi­si­zwa ili­zwi lo­wa­khu­lu­ma­yoi.

Ubi­zo lu­ka­He­ze­ke­li

2Wa­se­si­thi ki­mi: Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntua, ma­na nge­nya­wo za­kho, ngi­khu­lu­me la­web.

2 Kwa­se­ku­nge­na ki­mi uMo­ya la­pho ekhu­lu­ma ki­mic, wa­ngi­mi­sa nge­nya­wo za­mi; nga­se­ngi­mu­zwa okhu­lu­ma ki­mide.

3 Wa­se­si­thi ki­mi: Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, ngi­ya­ku­thu­ma eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­koI­sra­ye­li, ezi­zwe­ni ezi­vu­ke­la­yo, aba­ngi­vu­ke­le­yo; bo­na la­bo­yi­se ba­pha­mbu­ki­le ki­mi, ku­ze ku­be yi­lo­lu­su­ku ka­nyef.

4 Ngo­ba ba­nga­ba­ntwa­na aba­lu­khu­ni ngo­bu­so la­ba­lu­khu­ni nge­nhli­zi­yo; ngi­ku­thu­ma ku­bo, nja­lo uza­ku­thi ku­bo: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­vag.

5 Bo­na-ke, lo­ba be­za­ku­zwa, ku­mbe lo­ba be­ye­ke­lah (ngo­ba be­yi­ndlu evu­ke­la­yoij), ba­za­kwa­zi uku­thi ube­kho­na umpro­fe­thi pha­ka­thi kwa­bok.

6 We­na-ke, ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntul, unga­be­sa­bi, unga­we­sa­bi la­ma­zwi abom, la­nxa ame­va lo­khu­la olu­hla­ba­yo ku­ku­wen, nja­lo uhle­zi pha­ka­thi kwa­bo­fe­ze­lao; unga­we­sa­bi ama­zwi abo, unga­tsha­ywa lu­va­lo ngo­bu­so ba­bop, ngo­ba be­yi­ndlu evu­ke­la­yoq.

7 Ko­dwa uza­khu­lu­ma ama­zwi ami ki­bor, lo­ba be­za­ku­zwa ku­mbe ba­ye­ke­le; ngo­ba be­vu­ke­las.

8 Ko­dwa we­na, ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, zwa­na engi­ku­tsho­yo ku­we; unga­bi ngo­vu­ke­la­yo nje­nga­le­ya­na indlu evu­ke­la­yot; vu­la umlo­mo wa­kho, udle engi­ku­ni­ka kho­nau.

9 Nga­se­ngi­bo­na, kha­nge­la-ke, isa­ndla si­thu­nye­lwe ki­miv; kha­nge­la-ke umqu­lu wo­gwa­lo wa­wu­ku­sow.

10 Wa­se­we­ndla­la pha­mbi kwa­mi, nja­lo wa­wu­bha­li­we pha­mbi­li la­nge­mu­vax; nja­lo kwa­ku­bha­lwe pha­ka­thi kwa­wo izi­li­loy, lo­ku­kha­la, lo­si­ziz.

3Ya­si­si­thi ki­mi: Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, dla­na lo­kho oza­ku­tho­la; dla­na lu­mqu­lu, uha­mbe uye­khu­lu­ma ku­yo indlu kaI­sra­ye­lia.

2 Nga­se­ngi­vu­la umlo­mo wa­mi, ya­si­ngi­dli­sa lo­wo­mqu­lu.

3 Ya­si­si­thi ki­mi: Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, ye­nza isi­su sa­kho si­dle, ugcwa­li­se ama­thu­mbu akho nga­lu­mqu­lu engi­ku­ni­ka wo­na. Nga­se­ngi­si­dlabc; nja­lo wa­ba emlo­nye­ni wa­mi nje­ngo­lu­ju nge­nxa yo­bu­mna­ndid.

4 Ya­si­si­thi ki­mi: Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, ha­mba uye endli­ni ya­koI­sra­ye­li, ukhu­lu­me nga­ma­zwi ami ki­bo.

5 Ngo­ba ka­wu­thu­nywa­nga eba­ntwi­ni aba­le­nku­lu­mo eju­li­le­yo lo­li­mi olu­nzi­ma, ko­dwa endli­ni ya­koI­sra­ye­li.

6 Ha­tshi eba­ntwi­ni aba­ne­ngi aba­le­nku­lu­mo eju­li­le­yo lo­li­mi olu­nzi­ma, aba­ma­zwi abo onge­ke uwe­zwe. Isi­bi­li, uba be­ngi­ku­thu­me ku­bo, bo­na be­be­za­ku­ku­zwae.

7 Ko­dwa indlu kaI­sra­ye­li ka­yi­yi­ku­vu­ma uku­ku­la­le­la, ngo­ba ka­ba­vu­mi uku­ngi­la­le­laf; ngo­ba yo­nke indlu ya­koI­sra­ye­li ilo­bu­so obu­qi­ni­le­yo, nja­lo ba­lu­khu­ni nge­nhli­zi­yog.

8 Kha­nge­la, nge­nze ubu­so ba­kho ba­qi­na bu­me­le­ne lo­bu­so ba­boh, le­bu­nzi la­kho li­qi­ne li­me­le­ne le­bu­nzi la­boi.

9 Nge­nze ibu­nzi la­kho li­be nje­nge­nda­yi­ma­na elu­khu­ni ku­le­nse­nge­tshejkl. Unga­be­sa­bim, unga­tsha­ywa lu­va­lo yi­bu­so ba­bo, la­nxa be­yi­ndlu evu­ke­la­yon.

10 Fu­thi ya­thi ki­mi: Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, wo­nke ama­zwi ami engi­za­wa­khu­lu­ma ku­weo, emu­ke­le enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­kho, uzwe nge­ndle­be za­khop.

11 Ha­mba-ke, uye kwa­ba­thu­nji­we­yoq, eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­ba­ntu ba­kho, ukhu­lu­me ki­bor, uthi ku­bo: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va; lo­ba be­za­ku­zwa lo­ba be­za­ye­ke­las.

12 UMo­ya wa­se­ngi­pha­ka­mi­sat; nga­se­ngi­si­zwa emva kwa­mi ili­zwi lo­mdu­mo omkhu­luu, li­si­thi: Ka­yi­du­nyi­swe inka­zi­mu­lo ye­Nko­siv ive­la enda­we­ni ya­yow.

13 Nge­zwa fu­thi umsi­ndo we­mpi­ko ze­zi­da­lwa ezi­phi­la­yo, eza­zi­thi­nta­nax, lo­msi­ndo wa­ma­vi­li ma­qo­nda­na la­zoy, lo­msi­ndo wo­mdu­mo omkhu­luz.

14 UMo­ya wa­se­ngi­pha­ka­mi­sa, wa­ngi­su­sa; nga­se­ngi­ha­mba ngo­ku­ba­ba eku­vu­the­ni ko­mo­ya wa­mia; ko­dwa isa­ndla se­Nko­si sa­si­la­ma­ndla phe­zu kwa­mib.

15 Nga­se­ngi­fi­ka kwa­ba­thu­nji­we­yo eTe­la­bi­bic, aba­be­hla­la nga­se­mfu­le­ni iKe­ba­rid; nga­hla­la la­pho aba­be­hla­la kho­nae, nga­hla­la kho­na insu­ku ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­saf ngi­thi­thi­be­le pha­ka­thi kwa­bog.

Umpro­fe­thi ngu­mli­ndi koI­sra­ye­li

16 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi eku­ci­ne­nih kwe­nsu­ku ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa, ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­fi­ka ki­mi, li­si­thii:

17 Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntuj, ngi­kwe­nzi­lek wa­ba ngu­mli­ndi ku­yo indlu kaI­sra­ye­lilm. Nga­kho zwa­na ili­zwi eli­ve­la emlo­nye­ni wa­mi, uba­xwa­yi­se ku­ve­la ki­min.

18 La­pho ngi­si­thi ko­kho­hla­ke­le­yoo: Uza­ku­fa lo­ku­fap; we­na-ke unga­mxwa­yi­siq, lo­ba unga­khu­lu­mi uku­mxwa­yi­sa okho­hla­ke­le­yo uku­thi asu­ke endle­le­ni ya­khe ekho­hla­ke­le­yo, uku­ze agci­ne impi­lo ya­kher, lo­wo okho­hla­ke­le­yos uza­fe­la ebu­bi­ni ba­khet; ko­dwa iga­zi la­khe ngi­za­li­bi­za esa­ndle­ni sa­khou.

19 Ko­dwav uba we­na umxwa­yi­sa okho­hla­ke­le­yo, anga­phe­ndu­ki eku­kho­hla­ka­le­ni kwa­khe le­ndle­le­ni ya­khe ekho­hla­ke­le­yow, ye­na uza­fe­la ebu­bi­ni ba­khex; ko­dwa we­nayz ukhu­lu­le umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khoa.

20 Fu­thi, uba olu­ngi­le­yo ephe­ndu­ka eku­lu­nge­ni kwa­khe, enze isi­pha­mbe­kob, nja­lo ngi­be­ke isi­khu­be­ki­so pha­mbi kwa­khe, ye­na uza­ku­fac; ngo­ba we­na unga­mxwa­yi­sa­nga, uza­fe­la eso­nwe­ni sa­khed, lo­ku­lu­nga kwa­khe akwe­nzi­le­yo ku­nga­khu­nju­lwae; ko­dwa iga­zi la­khe ngi­za­li­bi­za esa­ndle­ni sa­khof.

21 Ko­dwa uba we­na umxwa­yi­sa olu­ngi­le­yo, uku­ze olu­ngi­le­yo ango­ni, ye­na-ke anga­ze ona, isi­bi­li ye­na uza­phi­lag, ngo­ba exwa­yi­si­weh; fu­thi we­na uwu­khu­lu­le umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khoi.

Umpro­fe­thi uba yi­si­mu­ngu­lu

22 Isa­ndla se­Nko­si sa­se­si­phe­zu kwa­mi la­phoj, ya­si­si­thi ki­mi: Su­ku­ma, uphu­me uye egce­ke­nik, la­la­pho ngi­za­khu­lu­ma la­wel.

23 Nga­se­ngi­su­ku­ma nga­phu­ma nga­ya egce­ke­nim; kha­nge­la-ke, inka­zi­mu­lo ye­Nko­si ya­yi­mi kho­nan, nje­nge­nka­zi­mu­lo enga­ngi­yi­bo­ne nga­se­mfu­le­ni iKe­ba­rio; nga­se­ngi­si­thi mbo ngo­bu­so ba­mip.

24 UMo­ya wa­se­nge­na ki­miq, wa­ngi­mi­sa nge­nya­wo za­mi, wa­khu­lu­ma ki­mi wa­thi ki­mi: Ha­mba uye­zi­va­le­la pha­ka­thi kwe­ndlu ya­khor.

25 We­na-ke, ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, kha­nge­la, ba­za­fa­ka izi­bo­pho phe­zu kwa­kho, ba­ku­bo­phe nga­zo, uku­ze unga­phu­mi pha­ka­thi kwa­bos.

26 Nja­lo ngi­za­kwe­nza uli­mi lwa­kho lu­na­ma­the­le olwa­nge­ni lwa­khot, uku­ze ube yi­si­mu­ngu­lu, nja­lo unga­bi ngu­mu­ntu okhu­za­yo ki­bou; ngo­ba ba­yi­ndlu evu­ke­la­yov.

27 Ko­dwa la­pho ngi­khu­lu­ma la­we, ngi­za­vu­la umlo­mo wa­kho, ubu­su­si­thi ki­bow: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­vax: Ozwa­yo ke­zwe, lo­ye­ke­la­yo ka­ye­ke­ley; ngo­ba ba­yi­ndlu evu­ke­la­yoz.

Umfa­ne­ki­so wo­ku­vi­nje­ze­lwa kwe­Je­ru­sa­le­ma

4We­na-ke, ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, zi­tha­the­le isi­ti­na, usi­be­ke pha­mbi kwa­khoa, ubha­le ngo­ku­gu­bha ki­so umu­zi, iJe­ru­sa­le­mab;

2 we­nze uku­vi­nje­ze­lwa ume­le­ne la­woc, wa­khe inqa­ba ume­le­ne la­wode, ubu­the­le­le idu­ndu­lu ume­le­ne la­wo, we­nze izi­nka­mba ume­le­ne la­wofg, umi­se izi­nqa­ma zo­ku­di­li­za inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke zi­me­le­ne la­woh.

3 Fu­thi we­na uzi­tha­the­le umga­nu we­nsi­mbi, uwu­mi­se ube ngu­mdu­li we­nsi­mbi pha­ka­thi kwa­kho lo­mu­zi; umi­se ubu­so ba­kho bu­me­le­ne la­woi, nja­lo ube se­ku­vi­nje­ze­lwe­nij, fu­thi uza­wu­vi­mbe­ze­lak. Lo­khu ku­za­ku­ba yi­si­bo­na­ka­li­so ku­ndlu kaI­sra­ye­lil.

4 Fu­thi we­na la­la ngo­mhlu­bu­lo wa­kho wa­nga­se­kho­hlo, ube­ke isi­pha­mbe­ko se­ndlu kaI­sra­ye­li phe­zu kwa­yom; nje­ngo­kwe­na­ni le­zi­nsu­ku oza­la­la phe­zu kwa­wo uza­thwa­la isi­pha­mbe­ko sa­bon.

5 Ngo­ba mi­na ngi­ku­mi­se­le imi­nya­ka ye­si­pha­mbe­ko sa­bo, nje­ngo­kwe­na­ni le­zi­nsu­ku, izi­nsu­ku ezi­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­tha­thu la­yi­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nyeo; ngo­ku­nja­lop uza­thwa­la isi­pha­mbe­ko se­ndlu kaI­sra­ye­liq.

6 La­pho usu­zi­phe­le­li­si­le le­zo, la­la okwe­si­bi­li ngo­mhlu­bu­lo wa­kho wa­nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ner, uthwa­le isi­pha­mbe­ko se­ndlu ka­Ju­da insu­ku ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­nes; ngi­ku­ni­ke usu­ku lu­be ngu­mnya­ka, usu­ku lu­be ngu­mnya­kat.

7 Nga­kho uza­mi­sa ubu­so ba­khou eku­vi­nje­ze­lwe­ni kwe­Je­ru­sa­le­mav, le­nga­lo ya­kho iza­kwe­mbu­lwa, upro­fe­the ume­le­ne la­yow.

8 Kha­nge­la-ke, ngi­za­be­ka izi­bo­pho phe­zu kwa­kho, uku­ze unga­phe­ndu­ki usu­ka komu­nye umhlu­bu­lo usi­ya komu­nye umhlu­bu­lox, uze uqe­dey izi­nsu­ku zo­ku­vi­mbe­ze­la kwa­khoz.

9 Fu­thi we­na zi­tha­the­le ingqo­lo­yi le­bha­li* le­ndu­mba la­ma­le­nti­liab le­nya­wu­thi le­spe­li­te*c, uku­be­ke esi­tshe­ni esi­so­dwa, uze­nze­le ku­be yi­si­nkwa; nje­ngo­kwe­na­ni le­zi­nsu­ku ola­la nga­zo ngo­mhlu­bu­lo wa­khod, izi­nsu­ku ezi­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­tha­thu le­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye uza­ku­dla so­nae.

10 Lo­ku­dla kwa­kho oza­ku­dlafg ku­za­ku­ba nge­si­li­nga­ni­soh, ama­she­ke­li* anga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li nge­la­ngai; uku­dle isi­kha­thi nge­si­kha­thi.

11 La­ma­nzi uza­wa­na­thaj nge­si­li­nga­ni­sokl, ingxe­nye ye­si­thu­pha ye­hi­ni*, uwa­na­the isi­kha­thi nge­si­kha­thim.

12 Nja­lo uza­ku­dla iqe­be­le­ngwa­na le­bha­li*, uli­phe­ke eme­hlwe­ni abon nga­ma­lo­ngwe aphu­ma emu­ntwi­ni.

13 INko­si ya­si­si­thi: Ngo­ku­nja­lo aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­za­ku­dla isi­nkwa sa­bo esi­ngco­li­le­yo pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwe engi­za­ba­xo­tshe­la ku­zoo.

14 Nga­se­ngi­si­thi: Ha­wu Nko­si Je­ho­va! kha­nge­la, umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi ka­wu­za­nga ungco­li­swep; ngo­ba kwa­se­bu­tshe­ni ba­mi ku­ze ku­be la­kha­the­si ka­ngi­za­nga ngi­dleq oku­zi­fe­le­yors ku­mbe oku­da­tshu­li­we­yo, nja­lotu ka­ku­la­nya­ma ene­nge­ka­yo ese­ya­ke ya­nge­na emlo­nye­ni wa­miv.

15 Ya­si­si­thi ki­mi: Bo­na, ngi­ku­ni­ke ama­lo­ngwe enko­mo esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­ma­lo­ngwe omu­ntuw, nja­lo uza­lu­ngi­sa isi­nkwa sa­kho nga­wo.

16 Ya­thi fu­thi ki­mi: Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, kha­nge­la, ngi­za­kwe­phu­la udo­ndo­lo lwe­si­nkwa eJe­ru­sa­le­max; nja­lo ba­za­ku­dla isi­nkwa nge­si­si­ndoy la­ngo­ku­nqi­ne­kaz, ba­na­the ama­nzi nge­si­li­nga­ni­soa la­ngo­va­lob;

17 uku­ze ba­swe­le isi­nkwa la­ma­nzi, be­thu­ke omu­nye lo­mu­nye, ba­ci­ki­ze­ke ngo­bu­bi ba­boc.

5We­na-ke, ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, zi­tha­the­lea ingqa­mu ebu­kha­lib, zi­tha­the­le impu­co ya­ba­ge­lic, uyi­ha­mbi­se phe­zu kwe­kha­nda la­kho la­phe­zu kwe­si­le­vu sa­khod; ubu­su­zi­tha­the­la isi­ka­li so­ku­li­nga­ni­sa, we­hlu­ka­ni­se inwe­le.

2 Ingxe­nye ye­si­tha­thu uza­yi­tshi­sa ngo­mli­loe pha­ka­thi ko­mu­zif se­zi­gcwa­li­se­ki­le insu­ku zo­ku­vi­mbe­ze­lag; utha­the ingxe­nye ye­si­tha­thu utsha­ye inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke za­yo nge­nke­mba; le­ngxe­nye ye­si­tha­thu uyi­hla­ka­ze emo­ye­nih; nja­lo ngi­za­hwa­tsha inke­mba emva kwa­boi.

3 Nja­lo uza­tha­tha ezi­nlu­tshwa­na nge­na­ni ku­zo, uzi­go­qe­le ema­phe­the­lwe­ni eze­mba­tho za­khoj.

4 Ubu­su­tha­tha ku­zo fu­thi, uzi­pho­se­le pha­ka­thi ko­mli­lo, uzi­tshi­se emli­lwe­ni; ku­za­phu­ma ku­wo umli­lo uye ku­yo yo­nke indlu kaI­sra­ye­lik.

5 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Le yi­Je­ru­sa­le­mal; ngi­yi­mi­si­le pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwe la­ma­zwe inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke za­yom.

6 Ko­dwa iphe­ndu­le iza­hlu­le­lo za­mi za­ba yi­bu­bi okwe­dlu­la izi­zwen, le­zi­mi­so za­mi okwe­dlu­la ama­zwe ayi­ha­nqi­le­yoo; ngo­ba ba­za­li­le iza­hlu­le­lo za­mi, le­zi­mi­so za­mi ka­ba­ha­mba­nga ku­zop.

7 Nga­kho itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Ngo­ba le­yi­si­le okwe­dlu­la izi­zweq ezi­li­ha­nqi­le­yor, li­nga­ha­mba­nga ezi­mi­swe­ni za­mis, li­nga­ze­nza­nga iza­hlu­le­lo za­mi, li­nge­nza­nga nje­ngo­kwe­za­hlu­le­lo ze­zi­zwet ezi­li­ha­nqi­le­you;

8 nga­kho itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Kha­nge­la, ngi­me­le­ne la­we, ngi­tsho mi­na, nja­lo ngi­za­kwe­nza iza­hlu­le­lo pha­ka­thi kwa­kho, eme­hlwe­ni ezi­zwev.

9 Nge­nze pha­ka­thi kwa­kho engi­nga­za­nge ngi­kwe­nze, le­ngi­nga­sa­yi­ku­kwe­nza oku­nje­nga­kho, nge­nxa ya­ma­nya­la akho wo­nkew.

10 Nga­kho oyi­se ba­za­ku­dla ama­do­da­na pha­ka­thi kwa­khox, la­ma­do­da­na aza­ku­dla oyi­sey. Nja­lo ngi­za­kwe­nza iza­hlu­le­lo pha­ka­thi kwa­kho, le­nsa­li ya­kho yo­nke ngi­za­yi­hla­ka­za ku­wo wo­nke umo­yaz.

11 Nga­kho, ku­phi­la kwa­mi, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­vaa, isi­bi­li, ngo­ba ungco­li­si­le inda­wo ya­mib engcwe­le nga­zo zo­nke izi­ne­ngi­so za­khoc la­nga­ma­nya­la akho wo­nked, nga­kho la­mi ngi­zaku­nci­phi­sae, fu­thif ili­hlo la­mi ka­li­yi­ku­ha­wu­ke­lag, fu­thi la­mi ka­ngi­yi­ku­ye­ke­lah.

12 Ingxe­nye ye­si­tha­thu ya­khoi iza­ku­fa ngo­ma­tsha­ya­bhu­qe we­si­foj, la­nge­ndla­la ba­za­qe­dwa pha­ka­thi kwa­khok; le­ngxe­nye ye­si­tha­thu iza­ku­wa nge­nke­mba enhla­ngo­thi­ni zo­nke za­khol; le­ngxe­nye ye­si­tha­thu ngi­za­yi­hla­ka­za ku­wo wo­nke umo­yam, ngi­hwa­tshe inke­mba emva kwa­bon.

13 Ngo­ku­nja­loo uku­thu­ku­the­la kwa­mi ku­za­phe­le­li­swap, nge­nzeq uku­fu­the­ka kwa­mi ku­phu­mu­le phe­zu kwa­bor, ngi­du­du­ze­kes; nja­lo ba­za­kwa­zi uku­thi mi­na iNko­si ngi­khu­lu­mi­let eku­tshi­se­ke­ni kwa­miuv, la­pho se­ngi­phe­le­li­se uku­fu­the­ka kwa­mi ki­bow.

14 Fu­thi ngi­za­kwe­nza ube lu­nxi­wax ube li­hla­zoy pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwe ezi­ku­ha­nqi­le­yoz, eme­hlwe­ni akhe wo­nke owe­dlu­la­yoa.

15 Nga­kho ku­za­ku­ba li­hla­zob, le­nhle­ki­sacd, imfu­ndi­soe, le­se­sa­bi­so ezi­zwe­nifg ezi­ku­ha­nqi­le­yo nxa ngi­se­nza iza­hlu­le­lo pha­ka­thi kwa­khoh ngo­la­ka la­ngo­ku­fu­the­ka la­ngo­ku­khu­zai ko­ku­fu­the­kaj; mi­na Nko­si ngi­khu­lu­mi­le.

16 La­pho ngi­thu­me­la phe­zu kwa­bo imi­tsho­ko emi­bi ye­ndla­la, eza­ku­ba nge­yo­ku­bhu­bhi­sa, engi­za­yi­thu­me­la uku­li­bhu­bhi­sa, ngi­za­kwa­ndi­sa indla­la phe­zu kwe­nuk, nge­phu­le udo­ndo­lo lwe­si­nkwa ki­nil.

17 Ngo­ku­nja­lo ngi­za­thu­ma phe­zu kwe­nu indla­lam le­zi­lo ezi­mbino, ezi­za­kwe­mu­ka aba­ntwa­nap; lo­ma­tsha­ya­bhu­qe we­si­foqr le­ga­zi ku­da­bu­le pha­ka­thi kwa­khos; ngi­le­the inke­mba phe­zu kwa­khot. Mi­na Nko­si ngi­khu­lu­mi­le.

Ili­zwi le­Nko­si nge­zi­nta­ba za­koI­sra­ye­li la­nge­zi­tho­mbe

6Ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­se­li­fi­ka ki­mi li­si­thi:

2 Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, kha­nge­li­sa ubu­so ba­khoa nga­se­zi­nta­be­ni za­koI­sra­ye­lib, upro­fe­the ume­le­ne la­zo.

3 Uthi: Li­na zi­nta­ba za­koI­sra­ye­li, zwa­ni­ni ili­zwi le­Nko­si uJe­ho­vac. Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va ezi­nta­be­nid, le­ma­qa­qe­nie, ezi­fu­le­nifg, le­zi­ho­tshe­nihi: Kha­nge­la­ni, mi­na ngi­za­kwe­hli­se­la phe­zu kwe­nu inke­mba, ngi­chi­the inda­wo ze­nu ezi­pha­ke­me­yoj.

4 La­ma­la­thi enu aza­chi­thwa, la­ma­la­thi enu ela­nga apha­hla­zwek, la­ba­bu­le­we­yo be­nu ngi­ba­pho­se­le pha­nsi pha­mbi kwe­zi­tho­mbe ze­nulm.

5 Ngi­be­ke izi­du­mbu za­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li pha­mbi kwe­zi­tho­mbe za­bon, ngi­hla­ka­ze ama­tha­mbo enu inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke za­ma­la­thi enuop.

6 Ku­zo zo­nke inda­wo ze­nu zo­ku­hla­la imi­zi iza­chi­thwaq, le­nda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yor zi­be nga­ma­nxi­was, uku­ze ama­la­thi enu achi­thwet abe nga­ma­nxi­wau, le­zi­tho­mbe ze­nu zi­pha­hla­zwe zi­phe­le, la­ma­la­thi enu ela­nga aqu­nywe, le­mi­se­be­nzi ye­nu itsha­ba­la­li­swev.

7 La­ba­bu­le­we­yo ba­za­ku­wa pha­ka­thi kwe­nu, nja­lo li­za­kwa­zi uku­thi ngi­yi­Nko­siw.

8 Ko­dwa ngi­za­tshi­ya insa­lix uku­ze li­be laba­nye aba­za­phe­pha inke­mba pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwey la­pho li­za­hla­ka­ze­ke­la ema­zwe­niz.

9 La­ba­phu­nyu­ki­le­yo be­nua ba­za­ngi­khu­mbu­la pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwe la­pho aba­thu­nje­lwe kho­nabc; ngo­ba ngi­da­bu­ki­le nge­nxa ye­nhli­zi­yo ya­bo ephi­nga­yo, esu­ki­le­yo ki­mid, la­nga­me­hlo aboe aphi­nga­yo ela­nde­la izi­tho­mbe za­bof. Nja­lo ba­za­ze­nya­nya ngo­bu­bi aba­be­nzi­le­yo ku­wo wo­nke ama­nya­la abogh.

10 Nja­lo ba­za­kwa­zi uku­thi ngi­yi­Nko­sii; ka­ngi­khu­lu­ma­ngaj nge­ze uku­thi ngi­za­kwe­nza lo­kho oku­bi ki­bok.

11 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Tsha­ya nge­sa­ndla sa­khol, utsha­ye pha­nsi ngo­nya­wo lwa­khom, uthi: Ma­ye! nge­nxa ya­wo wo­nke ama­nya­la ama­bi endlu ya­koI­sra­ye­li, ngo­ba ba­za­ku­wa nge­nke­mba, nge­ndla­la, la­ngo­ma­tsha­ya­bhu­qe we­si­fon.

12 Okha­tsha­na uza­ku­fa ngo­ma­tsha­ya­bhu­qe we­si­fo, lo­se­du­ze uza­ku­wa nge­nke­mba, lo­se­le­yo wa­vi­nje­ze­lwa uza­ku­fa yi­ndla­lao. Ngo­ku­nja­lo ngi­za­phe­le­li­sa uku­fu­the­ka kwa­mi phe­zu kwa­bop.

13 Kho­na li­za­kwa­zi uku­thi ngi­yi­Nko­siq, la­pho aba­bu­le­we­yo ba­bo se­be­pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­tho­mbe za­bo be­ha­nqe ama­la­thi abor, phe­zu kwa­lo lo­nke uqa­qa olu­des, ezi­ngqo­nge­ni zo­nke ze­zi­nta­bat, la­nga­pha­nsi kwa­so so­nke isi­hla­hla esi­lu­hla­zau, la­nga­pha­nsi kwa­lo lo­nke i-o­khi*v eli­qa­thaw, inda­wo aba­be­ni­ke­la kho­na iphu­nga eli­mna­ndi ku­zo zo­nke izi­tho­mbe za­box.

14 Ngo­ku­nja­lo ngi­za­kwe­lu­le­la isa­ndla sa­mi phe­zu kwa­boy, nge­nze ili­zwe li­be lu­nxi­wa, ye­bo, li­be lu­nxi­wa ku­le­nka­nga­laz nga­se­Di­bi­laa, ku­zo zo­nke izi­nda­wo za­bo zo­ku­hla­lab. Kho­na be­za­kwa­zi uku­thi ngi­yi­Nko­sic.

Uku­phe­la se­ku­fi­ka

7Ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­se­li­fi­ka ki­mi li­si­thi:

2 We­na-ke, ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va ku­lo ili­zwe la­koI­sra­ye­lia: Isi­phe­tho, isi­phe­tho se­si­fi­ki­leb phe­zu kwa­ma­gu­mbi wo­ma­ne eli­zwec.

3 Kha­the­si isi­phe­tho si­phe­zu kwa­khod, nja­lo ngi­za­thu­me­la uku­thu­ku­the­la kwa­mi pha­ka­thi kwa­kho, ngi­kwa­hlu­le­le nje­ngo­kwe­ze­nzo za­khoe, nge­hli­se­le phe­zu kwa­kho wo­nke ama­nya­la akhof.

4 Le­li­hlo la­mig ka­li­yi­ku­ku­ha­wu­ke­lah, ka­ngi­yi­ku­ye­ke­lai, ko­dwa ngi­za­kwe­hli­se­la izi­ndle­la za­kho phe­zu kwa­khojk, la­ma­nya­la akho aza­ku­ba pha­ka­thi kwa­khol. Kho­na li­za­kwa­zi uku­thi ngi­yi­Nko­sim.

5 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Ubu­bi, ubu­bi obu­bo­dwa, kha­nge­la, se­bu­fi­ki­le.

6 Isi­phe­tho se­si­fi­ki­le, isi­phe­tho se­si­fi­ki­le, si­ya­ku­vu­ke­la; kha­nge­la, se­si­fi­ki­len.

7 Uku­sa se­ku­fi­ki­le ku­we, we­na mhla­li we­li­zweo; isi­kha­thi se­si­fi­ki­lep, usu­ku lwe­nka­tha­zo lu­se­du­zeqr, nja­lo ku­nge­yi­si­kho uku­me­me­za nge­nja­bu­lo kwe­zi­nta­bas.

8 Kha­the­si, ku­se­du­zet uku­thi ngi­thu­lu­le­le ula­ka lwa­mi phe­zu kwa­khou, ngi­phe­le­li­se intu­ku­the­lo ya­mi pha­ka­thi kwa­khov, ngi­kwa­hlu­le­le nje­ngo­kwe­zi­ndle­la za­khow, nge­hli­se­le phe­zu kwa­kho wo­nke ama­nya­la akhox.

9 Le­li­hlo la­mi ka­li­yi­ku­ha­wu­ke­la, nja­lo ka­ngi­yi­ku­ye­ke­layz; ngi­za­ni­ka nje­ngo­kwe­zi­ndle­la za­kho phe­zu kwa­khoa, la­ma­nya­la akho aza­ku­ba pha­ka­thi kwa­khob. Kho­na li­za­kwa­zi uku­thi ngi­yi­Nko­sicd etsha­ya­yoe.

10 Kha­nge­la usu­ku, kha­nge­la, se­lu­fi­ki­le; uku­sa se­ku­phu­mi­lef; into­nga ihlu­mi­le, uku­zi­qhe­nya ku­kha­hle­leg.

11 Udla­ke­la lu­su­ku­meh lwa­ba yi­nto­nga yo­bu­biij; ka­ku­yi­kusa­la ku­bo, ha­tshi-ke exu­kwi­ni la­bok, ha­tshi-ke okwa­bo, nja­lo ka­ku­yi­ku­ba kho­na uku­qhi­nqa isi­li­lo pha­ka­thi kwa­bol.

12 Isi­kha­thi se­si­fi­ki­le, usu­ku se­lu­so­nde­lem; umthe­ngi ka­nga­tho­ko­zin, lo­mthe­ngi­si anga­li­lio, ngo­ba ula­kap lu­phe­zu kwe­xu­ku lo­nke la­loq.

13 Ngo­ba umthe­ngi­si ka­yi­ku­bu­ye­lar ko­ku­the­ngi­si­we­yo, la­nxa impi­lo ya­bo ise­se­pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­phi­la­yos; ngo­ba umbo­no ma­ye­la­na le­xu­ku lo­nke la­lo ka­wu­yi­ku­phe­ndu­kat; fu­thi ka­ku­la­mu­ntu onga­qi­ni­sa impi­lo ya­khe nge­si­pha­mbe­ko sa­khe.

14 Ba­lu­vu­the­le upho­ndo uku­thi ba­lu­ngi­se ko­nke, ko­dwa ka­kho oya empi­niu, ngo­ba ula­ka lwa­miv lu­phe­zu kwe­xu­ku la­lo lo­nkew.

15 Inke­mba inga­pha­ndlex, lo­ma­tsha­ya­bhu­qe we­si­foy le­ndla­la ku­nga­pha­ka­thiz; ose­ga­nge­ni uza­ku­fa nge­nke­mbaa, lo­se­mzi­ni indla­la lo­ma­tsha­ya­bhu­qe we­si­fo ku­za­mqe­dab.

16 Ko­dwa aba­phu­nyu­ka­yo ba­bo ba­za­phu­nyu­kac, ba­be se­zi­nta­be­nid nje­nga­ma­ju­bae ezi­ho­tshaf, bo­nke be­li­la, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo nge­nxa ye­si­pha­mbe­ko sa­kheg.

17 Zo­nkeh iza­ndla zi­za­phe­la ama­ndlai, la­ma­do­lo wo­nkej age­le­ze nje­nga­ma­nzik.

18 Nja­lo ba­za­bhi­nca ama­sa­kal, lo­va­lo lu­za­be­mbe­sa, le­nhlo­ni zi­be se­bu­swe­ni bo­nkem, le­mpa­ba­nga phe­zu kwa­ma­kha­nda abo wo­nken.

19 Ba­za­la­hla isi­li­va sa­bo ezi­ta­la­de­ni, le­go­li­de la­bo li­be yi­ku­ngco­la; isi­li­va sa­bo le­go­li­de la­bo ka­ku­yi­ku­ba la­kho uku­bo­phu­laop ngo­su­ku lo­ku­thu­ku­the­la kwe­Nko­siq; ka­ba­yi­ko­ne­li­sa umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­bo, ba­nga­gcwa­li­si ama­thu­mbu abo; ngo­ba ku­yi­si­khu­be­ki­so se­si­pha­mbe­ko sa­bor.

20 Lo­bu­hle be­si­ce­ci­so sa­khes wa­bu­mi­sa ebu­kho­si­nitu, ko­dwa be­nza ku­bo imi­fa­ne­ki­sov yo­ku­ne­nge­ka­yo kwa­bow le­zi­ne­ngi­so za­box; nge­nxa ya­lo­kho ngi­bu­mi­se bu­be yi­nto engco­li­le­yo ku­bo.

21 Nja­lo ngi­za­ku­ni­ke­lay esa­ndle­ni sa­be­zi­zwez ku­be yi­mpa­ngoa, la­kwa­ba­kho­hla­ke­le­yo bo­mhla­ba ku­be yi­mpa­ngob, nja­lo ba­za­ku­ngco­li­sac.

22 Nja­lo ngi­za­phe­ndu­la ubu­so ba­mi bu­su­ke ki­bo, ba­ngco­li­se inda­wo ya­mi ye­nsi­thad; ngo­ba aba­pha­ngi ba­za­nge­na ku­yo, ba­yi­ngco­li­see.

23 Ye­nza ike­ta­nef, ngo­ba ili­zwe li­gcwe­le ama­ca­la ega­zig, lo­mu­zi ugcwe­le udla­ke­lah.

24 Nga­kho ngi­za­le­tha aba­bi be­zi­zwe, aba­za­ku­dla ili­fa le­zi­ndlu za­boi; ngi­kwe­nze ku­phe­le uku­zi­qhe­nya kwa­ba­la­ma­ndlaj; le­nda­wo za­bo ezi­ngcwe­lek zi­za­ngco­li­swalm.

25 Ukwe­thu­ka ku­ye­za; ba­za­di­nga-ke uku­thu­la, ko­dwa ka­kuyi­ku­ba kho­nan.

26 Inci­tha­ka­lo iza­ku­zao phe­zu kwe­nci­tha­ka­lo, lo­mbi­ko ube phe­zu ko­mbi­kop; kho­na be­za­di­nga umbo­no ku­mpro­fe­thiq, ko­dwa umla­yo uza­bhu­bha ku­mpri­stir, le­se­lu­le­ko ku­ba­da­las.

27 Inko­si iza­li­la, le­si­pha­tha­ma­ndla se­mba­thi­swe inci­tha­ka­lot, le­za­ndla za­ba­ntu be­li­zwe zi­za­thu­thu­me­la. Ngi­za­kwe­nza ki­bo ngo­kwe­ndle­la ya­bo, ngi­ba­hlu­le­le nge­za­hlu­le­lo za­bou; kho­na be­za­kwa­zi uku­thi ngi­yi­Nko­siv.

Uku­kho­nzwa kwe­zi­tho­mbe ethe­mpe­li­ni

8Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ngo­mnya­ka we­si­thu­pha, ngenya­nga ye­si­thu­pha, ngo­lwe­si­hla­nu lwe­nya­ngaa, ngi­hle­zi endli­ni ya­mi, la­ba­da­la ba­ko­Ju­da be­hle­zi pha­mbi kwa­mib, isa­ndla se­Nko­si uJe­ho­va sa­wa la­pho phe­zu kwa­mic.

2 Nga­se­ngi­bo­na, kha­nge­la-ke, umfa­ne­ki­so o­nje­ngo­ku­bo­na­ka­la ko­mli­lod; ku­su­ke­la eku­bo­na­ka­le­ni ko­kha­lo lwa­khe ku­si­ya pha­nsi, umli­lo; fu­thi ku­su­ke­la ku­kha­lo lwa­khe ku­si­ya phe­zu­lue ku­nje­ngo­ku­bo­na­ka­la ko­ku­kha­zi­mu­laf, nje­ngo­mba­la we­thu­sig.

3 Wa­se­se­lu­lah isi­mo se­sa­ndlai, wa­ngi­tha­tha nge­si­hlu­thu se­kha­nda la­mij; uMo­ya wa­se­ngi­pha­ka­mi­se­lak pha­ka­thi ko­mhla­ba la­ma­zu­lul, wa­ngi­le­tha eJe­ru­sa­le­ma emi­bo­nwe­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, esi­va­lwe­ni se­sa­ngo eli­nga­pha­ka­thi, eli­kha­nge­le nge­nya­ka­tho, la­pho okwa­ku­le­si­hla­lom se­si­tho­mbe so­bu­khwe­len esi­ba­nga ubu­khwe­le.

4 Kha­nge­la-ke, inka­zi­mu­lo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­lio ya­yi­la­pho, i­nje­ngo­ku­bo­na­ka­la enga­ngi­ku­bo­ne esi­ho­tshe­nip.

5 Wa­se­si­thi ki­mi: Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, ake upha­ka­mi­se­le ame­hlo akho nga­se­ndle­le­ni ye­nya­ka­tho. Nga­se­ngi­pha­ka­mi­se­la ame­hlo ami nga­se­ndle­le­ni ye­nya­ka­tho, kha­nge­la-ke, nga­se­nya­ka­thoq kwe­sa­ngo le­la­thir kwa­ku­la­le­si­si­tho­mbe so­bu­khwe­le entu­be­ni.

6 Wa­se­si­thi ki­mi: Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, uya­ku­bo­na yi­ni aba­kwe­nza­yo, ama­nya­la ama­khu­lust ewe­nza­yo indlu kaI­sra­ye­li la­pha, uku­ze ngi­ye kha­tsha­na le­nda­wo ya­mi engcwe­le? Ko­dwa phe­ndu­ka fu­thi, uza­bo­na ama­nya­la ama­khu­lu ku­lala.

7 Wa­se­ngi­sa emnya­ngo we­gu­ma; la­pho ngi­bo­na, nja­lo kha­nge­la, kwa­ku­le­si­kha­la emdu­li­ni.

8 Wa­se­si­thi ki­mi: Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, ake uge­bhe emdu­li­ni. Nga­thi ngi­ge­bha emdu­li­ni, kha­nge­la-ke kwa­ku­lo­mnya­ngo.

9 Wa­se­si­thi ki­mi: Nge­na, ubo­ne izi­ne­ngi­so ezi­mbi aba­ze­nza­yo la­pha.

10 Nga­se­ngi­nge­na, nga­bo­na, kha­nge­la-ke, so­nke isi­mo so­ku­hu­qu­ze­la­you le­nya­ma­za­na ezi­ne­nge­ka­yov la­zo zo­nke izi­tho­mbe ze­ndlu ya­koI­sra­ye­li, ku­ba­zi­we phe­zu ko­mdu­li inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke ezi­zi­nge­le­ze­le­yow.

11 Fu­thi kwa­ku­mi pha­mbi kwa­zo ama­do­da anga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sax akwa­ba­da­la be­ndlu kaI­sra­ye­li, lo­Ja­ha­za­ni­ya indo­da­na ka­Sha­fa­ni emi pha­ka­thi kwa­boyz; yi­le­yo la­le­yo ilo­de­nge­zi lwa­yo esa­ndle­ni sa­yo, nja­lo iye­zi eli­qa­tha le­mpe­pha le­nyu­ka.

12 Wa­se­si­thi ki­mi: Uku­bo­ni­le yi­ni, ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, lo­kho aba­da­la be­ndlu kaI­sra­ye­lia aba­kwe­nza­yo emnya­me­ni, ngu­lo­wo ema­ka­me­lwe­ni emi­fa­ne­ki­so ya­khe?b Ngo­ba ba­thi: INko­si ka­yi­si­bo­nicd; iNko­si iwu­tshi­yi­le umhla­bae.

13 Wa­se­si­thi ki­mi: Phe­ndu­ka fu­thi, uza­bo­na izi­ne­ngi­so ezi­nku­lu ka­khu­lu aba­ze­nza­yo.

14 Wa­se­ngi­sa emnya­ngo we­sa­ngo le­ndlu ye­Nko­sif eya­yi­nga­se­nya­ka­tho; kha­nge­la-ke, kwa­ku­hle­zi abe­si­fa­za­na be­li­le­la uTa­mu­zi.

15 Wa­se­si­thi ki­mi: Ubo­ni­le yi­ni, ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu? Phe­ndu­ka fu­thi, uza­bo­na izi­ne­ngi­so ezi­nku­lu ku­la­le­zi.

16 Wa­se­ngi­nge­ni­sa egu­me­ni le­ndlu ye­Nko­si eli­nga­pha­ka­thig; kha­nge­la-ke, e­mnya­ngo we­the­mpe­li le­Nko­si pha­ka­thih kwe­khu­lu­sii le­la­thij kwa­ku­la­ma­do­da pho­se anga­ba nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nhla­nuk, imi­hla­ne ya­wol inga­se­the­mpe­li­ni le­Nko­si, lo­bu­so ba­wo bu­nga­se­mpu­ma­la­nga; nja­lo ba­kho­nzam ila­nga nga­se­mpu­ma­la­ngan.

17 Wa­se­si­thi ki­mi: Ubo­ni­le yi­ni, ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu? Ku­yi­nto elu­la ku­ndlu ya­ko­Ju­da ukwe­nza izi­ne­ngi­soo aba­ze­nza­yo la­pha yi­ni? ngo­ba ba­gcwa­li­se ili­zwep ngo­bu­dlwa­ngu­dlwa­nguq, ba­phe­ndu­ke­le uku­ngi­thu­ku­the­li­sar; kha­nge­la-ke, ba­fa­ka uga­tsha empu­mu­lwe­ni ya­bos.

18 Nga­kho la­mi ngi­za­kwe­nza nge­ntu­ku­the­lot; ili­hlo la­mi ka­li­yi­ku­ha­wu­ke­la, fu­thi ka­ngi­yi­ku­ye­ke­la; la­nxa be­kha­la endle­be­ni za­miu nge­li­zwi eli­khu­lu, ka­ngi­yi­ku­be­zwa.

Uku­bu­la­wa kwa­ba­le­ca­la

9Wa­se­me­me­za ezi­ndle­be­ni za­mi nge­li­zwi eli­khu­lu esi­thi: Ye­nza aba­bo­ni­si bo­mu­zi ba­so­nde­lea, ngi­tsho wo­nke umu­ntu ele­si­kha­li sa­khe so­ku­chi­tha esa­ndle­ni sa­khe.

2 Kha­nge­la-ke, ama­do­da ayi­si­thu­pha eza eve­la nge­ndle­la ye­sa­ngo eli­phe­zu­lu eli­kha­nge­le nga­se­nya­ka­thob; nja­lo wo­nke umu­ntu ele­si­kha­li sa­khe so­ku­pha­hla­za esa­ndle­ni sa­khe; nja­lo umu­ntu oye­dwa pha­ka­thi kwa­woc wa­ye­gqo­ke ile­mbu eli­co­le­ki­le­yod, elo­pho­ndo lwe­yi­nkie lo­mbha­li nga­so­kha­lwe­ni lwa­khe; ase­nge­na, ema du­ze kwe­la­thi le­thu­sif.

3 Le­nka­zi­mu­lo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li ye­nyu­ka isu­ka nga­phe­zu kwe­khe­ru­bhi* eya­yi­phe­zu kwa­lo, ya­ya embu­ndwi­ni we­ndlug; wa­se­me­me­za umu­ntuh owa­ye­gqo­ke ile­mbu eli­co­le­ki­le­yoi owa­ye­lo­pho­ndo lwe­yi­nki lo­mbha­li okha­lwe­ni lwa­khe.

4 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­ye: Da­bu­la pha­ka­thi ko­mu­zi, pha­ka­thi kwe­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, ufa­ke upha­wu ema­bu­nzi­ni aba­ntuj aba­bu­bu­la­yo la­ba­kha­la­yok nge­nxa ya­zo zo­nke izi­ne­ngi­so eze­nzi­wa pha­ka­thi kwa­wo.

5 La­kwa­ba­nye ya­thi endle­be­ni ya­mil: Da­bu­la­ni pha­ka­thi ko­mu­zi emva kwa­khe, li­tsha­ye, ili­hlo le­nu li­nga­ha­wu­ke­lim, nja­lo li­nga­ye­ke­li.

6 Bu­la­la­nin ngo­ku­chi­tha aba­da­la, aba­tsha, le­zi­nto­mbi, la­ba­ntwa­na aba­nci­nya­ne, la­be­si­fa­za­na; ko­dwa li­nga­so­nde­li la­ku­wu­phi umu­ntuo oku­lo­pha­wup phe­zu kwa­khe, li­qa­li­se enda­we­ni ya­mi engcwe­leq. Ba­se­be­qa­li­sa ema­do­de­ni ama­da­lar aye­pha­mbi kwe­ndlu.

7 Ya­si­si­thi ki­bo: Ngco­li­sa­ni indlus, li­gcwa­li­se ama­gu­ma nga­ba­bu­le­we­yo. Phu­ma­ni. Ba­se­be­phu­ma, ba­bu­la­la emzi­ni.

8 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi be­sa­ba­bu­la­la, mi­na-ke nga­sa­la, nga­thit mbo ngo­bu­so ba­miu, nga­kha­la nga­thi: Ha­wu, Nko­si Je­ho­va!v Uza­chi­tha yi­ni yo­nke insa­li ya­koI­sra­ye­liw eku­thu­lu­le­ni kwa­kho intu­ku­the­lo ya­kho phe­zu kwe­Je­ru­sa­le­ma?x

9 Kho­na ya­thi ki­mi: Ubu­bi be­ndlu ya­koI­sra­ye­li lo­Ju­da bu­khu­lu ka­khu­lu­ka­zi, le­li­zwey li­gcwe­le ama­ca­la ega­zi, lo­mu­zi ugcwe­le uku­pha­mbu­ka, ngo­ba ba­thi: INko­si ili­de­li­le ili­zwez, nja­lo iNko­si ka­yi­bo­nia.

10 La­mi-ke ili­hlo la­mi ka­li­yi­ku­ha­wu­ke­labc, nja­lo ka­ngi­yi­ku­ye­ke­la; ngi­za­kwe­hli­se­la indle­la ya­bo ekha­nda la­bo.

11 Kha­nge­la-ke, lo­wo­mu­ntu owa­ye­gqo­ke ile­mbu eli­co­le­ki­le­yode, owa­ye­lo­pho­ndo lwe­yi­nki okha­lwe­ni lwa­khe, wa­bu­yi­se­la ili­zwi esi­thi: Nge­nzi­le nje­ngo­ba ungi­la­yi­le.

Inka­zi­mu­lo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu iya­su­ka ethe­mpe­li­ni

10Nga­se­ngi­bo­na, kha­nge­la-ke, emkha­thi­nia owa­wu­nga­phe­zu kwe­kha­nda la­ma­khe­ru­bhi* kwa­ku­lo­ku­nje­nge­li­tshe le­sa­fi­re*b, ku­nje­ngo­ku­bo­na­ka­la ko­mfa­ne­ki­so we­si­hla­lo so­bu­kho­si;c kwa­bo­na­ka­la phe­zu kwa­wo.

2 Wa­se­khu­lu­ma emu­ntwi­nid ogqo­ke ile­mbu eli­co­le­ki­le­yo, wa­thi: Nge­na nga­pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­vi­lie, nga­pha­nsi kwe­khe­ru­bhi, ugcwa­li­se inte­nde ze­za­ndla za­kho nga­ma­la­hle omli­lof ave­la pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­khe­ru­bhi, uwa­hla­ka­ze phe­zu ko­mu­zig. Wa­se­nge­na pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo amih.

3 Nja­lo ama­khe­ru­bhi aye­mi nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne kwe­ndlu, la­pho lo­wo­mu­ntu enge­na; iye­zi la­se­li­gcwa­li­sa igu­ma eli­nga­pha­ka­thi.

4 Inka­zi­mu­lo ye­Nko­si ya­si­pha­ka­mai isu­ka phe­zu kwe­khe­ru­bhi, phe­zu ko­mbu­ndu we­ndlu; indlu ya­si­gcwa­li­swa li­ye­zij, le­gu­ma la­gcwa­la uku­kha­nya kwe­nka­zi­mu­lo ye­Nko­sikl.

5 Lo­mdu­mo we­mpi­ko za­ma­khe­ru­bhim we­zwa­ka­la kwa­ze kwa­ba se­gu­me­ni eli­nga­pha­ndle, nje­nge­li­zwi li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu uSo­ma­ndlan nxa ekhu­lu­ma.

6 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi isi­mla­yi­le umu­ntu ogqo­ke ile­mbu eli­co­le­ki­le­yoo isi­thi: Tha­tha umli­lop pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­vi­liq, pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­khe­ru­bhi; wa­nge­na, we­ma du­ze kwe­vi­li.

7 Ikhe­ru­bhi la­se­li­se­lu­le­la isa­ndla sa­lo si­su­ka pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­khe­ru­bhi ku­wo umli­lo owa­wu­pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­khe­ru­bhi, lawu­tha­tha, lawu­be­ka eza­ndle­nir za­lo­wo owa­ye­mbe­the ile­mbu eli­co­le­ki­le­yos; owawu­tha­tha wa­phu­ma.

8 Kwa­se­ku­bo­na­ka­la ki­wo ama­khe­ru­bhit isi­mo se­sa­ndla so­mu­ntu nga­pha­nsi kwe­mpi­ko za­wo.

9 Nga­se­ngi­bo­nau, kha­nge­la-ke ama­vi­li ama­ne ece­le­ni kwa­ma­khe­ru­bhi, ivi­li eli­lo­dwa ece­le­ni kwe­li­nye ikhe­ru­bhi, le­vi­li eli­lo­dwa ece­le­ni kwe­li­nye ikhe­ru­bhi; lo­ku­bo­na­ka­la kwa­ma­vi­li kwa­ku­nje­ngo­mba­la we­li­tshe le­bhe­ru­le*.

10 Ma­ye­la­na lo­ku­bo­na­ka­la kwa­wo, wo­ma­ne aye­le­si­mo si­nye, nje­ngo­ku­nga­thi li­vi­li eli­pha­ka­thi kwe­vi­li.

11 Eku­ha­mbe­ni kwa­wo, aha­mba nge­nhla­ngo­thi za­wo zo­zi­ne, awa­phe­ndu­ka­nga eku­ha­mbe­ni kwa­wo, ko­dwa inda­wo la­pho ikha­nda ela­li­kha­nge­le kho­na, ayi­la­nde­la, awa­phe­ndu­ka­nga eku­ha­mbe­ni kwa­wo.

12 Lo­mzi­mba wa­wo wo­nke, le­mi­hla­ne ya­wo, le­za­ndla za­wo, le­mpi­ko za­wo, la­ma­vi­li, kwa­ku­gcwe­le ame­hlo inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke, ama­vi­li azo zo­zi­ne eza­zi­la­wo.

13 Ma­ye­la­na la­ma­vi­li, kwa­me­nye­zwa ki­wo endle­be­ni za­mi uku­thi: Vi­li!

14 Nja­lo yi­le­lo la­le­lo la­li­lo­bu­so obu­ne; ubu­so bo­ku­qa­la ba­bu­yi­bu­so be­khe­ru­bhi, lo­bu­so be­si­bi­li ba­bu­yi­bu­so bo­mu­ntu, lo­be­si­tha­thu bu­yi­bu­so be­si­lwa­ne, lo­be­si­ne bu­yi­bu­so be­li­nqe.

15 Ama­khe­ru­bhi ase­zi­pha­ka­mi­sa. Le­si yi­si­da­lwa esi­phi­la­yo enga­si­bo­na nga­se­mfu­le­ni iKe­ba­ri.

16 Kwa­thi la­pho ama­khe­ru­bhi eha­mba, ama­vi­li aha­mba ece­le­ni kwa­wo; la­la­pho ama­khe­ru­bhi epha­ka­mi­sa impi­ko za­wo uku­ze enyu­ke asu­ke emhla­be­ni, la­wo­ma­vi­li ka­wa­phe­ndu­ka­nga esu­ka ece­le­ni la­wo fu­thi.

17 La­pho esi­ma, la­wo ema; la­la­pho epha­ka­ma, lawo apha­ka­ma; ngo­ba umo­ya we­zi­da­lwa ezi­phi­la­yo wa­wu­ki­wo.

18 Inka­zi­mu­lo ye­Nko­si ya­si­phu­ma ya­su­ka phe­zu ko­mbu­ndu we­ndlu, ye­ma phe­zu kwa­ma­khe­ru­bhi.

19 Ama­khe­ru­bhi ase­pha­ka­mi­sa impi­ko za­wo, enyu­ka esu­ka emhla­be­ni pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo ami, la­pho ephu­ma, la­ma­vi­li la­wo aye­ma­qo­nda­na la­wo; nja­lo yi­le­lo la­le­lo le­ma emnya­ngo we­sa­ngo eli­nga­se­mpu­ma­la­nga kwe­ndlu ye­Nko­si; le­nka­zi­mu­lo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li ya­yi­phe­zu kwa­wo nga­phe­zu­lu.

20 Le­si yi­si­da­lwa esi­phi­la­yo enga­si­bo­na nga­pha­nsi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li nga­se­mfu­le­ni iKe­ba­ri; nga­se­ngi­sa­zi uku­thi nga­ma­khe­ru­bhi.

21 Yi­le­lo la­le­lo la­li­lo­bu­so obu­ne, la­le­lo la­le­lo li­le­mpi­ko ezi­ne; le­si­mo se­za­ndla zo­mu­ntu si­nga­pha­nsi kwe­mpi­ko za­zo.

22 Le­si­mo so­bu­so ba­wo sa­si­yi­bu­so enga­bu­bo­na nga­se­mfu­le­ni iKe­ba­ri, uku­bo­na­ka­la kwa­wo, la­wo ngo­kwa­wo. Aha­mba, yi­le­lo la­le­lo nga­pha­mbi ko­bu­so ba­lo.

Abe­Je­ru­sa­le­ma ba­za­gwe­tshwa

11UMo­ya wa­se­ngi­pha­ka­mi­saa, wa­ngi­le­tha esa­ngwe­ni le­mpu­ma­la­nga le­ndlu ye­Nko­si, eli­kha­nge­le nge­mpu­ma­la­ngab; kha­nge­la-ke, emnya­ngo we­sa­ngo kwa­ku­kho­na ama­do­da anga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nhla­nuc; la­pha­ka­thi kwa­wo nga­bo­na uJa­ha­za­ni­ya indo­da­na kaA­zu­rid, lo­Pe­la­ti­ya indo­da­na ka­Bhe­na­ya, izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­ba­ntue.

2 Wa­se­si­thi ki­mi: Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, la­wa nga­ma­do­da aca­ba­nga inko­hla­ka­lo, ace­ba ise­lu­le­ko esi­bi ku­lu­mu­zi,

3 athif: Ka­ku­se­du­zeg ukwa­kha izi­ndluh; lumu­zi uyi­mbi­za, la­thi si­yi­nya­mai.

4 Nga­kho pro­fe­tha ume­le­ne la­wo, pro­fe­tha, ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu.

5 UMo­ya we­Nko­si wa­se­we­la phe­zu kwa­mi, wa­thi ki­mi: Khu­lu­ma uthi: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Li­tshi­lo nja­lo, li­na ndlu kaI­sra­ye­lij, ngo­ba izi­nto ezi­ve­la engqo­ndwe­ni ye­nu, mi­na ngi­ya­za­zi yi­le­yo la­le­yo ya­zok.

6 La­ndi­si­le aba­bu­le­we­yo be­nu ku­lu­mu­zi, la­gcwa­li­sa izi­ta­la­da za­wo nga­ba­bu­le­we­yol.

7 Nga­kho itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Aba­bu­le­we­yo be­nu eli­ba­be­ke pha­ka­thi kwa­wom, bo­na ba­yi­nya­man, la­lo umu­zi uyi­mbi­zao; ko­dwa li­na ngi­za­li­khu­pha pha­ka­thi kwa­wop.

8 Li­ye­sa­bi­le inke­mba, nja­lo ngi­za­yi­le­tha inke­mba phe­zu kwe­nu, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­vaq.

9 Nja­lo ngi­za­li­khu­pha pha­ka­thi kwa­wor, ngi­li­ni­ke­le esa­ndle­ni sa­be­zi­zwes, nge­nze izi­gwe­bo pha­ka­thi kwe­nut.

10 Li­za­ku­wa nge­nke­mbau, ngi­li­gwe­be emngce­le­ni wa­koI­sra­ye­liv; nja­lo li­za­kwa­zi uku­thi ngi­yi­Nko­siw.

11 Lo umu­zix ka­wu­yi­ku­ba yi­mbi­za ye­nu, ku­mbe li­na li­be yi­nya­ma pha­ka­thi kwa­woy; ngi­za­li­gwe­baz emngce­le­ni wa­koI­sra­ye­lia.

12 Nja­lo li­za­kwa­zi uku­thi ngi­yi­Nko­si; ngo­ba ka­li­ha­mba­nga ezi­mi­swe­ni za­mi, le­za­hlu­le­lo za­mi ka­li­ze­nza­ngab, ko­dwa le­nze nje­ngo­kwe­za­hlu­le­lo ze­zi­zwe ezi­li­ha­nqi­le­yoc.

13 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ngi­sa­pro­fe­thad, uPe­la­ti­ya indo­da­na ka­Bhe­na­ya wa­fae. Nga­se­ngi­si­thi mbo ngo­bu­so ba­mi pha­nsi, nga­me­me­za nge­li­zwi eli­khu­lu nga­thif: Ha­wu, Nko­si Je­ho­vag, uza­qe­dah ngo­ku­phe­le­le­yo yi­ni insa­li ya­koI­sra­ye­lii?

INko­si ithe­mbi­sa uku­bu­yi­sa aba­thu­nji­we­yo

14 Ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­fi­ka ki­mi fu­thi li­si­thi:

15 Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, aba­fo­we­nu, aba­fo­we­nu, aba­ntu be­zi­hlo­bo za­kho, la­yo yo­nke indlu ya­koI­sra­ye­li, yo­nke, ba­yi­la­bo aba­hla­li be­Je­ru­sa­le­ma aba­thi ku­bo: Su­ka­ni kha­tsha­na le­Nko­si; le­li­li­zwe li­ni­kwe thi­na uku­ze li­be yi­li­fa.

16 Nga­kho wo­thi: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: La­nxa ngi­ba­se kha­tsha­na pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwe, nja­lo la­nxa ngi­ba­hla­ka­ze pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­zwe, ka­nti ngi­za­ku­ba ku­boj yi­nda­wo engcwe­le enci­nya­ne ema­zwe­ni aba­fi­ka ki­wok.

17 Nga­kho wo­thi: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Ye­bo, ngi­za­li­qo­qa ezi­zwe­nil, ngi­li­bu­the ema­zwe­ni engi­li­hla­ka­ze­le ki­wom, ngi­li­ni­ke ili­zwe la­koI­sra­ye­lin.

18 Nja­lo ba­za­fi­ka ku­lo, ba­su­se ku­loo zo­nke izi­nto ezi­ne­nge­ka­yo za­lop la­wo wo­nke ama­nya­la aloq.

19 Nja­lo ngi­za­ba­ni­ka inhli­zi­yo eyo­dwar, ngi­fa­ke umo­ya omu­tsha pha­ka­thi kwe­nus, ngi­khu­phe inhli­zi­yo ye­li­tshe enya­me­ni ya­bot, ngi­ba­ni­ke inhli­zi­yo ye­nya­mau;

20 uku­ze ba­ha­mbe nge­zi­mi­so za­mi, ba­gci­ne iza­hlu­le­lo za­mi ba­ze­nzev; nja­lo ba­za­ku­ba nga­ba­ntu ba­miw, la­mi ngi­be ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­box.

21 Ko­dwa la­bo aba­nhli­zi­yo ya­bo iha­mba ngo­kwe­nhli­zi­yo ye­zi­nto za­bo ezi­ne­nge­ka­yoy la­ma­nya­la aboz, ngi­za­kwe­hli­se­la indle­la ya­bo phe­zu kwe­kha­nda la­bo, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­vaa.

22 Ama­khe­ru­bhi* ase­pha­ka­mi­sa impi­ko za­wob, la­ma­vi­li ece­le­ni kwa­woc; le­nka­zi­mu­lo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li ya­yi­phe­zu kwa­wo nga­phe­zu­lude.

23 Le­nka­zi­mu­lo ye­Nko­si ye­nyu­ka isu­ka pha­ka­thi ko­mu­zif, ye­ma phe­zu kwe­nta­ba enga­se­mpu­ma­la­nga ko­mu­zig.

24 UMo­ya wa­se­ngi­pha­ka­mi­sah, wa­ngi­sa ngo­mbo­no ngo­Mo­ya ka­Nku­lu­nku­lui eKha­la­di­ya ku­bo abo­ku­thu­njwaj. Ngo­ku­nja­lo umbo­no enga­ngi­wu­bo­ni­le we­nyu­ka wa­su­ka ki­mi.

25 Nga­se­ngi­khu­lu­ma ku­bo abo­ku­thu­njwa wo­nke ama­zwi eNko­si eya­yi­ngi­bo­ni­se wo­na.

Umfa­ne­ki­so wo­ku­thu­njwa

12Ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­fi­ka fu­thi ki­mi li­si­thi:

2 Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, uhla­la pha­ka­thi kwe­ndlu evu­ke­la­yoa, aba­la­me­hlo oku­bo­na, ko­dwa be­nga­bo­ni, ba­le­ndle­be zo­ku­zwa, ko­dwa be­nge­zwab; ngo­ba ba­yi­ndlu evu­ke­la­yoc.

3 Nga­kho, we­na ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, ze­nze­led impa­hla yo­ku­thu­njwae, usu­ke emi­ni pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo abof, usu­ke enda­we­ni ya­kho uye kwe­nye inda­wo pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo abo. Mhla­wu­mbeg ba­za­bo­nah la­nxa be­yi­ndlu evu­ke­la­yoi.

4 Ubu­su­khu­pha impa­hla ya­kho emi­ni pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo abo nje­nge­mpa­hla yo­ku­thu­njwaj; we­na-ke uza­phu­ma nta­mba­ma pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo abo nje­nga­ba­phu­ma be­si­ya eku­thu­njwe­nik.

5 Uzi­bho­bo­ze­lel umdu­li pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo abo, uyi­khu­phe ki­wom.

6 Pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo abo uza­yi­thwa­la ema­hlo­mbe, uyi­khi­phe emnya­me­nin, ugu­bu­ze­le ubu­so ba­kho uku­ze unga­bo­ni umhla­ba­thio; ngo­ba ngi­ku­be­ke wa­ba yi­si­bo­na­ka­li­so ku­yo indlu ya­koI­sra­ye­lip.

7 Nga­se­ngi­se­nza ngo­ku­nja­lo nje­ngo­ku­la­ywa kwa­mi: Nga­khu­pha impa­hla ya­mi emi­niq, nje­nge­mpa­hla yo­ku­thu­njwar; kwa­thi ku­si­hlwa nga­zi­bho­bo­ze­la umdu­li nge­sa­ndla, nga­yi­khu­pha emnya­me­ni nga­yi­thwa­la ema­hlo­mbe pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo abos.

8 Eku­se­ni ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­se­li­fi­ka ki­mi li­si­thi:

9 Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, ka­yi­tsho­ngo yi­ni ku­we indlu kaI­sra­ye­li, indlu evu­ke­la­yot, uku­thi: We­nza­niu?

10 Tsho­no ki­bo: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Lo umthwa­lo uma­ye­la­na le­si­pha­tha­ma­ndla eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, la­yo yo­nke indlu kaI­sra­ye­li epha­ka­thi kwa­bov.

11 Wo­thi: Ngi­yi­si­bo­na­ka­li­so se­nuw; nje­ngo­ba nge­nzi­le, ku­za­kwe­nzi­wa nja­lo ki­bo, ba­za­ku­ya eku­thu­njwe­ni ngo­ku­thu­njwax.

12 Nja­lo isi­pha­tha­ma­ndla esi­pha­ka­thi kwa­boy si­zayi­thwa­la ema­hlo­mbez emnya­me­nia, si­phu­me; ba­za­bho­bo­za umdu­li uku­ze ba­khu­phe nga­wob; si­za­gu­bu­ze­la ubu­so ba­so, uku­ze si­nga­bo­ni umhla­ba­thi nga­me­hloc.

13 Nja­lo ngi­za­kwe­ndla­la imbu­le la­mi phe­zu kwa­sode, uku­thi si­ba­njwef emgi­be­ni wa­mig; ngi­si­le­the eBha­bhi­lo­ni, ili­zwe la­ma­Kha­la­di­yah; ka­nti ka­si­yi­ku­li­bo­nai, lo­ba si­za­fe­la kho­naj.

14 La­bo bo­nke aba­si­ha­nqi­le­yo uku­ba lu­si­zo lwa­so la­lo lo­nke ibu­tho la­sok ngi­za­ba­hla­ka­ze­la ku­wo wo­nke umo­yalm; ngi­hwa­tshe inke­mba emva kwa­bon.

15 Kho­na ba­za­kwa­zi uku­thi ngi­yi­Nko­sio nxap ngi­ba­hla­ka­ze­la ezi­zwe­niq, ngi­ba­chi­tha­chi­the­la ema­zwe­nir.

16 Ko­dwa ngi­za­tshi­ya ama­do­da ama­lu­tshwa­na ki­bos asu­ke enke­mbe­ni, endla­le­ni, la­ku­ma­tsha­ya­bhu­qe we­si­fot, uku­ze ba­la­ndi­se nga­wo wo­nke ama­nya­la abo pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwe aba­za­fi­ka ki­zou; nja­lo ba­za­kwa­zi uku­thi ngi­yi­Nko­siv.

17 Ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­fi­ka ki­mi fu­thi li­si­thi:

18 Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, dla­na isi­nkwa sa­kho ngo­ku­qha­qha­ze­la, una­the ama­nzi akho ngo­ku­thu­thu­me­la la­ngo­ku­kha­tha­ze­kaw.

19 Ubu­su­si­thi eba­ntwi­ni be­li­zwe: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va nga­ba­hla­li be­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, nge­li­zwe la­koI­sra­ye­li: Ba­za­ku­dla isi­nkwa sa­bo ngo­ku­kha­tha­ze­kax, ba­na­the ama­nzi abo ngo­kwe­sa­bi­sa­yoy, uku­ze ili­zwe la­bo li­be lu­nxi­waz ngo­ku­gcwa­la kwa­loa nge­nxa yo­dla­ke­la lwa­bo bo­nke aba­hla­la ki­lob.

20 Le­mi­zi oku­hla­lwa ki­yo iza­ku­ba nga­ma­nxi­wac, le­li­zwe li­be yi­nka­nga­lad; nja­lo li­za­kwa­zi uku­thi ngi­yi­Nko­sie.

21 Ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­se­li­fi­ka ki­mi li­si­thi:

22 Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, ku­yi­ni le­si­sa­ga eli­la­so eli­zwe­ni la­koI­sra­ye­li esi­thi: Insu­ku zi­ye­lu­lwaf, la­wo wo­nke umbo­no uya­bhu­bhag?

23 Nga­kho ba­tshe­le uthi: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Ngi­za­kwe­nza le­si­sa­ga si­phe­le, nja­lo ka­ba­sa­yi­ku­si­se­be­nzi­sa nje­nge­sa­ga koI­sra­ye­li; ko­dwa tsho­no ki­bo: Ku­so­nde­le izi­nsu­kuh le­li­zwi la­wo wo­nke umbo­noi.

24 Ngo­ba ka­ku­sa­yi­ku­ba kho­naj la­mu­nye umbo­no oyi­zekl, lo­ku­vu­mi­sa oku­bu­tshe­le­zi pha­ka­thi kwe­ndlu ya­koI­sra­ye­lim.

25 Ngo­ba mi­na Nko­si ngi­za­khu­lu­ma; ili­zwi engi­za­li­khu­lu­ma li­za­kwe­nze­kan, ka­li­sa­yi­ku­phu­zi­swao; ngo­ba ezi­nsu­kwi­ni ze­nu, li­na ndlu evu­ke­la­yo, ngi­za­khu­lu­ma ili­zwi, ngi­le­nze, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­vap.

26 La­fi­ka fu­thi ki­mi ili­zwi le­Nko­si li­si­thi:

27 Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, kha­nge­la, abe­ndlu ya­koI­sra­ye­li ba­thi: Umbo­no awu­bo­na­yoq ungo­we­nsu­ku ezi­ne­ngir, nja­lo upro­fe­tha nge­zi­kha­thi ezi­kha­tsha­nas.

28 Nga­kho uthi ki­bo: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Ka­ku­sa­yi­ku­phu­zi­swat le­li­lo­dwa la­ma­zwi amiu, ko­dwa ili­zwi engi­za­li­khu­lu­ma li­za­kwe­nze­ka, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­vav.

INko­si iza­me­la­na la­ba­pro­fe­thi ba­ma­nga

13Ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­se­li­fi­ka ki­mi li­si­thi:

2 Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, pro­fe­tha ume­le­ne la­ba­pro­fe­thi ba­koI­sra­ye­li aba­pro­fe­tha­yo, utsho ki­bo aba­pro­fe­tha okwe­nhli­zi­yo ya­bo: Zwa­ni­ni ili­zwi le­Nko­sia.

3 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Ma­ye ku­ba­pro­fe­thi aba­yi­zi­thu­tha, aba­la­nde­la umo­ya wa­bo, aba­nga­bo­na­nga lu­thob!

4 Isra­ye­li, aba­pro­fe­thi ba­kho ba­nje­nga­ma­kha­nka ema­nxi­we­ni.

5 Ka­le­nyu­ke­la­nga ezi­khe­xe­nic, ku­mbe li­bi­ye­le indlu kaI­sra­ye­li utha­ngod uku­ze ime empi­ni ngo­su­ku lwe­Nko­sie.

6 Ba­bo­ne oku­yi­zef, lo­ku­vu­mi­sa kwa­ma­ngag, aba­thi: INko­si ithi; ka­nti iNko­si inga­ba­thu­ma­ngah; ba­the­mba eku­qi­ni­swe­ni kwe­li­zwi1.

7 Ka­li­bo­na­nga yi­ni umbo­no oyi­zei nja­lo li­khu­lu­me uku­vu­mi­sa oku­nga­ma­nga yi­nij? Ka­nti li­thi: INko­si ithi; ko­dwa mi­na ngi­nga­khu­lu­ma­ngak.

8 Nga­kho itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Ngo­ba li­khu­lu­me oku­yi­ze, la­bo­na ama­nga, nga­kho, kha­nge­la­ni, ngi­me­le­ne la­ni, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­val.

9 Nja­lo isa­ndla sa­mi si­za­ku­ba phe­zu kwa­ba­pro­fe­thi aba­bo­na oku­yi­zem, la­ba­vu­mi­sa ama­nga; ka­ba­yi­ku­ba se­nhla­nga­nwe­ni ya­ba­ntu ba­min, fu­thi ka­ba­yi­ku­bha­lwa embha­lwe­ni we­ndlu ya­koI­sra­ye­lio, fu­thi ka­ba­yi­ku­nge­na eli­zwe­ni la­koI­sra­ye­lip; nja­lo li­za­kwa­zi uku­thi ngi­yi­Nko­si uJe­ho­vaqr.

10 Ngo­ba, ye­bo ngo­ba be­du­hi­se aba­ntu ba­mis, be­si­thi: Uku­thu­la! kho­na ku­nge­la­ku­thu­lat; kwa­thi omu­nye wa­kha umdu­li onga­qi­na­nga, kha­nge­la-ke, aba­nye ba­wu­bha­da ngo­da­ka olu­nga­lu­nga­ngau.

11 Tsho­no ku­la­bo aba­wu­bha­da nge­ka­la­ga uku­thi uza­ku­wav. Ku­za­ku­ba kho­na izu­lu eli­khu­khu­la­yowx; la­we, ma­tshe ama­khu­lu esi­qho­tho, uza­ku­way, lo­mo­ya we­si­phe­pho uwu­qhe­ke­zeza.

12 Kha­nge­la-ke, nxa umdu­li usu­wi­le, ka­ku­yi­ku­tshi­wo yi­ni ki­ni uku­thi: Lu­nga­phi uda­ka ela­li­bha­de nga­lo?

13 Nga­kho itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Ngi­zawu­qhe­ke­za ngo­mo­ya we­si­phe­pho eku­thu­ku­the­le­ni kwa­mib, ku­be kho­na izu­lu eli­khu­khu­la­yo ngo­la­ka lwa­mic, la­ma­tshe esi­qho­tho nge­ntu­ku­the­lo ya­mi ukuwu­qe­dad.

14 Ngo­ku­nja­lo ngi­za­di­li­za umdu­li eli­wu­bha­de nge­ka­la­ga, ngi­wu­wi­se­le emhla­ba­thi­ni, uku­ze kwe­mbu­le­ke isi­se­ke­lo sa­wo, uwe; nja­lo li­za­qe­dwa pha­ka­thi kwa­woe; nja­lo li­za­kwa­zi uku­thi ngi­yi­Nko­sif.

15 Ngo­ku­nja­lo ngi­za­phe­le­li­sa ula­ka lwa­mi emdu­li­ni la­phe­zu kwa­la­bo aba­wu­bha­de nge­ka­la­ga, be­se­ngi­si­thi ki­ni: Umdu­li ka­wuse­kho, la­la­bo aba­wu­bha­da­yo ka­ba­khog;

16 oku­tsho aba­pro­fe­thi ba­koI­sra­ye­li aba­pro­fe­tha nge­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, la­ba­yi­bo­ne­la umbo­no wo­ku­thu­la, ka­nti ku­nge­la­ku­thu­la, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­vah.

17 We­na-ke ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, mi­sa ubu­so ba­khoi bu­me­le­ne la­ma­do­da­ka­zi aba­ntu ba­khoj, aba­pro­fe­tha oku­ve­la enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­bo, upro­fe­the ume­le­ne la­bokl.

18 Ubu­su­si­thi: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Ma­ye kwa­be­si­fa­za­na aba­thu­nge­la izi­gqi­zom ku­zo zo­nke izi­hla­ka­lan, abe­nza izi­mbo­mbo­zo ezi­nde phe­zu kwe­kha­nda la­bo bo­nke ubu­deo, uku­ze ba­zi­nge­le imi­phe­fu­mu­lop! Li­za­zi­nge­la imi­phe­fu­mu­lo ya­ba­ntu ba­mi yi­ni, nja­lo li­za­zi­gci­ne­la imi­phe­fu­mu­lo iphi­la yi­niq?

19 Fu­thi li­za­ngi­ngco­li­sa yi­ni pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntu ba­mi nge­nxa ye­za­ndla ezi­gcwe­le ibha­li, la­nge­nxa ye­zi­nce­zu ze­zi­nkwar, uku­thi li­bu­la­le imi­phe­fu­mu­lo ebi­nga­yi­ku­fa, lo­ku­thi li­gci­ne iphi­la imi­phe­fu­mu­lo ebi­nga­yi­ku­phi­la, ngo­ku­qa­mba ama­nga kwe­nu eba­ntwi­ni ba­mi aba­la­le­la ama­nga?

20 Nga­lo­kho itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Kha­nge­la­ni, ngi­me­le­ne le­zi­gqi­zo ze­nu, eli­zi­nge­la nga­zo la­pho imi­phe­fu­mu­lo li­ye­nza ipha­phe; ngi­za­zi­qa­mu­la enga­lwe­ni ze­nu, ngi­ye­ke­le imi­phe­fu­mu­lo iha­mbe, ngi­tsho imi­phe­fu­mu­lo eli­yi­zi­nge­la­yo li­ye­nza ipha­phes.

21 Le­zi­mbo­mbo­zo ze­nu ezi­nde ngi­za­zi­da­bu­lat, ngo­phu­le aba­ntu ba­mi esa­ndle­ni se­nu, uku­thi be­nga­sa­yi­ku­ba se­sa­ndle­ni se­nu uku­ba yi­mpa­ngou; nja­lo li­za­kwa­zi uku­thi ngi­yi­Nko­siv.

22 Ngo­ba li­da­ni­si­le inhli­zi­yo yo­lu­ngi­le­yo nga­ma­nga, engi­nga­mda­bu­ki­sa­nga mi­naw, la­ngo­ba la­qi­ni­sa iza­ndla zo­mu­bi uku­ze anga­phe­ndu­ki endle­le­ni ya­khe embi, uku­mgci­na ephi­lax.

23 Nga­kho ka­li­sa­yi­ku­bo­na oku­yi­ze nja­lo ka­li­yi­ku­vu­mi­sa oku­vu­nyi­swa­yoy; ngo­ba ngi­za­ko­phu­la aba­ntu ba­mi esa­ndle­ni se­nuz; be­se­li­sa­zi uku­thi ngi­yi­Nko­sia.

Aba­kho­nza izi­tho­mbe ba­za­tsha­ywa yi­Nko­si

14Kwa­se­ku­fi­ka ki­mi aba­nye ba­ba­da­la ba­koI­sra­ye­li, ba­hla­la pha­mbi kwa­mia.

2 Ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­se­li­fi­ka ki­mi li­si­thi:

3 Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, la­ma­do­da ami­se izi­tho­mbe za­wo enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­wo, abe­ka isi­khu­be­ki­so se­si­pha­mbe­ko sa­wo pha­mbi ko­bu­so ba­wob: Ngi­nga­bu­zwa yi­wo nge­qi­ni­so yi­nic?

4 Nga­kho khu­lu­ma la­wo, uthi ku­wo: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Wo­nke umu­ntu we­ndlu kaI­sra­ye­li omi­sa izi­tho­mbe za­khe enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­khe, abe­ke isi­khu­be­ki­so se­si­pha­mbe­ko sa­khe pha­mbi ko­bu­so ba­khe, abe­se­si­za ku­mpro­fe­thi, mi­na iNko­si ngi­za­mphe­ndu­la nje­ngo­bu­ne­ngi be­zi­tho­mbe za­khed;

5 uku­ze ngi­ba­mbe indlu kaI­sra­ye­li nge­nhli­zi­yo ya­boe, ngo­ba bo­nke ba­ze­nze abe­mzi­ni ki­mi nge­zi­tho­mbe za­bof.

6 Nga­kho tsho­no ku­yo indlu kaI­sra­ye­li: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Phe­ndu­ka­ni, li­fu­la­the­le izi­tho­mbe ze­nu, li­fu­la­the­li­se ubu­so be­nu ku­zo zo­nke izi­ne­ngi­so ze­nug.

7 Ngo­ba ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo we­ndlu kaI­sra­ye­li, ku­mbe owe­zi­zwe­ni ohla­la koI­sra­ye­li nje­ngo­we­zi­zwe oze­hlu­ka­ni­sa eku­ngi­la­nde­le­ni, ami­se izi­tho­mbe za­khe enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­kheh, abe­ke isi­khu­be­ki­so so­bu­bi ba­khe pha­mbi ko­bu­so ba­khe, eze ku­mpro­fe­thi uku­bu­za ku­ye nga­mi; mi­na Nko­si ngi­za­mphe­ndu­la ngo­kwa­mii.

8 Ngi­za­mi­sa ubu­so ba­mi ngi­me­la­ne la­lo­wo­mu­ntuj, ngi­me­nze abe yi­si­bo­na­ka­li­sok le­za­gal, ngi­mqu­me asu­ke pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntu ba­mim; li­za­kwa­zi-ke uku­thi ngi­yi­Nko­sin.

9 Fu­thi uba umpro­fe­thi ekho­hli­se­ka, nxa ekhu­lu­me ili­zwi, mi­na Nko­si ngi­mkho­hli­si­le lo­wo­mpro­fe­thio; nja­lo ngi­za­kwe­lu­le­la isa­ndla sa­mi phe­zu kwa­khe, ngi­mbhu­bhi­se asu­ke pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntu ba­mi uI­sra­ye­li.

10 Nja­lo ba­za­thwa­la ica­la la­bop. Nje­nge­ca­la lo­bu­za­yo li­za­ku­ba nja­lo ica­la lo­mpro­fe­thiq;

11 uku­ze indlu kaI­sra­ye­li inga­be isa­pha­mbu­ka eku­ngi­la­nde­le­nir, fu­thi inga­bu­yi izi­ngco­li­se nge­zi­pha­mbe­ko za­bo zo­nkes, ko­dwa uku­thi ba­be nga­ba­ntu ba­mit, la­mi ngi­be ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­vau.

Abe­Je­ru­sa­le­ma ba­ku­fa­ne­le uku­tsha­ywa ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu

12 Ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­fi­ka ki­mi fu­thi li­si­thi:

13 Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, la­pho ili­zwe li­so­na ki­mi ngo­ku­pha­mbe­ka oku­khu­lu, ngi­za­kwe­lu­le­la isa­ndla sa­mi phe­zu kwa­lov, nge­phu­le udo­ndo­lo lwe­si­nkwa sa­low, ngi­thu­me indla­la ku­lo, ngi­qu­me ku­lo umu­ntu le­nya­ma­za­nax;

14 la­nxa la­ma­do­da ama­tha­thuy, oNo­waz, uDa­ni­ye­lia, lo­Jo­beb, aye­pha­ka­thi kwa­lo, wo­na aye­za­khu­lu­la umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­wo wo­dwac ngo­ku­lu­nga kwa­wo, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­vad.

15 Uba ngi­da­bu­li­sa izi­lo ezi­mbi eli­zwe­ni, ze­nze li­fe­lwe nga­ba­ntwa­na, li­ze li­be lu­nxi­wa, ku­ze ku­nga­bi kho­na odlu­la­yo nge­nxa ye­zi­loe,

16 lo­ba la­ma­do­da ama­tha­thu abe­pha­ka­thi kwa­lof, ku­phi­la kwa­mi, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­vag, abe­nga­yi­ku­khu­lu­la ama­do­da­na ku­mbe ama­do­da­ka­zi; wo­na wo­dwa abe­za­khu­lu­lwa, ko­dwa ili­zwe li­be lu­nxi­wah.

17 Ku­mbe ubai ngi­se­hli­se­la inke­mba phe­zu kwa­le­lo­li­zwej ngi­thi: Nke­mba, da­bu­la pha­ka­thi kwe­li­zwek, uku­ze ngi­qu­me ngi­su­se ku­lo umu­ntu le­nya­ma­za­nal;

18 lo­ba la­ma­do­da ama­tha­thu abe­pha­ka­thi kwa­lom, ku­phi­la kwa­mi, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­va, abe­nga­yi­ku­khu­lu­la ama­do­da­na ku­mbe ama­do­da­ka­zi, ko­dwa wo­na wo­dwa abe­za­khu­lu­lwan.

19 Ku­mbe uba ngi­thu­me­la uma­tsha­ya­bhu­qe we­si­fo ku­le­lo­li­zweo, ngi­thu­lu­le­le uku­thu­ku­the­la kwa­mi phe­zu kwa­lo nge­ga­zip, uku­ze ngi­qu­me ngi­su­se ku­lo umu­ntu le­nya­ma­za­naq;

20 lo­ba oNo­wa, uDa­ni­ye­li, lo­Jo­be be­be­pha­ka­thi kwa­lor, ku­phi­la kwa­mi, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­vas, be­be­nga­yi­ku­khu­lu­la indo­da­na lo­ba indo­da­ka­zi; bo­na be­be­za­khu­lu­la umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­bo wo­dwa ngo­ku­lu­nga kwa­bot.

21 Ngo­ba itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Ka­khu­lu ka­nga­ka­na­ni la­pho ngi­thu­ma iza­hlu­le­lo za­mi ezi­ne ezi­mbi phe­zu kwe­Je­ru­sa­le­mau, inke­mbavwxy, le­ndla­lazab, le­si­lo esi­bicde, lo­ma­tsha­ya­bhu­qe we­si­fofghi, uku­ze ngi­qu­me ngi­su­se ki­yo umu­ntu le­nya­ma­za­naj.

22 Ko­dwa kha­nge­la, ku­za­sa­la ki­yo aba­phe­phi­le­yo aba­za­khu­tshwa, ama­do­da­na la­ma­do­da­ka­zik; kha­nge­la, ba­za­phu­ma be­si­za ki­ni, li­bo­ne indle­la ya­bo le­ze­nzo za­bol; nja­lo li­za­du­du­zwa ma­ye­la­na lo­ku­bi engi­ku­le­the phe­zu kwe­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, ma­ye­la­na la­kho ko­nke engi­ku­le­the phe­zu kwa­yom.

23 Ngo­ku­nja­lo ba­za­li­du­du­zan nxa li­bo­na indle­la ya­bo le­ze­nzo za­boo; nja­lo li­za­kwa­zi uku­thi ka­ngi­kwe­nza­nga nga­pha­ndle kwe­si­za­tho, ko­nke engi­kwe­nzi­le­yo pha­ka­thi kwa­yo, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­vap.

IJe­ru­sa­le­ma inje­nge­vi­ni eli­nge­la­zi­the­lo

15Ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­se­li­fi­ka ki­mi li­si­thi:

2 Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, isi­hla­hla se­vi­ni si­yi­ni nga­phe­zu kwa­so so­nke isi­hla­hla, ku­mbe uga­tsha olu­pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­hla­hla ze­gu­sua?

3 Ku­za­tha­thwa ki­so isi­go­do yi­ni ukwe­nza umse­be­nzi? Ba­nga­tha­tha ki­so isi­kho­nkwa­ne yi­ni uku­thi ba­le­ngi­se la­si­phi isi­tsha ki­sob?

4 Kha­nge­lac, si­ya­ni­ke­lwa emli­lwe­ni si­be yi­ku­dla, umli­lo uqe­de izi­hlo­ko za­so zo­mbi­li, lo­ku­pha­ka­thi kwa­so ku­tshi­swe. Si­se­lo­si­zo ku­wo umse­be­nzid yi­ni?

5 Kha­nge­la, la­pho si­sa­phe­le­le, ase­nzi­wa­nga si­be ngu­mse­be­nzi; ku­nca­ne ka­nga­ka­na­ni la­pho umli­lo usu­si­qe­di­le se­si­tshi­le si­se­za­kwe­nzi­wa si­be ngu­mse­be­nzie!

6 Nga­kho itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Nje­nge­si­hla­hla se­vi­ni pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­hla­hla ze­gu­su, engi­si­ni­ke­le emli­lwe­ni si­be yi­ku­dla, ngo­ku­nja­lo ngi­za­ni­ke­la aba­hla­li be­Je­ru­sa­le­maf.

7 Ngo­ba ngi­za­mi­sa ubu­so ba­mi bu­me­la­ne la­bog; ba­za­phu­ma komu­nye umli­lo ku­thi omu­nye umli­lo uba­qe­deh; nja­lo li­za­kwa­zi uku­thi ngi­yi­Nko­sii, se­ngi­mi­se ubu­so ba­mi ba­me­la­na la­boj.

8 Nja­lo ngi­za­kwe­nza ili­zwe li­be lu­nxi­wa, ngo­ba be­nze isi­pha­mbe­ko, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­vak.

Uku­nga­the­mbe­ki kwe­Je­ru­sa­le­ma

16Ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­fi­ka ki­mi fu­thi li­si­thi:

2 Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, ye­nza iJe­ru­sa­le­ma ya­zi ama­nya­la ayoa,

3 uthi: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va ku­yo iJe­ru­sa­le­ma: Uku­da­bu­ka kwa­kho lo­ku­za­lwa kwa­khob ku­ngo­kwe­li­zwe la­ma­Kha­na­nic; uyi­hlod wa­ye­ngu­mA­mo­rie lo­nyo­kof umHe­thig.

4 Ma­ye­la­na lo­ku­za­lwa kwa­kho, ngo­su­ku owa­za­lwa nga­lo inka­ba ya­kho ka­yi­qu­nywa­nga, nja­lo ka­wu­ge­zi­swa­nga ema­nzi­ni uku­thi u­hla­nju­lu­lwe, ka­wu­gco­tshwa­nga nge­tshwa­yi ngi­tsho, ka­wu­go­qe­lwa­nga nga­ma­le­mbu ngi­tshoh.

5 Ka­ku­la­li­hlo ela­ku­ha­wu­ke­la­yo, uku­thi le­nze yi­lo­ba yi­ku­phi kwa­le­zi­zi­nto ku­we, uku­thi li­ku­ha­wu­ke­lei. Ko­dwa wa­pho­se­lwa ebu­swe­ni be­ndle, eku­ne­nge­ke­ni ko­bu­ntu ba­khoj, ngo­su­ku owa­za­lwa nga­lok.

6 Kwa­thi ngi­se­dlu­la ku­we ngi­ku­bo­na uqha­tsha ega­zi­ni la­kho, nga­thi ku­we use­ga­zi­ni la­khol: Phi­la; ye­bo nga­thi ku­we use­ga­zi­ni la­kho: Phi­lam.

7 Ngi­kwe­nzi­le wa­ba li­na­ni eli­khu­lu, wa­ba nje­nge­hlu­me­la le­ga­nga, wa­nda, wa­khu­lan, wa­fi­ka emi­ce­ci­swe­ni emi­hleo; ama­be­le akho abu­mbe­ki­le, le­nwe­le za­kho za­khu­la; ka­nti wa­wu­nqu­nu uzep.

8 Kwa­thi ngi­se­dlu­la ku­we nga­ku­bo­na, kha­nge­la-ke, isi­kha­thi sa­kho sa­si­yi­si­kha­thi so­tha­ndo; nga­se­ngi­se­ndla­la umphe­tho we­se­mba­tho sa­mi phe­zu kwa­kho, nge­mbe­sa ubu­nqu­nu ba­kho; ye­bo, nga­fu­nga ku­we, nga­nge­na esi­vu­me­lwa­ne­ni la­we, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­vaq, wa­su­si­ba ngo­wa­mir.

9 Nga­se­ngi­ku­ge­zi­sa nga­ma­nzi, nga­hla­mbu­lu­la iga­zi la­kho eli­ne­ngi ku­we, nga­ku­gco­ba nga­ma­fu­thas.

10 Nga­ku­gqo­ki­sa ile­mbu eli­fe­ke­thi­si­we­yot, nga­ku­fa­ka ama­nya­the­lau ezi­khu­mba zi­ka­ma­ntswa­nev, nga­ku­bhi­nci­sa ile­mbu eli­co­le­ki­le­yo ka­khu­luw, nga­kwe­mbe­sa nge­si­li­kax.

11 Nga­ku­ce­ci­sa nge­zi­ce­ci­soy, nga­fa­ka ama­so­ngo eza­ndle­ni za­khoz, le­ke­ta­nea enta­nye­ni ya­khob.

12 Nga­fa­ka iso­ngo ema­kha­le­ni akho, la­ma­ci­ci ezi­ndle­be­ni za­khoc, lo­mqhe­le omu­hle ekha­nda la­khod.

13 Ngo­ku­nja­lo wa­ce­ci­swa nge­go­li­de le­si­li­vae, le­se­mba­tho sa­kho sa­si­nge­se­le­mbu eli­co­le­ki­le­yo ka­khu­luf, le­si­li­kag, le­le­mbu eli­fe­ke­thi­si­we­yoh; wa­dla impu­phu eco­le­ki­le­yo, lo­lu­ju, la­ma­fu­thai; wa­ba mu­hle ka­khu­lu­ka­zi, wa­phu­me­le­la wa­ba ngu­mbu­soj.

14 Lo­du­mo lwa­kho lwa­phu­me­la ezi­zwe­nik ngo­bu­hle ba­kholm, ngo­ba ba­bu­phe­le­le nge­nka­zi­mu­lo ya­mi, enga­yi­be­ka phe­zu kwa­kho, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­van.

15 Ko­dwa wa­the­mbe­la ebu­hle­ni ba­khoo, wa­wu­la nge­nxa ye­bi­zo la­khop, wa­thu­lu­le­la uku­wu­la kwa­kho ku­ye wo­nke odlu­la­yoq, kwa­ba ngo­kwa­khe.

16 Wa­tha­tha eze­mba­thwe­ni za­kho, wa­ze­nze­la inda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yor nge­mi­ba­las, wa­wu­le­la phe­zu kwa­zot; izi­nto ezi­nje ka­zi­yi­ku­za, nja­lo ka­ku­yi­kwe­nze­ka.

17 Wa­tha­tha fu­thi izi­tsha za­kho ezi­nhle ego­li­de­ni la­mi le­si­li­ve­ni sa­mi enga­ngi­ku­ni­ke kho­nau, wa­ze­nze­la izi­tho­mbe za­be­si­li­sav, wa­wu­la la­zow.

18 Wa­tha­tha ize­mba­tho za­kho ezi­fe­ke­thi­si­we­yox, wa­zi­si­be­ke­la; wa­be­ka ama­fu­tha ami le­mpe­pha ya­mi pha­mbi kwa­zoy.

19 Lo­ku­dla kwa­mi enga­ku­ni­ka kho­naz, impu­phu eco­le­ki­le­yo la­ma­fu­tha lo­lu­ju e­nga­ngi­ko­ndla nga­khoa, wa­ku­be­ka pha­mbi kwa­zo kwa­ba li­phu­nga eli­mna­ndi; kwa­ba nja­lo, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­va.

20 Wa­su­tha­tha ama­do­da­na akho la­ma­do­da­ka­zi akho, owa­wu­ngi­za­le­le wo­nab, wa­wa­hla­be­la zo­na uku­ze adli­wec. Uku­phi­nga kwa­kho kwa­ku­ku­nci­nya­ne yi­nid,

21 uku­ze ubu­la­le aba­ntwa­na ba­mie, uba­ni­ke­la uku­ba uba­da­bu­li­sef emli­lwe­ni ku­zog?

22 La­ku­wo wo­nke ama­nya­la akho lo­ku­wu­la kwa­kho ka­wu­khu­mbu­la­nga insu­ku zo­bu­tsha ba­khoh, la­pho wa­wu­nqu­nu uzei, uqha­tshaj ega­zi­ni la­khok.

23 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi emva kwa­yo yo­nke inko­hla­ka­lo ya­kho (ma­ye, ma­ye ku­we! itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­va),

24 wa­za­khe­la idu­ndu­lu, wa­ze­nze­la inda­wo epha­ke­me­yo ku­so so­nke isi­ta­la­dal.

25 Ku­yo yo­nke inhlo­ko ye­ndle­la wa­khi­le inda­wo ya­kho epha­ke­me­yom, we­nza ubu­hle ba­kho ba­ne­nge­kan, wa­vu­le­la bo­nke abe­dlu­la­yo izi­nya­wo za­khoo, wa­ndi­sa uku­wu­la kwa­khop.

26 Nja­lo wa­phi­ngaq la­ba­ntwa­na ba­ma­Gi­bhi­the, oma­khe­lwa­ne ba­khor, aba­khu­lu nge­nya­ma, wa­ndi­sa uku­wu­la kwa­khos, uku­ze ungi­thu­ku­the­li­set.

27 Nga­kho, kha­nge­la, nge­lu­le­le isa­ndla sa­mi phe­zu kwa­kho, nga­nci­phi­sau isa­be­lo sa­kho esi­mi­si­we­yov, nga­ku­ni­ke­la enta­ndwe­ni ya­ba­ku­zo­nda­yow, ama­do­da­ka­zi ama­Fi­li­sti, ale­nhlo­ni nge­ndle­la ya­kho embix.

28 Uwu­li­le fu­thiy la­ba­ntwa­na ba­maA­si­ri­ya ngo­ba unga­su­thi­se­ki; ye­bo, uwu­li­le la­wo, ku­be ka­nti ka­wu­su­thi­se­ka­ngaz.

29 Wa­ndi­sa fu­thi uku­wu­la kwa­khoab eli­zwe­ni le­Ka­na­nic ku­ze ku­be se­Kha­la­di­yad; ko­dwa la­nga­lo­khu ka­wu­su­thi­se­ka­nga.

30 Ibu­tha­ka­tha­ka ka­nga­ka­na­ni inhli­zi­yo ya­kho, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­va, ekwe­nze­ni kwa­kho zo­nke le­zi­zi­nto, umse­be­nzi wo­we­si­fa­za­na ophi­nga­yo, obu­sa­yo,

31 ekwa­khe­ni kwa­kho idu­ndu­lu la­kho enhlo­kwe­ni ya­yo yo­nke indle­lae, we­nza inda­wo ya­kho epha­ke­me­yo ku­so so­nke isi­ta­la­daf, ka­nti ka­wu­ba­nga nje­nge­wu­le ngo­ba wa­de­le­la iho­lo le­wu­leg.

32 Umfa­zi ofe­ba­yo, enda­we­ni ye­ndo­da ya­khe utha­tha abe­mzi­nih!

33 Ba­pha isi­pho ku­wo wo­nke ama­wu­le. Ko­dwa we­na uni­ka isi­pho sa­kho ku­zo zo­nke izi­tha­ndwa za­kho, uzi­the­nga uku­ze zi­ze ku­we enhla­ngo­thi­ni zo­nke ngo­ku­wu­la kwa­khoij.

34 Nga­kho ku­we ku­lo­ku­pha­mbe­ne la­be­si­fa­za­na eku­wu­le­ni kwa­kho, ngo­ba ka­kho ola­nde­la we­na uku­ya­wu­la; le­ku­ni­ke­ni kwa­kho iho­lo le­wu­lek, nja­lo unga­ni­kwa­nga iho­lo le­wu­le, nga­kho usu­be ngo­pha­mbe­ne­yol.

35 Nga­kho, we­na wu­le, zwa­na ili­zwi le­Nko­si.

36 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Ngo­ba uku­wu­la kwa­kho ku­thu­lu­li­we, lo­bu­nqu­nu ba­kho be­mbu­lwa ngo­ku­wu­la kwa­kho le­zi­tha­ndwa za­kho, la­nga­zo zo­nke izi­tho­mbe ze­zi­ne­ngi­so za­khom, la­nge­ga­zi la­ba­ntwa­na ba­khon owa­zi­ni­ka bo­nao.

37 Nga­kho, kha­nge­la, ngi­za­qo­qa zo­nke izi­tha­ndwa za­kho obu­tho­ko­za la­zop, la­zo zo­nke obu­zi­tha­nda ka­nye la­zo zo­nke obu­zi­zo­ndaq; ngi­zi­qo­qe zi­me­la­ne la­we zi­ve­la enhla­ngo­thi­ni zo­nker, nge­mbu­le ubu­nqu­nu ba­kho ku­zos uku­ze zi­bo­ne bo­nke ubu­nqu­nu ba­khot.

38 Nja­lo ngi­za­ku­gwe­bau nge­za­hlu­le­lo za­be­si­fa­za­na aba­fe­ba­yovw la­ba­chi­thi be­ga­zixyz, ngi­ku­phe iga­zi le­ntu­ku­the­lo lo­bu­khwe­le.

39 Ngi­za­ku­ni­ke­la fu­thi esa­ndle­ni sa­zo, zi­wi­se­le pha­nsi idu­ndu­lu la­khoa, zi­di­li­ze inda­wo za­kho ezi­pha­ke­me­yob, zi­ku­hlu­bu­le izi­gqo­ko za­khocde, zi­tha­the izi­nto za­kho ezi­nhlef, zi­ku­tshi­ye unqu­nu uzeg.

40 Zi­kwe­nyu­se­le­le ixu­kuh, zi­ku­kha­nde nga­ma­tshe, zi­ku­gwa­ze nge­zi­nke­mba za­zoi.

41 Zi­tshi­se izi­ndlu za­kho ngo­mli­loj, ze­nze iza­hlu­le­lo phe­zu kwa­kho pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo abe­si­fa­za­na aba­ne­ngik. Nja­lo ngi­za­kwe­nza uye­ke­le eku­be­ni li­wu­lel, nja­lo ka­wu­sa­yi­ku­pha iho­lo le­wu­le fu­thim.

42 Ngo­ku­nja­lo ngi­za­kwe­nza uku­ku­thu­ku­the­le­la kwa­mi ku­phu­mu­le, lo­bu­khwe­le ba­mi bu­su­ke ku­we; nja­lo ngi­za­thu­la, ngi­nga­be ngi­sa­thu­ku­the­lan.

43 Nge­nxa yo­ku­thi unga­khu­mbu­la­nga insu­ku zo­bu­tsha ba­khoo, ko­dwa ungi­thu­ku­the­li­si­le nga­zo zo­nke le­zizi­ntop, kha­nge­la, mi­na-ke ngi­za­kwe­hli­se­la fu­thi indle­la ya­kho phe­zu kwe­kha­nda la­kho, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­vaq. Nja­lo ka­wu­yi­kwe­nza lo­bu­bu­bi phe­zu kwa­zo zo­nke izi­ne­ngi­so za­khor.

44 Kha­nge­la, wo­nke ose­be­nzi­sa iza­ga uza­se­be­nzi­sa isa­ga nga­wes esi­thi: Nje­ngo­ni­na inja­lo indo­da­ka­zi ya­khe.

45 We­na uyi­ndo­da­ka­zi ka­nyo­ko, owa­ye­se­nya­nya indo­da ya­khe la­ba­ntwa­na ba­khet; la­we ungu­da­de wa­bo­da­de­we­nuu, aba­be­se­nya­nya ama­do­da abo la­ba­ntwa­na ba­bov; unyo­ko wa­ye­ngu­mHe­thiw lo­yi­hlo umA­mo­rix.

46 Lo­da­de­we­nu omda­la yi­Sa­ma­ri­yay, ye­na la­ma­do­da­ka­zi akhe aba­hla­la nga­kwe­so­kho­hlo sa­khoza; lo­da­de­we­nu omnca­ne ku­we, ohla­la nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne sa­khobc, yi­So­do­ma la­ma­do­da­ka­zi ayod.

47 Ka­nti ka­wu­ha­mba­nga nge­zi­ndle­la za­bo, we­nze nje­ngo­kwe­zi­ne­ngi­so za­boe; kwa­ku­nje­nge­nto enci­nya­ne ene­nge­ka­yo; ko­dwa wo­na­ka­la ku­la­bo ku­zo zo­nke izi­ndle­la za­khof.

48 Ku­phi­la kwa­mi, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­vag, isi­bi­li iSo­do­ma uda­de­we­nu ka­ye­nza­nga, yo­na la­ma­do­da­ka­zi ayo, nje­ngo­kwe­nza kwa­kho, we­na la­ma­do­da­ka­zi akhoh.

49 Kha­nge­la, le­si sa­si­yi­si­pha­mbe­ko se­So­do­ma uda­de­we­nu: Uku­zi­gqa­ja, uku­su­tha isi­nkwa, lo­ku­che­le­sa oku­lo­ku­thu­la kwa­ku­ku­yo la­ku­ma­do­da­na ayo, ko­dwa ka­qi­ni­sa­nga isa­ndla sa­ba­ya­nga la­ba­swe­la­yoi.

50 Ba­be­zi­pha­ka­mi­sa, be­nza isi­ne­ngi­so pha­mbi kwa­mij; nga­kho nga­ba­su­sak nje­ngo­ku­bo­na kwa­mil.

51 Fu­thi iSa­ma­ri­ya ka­yo­na­nga nge­ngxe­nye ye­zo­no za­khom; ko­dwa we­na wa­ndi­si­le izi­ne­ngi­so za­kho ku­la­bo, wa­lu­ngi­si­sa oda­de­we­nu nge­zi­ne­ngi­so za­kho zo­nke oze­nzi­le­yon.

52 La­weo, thwa­la ihla­zo la­khop, we­na owa­hlu­le­le oda­de­we­nuq, nge­zo­no za­kho oze­nzi­le­yo ngo­ku­ne­nge­ka okwe­dlu­la bo­na; ba­lu­ngi­le ku­la­we. Nga­kho la­we wo­ba le­nhlo­ni, uthwa­le ihla­zo la­khor, ngo­ba uba­lu­ngi­si­si­le oda­de­we­nus.

53 La­pho ngi­za­bu­yi­sa aba­thu­nji­we­yo ba­bo, aba­thu­njwa be­So­do­ma la­ma­do­da­ka­zi ayo, la­ba­thu­njwa be­Sa­ma­ri­ya la­ma­do­da­ka­zi ayo, kho­na ngi­za­bu­yi­sa uku­thu­njwa kwa­ba­thu­njwa ba­kho pha­ka­thi kwa­bot.

54 Uku­ze uthwa­le ihla­zo la­khou, ube le­nhlo­ni nga­kho ko­nke okwe­nzi­le­yov eku­ba­du­du­ze­ni kwa­khow.

55 La­pho oda­de­we­nu iSo­do­ma la­ma­do­da­ka­zi ayo be­za­bu­ye­la esi­me­ni sa­bo sa­ku­qa­la, le­Sa­ma­ri­ya la­ma­do­da­ka­zi ayo ba­bu­ye­le esi­me­ni sa­bo sa­ku­qa­la, la­we la­ma­do­da­ka­zi akho li­za­bu­ye­la esi­me­ni se­nu sa­ku­qa­lax.

56 Ngo­ba iSo­do­ma uda­de­we­nu ka­yi­ba­nga se­mlo­nye­ni wa­kho nje­ngo­mbi­ko ngo­su­ku lo­ku­zi­gqa­ja kwa­kho,

57 bu­nga­ke­mbu­lwa ubu­bi ba­kho, nge­si­kha­thi se­hla­zo la­ma­do­da­ka­zi eSi­ri­yay, la­bo bo­nke aba­yi­zi­nge­le­ze­le­yo, ama­do­da­ka­zi ama­Fi­li­sti, aba­kwe­yi­sa­yo inhla­ngo­thi zo­nkez.

58 We­na uthwe­le ama­ce­bo akho ama­bi le­zi­ne­ngi­so za­kho, itsho iNko­sia.

59 Ngo­ba itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Ngi­za­kwe­nza la­ku­we nje­ngo­kwe­nza kwa­kho, ode­le­lab isi­fu­ngoc ngo­kwe­phu­lad isi­vu­me­lwa­noe.

60 Ku­be ka­nti mi­na ngi­za­khu­mbu­la isi­vu­me­lwa­no sa­mi la­wef ensu­kwi­ni zo­bu­tsha ba­khog, ngi­mi­se la­we isi­vu­me­lwa­no esi­la­pha­ka­deh.

61 Kho­na uza­khu­mbu­la izi­ndle­la za­khoi, ube le­nhlo­nij, la­pho use­mu­ke­la oda­de­we­nuk, omda­la ku­we lo­mnci­nya­ne ku­wel; ngo­ba ngi­za­ku­ni­ka bo­na ba­be nga­ma­do­da­ka­zim, ko­dwa ku­nga­bi nge­si­vu­me­lwa­no sa­khon.

62 Nja­lo mi­na ngi­za­mi­sa isi­vu­me­lwa­no sa­mi la­weo, uza­kwa­zi-ke uku­thi ngi­yi­Nko­sip.

63 Uku­ze ukhu­mbu­le, ube le­nhlo­niq, unga­ber usa­vu­la umlo­mo wa­khos nge­nxa ye­hla­zo la­khot, la­pho se­ngi­kwe­nze­le inhla­wu­lo yo­ku­thu­la nga­kho ko­nke okwe­nzi­le­yo, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­vau.

Umfa­ne­ki­so wo­kho­zi le­vi­ni

17Ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­se­li­fi­ka ki­mi li­si­thi:

2 Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, ye­nza ili­bhoa, ukhu­lu­me ngo­mfa­ne­ki­so ku­yo indlu ya­koI­sra­ye­lib,

3 uthi: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Ukho­zi olu­khu­luc, olu­khu­lu nge­mpi­kod, olu­de nge­zi­mpa­phee, olu­gcwe­le insi­baf, olu­le­mi­ba­la­ba­la, lwe­za eLe­bha­no­nig, lwa­tha­thah isi­hlo­ko so­mse­da­rii,

4 lwa­qu­nta isi­hlo­ko se­zi­nga­tsha­na za­wo ezi­ntshaj, lwa­si­sa eli­zwe­ni lo­ku­the­ngi­se­la­na, lwa­si­be­ka emzi­ni wa­ba­the­ngi­sik.

5 Lwa­se­lu­tha­tha okwe­nhla­nye­lo ya­le­lo­li­zwel, lwa­yi­fa­ka ensi­mi­ni ye­nhla­nye­lom, lwa­yi­be­ka nga­se­ma­nzi­ni ama­ne­ngin, lwa­yi­be­ka nje­ngo­mye­za­neo.

6 Ya­si­hlu­ma, ya­ba li­vi­ni eli­na­ba­yop, eli­fi­tsha­ne nge­si­tho­mboq, onga­tsha za­lo za­phe­ndu­ke­la ku­lor, le­mpa­nde za­lo za­ba nga­pha­nsi kwa­lo. Ngo­ku­nja­lo la­ba li­vi­ni, la­ve­za inga­tshas, la­khu­pha ama­hlu­me­lat.

7 Kwa­se­ku­si­ba kho­na olu­nye ukho­zi olu­khu­luu, olu­khu­lu nge­mpi­kov, lwa­nde nge­nsi­baw. Kha­nge­la-ke, le­li­vi­nix la­tshe­ki­se­la impa­nde za­lo nga­ku­loy, la­khu­phe­la inga­tsha za­lo nga­ku­lo, uku­ze lu­li­the­le­le nge­mi­ge­lo ye­nda­wo ya­lo ehla­nye­lwe­yoz.

8 La­li­hla­nye­lwe ensi­mi­ni enhle nga­se­ma­nzi­ni ama­ne­ngi uku­thi li­ve­ze inga­tshaa, lo­ku­thi li­the­le isi­the­lo, li­be li­vi­ni eli­hle­ka­zib.

9 Wo­thi: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Li­za­phu­me­le­la yi­ni? Ka­lu­yi­ku­si­phu­na yi­ni impa­nde za­lo, lu­qu­me izi­the­lo za­lo, li­bu­ne? Li­za­bu­na ku­wo wo­nke ama­hla­mvu alo ama­tsha oku­mi­la kwa­lo, ku­nge­nge­nga­lo enku­lu la­ba­ntu aba­ne­ngi, uku­li­si­phu­na nge­mpa­nde za­lo.

10 Ye­bo, kha­nge­la, se­li­hla­nye­lwe li­za­phu­me­le­la yi­nic? Ka­li­yi­ku­bu­na ngo­ku­phe­le­le­yo yi­ni nxa umo­ya we­mpu­ma­la­nga uli­tsha­yad? Li­za­bu­ne­la ensi­mi­ni yo­ku­mi­la kwa­loe.

11 La­se­li­fi­ka ili­zwi le­Nko­si ki­mi li­si­thi:

12 Tsho­no kha­the­si ku­yo indlu evu­ke­la­yof: Ka­la­zi yi­ni uku­thi le­zi­zi­nto zi­yi­nig? Uthi: Kha­nge­la, inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni ya­fi­ka e­Je­ru­sa­le­mah, ya­tha­tha inko­si ya­yo le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­yo, ya­ba­le­tha nga­ku­yo eBha­bhi­lo­ni.

13 Ya­tha­tha owe­nza­lo ye­si­kho­si­ni, ye­nza isi­vu­me­lwa­no la­yei, ya­mnge­ni­sa pha­nsi kwe­si­fu­ngoj; ya­tha­thak aba­la­ma­ndla be­li­zwel;

14 uku­ze umbu­so ube pha­nsim, unga­zi­pha­ka­mi­si, uku­thi ngo­ku­lo­ndo­lo­za isi­vu­me­lwa­no sa­khe ume.

15 Ko­dwa wa­yi­vu­ke­lan ngo­ku­thu­ma izi­thu­nywa za­kheo eGi­bhi­thepq, uku­ze ba­mni­ke ama­bhi­za la­ba­ntu aba­ne­ngir. Uza­phu­me­le­la yi­nis? Owe­nza le­zi­zi­nto uza­phe­pha yi­ni? Ku­mbe anga­se­phu­la isi­vu­me­lwa­no aphe­phe yi­nit?

16 Ku­phi­la kwa­mi, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­vau, isi­bi­li enda­we­ni ye­nko­siv, embe­ka uku­thi abe yi­nko­siw, osi­fu­ngo sa­yo wa­si­de­le­lax, lo­si­vu­me­lwa­no sa­yo wa­se­phu­lay, uza­ku­fa la­yo pha­ka­thi kwe­Bha­bhi­lo­niz.

17 Nja­loa uFa­ro, le­bu­tho eli­la­ma­ndla le­xu­ku eli­khu­lub, ka­yi­ku­msi­za empi­ni ngo­ku­bu­the­le­la idu­ndu­luc la­ngo­kwa­kha inqa­bad, uku­qu­ma aba­ntu aba­ne­ngi.

18 Ngo­ba ede­le­le isi­fu­ngoe ngo­kwe­phu­la isi­vu­me­lwa­nof, la­pho, kha­nge­la, ese­ni­ke­le isa­ndla sa­kheg, wa­ze­nza zo­nke le­zi­zi­nto, ka­yi­ku­phu­nyu­kah.

19 Nga­kho, itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Ku­phi­la kwa­mii, isi­bi­li, isi­fu­ngo sa­mi asi­de­le­le­yojk, le­si­vu­me­lwa­no sa­mi ase­phu­li­le­yo, ngi­za­kwe­hli­se­la phe­zu kwe­kha­nda la­khel.

20 Ngi­za­kwe­ndla­la imbu­le la­mi phe­zu kwa­khem, uku­thi aba­njwe emji­bi­le­ni wa­min, ngi­mle­the eBha­bhi­lo­nio, ngi­ma­hlu­le­le kho­nap nge­si­pha­mbe­ko sa­khe apha­mbe­ke nga­so ki­miq.

21 La­bo bo­nke aba­ba­le­ka­yo ba­khe ka­nye la­wo wo­nke ama­vi­yo akhe ba­za­ku­wa nge­nke­mbar, la­ba­se­le­yo ba­za­hla­ka­ze­ke­la ku­wo wo­nke umo­yas. Li­za­kwa­zi-ke uku­thi mi­na iNko­si ngi­khu­lu­mi­let.

22 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: La­mi ngi­za­tha­tha esi­hlo­kwe­ni so­mse­da­ri omu­de, ngi­ku­mi­seu. Ngi­za­qu­nta ku­so isi­hlo­ko se­nga­tsha­na za­wo ezi­ntshav olu­bu­tha­ka­tha­kaw, mi­na ngi­lu­hla­nye­le phe­zu kwe­nta­ba ende le­pha­ke­me­yox.

23 Enta­be­ni ye­ngqo­nga ya­koI­sra­ye­li ngi­za­lu­hla­nye­lay; nja­lo lu­za­khu­pha inga­tshaz, lu­the­le isi­the­loa, lu­be ngu­mse­da­ri omhle­ka­zi; la­nga­pha­nsi kwa­wob ku­za­hla­la yo­nke inyo­ni yo­phi­ko lo­nkec; emthu­nzi­ni we­nga­tsha za­wo zi­za­hla­lad.

24 Ngo­ku­nja­lo zo­nke izi­hla­hla ze­ga­nga zi­za­kwa­zi uku­thi mi­na iNko­si ngi­tho­bi­si­le isi­hla­hla esi­dee, nga­pha­ka­mi­sa isi­hla­hla esi­fi­tsha­nef, ngo­mi­sa isi­hla­hla esi­lu­hla­zag, nge­nza isi­hla­hla eso­mi­le­yo si­hlu­mehi. Mi­na Nko­si ngi­khu­lu­mi­le, nga­kwe­nzaj.

Umu­ntu owo­na­yo uza­ku­fa nge­nxa ye­za­khe izo­no

18Ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­fi­ka ki­mi fu­thi li­si­thi:

2 Li­tsho­ni, uku­thi li­se­be­nzi­se le­si­sa­ga nge­li­zwe la­koI­sra­ye­lia, li­si­thi: Oyi­se ba­dli­le izi­the­lo ze­vi­ni ezi­mu­nyub, la­ma­zi­nyo aba­ntwa­na ase­tshe­le­lac?

3 Ku­phi­la kwa­mi, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­vad, isi­bi­li ka­ku­sa­yi­ku­ba ki­ni uku­se­be­nzi­sa le­si­sa­ga koI­sra­ye­lie.

4 Kha­nge­la, yo­nke imi­phe­fu­mu­lo nge­ya­mi; nje­ngo­mphe­fu­mu­lo ka­yi­se, unja­lo lo­mphe­fu­mu­lo we­ndo­da­na, ku­ngo­kwa­mi. Umphe­fu­mu­lo owo­na­yo, wo­na uza­ku­faf.

5 Ko­dwa uba umu­ntu elu­ngi­le, enze ukwa­hlu­le­la lo­ku­lu­ngag,

6 enga­dle­li phe­zu kwe­zi­nta­bah, enga­pha­ka­mi­se­li ame­hlo akhe ezi­tho­mbe­ni ze­ndlu ya­koI­sra­ye­lii, enga­ngco­li­si umfa­zi ka­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khej, enga­so­nde­lik ko­we­si­fa­za­na ose­mfu­le­nil,

7 enga­ci­nde­ze­li mu­ntum, ebu­yi­se­la ko­we­bo­le­ka­yo isi­ba­mbi­so sa­khen, enga­pha­ngi impa­ngoo, eni­ka ola­mbi­le­yo isi­nkwa sa­khep, ese­mbe­sa oze nge­se­mba­thoqr,

8 enga­ni­kis nge­nzu­zot, enga­tha­thiu okwe­nge­ze­le­lwe­yov, ebu­yi­sa isa­ndla sa­khe esi­pha­mbe­kwe­ni, ese­nza isa­hlu­le­lo esi­qi­ni­si­le­yo pha­ka­thi ko­mu­ntu lo­mu­ntuw,

9 eha­mba nge­zi­mi­so za­mi, egci­na iza­hlu­le­lo za­mi, ukwe­nza iqi­ni­sox; ye­na uqo­ndi­le, uza­phi­la isi­bi­li, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­vay.

10 Uba eza­la indo­da­na engu­mpha­ngi, umchi­thi we­ga­zi, lo­we­nza oku­fa­na­na lo­ku­nye kwa­le­zi­zi­ntoz,

11 lo­nge­nzi zo­nke le­zo­zi­nto, ko­dwa ngi­tsho edle­la phe­zu kwe­zi­nta­baa, engco­li­sa umfa­zi wo­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­kheb,

12 eci­nde­ze­la umya­nga lo­swe­la­yocd, epha­nga impa­ngoef, enga­bu­yi­se­la­nga isi­ba­mbi­sog, epha­ka­mi­se­le ame­hlo akhe ezi­tho­mbe­nih, enze oku­ne­nge­ka­yoi,

13 eni­ka nge­nzu­zo, atha­the ngo­kwe­nge­ze­le­lwe­yo, uza­phi­la yi­ni? Ka­yi­ku­phi­la; we­nze zo­nke le­zi­zi­ne­ngi­so; uza­ku­fa lo­ku­faj, ama­ca­la akhe ega­zi aza­ku­ba phe­zu kwa­khek.

14 Kha­nge­la-ke, uza­la indo­da­na ebo­na zo­nke izo­no zi­ka­yi­se aze­nzi­le­yo, ibo­na, inge­nzi nje­nga­le­zi­zi­ntol,

15 inga­dle­li phe­zu kwe­zi­nta­bam, inga­pha­ka­mi­se­li ame­hlo ayo ezi­tho­mbe­ni ze­ndlu ya­koI­sra­ye­lin, inga­ngco­li­si umfa­zi wo­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­yoo,

16 inga­ci­nde­ze­li mu­ntup, inga­go­dli isi­ba­mbi­soq, inga­pha­ngi impa­ngor, isi­pha ola­mbi­le­yos isi­nkwa sa­yo, ye­mbe­se oze nge­se­mba­thot,

17 isu­se isa­ndla sa­yo ko­ngu­mya­ngau, inge­mu­ke­li inzu­zo lo­kwe­nge­ze­le­lwe­yov, ise­nza iza­hlu­le­lo za­mi, iha­mbe nge­zi­mi­so za­mi, yo­na ka­yi­yi­ku­fe­la isi­pha­mbe­ko si­ka­yi­sew, iza­phi­la isi­bi­lix.

18 Uyi­se, ngo­ba eci­nde­ze­le ngo­ci­nde­ze­loy, wa­pha­nga impa­ngo ku­mfo­wa­boza, we­nza oku­nga­lu­nga­nga pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntu ba­ki­bo, kha­nge­la-ke, uza­fe­la ebu­bi­ni ba­kheb.

19 Ka­nti li­thi: Ku­nga­ni indo­da­na inga­thwa­li isi­pha­mbe­ko si­ka­yi­sec? Nxa indo­da­na ye­nzi­le isa­hlu­le­lo lo­ku­lu­ngad, igci­ni­le zo­nke izi­mi­so za­mi, ya­ze­nzae, iza­phi­la isi­bi­lif.

20 Umphe­fu­mu­lo owo­na­yo, wo­na uza­ku­fag. Indo­da­na ka­yi­yi­ku­thwa­la isi­pha­mbe­ko si­ka­yi­se, lo­yi­se ka­yi­ku­thwa­la isi­pha­mbe­ko se­ndo­da­nah. Uku­lu­nga ko­lu­ngi­le­yo ku­za­ku­ba phe­zu kwa­khei, le­nko­hla­ka­lo yo­kho­hla­ke­le­yo iza­ku­ba phe­zu kwa­khejk.

Indle­la ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ilu­ngi­le

21 Ko­dwa uba omu­bi ephe­ndu­ka ezo­nwe­ni za­khe zo­nke aze­nzi­le­yol, agci­ne zo­nke izi­mi­so za­mim, enze isa­hlu­le­lo lo­ku­lu­ngan, uza­phi­la isi­bi­li, ka­yi­ku­fao.

22 Izi­pha­mbe­ko za­khe zo­nke aze­nzi­le­yo ka­zi­yi­ku­khu­nju­le­lwa ku­ye; eku­lu­nge­ni kwa­khe akwe­nzi­le­yo, uza­phi­lap.

23 Ngi­ya­tho­ko­za lo­ku­tho­ko­za ngo­ku­fa ko­kho­hla­ke­le­yo yi­ni? itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­va; ka­ku­si­ku­thi aphe­ndu­ke ezi­ndle­le­ni za­khe, aphi­le yi­niq?

24 Ko­dwa nxa olu­ngi­le­yo ephe­ndu­ka eku­lu­nge­ni kwa­khe, ese­nza isi­pha­mbe­ko, enze nje­ngo­kwe­zi­ne­ngi­so zo­nke aze­nza­yo omu­bi, uza­phi­la yi­nir? Uku­lu­nga kwa­khe ko­nke akwe­nzi­le­yo ka­ku­yi­ku­khu­nju­lwast; esi­pha­mbe­kwe­ni sa­khe apha­mbe­ke nga­so, le­so­nwe­ni sa­khe aso­ni­le­yo, uza­fe­la ki­khou.

25 Ka­nti li­thi: Indle­la ye­Nko­si ka­yi­li­nga­ni. Zwa­ni­ni-ke, li­na ndlu kaI­sra­ye­li; indle­la ya­mi ka­yi­li­nga­ni yi­ni? Ka­yi­si­zo yi­ni izi­ndle­la ze­nu ezi­nga­li­nga­ni­yov?

26 La­pho olu­ngi­le­yo ephe­ndu­ka eku­lu­nge­ni kwa­khe, enze izi­pha­mbe­ko, afe­le ku­zo, ezi­pha­mbe­kwe­ni aze­nzi­le­yo uza­ku­faw.

27 Fu­thi nxa omu­bi ephe­ndu­ka ebu­bi­ni ba­khe abe­nzi­le­yox, enze isa­hlu­le­lo lo­ku­lu­nga, ye­na uza­gci­na umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khe uphi­lay.

28 Ngo­ba ebo­na, ephe­ndu­ka ku­zo zo­nke izi­pha­mbe­ko za­khe aze­nzi­le­yoz, uza­phi­la isi­bi­li, ka­yi­ku­faa.

29 Ka­nti indlu kaI­sra­ye­li ithi: Indle­la ye­Nko­si ka­yi­li­nga­ni. We­na ndlu kaI­sra­ye­li, indle­la za­mi ka­zi­li­nga­ni yi­ni? Ka­yi­si­zo yi­ni indle­la ze­nu ezi­nga­li­nga­ni­yob?

30 Nga­kho ngi­za­la­hlu­le­la, li­na ndlu kaI­sra­ye­li, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo nje­ngo­kwe­ndle­la za­khe, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­vac. Phe­ndu­ka­nid, li­bu­ye li­su­ke ezi­pha­mbe­kwe­ni ze­nu zo­nkee; uku­ze ubu­bi bu­nga­bi yi­si­khu­be­ki­so ki­nif.

31 La­hla­ni li­su­se ki­ni zo­nke izi­pha­mbe­ko ze­nu eli­pha­mbe­ke nga­zog, li­ze­nze­le inhli­zi­yo entsha lo­mo­ya omu­tshah; ngo­ba li­za­fe­la­ni, li­na ndlu kaI­sra­ye­lii?

32 Ngo­ba ka­ngi­tho­ko­zi ngo­ku­fa ko­fa­yo, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­vaj; nga­kho phe­ndu­ka­ni li­phi­lek.

Isi­li­lo nge­zi­khu­lu za­koI­sra­ye­li

19We­na-ke, pha­ka­mi­sa isi­li­lo nge­zi­khu­lu za­koI­sra­ye­lia,

2 uthi: Uyi­ni unyo­ko? Isi­lwa­ne­ka­zi; sa­la­la pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­lwa­neb, sa­khu­li­sa imi­dlwa­ne ya­so pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­lwa­ne ezi­ntshac.

3 Sa­khu­li­sa omu­nye we­mi­dlwa­ne ya­so, wa­ba li­bho­ngode, wa­fu­nda uku­da­bu­la impa­ngof, wa­dla aba­ntug.

4 Izi­zwe za­se­zi­si­zwa nga­wo, wa­ba­njwah emgo­di­ni wa­zoi, za­wu­saj eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­thek nga­ma­ke­ta­nel.

5 Kwa­thi si­bo­na uku­thi se­si­li­ndi­le, lo­ku­thi ithe­mba la­so se­li­bhu­bhi­lem, sa­tha­tha omu­nye we­mi­dlwa­ne ya­son, sa­we­nza wa­ba li­bho­ngoo.

6 Wa­ha­mba wa­ya le la­le pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­lwa­ne, wa­ba li­bho­ngopq, wa­fu­nda uku­da­bu­la impa­ngor, wa­dla aba­ntus.

7 Wa­za­zi inqa­ba za­bo, wa­chi­tha imi­zi ya­bot; ili­zwe la­se­li­si­ba yi­nka­nga­lau, lo­ku­gcwa­la kwa­lo, ngo­msi­ndo wo­ku­bho­nga kwa­wov.

8 Izi­zwe za­se­zi­si­ma zi­me­le­ne la­wo inhla­ngo­thi zo­nkew zi­ve­la eza­be­lwe­nix, ze­ndla­la imbu­le la­zo phe­zu kwa­woy; wa­ba­njwa emgo­di­ni wa­zoz.

9 Za­wu­fa­ka ekhe­ji­ni nga­ma­ke­ta­ne, za­wu­sa enko­si­ni ye­Bha­bhi­lo­nia, za­wu­le­tha ezi­nqa­be­nib, uku­ze ili­zwi la­wo li­nga­be li­se­zwa­ka­la phe­zu kwe­zi­nta­ba za­koI­sra­ye­lic.

10 Unyo­ko unje­nge­vi­nid ega­zi­ni la­khoe, eli­hla­nye­lwe nga­se­ma­nzi­ni; la­ba le­zi­the­lo li­gcwe­le izi­nga­tsha nge­nxa ya­ma­nzi ama­ne­ngifg.

11 La­li­le­zi­nti ezi­qi­ni­le­yo eza­ba zi­nto­nga za­ba­bu­sa­yoh, nja­lo ubu­de ba­lo ba­bu­pha­ke­mei pha­ka­thi kwe­nga­tsha ezi­qa­thaj, li­bo­na­ka­la ngo­bu­de ba­lo ngo­kwa­nda kwe­nga­tsha za­lok.

12 Ko­dwa la­si­tshu­nwa ngo­ku­thu­ku­the­la, la­pho­se­lwa emhla­ba­thi­ni, lo­mo­ya we­mpu­ma­la­nga wo­mi­sa isi­the­lo sa­lol; izi­nti za­lo ezi­qi­ni­le­yo ze­phu­ka zo­ma; umli­lo wa­zi­qe­dam.

13 Kha­the­si se­li­hla­nye­lwe enka­nga­lan, emhla­ba­thi­ni otshi­le­yo lo­wo­mi­le­yoo.

14 Umli­lo usu­phu­me olu­thi­nip lwe­zi­nga­tsha za­loq, wa­qe­da isi­the­lo sa­lo, uku­ze li­nga­bi lo­lu­thi olu­qi­ni­le­yo lu­be yi­nto­nga yo­ku­bu­sar.

Le­si yi­si­li­lo, nja­lo si­za­ku­ba yi­si­li­los.

UI­sra­ye­li uhla­mu­ka uNku­lu­nku­lu

20Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ngo­mnya­ka we­si­kho­mbi­sa, ngenya­nga ye­si­hla­nu, ngo­lwe­tshu­mi lwe­nya­nga, aba­thi­le ba­ba­da­la ba­koI­sra­ye­li be­za ukuza­bu­za iNko­sia, ba­hla­la pha­mbi kwa­mib.

2 Ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­se­li­fi­ka ki­mi li­si­thi:

3 Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, khu­lu­ma ku­ba­da­la ba­koI­sra­ye­li, uthi ki­bo: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Li­ze ukuza­ngi­bu­za yi­nic? Ku­phi­la kwa­mi, isi­bi­li ka­ngi­yi­ku­bu­zwa yi­ni, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­vad.

4 Uza­ba­hlu­le­la yi­ni, uzaba­hlu­le­la yi­ni, ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntue? Ba­zi­se izi­ne­ngi­so za­bo­yi­sef;

5 uthi ki­bo: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Ngo­su­ku enga­khe­tha nga­lo uI­sra­ye­lig, nga­pha­ka­mi­sa isa­ndla sa­mi ku­nza­lo ye­ndlu ka­Ja­ko­beh, nga­za­zi­sa ki­bo eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­thei, la­pho ngi­pha­ka­mi­sa isa­ndla sa­mi ki­boj, ngi­si­thi: Ngi­yi­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nuk.

6 Nga­lo­lu­su­ku nga­pha­ka­mi­sa isa­ndla sa­mi ki­bol, uku­thi ngi­ba­khu­phe eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­them ngi­ba­se eli­zwe­ni enga­ngi­ba­hlo­le­le lo­nan, eli­ge­le­za ucha­go lo­lu­juop, eli­lu­du­mo lwa­wo wo­nke ama­zweq.

7 Nga­se­ngi­si­thi ki­bo: La­hla­ni ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo izi­ne­ngi­sor za­me­hlo akhes, li­nga­zi­ngco­li­sit nge­zi­tho­mbe ze­Gi­bhi­theu: Ngi­yi­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nuv.

8 Ko­dwa ba­ngi­vu­ke­la, be­nga­vu­mi uku­la­le­la ki­miw, ka­ba­la­hla­nga ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo izi­ne­ngi­so za­me­hlo abox, ka­ba­tshi­ya­nga izi­tho­mbe ze­Gi­bhi­they. Nga­se­ngi­si­thi ngi­za­thu­lu­le­la uku­thu­ku­the­la kwa­mi phe­zu kwa­boz, uku­ze ngi­phe­le­li­se ula­ka lwa­mi ngi­me­le­ne la­bo pha­ka­thi kwe­li­zwe le­Gi­bhi­thea.

9 Ko­dwa nga­kwe­nzab nge­nxa ye­bi­zo la­mic, uku­ze li­nga­ngco­li­swa eme­hlwe­ni ezi­zwed, aba­be­pha­ka­thi kwa­zo, enga­za­zi­sa ki­bo pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo azo, uku­ba­khu­pha eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­thee.

10 Nga­kho nga­ba­khu­pha eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­thef, nga­ba­nge­ni­sa enka­nga­lag.

11 Nga­ba­ni­ka izi­mi­so za­mi, nga­ba­zi­sa iza­hlu­le­lo za­mih, oku­thi nxa umu­ntu eze­nzai, uza­phi­la nga­zojk.

12 Nga­ba­ni­ka fu­thi ama­sa­ba­tha ami uku­ze abe yi­si­bo­na­ka­li­so pha­ka­thi kwa­mi la­bol, uku­ze ba­zi uku­thi ngi­yi­Nko­si eba­ngcwe­li­sa­yom.

13 Ko­dwa indlu kaI­sra­ye­li ya­ngi­vu­ke­la enka­nga­lan; ka­ba­ha­mba­nga nge­zi­mi­so za­mio, ba­de­le­la iza­hlu­le­lo za­mip, oku­thi nxa umu­ntu eze­nza, uza­phi­la nga­zoq; la­ma­sa­ba­tha ami ba­wa­ngco­li­sa ka­khu­lurs. Nga­se­ngi­si­thi ngi­za­thu­lu­le­la uku­thu­ku­the­la kwa­mi phe­zu kwa­bot enka­nga­lau, uku­ze ngi­ba­qe­dev.

14 Ko­dwa nga­kwe­nza nge­nxa ye­bi­zo la­miw, uku­ze li­nga­ngco­li­swa eme­hlwe­ni ezi­zwex, enga­ba­khu­pha eme­hlwe­ni azoy.

15 Fu­thi la­mi nga­ba­pha­ka­mi­se­la isa­ndla sa­mi enka­nga­la, uku­thi ka­ngi­yi­ku­ba­le­tha eli­zwe­ni enga­ngi­li­ni­ke bo­naz, eli­ge­le­za ucha­go lo­lu­jua, eli­lu­du­mo lwa­wo wo­nke ama­zweb;

16 ngo­ba ba­de­le­la iza­hlu­le­lo za­mic, ka­ba­ha­mba­nga nge­zi­mi­so za­mid, ko­dwa ba­ngco­li­sae ama­sa­ba­tha amif, ngo­ba inhli­zi­yo ya­bo ya­la­nde­la izi­tho­mbe za­bog.

17 La­nxa ku­nja­loh ili­hlo la­mi la­ba­ha­wu­ke­la uku­ze ngi­nga­ba­bhu­bhi­sii, fu­thi ka­ngi­ba­qe­da­nga enka­nga­laj.

18 Ko­dwa nga­thi ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­bo enka­nga­lak: Li­nga­ha­mbi nge­zi­mi­so za­bo­yi­hlo, li­nga­gci­ni iza­hlu­le­lo za­bol, li­nga­zi­ngco­li­si nge­zi­tho­mbe za­bom.

19 Ngi­yi­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu; ha­mba­ni nge­zi­mi­so za­mi, li­gci­ne iza­hlu­le­lo za­mi, li­ze­nzen.

20 Li­ngcwe­li­seo ama­sa­ba­tha amip, abe yi­si­bo­na­ka­li­so pha­ka­thi kwa­mi la­ni, uku­ze la­zi uku­thi ngi­yi­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nuq.

21 Ko­dwa aba­ntwa­nar ba­ngi­vu­ke­las; ka­ba­ha­mba­nga nge­zi­mi­so za­mit, ka­ba­gci­na­nga iza­hlu­le­lo za­mi uku­thi ba­ze­nzeu; oku­thi nxa umu­ntu eze­nza, uza­phi­la nga­zov; ba­wa­ngco­li­sa ama­sa­ba­tha amiw; nga­se­ngi­si­thi ngi­za­thu­lu­le­la intu­ku­the­lo ya­mi phe­zu kwa­box, uku­thi ngi­phe­le­li­se ula­ka lwa­mi ngi­me­le­ne la­bo enka­nga­lay.

22 Ko­dwa nga­bu­yi­sa isa­ndla sa­miz, nge­nza nge­nxa ye­bi­zo la­mia, uku­ze li­nga­ngco­li­swa pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo ezi­zweb, enga­ngi­ba­khu­phe pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo azo.

23 Mi­na nga­ba­pha­ka­mi­se­la isa­ndla sa­mi fu­thi enka­nga­lac, uku­thi ngi­za­ba­hla­ka­za pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwed, ngi­ba­sa­ba­la­li­se­le ema­zwe­nie;

24 ngo­ba be­nga­ze­nza­nga iza­hlu­le­lo za­mif, ko­dwa ba­de­le­la izi­mi­so za­mig, ba­ngco­li­sa ama­sa­ba­tha amih, la­me­hlo abo ala­nde­la izi­tho­mbe za­bo­yi­sei.

25 Nga­kho mi­na nga­ba­ni­ka fu­thi izi­mi­so eza­zi­nga­lu­nga­nga, le­za­hlu­le­lo aba­be­nge­ke ba­phi­le nga­zoj.

26 Nga­se­ngi­ba­ngco­li­sa ku­zo izi­pho za­bok, eku­da­bu­li­se­ni kwa­bol emli­lwe­nim ko­nke oku­vu­la isi­za­lon, uku­ze ngi­ba­chi­the, uku­ze ba­zi uku­thi ngi­yi­Nko­sio.

27 Nga­kho, ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, khu­lu­ma ku­yo indlu ya­koI­sra­ye­li, uthi ki­bo: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: La­ku­lo­khu oyi­hlo ba­ngi­hla­mba­zi­le, ngo­ku­thi ba­pha­mbe­ke isi­pha­mbe­ko be­me­le­ne la­mip.

28 La­pho se­ngi­ba­le­the eli­zwe­ni, enga­pha­ka­mi­se­la isa­ndla sa­mi nga­lo uku­thi ngi­ba­ni­ke lo­naq, ba­bo­na lo­nke uqa­qa olu­pha­ke­me­yo, la­zo zo­nke izi­hla­hla ezi­qa­tha, ba­hla­ba kho­na imi­hla­tshe­lo ya­bo, ba­ni­ke­la kho­na isi­cu­nu­lo so­mni­ke­lo wa­bors, ba­fa­ka kho­na iphu­nga la­bo eli­mna­ndi, ba­thu­lu­la kho­na imi­ni­ke­lo ya­bo yo­ku­na­thwa­yotu.

29 Nga­se­ngi­si­thi ki­bo: Iyi­ni inda­wo epha­ke­me­yo eli­ya ku­yov? Le­bi­zo la­yo li­thi­wa yi­Nda­wo ePha­ke­me­yo ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hlaw.

30 Nga­kho tsho­no ku­yo indlu kaI­sra­ye­li: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Li­za­zi­ngco­li­sa nge­ndle­la ya­bo­yi­hlo yi­nixy, li­phi­nge li­la­nde­la izi­ne­ngi­so za­boz?

31 Ngo­ba la­pho li­ni­ke­la izi­pho ze­nua, la­pho li­se­nza ama­do­da­na enu ada­bu­le emli­lwe­nib, li­ya­zi­ngco­li­sa nge­zi­tho­mbe ze­nu zo­nkec ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hla. Mi­na-ke ngi­za­bu­zwa yi­ni na, we­na ndlu kaI­sra­ye­lid? Ku­phi­la kwa­mi, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­va, isi­bi­li ka­ngi­yi­ku­bu­zwa yi­nie.

32 La­lo­kho oku­ve­la engqo­ndwe­ni ye­nu ka­ku­yi­ku­ba kho­na ngi­tshof, eli­ku­tsho­yo uku­thi: Si­za­ku­ba nje­nga­be­zi­zwe, nje­nge­nsa­pho za­ma­zweg, uku­thi si­kho­nze isi­go­do le­li­tsheh.

33 Ku­phi­la kwa­mi, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­vai, isi­bi­li ngi­za­bu­sa phe­zu kwe­nu nge­sa­ndla esi­la­ma­ndlaj la­nge­nga­lo eye­lu­li­we­yok la­ngo­la­ka olu­thu­lu­li­we­yol!

34 Ngo­ba ngi­za­li­khu­pha eba­ntwi­nim, ngi­li­qo­qe ema­zwe­ni eli­hla­ka­ze­ke­le ku­won, nge­sa­ndla esi­la­ma­ndlao la­nge­nga­lo eye­lu­li­we­yop la­ngo­la­ka olu­thu­lu­li­we­yoq.

35 Nja­lo ngi­za­li­le­tha enka­nga­la ya­ba­ntur, ngi­za­phi­ki­sa­na la­nis la­pho ubu­so ngo­bu­sot.

36 Nje­nga­lo­khuu nga­phi­ki­sa­na la­bo­yi­hlo enka­nga­la ye­li­zwe le­Gi­bhi­thev, ngo­ku­nja­lo ngi­za­phi­ki­sa­na la­ni, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­vaw.

37 Nja­lo ngi­za­li­dlu­li­sa nga­pha­nsi kwe­nto­nga, ngi­li­nge­ni­se ku­si­bo­pho se­si­vu­me­lwa­nox.

38 Ngi­hla­nze ngi­khu­phe pha­ka­thi kwe­nu aba­vu­ke­liyz la­la­bo aba­pha­mbe­ka be­me­le­ne la­mi, ngi­ba­khu­phe eli­zwe­ni lo­ku­hla­la kwa­bo nje­nga­be­zi­zwea, ko­dwa ka­ba­yi­ku­nge­na emhla­ba­thi­ni wa­koI­sra­ye­lib. Kho­na li­za­kwa­zi uku­thi ngi­yi­Nko­sic.

39 Li­na-ke, ndlu kaI­sra­ye­li, itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va, ha­mba­ni li­kho­nze, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo izi­tho­mbe za­khed, la­nge­mva kwa­lo­kho, uba li­nga­ngi­la­le­li; ko­dwa li­nga­ngco­li­si fu­thi ibi­zo la­mi eli­ngcwe­lee nge­zi­pho ze­nu la­nge­zi­tho­mbe ze­nuf.

40 Ngo­ba enta­be­ni ya­mi engcwe­leg, enta­be­ni ye­ngqo­nga ya­koI­sra­ye­li, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­vah, la­pho iza­ngi­kho­nza indlu yo­nke ya­koI­sra­ye­li, bo­nke eli­zwe­nii; kho­na ngi­za­be­mu­ke­laj, la­kho­na ngi­bi­ze imi­ni­ke­lo ye­nuk, le­zi­the­lo zo­ku­qa­la ze­mi­ni­ke­lo ye­nu, la­zo zo­nke izi­nto ze­nu ezi­ngcwe­lel.

41 Ngi­za­le­mu­ke­la nge­phu­nga eli­mna­ndim nxa ngi­li­khu­pha eba­ntwi­nin, ngi­li­qo­qe ema­zwe­ni ebe­li­hla­ka­ze­lwe ku­woop; nja­lo ngi­za­ngcwe­li­swa pha­ka­thi kwe­nu pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo ezi­zweq.

42 Li­za­kwa­zi-ke uku­thi ngi­yi­Nko­sir, la­pho se­ngi­li­nge­ni­se emhla­ba­thi­ni wa­koI­sra­ye­lis, eli­zwe­ni enga­li­pha­ka­mi­se­la isa­ndla sa­mi uku­li­ni­ka oyi­hlot.

43 La­pho-ke li­za­khu­mbu­lau izi­ndle­la ze­nuv le­ze­nzo ze­nu zo­nke, ela­zi­ngco­li­sa nga­zow; nja­lo li­za­ze­nya­nya pha­mbi ko­bu­so be­nu nge­nxa ya­zo zo­nke izi­nto ezi­mbi eli­ze­nzi­le­yox.

44 Be­se­li­sa­zi uku­thi ngi­yi­Nko­siy, nxa nge­nze ki­ni nge­nxa ye­bi­zo la­miz, ha­tshi nje­ngo­kwe­zi­ndle­la ze­nu ezi­mbia, ku­mbe nje­ngo­kwe­ze­nzo ze­nu ze­nko­hla­ka­lo, li­na ndlu kaI­sra­ye­li, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­vab.

Ili­zwi le­Nko­si nge­ni­ngi­zi­mu

45 Ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­fi­ka ki­mi fu­thi li­si­thi:

46 Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, mi­sa ubu­so ba­kho nga­se­ndle­le­ni ye­ni­ngi­zi­mucd, utshu­ma­ye­le nga­se­ni­ngi­zi­muef, upro­fe­the ume­le­ne le­gu­su le­nsi­mu ye­ni­ngi­zi­mug;

47 uthi ki­lo igu­su le­ni­ngi­zi­mu: Zwa­na ili­zwi le­Nko­si: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Kha­nge­la, ngi­za­phe­mba umli­lo pha­ka­thi kwa­khoh, nja­lo uza­qe­da pha­ka­thi kwa­kho so­nke isi­hla­hla esi­lu­hla­za la­so so­nkei isi­hla­hla eso­mi­le­yoj; ila­nga­bi eli­vu­tha­yo ka­li­yi­ku­ci­tshwa, ko­dwa ku­za­tshi­swa nga­lo bo­nke ubu­so ku­su­ke­la eni­ngi­zi­mu ku­ze ku­fi­ke enya­ka­thok.

48 Fu­thi yo­nke inya­ma iza­bo­na uku­thi mi­na Nko­si ngi­wu­phe­mbi­le, ka­wu­yi­ku­ci­tshwal.

49 Nga­se­ngi­si­thi: Ha­wu, Nko­si Je­ho­vam! Ba­thi nga­mi: Ka­khu­lu­mi imi­fa­ne­ki­so yi­nin?

Inke­mba ye­Nko­si

21Ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­se­li­fi­ka ki­mi li­si­thi:

2 Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, mi­sa ubu­so ba­kho nga­se­Je­ru­sa­le­maa, utshu­ma­ye­le nga­se­zi­nda­we­ni ezi­ngcwe­leb, upro­fe­the ume­la­ne le­li­zwe la­koI­sra­ye­lic;

3 uthi eli­zwe­ni la­koI­sra­ye­li: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Kha­nge­la, ngi­me­le­ne la­we, nja­lo ngi­za­hwa­tsha inke­mba ya­mi esi­khwa­me­ni sa­yod, ngi­qu­mee ngi­su­se ku­we olu­ngi­le­yo lo­mu­bif.

4 Nge­nxa yo­ku­thi ngi­za­qu­mag ngi­su­se ku­we olu­ngi­le­yo lo­mu­bih, nga­kho inke­mba ya­mi iza­phu­ma esi­khwa­me­ni sa­yo iye ku­yo yo­nke inya­mai, ku­su­ke­la eni­ngi­zi­mu ku­ze ku­be se­nya­ka­thoj;

5 uku­thi yo­nke inya­ma ikwa­zi uku­thi mi­na Nko­si ngi­yi­hwa­tshi­le inke­mba ya­mi esi­khwa­me­ni sa­yok; ka­yi­sa­yi­ku­bu­ye­la fu­thil.

6 We­na-ke, ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, bu­bu­la ngo­ku­da­bu­ka ko­kha­lo, la­ngo­ku­ba­ba ubu­bu­le pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo abom.

7 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke nxa be­si­thi ku­we: We­na ubu­bu­le­la­ni? uza­phe­ndu­la: Nge­nxa yo­mbi­ko; ngo­ba uye­za; la­yo yo­nke inhli­zi­yo iza­nci­bi­li­kan, la­zo zo­nke iza­ndla zi­za­ku­ba bu­tha­ka­tha­ka, la­wo wo­nke umo­ya uda­nga­leo, la­wo wo­nke ama­do­lo age­le­ze nje­nga­ma­nzip. Kha­nge­la ku­ye­za, ku­za­kwe­nze­ka, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­vaq.

8 Ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­se­li­fi­ka ki­mi li­si­thi:

9 Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, pro­fe­tha uthi: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Wo­thi: Inke­mbar, inke­mba ilo­li­wes, fu­thi ilo­lo­ngi­wet.

10 Ilo­le­lwe uku­thi ibu­la­le lo­ku­bu­la­lau, ya­lo­lo­nge­lwav uku­thi ibe lo­ku­pha­zi­mawx; si­za­tho­ko­za yi­niy? Iyi­nto­ngaz ye­ndo­da­na ya­mi, ide­le­la so­nke isi­go­doab.

11 Nja­lo uyi­ni­ke­le uku­thi ilo­lo­ngwe uku­ze ipha­thwe nge­sa­ndlac; le inke­mba iya­lo­lwad nja­lo yo­na ilo­lo­nge­lwee uku­yi­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni so­mbu­la­lif.

12 Kha­la, uqhi­nqe isi­li­lo, ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, ngo­ba yo­na iza­ku­ba phe­zu kwa­ba­ntu ba­mi, iza­ku­ba phe­zu kwa­zo zo­nke izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­koI­sra­ye­li; zi­za­pho­se­lwa enke­mbe­ni ka­nye la­ba­ntu ba­mi; nga­kho, tsha­ya etha­nga­zi­ni la­khog.

13 Ngo­ba ku­yi­ku­hlo­lwa, pho, ku­za­ku­ba nja­ni nxa into­nga ide­le­lah? Ka­ku­yi­ku­ba kho­na, ku­tsho iNko­si uJe­ho­vai.

14 Nga­kho we­na, ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, pro­fe­tha, utsha­ye isa­ndla esa­ndle­nijk, le­nke­mba ka­yi­phi­ndwe okwe­si­tha­thul; yi­nke­mba ya­ba­bu­le­we­yo, yi­nke­mba ya­ba­khu­lu aba­bu­le­we­yo, eba­ha­nqa­yom.

15 Ngi­mi­se umci­jo we­nke­mba ume­le­ne la­ma­sa­ngo abo wo­nke, uku­ze inhli­zi­yo inci­bi­li­ke le­zi­khu­be­ki­so za­nden. Ha­wu! ye­nzi­we uku­thi ipha­zi­me, ilo­lo­ngwe uku­thi ibu­la­leo.

16 Ha­mba nge­ndle­la enye ku­mbe nge­nye, nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne, umi­se nga­kwe­so­kho­hlop, la­pho ubu­so ba­kho obu­mi­swe kho­naq.

17 La­mi-ke ngi­za­tsha­ya isa­ndla sa­mi esa­ndle­ni sa­mirs, ngi­phu­mu­ze intu­ku­the­lo ya­mit. Mi­na Nko­si ngi­khu­lu­mi­leu.

18 Ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­fi­ka ki­mi fu­thi li­si­thi:

19 We­na-ke, ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, zi­mi­se­le izi­ndle­la ezi­mbi­li, uku­ze inke­mba ye­nko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni ibu­ye; eli­zwe­ni li­nye zi­za­phu­ma zo­mbi­liv; nja­lo khe­thaw inda­wox, uyi­khe­they enhlo­kwe­ni ye­ndle­la yo­mu­ziz.

20 Mi­sa indle­la, uku­ze inke­mba izea eRa­ba­thi ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­nibc, la­ko­Ju­da eJe­ru­sa­le­ma ebi­ye­lwe­yo.

21 Ngo­ba inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni ye­ma ku­ni­na we­ndle­lad, enhlo­kwe­ni ye­zi­ndle­la ezi­mbi­lie, uku­ze ivu­mi­se uku­vu­mi­saf; ikhu­hlu­ze imi­tsho­kog, ibu­ze izi­tho­mbe, ikha­nge­le esi­bi­ndi­ni.

22 Esa­ndle­ni sa­khe so­ku­ne­ne kwa­ku­lo­ku­vu­mi­sa nge­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, uku­mi­sa izi­nqa­ma zo­ku­di­li­za, uku­vu­la umlo­mo eku­bu­la­le­nih, uku­pha­ka­mi­sa ili­zwi ngo­ku­me­me­zai, uku­mi­sa izi­nqa­ma zo­ku­di­li­za ime­le­ne la­ma­sa­ngoj, uku­bu­the­le­la idu­ndu­luk, ukwa­kha umdu­li wo­ku­vi­mbe­ze­lal.

23 Nja­lo ku­za­ku­ba ku­bo nje­ngo­ku­vu­mi­sa kwa­ma­nga eme­hlwe­ni abo, ku­bo aba­fu­nge izi­fu­ngom; ko­dwa iza­khu­mbu­la isi­pha­mbe­ko, uku­ze ba­ba­njwen.

24 Nga­kho itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Ngo­ba le­nze ubu­bi be­nu bu­khu­nju­lwe, ngo­kwe­mbu­lwa kwe­zi­pha­mbe­ko ze­nu, ku­ze ku­thi izo­no ze­nu zi­bo­na­ka­le ku­zo zo­nke ize­nzo ze­nu, ngo­ba li­khu­nju­lwe, li­za­ba­njwa nge­sa­ndlao.

25 We­na-ke, si­pha­tha­ma­ndla esi­ngco­li­le­yop esi­kho­hla­ke­le­yo sa­koI­sra­ye­liq, osu­ku lwa­so se­lu­fi­ki­ler, nge­si­kha­thi so­bu­bi bo­ku­ci­nas,

26 itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Su­sa iqhi­ye, we­thu­le umqhe­le; lo­khu ka­ku­yi­ku­ba yi­khot; pha­ka­mi­sa opha­nsi, we­hli­se­le pha­nsi opha­ke­me­you.

27 Ngi­za­kwe­nza ku­be lu­nxi­wa, unxi­wa, unxi­wa; lo­khu ku­nga­bi ku­sa­ba kho­nav, ku­ze ku­fi­ke lo­wo ole­lu­nge­low, ngi­mni­ke kho­nax.

28 We­na-ke, ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, pro­fe­tha uthi: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va nga­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­niy, la­ma­ye­la­na le­hla­zo la­boz; wo­thi: Inke­mbaa, inke­mba ihwa­tshi­web, ilo­lo­nge­lwe uku­bu­la­lac, uku­ze iqe­de, uku­ze ipha­zi­med.

29 Be­sa­ku­bo­ne­la oku­yi­zee, be­sa­ku­vu­mi­se­la ama­ngaf, uku­thi ba­ku­be­ke ezi­nta­nye­ni za­ba­bu­le­we­yo ba­ba­kho­hla­ke­le­yo, aba­su­ku lwa­bo se­lu­fi­ki­leg nge­si­kha­thi se­si­pha­mbe­ko so­ku­ci­nah.

30 Bu­yi­se­la inke­mba esi­khwa­me­ni sa­yoi. Ngi­za­kwa­hlu­le­la enda­we­ni owa­da­le­lwa ku­yoj, eli­zwe­ni lo­mda­bu­ko wa­khok.

31 Nja­lo ngi­za­thu­lu­le­la intu­ku­the­lo ya­mi phe­zu kwa­khol; ngi­vu­the­le ngi­me­le­ne la­we ngo­mli­lo wo­la­ka lwa­mim; ngi­ku­ni­ke­le esa­ndle­ni sa­ba­ntu aba­lo­lu­nya, aba­yi­zi­ngcwe­thi zo­ku­chi­than.

32 Uza­ku­ba yi­ku­dla ko­mli­lo; iga­zi la­kho li­be pha­ka­thi kwe­li­zwe; ka­wu­yi­ku­khu­nju­lwao; ngo­ba mi­na Nko­si ngi­khu­lu­mi­lep.

Umu­zi we­ga­zi

22Ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­se­li­fi­ka ki­mi li­si­thi:

2 We­na-ke, ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, uza­kwe­hlu­le­la yi­nia, wa­hlu­le­le umu­zi we­ga­zib? Ye­bo uza­wa­zi­sa zo­nke izi­ne­ngi­so za­woc.

3 Ubu­su­si­thi: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Umu­zi ochi­tha iga­zi pha­ka­thi kwa­wod, uku­ze isi­kha­thi sa­wo si­fi­kee, we­nze izi­tho­mbe ezi­me­le­ne la­wo, uku­ze uzi­ngco­li­sef.

4 We­na usu­le­ca­lag nge­ga­zi oli­chi­thi­le­yoh, wa­zi­ngco­li­sa nge­zi­tho­mbe za­kho oze­nzi­le­yo, wa­so­nde­za insu­ku za­khoi, usu­fi­ki­le emi­nya­ke­ni ya­khoj. Nga­lo­kho ngi­kwe­nzi­le wa­ba li­hla­zo ezi­zwe­nik le­nhle­ki­sa ku­wo wo­nke ama­zwel.

5 Aba­se­du­ze la­ba­kha­tsha­na la­we ba­za­ku­hle­ka usu­lu, we­na ongco­li­le­yo nge­bi­zo, ogcwe­le isi­phi­thi­phi­thi.

6 Kha­nge­la, izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­koI­sra­ye­li za­zi­pha­ka­thi kwa­khom, yi­le­so la­le­so nge­nga­lo ya­son, uku­thi si­chi­the iga­zio.

7 Ba­pha­the uyi­hlo lo­nyo­ko ngo­kwe­yi­sa ku­wep; be­nze ngo­ci­nde­ze­lo ko­we­mzi­niq pha­ka­thi kwa­khor; ba­ci­nde­ze­le izi­nta­nda­ne lo­mfe­lo­ka­zi ku­west.

8 Uzi­de­le­le izi­nto za­mi ezi­ngcwe­leu, wa­ngco­li­sa ama­sa­ba­tha amiv.

9 Aba­ntu aba­hle­ba­yow ba­be­ku­we uku­ze ba­chi­the iga­zix; ba­dla ku­we phe­zu kwe­zi­nta­bay; be­nza ama­nya­la pha­ka­thi kwa­khoz.

10 Be­mbu­le ubu­nqu­nu ba­bo­yi­se pha­ka­thi kwa­khoa; ba­tho­bi­se ku­we owe­si­fa­za­nab ongco­li­swe yi­ku­ba se­mfu­le­nic.

11 Fu­thi omu­nye we­nze ama­nya­la lo­mfa­zi ka­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khed, lo­mu­nye wa­ngco­li­sa uma­lo­ka­za­na wa­khe ngo­ku­hla­zi­sa­yoe, lo­mu­nye utho­bi­se uda­de­wa­bo pha­ka­thi kwa­kho, indo­da­ka­zi ka­yi­sef.

12 Pha­ka­thi kwa­kho be­mu­ke­le izi­phog uku­ze ba­chi­the iga­zih; uye­mu­ke­la inza­lo lo­kwe­nge­ze­le­lwe­yoi, upha­ngi­le uma­khe­lwa­ne wa­kho ngo­ci­nde­ze­loj, wa­ngi­kho­hlwa, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­vak.

13 Kha­nge­la-ke ngi­tsha­yi­le isa­ndla sa­mil nge­nzu­zo ya­kho embi oye­nzi­le­yom, la­nge­ga­zi la­kho ebe­li­pha­ka­thi kwa­khon.

14 Inhli­zi­yo ya­kho iza­ku­ma yi­ni, ku­mbe iza­ndla za­kho zi­qi­ne, ensu­kwi­ni engi­za­pha­tha­na la­weo ki­zo? Mi­na Nko­si ngi­khu­lu­mi­le, nja­lo ngi­za­kwe­nzap.

15 Ngi­ku­hla­ka­ze pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zweqr, ngi­ku­sa­ba­la­li­se pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­zwest, ngi­qe­de uku­ngco­la kwa­kho ku­weu.

16 Nja­lo uza­ngco­li­swa pha­ka­thi kwa­kho eme­hlwe­ni abe­zi­zwev; ubu­su­sa­zi uku­thi ngi­yi­Nko­siw.

17 Ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­se­li­fi­ka ki­mi li­si­thi:

18 Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, indlu kaI­sra­ye­li isi­be­nga­ma­nye­le ki­mix; bo­nke ba­li­thu­siy, le­ze­ngez, le­nsi­mbia, lo­mnu­so, pha­ka­thi kwe­si­tha­ndob; ba­nga­ma­nye­le esi­li­vac.

19 Nga­kho itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Ngo­ba lo­nke se­li­be­nga­ma­nye­led, nga­kho kha­nge­la­ni, ngi­za­li­bu­the­le­la pha­ka­thi kwe­Je­ru­sa­le­ma.

20 Nje­ngo­ba be­bu­the­le­la isi­li­va le­thu­sie le­nsi­mbi lo­mnu­sof le­ze­ngeg pha­ka­thi kwe­si­tha­ndoh, uku­ze ba­fu­the umli­lo phe­zu kwa­kho ukuku­nci­bi­li­ki­sai; ngo­ku­nja­lo ngi­zali­bu­the­le­la eku­thu­ku­the­le­ni kwa­mi le­la­ke­ni lwa­mi, ngili­tshi­ye, ngi­li­nci­bi­li­ki­sej.

21 Ye­bo, ngi­za­li­bu­the­le­la, ngi­vu­the­le phe­zu kwe­nuk emli­lwe­ni we­ntu­ku­the­lo ya­mi, be­se­li­nci­bi­li­ki­swa pha­ka­thi kwa­wol.

22 Nje­nge­si­li­va si­nci­bi­li­ki­swa pha­ka­thi kwe­si­tha­ndo, ngo­ku­nja­lo li­za­nci­bi­li­ki­swa pha­ka­thi kwa­som; nja­lo li­za­kwa­zi uku­thi mi­na Nko­si ngi­thu­lu­le ula­ka lwa­mi phe­zu kwe­nun.

23 Ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­se­li­fi­ka ki­mi li­si­thi:

24 Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, wo­thi ki­yo: We­na uyi­li­zwe eli­nga­hla­nju­lu­lwa­nga, le­li­nga­ne­thwa­nga ngo­su­ku lwe­ntu­ku­the­loo.

25 Ugo­be lwa­ba­pro­fe­thi ba­yo pha­ka­thi kwa­yop lu­nje­nge­si­lwa­ne esi­bho­nga­yoq esi­dli­thi­za impa­ngor; ba­yi­dli­le imi­phe­fu­mu­los, ba­tha­that ino­thou le­zi­nto ezi­li­gu­guv, be­nza aba­fe­lo­ka­zi ba­ba ba­ne­ngi pha­ka­thi kwa­yo.

26 Aba­pri­sti ba­yow ba­pha­the umla­yo wa­mi ngo­dla­ke­lax, ba­ngco­li­sa izi­nto za­mi ezi­ngcwe­leyz; ka­be­nza­nga me­hlu­ko pha­ka­thi ko­ku­ngcwe­le lo­ku­ngco­li­le­yoa; ka­ba­zi­sa­ngab ume­hlu­ko pha­ka­thi ko­ku­ngco­li­le­yo lo­ku­hla­mbu­lu­ki­le­yoc; ba­fi­hla ame­hlo abo ku­ma­sa­ba­tha amid; nga­kho nga­ngco­li­swa pha­ka­thi kwa­boe.

27 Izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­yo pha­ka­thi kwa­yof zi­nje­nge­zi­mpi­sig ezi­dli­thi­za impa­ngoh, uku­thi zi­chi­the iga­zii, zi­bhu­bhi­se imi­phe­fu­mu­lo, uku­ze zi­zu­ze inzu­zo embijk.

28 La­ba­pro­fe­thi ba­yo ba­ba­co­mbe nge­ka­la­gal, be­bo­na oku­yi­zem, be­ba­vu­mi­sa ama­nga, be­si­thi: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va; ka­nti iNko­si inga­khu­lu­ma­ngan.

29 Aba­ntu be­li­zwe ba­ci­nde­ze­le ngo­ci­nde­ze­lo, ba­pha­nga impa­ngoo, ba­ci­nde­ze­la umya­nga lo­swe­la­yop, ba­ci­nde­ze­la owe­zi­zwe ku­nge­la­ku­lu­ngaq.

30 Nja­lo nga­di­nga umu­ntu pha­ka­thi kwa­bor onga­bi­ya utha­ngost, ame esi­khe­xe­ni pha­mbi kwa­mi eme­le ili­zwe uku­ze ngi­nga­li­chi­thi, ko­dwa ka­ngimtho­la­ngau.

31 Nga­kho ngi­thu­lu­le­le intu­ku­the­lo ya­mi phe­zu kwa­bov, ngi­ba­qe­de ngo­mli­lo wo­la­ka lwa­miw; nge­hli­se­le indle­la ya­bo phe­zu kwe­kha­nda la­bo, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­vax.

Oda­de aba­bi­li

23Ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­fi­ka ki­mi fu­thi li­si­thi:

2 Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, kwa­ku­la­be­si­fa­za­na aba­bi­li, ama­do­da­ka­zi omfa­zi oye­dwaa.

3 Ba­se­be­se­nza ubu­wu­leb eGi­bhi­thec; be­nza ubu­wu­led ebu­tshe­ni ba­boe; ama­be­le abo abo­to­zwa kho­na­pho, le­ngo­no zo­bu­nto­mbi ba­bof za­ci­nde­ze­lwa kho­na­phog.

4 La­ma­bi­zo abo aye­nguO­ho­la omda­la, loO­ho­li­ba umna­wa­kheh. Nja­lo ba­be­nga­ba­mii, ba­za­la ama­do­da­na la­ma­do­da­ka­zij. La­ma­bi­zo abo: UO­ho­la uyi­Sa­ma­ri­ya, loO­ho­li­ba uyi­Je­ru­sa­le­mak.

5 UO­ho­la wa­se­se­nza ubu­wu­le enga­pha­nsi kwa­mil, wa­kha­nu­ka izi­tha­ndwa za­khem, amaA­si­ri­ya ase­du­zen,

6 agqo­ke oku­lu­hla­za okwe­si­bha­ka­bha­ka, aba­la­wu­li­ma­bu­tho la­ba­bu­siop, bo­nke be­nga­ma­ja­ha alo­yi­se­ka­yoq, aba­ga­di ba­ma­bhi­zar be­ga­de ama­bhi­zas.

7 Ngo­ku­nja­lo wa­ni­ka ubu­wu­le ba­khe ku­bo, bo­nke be­li­khe­the­lo la­ba­ntwa­na beA­si­ri­ya, la­ku­bo bo­nke oba­kha­nu­ka­yot; wa­zi­ngco­li­sa nga­zo zo­nke izi­tho­mbe za­bo.

8 Fu­thi ka­bu­ye­ke­la­nga ubu­wu­le ba­khe abu­ya la­bo eGi­bhi­theu, ngo­ba ebu­tshe­ni ba­khe ba­la­la la­yev, bo­na-ke ba­ci­nde­ze­la izi­ngo­no zo­bu­nto­mbi ba­khe, ba­thu­lu­le­la uku­phi­nga kwa­bo phe­zu kwa­khew.

9 Nga­kho nga­mni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni se­zi­tha­ndwa za­khe, esa­ndle­ni sa­ba­ntwa­na beA­si­ri­yax aye­ba­kha­nu­kay.

10 Bo­na ba­ve­za ubu­nqu­nu ba­khez; ba­tha­tha ama­do­da­na la­ma­do­da­ka­zi akhe, ba­mbu­la­la nge­nke­mba; wa­se­si­ba li­bi­zo pha­ka­thi kwa­be­si­fa­za­naa, la­pho be­nza isa­hlu­le­lo phe­zu kwa­kheb.

11 Kwa­thi umna­wa­khe uO­ho­li­ba eku­bo­nacd, wo­na­ka­lae eku­kha­nu­ke­ni kwa­khe ku­la­yef, le­bu­wu­le­ni ba­khe okwe­dlu­la ubu­wu­le bu­ka­da­de­wa­bo.

12 Wa­kha­nu­kag aba­ntwa­na beA­si­ri­yah, aba­la­wu­li­ma­bu­tho la­ba­bu­si aba­se­du­zei, aba­gqo­ke oku­phe­le­le­yoj, aba­ga­di ba­ma­bhi­za be­ga­de ama­bhi­zak, bo­nke be­nga­ma­ja­ha akha­nu­ke­ka­yol.

13 Nga­se­ngi­bo­na uku­thi ungco­li­si­we; bo­ba­bi­li ba­be­le­ndle­la­nye.

14 Wa­se­se­nge­ze­le­la ebu­wu­le­ni ba­khe; la­pho ebo­na abe­si­li­sa be­ba­zwe ngo­ku­gu­jwa emdu­li­nim, izi­tho­mben za­ma­Kha­la­di­yao zi­ba­zwe ngo­ku­gu­jwa ngo­ku­bo­mvup,

15 be­bhi­nce ibha­nti ezi­nka­lwe­ni za­bo, be­la­ma­qhi­ye ale­nga­yo ema­kha­nda abo, bo­nke be­kha­nge­le­ka be­yi­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla, umfa­ne­ki­so wa­ba­ntwa­na be­Bha­bhi­lo­ni, be­Kha­la­di­ya, ili­zwe lo­ku­za­lwa kwa­boq.

16 Wa­se­ba­kha­nu­ka ekuba­bo­ne­ni nga­me­hlo akher, wa­thu­ma izi­thu­nywa ku­bos eKha­la­di­yat.

17 Ama­do­da­na eBha­bhi­lo­ni afi­ka ku­ye embhe­de­ni wo­tha­ndo, amngco­li­sa ngo­ku­phi­nga kwa­wo, wa­se­ngco­li­swa yi­wou; kho­na umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khe we­hlu­ka­ni­swa la­wov.

18 Wa­se­se­mbu­la ubu­wu­le ba­khe, we­mbu­la ubu­nqu­nu ba­khe; kho­na umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi we­hlu­ka­ni­swa la­ye, nje­nga­lo­khu umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi we­hlu­ka­ni­swa lo­da­de­wa­bow.

19 Ko­dwa wa­ndi­sa ubu­wu­le ba­khex, ngo­ku­khu­mbu­la izi­nsu­ku zo­bu­tsha ba­khey afe­be nga­zo eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­thez.

20 Wa­se­kha­nu­ka izi­tha­ndwa za­boa, onya­ma ya­zo iyi­nya­ma ya­bo­ba­bhe­mibc, lo­ku­khi­hli­za kwa­zo ku­yi­ku­khi­hli­za kwa­ma­bhi­zad.

21 Ngo­ku­nja­lo we­na wa­khu­mbu­la ama­nya­la obu­tsha ba­khoe, eku­ci­nde­ze­lwe­ni kwe­ngo­no za­khof nga­ma­Gi­bhi­the, nge­nxa ya­ma­be­le obu­tsha ba­khog.

22 Nga­kho, we­na Oho­li­ba, itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Kha­nge­la, ngi­za­vu­sa izi­tha­ndwa za­kho zi­me­la­ne la­we, owe­hlu­ka­na la­zo umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khoh, ngi­zi­le­the zi­me­la­ne la­we zi­ve­la inhla­ngo­thi zo­nkei;

23 aba­ntwa­na be­Bha­bhi­lo­ni, la­ma­Kha­la­di­ya wo­nke, iPe­ko­di, le­Sho­wa, le­Ko­wa, la­bo bo­nke aba­ntwa­na beA­si­ri­ya ka­nye la­boj, bo­nke be­nga­ma­ja­ha akha­nu­ke­ka­yok, aba­la­wu­li­ma­bu­tho, la­ba­bu­si, izi­ndu­na, la­ba­lo­du­mo, bo­nke be­ga­de ama­bhi­zal.

24 Nja­lo ba­za­ku­za be­me­le­ne la­we be­le­zi­kha­li, izi­nqo­la, la­ma­vi­li, la­nge­xu­ku la­ba­ntum; ba­za­mi­sa be­me­le­ne la­we iha­wun le­si­hla­nguo le­kho­wa inhla­ngo­thi zo­nkep; nja­lo ngi­za­be­ka isi­gwe­bo pha­mbi kwa­bo, ba­ku­gwe­be nje­ngo­kwe­zi­gwe­bo za­boq.

25 Nja­lo ngi­za­be­ka ubu­khwe­le ba­mi bu­me­la­ne la­we, ba­ku­pha­the ngo­la­ka; ba­za­su­sa impu­mu­lo ya­kho le­ndle­be za­kho, le­nsa­li ya­kho iza­ku­wa nge­nke­mba; bo­na ba­za­tha­tha ama­do­da­na la­ma­do­da­ka­zi akhor, le­nsa­li ya­kho iza­dli­wa ngu­mli­los.

26 Fu­thi ba­za­ku­hlu­bu­la izi­gqo­ko za­khot, ba­tha­the izi­ce­ci­so za­kho ezi­nhleu.

27 Ngo­ku­nja­lo ngi­za­qe­da ama­nya­la akho ku­wev, lo­bu­wu­le ba­kho owa­su­ka la­bo eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the, uku­ze unga­be upha­ka­mi­se­la ame­hlo akho ku­bo, unga­be usa­khu­mbu­la iGi­bhi­thew.

28 Ngo­ba itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Kha­nge­la, ngi­za­ku­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni sa­la­bo oba­zo­nda­yox, esa­ndle­ni sa­la­bo umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­kho owe­hlu­ka­ni­swe la­boy.

29 Nja­lo ba­za­ku­pha­tha nge­nzo­ndo, ba­tha­the wo­nke umtshi­ka­tshi­ka wa­khoz, ba­ku­tshi­ye unqu­nu uzea; lo­bu­nqu­nu bo­bu­wu­le ba­kho bu­za­kwe­mbu­lwa, la­ma­nya­la akho lo­bu­wu­le ba­khob.

30 Le­zi­zi­nto zi­za­kwe­nzi­wa ku­we, ngo­ba ula­nde­le abe­zi­zwe­ni ngo­ku­wu­la, la­nge­nxa yo­ku­thi wa­ngco­li­swa nge­zi­tho­mbe za­boc.

31 Uha­mbi­le nge­ndle­la ka­da­de­we­nu; nga­kho ngi­za­ni­ke­la inke­zo ya­khe esa­ndle­ni sa­khod.

32 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Uza­na­tha inke­zo ka­da­de­we­nu ezi­ki­le­yo le­ba­nzi; uza­ku­ba yi­nhle­ki­sa lo­ku­klo­lo­de­lwa; imu­me­the oku­ne­ngie.

33 Uza­gcwa­la uku­da­kwa lo­si­zif, inke­zo ye­se­sa­bi­so le­nci­tha­ka­log, inke­zo ka­da­de­we­nu iSa­ma­ri­yah.

34 Ye­bo, uza­yi­na­thai, uyi­bhi­jejk, upha­hla­zel inde­nge­zi za­yo, utshu­phu­le ama­be­le akho; ngo­ba ngi­khu­lu­mi­le, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­vam.

35 Nga­kho itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Ngo­ba ungi­kho­hli­wen, wa­ngi­la­hle­la nge­mva ko­mhla­na wa­khoo, nga­kho la­we thwa­la ama­nya­la akho lo­bu­wu­le ba­khop.

36 INko­si ya­thi fu­thi ki­mi: Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, uza­kwa­hlu­le­la uO­ho­la loO­ho­li­ba yi­niq? Ye­bo, ba­tshe­le izi­ne­ngi­so za­bor.

37 Ngo­ba ba­fe­bi­le, le­ga­zi li­se­za­ndle­ni za­bo, nja­lo ba­fe­bi­le le­zi­tho­mbe za­bos, fu­thi la­ma­do­da­na abo, aba­ngi­za­le­le wo­natu, ba­wa­da­bu­li­se emli­lwe­ni uku­thi abe yi­ku­dlav.

38 Ba­bu­ye be­nza lo­khu ki­mi: Ba­ngco­li­se inda­wo ya­mi engcwe­le nga­lo­lo­su­kuw, ba­ngco­li­sa la­ma­sa­ba­tha amix.

39 Ngo­ba se­be­bu­la­le­le izi­tho­mbe za­bo aba­ntwa­na ba­boy, ba­se­be­nge­na nga­lo­na lo­lo­su­ku enda­we­ni ya­mi engcwe­le uku­thi ba­yi­ngco­li­sez; kha­nge­la-ke, be­nze nja­lo pha­ka­thi kwe­ndlu ya­mia.

40 La­lo­kho uku­thi ba­thu­me­le ku­ma­do­da ave­la kha­tsha­na, okwa­thu­nywa ki­wo isi­thu­nywab, kha­nge­la-ke, afi­ka; owa­wa­ge­ze­la­yoc, wa­co­mba ame­hlo akhod, wa­zi­ce­ci­sa nge­zi­ce­ci­soe.

41 Wa­hla­la embhe­de­ni okha­zi­mu­la­yof, le­ta­fu­la la­lu­ngi­swa pha­mbi kwa­wog, owa­be­ka phe­zu kwa­loh impe­pha ya­mii la­ma­fu­tha amij.

42 Le­li­zwi le­xu­ku elo­nwa­bi­le­yo la­li­la­yek; la­ku­ma­do­da exu­ku la­ba­ntu kwa­le­thwa ama­Sa­be­ya ave­la enka­nga­lal, afa­ka ama­so­ngo eza­ndle­ni za­wom, lo­mqhe­le omu­hle ema­kha­nda awon.

43 Nga­se­ngi­si­thi ko­we­si­fa­za­na owa­ye­gu­ge ngo­ku­fe­ba: Kha­the­si ba­za­kwe­nza ubu­wu­le la­ye, ye­na-ke la­bo.

44 Ba­se­be­nge­na ku­ye, nje­ngo­ba be­si­ya ko­we­si­fa­za­na oyi­si­fe­be; ngo­ku­nja­lo ba­nge­na kuO­ho­la la­kuO­ho­li­ba, abe­si­fa­za­na aba­la­ma­nya­la.

45 Ko­dwa ama­do­da alu­ngi­le­yo wo­na aza­ba­gwe­ba, ngo­kwe­ndle­la ye­zi­fe­be­ka­zi lange­ndle­la ya­be­si­fa­za­na aba­chi­tha iga­zio; ngo­ba ba­yi­zi­fe­be­ka­zi, nja­lo iga­zi li­se­za­ndle­ni za­bop.

46 Ngo­ba itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Ngi­za­be­nyu­se­la ixu­ku, ngi­ba­ni­ke­le ba­be yi­se­sa­bi­so nja­lo ba­be yi­mpa­ngoq.

47 Nja­lo ixu­ku li­za­ba­kha­nda nga­ma­tshe, li­ba­qu­me nge­zi­nke­mba za­lor, li­bu­la­le ama­do­da­na abo la­ma­do­da­ka­zi abos, li­tshi­se izi­ndlu za­bo ngo­mli­lotu.

48 Ngo­ku­nja­lo ngi­za­kwe­nza ama­nya­la aphe­le eli­zwe­nivw, uku­ze bo­nke abe­si­fa­za­na ba­fu­ndi­swe uku­thi ba­nge­nzi ngo­kwa­ma­nya­la enux.

49 Ngo­ku­nja­lo ba­za­be­ka ama­nya­la enu phe­zu kwe­nu, li­thwa­le izo­no ze­zi­tho­mbe ze­nuy. Li­za­kwa­zi-ke uku­thi ngi­yi­Nko­si uJe­ho­vaz.

Umfa­ne­ki­so we­mbi­za ebi­la­yo

24Ili­zwi le­NKO­SI la­se­li­fi­ka ki­mi, ngo­mnya­ka we­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye, nge­nya­nga ye­tshu­mi, ngo­lwe­tshu­mi lwe­nya­ngaa, li­si­thi:

2 Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, zi­bha­le­le ibi­zo lo­su­ku, lwa­lo­na lo­lu­su­ku; inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni ya­zi­mi­sa uku­me­la­na le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma nga­lo­na lo­lu­su­kub.

3 Nja­lo tsho­no umfa­ne­ki­soc ku­yo indlu evu­ke­la­yo uthi ku­bod: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Be­ka imbi­za, ibe­ke, fu­thi uthe­le ama­nzi ku­yoe,

4 ubu­the­le izi­qa za­yo ki­yo, zo­nke izi­qa ezi­nhlef, umle­nze lo­mkho­no, uyi­gcwa­li­se nge­khe­the­lo la­ma­tha­mbog.

5 Tha­tha ikhe­the­lo lo­mhla­mbi, ubu­the­le­le la­ma­tha­mbo nga­pha­nsi kwa­yo, kwe­nze ku­bi­le ku­hle, ku­phe­kwe la­ma­tha­mbo pha­ka­thi kwa­yo.

6 Nga­kho itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Ma­ye ku­wo umu­zi we­ga­zih, imbi­za ome­ngu­lo wa­yo upha­ka­thi kwa­yoi, lo­me­ngu­lo wa­yo ka­wu­phu­ma­nga ku­yo! Khu­pha isi­qa nge­si­qa, inka­tho ka­yi­nga­we­li ku­yoj.

7 Ngo­ba iga­zi la­wo li­pha­ka­thi kwa­wo, uli­be­ke edwa­le­ni eli­zek, ka­wu­li­thu­lu­le­la­nga phe­zu ko­mhla­ba­thil uku­li­gqi­be­la nge­nhla­ba­thimn.

8 Uku­ze ngi­vu­se intu­ku­the­lo, uku­ze ngi­phi­ndi­se­le impi­ndi­se­lo, ngi­be­ki­le iga­zi la­wo edwa­le­ni eli­ze, uku­ze li­nga­gqi­tshe­lwao.

9 Nga­kho itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Ma­ye ku­wo umu­zi we­ga­zip! La­mi ngi­za­kwe­nza ibo­nda li­be li­khu­luq.

10 Ya­ndi­sa izi­nku­ni, uphe­mbe umli­lo, uqe­de inya­mar, uxu­ba­ni­se izi­no­ngo, la­ma­tha­mbo atshi­swes.

11 Ubu­su­yi­be­ka phe­zu kwa­ma­la­hle ayo inge­la­lu­tho, uku­ze ku­tshi­set ku­vu­the ithu­si la­you, lo­ku­ngco­la kwa­yo ku­nci­bi­li­ke pha­ka­thi kwa­yov, ku­qe­dwe ume­ngu­lo wa­yow.

12 Izi­di­ni­si­le ngo­mtshi­ka­tshi­ka, lo­me­ngu­lo wa­yo omne­ngi ka­wu­phu­ma­nga ku­yo. Ume­ngu­lo wa­yo use­mli­lwe­nix.

13 Ku­la­ma­nya­la eku­ngco­le­ni kwa­kho; ngo­ba ngi­ku­hla­mbu­lu­le, ko­dwa ka­wu­hla­mbu­lu­ka­nga, ka­wu­yi­ku­hla­mbu­lu­ka eku­ngco­le­ni kwa­kho fu­thiyz, ngi­ze ngi­hla­li­se uku­thu­ku­the­la kwa­mi phe­zu kwa­khoa.

14 Mi­na Nko­si ngi­khu­lu­mi­le; ku­za­fi­kab, ngi­kwe­nze; ka­ngi­yi­ku­ye­ke­lac, ka­ngi­yi­ku­ba le­si­ha­wud, ka­ngi­yi­ku­zi­so­lae; nje­ngo­kwe­ndle­la za­khof la­nje­ngo­kwe­ze­nzo za­khog ba­za­ku­gwe­ba, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­vah.

Uku­fa ko­mka­He­ze­ke­li

15 Ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­fi­ka ki­mi fu­thi, li­si­thi:

16 Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, kha­nge­la, ngi­za­su­sa ku­we isi­lo­yi­so sa­me­hlo akho ngo­ku­tsha­yai; ko­dwa unga­li­li, unga­kha­li inye­mbe­zi, fu­thi inye­mbe­zi za­kho zi­nga­ve­lij.

17 Bu­bu­la, uthu­le, unge­nzi isi­li­lo nga­ba­fi­le­yokl, ubo­phe iqhi­ye ya­kho phe­zu kwa­khomn, ufa­ke ama­nya­the­la akho enya­we­ni za­khoo, unga­mbo­mbo­zi inde­vu ze­nde­be ya­kho ya­nga­phe­zu­lup, unga­dli isi­nkwa sa­ba­ntuq.

18 Nga­se­ngi­khu­lu­ma la­ba­ntu eku­se­ni, la­ku­si­hlwa umka­mi wa­fa. Nga­se­ngi­se­nza eku­se­ni nje­ngo­ku­la­ywa kwa­mir.

19 Aba­ntu ba­se­be­si­thi ki­mi: Ka­wu­yi­ku­si­tshe­la yi­ni uku­thi le­zi­zi­nto zi­yi­ni ki­thi, uku­thi we­nze njes?

20 Nga­se­ngi­si­thi ku­bo: Ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­fi­ka ki­mi li­si­thi:

21 Tsho­no ku­yo indlu kaI­sra­ye­li: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Kha­nge­la, ngi­za­ngco­li­sa inda­wo ya­mi engcwe­let, udu­mo lwa­ma­ndla enuu, isi­lo­yi­so sa­me­hlo enu, lo­ku­zwe­lwa ngu­mphe­fu­mu­lo we­nuvw; nja­lo ama­do­da­na enu la­ma­do­da­ka­zi enu eli­wa­tshi­yi­le­yo aza­ku­wa nge­nke­mbax.

22 Kho­na li­za­kwe­nza nje­ngo­ba nge­nzi­le; ka­li­yi­ku­mbo­mbo­za inde­vu ze­nde­be ya­nga­phe­zu­luy, ka­li­yi­ku­dla isi­nkwa sa­ba­ntuz.

23 La­ma­qhi­ye enu aza­ku­ba phe­zu kwa­ma­kha­nda enua, la­ma­nya­the­la enu ezi­nya­we­ni ze­nub; ka­li­yi­ku­li­lac ka­li­yi­ku­kha­la inye­mbe­zid; ko­dwa li­za­ci­ki­ze­ka nge­nxa ye­zi­pha­mbe­ko ze­nue, li­bu­bu­le, omu­nye ko­mu­nyef.

24 Ngo­ku­nja­lo uHe­ze­ke­li uza­ku­ba yi­si­bo­na­ka­li­so ki­nig; li­za­kwe­nza nje­nga­kho ko­nke akwe­nzi­le­yoh; la­pho se­ku­fi­ka lo­khui, li­za­kwa­zi uku­thi ngi­yi­Nko­si uJe­ho­vaj.

25 Fu­thi, we­na ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, ka­ku­yi­ku­ba nja­lo yi­ni nga­lo­lo­su­ku la­pho engi­za­su­sa ku­bo inqa­ba ya­bok, into­ko­zo yo­bu­hle ba­bo, isi­lo­yi­so sa­me­hlo abolm, lo­ku­pha­ka­ma ko­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­bo, ama­do­da­na abo la­ma­do­da­ka­zi abon,

26 nga­lo­lo­su­ku ku­za­fi­ka ku­we ophu­nyu­ki­le­yo, ukwe­nza indle­be za­kho zi­zweo?

27 Nga­lo­lo­su­ku umlo­mo wa­kho uza­vu­le­ke­la ye­na ophu­nyu­ki­le­yopq; nja­lo uza­khu­lu­ma, unga­be usa­ba yi­si­mu­ngu­lur; ngo­ku­nja­lo uza­ku­ba yi­si­bo­na­ka­li­so ki­bos; kho­na ba­za­kwa­zi uku­thi ngi­yi­Nko­sit.

Ili­zwi le­Nko­si nga­maA­mo­ni

25Ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­se­li­fi­ka ki­mi, li­si­thi:

2 Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, mi­sa ubu­so ba­khoa bu­me­le­ne la­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­ni, upro­fe­the ume­le­ne la­bob.

3 Uthi ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­ni: Zwa­ni­ni ili­zwi le­Nko­si uJe­ho­va: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­vac: Ngo­ba wa­thi: Aha! nge­nxa ye­nda­wo ya­mi engcwe­led, la­pho ingco­li­swa, la­nge­nxa ye­li­zwe la­koI­sra­ye­li, la­pho la­li­chi­thi­we, la­nge­nxa ye­ndlu ya­ko­Ju­da, la­pho ba­ya eku­thu­njwe­nie,

4 nga­kho, kha­nge­la, ngi­za­ku­ni­ke­la eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­se­mpu­ma­la­ngaf ube yi­li­fag, uku­thi ba­mi­se inka­mba za­bo pha­ka­thi kwa­kho, be­nze izi­nda­wo za­bo zo­ku­hla­la pha­ka­thi kwa­kho; bo­na ba­za­ku­dla izi­the­lo za­kho, bo­na ba­na­the ucha­go lwa­khoh.

5 Nja­lo ngi­za­kwe­nza iRa­bai ibe yi­si­te­be­le sa­ma­ka­me­laj, la­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­ni ba­be yi­nda­wo yo­ku­ca­mba­la­la ye­mi­hla­mbik. Kho­na li­za­kwa­zi uku­thi ngi­yi­Nko­sil.

6 Ngo­ba itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Ngo­ba utsha­yi­le isa­ndlam, wa­tsha­ya pha­nsi ngo­nya­won, wa­tho­ko­za emphe­fu­mu­lwe­nio ngo­ku­de­le­la kwa­kho ko­nke ume­le­ne le­li­zwe la­koI­sra­ye­lip;

7 nga­kho, kha­nge­la, ngi­za­kwe­lu­le­la isa­ndla sa­mi phe­zu kwa­khoq, ngi­ku­ni­ke­le ube yi­mpa­ngo kwa­be­zi­zwe, ngi­ku­qu­me usu­ke eba­ntwi­ni, ngi­za­kwe­nza ubhu­bhe ema­zwe­nir, ngi­ku­chi­the. Kho­na uza­kwa­zi uku­thi ngi­yi­Nko­sis.

Ili­zwi le­Nko­si ngo­Mo­wa­bi

8 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Ngo­ba oMo­wa­bit lo­Se­yi­riu ba­thi: Kha­nge­la, indlu ka­Ju­da inje­nge­zi­zwe zo­nkev;

9 nga­kho kha­nge­la, ngi­za­vu­la uhla­ngo­thi lu­ka­Mo­wa­bi ku­su­ke­la emi­zi­niw, ku­su­ke­la emi­zi­ni ya­khe, ku­su­ke­la emngce­le­ni wa­khe, ubu­hle be­li­zwex, iBe­ti-Je­shi­mo­thiy, iBha­li-Me­yo­niz, le­Ki­ri­ya­tha­yi­mia;

10 nja­lo ngi­za­yi­ni­ke­la ema­do­da­ne­ni empu­ma­la­nga ku­be yi­li­fab ngi­me­le­ne la­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­ni, uku­ze aba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­nic ba­nga­khu­nju­lwa pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwed.

11 Ngi­za­kwe­nza iza­hlu­le­lo la­pha­ka­thi ku­ka­Mo­wa­bi; nja­lo ba­za­kwa­zi uku­thi ngi­yi­Nko­sie.

Ili­zwi le­Nko­si ngeE­do­ma

12 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Ngo­ba uE­do­ma enze ngo­ku­phi­ndi­se­laf impi­ndi­se­lo eme­le­ne le­ndlu ka­Ju­da, wo­ni­le ngo­ko­na, wa­zi­phi­ndi­se­la phe­zu kwa­bog;

13 nga­kho itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: La­mi ngi­za­kwe­lu­la isa­ndla sa­mi phe­zu ku­kaE­do­mah, ngi­qu­me ku­ye umu­ntu le­nya­ma­za­nai, ngi­me­nze inci­tha­ka­loj ku­su­ke­la eThe­ma­nik, nja­lo ku­ze ku­fi­ke eDe­da­ni ba­za­ku­wa nge­nke­mbal.

14 Nja­lo ngi­za­be­ka impi­ndi­se­lo ya­mi phe­zu ku­kaE­do­ma nge­sa­ndla sa­ba­ntu ba­mi uI­sra­ye­lim, be­nze kuE­do­ma nje­ngo­kwe­ntu­ku­the­lo ya­mi la­nje­ngo­ko­la­ka lwa­mi; kho­na be­za­kwa­zi impi­ndi­se­lo ya­mi, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­van.

Ili­zwi le­Nko­si nga­ma­Fi­li­sti

15 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Ngo­ba ama­Fi­li­sti enze nge­mpi­ndi­se­loop, aphi­ndi­se­la impi­ndi­se­lo ngo­ku­de­le­la emphe­fu­mu­lwe­ni, uku­thi achi­the nge­nzo­ndo ya­pha­ka­deq;

16 nga­kho itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Kha­nge­la, ngi­za­kwe­lu­le­la isa­ndla sa­mi phe­zu kwa­ma­Fi­li­stir, ngi­qu­mes ama­Ke­re­thit, ngi­bhu­bhi­se insa­liuv yo­khu­mbi lo­lwa­ndlew.

17 Nge­nze izi­mpi­ndi­se­lo ezi­nku­lu phe­zu kwa­bo ngo­ku­khu­za kwe­ntu­ku­the­lox; kho­na ba­za­kwa­zi uku­thi ngi­yi­Nko­si, la­pho ngi­be­ka impi­ndi­se­lo ya­mi phe­zu kwa­boy.

Ili­zwi le­Nko­si nge­Ti­re

26Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ngo­mnya­ka we­tshu­mi la­nye, ngo­lo­ku­qa­la lwe­nya­nga, ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­fi­ka ki­mi, li­si­thi:

2 Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, nge­nxa yo­ku­thi iTi­re itshi­lo nge­Je­ru­sa­le­maa isi­thi: Aha! ye­phu­ki­le ebi­nga­ma­sa­ngo aba­ntu; isi­phe­ndu­ke­le ki­mi; ngi­za­gcwa­li­swa, ichi­the­ki­leb.

3 Nga­kho itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Kha­nge­la, ngi­me­la­ne la­we, we­na Ti­re, nge­nze izi­zwe ezi­ne­ngi ze­nyu­ke zi­me­la­ne la­wec, nje­ngo­lwa­ndle lu­se­nza ama­ga­ga­si alo enyu­ked.

4 Nja­lo zi­za­chi­tha imi­du­li ye­Ti­re, zi­bhi­dli­ze­le pha­nsi imi­pho­tsho­ngo ya­yo; ngi­pha­le inhla­ba­thi ya­yo ku­yo, ngi­ye­nzee ibe li­dwa­la eli­zef.

5 Iza­ku­ba yi­nda­wo yo­ku­cha­ye­la ama­mbu­leg, pha­ka­thi ko­lwa­ndleh; ngo­ba mi­na ngi­khu­lu­mi­le, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­vai; nja­lo iza­ku­ba yi­mpa­ngo ye­zi­zwej.

6 La­ma­do­da­ka­zi ayo ase­nsi­mi­ni aza­bu­la­wa nge­nke­mbak. Nja­lo ba­za­kwa­zi uku­thi ngi­yi­Nko­sil.

7 Ngo­ba itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Kha­nge­la, ngi­za­le­tha phe­zu kwe­Ti­re uNe­bhu­ka­di­re­za­ri inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­nim, inko­si ya­ma­kho­sin, eve­la enya­ka­tho, ela­ma­bhi­za, le­zi­nqo­la, la­ba­ga­di ba­ma­bhi­za, la­ma­xu­ku, la­ba­ntu aba­ne­ngio.

8 Uza­bu­la­la nge­nke­mba ama­do­da­ka­zi akho ensi­mi­nip, enze umdu­li wo­ku­vi­mbe­ze­la eme­le­ne la­weq, abu­the­le­le idu­ndu­lu eme­le­ne la­wers, apha­ka­mi­se isi­hla­ngu esi­khu­lu si­me­le­ne la­wet.

9 Uza­mi­sa imi­gqa­la yo­ku­di­li­za ime­la­ne le­mi­du­li ya­kho, adi­li­ze­le pha­nsi imi­pho­tsho­ngo ya­kho nge­zi­nke­mba za­khe.

10 Nge­nxa yo­bu­ne­ngi ba­ma­bhi­za akhe uthu­li lwa­wo lu­za­ku­si­be­ke­la; imi­du­li ya­kho iza­nyi­ki­nywa ngu­msi­ndo wa­ba­ga­di ba­ma­bhi­za la­ma­vi­li le­zi­nqo­la, nxa eza­nge­na ema­sa­ngwe­ni akho, nje­ngo­ku­nge­na emzi­ni ofo­hle­lwa­you.

11 Nga­ma­so­ndo ama­bhi­za akhe uza­nya­the­la zo­nke izi­ta­la­da za­kho; uza­bu­la­la aba­ntu ba­kho nge­nke­mba, le­nsi­ka za­kho ezi­qi­ni­le­yo zi­we­le emhla­ba­thi­ni.

12 Nja­lo ba­za­pha­nga ino­tho ya­khov, ba­thu­mbew impa­hla ya­kho ethe­ngi­swa­yox, ba­di­li­ze­le pha­nsi imi­du­li ya­kho, ba­bhi­dli­ze izi­ndlu za­kho ezi­lo­yi­se­ka­yo, ba­fa­ke ama­tshe akho le­zi­go­do za­kho lo­thu­li lwa­kho pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­nziy.

13 Ngi­za­kwe­nza ku­phe­le umsi­ndo we­ngo­ma za­khoz, le­li­zwi la­ma­cha­cho akho ka­li­sa­yi­ku­zwa­ka­laa.

14 Nja­lo ngi­za­kwe­nza ube li­dwa­la eli­zeb; uza­ku­ba yi­nda­wo yo­ku­cha­ye­la ama­mbu­lec, ka­wu­sa­yi­kwa­khi­wa; ngo­ba mi­na Nko­si ngi­khu­lu­mi­le, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­vad.

15 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va ku­yo iTi­re: Izi­hle­nge ka­zi­yi­ku­nyi­ki­nye­ka yi­ni ngo­mdu­mo wo­ku­wa kwa­khoe, la­pho aba­li­me­le­yo be­bu­bu­la, la­pho ku­bu­la­wa oku­bu­la­wa­yo pha­ka­thi kwa­khof?

16 Kho­na zo­nke izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla zo­lwa­ndleg zi­za­kwe­hla ezi­hla­lwe­ni za­zo zo­bu­kho­sih, zi­khu­lu­le izi­gqo­ko za­zoi, zi­khu­phe ize­mba­tho za­zo ezi­fe­ke­thi­si­we­yoj; zi­ze­mba­thi­se uku­thu­thu­me­la, zi­hla­le emhla­ba­thi­nikl, zi­thu­thu­me­lem nga­so so­nke isi­kha­thin, zi­ma­nga­le ka­khu­lu nga­weo.

17 Zi­za­ku­pha­ka­mi­se­la isi­li­lop, zi­thi ku­we: Uchi­thwe nja­ni ezi­nlwa­ndle we­na owa­wu­hla­lwa, umu­zi olo­du­mo, owa­wu­la­ma­ndla olwa­ndleq, wo­na la­ba­hla­li ba­wo, aba­mi­sa ukwe­sa­be­ka kwa­bo ku­ye wo­nke umhla­li wa­wor!

18 Kha­the­si izi­hle­nge zi­za­thu­thu­me­las ngo­su­ku lo­ku­wa kwa­kho, ye­bo, izi­hle­nge ezi­se­lwa­ndle zi­za­kha­tha­ze­ka ngo­ku­phu­ma kwa­khot.

19 Ngo­ba itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: La­pho ngi­za­kwe­nza ube ngu­mu­zi olu­nxi­wa, nje­nge­mi­zi enga­hla­lwa­yo; la­pho ngi­za­kwe­nyu­sa uku­ju­la phe­zu kwa­kho, la­ma­nzi ama­ne­ngi aku­si­be­ke­leu;

20 kho­na ngi­za­kwe­hli­se­la pha­nsi la­la­bo abe­hle­la emgo­di­niv, eba­ntwi­ni ba­se­ndu­low, ngi­ku­hla­li­se ezi­nda­we­ni ezi­pha­nsi zo­mhla­bax, ema­nxi­we­ni ase­ndu­loy, la­la­bo abe­hle­la emgo­di­ni, uku­ze unga­hla­lwaz; nja­lo ngi­za­be­ka udu­mo eli­zwe­ni la­ba­phi­la­yoa.

21 Ngi­za­kwe­nza ube ngo­kwe­sa­be­ka­yo oku­khu­lub, ungasa­bi­khoc; la­nxa udi­ngwad, unga­tho­la­ka­li fu­thi ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­vaef.

Isi­li­lo nge­Ti­re

27Ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­se­li­fi­ka ki­mi li­si­thi:

2 We­na-ke, ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, pha­ka­mi­sa isi­li­lo nge­Ti­rea,

3 uthi ki­yo iTi­re, ehle­zi nga­se­ku­nge­ne­ni ko­lwa­ndleb, ethe­ngi­se­la­na la­ba­ntu ezi­hle­nge­ni ezi­ne­ngic: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Ti­re, we­na uthi: Ngi­phe­le­le ngo­bu­hled.

4 Imi­ngce­le ya­kho ise­nhli­zi­ywe­ni ye­zi­nlwa­ndle; aba­khi ba­kho ba­phe­le­li­se ubu­hle ba­khoe.

5 Be­nzi­le wo­nke ama­pu­la­nka akho nge­zi­hla­hla ze­fi­rif eSe­ni­rig; ba­tha­tha imi­se­da­ri eLe­bha­no­nih uku­kwe­nze­la insi­ka yo­mko­loi.

6 Nga­ma-o­khi* eBa­sha­nij be­nza ama­phi­ni akho oku­gwe­dlak; indo­da­ka­zi ya­maA­si­ri­ya ye­nze ama­bho­di akho nge­mpo­ndo ze­ndlo­vul ezi­ve­la ezi­hle­nge­ni ze­Khi­thi­mim.

7 Ile­mbu eli­co­le­ki­le­yo ka­khu­lun eli­fe­ke­thi­si­we­yoo eli­ve­la eGi­bhi­thep la­ba yi­se­yi­li ya­kho uku­ba yi­si­bo­ni­so sa­khoqr; oku­lu­hla­za okwe­si­bha­ka­bha­kas lo­ku­yi­bu­be­nde oku­ve­la ezi­hle­nge­nitu zeE­li­sha kwa­ba yi­si­mbo­mbo­zo sa­khov.

8 Aba­khi­le­yo be­Si­do­ni leA­rva­diw ba­be­nga­ba­gwe­dli ba­khox; izi­hla­ka­ni­phi za­kho, we­na Ti­re, e­za­zi­ku­we zi­nga­ba­tsha­ye­li ba­kho bo­mkhu­mbiy.

9 Aba­da­la be­Ge­ba­liz le­zi­hla­ka­ni­phi za­yo ba­ba ku­we, be­nga­ba­lu­ngi­si be­zi­kha­la za­khoa; yo­nke imi­khu­mbi yo­lwa­ndle la­ba­tsha­ye­li ba­yo ya­ba ku­web uku­thi ba­the­ngi­se­la­ne nge­mpa­hla ya­kho yo­ku­the­ngi­se­la­nacd.

10 Ama­Pe­ri­si­yae la­ma­Lu­difg la­ma­Pu­ti ase­bu­thwe­ni la­khohij, ama­do­da akho empik; apha­nye­ka isi­hla­ngu le­kho­wa ku­wel; wo­na ave­za ubu­hle ba­khom.

11 Ama­do­da­na eA­rva­di le­bu­tho la­khon aye­phe­zu kwe­mi­du­li ya­kho inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke, la­ma­Ga­ma­di aye­se­mi­pho­tsho­ngwe­ni ya­kho; apha­nye­kao izi­hla­ngu za­wo phe­zu kwe­mi­du­li ya­kho inhla­ngo­thi zo­nkep; wo­na aphe­le­li­sa ubu­hle ba­khoq.

12 ITa­rshi­shir ya­the­ngi­se­la­na la­we nge­nxa yo­bu­ne­ngi be­no­tho yo­nkes; be­na­na impa­hla za­kho nge­si­li­va, insi­mbi, ize­nge, lo­mnu­sot.

13 IJa­va­niuvw, iThu­bha­lixyz, le­Me­she­kiabc ba­be­nga­ba­the­ngi­se­la­ni ba­kho, be­na­na impa­hla ya­kho nga­ba­ntu bo­qo­bo le­zi­tsha ze­thu­sid.

14 Abe­ndlu ka­To­ga­ri­mae be­na­na impa­hla za­kho nga­ma­bhi­za la­ba­ga­di ba­ma­bhi­za le­zi­mbo­ngo­lof.

15 Ama­do­da­na eDe­da­ni aye­nga­ba­the­ngi­se­la­ni ba­khog; izi­hle­nge ezi­ne­ngi za­zi­nge­zo­ku­the­ngi­se­la­na ze­sa­ndla sa­kho; abu­yi­se­la ku­we izi­mpo­ndo ze­zi­ndlo­vu le-e­bo­ni* ku­be yi­si­phoh.

16 ISi­ri­ya ya­yi­ngu­mthe­ngi­se­la­ni wa­kho nge­nxa yo­kwa­nda kwe­mi­se­be­nzi ya­khoi; be­na­na impa­hla za­khoj nga­ma-e­me­ra­ldi*k, oku­yi­bu­be­ndel, lo­ku­fe­ke­thi­si­we­yom, le­le­mbu eli­co­le­ki­le­yo ka­khu­lun, le­ko­ra­li*o le-a­ga­te*p.

17 UJu­da le­li­zwe la­koI­sra­ye­li ba­be­nga­ba­the­ngi­se­la­ni ba­kho, be­na­na impa­hla ya­kho nge­ngqo­lo­yiq ye­Mi­ni­thir, le­Pa­na­gi, lo­lu­ju, la­ma­fu­tha, le­nhla­kas.

18 IDa­ma­se­ko ya­yi­ngu­mthe­ngi­se­la­ni wa­kho ngo­bu­ne­ngi be­mi­se­be­nzi ya­kho, nge­nxa yo­bu­ne­ngi be­no­tho yo­nket; nge­wa­yi­ni le­He­li­bo­ni lo­bo­ya be­zi­mvu obu­mhlo­pheu.

19 Nja­lo iDa­ni le­Ja­va­ni ya­yi­ha­mba isi­ya le la­le ya­zi­ni­ke­la empa­hle­ni za­khov; insi­mbi ekha­ndi­we­yo, ikha­si­ya*w, le­ka­la­mu*x kwa­ku­yi­mpa­hla ya­kho yo­ku­the­ngi­se­la­na.

20 IDe­da­ni ya­yi­ngu­mthe­ngi­se­la­ni wa­kho nga­ma­le­mbu ali­gu­gu ezi­nqo­lay.

21 IA­ra­bhi­yaz la­zo zo­nke izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla ze­Ke­da­ria ba­be­nga­ba­the­ngi­se­la­ni be­sa­ndla sa­kho, nga­ma­wu­ndlu le­zi­nqa­ma le­zi­mbu­zi, nga­le­zi ba­be­the­ngi­se­la­na la­we.

22 Aba­the­ngi­se­la­ni be­She­bhabc le­Ra­ha­mad ba­be­nga­ba­the­ngi­se­la­ni ba­khoe, be­na­na impa­hla za­khof nge­nhlo­ko ya­wo wo­nke ama­khag, la­nga­ma­tshe wo­nke ali­gu­gu, le­go­li­de.

23 IHa­ra­ni le­Ka­neh leE­de­nii, aba­the­ngi­se­la­ni be­She­baj, iA­shu­ri, iKi­li­ma­di, ba­be­nga­ba­the­ngi­se­la­ni ba­khok.

24 La­ba ba­be­nga­ba­the­ngi­se­la­ni ba­kho nge­zi­nto ezi­phe­le­le­yo, nge­zi­gqo­ko ezi­lu­hla­za okwe­si­bha­ka­bha­kal, lo­ku­fe­ke­thi­si­we­yom, la­nga­ma­bho­ki­si omse­da­ri ele­mbu eli­fe­ke­thi­si­we­yo, abo­tshwe aqi­ni­swa nge­zi­nta­mbo, pha­ka­thi ko­ku­the­ngi­swa­yo kwa­kho.

25 Imi­khu­mbin ye­Tha­shi­shi ya­yi­hla­be­le­la nga­we nge­nxa ye­mpa­hla ya­kho yo­ku­the­ngi­se­la­nao; nja­lo wa­gcwa­li­swa, wa­du­nyi­swa ka­khu­lu enhli­zi­ywe­ni ye­zi­nlwa­ndlep.

26 Aba­gwe­dli ba­kho ba­ku­sa ema­nzi­ni ama­ne­ngiq; umo­ya we­mpu­ma­la­nga usu­kwe­phu­le­le enhli­zi­ywe­ni ye­zi­nlwa­ndler.

27 Ino­tho ya­khos, le­mpa­hla za­khot, impa­hla ya­kho yo­ku­the­ngi­se­la­nau, abe­mi­khu­mbi ba­khov, la­ba­tsha­ye­li ba­khow, aba­lu­ngi­si be­zi­kha­la za­khox, la­ba­the­ngi­si be­mpa­hla ya­khoy, la­wo wo­nke ama­do­da akho empi aku­wez, ka­nye la­lo lo­nke ixu­ku la­kho eli­pha­ka­thi kwa­khoa, ku­za­we­la enhli­zi­ywe­ni ye­zi­nlwa­ndle ngo­su­ku lo­ku­wa kwa­khob.

28 Nge­li­zwi lo­ku­kha­la kwa­ba­tsha­ye­li ba­kho bo­mkhu­mbic ama­dle­lod aza­ma­za­mae.

29 Nja­lo bo­nke aba­pha­thaf isi­gwe­dlog, abe­mi­khu­mbih, bo­nke aba­tsha­ye­li bo­lwa­ndle, ba­za­kwe­hla emi­khu­nji­ni ya­bo, be­me emhla­ba­thi­nii.

30 Ba­zwa­ka­li­se ili­zwi la­bo be­me­le­ne la­wej, ba­kha­le ngo­ku­ba­ba, ba­pho­se­le uthu­li phe­zu kwa­ma­kha­nda abokl, ba­zi­gi­qe emlo­the­nim,

31 ba­ze­nze ompa­ba­nga ngo­ku­phe­le­le­yo nge­nxa ya­khon, ba­zi­bhi­nce nga­ma­sa­kao, ba­ku­kha­le­le inye­mbe­zip ngo­ku­ba­ba ko­mphe­fu­mu­lo le­si­li­lo esi­ba­ba­yoq.

32 Le­ku­li­le­ni kwa­bo ba­za­pha­ka­mi­sa isi­li­lo nga­wer, ba­ku­li­le­le ba­this: Ngu­ba­ni onje­nge­Ti­ret, nje­ngo­ku­chi­the­ki­le­yo pha­ka­thi ko­lwa­ndleu?

33 Eku­phu­me­ni kwe­zi­mpa­hla za­kho zo­ku­the­ngi­se­la­na ezi­nlwa­ndlevw wa­su­thi­sa aba­ntu aba­ne­ngi; ngo­bu­ne­ngi be­no­tho ya­khox le­mpa­hla za­kho wa­no­thi­sa ama­kho­si omhla­bay.

34 Nge­si­kha­thi okwe­phu­lwa nga­so ezi­nlwa­ndlez ezi­nzi­ki­ni za­ma­nzia, kwa­wa impa­hla ya­kho yo­ku­the­ngi­se­la­nab le­xu­ku la­kho lo­nke eli­pha­ka­thi kwa­khoc.

35 Bo­nke aba­khi­le­yo be­zi­hle­nged ba­za­ma­nga­la nga­weef, la­ma­kho­si abo akwe­sa­be ka­khu­lu, ubu­so ba­bo bu­nyu­ku­ma­leg.

36 Aba­the­ngi­se­la­ni pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntuh ba­ya­ku­nci­fe­lai; usu­yi­se­sa­bi­so; ka­wusa­yi­ku­ba kho­na ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­nij.

Ili­zwi le­Nko­si nge­nko­si ye­Ti­re

28Ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­se­li­fi­ka ki­mi fu­thi li­si­thi:

2 Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, tsho­no ku­si­pha­tha­ma­ndla se­Ti­rea: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Ngo­ba inhli­zi­yo ya­kho izi­pha­ka­mi­si­lebc, nja­lo utshi­lo uku­thi: Mi­na ngi­ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu, ngi­hle­zi esi­hla­lwe­ni si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lud enhli­zi­ywe­ni ye­zi­nlwa­ndlee; ka­nti we­na ungu­mu­ntu, ha­tshi-ke uNku­lu­nku­luf, la­nxa umi­sa inhli­zi­yo ya­kho nje­nge­nhli­zi­yo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lug.

3 Kha­nge­la, uhla­ka­ni­phi­leh ku­lo­Da­ni­ye­lii; ka­ku­la­mfi­hlo aba­nga­yi­fi­hla ku­we.

4 Nge­nhla­ka­ni­pho ya­kho la­ngo­ku­qe­di­si­sa kwa­khojk uze­nze­le ino­tho, wa­bu­the­la igo­li­de le­si­li­va ko­ku­li­gu­gu kwa­khol.

5 Ngo­bu­khu­lu be­nhla­ka­ni­pho ya­kho eku­the­ngi­se­la­ne­ni kwa­khom wa­ndi­si­le ino­tho ya­khon; le­nhli­zi­yo ya­kho ipha­ke­me nge­nxa ye­no­tho ya­khoop.

6 Nga­kho itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Ngo­ba usu­mi­se inhli­zi­yo ya­kho nje­nge­nhli­zi­yo ka­Nku­lu­nku­luq,

7 nga­kho, kha­nge­la, ngi­za­le­tha abe­zi­zwe phe­zu kwa­khor, abe­sa­be­ka­yo be­zi­zwest; aba­za­hwa­tsha izi­nke­mba za­bou be­me­le­ne lo­bu­hle be­nhla­ka­ni­pho ya­khov, ba­ngco­li­se inka­zi­mu­lo ya­khow.

8 Ba­za­kwe­hli­se­la pha­nsi ego­di­nix, ufe izi­mfa za­la­bo aba­bu­la­we­lwa enhli­zi­ywe­ni ye­zi­nlwa­ndley.

9 Use­za­ku­tsho yi­ni pha­mbi kwa­ba­ku­bu­la­la­yo: Ngi­ngu­Nku­lu­nku­luz? ka­nti ungu­mu­ntu, ha­tshi-ke uNku­lu­nku­lu, esa­ndle­ni sa­lo­wo oku­gwa­za­yoa.

10 Uza­ku­fa izi­mfa zo­nga­so­ka­ngab nge­sa­ndla sa­be­zi­zwec; ngo­ba mi­na ngi­khu­lu­mi­le, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­vad.

Isi­li­lo nge­nko­si ye­Ti­re

11 Ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­fi­ka ki­mi fu­thi li­si­thi:

12 Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, pha­ka­mi­sa isi­li­loe nge­nko­si ye­Ti­ref, uthi ki­yo: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: We­na upha­wu­le oku­phe­le­le­yog, ugcwe­le inhla­ka­ni­phoh, uphe­le­le ngo­bu­hlei.

13 Wa­wu­seE­de­ni, isi­va­nde si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luj; lo­nke ili­tshe eli­li­gu­gu la­li­yi­si­mbo­mbo­zo sa­kho, isa­rdi­yu­si*k, ito­pa­zi*lm, le­nda­yi­ma­nan, ibhe­ru­le*, i-o­ni­kse*o, le­ja­spi*p, isa­fi­re*q, i-e­me­ra­ldi*r, le­ru­bi*s, le­go­li­det; umse­be­nziu we­zi­gu­ja­na za­kho le­mi­hla­nga ya­kho wa­wu­ku­wev; ngo­su­ku owa­da­lwa nga­lo wa­lu­ngi­swaw.

14 We­na uli­khe­ru­bhi* eli­gco­tshi­we­yo eli­si­be­ke­la­yo, nja­lo ngi­ku­mi­si­lex; wa­wu­phe­zu kwe­nta­ba engcwe­le ka­Nku­lu­nku­luy; wa­ha­mba usi­ya le la­le pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­tshe omli­loz.

15 Wa­wu­phe­le­le ezi­ndle­le­ni za­kho ku­su­ke­la osu­kwi­ni owa­da­lwa nga­lo kwa­ze kwa­tho­la­ka­la ubu­bi ku­wea.

16 Ngo­bu­ne­ngi bo­ku­the­ngi­se­la­na kwa­kho se­be­gcwa­li­se inga­pha­ka­thi ya­kho ngo­dla­ke­la, wa­su­so­nab. Nga­kho ngi­za­ku­la­hla nje­ngo­ngco­li­si­we­yo usu­ke enta­be­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­luc, ngi­ku­chi­the, we­na khe­ru­bhi* eli­si­be­ke­la­yod, usu­ke pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­tshe umli­loe.

17 Inhli­zi­yo ya­kho ya­zi­pha­ka­mi­saf nge­nxa yo­bu­hle ba­khog; wo­na­ka­li­se inhla­ka­ni­pho ya­kho nge­nxa ye­nka­zi­mu­lo ya­kho. Ngi­za­ku­pho­se­la emhla­ba­thi­ni; ngi­za­ku­mi­sa pha­mbi kwa­ma­kho­si uku­ze aku­bo­neh.

18 Ngo­bu­ne­ngi be­zi­pha­mbe­ko za­kho, ngo­bu­bi bo­ku­the­ngi­se­la­na kwa­khoi, ungco­li­se inda­wo za­kho ezi­ngcwe­lej; nga­kho ngi­za­khu­pha umli­lo nga­pha­ka­thi kwa­kho, wo­na uza­ku­qe­da, ngi­kwe­nze ube ngu­mlo­tha emhla­ba­thi­ni eme­hlwe­ni abo bo­nke aba­ku­bo­na­yok.

19 Bo­nke aba­kwa­zi­yo pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwe ba­za­ma­nga­la ka­khu­lu nga­wel; uza­ku­ba yi­ze­sa­bi­so, ka­wusa­yi­ku­ba kho­na ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­nim.

Ili­zwi le­Nko­si nge­Si­do­ni

20 Ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­fi­ka ki­mi fu­thi, li­si­thi:

21 Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, mi­sa ubu­so ba­khon bu­me­le­ne le­Si­do­nio, upro­fe­the nga­yop,

22 uthi: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Kha­nge­la, ngi­me­le­ne la­we, we­na Si­do­niq, ngi­za­du­nyi­swa pha­ka­thi kwa­khor. Nja­lo ba­za­kwa­zi uku­thi ngi­yi­Nko­sis la­pho se­nge­nze iza­hlu­le­lo pha­ka­thi kwa­yot, nga­ngcwe­li­swa ki­you.

23 Ngo­ba ngi­za­thu­me­la uma­tsha­ya­bhu­qe we­si­fo ki­yov, le­ga­zi ezi­ta­la­de­ni za­yo; la­ba­li­me­le­yo ba­za­ku­wa pha­ka­thi kwa­yo nge­nke­mba phe­zu kwa­yo inhla­ngo­thi zo­nkew. Nja­lo ba­za­kwa­zi uku­thi ngi­yi­Nko­six.

24 Nja­lo ka­ku­sa­yi­ku­ba kho­nay ku­yo indlu ya­koI­sra­ye­li ukhu­la olu­hla­ba­yoz ku­mbe ame­va azwi­sa ubu­hlu­ngu ku­ve­la ku­bo bo­nke aba­ba­ha­nqi­le­yoa aba­ba­de­le­la­yob. Nja­lo ba­za­kwa­zi uku­thi ngi­yi­Nko­si uJe­ho­vac.

25 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Nxa se­ngi­bu­the indlu kaI­sra­ye­li ive­la ezi­zwe­ni aba­hla­ka­zwe ki­zod, nga­ngcwe­li­swa ki­bo eme­hlwe­ni ezi­zweef, ku­la­pho be­za­hla­la eli­zwe­ni la­bo enga­li­ni­ka ince­ku ya­mi uJa­ko­beg.

26 Nja­lo ba­za­hla­la ki­lo be­lo­ndo­lo­ze­ki­leh, ba­khe izi­ndlui, ba­hla­nye­le izi­vi­ni; ye­bo, ba­za­hla­la be­lo­ndo­lo­ze­ki­lej nxa se­nge­nze iza­hlu­le­lok phe­zu kwa­bo bo­nke aba­ba­de­le­la­yo inhla­ngo­thi zo­nkel. Ng'kho­na be­za­kwa­zi uku­thi ngi­yi­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bom.

Ili­zwi le­Nko­si nge­Gi­bhi­the

29Ngo­mnya­ka we­tshu­mi, ngenya­nga ye­tshu­mi, ngo­lwe­tshu­mi la­mbi­li lwe­nya­nga, ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­fi­ka ki­mi, li­si­thi:

2 Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, mi­sa ubu­so ba­khoa bu­me­le­ne lo­Fa­ro inko­si ye­Gi­bhi­theb, upro­fe­the ume­le­ne la­yec, nja­lo ume­le­ne la­yo yo­nke iGi­bhi­thed.

3 Khu­lu­ma uthi: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Kha­nge­la, ngi­me­la­ne la­we, Fa­ro, nko­si ye­Gi­bhi­thee, umgo­bho omkhu­lu ole­le pha­ka­thi kwe­mi­fu­la ya­wofg, othi: Umfu­la wa­mi ngo­wa­mi, nga­ze­nze­la wo­nah.

4 Ko­dwa ngi­za­fa­ka izi­ngwe­gwe emi­hla­thi­ni ya­khoi, nge­nze inhla­nzi ze­mi­fu­la ya­kho zi­na­ma­the­le ema­xo­lwe­ni akhoj, ngi­ku­khu­phu­le pha­ka­thi kwe­mi­fu­la ya­kho, la­zo zo­nke inhla­nzi ze­mi­fu­la ya­kho zi­za­na­ma­the­la ema­xo­lwe­ni akhok.

5 Nja­lo ngi­za­ku­tshi­ya enka­nga­la, we­na la­zo zo­nke inhla­nzi ze­mi­fu­la ya­khol; uza­we­la ebu­swe­ni be­ga­nga; ka­wu­yi­ku­hla­nga­ni­swa, ka­wu­yi­ku­bu­thwam; ngi­za­ku­ni­ke­la ube yi­ku­dla ku­zo izi­lo ze­ga­nga le­nyo­ni za­ma­zu­lun.

6 La­bo bo­nke aba­hla­li be­Gi­bhi­the ba­za­kwa­zi uku­thi ngi­yi­Nko­sio, ngo­ba be­be­lu­do­ndo­lo lo­mhla­nga ku­yo indlu kaI­sra­ye­lip.

7 La­pho be­ku­ba­mba nge­sa­ndla, we­phu­la wa­da­bu­la lo­nke ihlo­mbe la­bo; la­la­pho be­se­ya­ma ku­weq, we­phu­ka, we­nza zo­nke inka­lo za­bo za­mar.

8 Nga­kho itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Kha­nge­la, ngi­za­le­tha inke­mba phe­zu kwa­khos, ngi­qu­me ku­su­ke ku­we umu­ntu le­nya­ma­za­nat.

9 Le­li­zwe le­Gi­bhi­the li­za­ku­ba yi­nci­tha­ka­lo le­nka­nga­la. Kho­na be­za­kwa­zi uku­thi ngi­yi­Nko­siu. Ngo­ba uthe: Umfu­la ngo­wa­mi, mi­na-ke ngiwe­nzi­lev.

10 Nga­kho, kha­nge­la, ngi­me­le­ne la­wew, ngi­me­le­ne le­mi­fu­la ya­khox; nge­nze ili­zwe le­Gi­bhi­the li­be yi­zi­nci­tha­ka­lo isi­bi­li le­nka­nga­lay, ku­su­ke­la empho­tsho­ngwe­ni ku­si­ya eSe­ve­nez ku­ze ku­be se­mngce­le­ni weE­thi­yo­phi­yaa.

11 Ka­ku­la­nya­wo lo­mu­ntu olu­za­dlu­la ki­lo, ka­ku­la­nya­wo lwe­nya­ma­za­na olu­za­dlu­la ki­lo; fu­thi ka­li­yi­ku­hla­lwa okwe­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­neb.

12 Ngo­ba ngi­za­kwe­nza ili­zwe le­Gi­bhi­the li­be yi­nci­tha­ka­lo pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­zwe wo­nke achi­the­ki­le­yoc; le­mi­zi ya­lo pha­ka­thi kwe­mi­zi enga­ma­nxi­wa iza­ku­ba yi­nci­tha­ka­lo okwe­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ned; nja­lo ngi­za­hla­ka­za ama­Gi­bhi­the pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwe, ngi­wa­sa­ba­la­li­se ema­zwe­nie.

13 Ngo­ba itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Eku­phe­le­ni kwe­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne ngi­za­bu­tha ama­Gi­bhi­the eba­ntwi­ni aba­hla­ka­ze­ke­le kho­naf.

14 Nja­lo ngi­za­bu­yi­se­la aba­thu­njwa be­Gi­bhi­theg, ngi­be­nze ba­bu­ye­le e­li­zweni le­Pa­tro­si, eli­zwe­ni lo­ku­za­lwa kwa­bo; la­pho-ke ba­za­ku­ba ngu­mbu­so opha­nsih.

15 Li­za­ku­ba pha­nsi ku­la­yo imi­bu­so, fu­thi ka­li­sa­yi­ku­zi­pha­ka­mi­sa phe­zu kwe­zi­zwe; ngo­ba ngi­za­ba­nci­phi­sa uku­ze ba­nga­bu­yi ba­bu­se phe­zu kwe­zi­zwei.

16 Nja­lo ka­li­sa­yi­ku­ba li­the­mba ku­yo indlu kaI­sra­ye­lij, ele­tha uku­khu­nju­lwa kwe­si­pha­mbe­ko, la­pho be­phe­ndu­ka uku­la­nde­la bo­nak. Ko­dwa ba­za­kwa­zi uku­thi ngi­yi­Nko­si uJe­ho­val.

17 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ngo­mnya­ka wa­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li le­si­kho­mbi­sa, ngenya­nga yo­ku­qa­la, ngo­lo­ku­qa­la lwe­nya­nga, ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­fi­ka ki­mi, li­si­thi:

18 Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, uNe­bhu­ka­di­re­za­ri inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­nim we­nza ibu­tho la­khe la­kho­nza inko­nzo enku­lun li­me­le­ne le­Ti­reo; lo­nke ikha­nda la­phu­cwa, la­lo lo­nke ihlo­mbe la­su­tshu­lwap; ka­nti ye­na ka­la­mvu­zo, le­bu­tho la­khe, nge­nxa ye­Ti­re, nge­nxa ye­nko­nzo ayi­kho­nza eme­le­ne la­yo.

19 Nga­kho itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Kha­nge­la, ngi­za­ni­ke­la ili­zwe le­Gi­bhi­the ku­Ne­bhu­ka­di­re­za­ri inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­niq; nja­lo uza­tha­tha ixu­ku la­yo, athu­mbe uku­thu­njwa kwa­yo, apha­nge impa­ngo ya­yo; nja­lo ku­za­ku­ba li­ho­lo le­bu­tho la­kher.

20 Ngi­mni­ke ili­zwe le­Gi­bhi­the ku­be ngu­mvu­zo akho­nza nga­wo ku­lo, ngo­ba ba­ngi­se­be­nze­la, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­vas.

21 Nga­lo­lo­su­ku ngi­za­kwe­nza upho­ndo lwe­ndlu kaI­sra­ye­li lu­kha­hle­let, ngi­ku­ni­ke uku­kha­mi­sa ko­mlo­mo pha­ka­thi kwa­bou. Nja­lo ba­za­kwa­zi uku­thi ngi­yi­Nko­siv.

Uku­chi­the­ka kwe­Gi­bhi­the

30Ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­fi­ka ki­mi fu­thi, li­si­thi:

2 Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, pro­fe­tha uthi: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Qhi­nqa­ni isi­li­lo: Ma­ye nga­lo­lo­su­kua!

3 Ngo­ba usu­ku lu­se­du­zeb, ngi­tsho usu­ku lwe­Nko­si lu­se­du­zecde, usu­ku olu­la­ma­ye­zif; ku­za­ku­ba yi­si­kha­thi se­zi­zweg.

4 Le­nke­mba iza­fi­ka eGi­bhi­theh, lo­si­zii lu­za­ku­ba seE­thi­yo­phi­yaj, la­pho aba­bu­le­we­yo be­za­ku­wa eGi­bhi­the; ngo­ba ba­za­su­sa ixu­ku la­yok, le­zi­se­ke­lo za­yo zi­di­li­ze­lwe pha­nsil.

5 IE­thi­yo­phi­yamn, le­Pu­tiop, le­Lu­diqr, la­bo bo­nke aba­ntu aba­hla­nga­ni­si­we­yo, le­Khu­bi, la­ba­ntwa­na be­li­zwe le­si­vu­me­lwa­no, ba­za­ku­wa nge­nke­mba ka­nye la­bos.

6 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Ye­bo, aba­se­ke­la iGi­bhi­the ba­za­ku­wa, lo­ku­zi­gqa­ja kwa­ma­ndla ayo ku­za­kwe­hlat; ku­su­ke­la eMi­gi­do­li ku­ze ku­be se­Se­ve­ne ba­za­ku­wa ku­yo nge­nke­mba, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­vau.

7 Nja­lo ba­za­chi­the­ka pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­zwe achi­the­ki­le­yov; le­mi­zi ya­yo iza­ku­ba pha­ka­thi kwe­mi­zi enga­ma­nxi­waw.

8 Kho­na be­za­kwa­zi uku­thi ngi­yi­Nko­six, se­ngi­be­ke umli­lo eGi­bhi­they, la­pho bo­nke aba­si­zi ba­yo se­be­phu­li­wez.

9 Nga­lo­lo­su­ku izi­thu­nywa zi­za­phu­ma pha­mbi kwa­mi nge­mi­khu­mbia ukuya­kwe­thu­sa amaE­thi­yo­phi­ya onwa­bi­le­yob, lo­si­zi lu­za­ku­ba pha­ka­thi kwa­bo osu­kwi­ni lwe­Gi­bhi­thec, ngo­ba, kha­nge­la, lu­ye­zad.

10 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Ye­bo, ngi­za­qe­da ixu­ku le­Gi­bhi­the nge­sa­ndla si­ka­Ne­bhu­ka­di­re­za­ri inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­nie.

11 Ye­na, la­ba­ntu ba­khe ka­nye la­ye, abe­sa­be­ka­yo be­zi­zwe, ba­za­le­thwa ukuza­chi­tha ili­zwef; nja­lo ba­za­hwa­tsha izi­nke­mba za­bo be­me­le­ne le­Gi­bhi­the, ba­gcwa­li­se ili­zwe nga­ba­bu­le­we­yog.

12 Nja­lo ngi­za­kwe­nzah imi­fu­lai itshej, ngi­the­ngi­se ili­zwek esa­ndle­ni sa­ba­kho­hla­ke­le­yol, ngi­li­chi­the ili­zwemn lo­ku­gcwa­la kwa­lo nge­sa­ndla sa­be­zi­zweo; mi­na Nko­si ngi­khu­lu­mi­lep.

13 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Ngi­za­bhu­bhi­sa le­zi­tho­mbeq, ngi­qe­de izi­fa­ne­ki­sor eNo­fis; nja­lo ka­ku­sa­yi­ku­ba kho­na isi­pha­tha­ma­ndla esi­ve­la eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­thet; nja­lo ngi­za­le­tha ukwe­sa­ba eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­theu.

14 Nge­nze iPa­tro­si ibe lu­nxi­wav, ngi­be­ke umli­low eZo­wa­nix, nge­nze iza­hlu­le­loy eNoz.

15 Ngi­thu­lu­le ula­ka lwa­mi phe­zu kwe­Si­ni, ama­ndla eGi­bhi­the; ngi­qu­me ixu­kua le­Nob.

16 Ngi­be­ke umli­lo eGi­bhi­thec; iSi­ni iza­ku­ba lo­bu­hlu­ngu obu­khu­lu; le­No iza­da­tshu­lwa pha­ka­thid; le­No­fie iza­kha­tha­ze­ka nsu­ku zo­nkef.

17 Ama­ja­ha eA­ve­ne le­Phi­bhe­se­thi aza­ku­wa nge­nke­mbag, la­le imi­zi iza­ku­ya eku­thu­njwe­ni.

18 Nja­lo eTha­ha­pha­ne­si imi­ni iza­ku­ba mnya­mah, la­pho ngi­za­kwe­phu­la kho­na ama­jo­gwe eGi­bhi­thei, lo­ku­zi­khu­khu­me­za kwa­ma­ndla ayo ku­za­phe­la ki­yo. Yo­na, iye­zi li­za­yi­si­be­ke­la, la­ma­do­da­ka­zi ayo aza­ku­ya eku­thu­njwe­nij.

19 Ngo­ku­nja­lo ngi­za­kwe­nza iza­hlu­le­lo eGi­bhi­thek. Kho­na be­za­kwa­zi uku­thi ngi­yi­Nko­sil.

20 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ngo­mnya­ka we­tshu­mi la­nye, ngenya­nga yo­ku­qa­la, ngo­lwe­si­kho­mbi­sa lwe­nya­nga, ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­fi­ka ki­mi, li­si­thi:

21 Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, ngi­ye­phu­le inga­lo ka­Fa­ro inko­si ye­Gi­bhi­them; kha­nge­la-ke ka­yi­bo­tshwa­nga uku­thi ku­ni­kwe uku­pho­la, uku­thi ku­fa­kwe uhla­ka lo­ku­yi­bo­pha, uku­yi­qi­ni­se­la uku­ba­mba inke­mban.

22 Nga­kho itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Kha­nge­la, ngi­me­le­ne lo­Fa­ro inko­si ye­Gi­bhi­theo, nja­lo ngi­za­kwe­phu­la inga­lo za­khe, ela­ma­ndla, la­le­yo eye­phu­ki­le­yo, nge­nze inke­mba iwe esa­ndle­ni sa­khep.

23 Ngi­hla­ka­ze­le ama­Gi­bhi­the pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwe, ngi­wa­sa­ba­la­li­se­le ema­zwe­niq.

24 Ngi­qi­ni­se inga­lo ze­nko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni, ngi­be­ke inke­mba ya­mi esa­ndle­ni sa­yor; ko­dwa ngi­za­kwe­phu­la izi­nga­lo zi­ka­Fa­ro, abu­bu­le pha­mbi kwa­yos ngo­ku­bu­bu­la ko­gwa­zi­we­yot.

25 Ko­dwa ngi­za­qi­ni­sa inga­lo ze­nko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni, le­nga­lo zi­ka­Fa­ro zi­za­we­la pha­nsiu; nja­lo ba­za­kwa­zi uku­thi ngi­yi­Nko­si, se­ngi­fa­ke inke­mba ya­mi esa­ndle­ni se­nko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­niv, isi­ye­lu­le phe­zu kwe­li­zwe le­Gi­bhi­thew.

26 Nja­lo ngi­za­hla­ka­za ama­Gi­bhi­the pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwe, ngi­wa­sa­ba­la­li­se­le ema­zwe­nix. Nja­lo ba­za­kwa­zi uku­thi ngi­yi­Nko­siy.

IGi­bhi­the ifa­na­na le­si­hla­hla so­mku­su

31Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ngo­mnya­ka we­tshu­mi la­nye, ngenya­nga ye­si­tha­thu, ngo­lo­ku­qa­la lwe­nya­nga, ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­fi­ka ki­mi, li­si­thi:

2 Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, tsho­no ku­Fa­ro inko­si ye­Gi­bhi­the le­xu­kwi­ni la­khea: Ufa­na­na lo­ba­ni ebu­khu­lwi­ni ba­khob?

3 Kha­nge­la, iA­si­ri­yac ya­yi­ngu­mse­da­ri eLe­bha­no­nid, omu­hle nge­nga­tshae, nje­nge­gu­su eli­lo­mthu­nzif, nja­lo umu­de ngo­ku­pha­ka­magh, le­si­hlo­ko sa­woij sa­si­pha­ka­thik kwe­nga­tsha ezi­qa­thalm.

4 Ama­nzi awu­khu­li­sa, inzi­ki ya­wu­pha­ka­mi­sa, imi­fu­la ya­wo ya­ge­le­za ya­zi­nge­le­ze­la inda­wo ohla­nye­lwe ki­yo, wa­khu­phe­la izi­fu­dla­na za­wo ku­zo zo­nke izi­hla­hla ze­ga­ngan.

5 Nga­kho-ke ubu­de ba­wo ba­pha­ka­ma be­dlu­la zo­nke izi­hla­hla ze­ga­ngaop, le­nga­tsha za­wo za­ndaq, la­ma­hlu­me­la awo aba ma­de, nge­nxa ya­ma­nzi ama­ne­ngi, la­pho uwa­phu­mi­sar.

6 La­zo zo­nke izi­nyo­ni za­ma­zu­lu za­kha izi­dle­ke za­zos ezi­nga­tshe­ni za­wot, le­nya­ma­za­na zo­nke ze­ga­nga za­za­le­la nga­pha­nsi kwe­nga­tsha za­wou, la­nga­pha­nsi ko­mthu­nzi wa­wo kwa­hla­la izi­zwe zo­nke ezi­nku­luvw.

7 Ngo­ku­nja­lo wa­wu­mu­hle ebu­khu­lwi­ni ba­wox, ebu­de­ni be­nga­tsha za­woy; ngo­ba impa­nde ya­wo ya­yi­nga­se­ma­nzi­ni ama­ne­ngi.

8 Imi­se­da­ri esi­va­nde­ni si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ya­yi­nge­wu­fi­pha­zez; izi­hla­hla za­ma­fi­ri za­zi­nga­fa­na­ni le­nga­tsha za­woa; le­zi­nge­la­ma­xo­lob za­zi­nga­fa­na­ni la­ma­hlu­me­la awoc; fu­thi kwa­ku­nge­kho si­hla­hla esi­va­nde­ni si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu esi­nje­nga­wo ebu­hle­ni ba­wod.

9 Nga­we­nza wa­ba mu­hle ngo­bu­ne­ngi be­zi­nga­tsha za­woe, kwa­ze kwa­thi zo­nke izi­hla­hla zeE­de­nif, eza­zi­se­si­va­nde­ni si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, za­ba lo­mha­wu nga­wog.

10 Nga­kho itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Nge­nxa yo­ku­thi uzi­pha­ka­mi­si­le ngo­bu­deh, uthu­tshi­se isi­hlo­ko sa­woijk nga­pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­nga­tsha ezi­qa­thal, le­nhli­zi­yo ya­wo ya­zi­pha­ka­mi­sa ngo­bu­de ba­wom;

11 nga­kho ngi­za­wu­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni so­la­ma­ndla we­zi­zwe­nin; uza­kwe­nza lo­kwe­nza la­wo; ngi­wu­xo­tshi­le nge­nxa ye­nko­hla­ka­lo ya­woo.

12 Nja­lo abe­mzi­nip, abe­sa­be­ka­yo be­zi­zweq, ba­wu­qu­mi­le ba­wu­tshi­ya; le­nga­tsha za­wo zi­we­le ezi­nta­be­nirs la­ku­zo zo­nke izi­ho­tshat; la­ma­hlu­me­la akhe ephu­lweu ku­yo yo­nke imi­fu­la ye­li­zwev; la­bo bo­nke aba­ntu bo­mhla­ba be­hli­le ba­su­ka emthu­nzi­ni wa­wo, ba­wu­tshi­yaw.

13 Zo­nke inyo­ni za­ma­zu­lu zi­za­hla­la phe­zu kwe­nci­tha­ka­lo ya­wox, la­zo zo­nke inya­ma­za­na ze­ga­nga zi­za­ku­ba phe­zu kwe­nga­tsha za­woy.

14 Uku­ze ku­nga­bi kho­na ku­zo zo­nke izi­hla­hla nga­se­ma­nzi­ni ezi­zi­pha­ka­mi­sa­yo nge­nxa yo­bu­de ba­zoz, fu­thi zi­nga­fu­qi isi­hlo­ko sa­zoabc nga­pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­nga­tsha ezi­qa­thad, fu­thi zi­nge­mi ngo­kwa­zo ngo­bu­de ba­zoe, zo­nke ezi­na­tha ama­nzif; ngo­ba zo­nke zi­ni­ke­lwe eku­fe­nig enda­we­ni enga­pha­nsi yo­mhla­bahi, pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ba­ntuj, ku­la­bo abe­hle­la ego­di­nik.

15 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Mhla use­hle­la engcwa­be­ni nge­nza isi­li­lol, nga­si­be­ke­la inzi­ki nge­nxa ya­wo, nga­vi­mba izi­fu­la za­yo, la­ma­nzi ama­ne­ngi ami­swam; nge­nza iLe­bha­no­nin ibe mnya­ma nge­nxa ya­wo, le­zi­hla­hla zo­nke ze­ga­nga za­bu­na nge­nxa ya­wo.

16 Nge­nza izi­zwe zi­thu­thu­me­le ngo­mdu­mo wo­ku­wa kwa­woo, la­pho ngi­we­hli­se­la esi­ho­gwe­nip la­la­bo abe­hle­la ego­di­niq; la­zo zo­nke izi­hla­hla zeE­de­nir, ikhe­the­lo lo­ku­hles kwe­Le­bha­no­nit, zo­nke ezi­na­tha ama­nziu, za­zi­du­du­zav enda­we­ni enga­pha­nsi yo­mhla­baw.

17 La­zo ze­hle­la esi­ho­gwe­ni ka­nye la­wox, ku­la­bo aba­be­bu­le­we nge­nke­mbay; laba­be­yi­nga­lo ya­wo aba­be­hla­la nga­pha­nsi ko­mthu­nzi wa­wo pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwez.

18 Ufa­na­na lo­ba­ni ngo­ku­nja­lo ngo­du­mo la­ngo­bu­khu­lua pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­hla­hla zeE­de­nib? Ka­nti uza­kwe­hli­se­lwa ka­nye le­zi­hla­hla zeE­de­nic enda­we­ni enga­pha­nsi yo­mhla­bad, ula­le pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­nga­so­ka­ngae, ka­nye la­bo aba­bu­le­we nge­nke­mbaf. Lo ngu­Fa­rog le­xu­ku la­khe lo­nke, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­vah.

UFa­ro ufa­na­na le­ngwe­nya

32Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ngo­mnya­ka we­tshu­mi la­mbi­li, nge­nya­nga ye­tshu­mi la­mbi­li, ngo­lo­ku­qa­la lwe­nya­nga, ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­fi­ka ki­mi li­si­thi:

2 Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, pha­ka­mi­sa isi­li­lo ngo­Fa­ro inko­si ye­Gi­bhi­thea, uthi ku­ye: Ufa­na­na le­bho­ngo le­si­lwa­ne le­zi­zweb, fu­thi we­na ufa­na­na lo­mgo­bho pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­nlwa­ndlec, wa­phu­tsha emi­fu­le­ni ya­kho, wa­du­nga ama­nzi nge­nya­wo za­khod, wa­ngco­li­sa imi­fu­la ya­zoe.

3 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Nga­kho ngi­za­kwe­ndla­la imbu­le la­mi phe­zu kwa­kho nge­xu­ku la­ba­ntu aba­ne­ngif, ba­ku­khu­phu­le nge­mbu­le la­mig.

4 Be­se­ngi­ku­tshi­ya emhla­ba­thi­nih, ngi­ku­ji­ki­je­le egce­ke­nii, nge­nze zo­nke inyo­ni za­ma­zu­lu zi­hla­le phe­zu kwa­kho, ngi­su­thi­se izi­lo za­wo wo­nke umhla­ba nga­wej.

5 Ngi­za­be­ka inya­ma ya­kho phe­zu kwe­zi­nta­bak, ngi­gcwa­li­se izi­ho­tsha ngo­bu­de ba­khol.

6 Ngi­za­the­le­la ili­zwe ngo­ku­ntsha­za kwe­ga­zi la­kho ku­ze ku­be se­zi­nta­be­nim; le­zi­fu­la zi­za­gcwa­la nga­wen.

7 La­la­pho ngi­ku­ci­tsha ngi­za­si­be­ke­la ama­zu­luo, nge­nze inka­nye­zi za­wo zi­be mnya­map; ngi­za­si­be­ke­la ila­nga nge­ye­ziq, le­nya­nga ka­yi­yi­ku­kha­nyi­sa ngo­ku­kha­nya kwa­yor.

8 Zo­nke izi­ba­ne ezi­kha­nyi­sa­yo ema­zu­lwi­ni ngi­za­ze­nza zi­be mnya­ma phe­zu kwa­khos, ngi­be­ke ubu­mnya­ma phe­zu kwe­li­zwe la­kho, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­vat.

9 Nja­lo ngi­za­kha­tha­za inhli­zi­yo za­ba­ntu aba­ne­ngi, nxa ngi­za­le­tha inci­tha­ka­lo ya­kho pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwe ema­zwe­ni onga­wa­zi­you.

10 Ye­bo, ngi­za­kwe­nza aba­ntu aba­ne­ngi ba­ma­nga­le ka­khu­lu nga­wev, la­ma­kho­si abo aza­hla­si­mu­ka umzi­mba ka­khu­lu nga­we, la­pho ngi­pha­zi­mi­sa inke­mba ya­mi pha­mbi kwa­bow; nja­lo ba­za­thu­thu­me­la isi­kha­thi so­nke, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo nge­mpi­lo ya­khex, ngo­su­ku lo­ku­wa kwa­khoy.

11 Ngo­ba itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Inke­mba ye­nko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni iza­kwe­hle­laz.

12 Nge­zi­nke­mba za­ma­qha­we ngi­za­kwe­nza ixu­ku la­kho li­wea, abe­sa­be­ka­yo be­zi­zweb, bo­nke; nja­lo aza­chi­tha uku­zi­pha­ka­mi­sa kwe­Gi­bhi­thec, le­xu­ku la­yo lo­nke li­za­bhu­ji­swad.

13 Nja­lo ngi­za­bhu­bhi­sa zo­nke izi­nya­ma­za­na za­yo nga­se­ma­nzi­ni ama­ne­ngi; lo­nya­wo lo­mu­ntue ka­lu­sa­yi­ku­wa­du­ngaf, la­ma­so­ndo ezi­nya­ma­za­na ka­wa­yi­ku­wa­du­ngag.

14 Be­se­ngi­se­nza ama­nzi abo atsho­ne, nge­nze imi­fu­la ya­bo ige­le­ze nje­nga­ma­fu­tha, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­vah.

15 Mhla ngi­za­kwe­nza ili­zwe le­Gi­bhi­the li­be yi­nci­tha­ka­lo, le­li­zwe li­phu­ndlwe uku­gcwa­la kwa­loi, la­pho ngi­tsha­ya bo­nke aba­hla­la ki­lo, kho­na ba­za­kwa­zi uku­thi ngi­yi­Nko­sij.

16 Le­si yi­si­li­li­se­lok aba­za­si­li­li­se­lal; ama­do­da­ka­zi ezi­zwe aza­si­li­li­se­lam; ba­za­si­li­li­se­la, nge­Gi­bhi­the, la­nge­xu­ku la­yo lo­nke, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­van.

17 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ngo­mnya­ka we­tshu­mi la­mbi­li, ngo­lwe­tshu­mi la­nhla­nu lwe­nya­nga, ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­fi­ka ki­mi li­si­thio:

18 Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu, kha­la nge­nxa ye­xu­ku le­Gi­bhi­thep, ube­hli­se­leq, yo­na la­ma­do­da­ka­zi ezi­zwe ezi­du­mi­le­yor, ezi­nda­we­ni ezi­nga­pha­nsi zo­mhla­bast, ka­nye la­bo abe­hle­la emgo­di­niuv.

19 We­dlu­la ba­ni ngo­ku­tha­nde­kaw? Ye­hlax, ula­li­swey la­ba­nga­so­ka­ngaz.

20 Ba­za­we­la pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­bu­le­we nge­nke­mbaa. Ini­ke­lwe enke­mbe­ni; ihu­du­le­ni ka­nye la­ma­xu­ku ayo wo­nkeb.

21 Aba­la­ma­ndla ba­ma­qha­wec ba­za­khu­lu­ma la­ye be­pha­ka­thi kwe­si­ho­god, ka­nye la­ba­yi­si­za­yoe; be­hle­le pha­nsifg, ba­le­le aba­nga­so­ka­ngah, ba­bu­le­we nge­nke­mbai.

22 IA­si­ri­ya ila­pho le­xu­ku la­yo lo­nkej; ama­ngcwa­ba ayo ase­nhla­ngo­thi­ni za­yo zo­nkek, bo­nke be­bu­le­we, be­wi­le nge­nke­mbal.

23 Oma­ngcwa­ba ayo enzi­we ema­ce­le­ni ego­dim, le­xu­ku la­yo li­ha­nqe ingcwa­ba la­yo, bo­nke be­bu­le­we, be­wi­le nge­nke­mban, aba­be­ni­ka ise­sa­bi­soo eli­zwe­ni la­ba­phi­la­yop.

24 Ikho­na la­phoq iE­la­mur le­xu­ku la­yo lo­nke inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke ze­ngcwa­ba la­yos, bo­nke be­bu­le­we, aba­wi­le­yo nge­nke­mbat, abe­hleu be­nga­so­ka­ngav ba­ya ezi­nda­we­ni ezi­nga­pha­nsi zo­mhla­baw, aba­ni­ka ise­thu­so sa­box eli­zwe­ni la­ba­phi­la­yoy; ka­nti be­thwe­le ihla­zo la­boz ka­nye la­bo abe­hle­la ego­di­nia.

25 Ba­ye­nze­le umbhe­da pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­bu­le­we­yob ka­nye le­xu­ku la­yo lo­nkec; ama­ngcwa­ba ayo ayi­ha­nqi­led; bo­nke be­nga­so­ka­ngae, be­bu­le­we nge­nke­mbaf; ngo­ba ise­thu­so sa­bog sa­ni­ke­lwa eli­zwe­ni la­ba­phi­la­yoh, ka­nti ba­thwa­la ihla­zo la­boi ka­nye la­bo abe­hle­la ego­di­ni; ibe­kwa pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­bu­le­we­yoj.

26 Ku­kho­na la­phok iMe­she­kil le­Thu­bha­lim, ka­nye le­xu­ku la­yo lo­nken; ama­ngcwa­ba ayo ayi­ha­nqi­leo; bo­nke be­nga­so­ka­ngap, be­bu­le­we nge­nke­mbaq; ngo­ba ba­ni­ki­le ise­thu­so sa­bor eli­zwe­ni la­ba­phi­la­yos.

27 Ko­dwa ka­ba­yi­ku­la­lat la­ma­qha­we awi­le­you anga­wa­ba­nga­so­ka­ngav, ehle­la esi­ho­gwe­ni le­zi­kha­li za­wo ze­mpi, abe­ka inke­mba za­wo nga­pha­nsi kwa­ma­kha­nda awo; ko­dwa ubu­bi ba­wo bu­za­ku­ba phe­zu kwa­ma­tha­mbo awo; ngo­ba ise­thu­sow sa­ma­qha­wex sa­si­se­li­zwe­ni la­ba­phi­la­yoy.

28 We­na-ke uza­kwe­phu­lwa pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­nga­so­ka­ngaz, ula­leab la­ba­bu­le­we nge­nke­mbac.

29 Ku­kho­na la­phod iE­do­mae, ama­kho­si ayo la­zo zo­nke izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­yo, aba­la­li­swe la­ba­bu­le­we nge­nke­mbaf, ka­nye la­ma­ndla abo; bo­na ba­za­la­lag la­ba­nga­so­ka­ngah, la­be­hle­la ego­di­nii.

30 Ku­kho­na la­phoj izi­pha­tha­ma­ndlak ze­nya­ka­thol, zo­nke za­zo, la­wo wo­nke ama­Si­do­nim, ase­hle la­ba­bu­le­we­yo; ku­se­sa­bi­so sa­bo ba­le­nhlo­ni nge­nxa yo­bu­qha­we ba­wo; nja­lo ba­le­len be­nga­so­ka­ngao ka­nye la­ba­bu­le­we­yo nge­nke­mbap, be­thwe­le ihla­zo la­boq ka­nye la­bo abe­hle­la ego­di­nir.

31 UFa­ro uza­ba­bo­na, adu­du­ze­kes nge­nxa ye­xu­ku la­khe lo­nket, uFa­ro le­bu­tho la­khe lo­nke, aba­bu­le­we nge­nke­mba, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­vau.

32 Ngo­ba ngi­be­ki­le ise­thu­so sa­miv eli­zwe­ni la­ba­phi­la­yow; nga­kho uza­la­li­swa pha­ka­thix kwa­ba­nga­so­ka­ngay ka­nye la­ba­bu­le­we nge­nke­mbaz, uFa­ro le­xu­ku la­khe lo­nke, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­vaa.

Umpro­fe­thi ngu­mli­ndi koI­sra­ye­li

33Ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­fi­ka ki­mi fu­thi, li­si­thi: