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LU­KA­DA­NI­YE­LI

ODa­ni­ye­li la­ba­nga­ne ba­khe esi­go­dlwe­ni si­ka­Ne­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri

1Ngo­mnya­ka we­si­tha­thu wo­ku­bu­sa ku­ka­Je­ho­ya­khi­mi inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da, kwa­fi­ka uNe­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, wa­yi­vi­mbe­ze­laa.

2 INko­si ya­si­ni­ke­la uJe­ho­ya­khi­mi inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da esa­ndle­ni sa­khe, le­ngxe­nye ye­zi­tsha ze­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lub; wa­se­zi­sa eli­zwe­ni le­Shi­na­ri, e­ndlini ka­nku­lu­nku­lu wa­khec; wa­le­tha izi­tsha endli­ni ye­no­tho ka­nku­lu­nku­lu wa­khed.

3 Inko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma kuA­shi­pe­na­zi indu­na ya­ba­the­nwa ba­yoe, uku­thi ale­the aba­nye ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, la­ku­nza­lo ye­si­kho­si­ni, la­ku­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndlaf;

4 ama­ja­ha oku­nge­la­la­si­ci ku­wo, ama­hle nge­si­mog, azi­ngcwe­thi ku­yo yo­nke inhla­ka­ni­phohi, alo­lwa­zi ngo­lwa­zij, alo­ku­qe­di­si­sa ekwa­zi­nikl, lo­kwa­ku­la­ma­ndla ku­wo oku­ma esi­go­dlwe­ni se­nko­si, lo­ku­thi ba­wa­fu­ndi­sem izi­ncwa­di lo­li­mino lwa­ma­Kha­la­di­yap.

5 Inko­si ya­si­wa­mi­se­la into yo­su­ku ngo­su­kuqr lwa­yo esa­be­lwe­ni so­ku­dla kwe­nko­sis, le­wa­yi­ni­ni lo­ku­na­tha kwa­yo, lo­ku­thi ba­wa­khu­li­se imi­nya­ka emi­tha­thut, uku­ze eku­phe­le­ni kwa­yo aze­ku­ma pha­mbi kwe­nko­siu.

6 Nja­lo kwa­ku­kho­na pha­ka­thi kwa­bo ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ju­da: ODa­ni­ye­li, uHa­na­ni­ya, uMi­sha­ye­li, loA­za­ri­yav.

7 Nja­lo indu­na ya­ba­the­nwa ya­ba­tha ama­bi­zow; ngo­ba ya­mu­tha uDa­ni­ye­li ngo­ku­thi ngu­Be­li­te­sha­za­rix; lo­Ha­na­ni­ya ngo­ku­thi ngu­Sha­dra­ki; lo­Mi­sha­ye­li ngo­ku­thi ngu­Me­sha­ki; loA­za­ri­yay ngo­ku­thi nguA­be­di­ne­goz.

8 Ko­dwa uDa­ni­ye­li wa­zi­mi­se­la enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­khe uku­thi anga­zi­ngco­li­sia nge­sa­be­lob so­ku­dlac kwe­nko­sid, la­nge­wa­yi­nief yo­ku­na­tha kwa­yo; nga­kho wa­ce­la endu­ne­ni ya­ba­the­nwa uku­thi anga­zi­ngco­li­si.

9 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­mni­ka uDa­ni­ye­li umu­sagh le­si­ha­wui pha­mbi kwe­ndu­na ya­ba­the­nwa.

10 Indu­na ya­ba­the­nwa ya­si­si­thi ku­Da­ni­ye­li: Ngi­ya­ye­sa­ba inko­si ya­mi, inko­si, emi­se uku­dla kwe­nu lo­ku­na­thwa­yo kwe­nu; ngo­ba ku­nga­ni iza­bo­na ubu­so be­nu bu­da­ni­le ku­la­ma­ja­ha ayi­nta­nga ye­nu? Ngo­ku­nja­lo li­za­fa­ka ikha­nda la­mi engo­zi­ni enko­si­ni.

11 UDa­ni­ye­li wa­se­si­thi ku­mpha­thi, indu­na ya­ba­the­nwa eya­yi­mmi­se wa­ba phe­zu kwa­bo­Da­ni­ye­li, uHa­na­ni­ya, uMi­sha­ye­li, loA­za­ri­ya:

12 Ake uli­nge ince­ku za­kho insu­ku ezi­li­tshu­mij; nja­lo ba­si­ni­ke okwe­mi­bhi­da eyi­mi­du­mbak uku­thi si­dle, la­ma­nzi uku­thi si­na­the.

13 Ka­ku­thi-ke izi­mo ze­thu zi­bo­na­ka­le pha­mbi kwa­kho, le­zi­mo za­ma­ja­ha adla isa­be­lo so­ku­dla kwe­nko­sil; we­nze-ke ezi­nce­kwi­ni za­kho nje­ngo­ku­bo­na kwa­kho.

14 Wa­se­ba­la­le­la ku­lo­lu­da­ba, wa­ba­li­nga insu­ku ezi­li­tshu­mi.

15 Kwa­thi eku­phe­le­ni kwe­zi­nsu­ku ezi­li­tshu­mi izi­mo za­bo za­bo­na­ka­la zi­zi­nhle nja­lo zi­zi­mu­ki­le enya­me­ni ku­la­wo wo­nke ama­ja­ham aye­si­dla isa­be­lo so­ku­dla kwe­nko­sin.

16 Nga­kho-ke umpha­thi wa­su­sa isa­be­lo so­ku­dla kwa­boo, le­wa­yi­ni lo­ku­na­tha kwa­bop, wa­ba­ni­ka imi­bhi­daq.

17 Ma­ye­la­na la­la ama­ja­ha ama­ne, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­wa­ni­kar ulwa­zis lo­ku­qe­di­si­sat ku­zo zo­nke izi­ncwa­di, le­nhla­ka­ni­phou. Nja­lo uDa­ni­ye­li wa­qe­di­si­sav nga­yo yo­nke imi­bo­no la­ma­phu­phow.

18 Kwa­thi eku­phe­le­ni kwe­zi­nsu­ku inko­si eya­yi­tshi­lo uku­thi ba­za­wa­nge­ni­sa nga­zox, indu­na ya­ba­the­nwa ya­wa­nge­ni­sa pha­mbi ku­ka­Ne­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri.

19 Inko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma la­wo; nja­lo pha­ka­thi kwa­wo wo­nke ka­ku­tho­lwa­nga onje­ngo­Da­ni­ye­li, uHa­na­ni­ya, uMi­sha­ye­li, loA­za­ri­ya; nga­kho ema pha­mbi kwe­nko­si.

20 Ma­ye­la­na la­zo zo­nke izi­nda­ba ze­nhla­ka­ni­pho lo­ku­qe­di­si­sa, inko­si eya­yi­wa­bu­za nga­zoy, ya­wa­tho­la ese­dlu­la ngo­ku­phi­ndwe ka­tshu­mi bo­nke aba­lu­mbiza le­za­ngo­mabc aba­se­mbu­swe­ni wa­yo wo­nke.

21 Nja­lo uDa­ni­ye­li wa­ba kho­na kwa­ze kwa­ba ngu­mnya­ka wo­ku­qa­la we­nko­si uKo­re­si.

Iphu­pho li­ka­Ne­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri

2Ngo­mnya­ka we­si­bi­li wo­ku­bu­sa ku­ka­Ne­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ria, uNe­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri wa­phu­pha ama­phu­pho; umo­ya wa­khe wa­su­kha­tha­ze­kab, lo­bu­tho­ngo ba­khe ba­su­ka ku­yec.

2 Inko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­bi­zwed iza­nu­see le­za­ngo­maf la­ba­vu­mi­sa­yog la­ma­Kha­la­di­yah, uku­ze ba­tshe­ngi­se inko­si ama­phu­pho ayo. Be­za-ke, be­ma pha­mbi kwe­nko­sii.

3 Inko­si ya­si­si­thi ki­bo: Ngi­phu­phe iphu­pho; umo­ya wa­mi wa­su­kha­tha­ze­kaj uku­la­zi iphu­pho.

4 Ama­Kha­la­di­ya ase­khu­lu­ma enko­si­ni nge­siA­ra­muk: Nko­si, phi­la ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni! Tshe­la ince­ku za­kho iphu­pho, thi­na si­za­tshe­ngi­sa ingca­ze­lol.

5 Inko­si ya­phe­ndu­la ya­thi ku­ma­Kha­la­di­yam: Into isi­su­ki­le ki­mi; uba li­nga­yi­ku­nga­zi­sa iphu­pho le­ngca­ze­lo ya­lo, li­za­kwe­nzi­wa izi­qan, le­zi­ndlu ze­nu ze­nzi­we inqu­mbi yo­mqu­baop.

6 Ko­dwa uba li­tshe­ngi­sa iphu­pho le­ngca­ze­lo ya­loq, li­za­kwe­mu­ke­la ki­mi izi­phor lo­mvu­zo lo­du­mo olu­khu­lu. Nga­kho ngi­tshe­ngi­sa­ni iphu­pho le­ngca­ze­lo ya­los.

7 Ba­phe­ndu­la okwe­si­bi­li ba­thi: Inko­si ka­yi­tshe­le ince­ku za­yo iphu­pho, thi­na si­za­bo­ni­sa ingca­ze­lo ya­lo.

8 Inko­si ya­phe­ndu­la ya­thi: Mi­na ngi­ya­zi isi­bi­li uku­thi li­the­nga isi­kha­thit, ngo­ba li­ya­bo­na uku­thi into isu­ki­le ki­miu.

9 Ko­dwa uba li­nga­nga­zi­si iphu­pho, ku­le­si­mi­so esi­so­dwa nga­niv; ngo­ba li­vu­me­le­ne uku­khu­lu­ma ili­zwi la­ma­ngaw eli­kho­hla­ke­le­yo pha­mbi kwa­mix, ku­ze ku­gu­qu­ke isi­kha­thiy. Nga­kho ngi­tshe­la­ni iphu­phoz, be­se­ngi­sa­zi uku­thi li­nga­ngi­tshe­la ingca­ze­lo ya­lo.

10 Ama­Kha­la­di­ya aphe­ndu­la pha­mbi kwe­nko­sia, athi: Ka­ku­la­mu­ntu emhla­be­ni ola­kho uku­tshe­ngi­sa uda­ba lwe­nko­si; nga­kho ka­yi­kho inko­sib enku­lu ku­mbe umbu­si owa­ke wa­bu­za into enje ku­lo­ba yi­si­phi isa­nu­sec ku­mbe isa­ngo­mad ku­mbe umKha­la­di­yae.

11 Fu­thi ku­yi­nto enzi­ma inko­si eyi­bu­za­yo, nja­lo ka­kho omu­nye onga­yi­bo­ni­sa pha­mbi kwe­nko­si, nga­pha­ndlef kwa­bo­nku­lu­nku­lug, oku­hla­la kwa­bo ka­ku­kho kwaba­se­nya­me­ni.

12 Nge­nxa ya­lo­khu inko­si ya­ba lo­la­ka ya­thu­ku­the­la ka­khu­luh, ya­la­ya uku­thi ku­bhu­ji­swe bo­nke aba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo be­Bha­bhi­lo­nii.

13 Kwa­se­ku­phu­ma isi­mi­so, uku­thi aba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yoj ba­bu­la­we; ba­se­be­di­nga uDa­ni­ye­li la­ba­nga­ne ba­khe uku­thi ba­bu­la­wek.

14 Kho­na uDa­ni­ye­li wa­bu­yi­se­la ice­bo lo­ku­qo­nda kuA­ri­yo­kil indu­na ya­ba­li­ndi be­nko­si, owa­ye­phu­me­le uku­bu­la­la aba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo be­Bha­bhi­lo­nim.

15 Wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi kuA­ri­yo­ki indu­na ye­nko­si: Ku­nga­ni isi­mi­so si­nge­se­si­pha­ngi­pha­ngi esi­ve­la enko­si­nin? Kho­na uA­ri­yo­ki wa­ma­zi­sa uDa­ni­ye­li inda­ba.

16 UDa­ni­ye­li wa­se­nge­na, wa­ce­la enko­si­ni uku­thi imni­ke isi­kha­thi so­ku­thi ayi­tshe­ngi­se inko­si ingca­ze­lo.

17 Kho­na uDa­ni­ye­li wa­ya endli­ni ya­khe, wa­ba­zi­sa oHa­na­ni­ya, uMi­sha­ye­li, loA­za­ri­ya, aba­nga­ne ba­kheo, lo­lu­da­ba;

18 uku­ze ba­ce­le izi­ha­wup ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­zu­luq nga­li­mfi­hla­ka­lor; uku­ze ba­nga­bhu­bhi oDa­ni­ye­li la­ba­nga­ne ba­khe ka­nye la­ba­nye aba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo be­Bha­bhi­lo­nis.

19 Kho­na imfi­hla­ka­lo ye­mbu­le­lwa uDa­ni­ye­lit embo­nwe­ni wo­bu­su­kuu. Kho­na uDa­ni­ye­li wa­mdu­mi­sav uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­ma­zu­luw.

20 UDa­ni­ye­li wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Ka­li­du­nyi­swe ibi­zo li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ku­su­ke­la pha­ka­de ku­ze ku­be pha­ka­dex, ngo­ba inhla­ka­ni­pho la­ma­ndla ku­ngo­kwa­khey.

21 Ngo­ba uya­gu­qu­laz izi­kha­thi le­zi­kha­thi ezi­mi­si­we­yoa, uya­su­sa ama­kho­sibc, ami­se ama­kho­sid, upha inhla­ka­ni­pho kwa­ba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yoe, lo­lwa­zi ku­la­bo aba­zi uku­qe­di­si­sa.

22 Uye­mbu­la oku­ju­li­le­yo lo­ku­fi­hla­ke­le­yof, uya­kwa­zi oku­se­mnya­me­nig, lo­ku­kha­nya ku­hla­la ka­nye la­yeh.

23 Ngi­ya­ku­bo­nga ngi­ku­du­mi­sei, we­na Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­ba­baj, ongi­phe inhla­ka­ni­pho la­ma­ndlak, onga­zi­se kha­the­si lo­kho esi­ku­ce­li­le­yo ku­wel, ngo­ba usa­zi­si­le uda­ba lwe­nko­si.

24 Nga­kho uDa­ni­ye­li wa­nge­nam kuA­ri­yo­kin, inko­si eya­yi­mmi­se­le uku­thi abhu­bhi­seo aba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo be­Bha­bhi­lo­nip; wa­ha­mba, wa­khu­lu­ma ka­nje ku­ye: Unga­bhu­bhi­si aba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo be­Bha­bhi­lo­ni; ngi­nge­ni­sa pha­mbi kwe­nko­si, mi­na ngi­za­yi­tshe­ngi­sa inko­si ingca­ze­lo.

25 Kho­na uA­ri­yo­ki wa­nge­ni­sa uDa­ni­ye­li pha­mbi kwe­nko­si ngo­ku­pha­ngi­saq, wa­tsho nja­lo ku­yo: Ngi­tho­le indo­da kwa­ba­thu­nji­we­yo ba­ko­Ju­da, eza­kwa­zi­sa inko­si ingca­ze­lo.

26 Inko­si ya­phe­ndu­la ya­thi ku­Da­ni­ye­li, obi­zo la­khe la­li­ngu­Be­li­te­sha­za­rir: Ula­kho yi­ni uku­nga­zi­sa iphu­pho engi­li­bo­ni­le­yos, le­ngca­ze­lo ya­lo?

27 UDa­ni­ye­li wa­phe­ndu­la pha­mbi kwe­nko­si, wa­thi: Imfi­hla­ka­lo inko­si eyi­bu­za­yot, aba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­you, iza­ngo­mav, iza­nu­sew, aba­lu­mbix ba­nge­yi­bo­ni­sey inko­si.

28 Ko­dwa ukho­na uNku­lu­nku­lu ema­zu­lwi­niz owe­mbu­la izi­mfi­hla­ka­loa, uyi­tshe­ngi­si­le inko­si uNe­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri oku­za­kwe­nze­ka eku­ci­ne­ni kwe­zi­nsu­kub; iphu­pho la­kho le­mi­bo­no ye­kha­nda la­kho embhe­de­ni wa­kho yi­lo­khuc:

29 We­na, nko­si, use­mbhe­de­ni wa­kho kwa­ve­la imi­ca­ba­ngo ya­kho nga­lo­khu oku­za­kwe­nze­ka emva kwa­lo­khu; la­lo­wo owe­mbu­la izi­mfi­hla­ka­lo ukwa­zi­si­le we­na lo­kho oku­za­kwe­nze­kad.

30 Ma­ye­la­na la­mi, li­mfi­hla­ka­lo ye­mbu­lwa ki­mi ha­tshi nge­nxa ye­nhla­ka­ni­pho epha­ka­thi kwa­mie okwe­dlu­la bo­nke aba­phi­la­yo, ko­dwa uku­thi kwa­zi­swe ingca­ze­lo enko­si­ni, lo­ku­thi wa­zi imi­ca­ba­ngo ye­nhli­zi­yo ya­kho.

31 We­na nko­si, wa­bo­na, kha­nge­la-ke, isi­tho­mbe esi­khu­lu. Le­si­si­tho­mbe esi­khu­lu, oku­kha­zi­mu­la kwa­so kwa­ku­se­dlu­li­sa, se­ma pha­mbi kwa­kho; le­si­mo sa­so sa­si­se­sa­be­kaf.

32 Ikha­nda la­le­si­si­tho­mbe la­li­nge­le­go­li­de eli­hle, isi­fu­ba sa­so le­nga­lo za­so kwa­ku­ngo­kwe­si­li­va, isi­su sa­so la­ma­tha­nga­zi aso kwa­ku­ngo­kwe­thu­sig,

33 imi­le­nze ya­so ya­yi­nge­ye­nsi­mbi, inya­wo za­so ingxe­nye ya­yi­nge­ye­nsi­mbi le­ngxe­nye ya­yi­nge­ye­bu­mba.

34 Wa­su­bo­na kwa­ze kwa­si­kwa ili­tshe ku­nge­nge­za­ndla, ela­tsha­ya isi­tho­mbe ezi­nya­we­ni za­so eze­nsi­mbi le­bu­mbah, la­zi­cho­bo­zai.

35 Kho­na kwa­cho­tsho­zwa nda­wo­nye insi­mbi, ibu­mba, ithu­si, isi­li­va, le­go­li­de, kwa­ba nje­nga­ma­kho­ba ama­ba­la oku­bhu­le­la ehlo­boj, lo­mo­ya wa­ku­su­sa, akwa­ze kwa­tho­le­lwa nda­wok. Nja­lo ili­tshe ela­tsha­ya isi­tho­mbe la­ba yi­nta­ba enku­lul, la­gcwa­li­sa umhla­ba wo­nkem.

36 Yi­lo le­lo iphu­pho; se­si­za­ku­tsho ingca­ze­lo ya­lo pha­mbi kwe­nko­si.

37 We­na, nko­si, uyi­nko­si ya­ma­kho­sin, ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­ma­zu­luop uku­ni­ki­le umbu­soq, ama­ndlar, lo­ku­qi­nas, lo­du­mot.

38 Nja­lo lo­ba ku­nga­phi la­pho aba­ntwa­na ba­ba­ntu aba­hle­zi kho­na, izi­nya­ma­za­na ze­ga­nga le­zi­nyo­ni za­ma­zu­lu uzi­ni­ke­le esa­ndle­ni sa­khou, wa­kwe­nza wa­ba ngu­mbu­si phe­zu kwa­zo zo­nke. We­na uyi­le­li­kha­nda le­go­li­dev.

39 La­nge­mva kwa­kho ku­za­ve­la omu­nye umbu­sow omnci­nya­ne ku­lo­wa­khox, lo­mu­nye owe­si­tha­thu umbu­soy we­thu­siz, oza­bu­sa emhla­be­ni wo­nke.

40 Lo­mbu­so we­si­ne uza­qi­na nje­nge­nsi­mbia; ngo­ba nje­ngo­ba insi­mbib icho­bo­za ye­hli­se­le pha­nsi ko­nkec, nja­lo nje­nge­nsi­mbi echo­bo­za ko­nke lo­khu, ngo­ku­nja­lo uza­cho­bo­za we­phu­led.

41 Nja­lo nje­ngo­ba wa­bo­na izi­nya­wo la­ma­zwa­nee, ku­yi­ngxe­nye ye­bu­mba lo­mbu­mbi le­ngxe­nye ye­nsi­mbi, umbu­so uza­da­tshu­lwa pha­ka­thi. Ko­dwa ku­za­ku­ba ku­wo okwa­ma­ndla ensi­mbif, nje­ngo­ba wa­bo­nag insi­mbi ihla­nga­ni­swe le­bu­mba eli­lu­da­kah.

42 Nje­ngo­ba ama­zwa­ne enya­wo aye­le­ngxe­nye ye­nsi­mbi le­ngxe­nye ye­bu­mba; umbu­so uza­ku­ba la­ma­ndla nga­nxa­nye, we­phu­ke lu­la nga­nxa­nye.

43 Nja­lo nje­ngo­ba wa­bo­na insi­mbi ihla­nga­ni­swe le­bu­mba eli­lu­da­kai, ba­za­zi­hla­nga­ni­sa le­nza­lo ya­ba­ntuj, ko­dwa ka­ba­yi­ku­na­ma­the­la­na, nje­ngo­ba insi­mbi inga­hla­nga­ni­swa le­bu­mbak.

44 La­nge­nsu­ku za­la­ma­kho­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­ma­zu­lul uza­mi­sa umbu­somn, onga­yi­ku­chi­thwao ku­ze ku­be pha­ka­de; lo­mbu­so ka­wu­yi­ku­tshi­ye­lwa aba­nye aba­ntu; uza­cho­bo­zap uqe­deq yo­nke li­mi­bu­sor, wo­na-ke uza­ku­ma ku­ze ku­be pha­ka­des.

45 Nge­nxa yo­ku­thit wa­bo­nau uku­thi ili­tshe li­qe­tshu­lwa enta­be­niv, ku­nge­nge­za­ndla, lo­ku­thi la­cho­bo­za insi­mbi, ithu­si, ibu­mba, isi­li­va, le­go­li­de; uNku­lu­nku­lu omkhu­luw uya­zi­si­le inko­si oku­za­kwe­nze­ka emva kwa­lo­khu; iphu­pho li­qi­ni­se­ki­le, le­ngca­ze­lo ya­lo ithe­mbe­ki­le.

46 Kho­na inko­si uNe­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri ya­thi mbo ngo­bu­so ba­yox, ya­khu­le­ka ku­Da­ni­ye­liyz, ya­thi ku­thu­lu­le­lwe ku­ye umni­ke­loa le­zi­mpe­phab.

47 Inko­si ya­mphe­ndu­la uDa­ni­ye­li, ya­thi: Ku­li­qi­ni­so uku­thi uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu ungu­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­nku­lu­nku­luc, le­Nko­si ya­ma­kho­sid, lo­ma­mbu­li we­zi­mfi­hla­ka­loe, ngo­ba ube­la­kho ukwe­mbu­la li­mfi­hla­ka­lo.

48 Kho­na inko­si ya­me­nza uDa­ni­ye­li wa­ba ngo­mkhu­lu, ya­mu­pha izi­pho ezi­nku­lu ezi­ne­ngif, ya­me­nza wa­ba ngu­mbu­si phe­zu kwe­sa­be­lo so­nke se­Bha­bhi­lo­nig, le­ndu­nah ya­ba­bu­si phe­zu kwa­boi bo­nke aba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo be­Bha­bhi­lo­nij.

49 UDa­ni­ye­li wa­se­ce­la enko­si­ni, nja­lo ya­mi­sak oSha­dra­ki, uMe­sha­ki loA­be­di­ne­gol phe­zu ko­mse­be­nzi we­sa­be­lo se­Bha­bhi­lo­nim; ko­dwa uDa­ni­ye­li wa­ba se­sa­ngwe­ni le­nko­sin.o

UNe­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri we­nza isi­tho­mbe se­go­li­de

3UNe­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri inko­si we­nza isi­tho­mbe se­go­li­dea; ubu­de ba­so ba­bu­zi­nga­lo ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha, ubu­ba­nzi ba­so bu­zi­nga­lo ezi­yi­si­thu­pha; ya­si­mi­sa egce­ke­ni le­Du­rab, esa­be­lwe­ni se­Bha­bhi­lo­nic.

2 UNe­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri inko­si wa­se­thu­me­la uku­bu­the­la nda­wo­nye izi­pha­tha­ma­ndlade, aba­bu­sifg, le­zi­ndu­nahi, abe­lu­le­kij, aba­pha­thi­zi­khwa­mak, abe­hlu­le­lil, aba­tho­ni­si­sim, la­bo bo­nke aba­bu­si be­za­be­lon, uku­ze be­ze ekwe­hlu­ka­ni­swe­ni kwe­si­tho­mbe uNe­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri inko­si aye­si­mi­si­le.

3 Kho­na izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla, aba­bu­si, le­zi­ndu­na, abe­lu­le­ki, aba­pha­thi­zi­khwa­ma, abe­hlu­le­li, aba­tho­ni­si­si, la­bo bo­nke aba­bu­si be­za­be­loo ba­bu­tha­na nda­wo­nye ekwe­hlu­ka­ni­swe­ni kwe­si­tho­mbe uNe­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri inko­si aye­si­mi­si­le; ba­se­be­si­ma pha­mbi kwe­si­tho­mbe uNe­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri aye­si­mi­si­le.

4 Umme­me­ze­li wa­se­me­me­za nga­ma­ndla wa­thi: Li­ya­la­ywa, li­na ba­ntu, zi­zwe, le­zi­ndi­mip, uku­thi:

5 Nge­si­kha­thi eli­zwaq nga­so uku­kha­lar ko­pho­ndos, umhla­ngat, icha­chouv, icha­chwa­na, ugu­bhu lwe­zi­nta­mbo, umfe­ce, la­yo yo­nke imi­hlo­bo yo­ku­kha­li­swa­yo, li­we­le pha­nsi, li­kho­nze isi­tho­mbe se­go­li­dew uNe­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri inko­si asi­mi­si­le­yo.

6 Nja­lo lo­ba ngu­ba­ni onga­wi pha­nsi, akho­nzex, nga­le­so­si­kha­thi uza­pho­se­lwa pha­ka­thi kwe­si­tha­ndo so­mli­lo esi­vu­tha­yoy.

7 Nga­kho nga­le­so­si­kha­thiz, la­pho aba­ntu bo­nke be­si­zwa uku­kha­la ko­pho­ndo, umhla­nga, icha­cho, icha­chwa­na, ugu­bhu lwe­zi­nta­mbo, la­yo yo­nke imi­hlo­bo yo­ku­kha­li­swa­yoa, bo­nke aba­ntu, izi­zwe, le­zi­ndi­mib, ba­we­la pha­nsi, ba­kho­nza isi­tho­mbe se­go­li­dec uNe­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri inko­si aye­si­mi­si­le.

8 Nga­kho nga­le­so­si­kha­thid ama­Kha­la­di­ya athi­lee aso­nde­laf, ahle­ba ama­Ju­dag.

9 Aphe­ndu­la athi ku­Ne­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri inko­si: Nko­si, phi­la ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­nih!

10 We­na nko­si, we­nzi­le umla­yoi, uku­thi wo­nke umu­ntu oza­ku­zwa uku­kha­la ko­pho­ndo, umhla­nga, icha­cho, icha­chwa­na, ugu­bhu lwe­zi­nta­mbo, lo­mfe­ce, la­yo yo­nke imi­hlo­bo yo­ku­kha­li­swa­yoj, uza­we­la pha­nsi akho­nze isi­tho­mbe se­go­li­dek;

11 nja­lo lo­ba ngu­ba­ni onga­wi pha­nsi, akho­nzel, uza­pho­se­lwa pha­ka­thi kwe­si­tha­ndo so­mli­lo ovu­tha­yom.

12 Ku­kho­na ama­Ju­da athi­le owa­mi­se phe­zu ko­mse­be­nzin we­sa­be­lo se­Bha­bhi­lo­nio, oSha­dra­ki, uMe­sha­ki, loA­be­di­ne­go; la ama­do­da, nko­si, ka­wa­ku­na­ka­nga; ka­wa­kho­nzi onku­lu­nku­lu ba­kho, ka­wa­kho­tha­me­li isi­tho­mbe se­go­li­de osi­mi­si­le­yop.

13 Kho­na uNe­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri eku­thu­ku­the­le­ni le­ku­vu­the­ni ko­la­ka wa­la­ya uku­le­tha oSha­dra­ki, uMe­sha­ki, loA­be­di­ne­goq. Kho­no­kho la­wo­ma­do­da ale­thwa pha­mbi kwe­nko­si.

14 UNe­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ki­bo: Ku­nga­ma­bo­mu yi­ni, Sha­dra­ki, Me­sha­ki, loA­be­di­ne­gor, li­nga­kho­nzi onku­lu­nku­lu ba­mi, li­nga­kho­tha­me­li isi­tho­mbe se­go­li­de engi­si­mi­si­le­yos?

15 Kha­the­si, uba se­li­lu­ngi­le uku­thi nge­si­kha­thi li­si­zwa uku­kha­la ko­pho­ndo, umhla­nga, icha­cho, icha­chwa­na, ugu­bhu lwe­zi­nta­mbo, lo­mfe­ce, la­yo yo­nke imi­hlo­bo yo­ku­kha­li­swa­yot, li­we­le pha­nsi, li­kho­nze isi­tho­mbe engi­se­nzi­le­you, ku­hle; ko­dwa uba li­nga­kho­nziv, nga­le­so­si­kha­thi li­za­pho­se­lwa pha­ka­thi kwe­si­tha­ndo so­mli­lo ovu­tha­yow. Ngu­ba­ni-ke lo­wo­Nku­lu­nku­lu oza­li­khu­lu­la eza­ndle­ni za­mix?

16 OSha­dra­ki, uMe­sha­ki, loA­be­di­ne­goy ba­phe­ndu­la ba­thi enko­si­ni: Ne­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri, ka­si­di­ngiz uku­ku­phe­ndu­la ku­lo­lu­da­baa.

17 Uba ku­nge­nze­ka, uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu esi­mkho­nza­yo ula­kho uku­si­khu­lu­la esi­tha­ndwe­ni so­mli­lo ovu­tha­yo; nja­lo uzasi­khu­lu­la esa­ndle­ni sa­kho, nko­sib.

18 Ko­dwa uba ku­nge­nja­lo, ka­kwa­zi­we ku­we, nko­si, uku­thi ka­si­yi­ku­ba­kho­nza onku­lu­nku­lu ba­kho, lo­ku­thi ka­si­yi­ku­kho­tha­me­la isi­tho­mbe se­go­li­de osi­mi­si­le­yo.

Isi­tha­ndo so­mli­lo

19 Kho­na uNe­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri wa­gcwa­la ula­kac, le­si­mo so­bu­so ba­khe sa­ba­gu­qu­ke­la oSha­dra­ki, uMe­sha­ki loA­be­di­ne­go; wa­phe­ndu­la, wa­la­ya uku­thi ba­tshi­se isi­tha­ndo ka­si­kho­mbi­sa nga­phe­zu kwa­lo­kho okwe­jwa­ye­le­ke uku­tshi­swa nga­kho.

20 Wa­se­la­ya ama­do­da ala­ma­ndla aye­se­bu­thwe­ni la­khe uku­thi abo­phe oSha­dra­ki, uMe­sha­ki, loA­be­di­ne­go, uku­thi ba­ba­pho­se­le esi­tha­ndwe­ni so­mli­lo ovu­tha­yo.

21 La­wo­ma­do­da ase­bo­tshwa embe­the ize­mba­tho za­wo, ama­bhu­lu­gwe awod, le­zi­ngo­wa­ne za­wo, lezi­nye izi­gqo­ko za­woe, apho­se­lwa pha­ka­thi kwe­si­tha­ndo so­mli­lo ovu­tha­yo.

22 Nga­kho nge­nxa yo­ku­thi ili­zwi le­nko­si be­li­bu­kha­li, le­si­tha­ndo si­tshi­sa ka­khu­luf, ila­nga­bi lo­mli­lo la­bu­la­la la­wo­ma­do­da aye­thwe­le oSha­dra­ki, uMe­sha­ki, loA­be­di­ne­gog.

23 La­la ama­do­da ama­tha­thu, oSha­dra­ki, uMe­sha­ki, loA­be­di­ne­go, awe­la pha­nsi ebo­tshi­we pha­ka­thi kwe­si­tha­ndo so­mli­lo esi­vu­tha­yoh.

24 Kho­na uNe­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri inko­si we­thu­ka, wa­su­ku­ma ngo­ku­pha­ngi­sai, wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­be­lu­le­ki ba­khej: Ka­si­pho­se­la­nga ama­do­da ama­tha­thu ebo­tshi­we pha­ka­thi ko­mli­lo yi­ni? Ba­phe­ndu­la ba­thi enko­si­ni: Li­qi­ni­so, nko­si.

25 Ya­phe­ndu­la ya­thi: Kha­nge­la­ni, ngi­bo­na ama­do­da ama­ne ekhu­lu­le­ki­le eha­mba pha­ka­thi ko­mli­lok, nja­lo ka­ku­kho uko­na­ka­la ku­wol; nja­lo isi­mo se­ye­si­ne si­fa­na­na le­ndo­da­na ya­bo­nku­lu­nku­lum.

26 Kho­na uNe­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri wa­so­nde­la emnya­ngo we­si­tha­ndo so­mli­lo esi­vu­tha­yo, wa­phe­ndu­la, wa­thi: Sha­dra­ki, Me­sha­ki, loA­be­di­ne­go, li­na zi­nce­ku zi­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu oPhe­zu­ko­nken, phu­ma­ni, li­ze. Kho­na oSha­dra­ki, Me­sha­ki, loA­be­di­ne­go ba­phu­ma pha­ka­thi ko­mli­lo.

27 Izi­pha­tha­ma­ndlao, aba­bu­sip, le­zi­ndu­naq, la­be­lu­le­ki be­nko­sir, se­be­bu­the­ne, ba­bo­na la ama­do­da, umli­lo owa­wu­nga­za­nga ube la­ma­ndla phe­zu kwe­mi­zi­mba ya­wos, okwa­ku­nga­ha­ngu­lwa­nga lo­nwe­le lwe­kha­nda la­wo, le­za­mba­tho za­wo eza­zi­nga­gu­qu­ka­nga, lo­ku­nu­ka ko­mli­lo okwa­ku­nge­dlu­la­nga ki­wot.

28 UNe­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri wa­phe­ndu­la, wa­thi: Ka­du­nyi­swe uNku­lu­nku­lu ka­Sha­dra­ki, uMe­sha­ki, loA­be­di­ne­go, othu­meu ingi­lo­si ya­khevw, wa­khu­lu­la izi­nce­ku za­khex ezi­mthe­mbi­le­yoy, za­ze za­gu­qu­la ili­zwi le­nko­si, za­ni­ke­la imi­zi­mba ya­zo, uku­ze zi­nga­kho­nzi zi­nga­khu­le­ki la­ku­wu­phi unku­lu­nku­lu nga­pha­ndle ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­zoz.

29 Nga­kho umla­yo we­nzi­wa yi­mia, uku­thi bo­nke aba­ntu, isi­zwe, lo­li­mib, olu­khu­lu­ma oku­nga­fa­ne­la­nga oku­me­le­ne lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu ka­Sha­dra­ki, uMe­sha­ki, loA­be­di­ne­go, uza­qu­nywa izi­qac, le­ndlu ya­khe ye­nzi­we inqu­mbi yo­mqu­ba; ngo­bad enge­kho omu­nye unku­lu­nku­lu ola­kho uko­phu­la nje­nga­lo­khue.

30 Kho­na inko­si ya­ba­phu­me­le­li­sa oSha­dra­ki, uMe­sha­ki, loA­be­di­ne­go, esa­be­lwe­ni se­Bha­bhi­lo­nif.

Iphu­pho le­si­bi­li lo­bu­hla­nya bu­ka­Ne­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri

4UNe­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri inko­si, ku­bo bo­nke aba­ntu, izi­zwe, le­zi­ndi­miab, ezi­hla­la emhla­be­ni wo­nkecd: Uku­thu­la kwe­nu ka­kwa­ndeef!

2 Be­ku­ku­hle ki­mi uku­thi ngi­kwa­zi­se izi­bo­na­ka­li­so le­zi­ma­nga­li­sog uNku­lu­nku­lu oPhe­zu­ko­nke aze­nze ki­mih.

3 Ye­ka ubu­khu­lu be­zi­bo­na­ka­li­so za­khei, nja­lo ye­ka ama­ndla ezi­ma­nga­li­so za­khej! Umbu­so wa­khe ungu­mbu­so ongu­la­pha­ka­dek, lo­ku­bu­sa kwa­khe ku­ngo­kwe­si­zu­ku­lwa­na le­si­zu­ku­lwa­nal.

4 Mi­na, uNe­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri, nga­ngo­nwa­bi­le endli­ni ya­mim, nga­hlu­ma esi­go­dlwe­ni sa­min,

5 nga­bo­na iphu­pho ela­nge­sa­bi­sa­yo; le­mi­ca­ba­ngo phe­zu ko­mbhe­da wa­mio, le­mi­bo­no ye­kha­nda la­mi kwa­nge­thu­sapq.

6 Nga­kho umla­yo we­nzi­wa yi­mir wo­ku­thi ku­nge­ni­swe pha­mbi kwa­mis bo­nke aba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo be­Bha­bhi­lo­nit, uku­ze ba­nga­zi­se ingca­ze­lo ye­phu­pho.

7 Kwa­se­ku­nge­na iza­nu­se, iza­ngo­ma, ama­Kha­la­di­yau, la­ba­lu­mbiv; nga­se­ngi­khu­lu­ma iphu­pho pha­mbi kwa­bo, ko­dwa ka­ba­nga­zi­sa­nga ingca­ze­lo ya­low.

8 Ko­dwa nga­se­ku­ci­ne­ni uDa­ni­ye­li wa­nge­na pha­mbi kwa­mi, obi­zo la­khe la­li­ngu­Be­li­te­sha­za­rix, ngo­kwe­bi­zo li­ka­nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi, lo­ku­ku­ye umo­ya wa­bo­nku­lu­nku­lu aba­ngcwe­ley; nga­se­ngi­khu­lu­ma iphu­pho pha­mbi kwa­khe, ngi­si­thiz:

9 We­na Be­li­te­sha­za­ria, ndu­na ye­za­nu­seb, ngo­ba mi­na ngi­ya­zi uku­thi umo­ya wa­bo­nku­lu­nku­lu aba­ngcwe­le uku­wec, lo­ku­thi ka­ku­la­mfi­hla­ka­lo le­yo­dwa eku­hlu­pha­yod, ngi­tshe­la imi­bo­no ye­phu­pho la­mi engi­li­bo­ni­le­yoe, le­ngca­ze­lo ya­lo.

10 Ya­yi­nja­lo imi­bo­no ye­kha­nda la­mi embhe­de­ni wa­mif: Nga­bo­na, kha­nge­la-keg, isi­hla­hla pha­ka­thi ko­mhla­ba, lo­bu­de ba­so ba­bu­bu­khu­lu.

11 Isi­hla­hla sa­khu­la sa­ba si­khu­lu, sa­qi­na, lo­bu­de ba­so ba­fi­nye­le­la ema­zu­lwi­ni, lo­ku­bo­na­ka­la kwa­so kwa­ze kwa­ba se­ku­ci­ne­ni ko­mhla­ba wo­nke.

12 Ama­hla­mvu aso aye­ma­hleh, le­si­the­lo sa­so sa­si­si­ne­ngii, kwa­ku­kho­na ki­soj uku­dla kwa­bo bo­nkek; inya­ma­za­na ze­ga­nga za­ba lo­mthu­nzi nga­pha­nsi kwa­solm, le­nyo­ni za­ma­zu­lu za­hla­la ezi­nga­tshe­ni za­son, la­yo yo­nke inya­ma yo­ndli­wa ki­so.

13 Nga­bo­na emi­bo­nwe­ni ye­kha­nda la­mi embhe­de­ni wa­mio, kha­nge­la-ke, umli­ndip, ngi­tsho ongcwe­le, we­hla eve­la ema­zu­lwi­niq.

14 Wa­me­me­za nga­ma­ndla wa­tsho nja­lo: Si­ga­mu­le­ni isi­hla­hlar, li­qu­me izi­nga­tsha za­sos, li­phu­lu­le ama­hla­mvu aso, li­chi­tha­chi­the izi­the­lo za­so; izi­nya­ma­za­na ka­zi­su­ke nga­pha­nsi kwa­sot, le­zi­nyo­ni nga­se­zi­nga­tshe­ni za­so.

15 La­nxa ku­nja­lo tshi­ya­ni isi­di­ndi se­mpa­nde za­khe emhla­ba­thi­ni, la­nge­bha­nti le­nsi­mbi le­thu­si ohla­ze­ni lwa­se­ndle; nja­lo ka­ku­ma­nzi­swe nga­ma­zo­lo ama­zu­lu, le­sa­be­lo sa­khe ka­si­be ka­nye le­zi­nya­ma­za­na etsha­ni­ni bo­mhla­ba.

16 Inhli­zi­yo ya­khe ka­yi­phe­ndu­ke inga­bi nge­yo­mu­ntu, ka­yi­phi­we inhli­zi­yo ye­nya­ma­za­na; fu­thi ka­kwe­dlu­le phe­zu kwa­khe izi­kha­thi ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sau.

17 Lo­lu­da­ba lu­nge­si­me­me­ze­lov sa­ba­li­ndiw, le­si­la­ye­ze­lo nge­li­zwi la­ba­ngcwe­lex; uku­zey aba­phi­la­yo ba­ziz uku­thia oPhe­zu­ko­nkeb uya­bu­sa embu­swe­ni wa­ba­ntuc, nja­lod awu­ni­ke lo­ba ku­ku­ba­ni amtha­nda­yoe, ami­se phe­zu kwa­wo opha­nsi eba­ntwi­nif.

18 Le­li­phu­pho ngi­li­bo­ni­le mi­na nko­si uNe­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri. We­na-ke, Be­li­te­sha­za­rig, yi­tsho ingca­ze­lo ya­lo; ngo­bah bo­nke aba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo bo­mbu­so wa­mi be­nge­la­kho uku­ngi­tshe­la ingca­ze­loi; ko­dwa we­na ula­kho; ngo­ba umo­ya wa­bo­nku­lu­nku­lu aba­ngcwe­le uku­wej.

19 Ng'kho­na uDa­ni­ye­li, obi­zo la­khe la­li­ngu­Be­li­te­sha­za­rik, wa­ma­nga­la ka­khu­lu okwe­si­kha­tsha­nal, le­mi­ca­ba­ngo ya­khe ya­mkha­tha­zam. Inko­si ya­phe­ndu­la, ya­thi: Be­li­te­sha­za­ri, iphu­pho le­ngca­ze­lo ya­lo ka­ku­nga­ku­kha­tha­zi. UBe­li­te­sha­za­ri wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Nko­si ya­mi, iphu­pho ka­li­be kwa­ba­ku­zo­nda­yo, le­ngca­ze­lo ya­lo ku­zo izi­tha za­khon.

20 Isi­hla­hla osi­bo­ni­le­yoo, esa­khu­la sa­ba si­khu­lu sa­qi­na, lo­bu­de ba­so ba­fi­nye­le­la ema­zu­lwi­ni, lo­ku­bo­na­ka­la kwa­so kwa­ze kwa­ba se­mhla­be­ni wo­nke,

21 esi­ma­hla­mvu aso aye­ma­hlep, le­si­the­lo sa­so si­si­ne­ngi, nja­lo ki­so ku­lo­ku­dla kwa­bo bo­nke, le­zi­nya­ma­za­na ze­ga­nga za­hla­la pha­nsi kwa­soqr, le­nyo­ni za­ma­zu­lu za­hla­la ezi­nga­tshe­ni za­so;

22 si­ngu­we, we­na nko­si, osu­khu­li­le wa­ba mkhu­lu wa­qi­nas; ngo­ba ubu­khu­lu ba­kho bu­khu­li­le, ba­fi­nye­le­la ema­zu­lwi­ni, lo­mbu­so wa­khot eku­ci­ne­ni ko­mhla­bau.

23 Nje­nga­lo­kho inko­si ya­bo­na umli­ndiv, ngi­tsho ongcwe­le, ese­hla eve­la ema­zu­lwi­ni owa­thi: Ga­mu­la­ni isi­hla­hla li­si­chi­thew; ko­dwa li­tshi­ye isi­di­ndi se­zi­mpa­nde emhla­ba­thi­nix si­bo­tshwe nge­bha­nti le­nsi­mbi le­thu­si ohla­ze­ni lwa­se­ndle; ka­ku­ma­nzi­swe nga­ma­zo­lo ama­zu­lu, le­sa­be­lo sa­khe ka­si­be ka­nye le­zi­nya­ma­za­na ze­ga­nga, ku­ze kwe­dlu­le izi­kha­thi ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa phe­zu kwa­khey.

24 Na­nsi ingca­ze­lo, nko­si, nja­lo na­nsi isi­me­me­ze­loz so­Phe­zu­ko­nkea, esi­za phe­zu kwe­nko­si ya­mi, inko­si:

25 Uku­thi ba­za­ku­xo­tsha eba­ntwi­nib, le­nhla­lo ya­kho iza­ku­ba ka­nye le­zi­nya­ma­za­na ze­ga­nga, ba­za­ku­dli­sac utsha­nid nje­nge­zi­nka­bi, ba­za­ku­ma­nzi­sa nga­ma­zo­lo ama­zu­lu, le­zi­kha­thi ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa zi­za­dlu­la phe­zu kwa­khoe, uze wa­zifg uku­thih oPhe­zu­ko­nke uya­bu­sa emi­bu­swe­ni ya­ba­ntui, ayi­ni­ke lo­ba ku­ku­ba­ni amtha­nda­yoj.

26 Nje­nga­lo­kho ba­thi ku­tshi­ywe isi­di­ndi se­mpa­nde ze­si­hla­hlak, umbu­so wa­kho uza­ku­ma ku­we, emva ko­ku­thi usu­sa­zi uku­thi ama­zu­lu aya­bu­sal.

27 Nga­kho, nko­si, ka­se­mu­ke­le­ke ku­we ise­lu­le­ko sa­mim; we­phu­le izo­no za­kho ngo­ku­lu­ngan, lo­bu­bi ba­khoo ngo­ku­tshe­ngi­sa isi­ha­wu kwa­ba­nga­ba­ya­ngap, alu­baq ku­nga­ba lo­kwe­lu­lwar ko­ku­thu­la kwa­khos.

28 Ko­nke lo­khu kwa­me­hle­la uNe­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri inko­si.

29 Eku­phe­le­ni kwe­nya­nga ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li wa­ye­ha­mba­ha­mba phe­zu kwe­si­go­dlo so­mbu­so we­Bha­bhi­lo­ni.

30 Inko­si ya­phe­ndu­la ya­thit: Ka­yi­si­yo yi­ni le iBha­bhi­lo­ni enku­lu mi­na engi­ya­khe uku­ba yi­ndlu yo­mbu­sou, nga­ma­ndlav enga­lo ya­miw, nja­lo ibe lu­du­moxy lo­bu­kho­si ba­miz?

31 Ili­zwi li­se­se­mlo­nye­ni we­nko­sia, kwa­wa ili­zwi li­ve­la ema­zu­lwi­ni li­si­thib: We­na nko­si Ne­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri, ku­ya­tshi­wo ku­we uku­thi: Umbu­so usu­ki­le ku­wec.

32 Ba­za­ku­xo­tsha usu­ke eba­ntwi­ni, le­nhla­lo ya­kho iza­ku­ba ka­nye le­nya­ma­za­na ze­ga­ngad, ba­za­ku­dli­sa utsha­ni nje­nge­zi­nka­bie, le­zi­kha­thi ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa zi­za­dlu­la phe­zu kwa­khof, uze wa­zi uku­thi oPhe­zu­ko­nke uya­bu­sa emi­bu­swe­ni ya­ba­ntug, ayi­ni­ke lo­ba ku­ku­ba­ni amtha­nda­yoh.

33 Nga­le­so­si­kha­thi lo­lu­lu­tho lwa­gcwa­li­se­ka phe­zu ku­ka­Ne­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­rii; wa­se­xo­tshwa eba­ntwi­ni, wa­dla utsha­ni nje­nge­zi­nka­bi, lo­mzi­mba wa­khe wa­ma­nzi­swa nga­ma­zo­lo ama­zu­luj, za­ze inwe­le za­khe za­khu­la nje­ngensi­ba ze­li­nqe, le­nzi­pho za­khe nje­nge­ze­nyo­ni.

34 Nja­lo eku­phe­le­ni kwe­zi­nsu­ku, mi­na Ne­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­rik nga­pha­ka­mi­se­la ame­hlo ami ema­zu­lwi­nil, ngo­ba uku­qe­di­si­sa kwa­mi kwa­bu­ye­la ki­mi; nga­se­ngi­bu­si­sa oPhe­zu­ko­nke, nga­mdu­mi­sa, nga­mhlo­ni­pha ye­nam ophi­la pha­ka­den, ngo­ba uku­bu­sa kwa­khe ku­yi­ku­bu­sa oku­la­pha­ka­deo, lo­mbu­so wa­khe ungo­we­si­zu­ku­lwa­na le­si­zu­ku­lwa­napq;

35 fu­thi bo­nke aba­hla­li bo­mhla­bar ba­ba­lwa nje­ngo­ku­nge­lu­thos, nja­lo we­nza nje­nge­nta­ndo ya­khe ebu­thwe­ni la­ma­zu­lut laku­ba­hla­li bo­mhla­bau; nja­lo ka­kho onga­vi­mbe­la isa­ndla sa­khev, lo­ba athi ku­yew: We­nza­nix?

36 Nga­so­na le­so­si­kha­thi ingqo­ndo ya­mi ya­bu­ye­la ki­miy, fu­thi nge­nxa ye­nka­zi­mu­lo yo­mbu­so wa­miza udu­mo lwa­mib lo­ku­cwe­be­ze­la kwa­mi kwa­bu­ye­la ki­mic; nja­lo abe­lu­le­ki ba­mid le­zi­khu­lu za­mi za­ngi­di­ngae; nga­se­ngi­mi­swa fu­thi embu­swe­ni wa­mif; lo­bu­khu­lu obu­dlu­le­le­yo be­nge­ze­le­lwa ki­mig.

37 Kha­the­si, mi­na, Ne­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri, ngi­ya­yi­du­mi­sa ngi­yi­pha­ka­mi­seh ngi­yi­hlo­ni­phei iNko­si ya­ma­zu­luj, ngo­ba imi­se­be­nzi ya­yo yo­nke ili­qi­ni­sok, le­zi­ndle­la za­yo zi­yi­sa­hlu­le­lol; la­la­bo aba­ha­mba ngo­ku­zi­gqa­ja ila­kho uku­ba­tho­bi­sam.

Umbha­lo obha­lwa emdu­li­ni

5UBe­li­sha­za­ri inko­sia we­nze­la izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­kheb ezi­yi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne idi­li eli­khu­luc, wa­na­tha iwa­yi­ni pha­mbi kwa­le­yo­nku­lu­ngwa­ne.

2 UBe­li­sha­za­ri, esa­li­na­mbi­tha iwa­yi­ni, wa­la­ya uku­thi ba­le­the izi­tsha ze­go­li­de le­ze­si­li­vad uyi­se uNe­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri aye­zi­khu­phe ethe­mpe­li­ni ela­li­se­Je­ru­sa­le­mae; uku­ze inko­sif, le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­yo, omka­yo, la­ba­fa­zi ba­yo aba­nca­ne, ba­na­the­le ki­zog.

3 Kho­na ba­le­tha izi­tsha ze­go­li­de eza­zi­khu­tshwe ethe­mpe­li­ni le­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu eya­yi­se­Je­ru­sa­le­ma; nja­lo inko­si, le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­yo, omka­yo, la­ba­fa­zi ba­yo aba­nca­ne, ba­na­the­la ki­zo.

4 Ba­na­tha iwa­yi­nih, ba­du­mi­saij onku­lu­nku­lu be­go­li­dek, la­be­si­li­val, abe­thu­sim, abe­nsi­mbin, abe­si­go­doop, la­be­li­tsheqr.

5 Nga­le­so­si­kha­this kwa­phu­ma imi­nwe ye­sa­ndla so­mu­ntut, ya­bha­la ma­qo­nda­na le­si­qo­ba­ne se­si­ba­ne phe­zu ko­ku­bha­di­we­yo ko­mdu­li we­si­go­dlo se­nko­siu; inko­si ya­si­bo­na inhla­ne­ke­la ye­sa­ndla esa­si­bha­lav.

6 Kho­no­kho uku­cwe­be­ze­la ko­bu­sow be­nko­si kwa­phe­ndu­ka, le­mi­ca­ba­ngo ya­yo ya­yi­hlu­phaxy, kwa­ze kwa­xe­ga ama­lu­ngaz okha­lo lwa­yoab, la­ma­do­lo ayo atsha­ya­nac.

7 Inko­si ya­me­me­za nga­ma­ndlad uku­thi ba­le­the iza­ngo­maef, ama­Kha­la­di­yagh, la­ba­lu­mbiij. Inko­si ya­phe­ndu­la, ya­thi kwa­ba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo be­Bha­bhi­lo­nik: Wo­nke umu­ntu onga­fu­nda lu­mbha­lo, angi­tshe­ngi­se ingca­ze­lo ya­wol, uza­gqo­ki­swa oku­yi­bu­be­ndem, le­ke­ta­ne ye­go­li­de enta­nye­ni ya­khen, abe ngu­mbu­si we­si­tha­thu embu­swe­niop.

8 Kho­na ba­nge­na bo­nke aba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo be­nko­si; ko­dwa ba­be­nge­la­kho uku­wu­ba­la umbha­lo, lo­kwa­zi­sa inko­si ingca­ze­lo ya­woq.

9 Kho­na inko­si uBe­li­sha­za­ri ye­thu­ka ka­khu­lur, lo­ku­cwe­be­ze­la ko­bu­so ba­yo kwa­phe­ndu­ka ku­yo, le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­yo za­di­de­kas.

10 Indlo­vu­ka­zi, nge­nxa ya­ma­zwi enko­sit le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­yo, ya­nge­na endli­ni ye­di­liu. Indlo­vu­ka­zi ya­phe­ndu­la ya­thi: Nko­si, phi­la ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­niv! Imi­ca­ba­ngo ya­kho ka­yi­nga­kwe­thu­siw, lo­ku­cwe­be­ze­la ko­bu­so ba­kho ka­ku­nga­phe­ndu­kix.

11 Ku­lo­mu­ntu embu­swe­ni wa­khoy oku­lo­mo­ya wa­bo­nku­lu­nku­lu aba­ngcwe­le ku­yez; ngo­ba ensu­kwi­ni zi­ka­yi­hlo kwa­tho­lwa ku­ye uku­kha­nya lo­ku­qe­di­si­sa le­nhla­ka­ni­phoa, nje­nge­nhla­ka­ni­pho ya­bo­nku­lu­nku­lub; nga­kho inko­si uNe­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri uyi­hlo wa­me­nza wa­ba yi­ndu­na ye­za­nu­sec, ye­za­ngo­mad, ya­ma­Kha­la­di­ya, ya­ba­lu­mbi, uyi­hlo, nko­si.

12 Ngo­ba umo­ya owe­dlu­li­si­le­yo, lo­lwa­zi, lo­ku­qe­di­si­sae, uku­cha­si­sa ama­phu­phof, lo­ku­cha­si­sag imi­ze­ke­li­soh, lo­ku­tsho­mbu­lu­la ama­fi­ndo, kwa­tho­la­ka­la ku­ye, ku­Da­ni­ye­li, inko­si eya­mu­tha ibi­zo eli­thi uBe­li­te­sha­za­rii. Kha­the­si ka­bi­zwe uDa­ni­ye­li, uza­tshe­ngi­sa ingca­ze­lo.

13 Kho­na uDa­ni­ye­li wa­le­thwa pha­mbi kwe­nko­si; inko­si ya­phe­ndu­la ya­thi ku­Da­ni­ye­li: Ungu­lo­wo­Da­ni­ye­li, ongo­wa­ba­thu­njwa ba­ko­Ju­daj, inko­si uba­ba eya­ba­le­tha be­ve­la ko­Ju­da yi­nik?

14 Se­ngi­zwi­le nga­we uku­thi umo­ya wa­bo­nku­lu­nku­lu uku­wel, lo­ku­thi uku­kha­nya, lo­ku­qe­di­si­sa, le­nhla­ka­ni­pho edlu­li­si­le­yo ku­tho­la­ka­la ku­wem.

15 Kha­the­si se­be­nge­ni­si­we pha­mbi kwa­mi aba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yon, iza­ngo­mao, uku­ze ba­wu­fu­nde lu­mbha­lo, ba­nga­zi­se ingca­ze­lo ya­wo; ko­dwa ba­be­nge­la­kho uku­tshe­ngi­sa ingca­ze­lo ya­li­ntop.

16 Ko­dwa mi­na ngi­zwi­le nga­we, uku­thi ula­kho uku­cha­si­sa izi­ngca­ze­loq, lo­ku­tsho­mbu­lu­la ama­fi­ndor. Kha­the­sis uba ula­kho uku­fu­nda lu­mbha­lo, unga­zi­se ingca­ze­lo ya­wot, uza­gqo­ki­swa oku­yi­bu­be­ndeu, le­ke­ta­ne ye­go­li­de enta­nye­ni ya­khov, ube ngu­mbu­si we­si­tha­thu embu­swe­niw.

17 Kho­na uDa­ni­ye­li wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi pha­mbi kwe­nko­si: Izi­pho za­kho ka­zi­be nge­za­khox, le­mi­vu­zo ya­kho uyi­ni­ke omu­nye. Lo­ba ku­nja­lo ngi­za­yi­fu­nde­la inko­si umbha­lo, ngi­ya­zi­se ingca­ze­lo.

18 We­na nko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu oPhe­zu­ko­nkey wa­ni­ka uNe­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­riz uyi­hlo umbu­soa, lo­bu­khu­lub, lo­du­moc, le­nka­zi­mu­lod.

19 La­nge­nxa yo­bu­khu­lu amni­ka bo­nae, bo­nke aba­ntu, izi­zwe, le­zi­ndi­mif, ba­thu­thu­me­la be­sa­ba pha­mbi kwa­kheg; lo­wo aye­tha­nda wa­mbu­la­la, la­lo­wo aye­tha­nda wa­mgci­na ephi­la, la­lo­wo aye­tha­nda wa­mpha­ka­mi­sa, la­lo­wo aye­tha­nda wa­me­hli­se­la pha­nsih.

20 Ko­dwa la­pho inhli­zi­yo ya­khe ya­zi­pha­ka­mi­sa, le­nhli­zi­yo ya­khe isi­ba lu­khu­ni ngo­ku­zi­gqa­ja, we­hli­swa esi­hla­lwe­ni sa­khe so­bu­kho­si so­mbu­soi, ba­mtha­the­laj udu­mo lwa­khek.

21 Wa­se­xo­tshwa eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­ba­ntul, le­nhli­zi­yo ya­khe ye­nzi­wa ya­fa­na­na le­ye­nya­ma­za­na, le­nda­wo ya­khe yo­ku­hla­la ya­ba la­bo­ba­bhe­mi be­ga­ngam; ba­mdli­sa utsha­ni nje­nge­nka­bi, lo­mzi­mba wa­khe wa­ba ma­nzi nga­ma­zo­lo ama­zu­lun, wa­ze wa­zi uku­thi uNku­lu­nku­lu oPhe­zu­ko­nke uya­bu­sa embu­swe­ni wa­ba­ntu, lo­ku­thi umi­sa phe­zu kwa­wo lo­ba ngu­ba­ni amtha­nda­yoo.

22 We­na-ke, ndo­da­na ya­khe, Be­li­sha­za­ri, ka­wu­yi­tho­bi­sa­nga inhli­zi­yo ya­khop, la­nxa ukwa­zi­le ko­nke lo­khuq.

23 Ko­dwa uzi­pha­ka­mi­si­le wa­me­la­na le­Nko­si ya­ma­zu­lur; nja­lo ba­le­tha izi­tsha ze­ndlu ya­yo pha­mbi kwa­khos; we­na-ke, le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­kho, omka­kho, la­ba­fa­zi ba­kho aba­nca­ne, la­na­the­la ku­zo iwa­yi­nit; udu­mi­si­le onku­lu­nku­lu be­si­li­va, la­be­go­li­de, abe­thu­si, abe­nsi­mbi, abe­si­go­do, la­be­li­tsheu, aba­nga­bo­ni­yo la­ba­nge­zwa­yo, la­ba­nga­zi­yov; ko­dwa uNku­lu­nku­lu omphe­fu­mu­lo wa­kho use­sa­ndle­ni sa­khew, lo­zi­ndle­la za­kho zo­nke zi­nge­za­khex, ka­wu­mdu­mi­sa­ngay.

24 Kho­no­kho le inhla­ne­ke­la ye­sa­ndla ya­thu­nywa ive­la ku­ye; lu­mbha­lo wa­su­bha­lwaz.

25 Nja­lo na­nku umbha­lo owa­bha­lwa­yo: ME­NE, ME­NE, TE­KE­LI, UFA­RI­SI­NI.

26 Na­nsi ingca­ze­lo ya­lo­lu­lu­tho: ME­NE: UNku­lu­nku­lu uba­li­le umbu­so wa­kho, wa­wu­qe­da.

27 TE­KE­LI: Uli­nga­ni­si­we esi­li­nga­ni­swe­ni, wa­tho­lwa usi­le­laa.

28 UPE­RE­SI: Umbu­so wa­kho we­hlu­ka­ni­si­we, wa­ni­kwa ama­Me­deb la­ma­Pe­ri­si­yac.

29 Kho­na uBe­li­sha­za­ri wa­la­ya, ba­se­be­mgqo­ki­sa uDa­ni­ye­li ngo­ku­yi­bu­be­nded, le­ke­ta­ne ye­go­li­de enta­nye­ni ya­khee, ba­se­be­me­me­ze­la nga­yef uku­thi abe ngu­mbu­si we­si­tha­thu embu­swe­nig.

30 Nga­lo­bo­bu­su­ku uBe­li­sha­za­ri inko­sih ya­ma­Kha­la­di­ya wa­bu­la­wai.

31 UDa­ri­yu­si umMe­de wa­se­se­mu­ke­la umbu­soj, ele­mi­nya­ka pho­se enga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha la­mbi­li.

UDa­ni­ye­li use­mgo­di­ni we­zi­lwa­ne

6Kwa­ba ku­hle ku­Da­ri­yu­si uku­be­ka phe­zu ko­mbu­soa izi­pha­tha­ma­ndlab ezi­li­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­lic, uku­thi zi­be phe­zu ko­mbu­so wo­nke,

2 la­phe­zu kwa­zo aba­bo­ni­si aba­tha­thud, uDa­ni­ye­li aba ngo­wo­ku­qa­la ku­boe; uku­thi le­zi­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla zi­la­ndi­se ku­bof, nja­lo inko­si inga­bi lo­mo­na­ka­lo.

3 Kho­na uDa­ni­ye­li lo we­nza ngco­nog ku­la­ba­bo­ni­sih le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndlai, ngo­ba umo­ya owe­dlu­li­si­le­yo wa­wu­ku­yej. Nja­lo inko­si ya­ca­ba­nga uku­mbe­ka phe­zu ko­mbu­so wo­nkek.

4 Kho­na aba­bo­ni­sil le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndlam ba­di­nga uku­tho­la ithu­ba be­me­le­ne lo­Da­ni­ye­li ma­ye­la­na lo­mbu­son; ko­dwa be­nge­la­kho uku­tho­la ithu­ba ku­mbe inso­loo; ngo­ba wa­ye­the­mbe­ki­lep, fu­thi ku­nge­la­mpa­mba­ni­soq ku­mbe inso­lor okwa­tho­la­ka­la ku­ye.

5 Kho­na la­wo­ma­do­da athi: Ka­si­yi­ku­tho­la thu­ba nga­ye lo uDa­ni­ye­li nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­thi sili­tho­le li­me­le­ne la­ye emla­ywe­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­khes.

6 Kho­na la­bo­ba­bo­ni­sit le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndlau ba­bu­tha­na nda­wo­nye enko­si­ni, ba­tsho ka­nje ku­yo: Da­ri­yu­si nko­si, phi­la ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­niv!

7 Bo­nke aba­bo­ni­si bo­mbu­sow, izi­ndu­nax, le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndlay, abe­lu­le­kiz, la­ba­bu­sia ba­ce­bi­sa uku­mi­sa umthe­tho we­si­kho­si­ni, lo­kwe­nza isi­mi­so esi­qi­ni­le­yo, uku­thi lo­ba ngu­ba­ni oza­ce­la isi­ce­lo la­ku­wu­phi unku­lu­nku­lu lo­ba umu­ntu pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­nsu­ku ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu nga­pha­ndle ku­we, nko­si, uza­pho­se­lwa ebha­lwi­ni lwe­zi­lwa­neb.

8 Kha­the­si, nko­si, mi­sa umla­yo upha­wu­le umbha­lo, uku­thi unga­gu­qu­lwa, nje­ngo­ko­mthe­thoc wa­ma­Me­de la­ma­Pe­ri­si­yad, onga­dlu­li­yoe.

9 Nga­kho inko­si uDa­ri­yu­si ya­pha­wu­la umbha­lo le­si­mi­sof.

10 Kwa­thi la­pho uDa­ni­ye­li ase­sa­zi uku­thi umbha­lo upha­wu­li­we, wa­nge­na endli­ni ya­khe; nja­lo ama­wi­ndi eka­me­lo la­kheg eli­phe­zu­lu eli­kha­nge­le eJe­ru­sa­le­mah evu­le­ki­lei; wa­gu­qa nga­ma­do­lo akhej izi­kha­thi ezi­nta­thu ngo­su­kuk, wa­khu­le­ka, wa­pha izi­bo­ngo pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­khel, nje­ngo­kwe­nza kwa­khe ma­ndu­lo kwa­lo­khum.

11 Kho­na la ama­do­da abu­tha­na, atho­la uDa­ni­ye­li ekhu­le­ka ence­nga pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­khe.

12 Kho­na aso­nde­lan, akhu­lu­ma pha­mbi kwe­nko­si ma­ye­la­na le­si­mi­so se­nko­si athi: Ka­wu­pha­wu­la­nga isi­mi­so yi­ni, so­ku­thi wo­nke umu­ntu oce­la la­ku­wu­phi unku­lu­nku­lu lo­ba umu­ntu pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­nsu­ku ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thuo nga­pha­ndle ku­we, nko­sip, uza­pho­se­lwa ebha­lwi­ni lwe­zi­lwa­ne? Inko­si ya­phe­ndu­la ya­thi: Li­nto ili­qi­ni­so, ngo­ko­mthe­tho wa­ma­Me­de la­ma­Pe­ri­si­yaq onga­dlu­li­yor.

13 Kho­na aphe­ndu­la athi pha­mbi kwe­nko­si: UDa­ni­ye­li ongo­wa­ba­ntwa­na bo­ku­thu­njwa ba­ko­Ju­dast ka­ku­na­nziu, nko­si, le­si­mi­so osi­pha­wu­li­le­yo, ko­dwa uya­khu­le­ka isi­ce­lo sa­khe izi­kha­thi ezi­nta­thu ngo­su­ku.

14 Kwa­thi la­pho inko­si isi­zwi­le le­li­li­zwi, ya­zi­zo­nde­la ka­khu­luv, ya­be­ka ingqo­ndo ku­Da­ni­ye­li uku­mkhu­lu­la; ye­bo, ya­lwi­sa la­ze la­tsho­na ila­nga uku­mo­phu­la.

15 Kho­na abu­tha­na enko­si­ni la­wo­ma­do­da, athi enko­si­ni: Ya­zi, nko­si, uku­thi umthe­tho wa­ma­Me­de la­ma­Pe­ri­si­yaw uthi: Ka­ku­la­si­mi­so ku­mbe umthe­tho inko­si eya­wu­mi­sa­yo onga­gu­qu­lwa.

16 Kho­na inko­si ya­la­ya, ba­mle­tha uDa­ni­ye­li, bampho­se­la ebha­lwi­ni lwe­zi­lwa­ne. Inko­si ya­phe­ndu­la ya­thi ku­Da­ni­ye­li: UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, omkho­nza­yo nja­lo­nja­lo, ku­nga­thi anga­ku­khu­lu­lax!

17 Kwa­se­ku­le­thwa ili­tshe, la­be­kwa phe­zu ko­mlo­mo wo­bha­luy; inko­si ya­si­li­na­me­kaz nge­nda­nda­tho elo­pha­wu lwa­yoa, la­nge­nda­nda­tho elo­pha­wu lwa­ma­kho­si ayob, uku­ze ku­nga­gu­qu­lwa ulu­tho ma­ye­la­na lo­Da­ni­ye­li.

18 Kho­na inko­si ya­ya esi­go­dlwe­ni sa­yo, ya­chi­tha ubu­su­ku izi­la uku­dla; la­ma­cha­cho ka­wa­le­thwa­nga pha­mbi kwa­yoc; lo­bu­tho­ngo ba­yi­ba­le­ke­lad.

19 Kho­na inko­si ya­vu­ka ema­da­bu­ka­ku­sae, ya­ya ngo­ku­pha­ngi­sa ebha­lwi­ni lwe­zi­lwa­nef.

20 Ya­thi isi­so­nde­le ebha­lwi­ni, ya­me­me­za nge­li­zwi lo­ku­li­la ku­Da­ni­ye­li; inko­si ya­phe­ndu­la ya­thi ku­Da­ni­ye­li: Da­ni­ye­li, nce­ku ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ophi­la­yog, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khoh omkho­nza­yo nja­lo­nja­loi, ula­kho uku­ku­khu­lu­la yi­ni ezi­lwa­ne­ni?

21 Kho­na uDa­ni­ye­li wa­thi enko­si­ni: Nko­si, phi­la ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­nij!

22 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi uthu­mi­le ingi­lo­si ya­khek, ya­va­la imi­lo­mo ye­zi­lwa­ne, oko­ku­thi ka­zi­ngi­li­ma­za­ngal, ngo­ba pha­mbi kwa­khe uku­nga­bi le­ca­la ku­tho­la­ka­le ki­mim; nja­lo pha­mbi kwa­kho, nko­si, ka­nge­nza­nga bu­bi.

23 Kho­na inko­si ya­mtho­ko­ze­la ka­khu­lu, ya­la­ya uku­khu­phu­la uDa­ni­ye­li ebha­lwi­ni. UDa­ni­ye­li wa­se­khu­tshu­lwa ebha­lwi­ni, ka­kwa­tho­lwa ku­li­ma­la ku­yen, ngo­ba ekho­lwe ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­kheo.

24 Inko­si ya­si­la­ya, kwa­se­ku­le­thwa la­wo­ma­do­dap aye­hle­be uDa­ni­ye­liq, ba­wa­pho­se­la ebha­lwi­ni lwe­zi­lwa­ne, wo­na, aba­ntwa­na ba­wo, la­bo­mka­wor; kwa­thi be­nga­ka­fi­ki pha­nsi ebha­lwi­ni, izi­lwa­ne za­zi­bu­sa phe­zu kwa­bo, za­cho­bo­za wo­nke ama­tha­mbo abo.

25 Kho­na inko­si uDa­ri­yu­si ya­ba­le­la bo­nke aba­ntu, izi­zwe, le­zi­ndi­mis, ezi­hle­zi emhla­be­ni wo­nket, ya­thi: Ka­kwa­ndi­swe uku­thu­la kwe­nuu.

26 Umla­yo we­nzi­wa yi­miv, uku­thi ku­kho ko­nke uku­bu­swa ko­mbu­so wa­mi ba­thu­thu­me­lew be­sa­bex pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ka­Da­ni­ye­li; ngo­ba engu­Nku­lu­nku­lu ophi­la­yoyz, lo­mi ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni, lo­mbu­so wa­khea ngo­nga­yi­ku­chi­thwab, lo­ku­bu­sa kwa­khe ku­za­ku­ba kho­na ku­ze ku­be se­ku­phe­le­nic.

27 Uya­khu­lu­la, ophu­le, enze izi­bo­na­ka­li­so le­zi­ma­nga­li­so ema­zu­lwi­ni le­mhla­be­nid, ose­khu­lu­le uDa­ni­ye­li ema­ndle­ni ezi­lwa­nee.

28 Nga­kho uDa­ni­ye­li lo wa­phu­me­le­la embu­swe­ni ka­Da­ri­yu­sif, le­mbu­swe­nig ka­Ko­re­si umPe­ri­si­yah.

Iphu­pho li­ka­Da­ni­ye­li nge­zi­lo ezi­ne

7Ngo­mnya­ka wo­ku­qa­la ka­Be­li­sha­za­ri inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­nia, uDa­ni­ye­li wa­bo­na iphu­phobc le­mi­bo­no ye­kha­nda la­khe embhe­de­ni wa­khed. Kho­na wa­li­bha­la iphu­pho, wa­khu­lu­ma indi­ki­mba ye­zi­nda­ba.

2 UDa­ni­ye­li wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Nga­bo­na embo­nwe­ni wa­mi ebu­su­ku, kha­nge­la-ke, imi­mo­ya yo­mi­ne ya­ma­zu­lu ya­vu­mbu­lu­ka phe­zu ko­lwa­ndle olu­khu­lue.

3 Izi­lo ezi­ne ezi­nku­lu za­khu­phu­ka elwa­ndlef, ze­hlu­ki­le esi­nye kwe­si­nyeg.

4 Eso­ku­qa­la sa­si­nje­nge­si­lwa­nehi, esi­le­mpi­ko ze­nko­zij. Nga­kha­nge­la za­ze za­cu­thwa impi­ko za­so, sa­se­si­pha­ka­nyi­swa si­su­swa emhla­be­nik, sa­mi­swa nge­nya­wo nje­ngo­mu­ntu, sa­ni­kwa inhli­zi­yo yo­mu­ntul.

5 Kha­nge­la-ke esi­nye isi­lo, ese­si­bi­lim, sa­si­nje­nge­bhe­ren, sa­zi­mi­sa ehla­ngo­thi­ni olu­lo­dwa, si­le­mba­mbo ezi­nta­thu emlo­nye­ni wa­so pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­zi­nyo aso. Ba­se­be­si­thi nja­lo ku­so: Su­ku­ma, udle inya­ma ene­ngi.

6 Emva kwa­lo­khu nga­bo­na, kha­nge­la-ke esi­nyeo, sa­si­nje­nge­ngwep, si­le­mpi­ko ezi­ne ze­nyo­ni emhla­na wa­soq, nja­lo isi­lo sa­si­la­ma­kha­nda ama­ner, lo­ku­bu­sa kwa­phi­wa ku­so.

7 Emva kwa­lo­khu nga­bo­na emi­bo­nwe­ni ye­bu­su­kus, kha­nge­la-ke isi­lo se­si­netu, ese­sa­be­ka­yo, ese­thu­sa­yo, si­la­ma­ndla ka­khu­lu­ka­ziv, si­la­ma­zi­nyo ama­khu­lu ensi­mbiw, sa­dlax sa­fo­hlo­zay, sa­nya­the­la oku­se­le­yo nge­nya­wo za­soz. Nja­lo sa­se­hlu­ki­le ku­zo zo­nke izi­lo eza­zi­nga­pha­mbi kwa­soab; fu­thi sa­si­le­mpo­ndo ezi­li­tshu­mic.

8 Nga­kha­nge­li­si­sa izi­mpo­ndo, kha­nge­la-ke, kwe­nyu­ka pha­ka­thi kwa­zo olu­nye upho­ndo olu­nci­nya­ned; le­zi­nta­thu ze­zi­mpo­ndo zo­ku­qa­la za­si­tshu­nwa nge­zi­mpa­nde pha­mbi kwa­loe; kha­nge­la-ke, ame­hlo anje­nga­me­hlof omu­ntug aba se­pho­ndwe­ni lo­lu, lo­mlo­moh okhu­lu­ma izi­nto ezi­nku­lui.

9 Nga­kha­nge­la, kwa­ze kwa­be­kwa izi­hla­lo zo­bu­kho­sij, kwa­hla­la oMda­la we­zi­nsu­kuk, oze­mba­tho za­khel za­zi­mhlo­phe nje­nge­li­qhwa eli­khi­thi­ki­le­yom, le­nwe­le ze­kha­nda la­khe nje­ngo­bo­ya be­mvu obu­hla­nze­ki­le­yon; isi­hla­lo sa­khe so­bu­kho­si si­li­la­nga­bi lo­mli­loo, ama­vi­li aso angu­mli­lo ovu­tha­yop.

10 Isi­fu­dla­na so­mli­lo sa­ge­le­za sa­phu­ma pha­mbi kwa­kheq. Inku­lu­ngwa­ne ze­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ner za­mkho­nzas, le­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi ze­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi ze­ma pha­mbi kwa­khet. Isa­hlu­le­lo sa­zi­mi­sau, le­zi­ncwa­di za­vu­lwav.

11 Kho­na nga­kha­nge­la, nge­nxa yo­msi­ndo wa­ma­zwi ama­khu­lu upho­ndo olwa­wa­khu­lu­ma­yow. Nga­kha­nge­la sa­ze sa­bu­la­wa isi­lox, lo­mzi­mba wa­so wa­chi­thway, wa­ni­ke­lwa emli­lwe­ni obhe­bha­yoz.

12 Ma­ye­la­na le­zi­nye izi­lo, umbu­so wa­zo wa­su­swaa, ka­nti ukwe­lu­lwa empi­lwe­ni kwa­ni­kwa ku­zo kwa­ze kwa­ba yi­si­kha­thi esi­mi­si­we­yo le­thu­ba.

13 Nga­bo­na emi­bo­nwe­ni ye­bu­su­kub, kha­nge­la-ke, onje­nge­ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntucd we­za nga­ma­ye­zi ama­zu­lue, wa­fi­ka ku­Mda­la we­zi­nsu­kuf, ba­se­be­mso­nde­za pha­mbi kwa­khe.

14 Wa­se­ni­kwa uku­bu­sa, lo­du­mo, lo­mbu­sog, uku­ze bo­nke aba­ntu, izi­zwe, le­zi­ndi­mi ku­mkho­nzeh. Uku­bu­sa kwa­khe ku­yi­ku­bu­sa kwa­pha­ka­dei, oku­nga­yi­ku­dlu­laj, lo­mbu­so wa­khe ngo­nga­yi­ku­chi­thwak.

15 Mi­na Da­ni­ye­li, umo­ya wa­mi wa­da­bu­ka pha­ka­thi ko­mzi­mbal, le­mi­bo­no ye­kha­nda la­mi ya­nge­thu­sam.

16 Nga­so­nde­la ko­mu­nye wa­ba­be­mi kho­nan, nga­bu­za ku­ye iqi­ni­so la­kho ko­nke lo­khu. Wa­se­ngi­tshe­la, wa­nga­zi­sa ingca­ze­lo ye­zi­nda­ba.

17 Le­zi­zi­lo ezi­nku­lu, zo­zi­ne, zi­nga­ma­kho­si ama­ne, aza­su­ku­ma eve­la emhla­be­nio.

18 Ko­dwa aba­ngcwe­le bo­Phe­zu­ko­nkep ba­za­kwe­mu­ke­la umbu­soq, ba­be lo­mbu­so ku­ze ku­be pha­ka­der, ngi­tsho ku­ze ku­be ni­ni la­ni­ni.

19 Kho­na nga­tha­nda iqi­ni­so nge­si­lo se­si­ne, esa­se­hlu­ki­le ku­zo zo­nkes, si­se­sa­be­ka ka­khu­lu­ka­zit, oma­zi­nyo aso aye­nga­we­nsi­mbi, le­nzi­pho za­so zi­nge­ze­thu­siu; sa­dlav, sa­fo­hlo­zaw, sa­nya­the­la oku­se­le­yo nge­nya­wo za­sox;

20 la­nge­zi­mpo­ndo ezi­li­tshu­mi eza­zi­se­kha­nda la­soy, lo­lu­nye olwe­nyu­ka­yoz, le­za­wa pha­mbi kwa­lo ezi­nta­thua; ngi­tsho lo­lo­pho­ndo olwa­lu­la­me­hlob, lo­mlo­mo owa­khu­lu­ma izi­nto ezi­nku­lu, lo­ku­bo­na­ka­la kwa­lo kwa­ku­ku­khu­lu ku­le­zi­nyec.

21 Nga­bo­na, uku­thi lo­lu­pho­ndo lu­si­lwad la­ba­ngcwe­lee, lwa­ba­nqo­baf,

22 kwa­ze kwa­fi­ka oMda­la we­zi­nsu­kug, le­sa­hlu­le­lo sa­phi­wah aba­ngcwe­le bo­Phe­zu­ko­nkei; kwa­se­ku­fi­ka isi­kha­thi esi­mi­si­we­yo so­ku­thi aba­ngcwe­le ba­be lo­mbu­sojk.

23 Wa­tsho nja­lo: Isi­lo se­si­ne si­za­ku­bal ngu­mbu­so we­si­ne emhla­be­nim, oza­kwe­hlu­ka ku­yo yo­nke imi­bu­son, si­dle wo­nke umhla­ba, si­wu­nya­the­le­le pha­nsio, si­wu­fo­hlo­zep.

24 Ma­ye­la­na le­mpo­ndo ezi­li­tshu­mi, ama­kho­si ali­tshu­mi aza­su­ku­ma eve­la ku­lo umbu­soq, le­nye iza­su­ku­ma emva kwa­wor. Yo­na-ke iza­kwe­hlu­ka kwa­wo­ku­qa­la, iwe­hli­se­le pha­nsi ama­kho­si ama­tha­thus.

25 Nja­lo iza­khu­lu­matu ama­zwi ime­le­nev lo­Phe­zu­ko­nkew, ihlu­phe nja­lo­nja­lox aba­ngcwe­le bo­Phe­zu­ko­nkey, ina­ka­ne ngo­ku­gu­qu­la izi­kha­thi lo­mla­yoz; nja­lo ba­za­ni­ke­lwa esa­ndle­ni sa­yo ku­ze ku­be yi­si­kha­thi le­zi­kha­thi le­ngxe­nye ye­si­kha­thia.

26 Ko­dwa isa­hlu­le­lo si­za­hla­lab, ba­su­se umbu­so wa­yo, uku­thi bawu­chi­the bawu­qe­dec ku­ze ku­be se­ku­phe­le­nid.

27 Nja­lo umbu­so lo­ku­bu­sa lo­bu­khu­lu be­mi­bu­so nga­pha­nsi kwa­ma­zu­lu wo­nkee ku­za­ni­kwa aba­ntu ba­ba­ngcwe­le bo­Phe­zu­ko­nkef, ombu­so wa­bo ngu­mbu­so ongu­la­pha­ka­de, le­mi­bu­so yo­nke iza­mkho­nza ila­le­leg.

28 Ku­ze ku­be la­pha yi­si­ci­no se­nda­ba. Mi­na Da­ni­ye­lih, imi­ca­ba­ngo ya­mi ya­nge­thu­sa ka­khu­lu, lo­ku­cwe­be­ze­la ko­bu­so ba­mi kwa­gu­qu­ka ki­mi; ko­dwa nga­lu­gci­na uda­ba enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­mii.

Inqa­ma le­mpo­ngo

8Ngo­mnya­ka we­si­tha­thu wo­ku­bu­sa kwe­nko­si uBe­li­sha­za­ri kwa­bo­na­ka­la umbo­no ki­mia, mi­na Da­ni­ye­li, emva kwa­lo­wo owa­bo­na­ka­la ki­mi ku­qa­lab.

2 Nga­bo­na-ke embo­nwe­ni; kwa­se­ku­si­thi, se­ngi­bo­ni­le, ngi­se­Shu­sha­nic isi­go­dlode, esi­se­sa­be­lwe­ni seE­la­muf; nga­se­ngi­bo­na embo­nwe­nig, mi­na nga­ngi­nga­se­mfu­le­nih iU­la­yii.

3 Nga­se­ngi­pha­ka­mi­sa ame­hlo ami, nga­bo­na, kha­nge­la-ke, kwe­ma pha­mbi ko­mfu­laj inqa­ma ele­mpo­ndo ezi­mbi­lik. Impo­ndo zo­mbi­li za­zi­pha­ke­me, ko­dwa olu­nye lwa­lu­pha­ke­me okwe­dlu­la olu­nye, nja­lo olu­pha­ke­me­yo lwe­nyu­ka mu­va.

4 Nga­bo­na inqa­ma ihla­ba ikha­nge­le nge­ntsho­na­la­nga la­nge­nya­ka­tho la­nge­ni­ngi­zi­mul; uku­ze ku­nga­bi le­zi­nya­ma­za­nam ezi­nge­ma pha­mbi kwa­yon, nja­lo ku­nge­kho ongo­phu­la esa­ndle­ni sa­yoo; ko­dwa ye­nza nje­nge­nta­ndo ya­yo, ya­zi­khu­li­sap.

5 Kwa­thi mi­na ngi­sa­ca­ba­nga, kha­nge­la-ke, kwe­za impo­ngo ye­mbu­zi ive­la nge­ntsho­na­la­nga phe­zu ko­bu­so bo­mhla­ba wo­nkeq, nja­lo ka­yi­wu­thi­nta­nga umhla­ba­thir. Nja­lo li­mpo­ngo ya­yilo­pho­ndo olu­na­nze­le­le­ka­yo pha­ka­thi la­pha­ka­thi kwa­me­hlo ayos.

6 Ya­si­si­za enqa­me­ni eya­yi­le­mpo­ndo ezi­mbi­li, enga­ngi­yi­bo­ne imi pha­mbi ko­mfu­lat, ya­gi­ji­me­la ku­yo ngo­la­ka lwa­ma­ndla ayou.

7 Nga­se­ngi­yi­bo­na iso­nde­la nga­se­nqa­me­ni, ya­thu­ku­the­la ka­khu­lu ime­le­ne la­yov, ya­yi­tsha­ya inqa­ma, ye­phu­la impo­ndo za­yo zo­mbi­li. Kwa­ku­nga­se­la­ma­ndla enqa­me­ni oku­ma pha­mbi kwa­yow; ko­dwa impo­ngo ya­yi­wi­se­la emhla­ba­thi­nix, ya­yi­nya­the­le­la pha­nsiy; nja­lo kwa­ku­nge­kho owa­ye­nga­yo­phu­la inqa­ma esa­ndle­ni sa­yoz.

8 Nga­kho impo­ngo ye­mbu­zi ya­zi­khu­li­sa ka­khu­lu­ka­zia; ya­thi isi­la­ma­ndla, upho­ndo olu­khu­lu lwe­phu­ka; nja­lo enda­we­ni ya­lo kwe­nyu­ka ezi­ne ezi­na­nze­le­le­ka­yob nga­se­mi­mo­ye­ni emi­ne ya­ma­zu­luc.

9 Nja­lo ko­lu­nye lwa­zo kwa­phu­ma upho­ndo olu­nci­nya­ne, olwa­khu­la ka­khu­lu­ka­zid, nga­se­ni­ngi­zi­mue la­nga­se­mpu­ma­la­nga la­nga­seli­zwe­ni eli­hlef.

10 Lwa­se­lu­khu­lag kwa­ze kwa­ba se­bu­thwe­ni la­ma­zu­luh; lwa­se­lu­wi­se­la emhla­ba­thi­nii okwe­bu­tho lo­kwe­zi­nka­nye­zij, lwa­ku­nya­the­le­la pha­nsik.

11 Ye­bo, lwa­zi­khu­li­sal kwa­ze kwa­ba se­si­pha­tha­ma­ndle­ni se­bu­thom, la­nga­lo umhla­tshe­lo oqhu­be­ka­yono wa­su­swap, le­nda­wo ye­ndlu ya­so engcwe­le ya­di­li­ze­lwa pha­nsiq.

12 Kwa­se­ku­ni­ke­lwa ibu­tho li­me­le­ne lomhla­tshe­lo oqhu­be­ka­yo nge­nxa ye­si­pha­mbe­kor, la­pho­se­la emhla­ba­thi­nist iqi­ni­sou, le­nzav, la­phu­me­le­law.

13 Nga­se­ngi­si­zwa ongcwe­le oye­dwa ekhu­lu­max, nja­lo omu­nye ongcwe­le wa­thi ku­lo­wo othi­le owa­khu­lu­ma­yoy: Ko­ze ku­be ni­ni uza­ku­ba kho­na lu­mbo­noz ma­ye­la­na lomhla­tshe­lo oqhu­be­ka­yoa, le­si­pha­mbe­ko se­nci­tha­ka­lob, uku­ni­ke­la inda­wo engcwe­le ka­nye le­bu­thoc uku­thi ku­nya­the­le­lwe pha­nsid?

14 Wa­se­si­thi ki­mi: Ku­ze ku­be zi­nta­mba­ma le­ku­se­ni oku­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­mbi­li la­ma­khu­lu ama­tha­thu; ku­be se­ku­hla­nju­lu­lwa inda­wo engcwe­le.

15 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi mi­na Da­ni­ye­li se­ngi­wu­bo­ni­le umbo­no nga­di­nga uku­qe­di­si­sae, kha­nge­la-ke, kwe­ma pha­mbi kwa­mi oku­nje­nge­si­mo so­mu­ntuf.

16 Nga­se­ngi­si­zwa ili­zwi lo­mu­ntu pha­ka­thi kwezi­nku­mbig zeU­la­yih, ela­me­me­za la­thi: Ga­bri­ye­li, ye­nza lo aqe­di­si­se umbo­noi.

17 Wa­se­si­za ece­le­ni kwa­la­pho enga­ngi­mi kho­na. Ese­fi­ki­le, nge­thu­kaj, nga­thi mbo ngo­bu­so ba­mik. Ko­dwa wa­thi ki­mi: Qe­di­si­sa, ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntul, ngo­ba umbo­no ungo­we­si­kha­thi so­ku­ci­nam.

18 Kwa­thi esa­khu­lu­ma la­mi, nga­ngi­le­le ubu­tho­ngo obu­khu­lun ngo­bu­so ba­mi emhla­ba­thi­niop; ko­dwa wa­ngi­thi­ntaq, wa­ngi­mi­sa enda­we­ni ya­mi yo­ku­mar.

19 Wa­se­si­thi: Kha­nge­la, ngi­za­kwe­nza wa­zi oku­za­ku­ba se­ku­phe­le­ni kwe­ntu­ku­the­los, ngo­ba uku­ci­na ku­za­ku­ba nge­si­kha­thi esi­mi­si­we­yot.

20 Inqa­ma oyi­bo­ni­le­yo ele­mpo­ndo ezi­mbi­liu nga­ma­kho­siv eMe­de le­Pe­ri­si­yaw.

21 Nja­lox impo­ngo eyi­si­ye­phuy iyi­nko­si ye­Gri­kiz, lo­pho­ndo olu­khu­lu olu­pha­ka­thi la­pha­ka­thi kwa­me­hlo ayoa lu­yi­nko­si yo­ku­qa­lab.

22 Ngo­lwe­phu­ka­yo, nje­ngo­ba kwe­ma ezi­ne enda­we­ni ya­lo, ku­za­ku­ma imi­bu­so emi­ne ku­so isi­zwec, ko­dwa ha­tshi nga­ma­ndla alod.

23 Nja­lo eku­ci­ne­ni kwe­mi­bu­so ya­zo, la­pho aba­pha­mbe­ki se­be­phe­le­lee, iza­ku­ma inko­si elu­khu­ni ngo­bu­sof, eqe­di­si­sa imi­ze­ke­li­sog.

24 La­ma­ndla ayo aza­qi­na, ko­dwa ha­tshi nga­ma­ndla ayoh. Nja­lo iza­chi­tha ngo­ku­ma­nga­li­sa­yoi, iphu­me­le­lej, ye­nzek, ichi­the aba­la­ma­ndlal le­si­zwe sa­ba­ngcwe­lem.

25 La­ngo­bu­qi­li ba­yo iza­phu­me­le­li­sa inko­hli­so esa­ndle­ni sa­yon, izi­khu­li­se enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­yoo, ichi­the aba­ne­ngi ngo­ku­thu­lapq, fu­thi iza­me­la­na le­Nko­sa­na ya­ma­kho­sa­na, ko­dwa iza­kwe­phu­lwa ku­nge­la­sa­ndlar.

26 Nja­lo umbo­no wa­nta­mba­ma lo­we­ku­se­ni ola­ndi­si­we­yos uli­qi­ni­sot; we­na-ke va­le­la umbo­nou, ngo­ba ungo­we­nsu­ku ezi­ne­ngiv.

27 Mi­na-ke Da­ni­ye­li, nga­phe­la ama­ndla nga­gu­law okwe­nsu­ku ezi­thi­lex; emva kwa­lo­kho nga­su­ku­ma, nge­nza umse­be­nzi we­nko­siy; nja­lo nga­ma­nga­la ka­khu­lu ngo­mbo­noz, ko­dwa ka­kho owa­qe­di­si­sa­yoa.

UDa­ni­ye­li ukhu­le­ke­la aba­ntu ba­ki­bo

9Ngo­mnya­ka wo­ku­qa­laa ka­Da­ri­yu­sib indo­da­na kaA­ha­su­we­ru­si, owe­nza­loc ya­ma­Me­ded, owe­nzi­wa wa­ba yi­nko­si phe­zu ko­mbu­so wa­ma­Kha­la­di­yae,

2 ngo­mnya­ka wo­ku­qa­la wo­ku­bu­sa kwa­khe, mi­na Da­ni­ye­li nga­qe­di­si­sa nge­zi­ncwa­di ina­ni le­mi­nya­ka, ili­zwi le­Nko­si ele­za nga­yo ku­Je­re­mi­ya umpro­fe­thif, uku­gcwa­li­sa imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa enci­tha­ka­lwe­ni ze­Je­ru­sa­le­mag.

3 Nga­se­ngi­kha­nge­li­sa ubu­so ba­mi ku­yo iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu, uku­di­nga ngo­mkhu­le­koh, lo­ku­nce­ngai, ngo­ku­zi­la uku­dlajk, le­sa­kal, lo­mlo­tham.

4 Nga­se­ngi­khu­le­kan eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­mio, nge­nza uvu­mopq, nga­thi: Ha­wu Nko­sir, uNku­lu­nku­lu omkhu­lu lo­we­sa­be­ka­yost, ogci­na isi­vu­me­lwa­no lo­mu­sa kwa­ba­mtha­nda­yo la­ku­la­bo aba­gci­na imi­la­yo ya­kheu.

5 So­ni­lev, se­nza oku­biw, se­nza nge­nko­hla­ka­lox, se­nza umvu­ke­lay, ngo­ku­pha­mbu­ka emi­la­ywe­ni ya­kho le­za­hlu­le­lwe­ni za­kho.

6 Fu­thi ka­si­la­le­la­ngaz izi­nce­ku za­kho aba­pro­fe­thi, ezi­khu­lu­me ebi­zwe­ni la­khoa ema­kho­si­ni ethu, izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla ze­thu, la­bo­ba­ba, la­ki­bo bo­nke aba­ntu be­li­zwebc.

7 Nko­si, ku­kho­na uku­lu­ngad ku­we, ko­dwa ki­thi uku­sa­nga­ni­se­ka ko­bu­soef, nje­nga­lo­lu­su­ku; eba­ntwi­ni ba­ko­Ju­da, la­ku­ba­hla­li be­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, la­kuI­sra­ye­li wo­nke, aba­se­du­zeg la­ba­kha­tsha­na, ku­wo wo­nke ama­zwe la­pho oba­xo­tshe­le kho­nah, nge­nxa ye­si­pha­mbe­ko aba­pha­mbe­ka nga­so be­me­le­ne la­wei.

8 Nko­si, ku­kho­na ki­thi uku­sa­nga­ni­se­ka ko­bu­sojk, ema­kho­si­ni ethu, ezi­pha­tha­ma­ndle­ni ze­thu, la­ku­bo­ba­balm, ngo­ba so­ni­le si­me­le­ne la­wen.

9 ENko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu ku­kho­na izi­sao le­zi­nte­the­le­lop; la­nxa si­yi­vu­ke­le.

10 Fu­thi ka­si­la­le­la­nga ili­zwi le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thuq, uku­thi si­ha­mbe emi­la­ywe­ni ya­khe, ayi­be­ka pha­mbi kwe­thu nge­sa­ndla se­zi­nce­ku za­khe aba­pro­fe­thir.

11 Ye­bo, uI­sra­ye­li wo­nke we­qi­le umla­yo wa­khos, ngo­ku­pha­mbu­ka, uku­ze ba­nga­la­le­li ili­zwi la­khot; nga­kho isi­qa­le­ki­sou si­thu­lu­le­lwe phe­zu kwe­thuv, le­si­fu­ngo esi­bha­lwe emla­ywe­ni ka­Mo­zi­siw ince­ku ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, ngo­ba so­ni­le ku­yexy.

12 Fu­thi uwa­qi­ni­si­le ama­zwi akhe, awa­khu­lu­ma eme­le­ne la­thi, nja­lo eme­le­ne la­be­hlu­le­li be­thu aba­se­hlu­le­la­yoz, ngo­ku­se­hli­se­la ubu­bi obu­khu­lua, ngo­ba nga­pha­nsi kwa­ma­zu­lu wo­nke ka­ku­za­nga kwe­nzi­we oku­nje­ngo­kwe­nzi­we eJe­ru­sa­le­mab.

13 Nje­ngo­ba ku­bha­li­we emla­ywe­ni ka­Mo­zi­sic, bo­nke lo­bu­bu­bi bu­se­hle­led. Ka­nti ka­si­nce­nga­nga ubu­so be­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu, uku­ze si­phe­ndu­ke ezi­pha­mbe­kwe­ni ze­thue, si­qe­di­si­se iqi­ni­so la­khof.

14 Nga­kho iNko­si ya­li­nda phe­zu ko­bu­bi, ya­be­hli­se­la phe­zu kwe­thug; ngo­ba iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu ilu­ngi­le emi­se­be­nzi­ni ya­yo yo­nke eye­nza­yoh, ngo­ba si­nga­la­le­la­nga ili­zwi la­yoi.

15 Kha­the­si-ke, Nko­si Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thu, owa­khu­pha aba­ntu ba­kho eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­thej nge­sa­ndla esi­la­ma­ndlak, wa­ze­nze­la ibi­zol, nje­nga­la­mu­hla; so­ni­le, se­nze oku­bim.

16 Nko­si, nje­nga­kho ko­nke uku­lu­nga kwa­khon, ngi­ya­ku­nce­nga, ka­ku­thi ula­ka lwa­kho le­ntu­ku­the­lo ya­kho ku­phe­ndu­lwe emzi­ni wa­kho iJe­ru­sa­le­ma, inta­ba ya­kho engcwe­leo. Ngo­ba nge­nxa ye­zo­no ze­thup, la­nge­zi­pha­mbe­ko za­bo­ba­baq, iJe­ru­sa­le­ma la­ba­ntu ba­khor se­be­li­hla­zos ku­bo bo­nke aba­si­ha­nqi­le­yotu.

17 Kha­the­si-ke, Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thu, zwa­na umkhu­le­ko we­nce­ku ya­kho, lo­ku­nce­nga kwa­yo, we­nze ubu­so ba­kho bu­kha­nye enda­we­ni ya­kho engcwe­lev esi­lu­nxi­waw, nge­nxa ye­Nko­six.

18 Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi, be­ka indle­be ya­kho, uzwey; vu­la ame­hlo akho, ubo­ne uku­chi­the­ka kwe­thu, lo­mu­zi obi­zwa nge­bi­zo la­khoz; ngo­ba ka­si­wi­si uku­nce­nga kwe­thu pha­mbi kwa­kho nge­nxa yo­ku­lu­nga kwe­thua, ko­dwa nge­nxa ye­zi­ha­wu za­kho ezi­nku­lu.

19 Nko­si, zwa­na! Nko­si, the­the­le­la! Nko­si, la­le­la we­nze, unga­li­ba­lib; nge­nxa ya­kho, Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­micd; ngo­ba umu­zi wa­kho la­ba­ntu ba­kho ku­bi­zwa nge­bi­zo la­kho.

Ingca­ze­lo ma­ye­la­na la­ma­vi­ki anga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa

20 Kwa­thi ngi­sa­khu­lu­mae, ngi­khu­le­kaf, ngi­vu­ma iso­no sa­mi le­so­no sa­ba­ntu ba­ki­thi uI­sra­ye­li, ngi­wi­sa uku­nce­nga kwa­mi pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lug wa­mi nge­nxa ye­nta­ba engcwe­le ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mih;

21 ye­bo, ngi­sa­khu­lu­ma ngo­mkhu­le­koi, ngi­tsho lo­wo­mu­ntu uGa­bri­ye­lij, enga­ngi­mbo­ne embo­nwe­ni eku­qa­le­nik, ese­nzi­we wa­pha­pha ma­si­nya­ne, wa­ngi­thi­ntal nge­si­kha­thi so­mni­ke­lo wa­ku­si­hlwam.

22 Wanga­zi­san, wa­khu­lu­ma la­mi, wa­thi: Da­ni­ye­li, kha­the­si ngi­phu­me­le ukuza­ku­pha inhla­ka­ni­pho lo­ku­qe­di­si­sa.

23 Eku­qa­li­se­nio ko­ku­nce­ngap kwa­kho ili­zwi la­phu­ma, mi­na-ke ngi­ze ukuku­tshe­la lo­naq; ngo­ba utha­ndi­we ka­khu­lur. Nga­kho qe­di­si­sa lo­lu­da­ba, una­ka­ne nga­lu­mbo­nos.

24 Ama­vi­ki anga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa ami­swe phe­zu kwa­ba­ntu ba­khot la­phe­zu ko­mu­zi wa­kho ongcwe­leu, uku­qe­da isi­pha­mbe­kov, lo­ku­phe­le­li­sa izo­now, lo­kwe­nze­la isi­pha­mbe­ko inhla­wu­lo yo­ku­thu­lax, lo­ku­nge­ni­sa uku­lu­nga oku­la­pha­ka­dey, lo­ku­pha­wu­la umbo­no le­si­pro­fe­thoz, lo­ku­gco­baa ingcwe­le ye­zi­ngcwe­leb.

25 Ya­zi-ke uqe­di­si­sec: Ku­su­ke­la eku­phu­me­ni kwe­li­zwi lo­ku­bu­yi­se­la lo­kwa­kha iJe­ru­sa­le­mad ku­ze ku­be ku­Me­si­yae iNko­sa­naf, ku­nga­ma­vi­ki ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa, la­ma­vi­ki anga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha la­mbi­li. Ku­za­bu­ya kwa­khi­we izi­ta­la­da le­mi­fo­lo, ko­dwa ngo­ku­hlu­phe­ka kwe­zi­kha­thig.

26 La­nge­mva kwa­ma­vi­ki anga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha la­mbi­li uMe­si­ya uza­qu­nywahi, ko­dwa ku­nge­nze­lwa ye­naj; le­si­zwe se­si­pha­tha­ma­ndla esi­za­ku­zak si­za­chi­tha umu­zil le­nda­wo engcwe­lem; lo­ku­phe­la kwa­wo ku­za­ku­ban ngo­za­mco­loo; nja­lo ku­ze ku­be se­ku­phe­le­ni ku­za­ku­ba kho­na impi, ku­mi­swe izi­nci­tha­ka­lop.

27 Nja­lo uza­qi­ni­sa isi­vu­me­lwa­noq la­ba­ne­ngi okwe­vi­ki eyo­dwa; la­pha­ka­thi kwe­vi­ki uza­kwe­nza ku­kha­wu­le umhla­tshe­lo lo­mni­ke­lor; la­phe­zu ko­phi­kos lwe­zi­ne­ngi­so ku­za­ku­ba lo­mchi­thit, ngi­tsho ku­ze ku­be se­ku­phe­le­niu, lo­ku­mi­si­we­yov ku­za­thu­lu­le­lwaw phe­zu ko­nxi­wax.

Umbo­no ka­Da­ni­ye­li emfu­le­ni

10Ngo­mnya­ka we­si­tha­thu ka­Ko­re­sia inko­si ye­Pe­ri­si­ya ulu­tho lwe­mbu­le­lwa uDa­ni­ye­lib, obi­zo la­khe la­bi­zwa ngo­ku­thi ngu­Be­li­te­sha­za­ric. Nja­lo lo­lu­lu­tho lwa­lu­li­qi­ni­sod ma­ye­la­na lo­ku­lwi­sa­na oku­khu­luef. Nja­lo wa­lu­qe­di­si­sa lo­lu­lu­tho, wa­ba lo­ku­qe­di­si­sa ngo­mbo­nog.

2 Nga­le­zo­nsu­ku, mi­na Da­ni­ye­li nga­ngi­li­la okwa­ma­vi­ki ama­tha­thu agcwe­le­yoh.

3 Ka­ngi­dla­nga si­nkwa esi­lo­yi­se­ka­yo, nja­lo ka­ku­za­nga nya­ma ku­mbe iwa­yi­ni emlo­nye­ni wa­mi, fu­thii ka­ngi­zi­gco­ba­nga ngi­tshoj, kwa­ze kwa­gcwa­li­se­ka ama­vi­ki ama­tha­thu ezi­nsu­kuk.

4 Kwa­thi ngo­su­ku lwa­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­ne lwe­nya­nga yo­ku­qa­lal, mi­na ngi­se­ce­le­ni ko­mfu­la omkhu­lum, oyi­Hi­de­ke­lin;

5 nga­se­ngi­pha­ka­mi­sa ame­hlo ami, nga­bo­na, kha­nge­la-keo umu­ntu othi­lep egqo­ke ile­mbu eli­co­le­ki­le­yoq, okha­lo lwa­khe lwa­lu­bhi­ncwer nge­go­li­de eli­cwe­nge­ki­le­yos leU­fa­zit.

6 Lo­mzi­mba wa­khe wa­wu­nje­nge­bhe­ru­le*u, lo­bu­so ba­khev ba­bu­nje­nge­si­mo so­mba­new, la­me­hlo akhe nje­nge­zi­ba­ne zo­mli­lox, le­nga­lo za­khe le­nya­wo za­kheyz nje­ngo­mba­la we­thu­si eli­kha­zi­mu­la­yo, le­li­zwi la­ma­zwi akhe nje­ngo­msi­ndo we­xu­kuab.

7 Yi­mi nge­dwa uDa­ni­ye­li enga­bo­na lo­wo­mbo­noc, ngo­ba aba­ntu aba­be­la­mi ka­ba­wu­bo­na­nga umbo­no. Ko­dwa uku­qhu­qha oku­khu­lu kwa­be­hle­la, ba­ze ba­ba­le­ka uku­ze ba­ca­tshed.

8 Nga­kho mi­na nga­sa­la nge­dwa, nga­bo­na lu­mbo­no omkhu­lu, fu­thi ka­ku­sa­la­nga ma­ndla ki­mie, lo­bu­hle ba­mi ba­gu­qu­ka ki­mi ba­ba yi­ko­na­ka­laf, ka­ngi­sa­le­lwa­nga nga­ma­ndlag.

9 Nga­se­ngi­si­zwa ili­zwi la­ma­zwi akhe; nja­lo la­pho ngi­si­zwa ili­zwi la­ma­zwi akhe, mi­na nge­hle­lwa yi­bu­tho­ngo obu­khu­lu ebu­swe­ni ba­mih, ngo­bu­so ba­mi nga­se­mhla­ba­thi­nii.

10 Kha­nge­la-ke, isa­ndla sa­ngi­thi­ntaj, sa­ngi­mi­sa ngi­thu­thu­me­la nga­ma­do­lo ami le­mpa­ma ze­za­ndla za­mik.

11 Wa­se­si­thi ki­mi: Da­ni­ye­li, umu­ntu otha­ndwe ka­khu­lu, zwi­si­sa ama­zwi engi­wa­khu­lu­ma ku­we, ume ngo­ku­ma kwa­khol, ngo­ba kha­the­si ngi­thu­nywe ku­wem. Ese­khu­lu­me le­li­li­zwi ki­mi, nge­ma ngi­thu­thu­me­lan.

12 Wa­se­si­thi ki­mi: Unge­sa­bi, Da­ni­ye­lio, ngo­ba ku­su­ke­la osu­kwi­ni lo­ku­qa­la owa­be­ka nga­lo inhli­zi­yo ya­kho uku­qe­di­si­sap lo­ku­zi­tho­ba pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­khoq, ama­zwi akho ezwa­ka­la, ngi­zi­le-ke mi­na nge­nxa ya­ma­zwi akhor.

13 Ko­dwa isi­pha­tha­ma­ndla so­mbu­so wa­ma­Pe­ri­si­ya sa­me­la­na la­mis okwe­nsu­ku ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nyet; ko­dwa kha­nge­la, uMi­ka­ye­li omu­nye we­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­ku­qa­la we­za ukuza­ngi­si­zau; mi­na nga­se­ngi­sa­la kho­na nga­se­ma­kho­si­ni ePe­ri­si­ya.

14 Kha­the­si ngi­zi­le uku­thi ngi­kwe­nze uqe­di­si­se oku­za­kwe­hle­la aba­ntu ba­kho eku­ci­ne­ni kwe­zi­nsu­kuv, ngo­ba umbo­no use­ngo­we­zi­nsu­ku ezi­ne­ngiw.

15 Ese­khu­lu­mi­le ama­zwi anje ki­mi, nga­kha­nge­li­sa ubu­so ba­mi emhla­ba­thi­nix, nga­ba yi­si­mu­ngu­luy.

16 Kha­nge­la-ke, omu­nyez nje­ngo­mfa­ne­ki­so we­ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntua wa­thi­nta inde­be za­mi; nga­se­ngi­vu­la umlo­mo wa­mi, nga­khu­lu­mabc, nga­thi ku­lo­wo owa­ye­mi pha­mbi kwa­mi: Nko­si ya­mi, nge­nxa yo­mbo­no izi­nsi­zi za­mi se­zi­phe­ndu­ke­le phe­zu kwa­mi, ka­nga­ba la­ma­ndlade.

17 Ngo­ba ince­ku ya­le inko­si ya­mi inga­ba la­kho uku­khu­lu­ma nja­ni la­le inko­si ya­mi? Ma­ye­la­na la­mi, ku­su­ke­la nga­le­so­si­kha­thi ka­ku­sa­la­nga ma­ndla ki­mi, lo­ku­phe­fu­mu­la kwa­ku­nga­se­kho ki­mi.

18 Wa­se­bu­ya wa­ngi­thi­ntaf onje­ngo­mfa­ne­ki­so wo­mu­ntu, wa­ngi­qi­ni­sag.

19 Wa­se­si­thi: Unge­sa­bi, mu­ntu otha­ndi­we­yo ka­khu­luh; uku­thu­la ka­ku­be ku­wei, qi­na, ye­bo, qi­naj. Kwa­thi ese­khu­lu­me la­mi, nga­qi­ni­swa, nga­thi: Ka­yi­khu­lu­me inko­si ya­mi, ngo­ba ungi­qi­ni­si­le.

20 Wa­se­si­thi: Uya­zi yi­ni uku­thi ngi­ze­le­ni ku­we? Kha­the­si-ke ngi­za­bu­ye­la ukuza­ku­lwa le­si­pha­tha­ma­ndla se­Pe­ri­si­yak; la­la­pho se­ngi­phu­mi­le, kha­nge­la-ke, isi­pha­tha­ma­ndla se­Gri­ki si­za­fi­kal.

21 Ko­dwa ngi­za­ku­tshe­la lo­kho oku­bha­li­we­yo embha­lwe­nim we­qi­ni­son; nja­lo ka­kho lo­ye­dwa oba­mbi­sa­na la­mi ku­le­zi­zi­nto, nga­pha­ndle ku­ka­Mi­ka­ye­li isi­pha­tha­ma­ndla se­nuo.

11La­mi-ke, ngo­mnya­ka wo­ku­qa­laa ka­Da­ri­yu­si umMe­deb, nge­ma ukumqi­ni­sa lo­ku­mvi­ke­la.

Inko­si ye­nya­ka­tho le­ya­se­ni­ngi­zi­mu

2 Kha­the­si se­ngi­za­ku­tshe­la iqi­ni­soc. Kha­nge­la, ku­se­za­ku­ma ama­kho­si ama­tha­thu ePe­ri­si­yad; nja­lo eye­si­ne iza­no­tha nge­no­tho enku­lu okwe­dlu­la wo­nke. Ku­thi isi­qi­ni­le nge­no­tho ya­yo iba­vu­se bo­nke ba­me­la­ne lo­mbu­so we­Gri­ki.

3 Ku­za­su­ku­ma-ke inko­si ela­ma­ndla, eza­bu­sa ngo­ku­bu­sa oku­khu­lue, ye­nze ngo­kwe­nta­ndo ya­yof.

4 La­la­pho isu­ku­ma, umbu­so wa­yo uza­qa­nyu­lwag, we­hlu­ka­ni­swe nga­se­mi­mo­ye­nih emi­ne ya­ma­zu­lui; ko­dwa unga­bi ngo­we­nza­lo ya­yo, unga­bi nje­ngo­mbu­so ebi­wu­bu­saj; ngo­ba umbu­so wa­yo uza­si­tshu­nwa, ube ngo­wa­ba­nye nga­pha­ndle kwa­la­ba.

5 Le­nko­si ye­ni­ngi­zi­mu iza­ku­ba la­ma­ndla, lomu­nye we­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­yo; ye­na-ke uza­ku­ba la­ma­ndla ku­la­yo, abu­se; umbu­so wa­khe uza­ku­ba ngu­mbu­so omkhu­lu.

6 Le­ku­phe­le­ni kwe­mi­nya­ka ba­za­hla­nga­na, ngo­ba indo­da­ka­zi yo­mbu­si we­ni­ngi­zi­mu iza­ku­za ku­mbu­si we­nya­ka­tho ukuza­kwe­nza isi­vu­me­lwa­no esi­li­nga­na­yo, ko­dwa ka­yi­yi­ku­gci­na ama­ndla enga­lok; fu­thi ka­yi­yi­ku­ma, la­yo inga­lo ya­khe; ko­dwa iza­ni­ke­lwa, la­ba­yi­le­thi­le­yol, lo­yi­ze­le­yo, lo­yi­qi­ni­si­le­yo nga­le­zi­zi­kha­thi.

7 Ko­dwa ku­za­su­ku­ma oga­tshe­ni lwe­mpa­nde za­yo e­si­khu­ndleni sa­khe, oza­bu­ya le­bu­tho, ange­ne enqa­be­ni ye­nko­si ye­nya­ka­thom, enze eme­le­ne la­bo, ehlu­le.

8 La­bo­nku­lu­nku­lu ba­bo ka­nye le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndlan za­bo ka­nye le­zi­tsha za­bo ezi­lo­yi­se­ka­yo eze­si­li­va le­go­li­de uza­ku­le­tha eGi­bhi­the eku­thu­njwe­ni; ye­na-ke uza­ku­ma okwe­mi­nya­ka ku­le­nko­si ye­nya­ka­tho.

9 Ngo­ku­nja­lo inko­si ye­ni­ngi­zi­mu iza­nge­na embu­swe­ni, ibu­ye­le eli­zwe­ni la­yo.

10 Ko­dwa ama­do­da­na ayo aza­du­nge­ka, ahla­nga­ni­se ixu­ku la­ma­bu­tho ama­khu­luo; nge­qi­ni­so ku­fi­ke omu­nye, aga­bhep, ada­bu­leq; abu­ye­le, adu­nge­ke, ku­ze ku­be se­nqa­be­ni ya­kher.

11 Le­nko­si ye­ni­ngi­zi­mu iza­thu­ku­the­la ka­khu­lus, iphu­me ilwe la­yo, le­nko­si ye­nya­ka­tho; yo­na iza­vu­sa ixu­ku eli­khu­lut, ko­dwa le­li­xu­ku li­za­ni­ke­lwa esa­ndle­ni sa­yo.

12 Se­li­su­si­we le­li­xu­ku, inhli­zi­yo ya­yo iza­zi­pha­ka­mi­sa, iwi­se­le pha­nsi izi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne­ngi, ko­dwa ka­yi­yi­ku­ba la­ma­ndla.

13 Ngo­ba inko­si ye­nya­ka­tho iza­phe­ndu­ka, ivu­se ixu­ku eli­khu­lu ku­le­lo­ku­qa­lau; nja­lo eku­phe­le­ni kwe­zi­kha­thi ze­mi­nya­ka iza­fi­ka isi­bi­li ile­bu­tho eli­khu­lu le­mpa­hla ezi­ne­ngi.

14 La­nga­le­zo­zi­kha­thi aba­ne­ngi ba­za­su­ku­ma ba­me­le­ne le­nko­si ye­ni­ngi­zi­mu. La­ba­le­si­hlu­ku ba­ba­ntu ba­kho ba­za­zi­pha­ka­mi­sav uku­ze ba­wu­qi­ni­se umbo­now, ko­dwa ba­za­khu­be­kax.

15 Nga­kho inko­si ye­nya­ka­tho iza­fi­ka, ibu­the­le­le idu­ndu­luy, ithu­mbe imi­zi ebi­ye­lwe­yo. Fu­thi izi­nga­lo ze­ni­ngi­zi­mu ka­zi­yi­ku­ma, ka­nye la­ba­khe­thi­we­yo ba­khe, fu­thi ka­ku­yi­ku­ba la­ma­ndla oku­ma.

16 Ko­dwa eza ukuza­me­la­na la­yo iza­kwe­nza ngo­kwe­nta­ndo ya­yoz, enge­kho onge­ma pha­mbi kwa­yoa. Iza­ku­ma le­li­zwe­ni eli­hle, lo­ku­tsha­ba­la­li­swa ku­za­ku­ba se­sa­ndle­ni sa­yo.

17 Nja­lo iza­mi­sa ubu­so ba­yo uku­nge­na nga­ma­ndla ombu­so wa­yo wo­nkeb, la­ba­qo­tho be­la­yo, ngo­ku­nja­lo iza­kwe­nza; fu­thi iza­yi­ni­ka indo­da­ka­zi ya­ba­fa­zi, uku­wu­chi­tha; ko­dwa ka­yi­yi­ku­ma, ka­yi­yi­ku­ba nge­ya­yoc.

18 Emva kwa­lo­kho iza­phe­ndu­le­la ubu­so ba­yo ezi­hle­nge­ni, ithu­mbe ezi­ne­ngi; ko­dwa isi­pha­tha­ma­ndlad si­za­kwe­nza ihla­zo la­yo li­mphe­le­le; nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­thi iza­bu­yi­se­la ihla­zo la­yo ku­yoe.

19 Ibi­si­phe­ndu­le­la ubu­so ba­yo nga­se­zi­nqa­be­ni ze­li­zwe la­ki­bof, ko­dwa iza­khu­be­kagh iwei, nja­lo inga­tho­lwaj.

20 Kho­na ku­za­su­ku­ma esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­yo odlu­li­sa umthe­li­si ku­du­mo lo­mbu­so; ko­dwa pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­nsu­ku ezi­nlu­tshwa­na uza­bhu­ji­swa, ku­nga­bi nge­zi­ntu­ku­the­lo, ku­nga­bi nge­zi­mpik.

21 Kho­na ku­za­su­ku­ma esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khe ode­le­le­ki­le­yo, aba­nga­yi­ku­mni­ka udu­mo lo­mbu­so, ko­dwa eza­nge­na ngo­ku­thu­lal, awu­ba­mbe umbu­so nga­ma­zwi abu­tshe­le­zim.

22 Le­zi­nga­lo zi­ka­za­mco­lon zi­za­khu­khu­lwa pha­mbi ko­bu­so ba­khe, zi­fo­hlo­zwe; ye­bo, la­so isi­pha­tha­ma­ndla se­si­vu­me­lwa­noo.

23 La­nge­mva ko­ku­hla­nga­na la­ye uza­se­be­nza nge­nko­hli­sop; ngo­ba eza­kwe­nyu­kaq, abe la­ma­ndla ele­si­zwe esi­nca­ner.

24 Uza­nge­na ngo­ku­thu­las la­phe­zu kwe­zi­nda­wo ezi­vu­nde ka­khu­lu ze­sa­be­lot; enze lo­kho oyi­se lo­ba oyi­se ba­bo­yi­se aba­nga­kwe­nza­nga; uza­hla­ka­za pha­ka­thi kwa­bo impa­ngo lo­ku­thu­nji­we­yo le­mpa­hla; ace­be ama­ce­bo akhe eme­le­ne le­zi­nqa­ba, ko­dwa ku­ze ku­be yi­si­kha­thiu.

25 Fu­thi uza­vu­sa ama­ndla akhe le­nhli­zi­yo ya­khe eme­le­ne le­nko­si ye­ni­ngi­zi­mu ele­bu­tho eli­khu­luv; nja­lo inko­si ye­ni­ngi­zi­mu iza­du­nge­ka ile­bu­tho eli­khu­lu eli­la­ma­ndla ama­khu­luw; ko­dwa ka­yi­yi­ku­ma, ngo­ba ba­za­ce­ba ama­ce­bo be­me­le­ne la­yo.

26 Ye­bo, la­bo aba­dla isa­be­lo so­ku­dla sa­yo ba­za­yi­bhu­bhi­sax, le­bu­tho la­yo li­za­khu­khu­lay, la­ba­ne­ngi ba­za­ku­wa be­bu­le­we.

27 Nja­lo inhli­zi­yo za­la­ma­kho­si ama­bi­li zi­ku­kho oku­bi, akhu­lu­me ama­nga eta­fu­le­ni eli­lo­dwa; ko­dwa ka­ku­yi­ku­phu­me­le­la, ngo­ba isi­phe­tho si­se­za­ku­ba kho­na nge­si­kha­thi esi­mi­si­we­yoz.

28 Kho­na eza­bu­ye­la e­li­zweni la­khe ele­mpa­hla ezi­ne­ngi; ko­dwa inhli­zi­yo ya­khe iza­me­la­naa le­si­vu­me­lwa­no esi­ngcwe­leb; nja­lo uza­kwe­nza, abe­se­bu­ye­la eli­zwe­ni la­khec.

29 Nge­si­kha­thi esi­mi­si­we­yo uza­phe­ndu­ka, eze nga­se­ni­ngi­zi­mud; ko­dwa ka­ku­yi­ku­ba nje­nga­ku­qa­la lo­ba nje­ngo­ku­ci­nae.

30 Ngo­ba imi­khu­mbi ye­Ki­ti­mi iza­ku­za ime­la­ne la­yef; nga­kho uza­da­bu­ka, abu­ye­le emu­va, athu­ku­the­le­leg isi­vu­me­lwa­no esi­ngcwe­leh; nja­lo uza­kwe­nzai, abe­se­bu­ye­la, ana­ka­ne la­bo aba­de­le isi­vu­me­lwa­no esi­ngcwe­lej.

31 Le­zi­nga­lo zi­za­ku­ma zi­ve­la ku­ye, zi­ngco­li­se inda­wo engcwe­le eyi­nqa­ba, asu­se umni­ke­lo oqhu­be­ka­yok, ami­se isi­ne­ngi­so esi­chi­tha­yol.

32 La­la­bo abe­nza inko­hla­ka­lo be­me­le­ne le­si­vu­me­lwa­no uza­ba­ngco­li­sam nga­ma­zwi abu­tshe­le­zin; ko­dwa aba­ntu aba­ma­zi­yo uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo ba­za­qi­na, be­nze.

33 Nja­lo aba­qe­di­si­sa­yo ba­ba­ntu ba­za­fu­ndi­sa aba­ne­ngio; ka­ntip ba­za­ku­wa nge­nke­mbaq, la­nge­la­nga­bi, ngo­ku­thu­njwa, la­ngo­ku­pha­ngwa, izi­nsu­ku ezi­ne­ngi.

34 Ku­za­ku­thi la­pho be­si­war, ba­si­zwes ngo­si­zo olu­nci­nya­ne, ko­dwa aba­ne­ngi ba­za­zi­hla­nga­ni­sa la­bo nga­ma­zwi abu­tshe­le­zit.

35 Ko­dwa aba­nye kwa­ba­qe­di­si­sa­you ba­za­ku­wav, uku­ba­li­ngaw, lo­kuba­hla­mbu­lu­laxy, lo­kube­nza ba­be mhlo­pheza, ku­ze ku­be yi­si­kha­thi so­ku­phe­lab; ngo­ba ku­se­za­ku­ba ngo­kwe­si­kha­thi esi­mi­si­we­yoc.

36 Nja­lo inko­si iza­kwe­nza nje­ngo­kwe­nta­ndo ya­yod, izi­pha­ka­mi­see, izi­khu­li­se nga­phe­zu kwa­bo bo­nke onku­lu­nku­luf, ikhu­lu­me izi­nto ezi­ma­nga­li­sa­yog ime­le­ne lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­nku­lu­nku­luh, iphu­me­le­lei ku­ze ku­phe­le­lej intu­ku­the­lok; ngo­ba lo­kho oku­mi­si­we­yo ku­za­kwe­nzi­wal.

37 Fu­thi ka­yi­yi­ku­na­ka onku­lu­nku­lu ba­bo­yi­se, le­si­lo­yi­so sa­be­si­fa­za­nam, nja­lo ka­yi­yi­ku­na­ka lo­ba ngu­wu­phi unku­lu­nku­lun; ngo­ba iza­zi­khu­li­sa phe­zu kwa­bo bo­nkeo.

38 Ko­dwa esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khe uza­du­mi­sa unku­lu­nku­lu we­zi­nqa­ba, ngi­tsho unku­lu­nku­lu oyi­se aba­be­nga­ma­zi amdu­mi­se nge­go­li­de la­nge­si­li­vap la­nga­ma­tshe ali­gu­guq la­nge­zi­nto ezi­lo­yi­se­ka­yo.

39 Nja­lo iza­kwe­nza ezi­nqa­be­ni ezi­la­ma­ndla ka­nye lo­nku­lu­nku­lu we­zi­zwe­ni; amna­nze­le­la­yo ama­ndi­se­le udu­mo. Iza­be­nza ba­bu­se phe­zu kwa­ba­ne­ngi, ye­hlu­ka­ni­se ili­zwe nge­nte­ngo.

40 La­nge­si­kha­thi so­ku­phe­la inko­si ye­ni­ngi­zi­mur iza­msu­ndu­zas; ko­dwa inko­si ye­nya­ka­tho iza­me­la­na la­yo nje­nge­si­vu­ngu­za­net, ile­zi­nqo­lau, la­ba­ga­di ba­ma­bhi­za, le­mi­khu­mbi emi­ne­ngiv; inge­ne ema­zwe­ni, ikhu­khu­lew, idlu­lex.

41 Nja­lo iza­nge­na eli­zwe­ni eli­hle, nja­lo ama­zwe ama­ne­ngi aza­ku­way; ko­dwa la aza­phu­nyu­ka esa­ndle­ni sa­khez, iE­do­maa lo­Mo­wa­bib le­khe­the­lo la­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­nic.

42 Nja­lo iza­kwe­lu­le­la isa­ndla sa­yo ema­zwe­ni, le­li­zwe le­Gi­bhi­the ka­li­yi­ku­phe­pha.

43 Ko­dwa iza­bu­sa phe­zu kwa­ma­gu­gu afi­hli­we­yo ego­li­de la­we­si­li­va, la­phe­zu kwa­zo zo­nke izi­nto ezi­li­gu­gud ze­Gi­bhi­thee. Nja­lo ama­Li­bi­yaf la­maE­thi­yo­phi­yagh aza­ku­ba se­zi­nya­the­lwe­ni za­khei.

44 Ko­dwa imi­bi­ko eve­la empu­ma­la­nga le­ve­la enya­ka­tho iza­me­thu­sa, nga­kho uza­phu­ma ngo­ku­thu­ku­the­la oku­khu­lu ukuya­chi­thaj lo­ku­tsha­ba­la­li­sa aba­ne­ngik.

45 Nja­lo uza­gxu­me­ka ama­the­nte esi­go­dlo sa­khe pha­ka­thi la­pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­nlwa­ndlel enta­be­ni enhle engcwe­lemn; ka­nti uza­fi­ka eku­phe­le­ni kwa­khe, anga­bi lo­msi­zio.

Isi­kha­thi so­ku­ci­na

12La­nga­le­so­si­kha­thi uMi­ka­ye­li uza­su­ku­ma, isi­pha­tha­ma­ndla esi­khu­lu esi­me­la aba­ntwa­na ba­ba­ntu ba­ki­nia. Nja­lo ku­za­ku­ba kho­na isi­kha­thi so­ku­hlu­phe­ka, esi­nga­za­nga si­be kho­na lo­khe kwa­ba le­si­zwe ku­ze ku­be yi­le­so­si­kha­thib. Ko­dwa nga­le­so­si­kha­thi aba­ntu ba­ki­ni ba­za­khu­lu­lwac, wo­nke otho­lwa ebha­li­we ogwa­lwe­nid.

2 La­ba­ne­ngi ba­boe aba­le­le othu­li­ni lo­mhla­baf ba­za­vu­kag, aba­nye be­si­ya empi­lwe­ni ela­pha­ka­dehi, la­ba­nye be­si­ya ku­ma­hla­zoj eku­ne­ngwe­ni oku­la­pha­ka­dek.

3 Nja­lo aba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yol ba­za­kha­nyam nje­ngo­ku­kha­zi­mu­la kwe­si­bha­ka­bha­kan, la­la­bo aba­phe­ndu­le­la aba­ne­ngi eku­lu­nge­nio, nje­nge­zi­nka­nye­zi ku­ze ku­be ni­ni la­ni­nip.

4 Ko­dwa we­na, Da­ni­ye­li, va­la la­ma­zwiqr, una­me­ke ugwa­lost, ku­ze ku­be se­si­kha­thi­ni so­ku­phe­lauv. Aba­ne­ngi ba­za­gi­ji­ma ba­ye le la­le, lo­lwa­zi lu­za­kwa­ndi­swa.

5 Mi­na, Da­ni­ye­li, nga­se­ngi­bo­na, kha­nge­la-ke, aba­nye aba­bi­li be­mi, omu­nye enga­ne­no ko­khu­mbi lo­mfu­law lo­mu­nye enga­phe­tshe­ya ko­khu­mbi lo­mfu­la.

6 Kwa­se­ku­thi­wa ku­lo­wo­mu­ntu ogqo­ke ile­mbu eli­co­le­ki­le­yox, owa­ye­nga­phe­zu kwa­ma­nzi omfu­lay: Ko­ze ku­be ni­ni uku­ze ku­phe­le le­zi­zi­ma­nga­li­soz?

7 Nga­se­ngi­si­zwa lo­wo­mu­ntu ogqo­ke ile­mbu eli­co­le­ki­le­yoa, owa­ye­nga­phe­zu kwa­ma­nzi omfu­lab, la­pho epha­ka­mi­se­la isa­ndla sa­khe so­ku­ne­ne le­sa­ndla sa­khe so­kho­hlo ema­zu­lwi­nic, efu­nga nga­lo­wod ophi­la pha­ka­dee, uku­thi ku­za­ku­baf ngo­kwe­si­kha­thi esi­mi­si­we­yo, izi­kha­thi ezi­mi­si­we­yog, le­ngxe­nye; la­la­pho ese­phe­le­li­se uku­hla­ka­za ama­ndla aba­ntu aba­ngcwe­leh, zo­nke le­zi­zi­nto zi­za­phe­la.

8 Mi­na nga­se­ngi­si­zwa, ko­dwa ka­ngi­qe­di­si­sa­nga. Nga­se­ngi­si­thi: Nko­si ya­mi, ku­za­ku­ba yi­ni uku­phe­la kwa­le­zi­zi­ntoi?

9 Wa­se­si­thi: Ha­mba, Da­ni­ye­li, ngo­ba ama­zwi ava­le­lwe ana­nye­kwaj ku­ze ku­be yi­si­kha­thi so­ku­phe­lak.

10 Aba­ne­ngi ba­za­hla­nju­lu­lwal, be­nzi­we mhlo­phem, ba­hlo­lwen; ko­dwa aba­bi ba­za­kwe­nza oku­bio; nja­lo ka­kho lo­ye­dwa wa­ba­bi oza­qe­di­si­sa; ko­dwa aba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo ba­za­qe­di­si­sap.

11 Nja­lo ku­su­ke­la esi­kha­thi­ni so­ku­su­swa komni­ke­lo oqhu­be­ka­yoq, lo­ku­mi­swar kwe­si­ne­ngi­so esi­chi­tha­yos, ku­za­ku­ba le­zi­nsu­ku ezi­yi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne la­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nyet.

12 Ubu­si­si­we oli­nda­yo aze afi­nye­le­le ezi­nsu­kwi­ni ezi­yi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne la­ma­khu­lu ama­tha­thu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu la­nhla­nuu.

13 Ko­dwa we­na, ha­mba ku­ze ku­be se­ku­phe­le­niv; ngo­ba uza­phu­mu­law, umex esa­be­lwe­ni sa­khoy eku­phe­le­ni kwe­zi­nsu­kuz.