UJO­WE­LI

Ili­zwe li­chi­thwa zi­nte­the

1Ili­zwi le­Nko­si ela­fi­ka ku­Jo­we­li indo­da­na ka­Pe­thu­we­li.

2 Zwa­ni­ni lo­khua, ba­da­lab, li­be­ke indle­be, lo­nke ba­hla­li be­li­zwec. Kwa­ke kwe­nze­ka lo­khu yi­ni ensu­kwi­ni ze­nu, ku­mbe le­nsu­kwi­ni za­bo­yi­hlod?

3 La­ndi­se­la­ni aba­ntwa­na be­nu nga­kho, la­ba­ntwa­na be­nu aba­ntwa­na ba­bo, la­ba­ntwa­na ba­bo esi­nye isi­zu­ku­lwa­nae.

4 Oku­tshi­ywe zi­nto­tho­vi­ya­nef isi­kho­nya­ne si­ku­dli­leg; lo­ku­tshi­ywe yi­si­kho­nya­neh iqhwa­gi li­ku­dli­lei; lo­ku­tshi­ywe li­qhwa­gi inswa­ba­nda iku­dli­le.

5 Pha­pha­ma­ni, zi­da­kwa, li­kha­le inye­mbe­zi, li­qhi­nqe isi­li­loj, lo­nke ba­na­thi be­wa­yi­ni, nge­nxa ye­wa­yi­ni eli­tshak, ngo­ba li­qu­nyi­we la­su­ka emlo­nye­ni we­nul.

6 Ngo­ba isi­zwe se­nyu­ke­le eli­zwe­ni la­mim, esi­la­ma­ndla, esi­nge­la­na­nin; ama­zi­nyo aso anga­ma­zi­nyo esi­lwa­neo, si­la­ma­zi­nyo emi­hla­thip esi­lwa­ne esi­si­ka­ziq.

7 Se­nze ivi­ni la­mi la­ba yi­nci­tha­ka­lo, le­si­hla­hla sa­mi so­mkhi­wa sa­ba zi­mva­var; sa­kwe­bu­la lo­ku­kwe­bu­la, sa­ku­pho­se­la pha­nsi, inga­tsha za­kho za­ba mhlo­phes.

8 Qhi­nqa­ni isi­li­lo nje­nge­nto­mbi emsu­lwa ebhi­nci­swe isa­kat nge­nxa yo­mye­ni wo­bu­tsha ba­you.

9 Umni­ke­lo wo­ku­dla lo­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­na­thwa­yo uqu­nyi­we wa­su­ka endli­ni ye­Nko­siv. Aba­pri­stiw, izi­kho­nzi ze­Nko­si, ba­ya­li­lax.

10 Insi­mu ichi­thi­we, umhla­ba­thi uya­li­lay; ngo­ba ama­be­le achi­thi­wez, iwa­yi­ni eli­tshaab lo­mi­lec, ama­fu­thad aphe­la ama­ndlae.

11 Ba­ni­ni le­nhlo­ni, ba­li­mi, qhi­nqa­ni isi­li­lo, ba­pha­thi­zi­vi­nif, nge­nxa ye­ngqo­lo­yi la­nge­nxa ye­bha­li*; ngo­ba isi­vu­no se­nsi­mu si­chi­the­ki­le.

12 Ivi­ni li­bu­ni­leg, lo­mkhi­wa uphe­le ama­ndlah; ipo­me­gra­na­ti*, le­si­hla­hla se­la­lai, le­si­hla­hla se-a­phu­laj, zo­nke izi­hla­hla ze­ga­nga zo­mi­le, ngo­ba into­ko­zok ibu­ni­le ya­su­ka eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­ba­ntul.

13 Bhi­nca­nimn, li­li­le, ba­pri­stio, qhi­nqa­ni isi­li­lo, zi­kho­nzi ze­la­thip. Wo­za­ni, li­la­le ebu­su­ku ema­sa­ke­niq, zi­kho­nzi zi­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mir; ngo­ba umni­ke­lo wo­ku­dla lo­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­na­thwa­yo ku­go­dli­we endli­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­nus.

14 Ye­hlu­ka­ni­sa­ni uku­zi­la uku­dlat, li­bi­ze umhla­nga­no onzu­luu, li­bu­tha­ni­sev aba­da­law, la­bo bo­nke aba­hla­li be­li­zwe, e­ndlini ye­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nux, li­kha­le eNko­si­ni.

15 Ma­ye nga­lo­lo­su­ku! Ngo­ba usu­ku lwe­Nko­si lu­se­du­zey, lu­za­fi­ka nje­nge­nci­tha­ka­loz eve­la ku­So­ma­ndlaa.

16 Uku­dla ka­ku­qu­nywa­nga yi­ni pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo ethub, uku­tha­ba le­nto­ko­zoc ku­su­ka endli­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thud?

17 Inhla­nye­lo iya­bo­la nga­pha­nsi kwa­ma­ga­de ayo; izi­bu­ya zi­nga­ma­nxi­wa, izi­pha­la zi­di­li­ze­lwe pha­nsie, ngo­ba ama­be­le abu­ni­lef.

18 Ye­ka uku­bu­bu­la kwe­zi­fu­yog! Imi­hla­mbi ye­nko­mo idi­de­ki­le, ngo­ba ka­yi­la­lo idle­loh; le­mi­hla­mbi ye­zi­mvu iya­hlu­phe­kai.

19 Ngi­ya­kha­la ku­wej, Nko­si, ngo­ba umli­lo uqe­di­lek ama­dle­lo enka­nga­lal, le­la­nga­bi li­lu­ma­thi­se zo­nke izi­hla­hla ze­ga­ngam.

20 Le­nya­ma­za­na ze­ga­ngan zi­ya­kha­la ku­weo, ngo­ba izi­fu­dla­na za­ma­nzip zi­tshi­leq, lo­mli­lo uqe­de ama­dle­lo enka­nga­lar.

Usu­ku lwe­Nko­si

2Vu­the­la­ni upho­ndoa eZi­yo­nib, li­hla­be umkho­sic enta­be­ni ya­mi engcwe­led; ka­ba­thu­thu­me­le bo­nke aba­hla­li be­li­zwe, ngo­ba usu­ku lwe­Nko­si lu­ye­za, ngo­ba lu­se­du­zee.

2 Usu­ku lo­mnya­mafgh lo­bu­mnya­maij, usu­ku lwa­ma­ye­zikl lo­mnya­ma onzi­mamn, nje­nge­ma­da­bu­ka­ku­sa le­mbe­se phe­zu kwe­zi­nta­bao; isi­zwe esi­khu­lu le­si­la­ma­ndlap, ka­ku­za­nga ku­be kho­na esi­nje­nga­so ku­su­ke­la endu­lo, fu­thi ka­ku­sa­yi­ku­ba kho­na emva kwa­so ku­ze ku­be yi­mi­nya­ka ye­zi­zu­ku­lwa­na le­zi­zu­ku­lwa­naq.

3 Umli­lo uya­qe­da pha­mbi kwa­sor, la­nge­mva kwa­so ku­vu­tha ila­nga­bis. Pha­mbi kwa­so ili­zwe li­fa­na­na le­si­va­nde seE­de­nit, ko­dwa nge­mva kwa­sou li­yi­nka­nga­la ye­nci­tha­ka­lov; ye­bo ka­ku­la­ku­phu­nyu­ka ku­so.

4 Isi­mo sa­so si­nje­nge­si­mo sa­ma­bhi­za, la­nje­nga­ba­ga­di ba­ma­bhi­za ngo­ku­nja­lo ba­za­gi­ji­maw.

5 Ba­za­kwe­qax nje­ngo­msi­ndo we­zi­nqo­la ezi­ngqo­nge­ni ze­zi­nta­bay, nje­ngo­msi­ndo we­la­nga­bi lo­mli­lo oqe­da izi­di­ndiz, nje­nga­ba­ntu aba­la­ma­ndla aba­hle­le­lwe impia.

6 Pha­mbi ko­bu­so ba­bo aba­ntu ba­za­ku­ba lo­bu­hlu­ngu; bo­nke ubu­sob bu­za­nyu­ku­ma­lac.

7 Ba­za­gi­ji­ma nje­nga­ma­qha­we, ba­khwe­le imi­du­li nje­nga­ma­do­da empi, ba­ha­mbe ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo nge­zi­ndle­la za­khe, ka­ba­yi­ku­pha­mbu­ka emi­kho­ndwe­ni ya­bo.

8 Ka­ba­su­ndu­za­ni omu­nye lo­mu­nyed; ba­za­ha­mba ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo ngo­mgwa­qo wa­khe omkhu­lu; la­pho be­we­la phe­zu kwe­si­kha­li, ka­ba­yi­ku­li­ma­lae.

9 Ba­za­ha­lu­ze­la be­da­bu­la umu­zifg, ba­gi­ji­me phe­zu ko­mdu­lih, ba­khwe­le ba­nge­ne ezi­ndli­ni, ba­nge­ne nga­ma­wi­ndii nje­nge­se­la.

10 Umhla­ba uza­nyi­ki­nye­ka pha­mbi kwa­boj, ama­zu­lu athu­thu­me­lek; ila­nga le­nya­nga ku­be mnya­mal, le­zi­nka­nye­zi zi­go­dle uku­kha­nya kwa­zom.

11 Nja­lo iNko­si iza­khu­pha ili­zwi la­yon pha­mbi kwe­bu­tho la­yoo, ngo­ba inka­mba ya­yop yi­nku­lu ka­khu­luq; ngo­ba ila­ma­ndla eye­nza ili­zwi la­yor; ngo­ba usu­ku lwe­Nko­si lu­khu­lu, lu­ye­sa­be­ka ka­khu­lu; ngu­ba­ni-ke onga­lu­me­las?

Aba­ntu ba­ce­lwa uku­phe­ndu­ka

12 Nga­kho la­kha­the­si, itsho iNko­si, phe­ndu­ke­la­ni ki­mi nge­nhli­zi­yo ye­nu yo­nket, la­ngo­ku­zi­la uku­dla, la­ngo­ku­kha­la inye­mbe­zi, la­ngo­ku­li­lau.

13 Li­da­bu­le inhli­zi­yo ye­nuv, ha­tshi ize­mba­tho ze­nuw, li­phe­ndu­ke­le eNko­si­ni, uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nux, ngo­ba ile­si­sayz le­si­ha­wuab, iphu­za uku­thu­ku­the­lacd, nja­lo inku­lu ngo­mu­saefg, iya­zi­so­la ngo­bu­bih.

14 Ngu­ba­ni owa­zi­yo, inga­phe­ndu­ka izi­so­lei, itshi­ye isi­bu­si­so nge­mva kwa­yoj, umni­ke­lo wo­ku­dla lo­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­na­thwa­yo eNko­si­ni, uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nuk.

15 Vu­the­la­ni upho­ndo eZi­yo­nil, ye­hlu­ka­ni­sa­ni uku­zi­la uku­dlam, li­bi­ze umhla­nga­no onzu­lu,

16 li­bu­tha­ni­se aba­ntu, li­ngcwe­li­se iba­ndlan, li­hla­nga­ni­se aba­da­la, li­bu­tha­ni­se aba­ntwa­na, la­ba­mu­nya ama­be­leo; umye­ni ka­phu­me eka­me­lwe­ni la­khep, lo­ma­ko­ti exhi­be­ni la­kheq.

17 Ka­ku­thi aba­pri­sti, izi­kho­nzi ze­Nko­sir, ba­kha­le inye­mbe­zi pha­ka­this kwe­khu­lu­sit le­la­thiu, ba­thi: Ye­ke­la aba­ntu ba­kho, Nko­si; unga­ni­ke­li ili­fa la­kho ehla­zwe­ni, uku­thi aba­he­de­ni ba­ba­bu­se. Ba­za­tsho­lo­ni pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwe uku­thi: Unga­phi uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bov?

Isi­ha­wu se­Nko­si

18 Kho­na iNko­si iza­tshi­se­ke­la ili­zwe la­yow, iha­wu­ke­le aba­ntu ba­yox.

19 Ye­bo iNko­si iza­phe­ndu­la ithi eba­ntwi­ni ba­yo: Kha­nge­la­ni, ngi­za­li­thu­me­la ama­be­leyz le­wa­yi­ni eli­tshaa la­ma­fu­thab, uku­thi li­su­the nga­kho; ka­ngi­sa­yi­ku­le­nza inhla­mba pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwe.

20 Ko­dwa ngi­za­su­se­la kha­tsha­na la­nic oku­ve­la enya­ka­thod, ngi­ku­xo­tshe­le eli­zwe­ni elo­mi­le­yo le­li­yi­nka­nga­la, ubu­so ba­kho bu­nga­se­lwa­ndle lwe­mpu­ma­la­ngae, lo­ku­ci­na kwa­kho nga­se­lwa­ndle olu­nge­mu­vaf; nja­lo kwe­nyu­ke ivu­mba la­kho, kwe­nyu­ke iphu­nga la­kho eli­bi, ngo­ba kwe­nze izi­nto ezi­nku­lug.

21 Unge­sa­bi, li­zwe, ja­bu­la utho­ko­ze, ngo­ba iNko­si ye­nze izi­nto ezi­nku­lu.

22 Li­nge­sa­bi, zi­nya­ma­za­na ze­ga­ngah, ngo­ba ama­dle­lo enka­nga­la ase­hlu­mi­lei; ngo­ba isi­hla­hla si­the­la isi­the­lo sa­soj, umkhi­wa le­vi­ni ku­ni­ke ama­ndla akhok.

23 La­ni ba­ntwa­na be­Zi­yo­ni, tha­ba­nil li­tho­ko­ze eNko­si­nim, uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu; ngo­ba ili­ni­ki­le izu­lu le­nse­wu­la ngo­ku­lu­ngan, ya­li­ni­se­la izu­luo, izu­lu le­nse­wu­lap le­zu­lu la­mu­va nje­nga­ku­qa­laq.

24 La­ma­ba­la oku­bhu­le­la aza­gcwa­la ama­be­ler, le­zi­kha­me­lo ze­wa­yi­ni zi­phu­phu­mes nge­wa­yi­ni eli­tshat la­ma­fu­thau.

25 Nja­lo ngi­za­bu­yi­se­la ki­ni imi­nya­ka eya­dli­wa yi­nto­tho­vi­ya­nev, yi­si­kho­nya­new, le­qhwa­gix, le­nswa­ba­nday, ibu­tho la­mi eli­khu­lu enga­li­thu­me­la pha­ka­thi kwe­nuz.

26 Nja­lo li­za­ku­dla lo­ku­dla, li­su­the, li­du­mi­se ibi­zo le­Nko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu, oli­phe­the ngo­ku­ma­nga­li­sa­yoab. Nja­lo aba­ntu ba­mi ka­ba­yi­ku­ya­ngi­swa la­ni­ni­ni­nic.

27 Nja­lo li­za­kwa­zi uku­thi ngi­pha­ka­thid ku­kaI­sra­ye­lie, loku­thi ngi­yi­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu, nja­lo ka­kho omu­nyef. Nja­lo aba­ntu ba­mi ka­ba­yi­ku­ya­ngi­swa la­ni­ni­ni­nig.

Uku­the­lwa ko­Mo­ya ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu

28 Ku­za­ku­thi emva kwa­lo­khoh ngi­the­le uMo­ya wa­mi phe­zu kwa­yo yo­nke inya­mai; nja­lo ama­do­da­na enujk la­ma­do­da­ka­zi enulm aza­pro­fe­tha; aba­da­la be­nu ba­phu­phen ama­phu­phoo, ama­ja­ha enup abo­ne imi­bo­noq.

29 Ye­bo, la­phe­zur kwe­nce­ku la­phe­zu kwe­nce­ku­ka­zis ngi­za­the­la uMo­ya wa­mi nga­le­zo­nsu­ku.

30 Nja­lo ngi­za­ve­za izi­ma­nga­li­so ema­zu­lwi­ni le­mhla­be­nit, iga­zi, lo­mli­lo, le­zi­nsi­ka ze­ntu­thuu.

31 Ila­nga li­za­phe­ndu­ka li­be ngu­mnya­mav, le­nya­nga ibe li­ga­ziwx, lu­nga­ka­fi­kiy usu­ku lwe­Nko­si olu­khu­luz lo­lwe­sa­be­ka­yoab.

32 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke lo­ba ngu­ba­ni oza­bi­za ibi­zo le­Nko­si asi­ndi­swec; ngo­ba enta­be­ni ye­Zi­yo­ni le­Je­ru­sa­le­made ku­za­ku­ba kho­na uku­khu­lu­lwafg, nje­ngo­ku­tsho kwe­Nko­si, la­pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­se­le­yo iNko­si eza­ba­bi­zah.

Uku­gwe­tshwa kwe­zi­zwe

3Ngo­ba kha­nge­la, nga­le­zo­nsu­ku la­nga­le­so­si­kha­thia la­phob ngi­bu­yi­sa uku­thu­njwa ku­ka­Ju­da le­Je­ru­sa­le­mac,

2 ngi­za­bu­tha zo­nke izi­zwed, ngi­ze­hli­se­le esi­go­di­ni si­ka­Je­ho­sha­fa­thie, ngi­zi­gwe­be kho­na nge­nxa ya­ba­ntu ba­mif le­li­fa la­mi uI­sra­ye­lig, ezi­ba­hla­ka­ze pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwe, za­la­ba ili­zwe la­mi,

3 ze­nza inka­tho yo­ku­pho­sa nga­ba­ntu ba­mih, za­ni­ka umfa­na nge­wu­le, za­the­ngi­sa inka­za­na nge­wa­yi­ni, uku­ze zi­na­the.

4 Ye­bo-ke, li­la­ni ki­mi, Ti­reij le­Si­do­nik, la­ni lo­nke mi­ngce­lel ye­Fi­li­stimn? Li­za­ngi­bu­yi­se­la umvu­zo yi­ni? Uba-ke li­ngi­bu­yi­se­la, ma­si­nya­ne ngo­ku­pha­ngi­sao ngi­za­bu­yi­se­la umvu­zo we­nu ekha­nda le­nup.

5 Ngo­ba li­the­the isi­li­va sa­mi le­go­li­de la­mi, la­le­tha izi­nto za­mi ezi­lo­yi­se­ka­yo ezi­nhle ema­the­mpe­li­ni enuq.

6 La­the­ngi­sar aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ju­da la­ba­ntwa­na be­Je­ru­sa­le­mas eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­ma­Gri­ki, uku­ze li­ba­su­se­le kha­tsha­na lo­mngce­le wa­bot.

7 Kha­nge­la­ni, ngi­za­ba­vu­sa enda­we­ni ela­ba­the­ngi­sa ki­yo, ngi­bu­yi­se­le umvu­zo we­nu ekha­nda le­nuu.

8 Nja­lo ngi­za­the­ngi­sa ama­do­da­na enu la­ma­do­da­ka­zi enu esa­ndle­ni sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ju­dav, aba­za­ba­the­ngi­sa ku­ma­Sa­be­ya esi­zwe­niwx esi­kha­tsha­nay; ngo­ba iNko­si ikhu­lu­mi­le.

9 Me­me­ze­la­ni lo­khu pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwe; li­ngcwe­li­se impi; li­vu­se ama­qha­we; ka­wa­so­nde­le enyu­ke wo­nke ama­do­da empi.

10 Kha­nda­ni ama­khu­ba enu abe yi­zi­nke­mbaz, le­ngqa­mu ze­nu zo­ku­the­na zi­be yi­mi­kho­ntoa; obu­tha­ka­tha­ka athi: Ngi­li­qha­web.

11 Pha­ngi­sa­ni li­ze, li­na zi­zwecd zo­nke ezi­zi­nge­le­ze­le­yo, li­bu­tha­neef; Nko­si, ye­hli­sa ama­qha­we akho ku­le­yo­nda­wog.

12 Ka­zi­zi­vu­se izi­zwe ze­nyu­ke­le esi­ho­tshe­ni si­ka­Je­ho­sha­fa­thih; ngo­ba ku­la­pho engi­za­hla­la kho­na uku­gwe­ba zo­nke izi­zwe inhla­ngo­thi zo­nkei.

13 Fa­ka­nij isi­ke­lak, ngo­bal isi­vu­no si­vu­thi­wem; wo­za­ni le­hle­le pha­nsi, ngo­ba isi­kha­me­lo se­wa­yi­ni si­gcwe­len, ama­fa­tshi ewa­yi­ni aya­phu­phu­mao, ngo­ba ubu­bi ba­bo bu­khu­lu.

14 Ama­xu­ku, ama­xu­kup esi­ho­tshe­niq se­si­nqu­mor; ngo­ba usu­ku lwe­Nko­si lu­se­du­zes esi­ho­tshe­ni se­si­nqu­mot.

15 Ila­nga le­nya­nga ku­za­ku­ba mnya­mau, le­zi­nka­nye­zi zi­go­dle uku­kha­nya kwa­zov.

16 INko­si iza­bho­nga-ke ise­Zi­yo­niw, ikhu­phex ili­zwi la­yo ise­Je­ru­sa­le­may, ku­nyi­ki­nye­ke ama­zu­lu lo­mhla­baz. Ko­dwa iNko­si ibe yi­si­phe­phe­lo sa­ba­ntu ba­yo, la­ma­ndla aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­lia.

17 Nga­lo­kho li­za­kwa­zi uku­thi ngi­yi­Nko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nub, ohla­lac eZi­yo­nid, inta­ba yo­bu­ngcwe­le ba­mief. Nja­lo iJe­ru­sa­le­ma iza­ku­ba yi­bu­ngcwe­le, la­be­zi­zwe ka­ba­sa­yi­ku­dlu­la pha­ka­thi kwa­yog.

18 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke nga­lo­lo­su­kuh izi­nta­ba zi­tho­nti­seij iwa­yi­ni eli­mna­ndik, la­ma­qa­qal age­le­ze ucha­go, la­zo zo­nke izi­fu­la za­ko­Ju­da zi­ge­le­ze ama­nzim, lo­mtho­mbo uphu­me endli­ni ye­Nko­sin, uthe­le­le isi­ho­tsha se­Shi­thi­mio.

19 IGi­bhi­the iza­ku­ba lu­nxi­wap, leE­do­ma ibeq yi­nka­nga­la elu­nxi­war, nge­nxa yo­dla­ke­la olu­me­le­ne la­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ju­da, ngo­ba ba­chi­the iga­zi eli­nge­la­ca­las eli­zwe­ni la­bo.

20 Ko­dwa uJu­da uza­hla­la ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­nit, le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma ku­ze ku­be yi­si­zu­ku­lwa­na le­si­zu­ku­lwa­na.

21 Ngo­ba ngi­za­hla­nza iga­zi la­bo, e­nga­ngi­ngali­hla­nza­ngau; ngo­ba iNko­si ihla­la eZi­yo­niv.