UO­BHA­DI­YA

Uku­tho­tshi­swa ku­kaE­do­ma

1 Umbo­no kaO­bha­di­ya. Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va ma­ye­la­na leE­do­maa: Si­zwi­le umbi­ko ove­la eNko­si­ni, nja­lo ku­thu­nywe isi­thu­nywa pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwebc: Su­ku­ma­ni, ka­si­mvu­ke­le empi­ni!

2 Kha­nge­la, ngi­kwe­nze wa­ba mnci­nya­ne pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwed, ude­le­lwe ka­khu­lue.

3 Uku­zi­qhe­nya kwe­nhli­zi­yo ya­khof ku­ku­kho­hli­si­le, we­na ohla­la ezi­ngo­xwe­ni za­ma­dwa­lag, onda­wo ya­khe yo­ku­hla­la ipha­ke­meh, othi enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­khe: Ngu­ba­ni oza­nge­hli­se­la emhla­ba­thi­nii?

4 Lo­ba upha­ke­me nje­ngo­kho­zijk, nja­lo lo­ba ube­ka isi­dle­ke sa­kho pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­nka­nye­zilmn, ngi­za­kwe­thu­la kho­na, itsho iNko­sio.

5 Uba ama­se­la efi­ka ku­we, lo­ba aba­pha­ngi ebu­su­kup (u­qu­nywe ka­nga­ka­na­ni!q) be­be­nga­yi­ku­ntsho­ntsha ba­ze ba­ne­le yi­ni? Uba aba­vu­ni be­zi­the­lo ze­vi­ni be­be­nga­fi­ka ku­wer, be­be­nga­yi­ku­tshi­ya umkho­tho­zo yi­nis?

6 Ye­ka uku­hlo­lwa kwezi­nto zi­kaE­sa­wut, uku­di­ngi­si­swa ko­ku­li­gu­gu kwa­khe oku­fi­hli­we­yo!

7 Wo­nke ama­do­da esi­vu­me­lwa­no sa­kho aku­xo­tshe­le emngce­le­ni; ama­do­da oku­thu­la kwa­kho aku­kho­hli­si­le, akwe­hlu­leu, adla isi­nkwa sa­kho abe­kev imbu­le nga­pha­nsi kwa­khow; ka­ku­kho uku­qe­di­si­sa ku­yex.

8 Ka­ku­yi­ku­ba nja­lo yi­niy nga­lo­lo­su­kuz, itsho iNko­si, uku­thi ngi­za­chi­tha aba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo eE­do­ma lo­ku­qe­di­si­saa enta­be­ni kaE­sa­wub.

9 La­ma­qha­we akhoc aza­tsha­ywa lu­va­lo, The­ma­nide, uku­ze ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo aqu­nywe enta­be­ni kaE­sa­wu ngo­ku­bu­la­waf.

10 Nge­nxag yo­dla­ke­la lwa­kho ume­le­neh lo­mfo­we­nu uJa­ko­bei inhlo­ni zi­za­ku­si­be­ke­laj, uqu­nywe ku­ze ku­be pha­ka­dek.

11 Ngo­su­ku owe­ma nga­lo nga­pha­mbi­li, ngo­su­ku abe­zi­zwe­ni aba­thu­mba nga­lo ama­bu­tho akhe, abe­zi­zwe aba­nge­na ema­sa­ngwe­ni akhel, abe­nza inka­tho yo­ku­pho­sa nge­Je­ru­sa­le­mam, la­we wa­wu­nje­ngo­mu­nye wa­bo.

12 Ko­dwa wa­wu­nga­fa­ne­la­nga uku­kha­nge­lan ngo­su­ku lo­mfo­we­nuo ngo­su­ku lwe­nhlu­phe­ko ya­khep; nja­lo wa­wu­nga­fa­ne­la­nga utho­ko­ze nga­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ju­da ngo­su­ku lo­ku­chi­the­ka kwa­boq; nja­lo wa­wu­nga­fa­ne­la­nga ukhu­li­se umlo­mo wa­kho ngo­su­ku lo­ku­hlu­phe­ka.

13 Nga­be ka­wu­nge­na­nga nge­sa­ngo la­ba­ntu ba­mi osu­kwi­ni lwe­nhlu­phe­ko ya­bor; nga­be ka­wu­kha­nge­la­nga, la­we, ebu­bi­ni ba­bo osu­kwi­ni lwe­nhlu­phe­ko ya­bos; nja­lo nga­bet ka­we­lu­le­la­nga isa­ndla sa­kho eno­thwe­ni ya­bo osu­kwi­ni lwe­nhlu­phe­ko ya­bou.

14 Nga­be ka­wu­ma­nga eme­hlu­ka­nwe­ni endle­la uku­qu­ma aba­phu­nyu­ka­yo ba­khev; nja­lo nga­be ka­wu­ni­ke­la­nga aba­sa­la­yo ba­khe osu­kwi­ni lo­si­ziw.

15 Ngo­ba usu­ku lwe­Nko­si lu­so­nde­lexy ezi­zwe­ni zo­nkez. Nje­ngo­kwe­nza kwa­kho ku­za­kwe­nzi­wa ku­wea; umvu­zo wa­kho uza­bu­ye­la ekha­nda la­khob.

16 Ngo­ba nje­ngo­ba li­na­thi­lec enta­be­ni ya­mi engcwe­led, ngo­ku­nja­lo zo­nke izi­zwe zi­za­na­tha nja­lo­nja­loe, ye­bo, zi­za­na­tha, zi­gi­nyef, zi­be ku­nga­thi ka­zi­za­nga zi­be kho­nag.

Uku­pha­ka­nyi­swa ku­kaI­sra­ye­li

17 Ko­dwa enta­be­ni ye­Zi­yo­nih ku­za­ku­ba kho­na uku­phu­nyu­ka, ku­be lo­bu­ngcwe­lei; le­ndlu ka­Ja­ko­be iza­ku­dla ili­fa la­ma­fa ayojk.

18 Le­ndlu ka­Ja­ko­be iza­ku­ba ngu­mli­lol, le­ndlu ka­Jo­se­fa ibe li­la­nga­bim, le­ndlu kaE­sa­wu ibe yi­si­di­ndin; ba­zi­tshi­seo ba­zi­dlep; nja­lo ka­ku­yi­ku­ba kho­na ose­le­yo endli­ni kaE­sa­wuq; ngo­ba iNko­si ikhu­lu­mi­le.

19 La­be­ni­ngi­zi­mur ba­za­ku­dla ili­fas le­nta­ba kaE­sa­wut, la­la­bou abe­ma­gce­ke­ni ama­Fi­li­stiv, ye­bo ba­za­ku­dla ili­fa le­nsi­mu ya­koE­fra­yi­mi le­nsi­mu ye­Sa­ma­ri­yaw, lo­Bhe­nja­mi­ni iGi­le­ya­di.

20 La­ba­thu­nji­we­yo ba­le inqa­ba ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­za­ku­dla ili­fa ela­li­nge­la­ma­Kha­na­nix, ku­ze ku­fi­ke eZa­re­fa­thiy; la­ba­thu­nji­we­yo be­Je­ru­sa­le­ma aba­se­Se­fa­re­di ba­za­ku­dla ili­fa le­mi­zi ye­ni­ngi­zi­muz.

21 La­ba­si­ndi­si ba­khwe­lea enta­be­ni ye­Zi­yo­ni ukwa­hlu­le­lab inta­ba kaE­sa­wuc; lo­mbu­so uza­ku­ba ngo­we­Nko­sid.