UJO­NA

UJo­na uba­le­ke­la eTa­rshi­shi

1Ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­se­li­fi­ka ku­Jo­na indo­da­na kaA­mi­tha­yi, li­si­thia:

2 Su­ku­ma, uye eNi­ne­vebc, umu­zi omkhu­lud, ume­me­ze ume­le­ne la­wo; ngo­ba ubu­bi ba­boe be­nyu­ke­le pha­mbi kwa­mif.

3 Ko­dwa uJo­na wa­su­ku­ma uku­ze aba­le­ke­leg eTa­rshi­shi esu­ka ebu­swe­ni be­Nko­sih, we­hle­la eJo­pha, wa­tho­la umkhu­mbi oya eTa­rshi­shii, wa­ni­ka ima­li ya­wo, we­hle­la ku­wo, uku­ze aha­mbe la­bo eTa­rshi­shij, asu­ke ebu­swe­ni be­Nko­sik.

4 Ko­dwa iNko­si ya­pho­sa umo­ya omkhu­lu elwa­ndlel; kwa­se­ku­si­ba le­si­phe­pho esi­khu­lu elwa­ndle, oku­nga­ngo­ku­thi umkhu­mbi wa­ca­tsha­nge­lwa ukwe­phu­kam.

5 Aba­tsha­ye­li bo­mkhu­mbi ba­se­be­se­sa­ban, ba­kha­la, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo ku­nku­lu­nku­lu wa­kheo, ba­pho­se­la olwa­ndle izi­mpa­hla eza­zi­se­mkhu­nji­nip, uku­we­nza ube lu­la ku­boq. Ko­dwa uJo­na wa­ye­hle­le ema­ce­le­ni omkhu­mbi, wa­la­la ubu­tho­ngo obu­khu­lur.

6 Nga­kho indu­na yo­mkhu­mbi ya­so­nde­la ku­yes, ya­thi ku­ye: Ula­ni we­nat olo­bu­tho­ngo obu­khu­luu? Vu­ka, ubi­ze ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­khov; mhla­wu­mbe lo­wo­Nku­lu­nku­luw anga­si­khu­mbu­la, uku­ze si­nga­bhu­bhix.

7 Ba­se­be­si­thi, ngu­lo­wo ku­mnga­ne wa­khe: Wo­za­ni se­nze inka­tho yo­ku­pho­say, uku­ze sa­zi uku­thi ku­nge­nxa ka­ba­ni lo­bu­bu­bi bu­phe­zu kwe­thu. Ba­se­be­se­nza inka­tho yo­ku­pho­sa; inka­tho ya­si­we­la phe­zu ku­ka­Jo­na.

8 Ba­se­be­si­thi ku­ye: Aku­si­tshe­le uku­thi ku­nge­nxa ka­ba­ni lo­bu­bu­bi bu­phe­zu kwe­thuz. Umse­be­nzi wa­kho uyi­ni? Nja­lo uve­la nga­phi? Yi­li­phi ili­zwe la­ki­ni? Nja­lo ungo­wa­ba­phi aba­ntu?

9 Wa­se­si­thi ki­bo: Ngi­ngu­mHe­bhe­ru, ngi­ya­ye­sa­ba iNko­sia, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­ma­zu­lu, owe­nza ulwa­ndle lo­mhla­ba­thi owo­mi­le­yob.

10 Ama­do­da ase­se­sa­ba ngo­kwe­sa­ba oku­khu­lu, athi ku­ye: Ukwe­nze­le­ni lo­khu? Ngo­ba ama­do­da akwa­zi uku­thi uba­le­ki­le ebu­swe­ni be­Nko­si, ngo­ba wa­ye­se­wa­tshe­li­lec.

11 Ase­si­thi ku­ye: Se­nze­ni ku­we uku­ze ulwa­ndle lu­thu­le ki­thi? Ngo­ba ulwa­ndle lwa­qhu­be­ka lwa­ba le­si­phe­pho.

12 Wa­se­si­thi ki­wo: Ngi­pha­ka­mi­sa­ni, li­ngi­pho­se­le olwa­ndle; nga­lo­kho ulwa­ndle lu­za­li­thu­le­la; ngo­ba ngi­ya­zi uku­thi le­si­si­phe­pho esi­khu­lu si­phe­zu kwe­nu nge­nxa ya­mi.

13 Ko­dwa ama­do­da agwe­dla nga­ma­ndla uku­ze awu­bu­yi­se­le umkhu­mbi emhla­ba­thi­ni owo­mi­le­yo, ko­dwa ehlu­le­ka, ngo­ba ulwa­ndle lwa­qhu­be­ka lwa­ba le­si­phe­pho lu­me­le­ne la­wo.

14 Nga­kho akha­la eNko­si­ni, athi: Si­ya­ku­nce­nga, Nko­sid, ka­si­nga­bhu­bhi nge­nxa ye­mpi­lo ya­lu­mu­ntu, unga­be­ki phe­zu kwe­thu iga­zi eli­nge­la­ca­lae; ngo­ba we­na, Nko­si, we­nzi­le nje­ngo­ku­ku­tho­ko­zi­sa­yof.

15 Ase­pha­ka­mi­sa uJo­na, ampho­se­la elwa­ndle; ulwa­ndle lwa­se­lu­si­ma eku­vu­be­ke­ni kwa­log.

16 Ama­do­da ase­ye­sa­ba iNko­si ngo­kwe­sa­ba oku­khu­luh, ani­ke­la umhla­tshe­lo eNko­si­niij, afu­nga izi­fu­ngok.

17 Nja­lo iNko­si ya­yi­mi­se inhla­nzi enku­lu uku­ze imgi­nye uJo­nal; nja­lo uJo­na wa­ba se­ma­thu­nji­ni enhla­nzi insu­ku ezi­nta­thu lo­bu­su­ku obu­tha­thum.

Umkhu­le­ko ka­Jo­na

2UJo­na wa­se­khu­le­ka eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khe ese­ma­thu­nji­ni enhla­nzi,

2 wa­thi: Eku­hlu­phe­ke­ni kwa­mi nga­kha­la eNko­si­nia, ya­ngi­phe­ndu­lab; ngi­se­si­swi­ni se­si­ho­go nga­me­me­za, we­na wa­li­zwa ili­zwi la­mic.

3 Ngo­ba wa­ngi­pho­se­la e­nzi­kini, enhli­zi­ywe­ni ye­zi­nlwa­ndle, le­mpo­pho­ma ya­ngi­ha­nqad; wo­nke ama­ga­ga­si akho la­ma­vi­nqo akho kwe­dlu­la phe­zu kwa­mie.

4 Nga­se­ngi­si­thi mi­na: Ngi­xo­tshi­we pha­mbi ko­bu­so ba­khof; ka­nti ngi­za­bu­ya ngi­kha­nge­leg nga­se­the­mpe­li­ni la­kho eli­ngcwe­lehi.

5 Ama­nzij angi­ha­nqi­lek ku­ze ku­be se­mphe­fu­mu­lwe­nil; inzi­ki ingi­zi­nge­le­ze­le; imi­hla­nga ya­tha­nde­la ikha­nda la­mim.

6 Nge­hle­la ezi­se­ke­lwe­ni ze­zi­nta­ban; umhla­ba, imi­go­qo ya­woo ya­ngi­ha­nqa la­pha­ka­dep; ka­nti we­nyu­se impi­lo ya­miq emgo­di­ni, Nko­si Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mirs.

7 La­pho umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi uphe­la ama­ndla pha­ka­thi kwa­mi nga­khu­mbu­la iNko­sit; lo­mkhu­le­ko wa­mi wa­fi­ka ku­weu, ethe­mpe­li­ni la­kho eli­ngcwe­levw.

8 La­bo aba­gci­na ama­ngax ayi­ze ba­tshi­yay umu­sa wa­boz.

9 Ko­dwa mi­na ngi­za­kwe­nza umhla­tshe­lo ku­we nge­li­zwi lo­ku­bo­ngaa, ngi­kho­khe lo­kho engi­ku­fu­ngi­le­yobc; usi­ndi­so ngo­lwe­Nko­sid.

10 INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­yo inhla­nzi, ya­si­mhla­nza uJo­na emhla­ba­thi­ni owo­mi­le­yo.

Uku­phe­ndu­ka kwe­Ni­ne­ve

3Ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­se­li­fi­ka ku­Jo­na ngo­kwe­si­bi­li, li­si­thi:

2 Su­ku­ma, uye eNi­ne­vea, lo­wa­na umu­zi omkhu­lu, utshu­ma­ye­le ku­wo intshu­ma­ye­lo engi­ku­tshe­la yo­na.

3 UJo­na wa­se­su­ku­ma, wa­ya eNi­ne­ve, nje­ngo­kwe­li­zwi le­Nko­si. Phe­la iNi­ne­veb ya­yi­ngu­mu­zi omkhu­lu ka­khu­lu, uha­mbo lwe­zi­nsu­ku ezi­nta­thu.

4 UJo­na wa­se­qa­la uku­nge­na emzi­ni, uha­mbo lo­su­ku olu­lo­dwa. Wa­me­me­za, wa­thi: Ku­se­se­zi­nsu­ku ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne, kho­na iNi­ne­ve iza­ge­nqu­lwa.

5 Aba­ntu be­Ni­ne­ve ba­se­be­kho­lwa ku­Nku­lu­nku­luc, ba­me­me­ze­la uku­zi­la ko­ku­dlad, ba­gqo­ka ama­sa­kae, ku­su­ke­la ko­mkhu­lu wa­bo kwa­ze kwa­ba ko­mnci­nya­ne wa­bof.

6 Ngo­ba ili­zwi la­fi­nye­le­la enko­si­ni ye­Ni­ne­ve; ya­si­su­ku­ma esi­hla­lwe­ni sa­yo so­bu­kho­sig, ya­khu­lu­la ise­mba­tho sa­yo ku­yoh, ya­zi­mbo­za nge­sa­kaij, ya­hla­la emlo­the­nikl.

7 Ya­si­me­me­ze­lam ya­thi ku­yo iNi­ne­ve ngo­mthe­tho we­nko­si la­ba­khu­lu ba­yo, isi­thin: Ka­ku­nga­bi lo­mu­ntu, ku­mbe inya­ma­za­na, inko­mo, le­mvu, oku­za­na­mbi­tha lo­ba yi­ni; ka­ku­nga­dli, ka­ku­nga­na­thi ama­nzio.

8 Ko­dwa ka­ku­thi umu­ntu le­nya­ma­za­na kwe­mbe­swe ama­sa­kap, ba­kha­le ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu nga­ma­ndla, ye­bo, ba­phe­ndu­ke, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo endle­le­ni ya­khe embiq, le­bu­dlwa­ngu­dlwa­ngwi­ni obu­se­za­ndle­ni za­bor.

9 Ngu­ba­ni owa­zi­yo, uNku­lu­nku­lu anga­phe­ndu­kast azi­so­leu, aphe­ndu­ke asu­ke ku­ku­vu­tha ko­la­ka lwa­khev, uku­ze si­nga­bhu­bhi.

10 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­bo­na imi­se­be­nzi ya­bo, uku­thi ba­phe­ndu­ki­le endle­le­ni ya­bo embiwx; uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­zi­so­la ngo­bu­bi aye­the uza­be­nza ki­bo, aka­ze abe­nzayz.

Uku­so­la ku­ka­Jo­na le­si­ha­wu si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu

4Ko­dwa kwa­ba ku­bi ka­khu­lu­ka­zi ku­Jo­naa, wa­thu­ku­the­la ye­nab.

2 Wa­se­khu­le­ka eNko­si­ni, wa­thi: Ngi­ya­ku­nce­nga, Nko­si, le­li la­li­nge­si­lo ili­zwi la­mi ngi­se­se­li­zwe­ni la­ki­thi yi­ni? Nge­nxa ya­lo­khu nga­ndu­le­la ngo­ku­ba­le­ke­la eTa­rshi­shic; ngo­ba nga­ngi­sa­zi uku­thi we­na ungu­Nku­lu­nku­lu olo­mu­sad lo­le­si­ha­wuef, ophu­za uku­thu­ku­the­lag, omkhu­lu ngo­tha­ndo, nja­lo ozi­so­la ngo­ku­bih.

3 Nga­kho-ke, Nko­si, su­sa, ngi­ya­ku­nce­nga, impi­lo ya­mi ki­mii, ngo­ba ku­ngco­no ki­mi uku­fa ku­lo­ku­phi­laj.

4 INko­si ya­si­si­thi: We­nza ku­hle yi­ni ngo­ku­thu­ku­the­la kwa­kho?

5 UJo­na wa­se­phu­ma emzi­ni, waya­hla­la nga­se­mpu­ma­la­nga ko­mu­zi, wa­ze­nze­la idu­mba kho­na, wa­hla­la nga­pha­nsi kwa­lo emthu­nzi­ni, aze abo­ne oku­za­kwe­nza­ka­la emzi­nik.

6 INko­si uNku­lu­nku­lul ya­si­mi­sa umhla­fu­tho, ya­wu­khu­li­sa nga­phe­zu ku­ka­Jo­na, uku­ze ube ngu­mthu­nzi phe­zu kwe­kha­nda la­khe, uku­mkhu­lu­lam ku­bu­hlu­ngu ba­khen. UJo­na wa­se­tho­ko­za nge­nxa yo­mhla­fu­tho nge­nto­ko­zo enku­lu.

7 Ko­dwa uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi­sa impe­hla­ne eku­ve­le­ni ko­ku­sa ku­sa­sa, ya­tsha­ya umhla­fu­tho, wa­ze wa­bu­nao.

8 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi eku­phu­me­ni kwe­la­nga, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi­sa umo­ya we­mpu­ma­la­ngap otshi­sa­yoq; nja­lo ila­nga la­tsha­ya phe­zu kwe­kha­nda li­ka­Jo­nar, wa­ze wa­phe­la ama­ndla; wa­fi­sa emphe­fu­mu­lwe­ni wa­khe uku­thi afes, wa­thi: Ku­ngco­no ki­mi uku­fa ku­lo­ku­phi­lat.

9 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­si­thi ku­Jo­na: We­nza ku­hle yi­ni ngo­ku­thu­ku­the­la kwa­kho nge­nxa yo­mhla­fu­tho? Wa­se­si­thi: Nge­nza ku­hle ngo­ku­thu­ku­the­la kwa­mi ku­ze ku­be se­ku­fe­niu.

10 INko­si ya­si­si­thi: We­na ube lo­zwe­lo phe­zu ko­mhla­fu­tho onga­wu­tshi­ka­tshi­ke­la­nga, onga­wu­khu­li­sa­nga; owa­ba kho­na ngo­bu­su­ku bu­nye, wa­bhu­bha ngo­bu­su­ku bu­nye.

11 Mi­na-ke nga­be ka­ngi­ha­wu­ke­la­nga yi­ni iNi­ne­vev, umu­zi omkhu­lu, oku­thi ku­wo ku­la­ba­ntu abe­dlu­la izi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li aba­nga­zi­yo ukwe­hlu­ka­ni­sa pha­ka­thi kwe­sa­ndla sa­bo so­ku­ne­ne le­sa­ndla sa­bo so­kho­hlow, ka­nye le­nko­mo ezi­ne­ngix?