UMI­KA

Isi­li­lo nge­Sa­ma­ri­ya le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma

1Ili­zwi le­Nko­si ela­fi­ka ku­Mi­kaa umMo­ra­she­thib ensu­kwi­ni zi­ka­Jo­tha­mu, uA­ha­zi, lo­He­ze­khi­ya, ama­kho­si ako­Ju­dac, ali­bo­na ma­ye­la­nad le­Sa­ma­ri­ya le­Je­ru­sa­le­mae.

2 Zwa­ni­ni, li­na zi­zwe lo­nkef; ula­le­le, we­na mhla­ba, lo­ku­gcwa­la kwa­wog; ka­ku­thi iNko­si uJe­ho­va ibe ngu­mfa­ka­zi ome­le­ne la­nih, iNko­sii ise­the­mpe­li­ni la­yo eli­ngcwe­lej.

3 Ngo­ba kha­nge­la, iNko­si iya­phu­mak enda­we­ni ya­yolm, ye­hle inya­the­leno enda­we­ni ezi­pha­ke­me­yo zo­mhla­bap.

4 Le­zi­nta­ba zi­za­nci­bi­li­ka nga­pha­nsi kwa­yo, le­zi­ho­tsha zi­qhe­ke­ze­keq, nje­nge­ngci­no pha­mbi ko­mli­lor, nje­nga­ma­nzi athu­lu­lwa emthe­zu­kwe­nis.

5 Ko­nke lo­khu ku­nge­nxa ye­si­pha­mbe­ko si­ka­Ja­ko­bet, la­nge­nxa ye­zo­no ze­ndlu kaI­sra­ye­liu. Si­yi­ni isi­pha­mbe­ko si­ka­Ja­ko­be? Ka­ku­si­Sa­ma­ri­ya yi­niv? Nja­lo zi­yi­ni izi­nda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yo zi­ka­Ju­da? Ka­ku­si­Je­ru­sa­le­ma yi­niw?

6 Nga­kho ngi­za­kwe­nza iSa­ma­ri­yax ibe yi­nqu­mbi ye­nsi­mu, ibe zi­nda­wo zo­ku­hla­nye­lwa kwe­si­vi­niy; nja­lo ngi­za­thu­lu­le­la ama­tshe ayoz esi­ho­tshe­nia, nge­mbu­le izi­se­ke­lo za­yob.

7 La­zo zo­nke izi­tho­mbe za­yo ezi­ba­zi­we­yo zi­za­pha­hla­zwac, la­yo yo­nke imi­vu­zo ya­yo iza­tshi­swa ngo­mli­lod, la­zo zo­nke izi­tho­mbe za­yo ngi­za­ze­nza zi­be yi­nci­tha­ka­lo. Ngo­ba izi­bu­the­le­le nge­nhla­wu­lo ye­wu­le, nja­lo zi­za­bu­ye­la ku­nhla­wu­lo ye­wu­lee.

8 Nge­nxa ya­lo­khuf ngi­za­li­la ngi­qhi­nqe isi­li­log, ngi­za­ha­mba ngi­hlu­tshu­lweh ngi­nqu­nui; nge­nze isi­li­lo nje­nga­ma­kha­nkajk, ngi­kha­le nje­nga­ma­do­da­ka­zi ezi­ntshelm.

9 Ngo­ba inxe­ba la­yo ka­le­la­phe­kin; ngo­ba se­ku­fi­ki­le ko­Ju­da; ku­fi­nye­le­le esa­ngwe­ni la­ba­ntu ba­mi, eJe­ru­sa­le­mao.

10 Li­ngaku­khu­lu­mip eGa­thiq, li­nga­li­li lo­ku­li­la; li­zi­bhu­qe othu­li­nir endli­ni kaA­fe­ras.

11 Dlu­la we­na, mhla­li­ka­zi we­Sha­fi­ri, ohla­zo la­kho li­nqu­nu­li­wet; umhla­li­ka­zi we­Za­wa­na­ni ka­phu­ma­nga; isi­li­lo sise­Bhe­thi-E­ze­li; uza­kwe­mu­ke­la uku­ma kwa­khe ki­ni.

12 Ngo­ba umhla­li­ka­zi we­Ma­ro­thiu ulo­mhe­lo ngo­ku­hlev, ngo­ba oku­bi kwe­hla ku­ve­la eNko­si­ni, kwa­ze kwa­ba se­sa­ngwe­ni le­Je­ru­sa­le­maw.

13 Bo­phe­la inqo­la ebhi­ze­ni eli­le­ju­ba­nex, we­na mhla­li­ka­zi we­La­ki­shiy; lo­na li­yi­ku­qa­la kwe­so­no ku­ndo­da­ka­zi ye­Zi­yo­ni; ngo­ba izi­pha­mbe­ko za­koI­sra­ye­li za­tho­la­ka­la ku­wez.

14 Nga­kho uza­ku­pha uMo­ra­she­thi-Ga­thia izi­phob zo­ku­va­le­li­sa­na; izi­ndlu zeA­ki­zi­bic zi­za­ku­ba yi­nko­hli­so ema­kho­si­ni akoI­sra­ye­li.

15 Ngi­se­za­ku­le­the­la indla­li­fad, we­na mhla­li­ka­zi we­Ma­re­shae; uza­ku­za eA­du­la­mu udu­mo lu­kaI­sra­ye­lif.

16 Ze­nze ube le­mpa­ba­ngag uzi­phu­ceh, nge­nxa ya­ba­ntwa­na bo­tha­ndo lwa­khoi; khu­li­sa impa­ba­nga ya­khoj nje­ngo­kho­zik, ngo­ba ba­thu­nji­we be­su­ka ku­wel.

Uku­xwa­yi­swa kwa­ba­ci­nde­ze­li

2Ma­ye kwa­ba­ce­ba ubu­bi, be­nze oku­bia emi­bhe­de­ni ya­bob! Eku­kha­nye­ni ko­ku­sa ba­ya­kwe­nza, ngo­ba ku­se­ma­ndle­ni esa­ndla sa­boc.

2 Nja­lo ba­ha­wu­ke­la ama­si­mu, bawa­pha­nged; le­zi­ndlu, bazi­tha­thee; ngo­ku­nja­lo ba­ya­ci­nde­ze­la indo­da le­ndlu ya­yo, ye­bo, umu­ntu le­li­fa la­khe.

3 Nga­kho itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Kha­nge­la, ngi­ya­ca­ba­nga oku­bif ngi­me­le­ne la­lo­lu­se­ndog, eli­nga­yi­ku­khu­pha inta­mo ze­nu ku­khoh, fu­thi ka­li­yi­ku­ha­mba ngo­ku­zi­khu­khu­me­za, ngo­ba ku­yi­si­kha­thi esi­bii.

4 Nga­lo­lo­su­ku ku­za­pha­ka­nyi­swaj umze­ke­li­so nga­nik, ba­kha­le isi­li­lo esi­lo­si­zi, ba­thi: Si­chi­thi­we ngo­ku­phe­le­le­yo; ugu­qu­li­le isa­be­lo sa­ba­ntu ba­mil; usi­su­se ka­nga­ka­na­ni ki­mim! uwa­bi­le ama­si­mu ethu ku­ye ohle­hle­la mu­van.

5 Nga­kho ka­wu­yi­ku­ba lo­pho­se­la inta­mboo nge­nka­tho eba­ndle­ni le­Nko­sip.

6 Li­nga­pro­fe­thi, ba­ya­pro­fe­thaq; uba be­nga­yi­ku­pro­fe­tha le­zi­zi­nto, ama­hla­zor ka­wa­yi­ku­su­ka.

7 We­na obi­zwa ngo­ku­thi uyi­ndlu ka­Ja­ko­be, umo­ya we­Nko­si ufi­nye­zi­we yi­ni? Le­zi yi­ze­nzo za­yo yi­nis? Ama­zwi ami ka­we­nzi oku­hle yi­ni ko­ha­mba ngo­bu­qo­tho?

8 Ko­dwa ma­ndu­lo aba­ntu ba­mi ba­su­ku­me ba­ba yi­si­that; ma­qo­nda­na le­si­gqo­ko li­hlu­bu­la ise­mba­thouv ku­la­bo abe­dlu­la­yo be­vi­ke­le­ki­le be­fu­la­the­le uku­lwaw.

9 Abe­si­fa­za­na ba­ba­ntu ba­mi li­ba­xo­tshi­lex, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo endli­ni ye­nto­ko­zo ya­khey; li­su­se eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­khez udu­mo lwa­mi ku­ze ku­be pha­ka­dea.

10 Su­ku­ma­ni, li­ha­mbe, ngo­ba le ka­yi­si­yo inda­wo yo­ku­phu­mu­lab; ngo­ba ingco­li­lec, izali­chi­thad, ngi­tsho nge­nci­tha­ka­lo ebu­hlu­ngue.

11 Uba umu­ntu oha­mba ngo­mo­ya le­nko­hli­so eqa­mba ama­ngaf esi­thig: Ngi­za­pro­fe­tha ku­we nge­wa­yi­ni la­ngo­ku­na­thwa­yo oku­la­ma­ndlah; ye­na uza­ku­bai ngu­mpro­fe­thi wa­la­ba­ba­ntuj.

12 Isi­bi­li ngi­za­ku­bu­tha­ni­sa, Ja­ko­be, we­na wo­nkek; isi­bi­lil ngi­za­qo­qam insa­li ya­koI­sra­ye­lin; ngi­za­ba­be­ka nda­wo­nye nje­nge­zi­mvu ze­Bho­zi­rao, nje­ngo­mhla­mbi pha­ka­thip kwe­dle­lo la­woq; ba­za­ba­nga umsi­ndo nge­nxa yo­bu­ne­ngir ba­ba­ntus.

13 Umfo­hli ukhu­phu­ki­le pha­mbi kwa­bot; ba­fo­hli­le, be­dlu­la esa­ngwe­ni, ba­phu­ma nga­lo. Nja­lo inko­si ya­bo iza­dlu­la pha­mbi kwa­bou, le­Nko­si esi­hlo­kwe­ni sa­bov.

Uku­so­lwa kwa­ba­kho­khe­li aba­bi

3Nga­se­ngi­si­thi: Ake li­zwe, li­na zi­nhlo­ko za­ko­Ja­ko­bea, la­nib zi­nhlo­ko ze­ndlu ya­koI­sra­ye­lic. Ka­ku­yi­si­kho okwe­nu yi­nid ukwa­zi isa­hlu­le­loe?

2 Eli­zo­nda oku­hle, li­tha­nde oku­bi, ele­bu­la isi­khu­mba li­si­su­sa ku­bof, le­nya­ma ya­bo ema­tha­nje­ni abo;

3 fu­thi eli­dla inya­ma ya­ba­ntu ba­mig, li­hli­nze isi­khu­mba sa­bo li­si­su­sa ku­boh; le­phu­le ama­tha­mbo aboi, li­wa­qo­ba­qo­be nje­nga­we­mbi­zaj, la­nje­nge­nya­ma pha­ka­thik kwe­bho­dol.

4 Kho­na be­za­kha­la eNko­si­ni, ko­dwa ka­yi­yi­ku­ba­phe­ndu­lam; nja­lo iza­ba­fi­hle­la ubu­so ba­yo nga­le­so­si­kha­thin, nje­nga­lo­kho be­nze ize­nzo za­bo za­ba zi­mbi.

5 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si ma­ye­la­na la­ba­pro­fe­thi aba­du­hi­sa aba­ntu ba­miop, aba­lu­ma nga­ma­zi­nyo aboq, aba­me­me­za: Uku­thu­lars; ko­dwa onga­be­ki lu­tho emlo­nye­ni wa­bot, ba­lu­ngi­sa impi be­me­le­ne la­yeu.

6 Nga­kho ku­za­ku­ba yi­bu­su­kuv ki­ni, li­nga­bi lo­mbo­now; ku­be mnya­max ki­ni, li­nga­biy lo­ku­vu­mi­saz; le­la­nga li­za­ba­tsho­ne­la aba­pro­fe­thia, lo­su­ku lu­be mnya­ma phe­zu kwa­bo.

7 Kho­na aba­bo­ni be­za­ya­nge­kab, la­ba­vu­mi­sicd ba­be le­nhlo­nie. Ye­bo bo­nke ba­za­mbo­mbo­za izi­nde­be za­nga­phe­zu­luf; ngo­ba ku­nge­la­mpe­ndu­lo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lug.

8 Ko­dwa isi­bi­li mi­na ngi­gcwe­le ama­ndla ngo­mo­ya we­Nko­si, le­sa­hlu­le­lo, le­nga­loh, uku­me­me­ze­la ku­Ja­ko­be isi­pha­mbe­ko sa­khei, la­kuI­sra­ye­li iso­no sa­khej.

9 Ake li­zwe lo­khu, li­na zi­nhlo­ko ze­ndlu ka­Ja­ko­bek, la­ni ba­bu­si be­ndlu kaI­sra­ye­lil, ele­nya­nya isa­hlu­le­lo, li­hla­ne­ke­le ko­nke uku­qo­ndam.

10 Ela­kha iZi­yo­nin nge­ca­la le­ga­zio, le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma ngo­bu­bi.

11 Inhlo­ko za­yo za­hlu­le­le­la isi­phop, la­ba­pri­sti ba­yoq ba­fu­ndi­se­la inko­khe­lor, la­ba­pro­fe­thi ba­yost ba­vu­mi­se­la ima­liu; ka­nti be­ya­me eNko­si­niv, be­si­thi: INko­si ka­yi­kho pha­ka­thi kwe­thu yi­niw? Ubu­bi ka­bu­yi­ku­se­hle­lax.

12 Nga­kho nge­nxa ye­nu iZi­yo­niy iza­li­nywa nje­nge­nsi­muz, le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma ibe zi­nqu­mbiab, le­nta­ba ye­ndlucd nje­nge­zi­nda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yo ze­hla­thie.

Isi­the­mbi­so so­ku­thu­la

4Ko­dwa ku­za­ku­thi eku­phe­le­ni kwe­zi­nsu­ku, inta­ba ye­ndlu ye­Nko­si iqi­ni­swe phe­zu kwe­ngqo­nga ye­zi­nta­baa, nja­lo ipha­ka­nyi­swe nga­phe­zu kwa­ma­qa­qa; la­ba­ntu ba­za­ge­le­ze­la ku­yo.

2 Le­zi­zwe ezi­ne­ngi zi­za­ha­mba, zi­thi: Wo­za­ni, se­nyu­ke­le enta­be­ni ye­Nko­si, le­ndli­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ka­Ja­ko­be, nja­lo uza­si­fu­ndi­sa nge­zi­ndle­la za­khe, si­ha­mbe emi­kho­ndwe­ni ya­khe. Ngo­ba umla­yo uza­phu­ma eZi­yo­ni, le­li­zwi le­Nko­si eJe­ru­sa­le­ma.

3 Nja­lo iza­kwa­hlu­le­la pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwe ezi­ne­ngib, ikhu­ze izi­zwe ezi­la­ma­ndla ezi­kha­tsha­nac; nja­lo zi­za­kha­nda inke­mba za­zo zi­be yi­zi­ka­li za­ma­khu­ba, le­mi­kho­nto ya­zo ibe zi­ngqa­mu zo­ku­the­na izi­hla­hla; isi­zwe ka­si­yi­ku­pha­ka­mi­se­la isi­zwe inke­mba, ka­zi­sa­yi­ku­fu­nda impi fu­thi.

4 Ko­dwa ba­za­hla­la ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo nga­pha­nsi kwe­si­hla­hla sa­khe se­vi­ni, la­nga­pha­nsi kwe­si­hla­hla sa­khe so­mkhi­wad; nja­lo ka­kho oza­be­sa­bi­sae; ngo­ba umlo­mo we­Nko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla ukhu­lu­mi­lef.

5 Ngo­ba bo­nke aba­ntu ba­za­ha­mba ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo ebi­zwe­ni li­ka­nku­lu­nku­lu wa­kheg, ko­dwa thi­na si­za­ha­mba ebi­zwe­ni le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu ku­ze ku­be pha­ka­de la­pha­ka­deh.

Uku­khu­lu­lwa ku­kaI­sra­ye­li eku­thu­njwe­ni

6 Nga­lo­lo­su­ku, itsho iNko­sii, ngi­za­bu­tha­ni­saj lo­wo oqhu­la­yokl, ngi­qo­qemn lo­wo oxo­tshi­we­yo, la­lo­wo engi­mhlu­phi­le­yoo.

7 Ngi­za­kwe­nza oqhu­la­yopq abe yi­nsa­lir, lo­xo­tshe­lwe kha­tsha­na abe yi­si­zwe esi­la­ma­ndlas; nja­lo iNko­si iza­bu­sa phe­zu kwa­botu enta­be­ni ye­Zi­yo­niv ku­su­ke­la kha­the­si ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­niw.

8 Nga­kho we­na, mpho­tsho­ngo weE­de­rix, uqa­qa lwe­ndo­da­ka­zi ye­Zi­yo­niy, ku­za­fi­ka ku­we, ye­bo, ku­za­fi­ka uku­bu­sa kwa­ku­qa­laz, umbu­so ku­ndo­da­ka­zi ye­Je­ru­sa­le­ma.

9 Kha­the­si ukha­le­la­ni ka­khu­lua? Inko­si ka­yi­kho ku­we yi­nib? Ume­lu­le­ki wa­kho use­bhu­bhi­le yi­nic? Ngo­ba umhe­lo uku­ba­mbi­le nje­ngo­we­si­fa­za­na obe­le­tha­yod.

10 Ba­na lo­bu­hlu­ngue, uhe­le­lwe uku­ze ube­le­thef, we­na ndo­da­ka­zi ye­Zi­yo­ni, nje­ngo­we­si­fa­za­na obe­le­tha­yog; ngo­ba kha­the­si uza­phu­ma emzi­ni, uhla­le ega­nge­ni, ubu­su­fi­ka eBha­bhi­lo­nih; kho­na uza­khu­lu­lwai; kho­na iNko­si iza­ku­hle­nga esa­ndle­ni se­zi­tha za­khoj.

11 Kha­the­si-ke izi­zwe ezi­ne­ngi zi­bu­the­ne zi­me­le­ne la­wek, ezi­thi: Ka­ngco­li­swel, le­li­hlo le­thu ka­li­kha­nge­le eZi­yo­nim.

12 Ko­dwa bo­na ka­ba­ya­zi imi­ca­ba­ngo ye­Nko­sin, ka­ba­li­qe­di­si­si ice­bo la­yo; ngo­ba uza­ba­bu­the­le­la nje­nge­zi­thu­ngo eba­le­ni lo­ku­bhu­le­lao.

13 Su­ku­ma ubhu­lepq, we­na ndo­da­ka­zi ye­Zi­yo­ni; ngo­ba ngi­za­kwe­nza upho­ndo lwa­kho lu­be yi­nsi­mbi, nge­nze ama­so­ndo akho abe li­thu­sir. Nja­lo uza­cho­bo­za aba­ntu aba­ne­ngist; nja­lo ngi­za­kwe­hlu­ka­ni­se­lau iNko­si inzu­zo ya­bov, le­no­tho ya­bow ku­yo iNko­si yo­mhla­ba wo­nkex.

5Kha­the­si bu­tha­na ube nga­ma­vi­yo, we­na ndo­da­ka­zi ye­vi­yoa; ye­na ube­ki­le uku­vi­mbe­ze­la nga­ki­thib; nge­ndu­ku ba­za­tsha­ya uma­hlu­le­li wa­koI­sra­ye­lic esi­hla­thi­nid.

2 Ko­dwa we­nae, Bhe­the­le­he­ma Efra­thaf, la­nxa umnci­nya­ne pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­neg za­ko­Ju­dah, uza­phu­ma ku­we eze ki­mi lo­wo oza­ku­ba ngu­mbu­si koI­sra­ye­lii; oku­phu­ma kwa­khej ngo­kwa­se­ndu­lok, ezi­nsu­kwi­ni za­pha­ka­del.

3 Nga­kho uza­ba­ni­ke­la, ku­ze ku­be yi­si­kha­thi so­ku­thi lo­wo ohe­le­lwa­yo aza­lem; kho­na insa­li ya­ba­fo­wa­bon iza­bu­ye­la eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­koI­sra­ye­lio.

4 Nja­lo uza­ku­map elu­se ema­ndle­ni eNko­siq, eku­pha­ka­me­ni kwe­bi­zo le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khe; nja­lo ba­za­hla­la; ngo­ba kha­the­si uza­ku­ba mkhu­lurs ku­ze ku­be se­mi­kha­wu­lwe­ni yo­mhla­bat.

5 Nja­lo lumu­ntu uza­ku­ba yi­ku­thu­lauv; la­pho umA­si­ri­ya enge­na eli­zwe­ni la­ki­thiw, la­la­pho enya­the­la ezi­go­dlwe­ni ze­thu, ku­la­pho si­za­mvu­se­lax abe­lu­siy aba­yi­si­kho­mbi­saz, le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­ba­ntua ezi­yi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­lib.

6 Nja­lo ba­za­li­dla ili­zwe leA­si­ri­ya nge­nke­mba, le­li­zwe li­ka­Ni­mro­dic ezi­ntu­be­ni za­lo. Nga­lo­kho uzaso­phu­la ku­mA­si­ri­yad la­pho enge­na eli­zwe­ni la­ki­thie, la­la­pho enya­the­la pha­ka­thi ko­mngce­le we­thuf.

7 Le­nsa­li ka­Ja­ko­be iza­ku­ba pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntu aba­ne­ngig nje­nga­ma­zo­lo ave­la eNko­si­nihi, nje­nge­mi­khi­zo phe­zu ko­tsha­nijk, oku­nga­li­nde­li mu­ntu, lo­ku­nga­me­le­li ba­ntwa­na ba­ba­ntu.

8 Le­nsa­li ka­Ja­ko­be iza­ku­ba pha­ka­thi kwa­be­zi­zwe, pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntu aba­ne­ngil, nje­nge­si­lwa­ne pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­nya­ma­za­na ze­ga­ngam, nje­nge­bho­ngo le­si­lwa­ne pha­ka­thi kwe­mi­hla­mbi ye­zi­mvun; eli­thi la­pho li­se­dlu­la, li­nya­the­le­le pha­nsi li­da­bu­da­bu­le, ku­nge­kho ongo­phu­lao.

9 Isa­ndla sa­kho si­za­pha­ka­ma phe­zu kwa­ba­me­la­na la­we, nja­lo zo­nke izi­tha za­kho zi­za­qu­nywap.

10 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke nga­lo­lo­su­ku, itsho iNko­siq, ngi­qu­me ama­bhi­za akho aphu­me pha­ka­thi kwa­khor, ngi­chi­the izi­nqo­la za­khos.

11 Nja­lo ngi­za­qu­ma imi­zi ye­li­zwe la­khot, ngi­di­li­ze­le pha­nsi zo­nke izi­nqa­ba za­khou.

12 Nja­lo ngi­za­qu­ma ubu­tha­ka­thi esa­ndle­ni sa­khov; ka­wusa­yi­ku­ba le­za­nu­sew.

13 Nja­lo ngi­za­qu­max izi­tho­mbe za­kho ezi­ba­zi­we­yo le­zi­nsi­ka za­kho ezi­yi­zi­tho­mbe zi­su­ke pha­ka­thi kwa­khoy; ka­wu­sa­yi­ku­phi­ndaz ukho­tha­me­le umse­be­nzi we­za­ndla za­khoa.

14 Nja­lo ngi­za­si­phu­na izi­xu­ku za­kho zi­phu­me pha­ka­thi kwa­khob, ngi­chi­thec imi­zi ya­khod.

15 Nja­lo ngi­za­kwe­nza impi­ndi­se­lo nge­ntu­ku­the­lo la­ngo­la­ka ku­zo izi­zwe ezi­nga­la­le­la­ngae.

INko­si iphi­ki­sa­na la­maI­sra­ye­li

6Ake li­zwe lo­khu iNko­si eku­tsho­yoa: Su­ku­ma, ulwe le­zi­nta­ba, la­ma­qa­qa ka­wa­li­zwe ili­zwi la­kho.

2 Zwa­ni­ni, li­na zi­nta­babc, impi­ki­sa­no le­Nko­si, la­ni zi­se­ke­lo zo­mhla­ba ezi­hle­zi zi­kho­nad; ngo­ba iNko­si ile­mpi­ki­sa­no la­ba­ntu ba­yoe, nja­lo iza­lu­ngi­sa­na loI­sra­ye­li.

3 We­na si­zwe sa­mi, nge­nze­ni ku­wef? Nja­lo ku­yi­ni engi­ku­di­ni­se ku­khog? Fa­ka­za ume­le­ne la­mi.

4 Ngo­ba nga­ku­khu­phu­la eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­theh, nga­ku­hle­ngaij endli­ni yo­bu­gqi­likl; nga­thu­ma pha­mbi kwa­kho oMo­zi­si, uA­ro­ni, lo­Mi­ri­ya­mum.

5 Si­zwe sa­mi, ake ukhu­mbu­le lo­kho uBa­la­ki inko­si ya­ko­Mo­wa­bi eya­ku­ce­ba­yon, la­lo­kho uBa­la­mi indo­da­na ka­Be­yo­ri owa­ku­phe­ndu­la ku­ye, ku­su­ke­la eShi­ti­mio kwa­ze kwa­ba se­Gi­li­ga­lip; uku­ze wa­zi uku­lu­nga kwe­Nko­siq.

Oku­bi­zwa yi­Nko­si emu­ntwi­ni

6 Ngi­za­ku­za la­nir pha­mbi kwe­Nko­sis, ngi­kho­tha­me pha­mbit ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu opha­ke­me­you? Ngi­za­ku­za pha­mbi kwa­yo ngi­le­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swa, ngi­la­ma­tho­le alo­mnya­ka owo­dwa yi­ni?

7 INko­si iza­tho­ko­za yi­ni nge­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ze­zi­nqa­mav, nge­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi ze­mi­fu­la ya­ma­fu­thaw? Ngi­za­ni­ke­la izi­bu­lo la­mi yi­ni nge­nxa ye­si­pha­mbe­ko sa­mi, isi­the­lo se­si­su sa­mi nge­nxa ye­so­no so­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mix?

8 Iku­tshe­ngi­si­ley, we­na mu­ntu, lo­kho oku­hlez; nja­lo iNko­si ifu­na­ni ku­wea, nga­pha­ndle ko­kwe­nzab isa­hlu­le­lo, lo­ku­tha­ndac umu­sad, lo­ku­ha­mba ngo­ku­zi­tho­ba lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­khoe?

9 Ili­zwi li­ka­Je­ho­va li­ya­me­me­za ku­wo umu­zi, le­nhla­ka­ni­pho iza­bo­naf ibi­zo la­kho; zwa­ni­ni uswa­zig, lo­lu­mi­si­le­yoh.

10 Ku­se­kho­na ino­tho ye­nko­hla­ka­lo yi­ni e­ndlini yo­kho­hla­ke­le­yo, le-e­fa* eli­nci­pha­yoi eli­ne­nge­ka­yoj?

11 Be­ngi­nga­ba ngo­hla­nze­ki­le­yo nge­si­ka­li so­bu­bik yi­ni, la­nge­si­khwa­mal se­zi­li­nga­ni­so ze­nko­hli­som?

12 Ngo­ba aba­no­thi­le­yo ba­yo ba­gcwe­le udla­ke­lan, la­ba­khi­le­yo ba­yo ba­khu­lu­ma ama­ngao, lo­li­mi lwa­bopq lu­le­nko­hli­so emlo­nye­ni wa­bo.

13 Nga­kho la­mi ngi­zaku­gu­li­sa ngo­ku­ku­tsha­yar, ngikwe­nze inci­tha­ka­lo nge­nxa ye­zo­no za­kho.

14 We­na uza­ku­dla, ko­dwa unga­su­this; nja­lo uku­phe­le­lwa nga­ma­ndla kwa­kho ku­za­ku­ba nga­pha­ka­thi kwa­kho; fu­thi uza­su­sat, ko­dwa unga­khu­lu­liu; la­lo­khu oku­khu­lu­la­yo ngi­za­ku­ni­ke­la enke­mbe­ni.

15 We­nav uza­hla­nye­la, ko­dwa unga­vu­niw; we­na uza­nya­the­la izi­the­lo ze­mi­hlwa­thix, ko­dwa unga­zi­gco­bi we­na nga­ma­fu­thay; le­wa­yi­niza eli­tshab, ko­dwa unga­na­thi iwa­yi­ni.

16 Ngo­ba izi­mi­so zi­kaO­mri zi­ya­gci­nwac, la­wo wo­nke umse­be­nzi we­ndlu kaA­ha­bid, fu­thi li­ha­mba nga­ma­ce­bo abo; uku­ze ngi­kwe­nze ube yi­nci­tha­ka­loe, la­ba­khi­le­yo ba­yo ba­be ngo­ku­nci­fe­lwa­yof; ngo­ku­nja­lo li­za­thwa­la ihla­zo la­ba­ntu ba­mig.

Izo­no zi­kaI­sra­ye­li

7Ma­ye ki­mia! ngo­ba ngi­nje­ngo­ku­vu­nwa kwe­zi­the­lo za­se­hlo­bob, nje­ngo­ku­kho­tho­zwa kwe­si­vi­nic; ka­ku­la­hlu­ku­zo lo­ku­dli­wad; umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi ulo­yi­sa isi­the­lo so­ku­qa­la so­mkhi­wa esi­vu­thi­we­yoe.

2 Olu­ngi­le­yof ubhu­bhi­le esu­ka emhla­be­nig; nja­lo ka­kho oqo­tho pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntuh; bo­nke ba­ca­tha­me­le iga­zii, ba­ya­zi­nge­laj ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo umfo­wa­bok nge­mbu­lel.

3 Uku­ze be­nze oku­bi nge­za­ndla zo­mbi­li ngo­ku­tshi­se­ka, isi­pha­tha­ma­ndla si­ya­ce­lam, lo­ma­hlu­le­li uya­ce­la umvu­zono; lo­mkhu­lu ukhu­lu­ma inka­nu­ko yo­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khe, ba­ya­kwe­lu­ka­ni­sap.

4 Ongco­no wa­bo unje­nga­me­vaq; oqo­tho ki­bo mu­bi ku­lo­tha­ngors; usu­ku lwa­ba­li­ndi ba­khot, uku­ha­nje­lwa kwa­kho se­ku­fi­ki­leu; kha­the­si ku­za­ku­ba kho­na uku­di­de­ka kwa­bov.

5 Li­nga­be­ki ithe­mba ku­mnga­new, li­nga­kho­lwa umhlo­box; gci­na imi­nya­ngo yo­mlo­mo wa­kho ku­ye umfa­zi ola­la esi­fu­be­ni sa­khoy.

6 Ngo­ba indo­da­nazab ide­le­la uyi­sec, indo­da­ka­zi ivu­ke­la uni­nad, uma­lo­ka­za­na avu­ke­le uni­na­za­lae; izi­tha zo­mu­ntu nga­ba­ntu be­ndlu ya­khefg.

7 Nga­kho mi­na ngi­za­kha­nge­la eNko­si­nih, ngi­li­nde­le uNku­lu­nku­lu wo­si­ndi­so lwa­mii; uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi uza­ngi­zwaj.

8 Unga­tho­ko­zi nga­mikl, si­tha­ka­zi sa­mim; la­pho ngi­si­wa, ngi­za­vu­kano; la­pho ngi­hle­zi emnya­me­nip, iNko­si iza­ku­ba yi­ku­kha­nya ki­miq.

9 Ngi­za­lu­thwa­la ula­ka lwe­Nko­sir, ngo­ba ngo­ni­le ku­yos, ize ime­le uda­ba lwa­mi, inge­nze­le isa­hlu­le­lot. Iza­ngi­khu­phe­la eku­kha­nye­ni, ngi­bo­ne uku­lu­nga kwa­you.

10 Nga­kho isi­tha­ka­zi sa­mi si­za­bo­nav, le­hla­zo li­me­mbe­se ye­naw owa­thi ki­mi: Inga­phi iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khox? Ame­hlo ami aza­mbo­nay; kha­the­si uza­nya­the­le­lwa pha­nsi nje­ngo­da­ka lwe­zi­ta­la­daz.

11 Ngo­su­kua imi­du­li ya­khob eza­kwa­khi­wa nga­loc, nga­lo­lo­su­ku isi­mi­so si­za­ku­ba kha­tsha­nad.

12 Nga­lo­lo­su­ku ku­za­fi­ka la­ku­wee ku­ve­la eA­si­ri­yaf, le­mi­zi­nig ebi­ye­lwe­yoh; nja­lo ku­su­ke­la ezi­nqa­be­nii ku­ze ku­be se­mfu­le­nij, ku­su­ke­la elwa­ndle ku­si­ya elwa­ndlek, ku­su­ke­la enta­be­ni ku­si­ya e­nta­beni.

13 La­nxa ku­nja­lo ili­zwe li­za­ku­ba yi­nci­tha­ka­lo nge­nxa ya­ba­hla­li ba­lol, nge­nxam ye­si­the­lo se­ze­nzo za­bon.

Isi­ha­wu se­Nko­si kuI­sra­ye­li

14 Ye­lu­sa aba­ntu ba­kho nge­nto­nga ya­kho, umhla­mbi we­li­fa la­khoo, ohla­la wo­dwap e­hla­thiniq, pha­ka­thi kwe­Kha­rme­lirs. Ka­ba­dle e­Ba­sha­nitu le­Gi­le­ya­divw, nje­nge­nsu­kwi­ni za­se­ndu­lox.

15 Nje­nge­zi­nsu­kwi­ni zo­ku­phu­ma kwa­kho eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­they, ngi­za­mtshe­ngi­sa izi­ma­nga­li­soz.

16 Izi­zwe zi­za­bo­na zi­ya­nge­ke nga­ma­ndla azo wo­nkea; zi­za­be­ka isa­ndla phe­zu ko­mlo­mo; indle­be za­zo zi­be yi­za­cu­theb.

17 Zi­za­kho­tha uthu­lic nje­nge­nyo­kad, nje­nge­zi­hu­qu­ze­la­yo zo­mhla­bae zi­za­thu­thu­me­la eku­va­le­ke­ni kwa­zof, zi­za­me­sa­ba uJe­ho­va uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thug, ze­sa­be nge­nxa ya­kho.

18 Ngu­ba­ni ongu­Nku­lu­nku­lu nje­nga­weh, othe­the­le­la iso­noi, adlu­le esi­pha­mbe­kwe­nijk se­nsa­li ye­li­fa la­khelm? Ka­gci­ni ula­ka lwa­khe ku­ze ku­be pha­ka­den, ngo­ba etho­ko­za e­mu­senio.

19 Uza­phe­ndu­kap, asi­ha­wu­ke­leq; uza­nya­the­le­la pha­nsi izi­pha­mbe­ko ze­thur; we­na uza­pho­se­la zo­nke izo­no za­bos ezi­nzi­ki­ni zo­lwa­ndlet.

20 Uza­ni­ka iqi­ni­so ku­Ja­ko­beu, umu­sa kuA­bra­ha­mav, owa­ku­fu­nge­la oba­ba be­thuwx ku­su­ke­la ensu­kwi­ni ze­ndu­loy.