UNA­HU­ME

Ula­ka lwe­Nko­si olu­vu­tha­yo nge­Ni­ne­ve

1Umthwa­loa we­Ni­ne­veb. Ugwa­lo lo­mbo­no ka­Na­hu­me umE­li­ko­shic.

2 INko­si ingu­Nku­lu­nku­lu olo­bu­khwe­led lo­phi­ndi­se­la­yoe; iNko­si ingu­mphi­ndi­se­li, nja­lo ilo­la­ka; iNko­si ingu­mphi­ndi­se­li ezi­the­ni za­yof, igci­ne­la izi­tha za­yo ula­kag.

3 INko­si iya­phu­za uku­thu­ku­the­lah, yi­nku­lu nga­ma­ndlai, ka­yi­yi­ku­mkhu­lu­la lo­ku­mkhu­lu­la ole­ca­laj; iNko­si, indle­la ya­yo ise­si­vu­ngu­za­ne­nik le­si­phe­phe­nil, la­ma­ye­zi alu­thu­li lwe­nya­wo za­yo.

4 Ikhu­za ulwa­ndle, ilwe­nze lo­me, yo­mi­se yo­nke imi­fu­lam: iBa­sha­nino iya­bu­nap, le­Kha­rme­liqr, le­lu­ba le­Le­bha­no­nis li­ya­bu­nat.

5 Izi­nta­ba zi­ya­nyi­ki­nye­ka pha­mbi kwa­you, la­ma­qa­qa aya­nci­bi­li­kav; le­li­zwe li­ya­pha­ka­ma pha­mbi kwa­yow, lo­mhla­ba, la­bo bo­nke aba­hla­la ku­wox.

6 Ngu­ba­ni onge­ma pha­mbi kwe­ntu­ku­the­lo ya­yoyz? Nja­lo ngu­ba­ni onge­ma eku­vu­the­ni ko­la­ka lwa­yoa? Intu­ku­the­lo ya­yo iya­thu­lu­le­kab nje­ngo­mli­loc, la­ma­dwa­la awi­se­lwe pha­nsi yi­yo.

7 INko­si ilu­ngi­led, iyi­nqa­ba ngo­su­ku lwe­nhlu­phe­koe; iya­ba­zif aba­phe­phe­la ku­yog.

8 Ko­dwa nge­si­khu­khu­la esi­phu­phu­ma­yoh iza­qe­dai inda­wo ya­khoj, lo­bu­mnya­ma bu­xo­tsha­ne le­zi­tha za­yo.

9 Le­nza ama­ce­bo ba­ni ame­la­ne le­Nko­sik? Yo­na iza­kwe­nza isi­phe­thol esi­phe­le­le­yo; uku­hlu­phe­ka ka­ku­yi­ku­vu­ka ngo­kwe­si­bi­lim.

10 Ngo­ba be­sa­tha­nde­le­nen nje­nga­me­vao, be­da­ki­we nje­nge­zi­da­kwap, ba­za­qe­dwa nje­nga­ma­bi­bi omi­le­yoq ngo­ku­gcwe­le­yor.

11 Ku­phu­mi­le ku­we ona­ka­na oku­bi eme­le­ne le­Nko­sist, umce­bi­si omu­biu.

12 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Lo­ba be­phe­le­lev, la­ngo­ku­nja­lo be­ba­ne­ngi, ka­nti ngo­ku­nja­lo ba­za­qu­nywaw, la­pho ese­dlu­lax. Lo­ba ngi­ku­hlu­phi­le, ka­ngi­sa­yi­ku­ku­hlu­phay.

13 Ngo­ba kha­the­si ngi­za­kwe­phu­la ijo­gwe la­khe li­su­ke ku­wez, ngi­qa­mu­le izi­bo­pho za­khoa.

14 Nja­lo iNko­si ila­yi­le nga­we uku­thi ka­ku­sa­yi­ku­hla­nye­lwa lu­tho lwe­bi­zo la­khob; ngi­za­qu­ma izi­tho­mbe ezi­ba­zi­we­yo le­zi­tho­mbe ezi­bu­njwe ngo­ku­nci­bi­li­ki­sa zi­phu­me endli­ni ya­bo­nku­lu­nku­lu ba­khoc; ngi­za­kwe­nza ingcwa­ba la­khod; ngo­ba ude­le­le­ki­lee.

15 Kha­nge­la­ni ezi­nta­be­nif izi­nya­wo zo­le­tha izi­nda­ba ezi­nhle, ome­me­ze­la uku­thu­lag! We­na Ju­da, gu­bha imi­kho­si ya­kho, kho­kha izi­fu­ngo za­khoh; ngo­ba omu­bii ka­sa­yi­ku­da­bu­la ku­we fu­thijk, uqu­nyi­we ngo­ku­phe­le­le­yol.

2Umhla­ka­zi ukhu­phu­ki­le pha­mbi ko­bu­so ba­kho; gci­na inqa­baa, li­nda indle­la, qi­ni­sa ukha­lo, ye­nza ama­ndla akho aqi­ne ka­khu­lub.

2 Ngo­ba iNko­si ibu­yi­si­lec ubu­kho­si bu­ka­Ja­ko­bed, nje­ngo­bu­kho­si bu­kaI­sra­ye­li. Ngo­ba aba­thu­lu­la­yo ba­ba­thu­lu­li­lee, bo­na izi­nga­tsha za­bof.

3 Isi­hla­ngu sa­ma­qha­we akhe se­nzi­we sa­ba bo­mvug, ama­do­da ale­si­bi­ndi agqo­ke oku­bo­mvuh; izi­nqo­la zi­pha­ka­thi lo­mli­lo we­nsi­mbi ngo­su­ku lo­ku­zi­lu­ngi­se­le­la kwa­khei; le­zi­hla­hla za­ma­fi­ri zi­za­za­nya­za­nyi­swaj.

4 Izi­nqo­lak zi­ya­hla­nya ezi­ta­la­de­nil, zi­ha­lu­ze­la zi­ye le la­le emi­da­nge­nim; uku­bo­na­ka­la kwa­zo ku­nje­nge­zi­ba­ne, zi­gi­ji­me nje­nge­mi­ba­nen.

5 Uza­khu­mbu­la izi­khu­lu za­khe; zi­za­khu­be­ka eku­ha­mbe­ni kwa­zoo; zi­pha­ngi­se emtha­nga­le­ni wa­khe, se­si­mi­si­we isi­vi­ke­lo.

6 Ama­sa­ngo emi­fu­la aza­vu­lwap, le­si­go­dlo si­nci­bi­li­keq.

7 Nja­lo uHu­za­bhir uza­kho­khe­lwa engo­thu­nji­we­yos, uza­khu­tshu­lwa, le­zi­nce­ku­ka­zi za­khe zimkho­khe­le kwa­nga­thi nge­li­zwi la­ma­ju­bat, zi­tsha­ya ezi­fu­be­ni za­zou.

8 Lo­ba iNi­ne­vev inje­nge­chi­bi la­ma­nziw ku­su­ke­la kwa­se­ndu­lo, ka­nti ba­za­ba­le­kax. Ba­thiy: Ma­ni­ni! ma­ni­ni! ko­dwa ka­kho oza­phe­ndu­kaz.

9 Pha­nga­ni isi­li­va, pha­nga­ni igo­li­de; ngo­ba ka­ku­la­ku­phe­la ko­ku­bu­the­le­lwe­yo, le­nka­nzi­mu­lo ku­zo zo­nke izi­tsha ezi­lo­yi­se­ka­yoa.

10 Iyi­ze, ka­yi­se­la­lu­thob, ichi­the­ki­lec; inhli­zi­yo iya­nci­bi­li­kad, la­ma­do­lo aya­tsha­ya­nae, lo­bu­hlu­ngu obu­khu­lu bu­se­zi­nka­lwe­ni zo­nkefg, lo­bu­so ba­bo bo­nke bu­nyu­ku­me­leh.

11 Inga­phi inda­wo yo­ku­hla­la ye­zi­lwa­nei, le­nda­wo yo­ku­dle­la ya­ma­bho­ngo esi­lwa­nejk, la­pho esa­si­ha­mba kho­na isi­lwa­nelm, isi­lwa­ne esi­da­lanop, lo­mdlwa­ne we­si­lwa­neqr, nja­lo ku­nge­kho okuze­thu­sa­yos?

12 Isi­lwa­ne sa­da­bu­da­bu­la okwe­ne­letu imi­dlwa­ne ya­sov, sa­kha­me­la izi­lwa­ne­ka­zi za­sow, sa­gcwa­li­sa imi­li­ndi ya­sox nge­mpa­ngoy, le­zi­nda­wo za­so zo­ku­hla­la ngo­ku­da­tshu­li­we­yo.

13 Kha­nge­la, ngi­me­le­ne la­we, itsho iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndlaz, ngi­za­zi­tshi­sa inqo­la za­khe entu­thwi­nia, le­nke­mba iza­qe­da ama­bho­ngo ezi­lwa­ne akhob; nja­lo ngi­za­qu­ma impa­ngo ya­kho ku­su­ke emhla­be­nic, le­li­zwi le­zi­thu­nywa za­kho ka­li­sa­yi­ku­zwa­ka­lad.

Uku­chi­thwa kwe­Ni­ne­ve

3Ma­ye ku­mu­zi we­zi­nga­zia, wo­nke ugcwe­le ama­nga le­mpa­ngo! Oku­pha­ngi­we­yo ka­ku­su­kib.

2 Umsi­ndo we­si­swe­pu, lo­msi­ndo wo­ku­ge­dle­ze­la kwa­ma­vi­lic, lo­wa­ma­bhi­za ama­tha­yod, lo­we­zi­nqo­la eze­qa­yoe.

3 Umga­di we­bhi­za upha­ka­mi­sa ko­ku­bi­li inke­mba epha­zi­ma­yo lo­mkho­nto ocwa­zi­mu­la­yof, nja­lo ku­le­xu­ku la­ba­bu­le­we­yo, le­na­ni eli­khu­lu le­zi­du­mbu; ye­bo ka­ku­la­si­phe­lo se­zi­du­mbu; ba­ya­khu­be­ka phe­zu kwe­zi­du­mbu za­bog.

4 Nge­nxa yo­bu­ne­ngi bo­ku­fe­ba kwe­si­phi­ngih, inko­sa­za­naij ekha­nga­yo yo­bu­tha­ka­thik, esi­the­ngi­sa izi­zwe ngo­ku­phi­nga kwa­sol, le­mi­de­ni ngo­bu­tha­ka­thi ba­som.

5 Kha­nge­la, ngi­me­le­ne la­we, itsho iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndlan; ngi­za­kwe­mbu­lela ama­lo­gwe akho phe­zu ko­bu­so ba­khoo, ngi­tshe­ngi­se izi­zwe ubu­nqu­nu ba­khopq, le­mi­bu­so ihla­zo la­khors.

6 Ngi­pho­se­le ama­nya­la phe­zu kwa­khot, ngi­kwe­nze ude­le­le­keu, ngi­ku­mi­se nje­nge­nto yo­ku­bu­ke­lwav.

7 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke wo­nke oku­bo­na­yow aku­ba­le­ke­lex, athi: INi­ne­ve ichi­the­ki­ley. Ngu­ba­ni oza­yi­li­le­laz? Ngi­za­ku­di­nge­la nga­phi aba­du­du­zia?

8 Ungco­no yi­nib ku­le­No-A­mo­nic eya­yi­hle­zi pha­ka­thi kwe­mi­fu­lad, ela­ma­nzi inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke, omtha­nga­la wa­woe wa­wu­lu­lwa­ndlef, umdu­li wa­wo wa­wu­su­ke­la elwa­ndleg?

9 IE­thi­yo­phi­yahi le­Gi­bhi­the kwa­ku­nga­ma­ndla ayoj ange­la­ku­phe­lak; iPu­til le­Lu­bhi­mimn ba­be­nga­ba­si­zi ba­kho.

10 Ka­nti yo­na ya­thu­thwa ya­ya eku­thu­njwe­nio; le­zi­nga­ne za­yo za­cho­tsho­zwap esi­hlo­kwe­ni sa­zo zo­nke izi­ta­la­daq; nja­lo be­nza inka­tho yo­ku­pho­sar nga­ba­hlo­ni­phe­ka­yo ba­yos, la­bo bo­nke aba­khu­lu ba­yo ba­bo­tshwa nga­ma­ke­ta­net.

11 La­we-ke uza­da­kwa, uza­ca­tshau; fu­thi we­na uza­di­nga isi­phe­phe­lo nge­nxa ye­si­thav.

12 Inqa­ba za­kho zo­nke zi­za­ku­ba nje­nge­zi­hla­hlaw ze­mi­khi­wa ezi­le­zi­the­lo zo­ku­qa­lax; uba zi­nyi­ki­nywa, zi­we­la emlo­nye­ni wo­dla­yo.

13 Kha­nge­la, aba­ntu ba­kho ba­nga­be­si­fa­za­nayz pha­ka­thi kwa­kho; ama­sa­ngo eli­zwe la­kho aza­vu­le­ke­la ka­khu­lu izi­tha za­kho; umli­lo uza­qe­da imi­go­qo ya­khoa.

14 Zi­khe­le­le ama­nzi oku­vi­nje­ze­lwab, uqi­ni­se izi­nqa­ba za­khoc; nge­na oda­ke­ni, uxo­ve ibu­mbad, uqi­ni­se iho­ndo ye­zi­ti­na.

15 La­pho umli­lo uza­ku­qe­da, inke­mba iku­qu­me, iku­dle nje­nge­si­kho­nya­nee, uza­ndi­se nje­nge­si­kho­nya­nef, uza­ndi­se nje­nge­nte­theg.

16 Wa­ndi­se aba­the­ngi­si ba­kho nga­phe­zu kwe­nka­nye­zi za­ma­zu­luh; iqhwa­gii li­yo­na, li­pha­phe li­ha­mbe.

17 Abe­the­swe umqhe­le ba­khoj ba­nje­nge­zi­nte­thek, la­ba­la­wu­li­ma­bu­tho ba­khol ba­nje­nge­nte­the ezi­ne­ngim, ezi­mi­sa inka­mba ezi­nta­ngwe­ni ngo­su­ku lo­mqa­ndo; ila­nga se­li­phu­mi­le, zi­ya­su­ka zi­ba­le­ke, inga­be isa­zi­wa inda­wo ya­zo uku­thi zi­nga­phi.

18 Abe­lu­si ba­kho ba­ya­wo­ze­lan, we­na nko­si yeA­si­ri­yao; aba­khu­lu ba­khop ba­za­hla­laq; aba­ntu ba­kho ba­za­hla­ka­ze­ka ezi­nta­be­nir, nja­lo ku­nge­kho oba­bu­tha­yos.

19 Ka­ku­kho uku­pho­li­swa ko­kwe­phu­ka kwa­khot, inxe­ba la­kho li­bu­hlu­nguu; bo­nke abe­zwa umbi­ko nga­wev ba­qa­ke­za iza­ndla nga­wew; ngo­ba ku­ku­ba­ni obu­nga­dlu­la­nga ku­ye ubu­bi ba­kho nja­lo­nja­lox?