UZE­FA­NI­YA

Usu­ku lwe­Nko­si lu­so­nde­le

1Ili­zwi le­Nko­si ela­fi­ka ku­Ze­fa­ni­ya, indo­da­na ka­Ku­shi, indo­da­na ka­Ge­da­li­ya, indo­da­na kaA­ma­ri­ya, indo­da­na ka­He­ze­khi­yaa, ezi­nsu­kwi­ni zi­ka­Jo­si­ya, indo­da­na kaA­mo­ni, inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da.

2 Ngi­za­qe­da lo­ku­qe­da ko­nke ku­su­ke ebu­swe­ni bo­mhla­ba­thi, itsho iNko­si.

3 Ngi­za­qe­dab umu­ntu le­nya­ma­za­nac, ngi­qe­ded izi­nyo­ni za­ma­zu­lue, le­zi­nhla­nzi zo­lwa­ndlefg, le­zi­khu­be­ki­so ka­nye la­ba­bih, ngi­qu­me umu­ntu asu­ke ebu­swe­ni bo­mhla­ba­thii, itsho iNko­si.

4 Fu­thi ngi­za­kwe­lu­le­la isa­ndla sa­mi phe­zu ku­ka­Ju­da, la­phe­zu kwa­bo bo­nke aba­hla­li be­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, ngi­qu­mej insa­li ka­Bha­li isu­ke ku­li­nda­wok, ibi­zol la­ma­Khe­ma­ri­mi ka­nye la­ba­pri­stim;

5 la­la­bo aba­kho­nza ibu­tho la­ma­zu­lun phe­zu kwe­zi­mpa­hla ze­zi­ndluo; la­la­bo aba­kho­nzap ba­fu­nge nge­Nko­siqr, nja­lo ba­fu­ngest ngo­Ma­li­ka­muu,

6 la­ba­bu­ye­la emu­vav eku­yi­la­nde­le­ni iNko­siw, la­ba­nga­yi­di­nga­nga iNko­si, be­nga­bu­za­nga nga­yox.

7 Thu­la ebu­kho­ne­ni be­Nko­si uJe­ho­vay; ngo­ba usu­ku lwe­Nko­si lu­se­du­ze; ngo­ba iNko­si ilu­ngi­si­le umhla­tshe­loz, ya­ngcwe­li­sa aba­nxu­si­we­yo ba­yoa.

8 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke ngo­su­ku lo­mhla­tshe­lo we­Nko­si ngi­je­zi­se izi­pha­tha­ma­ndlab, la­ma­do­da­na enko­sic, la­bo bo­nke aba­gqo­ked izi­gqo­ko za­be­zi­zwee.

9 La­nga­lo­lo­su­ku ngi­za­je­zi­sa bo­nke abe­qa phe­zu ko­mbu­nduf, aba­gcwa­li­sa indlu ya­ma­kho­si abo ngo­dla­ke­la la­nge­nko­hli­so.

10 La­nga­lo­lo­su­ku, itsho iNko­si, ku­za­ku­ba le­li­zwi lo­ku­kha­la li­ve­la esa­ngwe­ni le­nhla­nzig, lo­ku­qhi­nqa isi­li­loh ku­ve­la kwe­le­si­bi­lii, lo­ku­fo­hlo­za oku­khu­lu ku­ve­la ema­qa­qe­ni.

11 Qhi­nqa­ni isi­li­lo, li­na ba­hla­lij be­Ma­ke­te­shik, ngo­ba bo­nke aba­ntu aba­the­ngi­sa­yo ba­qu­nye­lwe pha­nsil; bo­nke aba­thwa­la isi­li­va ba­qu­nyi­we.

12 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke nga­le­so­si­kha­thi ngi­hlo­le iJe­ru­sa­le­mamn nge­zi­ba­neo, ngi­je­zi­se ama­do­da aji­yi­le­yo ezi­nze­ce­ni za­wop, athi enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­wo: INko­si ka­yi­yi­kwe­nza oku­hle, fu­thi ka­yi­yi­kwe­nza oku­biq.

13 Nga­kho ino­tho ya­bo iza­ku­ba yi­mpa­ngo, le­zi­ndlu za­bo zi­be lu­nxi­war. Fu­thi ba­za­kwa­kha izi­ndlu, ko­dwa ba­nga­hla­li ku­zos; nja­lo ba­za­hla­nye­la izi­vi­nit, ko­dwa ba­nga­na­thi iwa­yi­ni la­zou.

14 Usu­ku olu­khu­lu lwe­Nko­siv lu­se­du­ze, lu­se­du­ze, lu­ya­pha­ngi­sa ka­khu­luw; ili­zwi lo­su­ku lwe­Nko­si; iqha­wex li­za­kha­lay kho­na ka­bu­hlu­nguz.

15 Lo­lo­su­ku lu­su­ku lo­la­kaa, usu­ku lo­ku­hlu­phe­kab lo­si­zic, usu­ku lwe­nci­tha­ka­lod le­gwa­du­lee, usu­ku lo­mnya­ma lo­bu­mnya­maf, usu­ku lwa­ma­ye­zi lo­bu­mnya­ma obu­nzi­magh,

16 usu­ku lo­pho­ndoi lo­lo­mkho­sij ome­le­ne le­mi­zi ebi­ye­lwe nge­mi­tha­nga­la, lo­lu­me­le­ne le­zi­ngo­nsi ezi­pha­ke­me­yok.

17 Nja­lo ngi­za­ba­ci­nde­ze­la aba­ntul, uku­ze ba­ha­mbe nje­nge­zi­pho­fum, ngo­ba bo­ni­le eNko­si­ni; le­ga­zi la­bo li­za­thu­lu­lwa nje­ngo­thu­lin, le­nya­mao ya­bo nje­ngo­bu­lo­ngwep.

18 Le­si­li­va sa­bo le­go­li­de la­bo ka­ku­yi­ku­ba la­kho uku­ba­khu­lu­laq ngo­su­ku lo­la­ka lwe­Nko­sir; ko­dwa ili­zwe lo­nke li­za­qe­dwas ngu­mli­lot wo­bu­khwe­le ba­you; ngo­ba iza­qe­da, ngi­tsho nge­si­pha­ngi­pha­ngi, nga­bo bo­nke aba­hla­li be­li­zwev.

Uku­gwe­tshwa kwe­zi­zwe

2Zi­bu­tha­ni­se­ni, li­zi­bu­tha­ni­se, li­na si­zwe esi­nga­lo­yi­se­ki­yoa,

2 isi­mi­so si­nga­ka­za­lib, la­lo­lo­su­ku lwe­dlu­le nje­nga­ma­kho­ba, intu­ku­the­lo yo­la­ka lwe­Nko­si inga­ka­le­hle­lic, usu­ku lo­la­ka lwe­Nko­si lu­nga­ka­le­hle­li.

3 Di­nga­ni iNko­sid, li­na lo­nke aba­mne­ne bo­mhla­bae, ele­nze isa­hlu­le­lo sa­yo; di­nga­ni uku­lu­nga, li­di­nge ubu­mne­ne; mhla­wu­mbef li­nga­fi­hlwa ngo­su­ku lo­la­ka lwe­Nko­sig.

4 Ngo­ba iGa­zahij iza­de­lwak, leA­shi­ke­lo­ni ibe lu­nxi­walmn; ba­za­xo­tsha iA­shi­do­diop emi­ni enku­luq, leE­khi­ro­nirs isi­tshu­nwe.

5 Ma­ye kwa­ba­khi­le­yo be­li­zwet lo­lwa­ndleu, isi­zwe sa­ma­Ke­re­thiv! Ili­zwi le­Nko­si li­me­le­ne la­ni. We­na Kha­na­ni, li­zwe la­ma­Fi­li­stiw, ngi­za­ku­chi­tha, ku­ze ku­nga­bi lo­mhla­lix.

6 Le­li­zwey lo­lwa­ndlez li­za­ku­ba nga­ma­dle­lo, izi­go­di za­be­lu­si, le­zi­ba­ya ze­zi­mvua.

7 Nja­lo ili­zwe li­za­ku­bab nge­le­nsa­li ye­ndlu ka­Ju­dac; ba­za­ku­dla ku­lod; ku­si­hlwa ba­za­la­lae ezi­ndli­nif zeA­shi­ke­lo­nig; ngo­ba iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo iza­ba­ha­mbe­lah, iphe­ndu­le uku­thu­njwa kwa­boi.

8 Ngi­yi­zwi­lej inhla­mba ka­Mo­wa­bik, lo­ku­thu­kal kwa­ma­do­da­na kaA­mo­nim, aba­hla­mba­ze nga­kho aba­ntu ba­mi, be­zi­khu­li­san be­me­le­ne lo­mngce­le wa­boo.

9 Nga­kho ku­phi­la kwa­mip, itsho iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li, isi­bi­li uMo­wa­bi uza­ku­baq nje­nge­So­do­mar, la­ba­ntwa­na ba­kaA­mo­nis nje­nge­Go­mo­rat, inda­wo ye­zi­mba­ba­za­neu, le­mi­go­di ye­tshwa­yiv, le­nci­tha­ka­lo ku­ze ku­be pha­ka­dew. Insa­li ya­ba­ntu ba­mi iza­ba­pha­ngax, la­ba­se­le­yo ba­ba­ntu ba­mi ba­dle ili­fa la­boy.

10 Lo­khu ba­za­ku­ba la­kho enda­we­ni yo­ku­zi­pha­ka­mi­sa kwa­boz, ngo­ba ba­thu­ka, ba­zi­khu­li­sa be­me­le­ne la­ba­ntu be­Nko­si ya­ma­ba­ndlaa.

11 INko­si iza­kwe­sa­be­ka ki­bo, ngo­ba iza­ca­ki­sa bo­nke onku­lu­nku­lu bo­mhla­bab; nja­lo ba­za­kho­tha­ma ku­yec, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo ese­nda­we­ni ya­khed, zo­nke izi­hle­nge ze­zi­zwee.

12 La­ni maE­thi­yo­phi­yaf, li­za­ku­ba nga­ba­bu­le­we­yog nge­nke­mba ya­mih.

13 Nja­lo iza­kwe­lu­la isa­ndla sa­yo ime­le­ne le­nya­ka­tho, ichi­the iA­si­ri­yai, ibe­ke iNi­ne­vej ibe lu­nxi­wa, yo­me nje­nge­nka­nga­lak.

14 Nja­lo imi­hla­mbi iza­la­la pha­nsi pha­ka­thi kwa­yolm, zo­nke izi­nya­ma­za­na ze­zi­zwen; la­lo iwu­nkweo ka­nye le­nhlo­ni ku­la­le ezi­du­kwi­ni za­yop; ili­zwi li­za­hla­be­la ewi­ndi­ni, inci­tha­ka­lo ibe se­mbu­ndwi­niq; ngo­ba eza­kwe­mbu­lar umse­be­nzi wo­mse­da­ris.

15 Lo ngu­mu­zi oja­bu­la­yot, obu­hle­zi ngo­ku­vi­ke­le­kau, owa­wu­si­thi enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­wo: Yi­mi, nja­lo ka­kho omu­nye nga­pha­ndle kwa­mivw. Ye­ka uku­ba kwa­wo yi­nci­tha­ka­lo, inda­wo yo­ku­la­la ye­zi­nya­ma­za­nax! Wo­nke owe­dlu­la ki­woy uya­nci­faza, anyi­ki­nye isa­ndla sa­kheb.

Iso­no se­Je­ru­sa­le­ma lo­ku­khu­lu­lwa kwa­yo

3Ma­ye ko­we­nya­nye­ka­yo lo­ngco­li­le­yo, umu­zi oci­nde­ze­la­yoa!

2 Ka­wu­la­le­la­nga ili­zwib; ka­we­mu­ke­la­nga uku­la­ywac; ka­wu­the­mbe­la­nga eNko­si­ni; ka­wu­so­nde­la­nga ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­wod.

3 Izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­wo pha­ka­thi kwa­woef zi­yi­zi­lwa­ne ezi­bho­nga­yog; aba­hlu­le­li ba­woh ba­zi­mpi­sii zo­ku­hlwaj; ka­zi­khu­khu­zi itha­mbo eku­se­ni.

4 Aba­pro­fe­thi ba­wokl ba­nga­ba­nga­kha­tha­li­yo, aba­ntu aba­kho­hli­sa­yom; aba­pri­sti ba­won se­be­ngco­li­se inda­wo engcwe­leo, be­nze udla­ke­la ku­mthe­thop.

5 INko­si elu­ngi­le­yoq ipha­ka­thi kwa­wor, ka­yi­yi­kwe­nza ubu­bis; uku­sa ngo­ku­sa ibe­ka isa­hlu­le­lo sa­yo eku­kha­nye­ni, ka­yi­phu­thit; ko­dwa onga­lu­nga­nga ka­zi inhlo­niu.

6 Ngi­zi­qu­mi­le izi­zwev, izi­ngo­nsi za­zo zi­nga­ma­nxi­waw, nge­nzi­le izi­ta­la­da za­zo inci­tha­ka­lo, uku­ze ku­nga­dlu­li mu­ntux; imi­zi ya­zo idi­li­zi­we, ka­ku­se­kho mu­ntu, ka­ku­la­mhla­liy.

7 Nga­thi: Isi­bi­li uza­nge­sa­baz, we­mu­ke­le uku­la­ywaa; uku­ze inda­wo ya­khe yo­ku­hla­la inga­qu­nywa, ko­nke engi­mje­zi­sa nga­khob; si­bi­li ba­vu­ka ngo­vi­vic, ba­zo­na­ka­li­se zo­nke ize­nzo za­bod.

8 Nga­kho ngi­li­nde­la­ni, itsho iNko­sie, ku­ze ku­be lu­su­ku engi­za­vu­ke­la impa­ngof nga­lo. Ngo­ba isa­hlu­le­lo sa­mi si­yi­ku­bu­the­le­la izi­zweg, uku­ze ngi­qo­qe imi­bu­soh, ngi­thu­lu­le­le phe­zu kwa­bo intu­ku­the­lo ya­mi, ko­nke uku­vu­tha ko­la­ka lwa­mi; ngo­ba umhla­ba wo­nke uza­qo­thu­lwa ngu­mli­lo wo­bu­khwe­le ba­mii.

9 Ngo­ba nga­le­so­si­kha­thi ngi­za­bu­yi­se­la eba­ntwi­ni uli­mi olu­hla­mbu­lu­ki­le­yoj, uku­ze bo­nke ba­bi­ze ibi­zo le­Nko­si, uku­ze ba­yi­kho­nze nga­hlo­mbe li­nye.

10 Ku­su­ke­la phe­tshe­ya kwe­mi­fu­lak yeE­thi­yo­phi­yal aba­nce­ngi ba­mi, indo­da­ka­zi ya­ba­hla­ka­ze­ki­le­yo ba­mim., ba­za­le­than umni­ke­lo wa­mio.

11 Nga­lo­lo­su­kup ka­wu­yi­ku­ya­nge­ka nge­nxa ye­ze­nzo za­kho zo­nkeq, opha­mbu­ke nga­zo ki­mi, ngo­ba nga­le­so­si­kha­thi ngi­za­khu­pha pha­ka­thi kwa­kho aba­tho­ko­za eku­zi­khu­khu­me­ze­ni kwa­khor; fu­thi ka­wu­sa­yi­ku­bu­ya uzi­pha­ka­mi­se enta­be­ni ya­mi engcwe­les.

12 Nja­lo ngi­za­tshi­ya pha­ka­thi kwa­kho aba­ntu aba­hlu­phe­ki­le­yo la­ba­nga­ba­ya­ngat; bo­na ba­za­the­mba ebi­zwe­ni li­ka­Je­ho­vau.

13 Insa­li ya­koI­sra­ye­liv ka­yi­yi­kwe­nza ubu­biw, ka­yi­yi­ku­khu­lu­ma ama­ngax; nja­lo ka­ku­yi­ku­fu­nya­nwa uli­mi olu­kho­hli­sa­yo emlo­nye­ni wa­yoy; ngo­ba bo­na ba­za­ku­dlaz ba­la­le pha­nsiab, nja­lo ku­nge­kho obe­sa­bi­sa­yoc.

14 Hla­be­le­lad, ndo­da­ka­zi ye­Zi­yo­nie; me­me­za, Isra­ye­lif; tho­ko­za, uja­bu­le nge­nhli­zi­yo yo­nke, ndo­da­ka­zi ye­Je­ru­sa­le­ma.

15 INko­si isu­si­le iza­hlu­le­lo za­kho, isi­xo­tshi­le isi­tha sa­kho; inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­lig, uJe­ho­va, ipha­ka­thi kwa­khoh; ka­wu­sa­yi­ku­bo­na oku­bii.

16 Nga­lo­lo­su­kuj ku­za­ku­thi­wa kuyo iJe­ru­sa­le­ma: Unge­sa­bik; la­we Zi­yo­ni, ka­zi­nga­da­nga­lil iza­ndla za­khom.

17 INko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho pha­ka­thi kwa­kho ila­ma­ndlan, iza­si­ndi­sa; iza­ja­bu­la nga­we nge­nto­ko­zoo; iza­thu­la otha­ndwe­ni lwa­yo, itha­be nga­we ngo­ku­hla­be­le­la.

18 Ngi­za­ba­bu­tha aba­da­bu­ka nge­nxap ye­nhla­nga­no emi­si­we­yo, be­ve­la ku­weq; ihla­zo li­ngu­mthwa­lo ku­bo.

19 Kha­nge­la, nga­le­so­si­kha­thi ngi­za­ku­ba lo­kwe­nzar la­bo bo­nke aba­ku­hlu­pha­yos; ngi­si­ndi­se oqhu­la­yot, ngi­bu­theu oxo­tshi­we­yov; ngi­ba­be­ke ba­be yi­ndu­mi­sowx le­bi­zoy ku­lo lo­nke ili­zwe le­hla­zo la­bo.

20 Nga­le­so­si­kha­thiz ngi­za­li­nge­ni­saa, la­nge­si­kha­thi engi­za­li­bu­the­le­la nga­so; ngo­ba ngi­za­le­nza li­be li­bi­zob le­ndu­mi­socd pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntu bo­nke bo­mhla­ba, la­pho se­ngi­bu­yi­sae aba­thu­nji­we­yo be­nu pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo enu, itsho iNko­si.