UHA­GA­YI

Aba­ntu ba­khu­tha­zwa ukwa­kha ithe­mpe­li

1Ngo­mnya­ka we­si­bi­li ka­Da­ri­yu­si inko­sia, nge­nya­nga ye­si­thu­pha, ngo­su­ku lo­ku­qa­la lwe­nya­nga, kwa­fi­ka ili­zwi le­Nko­si nge­sa­ndla si­ka­Ha­ga­yi umpro­fe­thi ku­Ze­ru­bha­bhe­lib indo­da­na ka­She­ya­li­thi­ye­lic, umbu­si wa­ko­Ju­dad, la­ku­Jo­shu­wa indo­da­nae ka­Je­ho­za­da­kifg, umpri­sti omkhu­lu, li­si­thih:

2 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, isi­thi: La­ba­ba­ntu ba­thi: Isi­kha­thi ka­sika­fi­ki, isi­kha­thi so­ku­thi indlu ye­Nko­si ya­khi­we.

3 La­se­li­fi­ka ili­zwi le­Nko­si nge­sa­ndla si­ka­Ha­ga­yi umpro­fe­thi, li­si­thii:

4 Ku­yi­si­kha­thi se­nu li­na ngo­kwe­nu yi­ni, so­ku­thi li­hla­lej ezi­ndli­ni ze­nu eze­mbe­swe nga­pha­ka­thi nga­ma­pu­la­nkak, ka­nti le indlu ilu­nxi­wal?

5 Nga­kho kha­the­si itsho nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla: Be­ka­ni inhli­zi­yo ye­nu ezi­ndle­le­ni ze­num.

6 Li­hla­nye­le oku­ne­ngin, la­nge­ni­sa oku­lu­tshwa­nao; li­ya­dla, ko­dwap ka­li­su­thiq; li­ya­na­tha, ko­dwar ka­li­kho­lwas; li­ya­gqo­ka, ko­dwa ka­kho okhu­du­ma­la­yo, lo­ho­la umho­lo uho­le­la umho­lo esi­khwa­me­ni esi­bho­bo­ki­le­yot.

7 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla: Be­ka­ni inhli­zi­yo ye­nu ezi­ndle­le­ni ze­nuu.

8 Ye­nyu­ke­la­ni enta­be­ni, li­le­the izi­go­do, la­khe indlu; nja­lo ngi­za­tho­ko­za nga­yo, ngi­du­nyi­swe, itsho iNko­siv.

9 Be­li­kha­nge­le oku­ne­ngi, ko­dwa kha­nge­la­ni, ku­be ku­lu­tshwa­naw; la­pho li­ku­le­tha ekha­ya, ngi­ku­phe­phe­thi­lex. Ku­nga­ni? itsho iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla. Nge­nxa ye­ndlu ya­mi elu­nxi­way, ka­nti li­na li­ya­gi­ji­ma ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo esi­ya endli­ni ya­khe.

10 Nga­kho-ke ama­zu­lu phe­zu kwe­nuz aya­go­dla uku­ze ku­nga­bi la­ma­zo­lo, lo­mhla­ba­thi uya­go­dlaa izi­the­lo za­wob.

11 Nga­se­ngi­bi­za imba­le­la phe­zu kwe­li­zwe, la­phe­zu kwe­zi­nta­bac, la­phe­zu kwa­ma­be­led, la­phe­zu kwe­wa­yi­ni eli­tshae, la­phe­zu kwa­ma­fu­thaf, la­phe­zu kwa­lo­kho umhla­ba­thi oku­ve­za­yo, la­phe­zu kwa­ba­ntu, la­phe­zu kwe­zi­nko­mo, la­phe­zu kwa­wo wo­nke umse­be­nzi we­za­ndlag.

12 Kho­nah uZe­ru­bha­bhe­li indo­da­nai ka­She­ya­li­thi­ye­lij, lo­Jo­shu­wa indo­da­nak ka­Je­ho­za­da­ki, umpri­sti omkhu­lulm, la­yo yo­nke insa­li ya­ba­ntu, ba­li­la­le­la ili­zwi le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bon, la­ma­zwi ka­Ha­ga­yi umpro­fe­thi, nje­ngo­ba iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo wa­ye­mthu­mi­le; nja­lo aba­ntu be­sa­ba pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si.

13 Wa­se­khu­lu­ma uHa­ga­yi isi­thu­nywa se­Nko­si nge­li­zwi le­Nko­si eba­ntwi­nio, esi­thi: Ngi­la­ni, itsho iNko­sip.

14 INko­si ya­si­vu­sa umo­yaq ka­Ze­ru­bha­bhe­li indo­da­na ka­She­ya­li­thi­ye­lir, umbu­si wa­ko­Ju­das, lo­mo­ya ka­Jo­shu­wa indo­da­na ka­Je­ho­za­da­ki, umpri­sti omkhu­lu, lo­mo­ya we­nsa­li yo­nke ya­ba­ntut; ba­se­be­si­za, be­nza umse­be­nzi endli­ni ye­Nko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bou,

15 ngo­su­ku lwa­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­ne lwe­nya­nga, nge­ye­si­thu­pha, ngo­mnya­ka we­si­bi­li ka­Da­ri­yu­si inko­siv.

Ubu­hle be­the­mpe­li eli­tsha

2Ngenya­nga ye­si­kho­mbi­saa, ngo­lwa­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nye lwe­nya­ngab, kwa­fi­ka ili­zwi le­Nko­si nge­sa­ndla si­ka­Ha­ga­yi umpro­fe­thi, li­si­thi:

2 Khu­lu­ma kha­the­si ku­Ze­ru­bha­bhe­li indo­da­na ka­She­ya­li­thi­ye­lic, umbu­si wa­ko­Ju­dad, la­ku­Jo­shu­wa indo­da­na ka­Je­ho­za­da­ki, umpri­sti omkhu­lue, la­ku­nsa­li ya­ba­ntuf, usi­thi:

3 Ngu­ba­ni ose­le­yo pha­ka­thi kwe­nu owa­bo­na li­ndlug enka­zi­mu­lwe­ni ya­yo ya­ku­qa­lah? Li­yi­bo­na nja­ni kha­the­si? Ka­yi­nje­nge­nto enge­kho yi­ni eme­hlwe­ni enu nxa ili­nga­ni­swa la­yoi?

4 Ka­nti kha­the­si qi­naj, Ze­ru­bha­bhe­li, itsho iNko­sik; uqi­nel, Jo­shu­wa, ndo­da­na ka­Je­ho­za­da­ki, mpri­sti omkhu­lum; li­qi­ne, la­ni lo­nke ba­ntu be­li­zwe, itsho iNko­sin, li­se­be­nzeo: ngo­ba ngi­la­ni, itsho iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndlap,

5 nje­ngo­kwe­li­zwiqr enga­vu­me­la­na nga­lo la­ni eku­phu­me­ni kwe­nu eGi­bhi­thes, ngo­ku­nja­lo umo­ya wa­mi uhla­la pha­ka­thi kwe­nut; li­nge­sa­biu.

6 Ngo­ba itsho nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla: Ku­se­ka­nyev, ku­yi­si­kha­tsha­naw, ngi­za­za­ma­za­mi­sa ama­zu­lu, lo­mhla­ba, lo­lwa­ndle, lo­mhla­ba­thi owo­mi­le­yo;

7 ngi­za­ma­za­mi­sex izi­zwe zo­nkey, le­si­lo­yi­so se­zi­zwe zo­nkez si­za­fi­kaa; ngi­gcwa­li­se li­ndlu nge­nka­zi­mu­lobc, itsho iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla.

8 Isi­li­va nge­sa­mi, le­go­li­de nge­la­mid, itsho iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla.

9 Inka­zi­mu­loef ya­li­ndlu yo­ku­ci­na iza­ku­ba nku­lug ku­le­yo­ku­qa­lah, itsho iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla; la­ku­li­nda­wo ngi­za­ni­ka uku­thu­laij, itsho iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla.

Aba­ntu ba­khu­zwa ngo­ku­nga­the­mbe­ki kwa­bo

10 Ngo­lwa­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­ne lwenya­nga ye­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nyek, ngo­mnya­ka we­si­bi­li ka­Da­ri­yu­sil, la­fi­ka ili­zwi le­Nko­si nge­sa­ndla si­ka­Ha­ga­yi umpro­fe­thim, li­si­thi:

11 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla: Bu­za kha­the­si aba­pri­sti ngo­mthe­thon, usi­thi:

12 Uba umu­ntu ethwa­la inya­ma engcwe­le emphe­thwe­ni we­se­mba­tho sa­kheo, athi­nte isi­nkwa ngo­mphe­tho wa­khe, ku­mbe uku­dla oku­phe­ki­we­yo, ku­mbe iwa­yi­ni, ku­mbe ama­fu­tha, ku­mbe lo­ba yi­ku­phi uku­dla, ku­za­ku­ba ngcwe­le yi­ni? Aba­pri­sti ba­se­be­phe­ndu­la ba­thi: Ha­tship.

13 Wa­se­si­thi uHa­ga­yi: Uba ongco­li­swe yi­si­du­mbuq ethi­nta lo­ba yi­zi­phi za­le­zi, ku­za­ngco­la yi­nir? Aba­pri­sti ba­se­be­phe­ndu­la ba­thi: Ku­za­ngco­las.

14 Kho­na uHa­ga­yi wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Ba­nja­lo la­ba­ba­ntu, fu­thi si­nja­lo le­si­si­zwe pha­mbi kwa­mitu, itsho iNko­si, fu­thi unja­lo wo­nke umse­be­nzi we­za­ndla za­bov, la­lo­kho aba­ku­ni­ke­la­yo la­pho ku­ngco­li­le.

15 Kha­the­si-ke, ake li­be­ke inhli­zi­yo ye­nu ku­kho, ku­su­ke­la ku­lo­lu­su­ku ku­si­ya pha­mbi­liwx, ku­nga­ka­be­kwa ili­tshe phe­zu kwe­li­tshe ethe­mpe­li­ni le­Nko­si;

16 ku­su­ke­la la­phoy umu­ntu efi­ka enqwa­be­ni ye­zi­li­nga­ni­so ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li, kwa­ku­le­tshu­mi ku­phe­laz; esi­ya esi­kha­me­lwe­ni se­wa­yi­ni uku­kha imbi­za ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu esi­kha­me­lwe­ni, kwa­ku­la­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li ku­phe­laa.

17 Nga­li­tsha­ya ngo­ku­ha­ngu­ka la­nge­ngu­ma­nebc la­nge­si­qho­thod, wo­nke umse­be­nzi we­za­ndla ze­nue; ka­nti ka­liphe­ndu­ke­la­nga ki­mif, itsho iNko­si.

18 Ake li­be­ke inhli­zi­yo ye­nu ku­kho ku­su­ke­la ku­lo­lu­su­ku ku­si­ya phe­zu­lugh, ku­su­ke­la osu­kwi­ni lwa­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­ne lwenya­nga ye­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nyei, ngi­tsho ku­su­ke­la osu­kwi­ni isi­se­ke­lo se­the­mpe­li le­Nko­si si­be­kwaj, li­be­ke inhli­zi­yo ye­nuk.

19 Inhla­nye­lol ise­se­si­pha­le­ni yi­nim? Ye­bo, ivi­ni, lo­mkhi­wa, le­po­me­gra­na­ti*, le­si­hla­hla so­mhlwa­thi ka­ku­ka­the­li. Ku­su­ke­la ku­lo­lu­su­kun ngi­zali­bu­si­sao.

Isi­the­mbi­so se­Nko­si ku­Ze­ru­bha­bhe­li

20 Ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­fi­ka ngo­kwe­si­bi­li ku­Ha­ga­yi ngo­lwa­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­ne lwe­nya­ngap, li­si­thi:

21 Khu­lu­ma ku­Ze­ru­bha­bhe­liq, umbu­si wa­ko­Ju­dar, usi­thi: Ngi­za­za­ma­za­mi­sa ama­zu­lu lo­mhla­bas.

22 Ngi­ge­nqu­le isi­hla­lo so­bu­kho­si se­mi­bu­sot, ngi­chi­the ama­ndla emi­bu­so ye­zi­zweu, ngi­ge­nqu­le inqo­la la­ba­ga­di ba­yov; la­ma­bhi­za la­ba­ga­di ba­wo ba­za­kwe­hla, ngu­lo­wo nge­nke­mba yo­mfo­wa­bow.

23 Nga­lo­lo­su­ku, itsho iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, ngi­za­ku­tha­tha, we­na Ze­ru­bha­bhe­lix, ndo­da­na ka­She­ya­li­thi­ye­li, nce­ku ya­miy, itsho iNko­si, ngi­kwe­nze ube nje­nge­nda­nda­tho elo­pha­wuz; ngo­ba ngi­ku­khe­thi­leab, itsho iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla.