UZE­KHA­RI­YA

Aba­ntu ba­la­ywa uku­phe­ndu­ka ezo­nwe­ni za­bo

1Nge­nya­nga ye­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­lia, ngo­mnya­ka we­si­bi­li ka­Da­ri­yu­si, kwa­fi­ka ili­zwi le­Nko­si ku­Ze­kha­ri­yab, indo­da­na ka­Be­re­ki­yac, indo­da­nad kaI­do umpro­fe­thie, li­si­thi:

2 INko­si ya­ba­thu­ku­the­le­la oyi­hlo nge­ntu­ku­the­lo.

3 Nga­kho wo­thi ku­bo: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla: Phe­ndu­ke­la­ni ki­mifg, itsho iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, la­mi ngi­za­phe­ndu­ke­la ki­nihi, itsho iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla.

4 Li­nga­bi nje­nga­bo­yi­hloj, aba­pro­fe­thi ba­ku­qa­la aba­me­me­za ki­bok, be­si­thi: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla: Ake li­phe­ndu­ke ezi­ndle­le­ni ze­nu ezi­mbi le­ze­nzwe­ni ze­nu ezi­mbilm; ko­dwa ka­be­zwa­nga, ka­ba­ngi­la­le­la­ngan, itsho iNko­si.

5 Oyi­hloop, ba­nga­phiq? La­ba­pro­fe­thir, ba­phi­la la­pha­ka­de yi­ni?

6 Ko­dwa ama­zwi ami le­zi­mi­so za­mi, enga­ku­la­yas izi­nce­ku za­mi aba­pro­fe­thit, ka­ku­ba­fi­ca­nga oyi­hlo yi­ni? Ba­se­be­phe­ndu­ka ba­thi: Nje­nga­lo­khu iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla ya­yi­na­ka­na uku­ku­kwe­nza ki­thiu, nje­ngo­kwe­zi­ndle­la ze­thuv la­nje­ngo­kwe­ze­nzo ze­thuw, ngo­ku­nja­lo ye­nze ki­thi.

Umbo­no wo­mpro­fe­thi nga­ma­bhi­za

7 Ngo­su­ku lwa­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­ne lwe­nya­nga ye­tshu­mi la­nye, oku­yi­nya­nga uShe­ba­ti, ngo­mnya­ka we­si­bi­li ka­Da­ri­yu­six, la­fi­ka ili­zwi le­Nko­si ku­Ze­kha­ri­ya, indo­da­na ka­Be­re­ki­yay, indo­da­na kaI­do umpro­fe­thiz, li­si­thi:

8 Nga­bo­na ebu­su­ku, kha­nge­la-ke umu­ntua owa­ye­ga­de ibhi­za eli­bo­mvub, nja­lo wa­ye­mi pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­hla­hla za­ma­mi­te­li ezi­se­li­we­nic, le­mva kwa­khe kwa­ku­la­ma­bhi­za abo­mvud, ali­bhi­di, la­mhlo­phe.

9 Nga­se­ngi­si­thi: Ba­yi­ni la­ba, nko­si ya­mi? Ingi­lo­si eya­yi­khu­lu­ma la­mi ya­si­si­thi ki­mi: Mi­na ngi­za­ku­tshe­ngi­sa uku­thi la­ba ba­yi­nie.

10 Umu­ntu owa­ye­mi pha­ka­thif kwe­zi­hla­hla za­ma­mi­te­li wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thig: La­ba yi­bo iNko­si eba­thu­mi­le­yoh uku­ha­mba be­si­ya le la­le emhla­be­nii.

11 Ba­se­be­phe­ndu­la ingi­lo­si ye­Nko­si eya­yi­mi pha­ka­thij kwe­zi­hla­hla za­ma­mi­te­lik, ba­thi: Si­ha­mbi­le, sa­ya le la­le emhla­be­nil, kha­nge­la-ke, wo­nke umhla­ba uhle­zi uthu­lem.

12 Ingi­lo­si ye­Nko­si ya­si­phe­ndu­la ya­thin: Nko­si ya­ma­ba­ndlao, ko­ze ku­be ni­nip we­na unga­bi le­si­ha­wu phe­zu kwe­Je­ru­sa­le­ma la­phe­zu kwe­mi­zi ya­ko­Ju­daq, osu­yi­thu­ku­the­le­ler okwe­mi­nya­ka le enga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sas?

13 INko­si ya­si­phe­ndu­la ingi­lo­si eya­yi­khu­lu­ma la­mi nga­ma­zwi ama­hlet, ama­zwi adu­du­za­yo.

14 Nga­kho ingi­lo­si eya­yi­khu­lu­ma la­mi ya­thi ki­mi: Me­me­za, usi­thi: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla: Ngi­lo­bu­khwe­le nge­Je­ru­sa­le­ma la­nge­Zi­yo­ni ngo­bu­khwe­le obu­khu­luu.

15 Nja­lo ngi­ya­thu­ku­the­la nge­ntu­ku­the­lo enku­lu nge­zi­zwev ezo­nwa­bi­le­yow; ngo­ba mi­na ngi­zo­ndi­le ka­nci­nya­nex, ko­dwa zo­na za­nce­di­sa nga­se­bu­bi­niy.

16 Nga­lo­kho, itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Ngi­bu­ye­le eJe­ru­sa­le­maz ngi­le­zi­ha­wua; indlu ya­mi iza­kwa­khi­wa ku­yob, itsho iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, le­nta­mbo yo­ku­li­nga­ni­sa iza­kwe­lu­lwa phe­zu kwe­Je­ru­sa­le­mac.

17 Phi­nda ume­me­ze, usi­thi: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla: Imi­zi ya­mi ise­za­sa­tsha­la­li­swad ngo­ku­hlee; nja­lo iNko­sif ise­za­du­du­za iZi­yo­nig, ise­za­yi­khe­tha iJe­ru­sa­le­mah.

Umbo­no wo­mpro­fe­thi nge­zi­mpo­ndo ezi­ne la­ba­kha­ndi

18 Nga­se­ngi­pha­ka­mi­sa ame­hlo ami, nga­bo­na, kha­nge­la-ke, impo­ndo ezi­nei.

19 Nga­se­ngi­si­thi ku­yo ingi­lo­si eya­yi­khu­lu­ma la­mi: Ku­yi­ni lo­khuj? Ya­si­si­thi ki­mi: Le­zi zi­mpo­ndo ezi­chi­tha­chi­the uJu­da, uI­sra­ye­li, le­Je­ru­sa­le­mak.

20 INko­si ya­si­ngi­tshe­ngi­sa aba­ba­zi aba­nel.

21 Nga­se­ngi­si­thi: La­ba ba­ze­kwe­nza­ni? Ya­si­khu­lu­ma isi­thi: Le­zi zi­mpo­ndo ezi­hla­ka­ze uJu­dam, kwa­ze kwa­nga­bi lo­mu­ntu opha­ka­mi­sa ikha­nda la­khen; ko­dwa la­ba be­ze uku­ze­thu­sa, uku­la­hla izi­mpo­ndo za­be­zi­zwe, eza­pha­ka­mi­sa upho­ndo phe­zu kwe­li­zwe la­ko­Ju­da uku­li­hla­ka­zao.

Umbo­no wo­mpro­fe­thi nge­nta­mbo yo­ku­li­nga­ni­sa

2Nga­pha­ka­mi­sa ame­hlo ami fu­thi, nga­bo­na, kha­nge­la-ke umu­ntua, ole­nta­mbo yo­ku­li­nga­ni­sabc esa­ndle­ni sa­khed.

2 Nga­se­ngi­si­thi: Uya nga­phi? Wa­se­si­thi ki­mi: Ukuya­li­nga­ni­sa iJe­ru­sa­le­ma, uku­bo­na uku­thi bu­nga­ka­na­ni ubu­ba­nzi ba­yo, lo­ku­thi bu­nga­ka­na­ni ubu­de ba­yoe.

3 Kha­nge­la-ke, ingi­lo­si eya­yi­khu­lu­ma la­mi ya­phu­maf, le­nye ingi­lo­si ya­phu­ma uku­yi­hla­nga­be­za.

4 Ya­thi ku­yo: Gi­ji­ma, ukhu­lu­me la­le­li­ja­ha usi­thig: IJe­ru­sa­le­ma iza­hla­lwah nje­nge­mi­zii enge­la­mi­du­lij nge­nxa yo­bu­ne­ngi ba­ba­ntu le­zi­fu­yo oku­pha­ka­thi kwa­yok.

5 Ngo­ba mi­na, itsho iNko­si, ngi­za­ku­ba ku­yo ngu­mdu­li wo­mli­lolm inhla­ngo­thi zo­nken, ngi­be yi­nka­zi­mu­loo pha­ka­thi kwa­yop.

Aba­ntu aba­thu­nji­we­yo ba­ya­bi­zwa

6 He­yi, he­yi! Ba­le­ka­niq-ke li­su­ke eli­zwe­ni le­nya­ka­thor, itsho iNko­si; ngo­ba ngi­li­hla­ka­zi­lest nje­nge­mi­mo­yau yo­mi­ne ya­ma­zu­luv, itsho iNko­si.

7 He­yi, Zi­yo­ni, phu­nyu­ka, we­na ohla­la le­ndo­da­ka­zi ye­Bha­bhi­lo­niwx!

8 Ngo­ba itsho nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla: Emva kwe­nka­zi­mu­lo ya­ngi­thu­ma ezi­zwe­ni eza­li­pha­nga­yoy; ngo­ba oli­thi­nta­yoz uthi­ntaa inhla­mvu ye­li­hlo la­yob.

9 Ngo­ba, kha­nge­la, ngi­za­nyi­ki­nya isa­ndla sa­mi phe­zu kwa­zoc, nja­lo zi­za­ku­ba yi­mpa­ngo ku­zo izi­nce­ku za­bo; ng'kho­na li­za­kwa­zi uku­thi iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla ingi­thu­mi­led.

10 Hla­be­le­la utho­ko­zee, ndo­da­ka­zi ye­Zi­yo­nif; ngo­ba, kha­nge­la ngi­ye­zag, nja­lo ngi­za­hla­la pha­ka­thi kwa­khoh, itsho iNko­si.

11 Le­zi­zwe ezi­ne­ngii zi­za­hla­nga­ni­swa le­Nko­sij nga­lo­lo­su­kuk, zi­be nga­ba­ntu ba­mi; nja­lo ngi­za­hla­la pha­ka­thi kwa­khol, nja­lo uza­kwa­zi uku­thi iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla ingi­thu­mi­le ku­wem.

12 Ng'kho­na iNko­si iza­ku­dla ili­fa la­ko­Ju­dano isa­be­lo sa­yo, eli­zwe­ni eli­ngcwe­lep, ikhe­the iJe­ru­sa­le­ma fu­thiq.

13 Thu­la, nya­ma yo­nke, pha­mbi kwe­Nko­sir; ngo­ba ivu­si­we enda­we­ni ya­yo yo­ku­hla­la engcwe­les.

Umbo­no wo­mpro­fe­thi ngo­Jo­shu­wa umpri­sti omkhu­lu

3Ya­si­ngi­tshe­ngi­sa uJo­shu­waa umpri­sti omkhu­lub emi pha­mbi kwe­ngi­lo­si ye­Nko­sic; lo­Sa­tha­ne emi esa­ndle­ni sa­khe so­ku­ne­ne uku­me­la­na la­yed.

2 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Sa­tha­ne: INko­si ka­yi­ku­khu­ze, we­na Sa­tha­ne, ye­bo ka­yi­ku­khu­ze iNko­sie, eyi­khe­thi­le­yo iJe­ru­sa­le­maf. Lo ka­yi­si­so isi­khu­ni yi­ni eso­phu­lwe emli­lwe­nig?

3 UJo­shu­wa-keh wa­ye­mbe­the izi­gqo­ko ezi­ngco­li­le­yo; nja­lo emi pha­mbi kwe­ngi­lo­sii.

4 Ya­si­phe­ndu­la ya­khu­lu­maj ku­la­bo aba­be­mi pha­mbi kwa­yo isi­thik: Su­sa­nil izi­gqo­ko ezi­ngco­li­le­yo ku­yem. Ya­si­si­thi ku­ye: Bo­na, nge­nzi­le isi­pha­mbe­ko sa­kho se­dlu­le ku­wen, ngi­ku­gqo­ki­seo ize­mba­tho zo­mkho­sip.

5 Nga­se­ngi­si­thi: Ka­ba­be­ke iqhi­ye ehla­mbu­lu­ki­le­yo ekha­nda la­kheq. Ba­se­be­be­ka iqhi­ye ehla­mbu­lu­ki­le­yo ekha­nda la­khe, ba­mgqo­ki­sa ize­mba­tho; nja­lo ingi­lo­si ye­Nko­si ya­yi­mi kho­na.

6 Ingi­lo­si ye­Nko­si ya­si­fa­ka­za ku­Jo­shu­wa isi­thir:

7 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla: Uba uza­ha­mba ezi­ndle­le­ni za­mi, nja­lo uba uza­gci­na umli­ndo wa­mis, ng'kho­na la­we uza­kwa­hlu­le­la indlu ya­mi, ugci­ne la­ma­gu­ma amit; nja­lo ngi­za­ku­ni­ka ilu­nge­lo lo­ku­ha­mbau pha­ka­thi kwa­la­ba abe­mi kho­nav.

8 Zwa­na kha­the­si, Jo­shu­wa mpri­sti omkhu­lu, we­na la­ba­nga­ne ba­kho aba­hle­zi pha­mbi kwa­khow, ngo­ba ba­nga­ba­ntu be­si­bo­na­ka­li­sox. Ngo­ba, kha­nge­la, ngi­za­ve­za ince­ku ya­miy, iHlu­me­laz.

9 Ngo­ba kha­nge­la ili­tshe engi­li­be­ke pha­mbi ku­ka­Jo­shu­waa; phe­zu kwe­li­tshe eli­lo­dwa ku­za­ku­bab la­me­hlo ayi­si­kho­mbi­sac. Kha­nge­la, ngi­za­bha­lad ngo­ku­gu­bha oku­gu­ji­we­yo kwa­loe, itsho iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, nja­lo ngi­za­su­sa isi­pha­mbe­ko sa­le­lo­li­zwef ngo­su­ku olu­lo­dwag.

10 Nga­lo­lo­su­ku, itsho iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, li­za­bi­za, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo umnga­ne wa­kheh nga­pha­nsi kwe­si­vi­ni la­nga­pha­nsi ko­mkhi­wai.

Ulu­thi lwe­si­ba­ne le­zi­hla­hla ze­mi­hlwa­thi

4Ingi­lo­si eya­yi­khu­lu­ma la­mi ya­bu­ya fu­thi, ya­ngi­vu­saa, nje­ngo­mu­ntu ovu­swa ebu­tho­ngwe­ni ba­kheb.

2 Ya­thi ki­mi: Ubo­na­ni? Nga­se­ngi­si­thi: Ngi­bo­ni­le, kha­nge­la-ke ulu­thi lwe­si­ba­ne lwe­go­li­de lo­nkec, lo­mga­nu phe­zu kwe­si­hlo­ko sa­lod, le­zi­ba­ne za­lo ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa phe­zu kwa­loe; ku­le­zi­mpo­mpi ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa le­zi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa ezi­ya ezi­ba­ne­ni, ezi­phe­zu kwe­si­hlo­ko sa­lo.

3 Le­zi­hla­hla zo­mhlwa­thi ezi­mbi­li ece­le­ni kwa­lo, esi­nye nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­nef ko­mga­nu, le­si­nye nga­kwe­so­kho­hlo kwa­wog.

4 Nga­se­ngi­phe­ndu­la ngi­khu­lu­ma ku­yo ingi­lo­si eya­yi­khu­lu­ma la­mi, ngi­si­thi: Le­zi­zi­nto zi­yi­ni, nko­si ya­mih?

5 Ingi­lo­si eya­yi­khu­lu­ma la­mi ya­si­phe­ndu­la ya­thi ki­mii: Ka­wa­zi yi­ni uku­thi le­zi­zi­nto zi­yi­ni? Nga­se­ngi­si­thi: Ha­tshi, nko­si ya­mij.

6 Ya­si­phe­ndu­la ya­khu­lu­ma la­mi isi­thi: Le­li yi­li­zwi le­Nko­si ku­Ze­ru­bha­bhe­li, li­si­thik: Ha­tshi nga­ma­ndla, ha­tshi-ke nge­nga­lol, ko­dwa ngo­mo­ya wa­mi, itsho iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla.

7 Ungu­ba­ni we­na, nta­ba enku­lum? Pha­mbi ku­ka­Ze­ru­bha­bhe­lin uza­ku­ba li­gce­keo. Ye­na uza­ve­za ili­tshe eli­yi­nhlo­kop ngo­ku­me­me­za oku­khu­luq: Umu­sa, umu­sa ku­lor!

8 Ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­fi­ka ki­mi fu­thi li­si­thi:

9 Iza­ndla zi­ka­Ze­ru­bha­bhe­lis zi­be­ki­le isi­se­ke­lo sa­li­ndlut; fu­thi iza­ndla za­khe zi­za­yi­qe­dau. Ng'kho­na uza­kwa­zi uku­thi iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla ingi­thu­mi­le ki­niv.

10 Ngo­ba ngu­ba­ni ode­le­le usu­ku lwe­zi­nto ezi­nci­nya­new? Ngo­ba ba­za­tho­ko­za, ba­bo­ne ili­tshe lo­mtho­fu esa­ndle­nix si­ka­Ze­ru­bha­bhe­li la­la­wo ayi­si­kho­mbi­say; anga­me­hlo eNko­siz, agi­ji­ma aye le la­le emhla­be­ni wo­nkea.

11 Nga­se­ngi­phe­ndu­la nga­thi ku­yo: Zi­yi­ni le­zi­zi­hla­hla zo­mhlwa­thi ezi­mbi­li nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne so­lu­thi lwe­si­ba­ne la­nga­kwe­so­kho­hlo kwa­lob?

12 Nga­se­ngi­phe­ndu­la ngo­kwe­si­bi­li, nga­thi ku­yo: Zi­yi­ni le­zi­zi­nga­tsha ezi­mbi­li ze­zi­hla­hla zo­mhlwa­thi ezi­thi nge­mpo­mpi ezi­mbi­li ze­go­li­de zi­thu­lu­le igo­li­de li­phu­me ki­zo?

13 Ya­si­khu­lu­ma la­mi isi­thi: Ka­wa­zi yi­ni uku­thi le­zi zi­yi­ni? Nga­thi: Ha­tshi, nko­si ya­mic.

14 Ya­si­si­thi: La­ba ba­nga­ba­gco­tshi­we­yo aba­bi­li abe­mad nga­se­Nko­si­ni yo­mhla­ba wo­nkee.

Umqu­lu we­ncwa­di ondi­za­yo

5Nga­se­ngi­phe­ndu­ka, nga­pha­ka­mi­sa ame­hlo ami, nga­bo­na, kha­nge­la-ke, umqu­lu ondi­za­yoa.

2 Ya­si­si­thi ki­mi: Ubo­na­ni? Nga­se­ngi­si­thi: Ngi­bo­na umqu­lu ondi­za­yo; ubu­de ba­wo bu­zi­nga­lo ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li, lo­bu­ba­nzi ba­wo izi­nga­lo ezi­li­tshu­mi.

3 Ya­si­si­thi ki­mi: Le­si yi­si­qa­le­ki­so esi­phu­me­la ebu­swe­ni bo­mhla­ba wo­nkeb. Ngo­ba wo­nke owe­ba­yoc uza­qu­nywad nga­ne­no ma­ye­la­na la­soe, la­ye wo­nke ofu­nga­yof uza­qu­nywag nga­le ma­ye­la­na la­soh.

4 Ngi­za­si­khu­pha, itsho iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, uku­thi si­nge­ne endli­ni ye­se­la la­se­ndli­ni ya­lo­wo ofu­ngaij ama­nga nge­bi­zo la­mik; si­hla­le pha­ka­thi kwe­ndlu ya­khel, si­yi­qe­de ka­nye le­zi­go­do za­yo la­ma­tshe ayom.

Owe­si­fa­za­na pha­ka­thi kwe-e­fa

5 Ingi­lo­si eya­yi­khu­lu­ma la­mi ya­si­phu­man, ya­thi ki­mi: Pha­ka­mi­sa ame­hlo akho kha­the­si, ubo­ne uku­thi ku­yi­ni lo­khu oku­phu­ma­yo.

6 Nga­se­ngi­si­thi: Ku­yi­ni? Ya­si­si­thi: Lo­khu ku­yi-e­fa ephu­ma­yoo. Ya­thi fu­thi: Le­si yi­si­mo sa­bo eli­zwe­ni lo­nkep.

7 Kha­nge­la-ke, kwa­pha­ka­nyi­swa isi­si­be­ke­lo so­mnu­so; nja­lo lo wa­ye­ngo­we­si­fa­za­na owa­ye­hle­zi pha­ka­thi kwe-e­fa*q.

8 Ya­si­si­thi: Lo­khu ku­yi­bu­bi; ya­si­mpho­sa nga­pha­ka­thi kwe-e­fa; ya­si­pho­sa isi­si­ndo so­mnu­so emlo­nye­ni wa­lor.

9 Nga­se­ngi­pha­ka­mi­sa ame­hlo ami, nga­bo­na, kha­nge­la-ke, kwa­phu­ma abe­si­fa­za­na aba­bi­li, lo­mo­ya wa­wu­se­mpi­kwe­ni za­bo; ngo­ba ba­be­le­zi­mpi­kos nje­nge­zi­mpi­ko ze­nga­bu­za­net. Ba­se­be­pha­ka­mi­sa i-e­fa pha­ka­thi ko­mhla­ba la­ma­zu­lu.

10 Nga­se­ngi­si­thi ku­you ingi­lo­si eya­yi­khu­lu­ma la­mi: Ba­li­thwa­le­la nga­phi i-e­fav?

11 Ya­si­si­thi ki­mi: Uku­ma­khe­la indlu eli­zwe­ni le­Shi­na­riw; nja­lo iza­mi­swa ibe­kwe la­pho phe­zu kwe­si­se­ke­lo sa­khe.

Izi­nqo­la ezi­ne

6Nga­se­ngi­bu­ya nga­pha­ka­mi­sa ame­hlo ami, nga­bo­na, kha­nge­la-ke, kwa­phu­ma inqo­la ezi­ne pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­nta­ba ezi­mbi­li; le­zi­nta­ba za­zi­zi­nta­ba ze­thu­sia.

2 Enqo­le­ni yo­ku­qa­la kwa­ku­la­ma­bhi­za abo­mvubc, le­nqo­le­ni ye­si­bi­li ama­bhi­za amnya­mad,

3 le­nqo­le­ni ye­si­tha­thu ama­bhi­za amhlo­pheef, le­nqo­le­ni ye­si­ne ama­bhi­za ala­ma­ba­lag ala­ma­ndlah.

4 Nga­se­ngi­phe­ndu­la nga­thii ku­yo ingi­lo­si eya­yi­khu­lu­ma la­mi: Ayi­ni la­wo, nko­si ya­mij?

5 Ingi­lo­si ya­si­phe­ndu­la ya­thi ki­mi: La­wo ayi­mi­mo­ya emi­ne ya­ma­zu­lu, ephu­mak eku­me­nil pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si yo­mhla­ba wo­nkem.

6 Ama­bhi­za amnya­ma akho­na­pho aphu­ma esi­yan eli­zwe­ni le­nya­ka­thoo; la­mhlo­phe aphu­ma ewa­la­nde­lap; la­la­ma­ba­la aphu­ma esi­yaq eli­zwe­ni le­ni­ngi­zi­mur.

7 Ala­ma­ndla ase­phu­ma, adi­ngas uku­ha­mba uku­ze aye le la­le emhla­be­nit. Ya­si­si­thi: Ha­mba­ni li­ye le la­le emhla­be­niu. Ase­si­ya le la­le emhla­be­niv.

8 Ya­si­ngi­me­me­za, ya­khu­lu­ma ki­mi, isi­thiw: Kha­nge­la, la aphu­ma aya eli­zwe­ni le­nya­ka­tho awu­phu­mu­zi­lex umo­ya wa­miy eli­zwe­ni le­nya­ka­thoz.

Uku­gco­tshwa ku­ka­Jo­shu­wa umpri­sti omkhu­lu

9 Ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­se­li­fi­ka ki­mi li­si­thi:

10 Tha­tha kwa­ba­thu­nji­we­yo, ku­He­li­da­yi, la­ku­To­bi­ya, la­ku­Je­da­ya, aba­ve­le eBha­bhi­lo­ni, ubu­ye we­na nga­lo­lo­su­ku, uye endli­ni ka­Jo­si­ya indo­da­na ka­Ze­fa­ni­yaa,

11 ubu­su­tha­tha isi­li­va le­go­li­de, we­nze imi­qhe­leb, uyi­be­ke phe­zu kwe­kha­nda li­ka­Jo­shu­wa indo­da­na ka­Je­ho­za­da­ki, umpri­sti omkhu­luc;

12 ubu­su­khu­lu­ma ku­ye, usi­thi: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, isi­thi: Kha­nge­la, umu­ntu obi­zo la­khed ngu­Hlu­me­la, uza­hlu­ma-ke ephu­ma enda­we­ni ya­khee, akhe ithe­mpe­li le­Nko­sif.

13 Ye­na-ke uza­kwa­kha ithe­mpe­li le­Nko­sig; ye­na athwa­leh ubu­kho­sii, ahla­le abu­se phe­zu kwe­si­hla­lo sa­khe so­bu­kho­sij. Fu­thi uza­ku­ba ngu­mpri­sti phe­zu kwe­si­hla­lo sa­khe so­bu­kho­sik; le­se­lu­le­ko so­ku­thu­la si­za­ku­ba pha­ka­thi kwa­bo bo­ba­bi­li.

14 Le­mi­qhe­le iza­ku­ba ku­He­le­mil, la­ku­Tho­bhi­yam, la­ku­Je­da­yan, la­ku­He­ni indo­da­na ka­Ze­fa­ni­yao, ku­be yi­si­khu­mbu­zo ethe­mpe­li­ni le­Nko­sip.

15 La­ba­kha­tsha­naq ba­za­fi­ka ba­khe ethe­mpe­li­ni le­Nko­sir, be­se­li­sa­zi uku­thi iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla ingi­thu­mi­le ki­nis. Lo­khu ku­za­kwe­nze­ka, uba li­la­le­la lo­ku­la­le­la ili­zwi le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu.

Uku­zi­la oku­yi­kho

7Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ngo­mnya­ka we­si­ne ka­Da­ri­yu­si inko­si, ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­fi­ka ku­Ze­kha­ri­ya ngo­lwe­si­ne lwe­nya­nga ye­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nyea, ku­Ki­si­le­vib.

2 Se­be­thu­me e­ndlini ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu oSha­re­ze­ri lo­Re­ge­m-Me­le­ki la­ma­do­da akhec, ukuya­ce­la ubu­so be­Nko­si,

3 uku­khu­lu­ma ku­ba­pri­stid aba­be­se­ndli­ni ye­Nko­si ya­ma­ba­ndlae, la­ku­ba­pro­fe­thi, be­si­thi: Ngi­kha­le inye­mbe­zi yi­nif nge­nya­nga ye­si­hla­nugh, ngo­ku­ze­hlu­ka­ni­sa, nje­ngo­ba nge­nzi­lei okwe­mi­nya­ka le enga­kaj?

4 La­se­li­fi­ka ki­mi ili­zwi le­Nko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, li­si­thi:

5 Khu­lu­ma eba­ntwi­ni bo­nke be­li­zwe, la­ku­ba­pri­sti, usi­thi: La­pho la­zi­la uku­dla la­li­lak nge­nya­nga ye­si­hla­nulm le­ye­si­kho­mbi­sano, ngi­tsho le­yo­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa, la­zi­la lo­ku­zi­lap ki­mi, ngi­tsho ki­mi yi­niq?

6 La­la­pho li­si­dla, la­la­pho li­na­tha, be­ku­nga­yi­si­ni yi­ni eli­dla­yor, li­na-ke eli­na­tha­yos?

7 Ka­ku­si­wo ama­zwi iNko­si eya­wa­me­me­za nge­sa­ndla sa­ba­pro­fe­thi bo­ku­qa­la yi­ni, la­pho iJe­ru­sa­le­ma ya­hla­lwa iphu­me­le­lat, le­mi­zi ya­yo inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke za­yo, la­pho ihla­lwau ini­ngi­zi­muv le­gce­kew?

Aba­ntu ba­thu­njwa nge­nxa yo­ku­nga­la­le­li kwa­bo

8 Ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­se­li­fi­ka ku­Ze­kha­ri­ya, li­si­thi:

9 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, isi­thi: Ya­hlu­le­la­ni isa­hlu­le­lo esi­qo­thoxy, le­nze umu­sa le­zi­ha­wu, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo ku­mfo­wa­boz.

10 Li­nga­ci­ndi­ze­li umfe­lo­ka­zia, le­nta­nda­neb, owe­mzi­nic, lo­mya­ngad; li­nga­na­ka­ni oku­bi enhli­zi­ywe­ni ye­nu ngu­lo­wo eme­le­ne lo­mfo­wa­boe.

11 Ko­dwa ba­la uku­la­le­laf, ba­ni­ka ihlo­mbe ele­nka­ni, be­nza indle­be za­bo za­ba nzi­ma, uku­ze ba­nge­zwa.

12 Ye­bo, be­nza inhli­zi­yo ya­bog ya­ba nje­nge­li­tshe eli­lu­khu­ni, uku­ze ba­nga­wu­zwa umla­yoh, la­ma­zwi iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla eya­yi­wa­thu­me­ze ngo­mo­ya wa­yoi nge­sa­ndla sa­ba­pro­fe­thi bo­ku­qa­laj. Nga­kho kwa­ba kho­na intu­ku­the­lo enku­lu ive­la eNko­si­ni ya­ma­ba­ndlak.

13 Nga­kho se­kwe­nza­ke­le, nje­ngo­ba ya­me­me­za, ka­ba­ze be­zwal; ngo­ku­nja­lo ba­za­me­me­za, ngi­nga­ze nge­zwa, itsho iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndlam.

14 Ko­dwa nga­ba­hla­ka­za nge­si­vu­ngu­za­nen pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwe zo­nkeo aba­be­nga­za­zip. Nga­kho ili­zwe la­chi­tha­ka­laq emva kwa­bor, uku­ze ku­nga­bi kho­na odlu­la­yo lo­phe­ndu­ka­yos; ngo­ba be­nza ili­zwe eli­lo­yi­se­ka­yo la­ba yi­nci­tha­ka­lot.

Ku­the­nji­swa uku­thi iJe­ru­sa­le­ma iza­hla­lwa fu­thi

8La­se­li­fi­ka ili­zwi le­Nko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla li­si­thi:

2 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla: Ngi­lo­bu­khwe­le nge­Zi­yo­ni ngo­bu­khwe­le obu­khu­lua, ye­bo, ngi­lo­bu­khwe­le nga­yo ngo­ku­vu­tha oku­khu­lub.

3 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Ngi­bu­ye­le eZi­yo­nic, nja­lo ngi­za­hla­la pha­ka­thi kwe­Je­ru­sa­le­mad; le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma iza­ku­thi­wa ngu­mu­zi we­qi­ni­soe, le­nta­ba ye­Nko­si ya­ma­ba­ndlaf, inta­ba engcwe­leg.

4 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla: Ku­se­za­ku­hla­la ama­xhe­gu le­za­lu­ka­zih ezi­ta­la­de­ni ze­Je­ru­sa­le­mai, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo elo­do­ndo­lo esa­ndle­ni sa­khe nge­nxa yo­bu­ne­ngi be­zi­nsu­ku.

5 Le­zi­ta­la­da zo­mu­zi zi­za­gcwa­la aba­fa­na la­ma­nka­za­na be­dla­la ezi­ta­la­de­ni za­wo.

6 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla: Uba ku­ma­nga­li­sa eme­hlwe­ni ensa­li ya­la­ba­ba­ntu nga­le­zo­zi­nsu­kuj, ku­nga­ma­nga­li­sa le­me­hlwe­ni ami yi­nik? itsho iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla.

7 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla: Kha­nge­la, ngi­za­si­ndi­sa aba­ntu ba­mil eli­zwe­ni le­mpu­ma­la­ngam, le­li­zwe­ni lo­ku­tsho­na kwe­la­ngan;

8 ngi­ba­le­the, ba­hla­le pha­ka­thi kwe­Je­ru­sa­le­ma; nja­lo ba­za­ku­ba nga­ba­ntu ba­mi, la­mi ngi­be ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­boo, nge­qi­ni­so la­ngo­ku­lu­ngap.

9 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla: Iza­ndla ze­nu ka­zi­qi­neq, li­na eli­zwa­yo nga­le­zi­nsu­ku ama­zwi la ngo­mlo­mo wa­ba­pro­fe­thir, aba­be­kho­na mhla isi­se­ke­lo se­ndlu ye­Nko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla si­be­kwas, uku­ze ithe­mpe­li la­khi­we.

10 Ngo­ba nga­pha­mbi kwa­le­zo­nsu­kut kwa­ku­nge­la­ho­lo lo­mu­ntu, kwa­ku­nge­kho iho­lo le­nya­ma­za­nau; fu­thi ku­nge­kho uku­thu­la ku­lo­wo owa­ye­phu­ma ku­mbe ange­ne nge­nxa ye­nhlu­phe­kov; ngo­ba nga­thu­ma wo­nke umu­ntu ngu­lo­wo eme­le­ne lo­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khe.

11 Ko­dwa kha­the­si ka­ngi­yi­ku­ba ku­nsa­li ya­la­ba­ba­ntu nje­nge­nsu­kwi­ni za­ku­qa­law, itsho iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla.

12 Ngo­ba inhla­nye­lox iza­phu­me­le­lay, ivi­ni li­the­lez izi­the­lo za­loa, lo­mhla­ba­thi uphe isi­vu­no sa­wob, la­ma­zu­lu aphe ama­zo­lo awoc; nja­lo ngi­za­kwe­nza insa­li ya­la­ba­ba­ntu uku­thi idle ili­fa la­zo zo­nke le­zi­zi­ntod.

13 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke nje­ngo­ba la­li­yi­si­qa­le­ki­so pha­ka­thi kwa­be­zi­zwee, we­na ndlu ka­Ju­da, la­we ndlu kaI­sra­ye­li, ngo­ku­nja­lo ngi­za­li­si­ndi­saf, li­be yi­si­bu­si­sog. Li­nge­sa­bih, iza­ndla ze­nu ka­zi­qi­nei.

14 Ngo­ba itsho nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla: Nje­ngo­ba nga­ngi­na­ka­ne ukwe­nza oku­bi ki­nij, la­pho oyi­hlo be­ngi­thu­ku­the­li­sak, itsho iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, nja­lo ka­ngi­zi­so­la­ngal;

15 ngo­ku­nja­lo ngi­bu­ye nga­ca­ba­nga ku­le­zi­nsu­ku ukwe­nza oku­hle ku­yo iJe­ru­sa­le­ma la­ku­yo indlu ka­Ju­dam; li­nge­sa­bin.

16 Le­zi yi­zi­nto eli­za­ze­nza: Khu­lu­ma­ni iqi­ni­so, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo ku­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­kheo; ye­hlu­le­la­ni iqi­ni­sop le­sa­hlu­le­lo so­ku­thu­laq ema­sa­ngwe­ni enur.

17 Li­nga­ca­ba­ngi ubu­bi enhli­zi­ywe­ni ye­nus ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo eme­le­ne lo­ma­khe­lwa­net; li­nga­tha­ndi isi­fu­ngo sa­ma­ngau; ngo­ba zo­nke le­zi­zi­nto yi­le­zo engi­zi­zo­nda­yo, itsho iNko­si.

18 Ili­zwi le­Nko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla la­se­li­fi­ka ki­mi, li­si­thi:

19 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla: Uku­zi­la uku­dla kwenya­nga ye­si­ne, lo­ku­zi­la uku­dlav kwe­ye­si­hla­nu, lo­ku­zi­la uku­dlaw kwe­ye­si­kho­mbi­sa, lo­ku­zi­la uku­dlax kwe­ye­tshu­mi, ku­za­ku­ba yi­nto­ko­zo, lo­ku­tha­bay, le­zi­kha­thi ezi­mi­si­we­yoz ze­zi­nja­bu­lo ku­yo indlu ya­ko­Ju­da. Nga­kho tha­nda­ni iqi­ni­soa lo­ku­thu­lab.

20 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla: Ku­se­zakwe­nze­ka uku­thi ku­fi­ke aba­ntu la­ba­hla­li be­mi­zi emi­ne­ngi.

21 La­ba­hla­li bo­mu­nye umu­zi ba­za­ku­ya ko­mu­nye, be­si­thi: Ka­si­ha­mbe­ni ngo­ku­pha­ngi­sac ukuya­nce­nga pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si, lo­ku­di­nga iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla; la­mi ngi­za­ha­mba.

22 Ye­bo, ku­za­ku­za aba­ntu aba­ne­ngi le­zi­zwe ezi­la­ma­ndla ukuza­di­nga iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla eJe­ru­sa­le­mad, lo­ku­nce­nga pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si.

23 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla: Nga­le­zo­nsu­ku ku­za­ku­thi aba­mbee ama­do­da ali­tshu­mif ezi­ndi­mi­ni zo­nke ze­zi­zweg, ye­bo aba­mbeh umphe­tho we­se­mba­tho so­mu­ntu ongu­mJu­dai, athi: Si­za­ha­mba la­ni; ngo­ba si­zwi­le uku­thi uNku­lu­nku­lu ula­nij.

Uku­chi­thwa kwe­zi­tha za­koI­sra­ye­li

9Umthwa­lo we­li­zwi le­Nko­si eli­zwe­nia le­Ha­di­ra­kib, le­Da­ma­se­ko inda­wo ya­yo yo­ku­phu­mu­lac, la­pho ili­hlo lo­mu­ntu le­la­zo zo­nke izi­zwe za­koI­sra­ye­li li­za­ku­ba se­Nko­si­nid.

2 Le­Ha­ma­thi la­yo iza­kha­wu­la ki­yoe; iTi­refg le­Si­do­nihi, la­nxa ihla­ka­ni­phi­le ka­khu­luj.

3 Le­Ti­re ya­za­khe­la inqa­bak, ya­bu­the­le­la isi­li­va nje­ngo­thu­lil, le­go­li­dem nje­ngo­da­ka lwe­zi­ta­la­dan.

4 Kha­nge­la, iNko­si iza­yi­xo­tshao, itsha­ye ama­ndla ayo elwa­ndlep; yo­na idli­we ngu­mli­loq.

5 IA­shi­ke­lo­ni iza­bo­na, ye­sa­ber; le­Ga­za, i­be lu­si­zi ka­khu­lus; leE­khi­ro­nit; ngo­ba ebi­ku­li­nde­le ku­za­ya­ngi­sau; nja­lo inko­si ye­Ga­za iza­bhu­bha, leA­shi­ke­lo­ni ka­yi­yi­ku­hla­lwa.

6 Nja­lo oze­lwe ngo­bu­fe­be uza­hla­lav eA­shi­do­diw; nja­lo ngi­za­qu­ma uku­zi­gqa­ja kwa­ma­Fi­li­stix.

7 Ngi­za­su­sa iga­zi la­khe emlo­nye­ni wa­khey, le­zi­ne­ngi­so za­khe pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­zi­nyo akhe; ko­dwa ose­le­yo, ngi­tsho ye­na, uza­ku­ba ngo­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thu, abe nje­nge­ndu­na ko­Ju­daz, leE­khi­ro­ni nje­ngo­mJe­bu­sia.

8 Be­se­ngi­mi­sa inka­mba nga­se­ndli­ni ya­mi nge­nxa ye­bu­thob, nge­nxa yo­we­dlu­la­yoc, la­nge­nxa yo­phe­ndu­ka­yod, nja­lo ka­ku­sa­yi­ku­dlu­lae umci­nde­ze­li ku­bof; ngo­ba kha­the­si se­ngi­bo­ni­le nga­me­hlo amig.

INko­si ye­Zi­yo­ni

9 Tho­ko­za ka­khu­luh, we­na ndo­da­ka­zi ye­Zi­yo­nii! Me­me­za we­na ndo­da­ka­zi ye­Je­ru­sa­le­maj! Kha­nge­lak, iNko­si ya­kho iye­za ku­wel, ilu­ngi­le, nja­lo ilo­si­ndi­som; itho­be­ki­leno, iga­de uba­bhe­mip, le­tho­le, inko­nya­na ka­ba­bhe­mi­ka­ziq.

10 Nja­lo ngi­za­qu­ma inqo­la isu­ke koE­fra­yi­mir, le­bhi­za eJe­ru­sa­le­mast; le­da­ndi­li le­mpi li­za­qu­nywa; nja­lo iza­khu­lu­mau uku­thu­la kwa­be­zi­zwev; lo­mbu­so wa­yow uza­su­ke­la elwa­ndle usi­ya elwa­ndle, nja­lo ku­su­ke­la emfu­le­nix ku­ze ku­be se­mi­kha­wu­lwe­ni yo­mhla­ba.

11 La­we, nge­ga­zi le­si­vu­me­lwa­noy sa­kho ngi­khu­phi­lez izi­bo­tshwa za­khoab emgo­di­ni onge­la­ma­nzic.

12 Phe­ndu­ke­la­ni enqa­be­ni, li­na zi­bo­tshwad ezi­le­the­mbae; la­la­mu­hla ngi­ya­me­me­ze­la uku­thi ngi­za­bu­yi­se­laf ku­we ngo­ku­phi­ndwe ka­bi­lig;

13 la­pho se­ngi­zi­go­bi­se­le uJu­dah, nga­gcwa­li­sa ida­ndi­li ngoE­fra­yi­mii, nga­vu­sa ama­do­da­na akhoj, we­na Zi­yo­ni, ame­la­na la­ma­do­da­na akho, we­na Gri­ki, nga­kwe­nza ube nje­nge­nke­mba ye­qha­wek.

14 Nja­lo iNko­si iza­bo­na­ka­la phe­zu kwa­bo, lo­mtsho­ko wa­yo uza­phu­mal nje­ngo­mba­nem; iNko­si uJe­ho­va iza­vu­the­la upho­ndon, iha­mbe le­zi­vu­ngu­za­neo ze­ni­ngi­zi­mup.

15 INko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla iza­ba­vi­ke­laq; nja­lo ba­za­ku­dla, be­hli­se­le pha­nsi ama­tshe esa­vu­thar; ba­na­the, be­nze umsi­ndo nje­nge­wa­yi­nis; ba­gcwa­le nje­ngo­mga­nut, nje­nga­ma­gu­mbi ela­thi.

16 Nja­lo iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo iza­ba­si­ndi­sa nga­lo­lo­su­kuu nje­ngo­mhla­mbi wa­ba­ntu ba­yov; ngo­ba ba­za­ku­ba nga­ma­tshe omqhe­lew, be­pha­ka­nyi­si­we phe­zu kwe­li­zwe la­khex.

17 Ngo­ba ku­nga­ka­na­niy uku­lu­nga kwa­khez, nja­lo bu­nga­ka­na­ni ubu­hle ba­khea! Ama­be­le aza­tho­ko­zi­sa ama­ja­habc, le­wa­yi­ni eli­tsha izi­nto­mbide.

INko­si iza­hle­nga aba­ntu ba­yo

10Ce­la­ni eNko­si­ni izu­lu nge­si­kha­thi se­zu­lua la­nge­mu­vab; iNko­si ye­nza imi­ba­ne, iba­ni­ke izi­hla­mbo ze­zu­luc, ku­lo­wo la­lo­wo utsha­ni ega­nge­ni.

2 Ngo­ba izi­tho­mbe zi­khu­lu­me ized, la­ba­vu­mi­si ba­bo­ne ama­ngae, ba­la­ndi­saf ama­phu­pho ayi­nko­hli­sog, ba­du­du­zah ngo­ku­yi­zei. Nga­kho-ke ba­zi­ha­mbe­la nje­nge­zi­mvu, ba­du­be­ka, ngo­ba ku­nge­la­me­lu­sij.

3 Intu­ku­the­lo ya­mi ya­vu­tha ime­le­ne la­be­lu­si, nga­je­zi­sa izi­mpo­ngok; ngo­ba iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla iza­wu­ha­mbe­la umhla­mbi wa­yo, indlu ka­Ju­dal; ibe­nze ba­be nje­nge­bhi­za la­yo eli­hle­ka­zi empi­nim.

4 Kwa­phu­ma ku­ye igu­mbin, ku­ye isi­kho­nkwa­neo, ku­ye ida­ndi­li le­mpip, ku­ye wo­nke umci­nde­ze­li nda­wo­nyeq.

5 Fu­thi ba­za­ku­ba nje­nga­ma­qha­wer anya­the­la oda­ke­nis lwe­zi­ta­la­da empi­nit; nja­lo ba­za­ku­lwa, ngo­ba iNko­si ila­bou, ba­ya­ngi­sev aba­ga­di ba­ma­bhi­zaw.

6 Nja­lo ngi­za­qi­ni­sa indlu ka­Ju­dax, ngi­si­ndi­se indlu ka­Jo­se­fayz, ngi­ba­bu­yi­seab, ngo­ba ngi­le­si­ha­wu ki­boc. Nja­lo ba­za­ku­ba nje­ngo­ku­nga­thi ka­ngi­za­nga ngi­ba­la­hle; ngo­ba ngi­yi­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo, ngi­be­zwed.

7 Nja­lo amaE­fra­yi­mi aza­ku­ba nje­nge­qha­wee, le­nhli­zi­yo ya­wo itho­ko­ze njenga­nge­wa­yi­nif. Ye­bo aba­ntwa­na ba­wo ba­zaku­bo­na, ba­tho­ko­zeg; inhli­zi­yo ya­wo iza­tho­ko­za eNko­si­nih.

8 Ngi­za­ba­tsha­ye­la ukhwe­loi, ngi­ba­bu­thej; ngo­ba ngi­ba­hle­ngi­lek; nja­lo ba­za­kwa­ndal nje­ngo­ba se­ba­ndi­lem.

9 Nja­lo ngi­za­ba­hla­nye­la pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwen, ba­ngi­khu­mbu­le enda­we­ni ezi­kha­tsha­nao; ba­phi­le la­ba­ntwa­na ba­bo, ba­phe­ndu­ke.

10 Ngi­ba­bu­yi­se be­ve­la eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­thep, ngi­ba­qo­qe ba­phu­me eA­si­ri­yaq; ngi­ba­le­the eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­le­ya­dirs le­Le­bha­no­nitu, ko­dwa ka­ba­yi­ku­tho­le­lwa nda­wov.

11 Nja­lo uza­da­bu­la olwa­ndle le­nhlu­phe­kow, atsha­ye ama­ga­ga­si olwa­ndle, la­zo zo­nke izi­nzi­ki zo­mfu­la zi­za­ko­max; lo­ku­zi­gqa­ja kweA­si­ri­ya kwe­hli­swe, le­nto­nga yo­bu­kho­si ye­Gi­bhi­the isu­key.

12 Nja­lo ngi­za­ba­qi­ni­sa eNko­si­niz; ba­ha­mbe be­si­ya le la­le ebi­zwe­ni la­yo, itsho iNko­sia.

11Vu­la imi­nya­ngo ya­kho, we­na Le­bha­no­nia, uku­ze umli­lo udle imi­se­da­ri ya­khob.

2 Qhi­nqa isi­li­lo, we­na si­hla­hla se­fi­ric; ngo­ba umse­da­ri usu­wi­le, ngo­ba izi­hla­hla zo­bu­kho­si zi­ya­chi­thwad. Qhi­nqa­ni isi­li­loe li­na ma-o­khi* eBa­sha­nif, ngo­ba igu­sug eli­nga­nge­ne­ki­yo se­li­wi­lehi.

3 Ku­le­li­zwi lo­ku­qhi­nqa isi­li­lo kwa­be­lu­si, ngo­ba udu­mo lwa­bo lu­ya­chi­thwaj; ili­zwi lo­ku­bho­nga kwa­ma­bho­ngo ezi­lwa­nek, ngo­ba ubu­hle be­Jo­da­ni bu­ya­chi­thwal.

Abe­lu­si aba­bi­li

4 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi: Ye­lu­sa izi­mvum zo­ku­hla­tshwan;

5 oba­the­ngi ba­zoo ba­ya­zi­bu­la­lap, ba­thi ka­ba­la­ca­laq; la­ba­zi­the­ngi­sa­yo ba­thi: Ka­yi­bu­si­swe iNko­si; ngo­ba ngi­no­thi­ler; la­be­lu­si ba­zo ka­ba­la­si­ha­wu nga­zo.

6 Ngo­ba ka­ngi­sa­yi­ku­ye­ke­la aba­hla­li be­li­zwes, itsho iNko­si; ko­dwa kha­nge­la, ngi­za­ni­ke­la aba­ntu, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo esa­ndle­ni si­ka­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khe, le­sa­ndle­ni se­nko­si ya­khe; nja­lo ba­za­li­pha­hla­za ili­zwe, nja­lo ka­ngi­yi­ku­bo­phu­la esa­ndle­ni sa­bo.

7 Nja­lo ngi­za­kwe­lu­sa izi­mvu zo­ku­hla­tshwat, isi­bi­li, ezi­ya­nge­ki­le­yo ze­zi­mvuu. Nja­lo nga­zi­tha­the­la into­nga ezi­mbi­li; enye nga­yi­bi­za ngo­ku­thi ngu­Bu­hle, le­nye nga­yi­bi­za ngo­ku­thi ngu­Zi­bo­phov; nga­ze­lu­sa izi­mvuwx.

8 Nga­se­ngi­qu­ma abe­lu­si aba­tha­thu nge­nya­nga eyo­dwa; lo­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi wa­da­bu­ka nga­bo, lo­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­bo la­wo wa­nge­nya­nyay.

9 Nga­se­ngi­si­thi: Ka­ngisa­yi­ku­le­lu­sa; ofa­yo ka­fez, lo­qu­nywa­yoa ka­qu­nyweb; ka­ku­thi-ke aba­se­le­yo ba­dle, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo inya­ma yo­mu­nyec.

10 Nga­se­ngi­tha­tha into­nga ya­mi, uBu­hle, nga­yi­qa­mu­la, uku­ze nge­phu­le isi­vu­me­lwa­no sa­mi enga­ngi­se­nze la­ba­ntu bo­nked.

11 Se­phu­lwa-ke nga­lo­lo­su­ku; nga­kho-ke ezi­ya­nge­ki­le­yo ze­zi­mvue eza­zi­li­nde­le ki­mi za­kwa­zi uku­thi yi­li­zwi le­Nko­sif.

12 Nga­se­ngi­si­thi ki­zo: Uba ku­lu­ngi­le eme­hlwe­ni enu, ni­ka­ni inko­khe­lo ya­mi; ko­dwa uba ku­ngenja­lo, ye­ke­la­nig. Ba­se­be­li­nga­ni­se­la inko­khe­lo ya­mih, inhla­mvu ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu ze­si­li­vai.

13 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ki­mi: Zi­pho­se­le ku­mbu­mbij; inte­ngok enku­lu ebe­ngi­yi­li­nga­ni­se­lwe yi­bol! Nga­se­ngi­tha­tha inhla­mvu ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu ze­si­li­va, nga­zi­pho­se­la ku­mbu­mbi endli­ni ye­Nko­sim.

14 Nga­se­ngi­qa­mu­la into­nga ya­mi ye­si­bi­li, uZi­bo­pho, uku­ze nge­phu­le ubu­za­lwa­ne pha­ka­thi ku­ka­Ju­da loI­sra­ye­li.

15 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ki­mi: Zi­tha­the­le fu­thi izi­kha­li zo­me­lu­si oyi­si­thu­tha.

16 Ngo­ba kha­nge­la, ngi­za­vu­sa ume­lu­si eli­zwe­ni; o­nga­yi­ku­ha­mbe­la ezi­qu­nyi­we­yon, o­nga­yi­ku­di­nga ezi­ntshao, o­nga­yi­kwe­la­phap eze­phu­ki­le­yoq, o­nga­yi­ku­se­ke­la ezi­zi­me­le­yor; ko­dwa adle inya­ma ye­zi­no­ni­le­yos, ada­bu­le izi­qa ama­so­ndo azo.

17 Ma­ye ku­me­lu­si onga­si­zi lu­thot otshi­ya izi­mvuuv! Inke­mba iza­ku­ba phe­zu kwe­nga­lo ya­khe, la­phe­zu kwe­li­hlo la­khe lo­ku­ne­new. Inga­lo ya­khe iza­tshwa­bha­na isi­bi­li, le­li­hlo la­khe lo­ku­ne­ne li­fi­pha­le ngo­ku­phe­le­le­yox.

Uku­khu­lu­lwa kwe­Je­ru­sa­le­ma

12Umthwa­lo we­li­zwi le­Nko­si ngoI­sra­ye­lia, itsho INko­si, eye­lu­la ama­zu­lub, ya­be­ka isi­se­ke­lo so­mhla­bac, ya­da­la umo­ya wo­mu­ntu nga­pha­ka­thi kwa­khede:

2 Kha­nge­la, ngi­za­kwe­nza iJe­ru­sa­le­maf ibe yi­nke­zog yo­ku­de­nge­ze­li­sa ki­bo bo­nke aba­ntu aba­zi­nge­le­ze­le­yoh; ye­bo, iza­ku­ba la­phe­zu ku­ka­Ju­da eku­vi­nje­ze­lwe­ni ku­me­le­ne le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma.

3 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke nga­lo­lo­su­ku nge­nze iJe­ru­sa­le­mai ibe yi­li­tshe eli­ngu­mthwa­lo ku­bo bo­nke aba­ntu; bo­nke aba­zi­thwa­li­sa nga­lo ba­za­qu­nywa lo­ku­qu­nywaj; la­bo bo­nke aba­ntu bo­mhla­ba ba­za­bu­tha­na be­me­le­ne la­yok.

4 Nga­lo­lo­su­ku, itsho iNko­sil, ngi­za­tsha­ya lo­nke ibhi­za ngo­ku­di­de­kam, lo­mga­di wa­lo ngo­bu­hla­nyan, ngi­vu­le ame­hlo ami phe­zu kwe­ndlu ka­Ju­dao, ngi­tsha­ye lo­nke ibhi­za le­zi­zwep ngo­bu­pho­fuq.

5 Kho­na aba­bu­si ba­ko­Ju­da ba­za­ku­tsho enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­bor: Aba­hla­li be­Je­ru­sa­le­ma ba­nga­ma­ndla ami eNko­si­ni ya­ma­ba­ndla uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo.

6 Nga­lo­lo­su­ku ngi­za­kwe­nzas aba­bu­si ba­ko­Ju­dat ba­be nje­nge­mba­wu­la yo­mli­lo pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­go­dou, la­nje­nge­si­hla­nti so­mli­lo esi­thu­ngwe­ni; nja­lo ba­za­qe­da nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne la­nga­kwe­so­kho­hlo bo­nke aba­ntu inhla­ngo­thi zo­nkev; iJe­ru­sa­le­ma-ke iza­hla­lwa fu­thiw enda­we­ni ya­yo eJe­ru­sa­le­max.

7 Fu­thi iNko­si iza­si­ndi­sa ama­the­nte ako­Ju­da ku­qa­la, uku­ze udu­mo lwe­ndlu ka­Da­vi­da lo­du­mo lwa­ba­khi­le­yo be­Je­ru­sa­le­ma lu­nga­zi­khu­li­si lu­me­le­ne lo­Ju­da.

8 Nga­lo­lo­su­ku iNko­siy iza­vi­ke­la aba­khi­le­yo be­Je­ru­sa­le­maz; la­lo­wo obu­tha­ka­tha­ka pha­ka­thi kwa­boa nga­lo­lo­su­kub abe nje­ngo­Da­vi­da; le­ndlu ka­Da­vi­da ibe nje­ngo­Nku­lu­nku­lu, nje­nge­ngi­lo­si ye­Nko­si pha­mbi kwa­boc.

9 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke nga­lo­lo­su­kud ngi­di­nge uku­chi­tha zo­nke izi­zwe ezi­za uku­me­la­na le­Je­ru­sa­le­mae.

10 Nja­lo ngi­za­thu­lu­le­la phe­zu kwe­ndlu ka­Da­vi­da la­phe­zu kwa­ba­hla­li be­Je­ru­sa­le­ma umo­ya wo­mu­saf lo­wo­ku­nce­ngag, nja­lo ba­za­ngi­kha­nge­la mi­nah aba­mgwa­za­yoi, ba­mli­le­lej, nje­ngo­ku­li­le­lak indo­da­na eyo­dwal, abe lo­bu­hlu­ngu nga­yo, nje­ngo­bu­hlu­ngu nge­zi­bu­lom.

11 Nga­lo­lo­su­kun ku­za­ku­ba ku­khu­lu uku­li­la eJe­ru­sa­le­mao, nje­ngo­ku­li­la ku­ka­Ha­da­di­ri­mo­nip esi­go­di­ni se­Me­gi­do­niq.

12 Fu­thi ili­zwe li­za­li­lar, usa­pho ngo­sa­pho lu­lo­dwas, usa­pho lwe­ndlu ka­Da­vi­da lu­lo­dwa, la­ba­fa­zi ba­bo be­bo­dwatu; usa­pho lwe­ndlu ka­Na­tha­ni lu­lo­dwa, la­ba­fa­zi ba­bo be­bo­dwav;

13 usa­pho lwe­ndlu ka­Le­vi lu­lo­dwa, la­ba­fa­zi ba­bo be­bo­dwa; usa­pho lu­ka­Shi­me­yi lu­lo­dwa, la­ba­fa­zi ba­bo be­bo­dwaw;

14 zo­nke izi­nsa­pho ezi­se­le­yo, usa­pho ngo­sa­pho lu­lo­dwa, la­ba­fa­zi ba­bo be­bo­dwa.

13Nga­lo­lo­su­ku ku­za­ku­baa lo­mtho­mbo ovu­le­lwe indlu ka­Da­vi­da la­ba­hla­li be­Je­ru­sa­le­mab, nge­nxa ye­so­no la­nge­nxa yo­ku­ngco­lac.

2 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke nga­lo­lo­su­kud, itsho iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, ngi­qu­mee ama­bi­zo ezi­tho­mbe asu­ke eli­zwe­nif, ka­zi­sa­yi­ku­khu­nju­lwag; nge­nze la­ba­pro­fe­thih lo­mo­ya ongco­li­le­yo be­dlu­le ba­su­ke eli­zwe­nii.

3 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke, lo­ba ngu­ba­ni esa­pro­fe­tha, uyi­se lo­ni­na aba­mza­la­yoj ba­thi ku­ye: Ka­wu­yi­ku­phi­la, ngo­ba ukhu­lu­ma ama­nga ebi­zwe­ni le­Nko­si. Uyi­se lo­ni­na aba­mza­la­yo ba­be­se­be­mgwa­za la­pho epro­fe­thak.

4 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke nga­lo­lo­su­kul aba­pro­fe­thi ba­za­ku­ba le­nhlo­nim, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo ngo­mbo­no wa­khe eku­pro­fe­the­ni kwa­khen; fu­thi ka­ba­yi­ku­gqo­ka izi­gqo­ko zo­bo­ya uku­ze ba­kho­hli­seo;

5 ko­dwa uza­ku­thi: Ka­ngi­su­ye mpro­fe­thi, ngi­ngu­mli­mi wo­mhla­ba­thip; ngo­ba umu­ntu wa­ngi­the­nga ku­su­ke­la ebu­tshe­ni ba­mi.

6 Lomu­nye uza­ku­thi ku­ye: Ayi­ni la­ma­nxe­ba ase­za­ndle­ni za­khoq? Ye­na uza­ku­thi: Enga­tsha­ywa nga­wo e­ndlini ya­ba­nga­ne ba­mi.

Ume­lu­si wa­ma­nga uza­bu­la­wa

7 Vu­ka, nke­mba, ume­la­ne lo­me­lu­si wa­mir, ume­la­ne lo­mu­ntus ongu­mnga­ne wa­mit, itsho iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla. Tsha­ya ume­lu­si, izi­mvu zi­hla­ka­ze­keuv; be­se­ngi­phe­ndu­le­la isa­ndla sa­mi kwe­zi­nci­nya­new.

8 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke eli­zwe­ni lo­nke, itsho iNko­si, ingxe­nye ezi­mbi­li ku­lo zi­za­qu­nywa zi­phe­lex; ko­dwa eye­si­tha­thu iza­sa­la ku­loy.

9 Nja­lo eye­si­tha­thu ngi­za­yi­da­bu­li­sa emli­lwe­niz, ngi­ba­cwe­ngi­si­sea nje­ngo­ba isi­li­va si­cwe­ngi­si­swab, ngi­ba­li­ngec nje­ngo­ba igo­li­de li­li­ngwad. Bo­na ba­za­bi­za ibi­zo la­mie, mi­na-ke ngi­za­ba­phe­ndu­laf. Ngi­za­ku­thi: Ba­nga­ba­ntu ba­mig; bo­na-ke ba­za­ku­thi: INko­si ingu­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mih.

Usu­ku lo­kwe­hlu­le­la kwe­Nko­si

14Kha­nge­la, usu­ku lwe­Nko­si lu­ye­za, le­mpa­ngo ya­kho iza­kwe­hlu­ka­ni­swa pha­ka­thi kwa­khoa.

2 Ngo­ba ngi­za­bu­tha­ni­sa zo­nke izi­zwe zi­me­la­ne le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma empi­nib; nja­lo umu­zi uza­thu­njwac, le­zi­ndlu zi­pha­ngwed, la­be­si­fa­za­na ba­dlwe­ngu­lweef; le­ngxe­nye yo­mu­zi iza­phu­ma iye eku­thu­njwe­nig, ko­dwa insa­li ya­ba­ntu ka­yi­yi­ku­qu­nywa isu­ke emzi­nih.

3 Kho­na iNko­si iza­phu­ma, ilwe ime­le­ne la­le­zo­zi­zwe, nje­nga­mhla isi­lwa ngo­su­ku lwe­mpii.

4 La­nga­lo­lo­su­ku inya­wo za­yo zi­za­ku­maj enta­be­ni ye­Mi­hlwa­thi, ema­qo­nda­na le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma nga­se­mpu­ma­la­ngak; le­nta­ba ye­Mi­hlwa­thi iza­qhe­ke­ze­ka pha­ka­thi kwa­yo nga­se­mpu­ma­la­nga la­nga­se­ntsho­na­la­nga, ku­be le­si­ho­tsha esi­khu­lu­ka­zil; le­ngxe­nye ye­nta­ba iza­tshe­de­la nga­se­nya­ka­tho, le­ngxe­nye ya­yo nga­se­ni­ngi­zi­mum.

5 Li­za­ba­le­ka-ke nge­si­ho­tsha se­zi­nta­ba za­mi; ngo­ba isi­ho­tsha se­zi­nta­ba si­za­fi­nye­le­la eA­za­lin. Ye­bo, li­za­ba­le­ka nje­ngo­ku­ba­le­ka kwe­nu pha­mbi ko­ku­za­ma­za­ma ko­mhla­ba nge­zi­nsu­ku zi­kaU­zi­ya inko­si ya­ko­Ju­dao. Kho­na iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi iza­fi­kapq, la­bo bo­nke aba­ngcwe­le be­la­wers.

6 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke nga­lo­lo­su­ku ku­nga­bi kho­na uku­kha­nya, ku­be mnya­mat.

7 Ko­dwa ku­za­ku­ba lu­su­ku olu­lo­dwa olu­za­kwa­zi­wa eNko­si­niu, ku­nga­bi yi­mi­ni, ku­nga­bi yi­bu­su­ku; ko­dwa ku­za­ku­thi nge­si­kha­thi sa­ku­si­hlwa ku­be kho­na uku­kha­nyav.

8 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke nga­lo­lo­su­kuw, ama­nzi aphi­la­yo aphu­me eJe­ru­sa­le­ma; ingxe­nye ya­wo iye nga­se­lwa­ndle lwa­se­mpu­ma­la­ngax, le­ngxe­nye ya­wo iye nga­se­lwa­ndle lwe­ntsho­na­la­ngay; ku­za­ku­ba kho­na ehlo­bo le­bu­si­kaz.

9 Nja­lo uJe­ho­va uza­ku­ba yi­Nko­si phe­zu ko­mhla­ba wo­nkea; nga­lo­lo­su­ku ku­za­ku­bab le­Nko­si eyo­dwac, le­bi­zo la­yo li­be li­nyed.

10 Ili­zwe lo­nke li­za­phe­ndu­lwa li­be nje­nge­gce­kee ku­su­ke­la eGe­baf ku­ze ku­be se­Ri­mo­ni eni­ngi­zi­mu kwe­Je­ru­sa­le­mag; li­pha­ka­nyi­sweh, li­hla­le enda­we­ni ya­loi, ku­su­ke­la esa­ngwe­ni la­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni ku­ze ku­be se­nda­we­ni ye­sa­ngo lo­ku­qa­laj, ku­ze ku­be se­sa­ngwe­ni le­ngo­nsikl, nja­lo ku­su­ke­la empho­tsho­ngwe­ni ka­Ha­na­ne­li ku­ze ku­bemn se­zi­kha­me­lwe­ni ze­wa­yi­ni ze­nko­sio.

11 Nja­lo ba­za­hla­la ki­lo, ku­nga­be ku­sa­ba kho­nap uku­tsha­ba­la­laq; ko­dwa iJe­ru­sa­le­ma iza­hla­la ivi­ke­le­ki­ler.

12 La­lo­khu ku­za­ku­ba yi­nhlu­phe­ko iNko­si eza­tsha­ya nga­yo zo­nke izi­zwes ezi­lwe zi­me­le­ne le­Je­ru­sa­le­mat: Iza­bo­li­sa inya­ma ya­zo zi­se­mi nge­nya­wo za­zo, la­me­hlo azo abo­le­le ezi­kho­xwe­ni za­wo, lo­li­mi lwa­zo lu­bo­le­le emlo­nye­ni wa­zou.

13 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke nga­lo­lo­su­kuv, isi­phi­thi­phi­thiw esi­khu­lu se­Nko­si si­be pha­ka­thi kwa­box; ba­ba­mbe ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo isa­ndla si­ka­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khe, fu­thi isa­ndla sa­khe si­pha­ka­me­le uku­me­la­na le­sa­ndla si­ka­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khey.

14 Lo­Ju­da la­ye uza­ku­lwa eJe­ru­sa­le­ma; le­no­tho ya­zo zo­nke izi­zwe ezi­zi­nge­le­ze­le­yo iza­bu­thwaz, igo­li­de le­si­li­vaa le­ze­mba­tho ngo­bu­ne­ngi obu­khu­lub.

15 Iza­ku­ba nja­lo-ke inhlu­phe­koc ye­bhi­zad, eye­mbo­ngo­lo, eye­ka­me­la, le­ka­ba­bhe­mi, le­ya­zo zo­nke inya­ma­za­na ezi­za­ku­ba ku­le­zi­zi­nka­mba, nje­nga­le­yo­nhlu­phe­ko.

16 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke, bo­nke aba­se­le­yo ezi­zwe­ni zo­nke eze­za uku­me­la­na le­Je­ru­sa­le­mae be­nyu­kef imi­nya­ka nge­mi­nya­kag ukuya­kho­nza iNko­si, uJe­ho­va wa­ma­ba­ndlah, lo­ku­gci­nai umkho­si wa­ma­du­mbaj.

17 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke lo­ba ngu­ba­ni onga­yi­kwe­nyu­ka ku­zo insa­pho zo­mhla­ba aye eJe­ru­sa­le­mak uku­kho­nza iNko­si, uJe­ho­va wa­ma­ba­ndlal, ka­ku­yi­ku­ba kho­na izu­lu phe­zu kwa­bom.

18 Fu­thi uba usa­pho lwe­Gi­bhi­the lu­nge­nyu­ki lu­ze, ka­ku­yi­ku­ba lezu­lu phe­zu kwa­lon, ku­za­ku­ba le­nhlu­phe­ko iNko­si eza­tsha­ya nga­yo izi­zweo ezi­nge­nyu­ke­li ukuya­gci­na umkho­si wa­ma­du­mbap.

19 Lo­khu ku­za­ku­ba yi­si­je­zi­so se­so­no se­Gi­bhi­theq, le­si­je­zi­sor se­so­no sa­zo zo­nke izi­zwes ezi­nge­nyu­ke­li uku­gci­na umkho­si wa­ma­du­mbat.

20 Nga­lo­lo­su­ku ku­za­ku­ba se­ma­bhe­re­ni ama­bhi­zau: UBU­NGCWE­LE KU­JE­HO­VAv; le­zi­mbi­za endli­ni ye­Nko­si zi­za­ku­baw nje­nge­mi­ga­nu yo­ku­fa­fa­za pha­mbi kwe­la­thix.

21 Ye­bo, yi­le­yo la­le­yo imbi­za eJe­ru­sa­le­ma la­ko­Ju­da iza­ku­ba yi­bu­ngcwe­le eNko­si­ni ya­ma­ba­ndlay, nja­lo bo­nke abe­nza umhla­tshe­lo ba­za­ku­za ba­tha­the ku­zo, ba­phe­ke ku­zoz. Nja­lo ka­ku­sa­yi­ku­ba kho­naa umKha­na­ni endli­ni ye­Nko­si ya­ma­ba­ndlab nga­lo­lo­su­kuc.