UMA­LA­KI

Utha­ndo lwe­Nko­si ku­Ja­ko­be

1Umthwa­loa we­li­zwi le­Nko­si kuI­sra­ye­lib nge­sa­ndla si­ka­Ma­la­ki.

2 Ngi­li­tha­ndi­lec, itsho iNko­si. Ko­dwa li­thi: Usi­tha­nde nga­ni? UE­sa­wud ka­su­ye yi­ni umfo­wa­bo ka­Ja­ko­be? itsho iNko­si. Ka­nti nga­mtha­nda uJa­ko­be,e

3 loE­sa­wu nga­mzo­ndaf; nge­nzag izi­nta­ba za­khe inci­tha­ka­lo, le­li­fah la­khe la­ba nge­la­ma­kha­nkai enka­nga­la.

4 La­nxa uE­do­ma esi­thi: Se­nzi­we aba­ya­ngaj, ko­dwa si­za­bu­ye­la siye­kwa­kha ama­nxi­wa; itsho nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla: Bo­nak ba­nga­kha, ko­dwa mi­na ngi­za­di­li­za, nja­lo ba­za­ba­bi­za ngo­ku­thi: Ngu­mngce­lel wo­bu­bi, la­ba­ntum iNko­si eba­thu­ku­the­le­le­yo ku­ze ku­be pha­ka­de.

5 La­me­hlon enu aza­bo­na, la­ni li­thi: INko­sio iza­khu­li­swa nga­le ko­mngce­lep wa­koI­sra­ye­li.

INko­si ikhu­za aba­pri­sti

6 Indo­da­naq iya­mhlo­ni­pha uyi­se, le­nce­ku inko­si ya­yo. Uba-ker ngi­ngu­yi­hlo, ku­nga­phi uku­hlo­ni­tshwa kwa­mi? Uba-kes ngi­yi­Nko­si, ku­nga­phi ukwe­sa­tshwa kwa­mi? itsho iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla ki­nit, ba­pri­sti eli­de­le­la ibi­zo la­mi; ko­dwau li­thiv: Si­li­de­le­le nga­ni ibi­zo la­kho?

7 Li­so­nde­zaw isi­nkwax esi­ngco­li­le­yoy phe­zu kwe­la­thi la­mi, li­si­thiz: Si­ku­ngco­li­se nga­ni? Ngo­ku­thi kwe­nu: Ita­fu­laa le­Nko­si li­ya­de­le­le­ka.

8 Nja­lo nxa li­so­nde­zab oku­yi­si­pho­fuc ku­be ngu­mhla­tshe­lo, ka­ku­ku­bi yi­ni? La­la­pho li­so­nde­za oku­qhu­la­yo lo­ku­gu­la­yod, ka­ku­ku­bi yi­ni? Ake uku­so­nde­ze ku­mbu­si wa­khoe; anga­ba lo­mu­sa ku­we yi­ni? ku­mbe anga­be­mu­ke­laf yi­ni ubu­so ba­kho? itsho iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla.

9 Kha­the­si-ke ake li­nce­nge ubu­so bu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu uku­ze abe lo­mu­sa ki­thi; lo­khug ku­be nge­sa­ndla se­nu; uza­be­mu­ke­lah ubu­so be­nu yi­ni? itsho iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla.

10 Ngu­ba­nii okho­na ngi­tsho pha­ka­thi kwe­nu onga­va­la izi­va­lo? Ye­bo, li­nga­ba­se­li ize umli­lo phe­zu kwe­la­thi la­mi. Ka­ngi­tho­ko­zi nga­ni, ku­tsho iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, nja­lo ka­ngi­yi­kwe­mu­ke­laj umni­ke­lo esa­ndle­ni se­nu nge­nto­ko­zo.

11 Ngo­bak ku­su­ke­la eku­phu­me­ni kwe­la­nga ku­ze ku­be se­ku­tsho­ne­ni kwa­lo, ibi­zol la­mi liza­ku­ba li­khu­lu pha­ka­thim kwe­zi­zwe; la­ku­yon yo­nke inda­wo impe­phao iza­tshi­se­lwap ibi­zo la­mi, lo­mni­ke­loq ohla­mbu­lu­ki­le­yor; ngo­bas ibi­zo la­mi liza­ku­ba li­khu­lu pha­ka­thit kwe­zi­zwe, itsho iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla.

12 Ko­dwa li­ya­li­ngco­li­sa ngo­ku­thi kwe­nu: Ita­fu­lau le­Nko­si li­ngco­li­si­we; le­si­the­lo sa­lo, uku­dla kwa­lo, ku­de­le­le­ki­lev.

13 Nja­lo li­thi: Kha­nge­la, ku­di­ni­saw ka­nga­ka­na­ni! Nja­lox li­ku­chi­le­la ama­kha­la, itsho iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla: nja­lo li­le­the impa­ngoy, lo­ku­qhu­la­yoz, lo­ku­gu­la­yoa; ngo­ku­nja­lo li­le­the umni­ke­lo. Ngi­kwe­mu­ke­leb lo­khu yi­ni ngo­ku­tho­ko­za esa­ndle­ni se­nu? itsho iNko­si.

14 Ka­qa­le­ki­swe-ke umkho­hli­si ole­du­nac emhla­nji­ni wa­khe, ofu­nga ahla­be­le iNko­si oko­na­ke­le­yod; ngo­ba ngi­yi­Nko­si enku­lue, itsho iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, le­bi­zo la­mi li­ye­sa­be­kaf pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwe.

Uku­kho­hli­sa ku­kaI­sra­ye­li

2Kha­the­si-ke, ba­pri­stia, umla­yo lo ngo­we­nu.

2 Ubab li­nga­la­le­li, nja­lo uba li­nga­ku­be­kic enhli­zi­ywe­ni uku­ni­ka ibi­zo la­mi udu­mo, itsho iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndlad, ngi­za­thu­me­la isi­qa­le­ki­soef pha­ka­thi kwe­nu, ngi­qa­le­ki­se izi­bu­si­sog ze­nu. Ye­bo, se­ngi­zi­qa­le­ki­si­le, ngo­ba ka­li­ku­be­kih enhli­zi­ywe­ni.

3 Kha­nge­la­ni, ngi­za­ko­nai inza­lo ye­nu, ngi­the­lej umswa­ne ebu­swe­ni be­nu, umswa­nek wa­ma­di­lil enu, li­su­swemn ka­nye la­wo.

4 Nja­lo li­za­kwa­zi uku­thi ngi­thu­me­le lu­mla­yoo ki­ni, uku­zep isi­vu­me­lwa­no sa­mi si­be lo­Le­vi, itsho iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla.

5 Isi­vu­me­lwa­noqr sa­mi be­si­la­ye si­yi­ku­phi­la lo­ku­thu­las; nga­mni­ka kho­na ku­bet yi­kwe­sa­ba ange­sa­ba nga­kho; wa­thu­thu­me­la pha­mbi kwe­bi­zo la­mi.

6 Umla­you we­qi­ni­so wa­wu­se­mlo­nye­ni wa­khe, le­si­pha­mbe­ko ka­si­tho­la­ka­la­nga ende­be­ni za­khe. Wa­ha­mba la­mi ngo­ku­thu­la la­ngo­bu­qo­thov, wa­phe­ndu­law aba­ne­ngi ebu­bi­ni.

7 Ngo­ba inde­bex zo­mpri­stiy zi­ya­gci­na ulwa­zi, nja­loz ba­ya­di­nga umla­yo emlo­nye­ni wa­khe, ngo­ba uyi­si­thu­nywaa se­Nko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla.

8 Ko­dwa li­na li­pha­mbu­ki­le endle­le­ni, la­khu­be­ki­sab aba­ne­ngi emla­ywe­ni; lo­na isi­vu­me­lwa­noc si­ka­Le­vi, itsho iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla.

9 Nga­kho la­mi ngi­le­nzi­led la­ba nga­ba­de­le­le­ka­yo la­be­hli­se­lwe pha­nsi pha­mbi kwa­ba­ntu bo­nke, nje­ngo­ku­bae li­nga­gci­na­nga izi­ndle­la za­mi, ko­dwa la­mu­ke­lefg ubu­so emla­ywe­ni.

Uku­kho­hli­sa ku­kaI­sra­ye­li

10 Ka­si­la­ba­bah mu­nye yi­ni thi­na so­nke? UNku­lu­nku­lu mu­nye ka­si­da­la­nga yi­nii? Ku­nga­ni si­se­nzaj nge­nko­hli­so, omu­nye eme­le­ne lo­mfo­wa­bo, ngo­ku­ngco­li­sak isi­vu­me­lwa­no sa­bo­ba­ba?

11 UJu­da we­nze nge­nko­hli­sol, nja­lo kwe­nzi­we ama­nya­la koI­sra­ye­lim le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma; ngo­ba uJu­da ungco­li­si­le ubu­ngcwe­len bu­ka­Je­ho­va abu­tha­nda­yo, uthe­theop indo­da­ka­ziq ka­nku­lu­nku­lu we­zi­zwe­ni.

12 INko­si iza­qu­ma umu­ntu owe­nza lo­khu, ovu­sa­yo lo­phe­ndu­la­yor, asu­ke ema­the­nte­ni ka­Ja­ko­be, la­lo­wos ole­tha umni­ke­lo eNko­si­ni ya­ma­ba­ndla.

13 La­lo­khu li­kwe­nzi­le ka­bi­li; li­si­be­ke­la ila­thi le­Nko­si nge­zi­nye­mbe­zi, ngo­ku­kha­la, la­ngo­ku­bu­bu­la, oku­nga­ngo­ku­thi ka­yi­sa­wu­na­nzi umni­ke­lo, ku­mbe uku­we­mu­ke­la ngo­ku­tho­ko­za esa­ndle­ni se­nu.

14 Ka­ntit li­thi: Ku­nga­ni? Ku­ngo­bau iNko­si ya­yi­ngu­mfa­ka­zi pha­ka­thi kwa­kho lo­mfa­ziv wo­bu­tsha ba­kho, we­na omphe­the nge­nko­hli­sow, ka­ntix engu­mnga­ne wa­kho, lo­mfa­ziy we­si­vu­me­lwa­no sa­kho.

15 Ke­nza­ngaz yi­ni oye­dwa? nja­lo elo­mo­ya ose­le­yoa, nja­lo ku­nga­ni oye­dwa? Wa­di­nga inza­lo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lub. Nga­khoc qa­phe­li­sa­ni ngo­mo­ya we­nu, nja­lo ka­ku­nga­bi lo­pha­thad umfa­zie wo­bu­tsha ba­khe nge­nko­hli­sof.

16 Ngo­bag iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li ithi iya­zo­nda ukwa­lanah. Ngo­ba omu­nye usi­be­ke­la udla­ke­la nge­se­mba­thoi sa­khe, itshoj iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla. Nga­kho qa­phe­li­sa­ni ngo­mo­ya we­nu, uku­ze li­nge­nzik nge­nko­hli­so.

Usu­ku lo­kwa­hlu­le­la lu­ye­za

17 Li­yi­di­ni­si­lel iNko­si nga­ma­zwim enu. Ka­ntin li­thi: Si­yi­di­ni­se nga­ni? Ngo­ku­thio kwe­nu: Wo­nke owe­nza oku­bi ulu­ngi­le eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si, nja­lo iya­tho­ko­zap nga­bo; ku­mbe: Unga­phiq uNku­lu­nku­lu we­sa­hlu­le­lo?

Isi­thu­nywa se­Nko­si

3Kha­nge­la­nia, ngi­thu­ma isi­thu­nywab sa­mi, esi­za­lu­ngi­sac indle­la pha­mbi kwa­mi; le­Nko­si eli­yi­di­nga­yod iza­fi­kae ma­si­nya­ne ethe­mpe­li­ni la­yo, ngi­tshof isi­thu­nywa se­si­vu­me­lwa­no eli­tho­ko­zag nga­so; kha­nge­la si­ye­zah, itsho iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla.

2 Ko­dwa ngu­ba­nii onga­lu­me­la usu­kuj lo­ku­za kwa­so, nja­lo ngu­ba­nik onge­ma eku­bo­na­ka­le­ni kwa­so? Ngo­bal si­nje­ngo­mli­lom wo­mcwe­ngi we­go­li­de, la­nje­nge­se­pan yo­mwa­tshi.

3 Si­za­hla­la nje­ngo­mcwe­ngio lo­mhla­mbu­lu­li we­si­li­va, si­hla­mbu­lu­lep ama­do­da­na ka­Le­vi, si­wa­cwe­ngeq nje­nge­go­li­de la­nje­nge­si­li­va, aze aso­nde­zer imi­ni­ke­lo ngo­ku­lu­ngas eNko­si­ni.

4 Ng'kho­na umni­ke­lot wa­ko­Ju­da lo­we­Je­ru­sa­le­ma uza­ku­ba mna­ndiu eNko­si­ni nje­nge­nsu­kwi­ni ze­ndu­lo, la­nje­nge­mi­nya­ke­niv ya­ku­qa­la.

5 Nja­lo ngi­za­so­nde­la ki­ni ngo­kwa­hlu­le­la; ngi­bew ngu­mfa­ka­zix opha­ngi­sa­yo ngi­me­le­ne la­ba­tha­ka­thiy, ngi­me­le­ne le­zi­fe­beza, ngi­me­le­ne la­ba­fu­ngi ba­ma­ngab, ngi­me­le­nec la­ba­ci­nde­ze­lide ba­ma­ho­lo aba­qa­tshi­we­yo, umfe­lo­ka­zif, le­nta­nda­neg, la­ba­su­ndu­ze­lah abe­zi­zwe­niij ece­le­ni, nja­lo aba­nga­nge­sa­bi­yo, itsho iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla.

6 Ngo­ba ngi­yi­Nko­si, ka­ngi­phe­ndu­kik; nga­khol li­na ma­do­da­na ka­Ja­ko­be ka­li­qe­dwa.

7 Ngi­tshom ku­su­ke­la ensu­kwi­ni za­bo­yi­hlo li­pha­mbu­ki­le ezi­mi­swe­ni za­mi, ka­li­zi­gci­na­nga. Bu­ye­la­nin ki­mi, la­mi ngi­za­bu­ye­la ki­ni, itsho iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla. Ka­ntio li­thi: Si­za­bu­ye­la nga­ni?

8 Umu­ntu anga­mpha­ngap yi­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu? Ka­nti li­na li­ngi­pha­ngi­leq. Ko­dwar li­thi: Si­ku­pha­nges nga­ni? Ngo­kwe­tshu­mit lango­mni­ke­lou.

9 Li­qa­le­ki­si­we nge­si­qa­le­ki­sov, ngo­ba li­ngi­pha­ngi­lew, le­si­si­zwe so­nke.

10 Le­tha­nix ko­nke okwe­tshu­mi esi­pha­le­niy uku­ze ku­be lo­ku­dlaz endli­ni ya­mi. Li­ngi­hlo­le-kea kha­the­si ku­kho, itsho iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, uba ngi­nga­yi­ku­li­vu­le­lab ama­wi­ndi ama­zu­lu, ngi­li­thu­lu­le­lec isi­bu­si­sod ku­ze ku­nga­bi lenda­wo eya­ne­le­yo.

11 Ngi­za­khu­za odla­yoe nge­nxa ye­nu, nja­lo ka­yi­ku­li­chi­the­laf izi­the­lo zo­mhla­ba­thi; le­vi­nig ka­li­yi­ku­li­bo­zi­se­la ensi­mi­ni, itsho iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla.

12 Nja­lo zo­nkeh izi­zwe zi­za­ku­thi li­bu­si­si­we, ngo­ba li­na li­za­ku­ba yi­li­zwe eli­tho­ko­zi­sa­yoi, itsho iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla.

Ukwe­hlu­ka­ni­swa pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­lu­ngi­le­yo la­ba­bi

13 Ama­zwi enuj abe­lu­khu­ni eme­le­ne la­mi, itsho iNko­si. Ka­ntik li­thi: Si­khu­lu­me­ni si­me­le­ne la­we?

14 Li­thelm: Ku­yi­zen uku­kho­nza uNku­lu­nku­lu. Nja­lo ku­yi­nzu­zoo ba­ni uku­thi si­gci­nep imfa­ne­loq ya­khe, lo­ku­thi si­ha­mbe si­kwe­zi­mnya­mar pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla?

15 Kha­the­si-kes si­thit aba­zi­qhe­nya­you ba­bu­si­si­we; ye­bov, la­bow abe­nza inko­hla­ka­lo ba­ya­khi­wax; ye­boy ba­li­ngaz uNku­lu­nku­lu, ba­phe­phe.

16 Kho­na la­boa aba­ye­sa­ba­yo iNko­si ba­khu­lu­mi­sa­nab; nja­lo iNko­si ya­la­le­la, ye­zwa; lo­gwa­loc lwe­si­khu­mbu­zo lwa­lo­tshwa pha­mbi kwa­yo nga­bod aba­ye­sa­ba­yo iNko­si, la­nga­la­bo aba­zi­ndla nge­bi­zo la­yo.

17 Nja­lo ba­za­ku­ba nga­ba­mi, itsho iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, nga­lo­lo­su­kue engi­za­kwe­nzaf nga­lo oku­li­gu­gugh kwa­mi, nja­lo ngi­za­ba­ye­ke­lai nje­nge­ndo­daj eye­ke­la indo­da­na ya­yo eyi­se­be­nze­la­yok.

18 Be­se­li­bu­ya li­bo­nal ume­hlu­ko pha­ka­thi ko­lu­ngi­le­yo lo­mu­bi, pha­ka­thim ko­kho­nza uNku­lu­nku­lu la­lo­wo onga­mkho­nzi­yo.

Usu­ku lwe­Nko­si lu­ye­za

4Ngo­ba kha­nge­la­ni, lu­ye­zaa usu­ku olu­vu­thab nje­nge­zi­koc; la­bo bo­nke aba­zi­gqa­ja­yod, ye­bo, bo­nke abe­nzae nge­nko­hli­so ba­za­ku­baf li­bi­bi; lo­su­kug olu­za­yo lu­za­ba­tshi­sa, itsho iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, uku­ze lu­nga­ba­tshi­ye­li impa­ndeh ku­mbe uga­tsha.

2 Ko­dwa ki­ni ele­sa­bai ibi­zo la­mi, iLa­ngaj lo­ku­lu­ngak li­za­phu­ma li­lo­ku­si­li­sal empi­kwe­nim za­lo. Nja­lo li­za­phu­man li­qo­lo­tsha nje­nga­ma­tho­leo esi­ba­ya.

3 Li­za­nya­the­le­lapq pha­nsi aba­bi, ngo­ba ba­za­ku­bars ngu­mlo­tha nga­pha­nsi kwe­nga­pha­nsi ye­nya­wo ze­nu ngo­su­ku engi­za­kwe­nzat, itsho iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla.

4 Khu­mbu­la­ni umla­you ka­Mo­zi­si ince­ku ya­miv, enga­mla­ya wo­na eHo­re­bew ngoI­sra­ye­li wo­nke, izi­mi­sox le­za­hlu­le­lo.

5 Kha­nge­la­niy, ngi­za­thu­ma uE­li­jaz umpro­fe­thi ki­ni lu­nga­ka­fi­kia usu­ku lwe­Nko­si olu­khu­lu lo­lwe­sa­be­ka­yo.

6 Uza­phe­ndu­le­la-keb inhli­zi­yo ya­bo­yi­se eba­ntwa­ne­ni, le­nhli­zi­yo ya­ba­ntwa­na ku­bo­yi­se, hle­zi ngi­ze ngi­tsha­yec ili­zwe nge­si­qa­le­ki­sod.