INCWA­DI

KA­JA­KO­BE

KU­BO BO­NKE

Isi­bi­nge­le­lo

1UJa­ko­bea, ince­ku ka­Nku­lu­nku­lub le­ye­Nko­si uJe­su Kri­stuc, ku­zo izi­zwe ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­lid ezi­se­ku­hla­ka­ze­ke­nie, ngi­ya­bi­nge­le­la.

Uku­la­ya nge­zi­li­ngo

2 Ku­ba­le­ni nje­nge­nto­ko­zo yo­nkef, ba­za­lwa­ne ba­mi, nxa li­we­la ezi­li­ngwe­ni ezi­zi­nhlo­bo­nhlo­bog,

3 li­sa­zi uku­thi uku­hlo­lwa ko­kho­loh lwe­nu ku­ve­zai uku­be­ke­ze­laj;

4 ko­dwa uku­be­ke­ze­la ka­ku­be lo­mse­be­nzi ophe­le­le­yo, uku­ze li­be nga­ba­phe­le­le­yo li­phe­le­li­si­wek, li­nga­si­le­li nga­lu­tho.

5 Nja­lo uba ku­kho­na ki­ni oswe­le inhla­ka­ni­phol, ka­ce­lem ku­Nku­lu­nku­lun opha­na­yo nge­si­hleo ki­bo bo­nke, fu­thi enga­so­li, nja­lo uza­yi­ni­kwap.

6 Ko­dwa ka­ce­le ekho­lwe­niq enga­tha­nda­bu­zi nga­lu­thor; ngo­ba otha­nda­bu­za­yo unje­nge­ga­ga­si lo­lwa­ndles eli­qhu­tshwa ngu­mo­ya li­zu­li­swe.

7 Ngo­ba lo­wo­mu­ntu ka­nga­ca­ba­ngi uku­thi uza­zu­za ulu­tho eNko­si­ni.

8 Indo­da enhli­zi­yo­mbi­lit iya­phe­ndu­ka­phe­ndu­ka endle­le­ni za­yo zo­nkeu.

9 Lo­mza­lwa­ne opha­nsi ka­zi­nco­me eku­pha­ka­me­ni kwa­khev;

10 ko­dwa ono­thi­le­yo eku­tho­tshi­swe­ni kwa­khew; ngo­ba nje­nge­lu­ba lo­tsha­nix uza­dlu­lay.

11 Ngo­ba ila­nga li­phu­ma li­lo­ku­tshi­saz, li­bu­ni­se utsha­nia, le­lu­ba la­bo li­wo­hlo­ke, lo­bu­hle bo­ku­bo­na­ka­la kwa­lo bu­nya­ma­la­le; ngo­ku­nja­lo le­si­no­thi si­za­nya­ma­la­la ezi­ndle­le­ni za­so.

12 Ubu­si­si­we umu­ntu obe­ke­ze­le­la isi­li­ngob; ngo­ba ese­hlo­li­wec uza­kwe­mu­ke­la umqhe­le we­mpi­lod, iNko­si eya­wu­the­mbi­sa kwa­ba­yi­tha­nda­yoe.

13 Ka­ku­la­mu­ntu oli­ngwa­yo ome­le athi: Ngi­li­ngwa ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu; ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu ka­la­si­li­ngo so­ku­bi, la­ye uqo­bo ka­li­ngi mu­ntu.

14 Ko­dwa ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo uya­li­ngwa, la­pho ehu­du­lwa nge­za­khe inka­nu­kofg, ehu­gwa;

15 ku­thi la­pho inka­nu­ko isi­khu­le­lwe ibe­le­the iso­noh; le­so­no la­pho se­si­phe­le­le si­za­la uku­fai.

16 Li­nga­kho­hli­swaj, ba­za­lwa­ne ba­mi aba­tha­nde­ka­yo.

17 So­nke isi­pho esi­hlekl la­so so­nke isi­pho esi­phe­le­le­yom si­ve­la phe­zu­lun, se­hla si­ve­la ku­Yi­se we­zi­ba­neo, oku­nge­kho ku­ye uku­gu­qu­kap, ku­mbe isi­thu­nzi so­ku­phe­ndu­ka.

18 Ngo­ku­tha­nda kwa­kheq wa­si­za­lar nge­li­zwi le­qi­ni­sos, uku­ze si­bet nje­nge­zi­the­lo zo­ku­qa­lau ze­zi­da­lwa za­khe.

Uku­la­ya ngo­kho­lo olu­le­ze­nzo

19 Nga­kho, ba­za­lwa­ne ba­mi aba­tha­nde­ka­yo, wo­nke umu­ntu ume­le apha­ngi­se uku­zwa, aphu­ze uku­khu­lu­mav, aphu­ze uku­thu­ku­the­law;

20 ngo­ba uku­thu­ku­the­la kwe­ndo­da ka­kwe­nzi uku­lu­nga ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

21 Nga­kho se­li­hlu­bu­le ama­nya­la wo­nkex lo­kwa­nda ka­khu­lu ko­bu­biyz, le­mu­ke­le ngo­bu­mne­nea ili­zwi eli­gxu­nye­ki­we­yo, eli­la­ma­ndla oku­si­ndi­sa imi­phe­fu­mu­lo ye­nub.

22 Ko­dwa ba­ni­ni nga­be­nzi be­li­zwic, li­nga­bi nga­be­zwa­yo ku­phe­lad, li­zi­kho­hli­sae li­na ngo­kwe­nu.

23 Ngo­ba uba umu­ntuf engu­mu­zwi we­li­zwig fu­thi enge­si­me­nzih, ye­na ufa­na­na le­ndo­da ebu­ka ubu­so ba­yo be­mve­lo esi­bu­kwe­nii;

24 ngo­ba iya­zi­bu­ka, ibi­si­su­ka, ibi­si­hle ikho­hlwa uku­thi ibi­nja­ni.

25 Ko­dwa lo­wo okha­nge­li­si­saj emla­ywe­ni ophe­le­le­yo, lo­wo owe­nku­lu­le­kok, abe­se­ba­mbe­le­la ku­wo, ye­na enge­si­mu­zwil okho­hlwa­yo ko­dwa engu­me­nzi wo­mse­be­nzim, lo uza­ku­ba ngo­bu­si­si­we­yo ekwe­nze­ni kwa­khen.

26 Uba umu­ntu pha­ka­thi kwe­nu esi­thi uya­kho­lwao, uba enga­lu­fa­ki ito­mup uli­mi lwa­kheq, ko­dwa akho­hli­se inhli­zi­yo ya­khe, uku­kho­lwa kwa­lo­wo ku­yi­zer.

27 Uku­kho­lwas oku­hla­nze­ki­le­yo lo­ku­nga­ngco­li­swa­nga pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ngi­tsho uBa­bat yi­lo­khu, uku­ha­mbe­lau izi­nta­nda­nevw la­ba­fe­lo­ka­zix eku­hlu­phe­ke­ni kwa­bo, lo­ku­zi­lo­ndo­lo­zay enge­la­si­ci koko­mhla­baz.

Aba­za­lwa­ne ba­la­ywa uku­thi ba­nga­ba­ndlu­lu­li aba­ntu

2Ba­za­lwa­ne ba­mi, ku­nge­yi­si­kho ngo­ku­ba­ndlu­lu­la aba­ntu li­be lo­kho­loa lwe­Nko­si ye­thu uJe­su Kri­stu, iNko­si ye­nka­zi­mu­lobc.

2 Ngo­ba uba ku­nge­na emhla­nga­nwe­ni1 we­nu indo­da ele­nda­nda­tho ye­go­li­de le­se­mba­tho esi­kha­zi­mu­la­yod, be­se­ku­nge­na lo­ngu­mya­nga ole­se­mba­tho esi­ngco­li­le­yo,

3 be­se­li­na­nze­le­lae ogqo­ke ise­mba­tho esi­kha­zi­mu­la­yof be­se­li­si­thi ku­ye: We­na hla­la la­pha ku­hle, be­se­li­si­thi ko­ngu­mya­ngag: We­na ma­na la­pho; lo­ba: Hla­la la­pha nga­pha­nsi kwe­se­na­be­lo se­nya­wo za­mi;

4 pho, ka­li­ba­ndlu­lu­li pha­ka­thi kwe­nuhi, nja­lo la­ba nga­ba­hlu­le­li aba­le­mi­ca­ba­ngo emi­bi yi­ni?jk

5 Zwa­ni­ni, ba­za­lwa­ne ba­mi aba­tha­nde­ka­yo. UNku­lu­nku­lu ka­ba­khe­tha­ngalm yi­ni aba­ya­nga ba­lu­mhla­ba, be­no­thi­le ekho­lwe­nin, nja­lo be­zi­ndla­li­fao zo­mbu­sop awu­the­mbi­sa­yoq kwa­ba­mtha­nda­yor?

6 Ko­dwa li­na li­ba­du­ma­zi­le aba­ya­ngas. Aba­no­thi­le­yo ka­ba­li­ci­nde­ze­li yi­ni, nja­lo bo­na ba­li­do­nse­let ekwa­hlu­le­lwe­ni yi­ni?u

7 Bo­na ka­ba­li­hla­mba­ziv yi­ni ibi­zo eli­hle eli­bi­zwa nga­low?

8 Uba li­phe­le­li­sa umla­yo wo­bu­kho­six, ngo­ko­mbha­loy othi: Wo­tha­nda uma­khe­lwa­ne wa­kho nje­nga­lo­khu uzitha­nda we­naz, le­nza ku­hle;

9 ko­dwa uba li­ba­ndlu­lu­laa aba­ntu, le­nza iso­no, li­la­hlwa ngu­mla­yo nje­nga­ba­we­qa­yob.

10 Ngo­ba lo­ba ngu­ba­ni ogci­na umla­yo wo­nke, ko­dwa akhu­be­ke ko­ku­ko­dwac, ubad le­ca­lae ku­yo yo­nke.

11 Ngo­ba owa­thi: Unga­fe­bif; wa­thi fu­thi: Unga­bu­la­lig; uba-ke unga­fe­bi, ko­dwa ubu­la­la, usu­ngu­me­qi wo­mla­yo.

12 Khu­lu­ma­ni ngo­ku­nja­lo le­nze nja­lo, nje­nga­ba­za­kwa­hlu­le­lwa ngo­mla­yo we­nku­lu­le­koh.

13 Ngo­ba ukwa­hlu­le­lwa oku­nge­la­si­ha­wui ku­ngo­kwa­lo­wo onge­nza­nga isi­ha­wu; nja­lo isi­ha­wuj si­zi­nco­ma ku­kho ukwa­hlu­le­la.

Ukho­lo lu­fa­ne­le lu­be le­ze­nzo

14 kKu­si­za­ni, ba­za­lwa­ne ba­mi, uba umu­ntu esi­thi ulo­kho­lo, ko­dwa enge­la­mi­se­be­nzi? Lo­lo­kho­lo lu­nga­msi­ndi­sa yi­ni?

15 Uba-ke umza­lwa­ne lo­ba umza­lwa­ne­ka­zil be­ha­mba­zem nja­lo be­swe­la uku­dla kwe­nsu­ku nge­nsu­ku,

16 omu­nye we­nu abe­se­si­thi ki­bon: Ha­mba­ni ngo­ku­thu­la, li­khu­du­ma­le li­su­the; ko­dwa enga­ba­ni­ki izi­nto ezi­di­ngwa ngu­mzi­mbao, lo­kho ku­si­za­nip?

17 Ku­nja­lo lo­kho­lo, uba lu­nge­la­mi­se­be­nzi, lu­fi­le ngo­kwa­lo.

18 Ko­dwa omu­nye uza­ku­thi: We­na ulo­kho­lo, mi­na-ke ngi­le­mi­se­be­nzi: Ngi­tshe­ngi­sa ukho­lo lwa­kho nga­pha­ndle kwe­mi­se­be­nzi ya­kho, la­mi emi­se­be­nzi­ni ya­mi ngi­za­ku­tshe­ngi­saq ukho­lo lwa­mir.

19 We­na uya­kho­lwa uku­thi uNku­lu­nku­lu mu­nyes; we­nza ku­hle; la­ma­di­mo­nit aya­kho­lwau, nja­lo athu­thu­me­le.

20 Ko­dwa uya­tha­nda ukwa­zi yi­ni, O si­phu­ku­phu­kuv, uku­thi ukho­lo olu­nge­la­mi­se­be­nzi lu­fi­lew?

21 UA­bra­ha­ma uba­ba we­thu ka­lu­ngi­si­swa­nga yi­ni nge­mi­se­be­nzi, ese­ni­ke­le indo­da­na ya­khe uI­sa­ka phe­zu kwe­la­thix?

22 Uya­bo­na uku­thi ukho­loy lwa­lu­se­be­nza ka­nye le­mi­se­be­nzi ya­khe, lo­ku­thi ukho­lo lwa­phe­le­li­swa nge­mi­se­be­nziz,

23 kwa­se­ku­gcwa­li­swa umbha­loa othi: LoA­bra­ha­ma wa­kho­lwa uNku­lu­nku­lub, kwa­se­ku­ba­le­lwa ku­ye uku­thi ku­yi­ku­lu­nga, wa­se­bi­zwa ngo­ku­thi ngu­mnga­ne ka­Nku­lu­nku­luc.

24 Nga­kho-ke li­ya­bo­na uku­thi umu­ntu uya­lu­ngi­si­swa nge­mi­se­be­nzid, fu­thi ku­nge­si­ku­thi ngo­kho­lo ku­phe­lae.

25 Ngo­ku­nja­lo-ke lo­Ra­ha­bif isi­fe­be ka­lu­ngi­si­swa­nga nge­mi­se­be­nzi yi­ni, ese­ze­mu­ke­leg izi­thu­nywa, esezi­phu­mi­se nge­nye indle­la?

26 Ngo­ba nje­nga­lo­khu umzi­mba nga­pha­ndleh ko­mo­ya ufi­le, ngo­ku­nja­lo lo­kho­lo nga­pha­ndle kwe­mi­se­be­nzi lu­fi­lei.

Izo­no zo­li­mi

3Li­nga­bia nga­ba­fu­ndi­sib aba­ne­ngi, ba­za­lwa­ne ba­mi, li­sa­zi uku­thi si­za­kwe­mu­ke­la isi­gwe­bo esi­khu­lu.

2 Ngo­ba so­nke si­ya­khu­be­ka ezi­ntwe­ni ezi­ne­ngicd. Uba umu­ntue enga­khu­be­ki eli­zwi­nif, lo­wog uyi­ndo­da ephe­le­le­yoh, ela­ma­ndla oku­khi­na lo­mzi­mba wo­nkei.

3 Kha­nge­la, si­fa­kaj ama­to­muk emi­lo­nye­ni ya­ma­bhi­za uku­ze asi­la­le­le, si­be se­si­qo­ndi­sa umzi­mba wo­nke wa­wo kwe­nye indle­la.

4 Kha­nge­la, le­mi­khu­mbi, la­nxa imi­khu­lu ka­nga­ka nja­lo iqhu­tshwa yi­mi­mo­ya ela­ma­ndla, iya­qo­ndi­swa kwe­nye indle­la nge­phi­nya­na nje, la­pho isi­fi­so so­mtsha­ye­li esi­fu­na kho­na.

5 Lu­nja­lo lo­li­mi lu­yi­si­tho esi­nci­nya­ne, ka­nti lu­zi­nco­ma ka­khu­lu. Kha­nge­la, umli­lo omnci­nya­ne uya­tshi­sa izi­go­do ezi­nga­ka­na­ni!

6 Uli­mil la­lo lu­ngu­mli­lo, umhla­ba wo­bu­bi; lu­nja­lo uli­mi lu­be­kwe pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­tho ze­thu, lu­ngco­li­sam umzi­mba wo­nke, lu­thu­nge­le indle­la1 ye­mpi­lo, nja­lo lu­thu­nge­lwan yi­si­ho­goo.

7 Ngo­ba yo­nke imve­lo yo­ku­bi­li izi­nya­ma­za­na le­zi­nyo­ni, ko­ku­bi­li ezi­hu­qu­ze­la­yo le­zi­da­lwa zo­lwa­ndle, iya­tha­nji­swa nja­lo isi­tha­nji­si­we nge­mve­lo ya­ba­ntu;

8 ko­dwa uli­mi ka­ku­la­mu­ntu onga­lu­tha­mbi­sa; lu­yi­bu­bi obu­nge­la­ku­nqo­tshwa, lu­gcwe­le ubu­hlu­ngu obu­bu­la­la­yop.

9 Nga­lo si­ya­bo­nga uNku­lu­nku­lu ngi­tsho uBa­baq, la­nga­lo si­qa­le­ki­sa aba­ntu abe­nzi­we nge­si­mo si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lur;

10 emlo­nye­ni mu­nye ku­ya­phu­ma uku­bo­nga le­nhla­mba. Le­zi­zi­nto ka­zi­fa­ne­la­nga, ba­za­lwa­ne ba­mi, ze­nze­ke nja­lo.

11 Ka­mbe umtho­mbo emgo­di­ni mu­nye unga­go­bho­za yi­ni oku­mna­ndi lo­ku­ba­ba­yo?

12 Ka­mbe, ba­za­lwa­ne ba­mi, umkhi­wa unga­the­la imi­hlwa­thi yi­ni, lo­ba ivi­ni umkhi­wa? Ngo­ku­nja­lo ka­ku­la­mtho­mbo ove­za ama­nzi ali­tshwa­yi la­mna­ndi.

Uku­hla­ka­ni­pha oku­ve­la phe­zu­lu

13 Ngu­ba­ni ohla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo lo­qe­di­si­sa­yos pha­ka­thi kwe­nu? Ka­tshe­ngi­set imi­se­be­nzi ya­khe eku­zi­pha­the­ni ku­hleu ngo­bu­mne­ne be­nhla­ka­ni­phov.

14 Ko­dwa uba li­lo­mha­wu oba­ba­yow lo­mba­ngox enhli­zi­ywe­ni ye­nu, li­nga­zi­nco­mi li­qa­mbe­le ama­nga iqi­ni­so.

15 Lo­khu ka­yi­si­yo inhla­ka­ni­pho eye­hla ive­la phe­zu­luy, ko­dwa inge­yo­mhla­baz, nge­ye­mve­lo, eya­ma­di­mo­ni.

16 Ngo­ba la­pho oku­kho­na umha­wua lo­mba­ngob, la­pho ku­kho­na isi­phi­thi­phi­thi la­zo zo­nke ize­nzo ezi­mbi.

17 Ko­dwa inhla­ka­ni­phoc eve­la phe­zu­lu eyo­ku­qa­la ihla­nze­ki­led, emva kwa­lo­kho ibe lo­ku­thu­lae, ibe mne­nef, ila­le­le, igcwe­le isi­ha­wu le­zi­the­lo ezi­nhleg, ka­yi­la­ku­ba­ndlu­lu­lah2 fu­thi inge­la­ku­ze­nzi­sai.

18 Le­si­the­lo so­ku­lu­ngajk si­hla­nye­lwa eku­thu­le­ni ku­la­bo abe­nza uku­thu­lalm.

UJa­ko­be uxwa­yi­sa ngo­ku­lwa pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­za­lwa­ne

4Zi­ve­la nga­phi izi­mpi lo­ku­lwa1 pha­ka­thi kwe­nu? Ka­ku­ve­li la­pha yi­ni, enka­nu­kwe­ni2 ze­nu ezi­lwa­yo ezi­thwe­ni ze­nua?

2 Li­ya­fi­sa, ko­dwa ka­li­la­lu­tho; li­ya­bu­la­lab nja­lo li­lo­mha­wu, ko­dwa li­nge­ke la­zu­zac; li­ya­lwa fu­thi le­nza impi, ko­dwa ka­li­la­lu­tho, ngo­ba ka­li­ce­li;

3 li­ya­ce­la nja­lo ka­le­mu­ke­lid, ngo­ba li­ce­la ku­bie, uku­ze liku­chi­the­le enka­nu­kwe­ni3 ze­nu.

4 Zi­fe­be le­zi­fe­be­ka­zif, ka­la­zi yi­ni uku­thi utha­ndog lo­mhla­ba lu­yi­bu­tha ku­Nku­lu­nku­luh? Nga­kho lo­ba ngu­ba­ni otha­nda uku­ba ngu­mnga­ne wo­mhla­ba, we­nzi­wa isi­tha si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lui.

5 Ku­mbe li­ca­ba­nga yi­ni uku­thi umbha­lo utsho izej: Umo­ya ohla­la ki­thi ufi­se­la ku­mo­nak4?

6 Ko­dwa uya­ni­ka umu­sa omkhu­lul; nga­kho uthim: UNku­lu­nku­lu ume­la­na la­ba­zi­gqa­ja­yon, ko­dwa aba­tho­be­ki­le­yo uya­ba­pha umu­sa.

7 Nga­kho ze­hli­se­le­niop ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu, me­la­na­ni lo­di­ya­bho­laq, nja­lo uza­li­ba­le­ke­la.

8 So­nde­la­ni ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu, la­ye uza­so­nde­la ki­nir; ge­za­ni iza­ndlas, zo­ni, nja­lo li­hla­nze izi­nhli­zi­yot, li­na ba­nhli­zi­yo­mbi­liu.

9 Da­na­ni li­li­le li­kha­lev; uku­hle­ka kwe­nu ka­ku­phe­ndu­lwe uku­li­la, le­nto­ko­zo uku­da­na.

10 Zi­tho­be­niwx pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si, nja­lo iza­li­pha­ka­mi­sa.

11 Li­nga­hle­ba­niy, ba­za­lwa­ne. Lo­wo ohle­ba umza­lwa­ne, ame­hlu­le­le umza­lwa­ne wa­khez, uhle­ba umla­yo, ehlu­le­le umla­yoa; ko­dwa uba ese­hlu­le­la umla­yo, ka­wu­su­me­nzi wo­mla­yob, ko­dwa uma­hlu­le­li.

12 Mu­nye ummi­su­mla­yo, ola­ma­ndla oku­si­ndi­sa lo­ku­bhu­bhi­sac; we­na ungu­ba­ni owa­hlu­le­la omu­nyed?

UJa­ko­be uso­la aba­tha­nda inzu­zo la­ba­no­thi­le­yo

13 Mi­na­ni-ke li­nae eli­thi: La­mu­hlaf lo­ba ku­sa­sa si­za­ku­ya emzi­ni othi­le, si­hla­le kho­nag umnya­ka owo­dwa si­the­ngi­se­la­ne si­zu­zeh;

14 eli­nga­kwa­zi­yo okwa­ku­sa­sa. Ngo­ba iyi­ni impi­lo ye­nu? Ngo­ba iyi­nku­ngui ebo­na­ka­la okwe­si­kha­tsha­na, emva kwa­lo­kho ibi­si­nya­ma­la­la;

15 enda­we­ni yalo­kho nga­be li­thi: Uba iNko­si ivu­maj, nja­lo si­za­phi­la, si­be se­si­se­nza lo­khu ku­mbe lo­khu­ya­na.

16 Ko­dwa kha­the­si li­ya­zi­nco­mak eku­zi­gqa­je­ni kwe­nul; ko­nkem uku­zi­nco­ma oku­nje ku­bin.

17 Nga­kho lo­wo okwa­zi­yo ukwe­nza oku­hleo ko­dwa engakwe­nzi, ku­yi­so­no ku­ye.

5Mi­na­ni-kea li­na aba­no­thi­le­yob, kha­la­ni li­li­le nge­nxa ye­nhlu­phe­ko ze­nu ezile­hle­la­yoc.

2 Ino­tho ye­nu ibo­li­led, le­ze­mba­tho ze­nue zi­dli­we yi­nu­nduf;

3 igo­li­de le­nu le­si­li­va ku­tho­mbi­le, lo­ku­tho­mba kwa­kho ku­za­ku­ba yi­bu­fa­ka­zi ki­ni, nja­lo ku­za­ku­dla inya­ma ye­nu nje­ngo­mli­lo. Lizi­be­ke­lag ino­tho ensu­kwi­ni zo­ku­phe­lah.

4 Kha­nge­la, umvu­zo we­zi­se­be­nzii ezi­gu­nde ama­si­mu enuj, ogo­dlwe yi­ni ngo­ku­qi­li­be­ze­la, uya­kha­la; lo­ku­kha­la kwa­ba­vu­nik ku­nge­ne endle­be­ni ze­Nko­si ya­ma­ba­ndlal.

5 Li­bu­si­lem ngo­ku­zi­tho­ko­zi­sa emhla­be­ni, la­ta­ma­san; li­no­ni­se inhli­zi­yo ze­nu nje­ngo­su­kwi­ni lo­ku­hla­tshwao,

6 li­mla­hli­lep, la­mbu­la­laq olu­ngi­le­yor; ka­me­la­na­nga la­ni.

Ma­ye­la­na lo­ku­be­ke­ze­la

7 Nga­kho be­ke­ze­la­ni, ba­za­lwa­ne, ku­ze ku­be se­ku­fi­ke­ni kwe­Nko­sis. Kha­nge­la, umli­mi uya­li­nde­la isi­the­lo so­mhla­ba­thi esi­li­gu­gu, asi­be­ke­ze­le­let, si­ze si­zu­ze izu­lu elo­ku­qa­lau le­lo­ku­ci­navw.

8 La­ni be­ke­ze­la­nix, li­qi­ni­se inhli­zi­yo ze­nuy, ngo­ba uku­fi­ka kwe­Nko­si ku­ya­so­nde­laz.

9 Li­nga­so­la­ni1, ba­za­lwa­ne, uku­ze li­nga­la­hlwa; kha­nge­la, uMa­hlu­le­lia umi emnya­ngob.

10 Tha­tha­ni isi­bo­ne­loc so­ku­hlu­phe­ka, ba­za­lwa­ne ba­mi, le­so­ku­be­ke­ze­la, aba­pro­fe­thid aba­khu­lu­ma ebi­zwe­ni le­Nko­sie.

11 Kha­nge­la, si­thi ba­bu­si­si­wef aba­be­ke­ze­la­yog; li­zwi­le uku­be­ke­ze­la ku­ka­Jo­beh, la­se­li­bo­na uku­ci­na kwe­Nko­sii, uku­thi iNko­si ile­si­ha­wuj esi­khu­lu lo­bu­be­lek.

Ma­ye­la­na lo­ku­fu­nga, la­ngo­ku­khu­le­ka, la­ngo­ku­si­za aba­du­hi­le­yo

12 Ko­dwa pha­mbi kwa­kho ko­nke, ba­za­lwa­ne ba­mi, li­nga­fu­ngil, lo­ba nge­zu­lu, lo­ba ngo­mhla­ba, lo­ba nga­si­phi esi­nye isi­fu­ngo; ko­dwa ka­ku­thi uye­bo we­nu abe ngu­ye­bo, lo­ha­tshi ngu­ha­tshim; uku­ze li­nga­we­li eku­la­hlwe­ni.

13 Ku­kho­na ohlu­phe­ka­yo yi­ni pha­ka­thi kwe­nu? Ka­khu­le­ke. Ku­kho­na otho­ko­za­yo yi­ni? Ka­hla­be­le indu­mi­son.

14 Ku­kho­na ogu­la­yo pha­ka­thi kwe­nu yi­ni? Ka­bi­ze­le ku­ye aba­da­la be­ba­ndlao, ba­be­se­be­khu­le­ka phe­zu kwa­khe, ba­mgco­bep nga­ma­fu­tha ebi­zwe­ni le­Nko­si;

15 lo­mkhu­le­ko wo­kho­loq uza­msi­ndi­sa ogu­la­yor, le­Nko­si iza­mlu­la­mi­sa; uba-ke enzi­le izo­nos, uza­zi­the­the­le­lwa.

16 Vu­ma­ni izi­pha­mbe­ko omu­nye ko­mu­nye, li­khu­le­ke­la­ne, uku­ze li­si­li­swet. Umkhu­le­ko oqi­ni­le­youvw wo­lu­ngi­le­yo ula­ma­ndla ka­khu­lu.

17 UE­li­ja wa­ye­ngu­mu­ntu ole­mi­zwax efa­na­na leye­thu, wa­se­khu­le­ka lo­ku­khu­le­ka uku­thi li­nga­niy; nja­lo ka­li­na­ngaz emhla­be­ni okwe­mi­nya­ka emi­tha­thu le­nya­nga ezi­yi­si­thu­phaa;

18 wa­se­bu­ya ekhu­le­kab, le­zu­lu la­ni­ka izu­lu, lo­mhla­ba wa­the­la isi­the­lo sa­wo.

19 Ba­za­lwa­ne, uba omu­nye ki­ni epha­mbu­ka eqi­ni­swe­ni, lo­mu­nye anga­mbu­yi­sac,

20 ya­zi uku­thi obu­yi­se iso­nid eku­du­he­ni kwe­ndle­la ya­so uza­si­ndi­sae umphe­fu­mu­lo eku­fe­nif, asi­be­ke­le inki­thi­nki­thi ye­zo­nog.