INCWA­DI YE­SI­THA­THU

KA­JO­HA­NE

Isi­bi­nge­le­lo

1 Umda­laa, ku­ye uGa­yu­si otha­nde­ka­yob, mi­na engi­mtha­nda nge­qi­ni­soc.

2 Si­tha­ndwa, ku­zo zo­nke izi­nto ji­ke­le­le ngi­fi­sad1 uku­thi uphu­me­le­le nja­lo uphi­lee, nje­nga­lo­khu umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­kho uphu­me­le­la.

3 Ngo­ba nga­tho­ko­za ka­khu­lu­ka­zif, la­pho ku­fi­ka aba­za­lwa­ne, be­fa­ka­ze­la iqi­ni­so la­khog, nje­ngo­ba we­na uha­mba eqi­ni­swe­nih.

4 Ka­ngi­la­nto­ko­zo enku­lu edlu­la le­zi­zi­nto, uku­thi ngi­zwe uku­thi aba­ntwa­na ba­mii ba­ha­mba eqi­ni­swe­nij.

Inka­tha­zo eba­ndle­nik

5 Si­tha­ndwa, we­nza ngo­ku­the­mbe­ka lo­ba nga­ku­phi okwe­nza ku­ba­za­lwa­nel la­kwa­be­mzi­nim,

6 aba­fa­ka­ze­le utha­ndo lwa­kho pha­mbi kwe­ba­ndlan; uza­kwe­nza ku­hle uba uba­phe­le­ke­ze­lao ngo­ku­fa­ne­le uNku­lu­nku­lup.

7 Ngo­ba nge­nxa ye­bi­zo la­khe ba­phu­mi­le be­nge­mu­ke­li lu­tho kwa­be­zi­zweq.

8 Nga­kho thi­na si­fa­ne­le uku­be­mu­ke­la aba­nja­lo, uku­ze si­be yi­zi­se­be­nzi ka­nye le­qi­ni­sor.

9 Nga­bha­le­la iba­ndla; ko­dwa uDi­yo­tre­fe otha­nda uku­ba ngo­wo­ku­qa­la ki­bo ka­se­mu­ke­li.

10 Nga­kho, uba ngi­fi­ka, ngi­za­khu­mbu­za imi­se­be­nzi ya­khe aye­nza­yo, uya­si­hle­ba nga­ma­zwi ama­bis; fu­thi ka­kho­li­swa yi­le­zi­zi­nto, ye­na uqo­bo ke­mu­ke­li aba­za­lwa­ne, uya­ba­le­la la­la­bo aba­tha­nda uku­kwe­nza, nja­lo uyaba­xo­tsha eba­ndle­ni.

11 Si­tha­ndwa, unga­ku­li­ngi­se­li oku­bi, ko­dwa oku­hlet. Owe­nza oku­hle ungo­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luu; ko­dwa owe­nza oku­bi ka­mbo­na­nga uNku­lu­nku­luv.

12 Ngo­De­me­tri­yu ku­fa­ka­zwe yi­bo bo­nke, la­nge­qi­ni­so uqo­bow; la­thi fu­thi si­ya­fa­ka­za, la­ni li­ya­zi uku­thi ubu­fa­ka­zi be­thu bu­qi­ni­si­lex.

Isi­ci­no

13 Be­ngi­le­zi­nto ezi­ne­ngi zo­ku­bha­la, ko­dwa ka­ngi­tha­ndi uku­ku­bha­le­la nge­yi­nki lo­si­bay;

14 ko­dwa ngi­the­mba uku­ku­bo­na ma­si­nya­ne, si­be se­si­khu­lu­ma umlo­mo ngo­mlo­mo2.

Uku­thu­la ka­ku­be ku­we. Aba­nga­ne ba­ya­ku­bi­nge­le­la. Bi­nge­le­la aba­nga­ne nga­ma­bi­zoz.