ISA­MBU­LE­LO

KU­JO­HA­NE

UJo­ha­ne uni­kwa isa­mbu­le­lo si­ka­Je­su Kri­stu

1Isa­mbu­le­loa si­ka­Je­su Kri­stu, amni­ka so­na uNku­lu­nku­lub, uku­ze abo­ni­se ince­ku za­khe izi­nto ezi­me­le ukwe­nze­ka ngo­ku­pha­ngi­sac, ese­thu­med nge­ngi­lo­si ya­khee wazi­bo­na­ka­li­sa ku­nce­kuf ya­khe uJo­ha­neg,

2 owa­fa­ka­za ili­zwi li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luh, lo­bu­fa­ka­zi bu­ka­Je­su Kri­stuij, la­kho ko­nke aku­bo­na­yok.

3 Ubu­si­si­we ofu­nda, la­la­bo abe­zwa ama­zwi ale­si­si­pro­fe­thol, be­se­be­gci­na izi­nto ezi­lo­tshi­we­yo ku­som; ngo­ban isi­kha­thi si­se­du­zeo.

Uku­bi­nge­le­la ku­ka­Jo­ha­ne

4 UJo­ha­nep ku­ma­ba­ndla ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa aseA­si­yaq: Umu­sa ka­wu­be ki­nir lo­ku­thu­la oku­ve­la ku­yes okho­natu lo­wa­ye­kho­navw lo­za­ku­zax; la­ku­bo­mo­ya aba­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa aba­pha­mbi kwe­si­hla­lo sa­khe so­bu­kho­siy;

5 la­ku­Je­su Kri­stu, umfa­ka­ziz othe­mbe­ki­le­yoa, oli­zi­bu­lo kwa­ba­fi­le­yob lo­mbu­si wa­ma­kho­si omhla­bac. Ku­ye owa­si­tha­nda­yo,d wa­si­ge­zi­sa ezo­nwe­ni ze­thu ega­zi­ni la­khee;

6 owa­se­nza sa­ba nga­ma­kho­si la­ba­pri­stif ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu uYi­seg; ka­ku­be ku­ye ubu­kho­sih la­ma­ndla ku­ze ku­be ni­ni la­ni­ni. Ame­nii.

7 Kha­nge­la uye­zaj ka­nye la­ma­ye­zikl, fu­thi lo­nke ili­hlo li­za­mbo­nam, la­bo aba­mgwa­za­yon; le­zi­zwe zo­nke zo­mhla­ba zi­za­li­la nge­nxa ya­khe. Ye­bo. Ame­nio.

8 Mi­na ngi­nguA­lfa loO­me­gap, uku­qa­la lo­ku­ci­na, ku­tsho iNko­siqr, ekho­na le­ya­yi­kho­na le­za­ku­zas, uSo­ma­ndlat.

UKri­stu uzi­bo­na­ka­li­sa ku­Jo­ha­ne

9 Mi­na uJo­ha­ne, lo­ngu­mza­lwa­ne we­nuu, lo­hla­nga­nye­la ka­nye la­ni eku­hlu­phe­ke­niv le­mbu­swe­ni le­ku­be­ke­ze­leni ku­ka­Je­su Kri­stuw, nga­ngi­se­si­hle­nge­ni esi­thi­wa yi­Pa­tmo­six, nge­nxa ye­li­zwi li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu la­nge­nxay yo­bu­fa­ka­zi bu­ka­Je­su Kri­stuz.

10 Nga­ngi­ku­Mo­yaa ngo­su­ku lwe­Nko­sib; fu­thi nge­zwa nge­mva kwa­mi ili­zwi eli­khu­lu ku­nga­thi nge­lo­pho­ndoc,

11 li­si­thi: Mi­na ngi­nguA­lfa loO­me­gad, uku­qa­la lo­ku­ci­na; lo­ku­thi: Oku­bo­na­yoe ku­bha­le encwa­di­ni, uku­thu­me­lef ema­ba­ndle­ni ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa aseA­si­yag, eE­fe­suh, le­Se­me­rnai, le­Pe­rga­moj, le­Ti­ya­thi­rak, le­Sa­rdi­sil, le­Fi­la­de­lfi­yam, le­La­wo­di­ke­yan.

12 Nga­se­ngi­tshi­bi­li­ka uku­ze ngi­bo­ne ili­zwi eli­khu­lu­ma la­mi. Se­ngi­tshi­bi­li­ki­le nga­bo­na izi­qo­ba­ne ze­zi­ba­ne ze­go­li­de ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sao,

13 la­pha­ka­thip kwe­zi­qo­ba­ne ze­zi­ba­ne ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­saq onje­nge­Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntur, embe­thes ise­mba­tho esi­fi­ka ezi­nya­we­nit fu­thi ezi­bo­phe ezi­tha­nde­le nge­qhe­le le­go­li­de ema­be­le­niuv;

14 nja­lo ikha­nda la­khe le­nwe­le za­khe kwa­ku­mhlo­phe nje­ngo­bo­ya be­zi­mvu, nje­nge­li­qhwa eli­khi­thi­ki­le­yow; la­me­hlo akhe enje­nge­la­nga­bi lo­mli­lox,

15 le­nya­wo za­khe za­zi­nje­nge­thu­si eli­kha­zi­mu­la­yo, nje­nge­li­vu­tha esi­tha­ndwe­niy; le­li­zwi la­khe la­li­nje­nge­nhlo­ko­mo ya­ma­nzi ama­ne­ngiz;

16 fu­thi ele­nka­nye­zi ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa esa­ndle­ni sa­khe so­ku­ne­nea, le­mlo­nye­ni wa­khe kwa­phu­mab inke­mba ebu­kha­lic inhla­ngo­thi zo­mbi­lid; lo­bu­so ba­khee bu­nje­nge­la­nga eli­kha­nya ema­ndle­ni alof.

17 Nja­lo nga­thi ngi­mbo­na, nga­we­la enya­we­ni za­khe njengo­fi­le­yog; wa­se­be­ka isa­ndla sa­khe so­ku­ne­ne phe­zu kwa­mi esi­thi ki­mih: Unge­sa­bii; mi­na ngi­ngo­wo­ku­qa­la lo­wo­ku­ci­naj,

18 lo­phi­la­yo; nja­lo nga­ngi­fi­le fu­thi kha­nge­lak, ngi­ya­phi­la ku­ze ku­be ni­ni la­ni­ni. Ame­nil. Nja­lom ngi­le­zi­hlu­thu­le­lon ze­si­ho­go le­zo­ku­fao.

19 Bha­lap izi­nto ozi­bo­ni­le­yoq, le­zi­nto ezi­kho­nar, le­zi­nto ezi­za­ku­ba kho­na emva kwa­le­zis:

20 Imfi­hlo ye­nka­nye­zi ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa ozi­bo­ni­le­yo esa­ndle­ni sa­mi so­ku­ne­net, le­zi­qo­ba­ne ze­zi­ba­ne ze­go­li­de ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sau. Inka­nye­zi ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sav zi­yi­zi­thu­nywaw za­ma­ba­ndla ayi­si­kho­mbi­sax; le­zi­qo­ba­ne ze­zi­ba­ne ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa ozi­bo­ni­le­yoy zi­nga­ma­ba­ndlaz ayi­si­kho­mbi­saa.

Incwa­di eza­bha­le­lwa ama­ba­ndla ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa

2Ku­so isi­thu­nywaa se­ba­ndla leE­fe­su bha­la uthi: Le­zi­zi­ntob uya­zi­tsho lo­wo ophe­the inka­nye­zi ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sac esa­ndle­ni sa­khe so­ku­ne­ne, oha­mba pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­qo­ba­ne ze­zi­ba­ne ze­go­li­de ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sad,

2 uthi: Ngi­ya­ya­zi imi­se­be­nzi ya­kho, lo­mse­be­nzi wa­kho onzi­ma, lo­ku­be­ke­ze­la kwa­khoe, lo­ku­thi unge­ba­me­le aba­bif, lo­ku­thi uba­hlo­li­leg la­bo aba­zi­thih ba­nga­ba­pho­sto­li ko­dwa be­nge­yi­si­boi, wa­su­ba­tho­la be­nga­ba­qa­mbi­ma­nga,

3 wa­su­thwa­la, ulo­ku­be­ke­ze­lajk, wa­khu­tha­la nge­nxa ye­bi­zo la­mi, ka­wu­di­nwa­ngal.

4 Ko­dwa ngi­lo­ku­me­le­ne la­we uku­thi ude­li­le utha­ndo lwa­kho lwa­ku­qa­lam.

5 Nga­kho khu­mbu­la la­pho owe kho­na, ubu­su­phe­ndu­ka we­nze imi­se­be­nzi ya­ku­qa­la; uba ku­nge­nja­lo, ngi­za­ku­za ku­we ngo­ku­pha­ngi­san, ngi­za­su­sa isi­qo­ba­ne se­si­ba­ne sa­kho enda­we­ni ya­soo, uba unga­phe­ndu­ki;

6 ka­nti ula­lo­khu uku­thi uya­yi­zo­nda imi­se­be­nzi ya­ma­Ni­ko­la­yi­thap, engi­yi­zo­nda­yo la­mi.

7 Lo­wo ole­ndle­be ke­zweq lo­kho aku­tsho­yo uMo­ya ema­ba­ndle­ni. Onqo­ba­yor ngi­za­mni­ka uku­thi adle okwe­si­hla­hla se­mpi­los esi­pha­ka­thi kwe­Pa­ra­di­se li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lut.

8 La­ku­so isi­thu­nywa se­ba­ndlau le­Se­me­rnav bha­la uthi: Le­zi­zi­nto utsho owo­ku­qa­la lo­wo­ku­ci­naw, owa­ye­fi­le nja­lo uya­phi­lax:

9 Ngi­ya­ya­zi imi­se­be­nzi lo­ku­hlu­phe­kay lo­bu­ya­ngaz ba­kho (ka­nti uno­thi­lea) le­nhla­mba ya­la­bo aba­thi ba­nga­ma­Ju­da, ka­nti be­nge­yi­si­wobc, ko­dwa be­li­si­na­go­ged li­ka­Sa­tha­nee.

10 Unge­sa­bi lu­tho lwa­le­zo­zi­nto oza­hlu­phe­ka nga­zo; kha­nge­la udi­ya­bho­la uza­pho­se­la aba­nye ki­ni ento­lo­ngwe­ni, uku­ze li­li­ngwe; fu­thi li­za­ku­baf le­nhlu­phe­kog insu­ku ezi­li­tshu­mih. The­mbe­kai ku­ze ku­be se­ku­fe­nij, nja­lo ngi­za­ku­ni­ka umqhe­le we­mpi­lok.

11 Ole­ndle­be ke­zwel lo­kho aku­tsho­yo uMo­ya ema­ba­ndle­ni. Onqo­ba­yom ka­so­ze ali­nya­zwan yi­ku­fa kwe­si­bi­lio.

12 La­ku­so isi­thu­nywa se­ba­ndlap eli­se­Pe­rga­moq bha­la uthi: Le­zi­zi­nto utsho lo­wo ole­nke­mba ebu­kha­li inhla­ngo­thi zo­mbi­lir:

13 Ngi­ya­ya­zi imi­se­be­nzi ya­khos, la­la­pho ohla­la kho­na, la­pho oku­kho­na isi­hla­lo so­bu­kho­si si­ka­Sa­tha­net; nja­lo ugci­ni­le ibi­zo la­mi, ka­wu­phi­ka­nga ukho­lo lwa­miu, ngi­tsho ensu­kwi­ni zi­kaA­nti­pa­si, umfa­ka­zi wa­miv othe­mbe­ki­le­yow, owa­bu­la­we­lwa pha­ka­thi kwe­nu, la­pho uSa­tha­ne ahla­la kho­nax;

14 ko­dwa ngi­le­zi­nto ezi­nlu­tshwa­na ezi­me­le­ne la­wey, uku­thi ula­bo la­pho aba­ba­mbe­le­la emfu­ndi­swe­ni ka­Ba­la­miz, owa­fu­ndi­sa uBa­la­ki uku­pho­sa isi­khu­be­ki­so pha­mbi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, so­ku­thi ba­dle oku­hla­tshe­lwe izi­tho­mbea lo­ku­thi ba­phi­ngeb.

15 Ngo­ku­nja­lo la­we ula­bo aba­ba­mbe­le­la emfu­ndi­swe­ni ya­ma­Ni­ko­la­yi­thac, into engi­yi­zo­nda­yo.

16 Phe­ndu­ka; uba ku­nge­nja­lo, ngi­za­ku­za ku­we ngo­ku­pha­ngi­sa, ngi­za­ku­lwa ngi­me­le­ne la­bod nge­nke­mba yo­mlo­mo wa­mie.

17 Ole­ndle­be ke­zwef lo­kho aku­tsho­yo uMo­ya ema­ba­ndle­ni. Onqo­ba­yog ngi­za­mni­ka uku­thi adle okwe­ma­na efi­hli­we­yoh, nja­lo ngi­za­mni­ka ili­tshe eli­mhlo­phe, la­phe­zu kwe­li­tshe ibi­zo eli­tsha eli­lo­tshi­we­yoi, oku­nge­la­mu­ntu ola­zi­yoj nga­pha­ndle kole­mu­ke­la­yo.

18 La­ku­so isi­thu­nywa se­ba­ndlak eli­se­Ti­ya­thi­ral bha­la uthi: Le­zi­zi­nto itsho iNdo­da­na ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, ela­me­hlo ayo anje­nge­la­nga­bi lo­mli­lom, le­nya­wo za­yo zi­fa­na­na le­thu­si eli­kha­zi­mu­la­yon:

19 Ngi­ya­ya­zi imi­se­be­nzi ya­kho, lo­tha­ndo,o lo­ku­kho­nza, lo­kho­lo, lo­ku­be­ke­ze­la kwa­kho, le­mi­se­be­nzi ya­khop, uku­thi eyo­ku­ci­na mi­ne­ngi ku­le­yo­ku­qa­la.

20 Ko­dwa ngi­le­zi­nto ezi­nlu­tshwa­na ezi­me­le­ne la­weq, uku­thi uvu­me­le owe­si­fa­za­na uJe­ze­be­lir, ozi­bi­za ngo­ku­thi ungu­mpro­fe­thi­ka­zi, uku­fu­ndi­sa adu­hi­se ince­ku za­mi, uku­thi zi­phi­ngest lo­ku­thi zi­dle oku­hla­tshe­lwe izi­tho­mbeu.

21 Fu­thi nga­mni­ka ithu­ba lo­ku­thi aphe­ndu­ke eku­fe­be­ni kwa­khev, nja­lo ka­phe­ndu­ka­nga.

22 Kha­nge­la mi­na ngi­za­mpho­se­la embhe­de­niw, la­ba­phi­nga­yo la­ye eku­hlu­phe­ke­ni oku­khu­lu, uba be­nga­phe­ndu­ki emi­se­be­nzi­ni ya­bo.

23 Nja­lo ngi­za­bu­la­la aba­ntwa­na ba­khe ngo­ku­fa; la­ma­ba­ndla wo­nke aza­kwa­zi uku­thi ngi­ngu­ye ohlo­lax izi­nsoy le­zi­nhli­zi­yoza; fu­thi ngi­za­li­ni­ka, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo, ngo­kwe­mi­se­be­nzi ye­nub.

24 Ko­dwa ngi­khu­lu­ma la­ni la­ba­nye aba­se­Ti­ya­thi­rac, bo­nke aba­nge­la­yo le imfu­ndi­so, la­ba­nga­kwa­zi­yo oku­ju­li­le­yo ku­ka­Sa­tha­ned, nje­ngo­ku­tsho kwa­bo: Ka­ngi­yi­ku­le­the­sa omu­nye umthwa­loe.

25 Ko­dwa lo­kho eli­la­kho ku­ba­mbi­si­se­nif, ngi­ze ngi­fi­keg.

26 Lo­nqo­ba­yoh lo­gci­na imi­se­be­nzi ya­mi ku­ze ku­be se­ku­phe­le­nii, ngi­za­mni­ka ama­ndlaj phe­zu kwe­zi­zwe;

27 nja­lok uza­zi­bu­sa nge­nto­nga ye­nsi­mbil; zi­za­pha­hla­zwa nje­nge­zi­mbi­za ze­bu­mbam; nje­nga­lo­khu la­mi ngi­kwe­mu­ke­le ku­Ba­ban.

28 Fu­thi ngi­za­mni­ka indo­nsa­ku­sao.

29 Ole­ndle­be ke­zwep lo­kho aku­tsho­yo uMo­ya ema­ba­ndle­ni.

3La­ku­so isi­thu­nywaa se­ba­ndla eli­se­Sa­rdi­sib bha­la uthi: Le­zi­zi­nto utsho lo­wo ola­bo­mo­ya aba­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa ba­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luc, le­nka­nye­zi ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sad: Ngi­ya­ya­zi imi­se­be­nzi ya­khoe, uku­thi ule­bi­zo lo­ku­thi uya­phi­laf, ka­nti ufi­legh.

2 Li­nda, uqi­ni­sei izi­nto ezi­se­le­yo ese­zi­za­ku­fa; ngo­ba ka­ngi­tho­la­nga imi­se­be­nzi ya­kho iphe­le­li­si­we pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luj.

3 Khu­mbu­la-kek uku­thi ukwe­mu­ke­le waku­zwa nja­ni, ubu­suku­gci­na, uphe­ndu­kel. Uba-ke unga­li­ndim, ngi­za­ku­za phe­zu kwa­khon nje­nge­se­lao, nja­lo ka­wu­so­ze wa­la­zi iho­la engi­za­ku­za nga­lop phe­zu kwa­kho.

4 Ula­ma­bi­zoq ama­lu­tshwa­na ngi­tsho eSa­rdi­sir, anga­ngco­li­sa­nga ize­mba­tho za­wos; nja­lo ba­za­ha­mba la­mi be­kwe­zi­mhlo­phet, ngo­ba ba­fa­ne­leu.

5 Onqo­ba­yov, lo­wo uza­gqo­ki­swaw ize­mba­tho ezi­mhlo­phex; fu­thi ka­ngi­so­ze ngi­le­su­le ibi­zo la­khey egwa­lwe­ni lwe­mpi­loz, nja­lo ngi­za­li­vu­ma ibi­zo la­khe pha­mbi ku­ka­Ba­baa, la­pha­mbi kwe­ngi­lo­si za­kheb.

6 Ole­ndle­be ke­zwe lo­kho uMo­ya aku­tsho­yo ema­ba­ndle­nic.

7 La­ku­so isi­thu­nywa se­ba­ndlad eli­se­Fi­la­de­lfi­yae bha­la uthi: Le­zi­zi­nto utshof oNgcwe­leg, oQo­thohi, ole­si­hlu­thu­le­lo si­ka­Da­vi­daj, ovu­la nja­lo ku­nga­va­li mu­ntuk, ava­le fu­thi ku­nga­vu­li mu­ntul:

8 Ngi­ya­ya­zi imi­se­be­nzi ya­khom; kha­nge­la, ngi­mi­se pha­mbi kwa­kho umnya­ngo ovu­li­we­yon, nja­lo ka­ku­la­mu­ntu onga­wu­va­la, ngo­ba ula­ma­ndla ama­nci­nya­ne, nja­lo uli­gci­ni­le ili­zwi la­mi, fu­thi ka­wu­li­phi­ka­nga ibi­zo la­mio.

9 Kha­nge­la ngi­zaku­ni­ka aba­ve­la esi­na­go­ge­ni li­ka­Sa­tha­nep, aba­thi ba­nga­ma­Ju­daq, be­nge­yi­si­wo, ko­dwa be­qa­mba ama­nga; kha­nge­la ngi­za­be­nza uku­thi be­ze ba­gu­qe pha­mbi kwe­nya­wo za­khor, nja­lo ba­zi uku­thi mi­na ngi­ku­tha­ndi­les.

10 Ngo­ba ugci­ni­le ili­zwi lo­ku­be­ke­ze­la kwa­mi, la­mi ngi­za­ku­lo­ndo­lo­za ku­ho­la lo­ku­li­ngwat oku­za­fi­ka emhla­be­ni wo­nkeu, uku­li­nga aba­khi­le­yo phe­zu ko­mhla­ba­thiv.

11 Kha­nge­law, ngi­ye­za ngo­ku­pha­ngi­sa; ba­mbi­si­sa ola­khoxy, uku­ze ku­nga­bi kho­na okwe­mu­ka umqhe­le wa­khoz.

12 Onqo­ba­yoa, ngi­za­me­nza insi­ka ethe­mpe­li­ni li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mib; nja­lo ka­so­ze aphi­nde aphu­me pha­ndle, fu­thi ngi­za­bha­la ibi­zo li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mic phe­zu kwa­khe, le­bi­zo lo­mu­zi ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi, iJe­ru­sa­le­ma entshad, eye­hla ive­la ezu­lwi­ni ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mie, le­bi­zo la­mi eli­tshaf.

13 Ole­ndle­beg ke­zwe lo­kho uMo­ya aku­tsho­yo ema­ba­ndle­ni.

14 La­ku­so isi­thu­nywa se­ba­ndlah la­ma­La­wo­di­ke­yai bha­la uthi: Le­zi­zi­nto utsho uA­me­nij, umfa­ka­zi othe­mbe­ki­le­yok lo­qo­thol, owo­ku­qa­la ko­ku­da­li­we­yo ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lum:

15 Ngi­ya­ya­zi imi­se­be­nzi ya­khon, uku­thi nja­lo ka­wu­qa­ndi fu­thi ka­wu­tshi­sio. Ku­nga­thi nga­be uya­qa­nda ku­mbe utshi­se!

16 Ngo­ku­nja­lo, ngo­ba ubu­thu­ku­thu­ku, nja­lo unga­qa­ndi fu­thi unga­tshi­si, ngi­za­ku­kha­fu­la emlo­nye­ni wa­mi.

17 Ngo­ba uthi: Ngi­no­thi­lep, se­ngi­no­thi­le nja­lo ka­ngi­swe­li lu­tho, ka­nti ka­wa­zi uku­thi we­na ungo­hlu­phe­ka­yo lo­ha­wu­la­yo lo­ngu­mya­nga lo­yi­si­pho­fu lo­nqu­nu;

18 ngi­ya­kwe­lu­le­ka uku­thi uthe­nge ki­miq igo­li­de eli­ce­ngwe ngo­mli­lor, uku­ze uno­the; le­ze­mba­tho ezi­mhlo­phes, uku­ze we­mba­thet, le­hla­zo lo­bu­ze ba­kho li­nge­mbu­lwa; nja­lo ugco­be ame­hlo akho nga­ma­gco­bo ame­hlo, uku­ze ubo­ne.

19 Mi­na bo­nkeu engi­ba­tha­nda­yov, ngi­ya­ba­so­la ngi­ba­tsha­ye. Nga­kho tshi­se­kaw uphe­ndu­kex.

20 Kha­nge­la, ngi­mi emnya­ngo ngi­qo­qo­day; uba umu­ntu esi­zwa ili­zwi la­miz, abe­se­vu­la umnya­ngo, ngi­za­nge­na ku­yea, ngi­dle la­ye, la­ye la­mi.

21 Onqo­ba­yob, ngi­za­mni­ka uku­thi ahla­le la­mi esi­hla­lwe­ni sa­mi so­bu­kho­sic, nje­nga­lo­khu la­mi nga­nqo­bad, nga­se­ngi­hla­la lo­Ba­ba esi­hla­lwe­ni sa­khe so­bu­kho­si.

22 Ole­ndle­be ke­zwe lo­kho uMo­ya aku­tsho­yo ema­ba­ndle­nie.

UJo­ha­ne ubo­na embo­nwe­ni ubu­kho­si bu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ezu­lwi­ni

4Emva kwa­le­zi­zi­nto nga­bo­na, fu­thi kha­nge­la, umnya­ngo uvu­le­ki­le ezu­lwi­ni, le­li­zwi lo­ku­qa­la enga­li­zwa­yo li­nje­nge­lo­pho­ndo li­khu­lu­ma la­mia, li­si­thi: Ye­nyu­ke­la la­phab, nja­lo ngi­za­ku­tshe­ngi­sa izi­nto ezi­me­le ze­nze­ke emva kwa­le­zi­zi­ntoc.

2 Nja­lo nga­hle nga­ba ku­Mo­yad; kha­nge­la-ke, isi­hla­lo so­bu­kho­si sa­mi­swaef ezu­lwi­nig, la­phe­zu kwe­si­hla­lo so­bu­kho­si ohle­zi­yo;

3 nja­lo ohle­zi­yo wa­ye­bo­na­ka­la efa­na­na le­li­tshe ija­spi*h le­sa­rdi­yu­sii, lo­mchi­lo­wa­ma­kho­si­ka­zij wa­wu­zi­nge­le­ze­le isi­hla­lo so­bu­kho­si ubo­na­ka­la nje­nge-e­me­ra­ldi*k.

4 Le­zi­hla­lo zo­bu­kho­si ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­ne za­zi­ha­nqe isi­hla­lo so­bu­kho­silm; la­phe­zu kwe­zi­hla­lo zo­bu­kho­si nga­bo­na aba­da­la aba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­ne be­hle­zino, be­mbe­the ize­mba­tho ezi­mhlo­phep, nja­lo be­le­mi­qhe­le ye­go­li­deq ema­kha­nda abo.

5 Le­si­hla­lwe­ni so­bu­kho­si kwa­phu­ma imi­ba­ne le­mi­du­mo la­ma­zwir; le­zi­ba­ne zo­mli­lo ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa za­zi­bhe­bha pha­mbi kwe­si­hla­lo so­bu­kho­sis, ezi­ngo­mo­ya aba­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa ba­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lut;

6 la­pha­mbi kwe­si­hla­lo so­bu­kho­si kwa­ku­kho­na ulwa­ndle lwe­ngi­la­ziu, lu­fa­na­na le­kri­sta­li*v. La­pha­ka­thi kwe­si­hla­lo so­bu­kho­siw le­ku­zi­nge­le­ze­le­ni kwe­si­hla­lo so­bu­kho­six kwa­ku­kho­na izi­da­lwa ezi­ne ezi­phi­la­yoy zi­gcwe­le ame­hlo nge­mu­vaz la­pha­mbi­lia.

7 Le­si­da­lwa esi­phi­la­yo so­ku­qa­la sa­si­fa­na­na le­si­lwa­neb, le­si­da­lwa esi­phi­la­yo se­si­bi­li sa­si­fa­na­na le­tho­le, le­si­da­lwa esi­phi­la­yo se­si­tha­thu sa­si­lo­bu­so bo­mu­ntu, le­si­da­lwa esi­phi­la­yo se­si­ne sa­si­fa­na­na lo­kho­zi olu­pha­pha­yo;

8 le­zi­da­lwa ezi­ne ezi­phi­la­yo zi­le­mpi­ko ezi­yi­si­thu­phac ile­so la­le­so ngo­ku­khe­the­ki­le­yo ema­ce­le­ni wo­nke, la­nga­pha­ka­thi zi­gcwe­le ame­hlod, nja­lo ka­zi­la­ku­phu­mu­la emi­ni le­bu­su­kue, zi­si­thi: Ingcwe­le, ingcwe­le, ingcwe­le, iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­luf uSo­ma­ndlag, owa­ye­kho­na lo­kho­na lo­za­ku­zah.

9 Ku­thi la­pho izi­da­lwa ezi­phi­la­yo zi­mni­ka ubu­kho­sii lo­du­mojk lo­ku­bo­ngwa lo­wo ohle­zi esi­hla­lwe­ni so­bu­kho­sil, ophi­la­yo ku­ze ku­be ni­ni la­ni­nim,

10 aba­da­la aba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nen ba­zi­wi­se­la pha­nsi pha­mbi ko­hle­zi esi­hla­lwe­ni so­bu­kho­si, ba­se­be­mkho­nza ophi­la­yo ku­ze ku­be ni­ni la­ni­nio, be­pho­se­la imi­qhe­le ya­bo pha­mbi kwe­si­hla­lo so­bu­kho­sip, be­si­thi:

11 Ufa­ne­le, Nko­siq, ukwe­mu­ke­la ubu­kho­sir, lo­du­most la­ma­ndla; ngo­ba we­na wa­da­la izi­nto zo­nkeu, la­nge­nta­ndo ya­kho zi­kho­na, za­da­lwa.

UJo­ha­ne ubo­na embo­nwe­ni iWu­ndlu li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu

5Nga­se­ngi­bo­na esa­ndle­ni so­ku­ne­ne so­wa­ye­hle­zi esi­hla­lwe­ni so­bu­kho­sia ugwa­lo olu­bha­lwe nga­pha­ka­thib la­nge­mu­vac, lu­na­nye­ki­we nge­mpa­wu ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sad.

2 Nga­se­ngi­bo­na ingi­lo­si ela­ma­ndla ime­me­za nge­li­zwi eli­khu­lu isi­thi: Ngu­ba­ni ofa­ne­le uku­vu­la ugwa­lo, lo­ku­qha­qha impa­wu za­lo?

3 Nja­lo kwa­ku­nge­la­mu­ntu ezu­lwi­nie, ku­mbe emhla­be­ni, ku­mbe nga­pha­nsi ko­mhla­ba, owa­ye­la­ma­ndla oku­vu­la ugwa­lo, ku­mbe uku­lu­kha­nge­la.

4 Mi­na nga­se­ngi­kha­la ka­khu­lu, ngo­ba ku­nga­tho­lwa­nga lo­ye­dwa ofa­ne­le uku­lu­vu­la lo­ku­lu­fu­nda ugwa­lo, ku­mbe uku­lu­kha­nge­la.

5 Omu­nye wa­ba­da­laf wa­se­si­thi ki­mi: Unga­kha­li; kha­nge­la, inqo­bi­le iNgo­nya­mag eve­la esi­zwe­ni sa­ko­Ju­dah, iMpa­nde ka­Da­vi­dai, uku­thi ivu­le ugwa­loj lo­ku­thi iqha­qhe impa­wu za­lo ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sak.

6 Nga­se­ngi­bo­na, fu­thi kha­nge­la, pha­ka­thi kwe­si­hla­lo so­bu­kho­si le­zi­da­lwa ezi­ne ezi­phi­la­yol la­nga­pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­da­lam, iWu­ndluno li­mi ku­nga­thi li­hla­tshi­wep, li­le­mpo­ndo ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa la­me­hlo ayi­si­kho­mbi­saq, oku­ngo­mo­ya aba­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa ba­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu aba­thu­nye­lwe emhla­be­ni wo­nker.

7 La­se­li­si­za, la­lu­tha­tha ugwa­lo esa­ndle­ni so­ku­ne­ne so­hle­zi esi­hla­lwe­ni so­bu­kho­sis.

8 Ku­the se­li­lu­the­the ugwa­lo, izi­da­lwa ezi­ne ezi­phi­la­yot la­ba­da­la aba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­neu ba­we­la pha­nsi pha­mbi kwe­Wu­ndluv, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo ela­ma­cha­chow le­mi­ga­nu ye­go­li­dex igcwe­le impe­pha eyi­mi­khu­le­ko ya­ba­ngcwe­ley.

9 Ba­se­be­hla­be­le­la ingo­ma entshaza, be­si­thi: Uku­fa­ne­le uku­lu­tha­tha ugwa­lob, lo­ku­vu­la impa­wu za­lo, ngo­ba wa­hla­tshwac, wa­su­si­hle­nge­la uNku­lu­nku­lud nge­ga­zi la­khoe si­ve­la ku­yo yo­nke imi­hlo­bo le­zi­nli­mi la­ba­ntu le­zi­zwef,

10 wa­su­se­nza sa­ba nga­ma­kho­si la­ba­pri­sti ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thug; nja­lo si­za­bu­sa emhla­be­ni.

11 Nga­se­ngi­bo­na, nge­zwa ili­zwi le­ngi­lo­si ezi­ne­ngi zi­ha­nqe isi­hla­lo so­bu­kho­sih le­zi­da­lwa ezi­phi­la­yo la­ba­da­lai; le­na­ni la­zo la­li­yi­zi­gi­di ze­zi­gi­di, le­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ze­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­nej,

12 zi­si­thi nge­li­zwi eli­khu­lu: Li­fa­ne­lek iWu­ndlu ela­hla­tshwa­yol ukwe­mu­ke­la ama­ndla le­no­thomn le­nhla­ka­ni­phoo le­nga­lopq lo­du­mors lo­bu­kho­situv lo­ku­du­nyi­swawx.

13 La­so so­nke isi­da­lway esi­se­zu­lwi­ni, le­mhla­be­ni, la­nga­pha­nsi ko­mhla­ba, le­zi­nto ezi­se­lwa­ndle, la­kho ko­nke oku­ki­kho, nga­ku­zwa ku­si­thi: Ku­ye ohle­zi esi­hla­lwe­ni so­bu­kho­siz la­ku­lo iWu­ndlu ka­ku­be uku­du­nyi­swaab lo­du­moc lo­bu­kho­sid la­ma­ndlae ku­ze ku­be ni­ni la­ni­ni.

14 Le­zi­da­lwa ezi­ne ezi­phi­la­yof za­thi: Ame­nigh. La­ba­da­la aba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­ne ba­zi­wi­se­la pha­nsii, ba­se­be­kho­nza ophi­la­yo ku­ze ku­be pha­ka­de la­pha­ka­dej.

Uku­vu­lwa kwe­zi­mpa­wu

6Nga­se­ngi­bo­na la­pho iWu­ndlua se­li­vu­le olu­nye lwe­zi­mpa­wu, nge­zwa esi­nye se­zi­da­lwa ezi­ne ezi­phi­la­yo si­si­thi, nje­nge­li­zwi lo­mdu­mobc: Wo­za ubo­ne!

2 Nga­se­ngi­bo­na, kha­nge­la-ke, ibhi­za eli­mhlo­phede, lo­li­ga­di­le­yof ele­da­ndi­lig; kwa­se­ku­ni­ke­lwa ku­ye umqhe­leh, wa­se­phu­ma enqo­ba, lo­ku­ze anqo­bei.

3 La­la­pho se­li­vu­le upha­wu lwe­si­bi­li, nge­zwa isi­da­lwa esi­phi­la­yo se­si­bi­lij si­si­thi: Wo­za ubo­ne!

4 Kwa­se­ku­phu­ma eli­nye ibhi­za eli­bo­mvuk; lo­li­ga­di­le­yo kwa­ni­kwa ku­yel uku­su­sa uku­thu­la emhla­be­nim, lo­ku­thi ba­bu­la­la­ne; kwa­se­ku­ni­ke­lwa ku­ye inke­mba enku­lu.

5 La­la­pho se­li­vu­le upha­wu lwe­si­tha­thu, nge­zwa isi­da­lwa esi­phi­la­yo se­si­tha­thun si­si­thi: Wo­za ubo­ne! Nga­se­ngi­bo­na, kha­nge­la-ke, ibhi­za eli­mnya­mao, lo­li­ga­di­le­yo ele­si­ka­li esa­ndle­ni sa­khep.

6 Nga­se­ngi­si­zwa ili­zwi pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­da­lwa ezi­ne ezi­phi­la­yo li­si­thi: Ingce­be­thu ya­ma­be­leq ngo­de­na­ri­yo*r, le­ngce­be­thu ezi­nta­thu ze­bha­li* ngo­de­na­ri­yos; la­ma­fu­tha le­wa­yi­ni unga­ko­nit.

7 La­la­pho se­li­vu­le upha­wu lwe­si­ne, nge­zwa ili­zwi le­si­da­lwa se­si­neu li­si­thi: Wo­za ubo­ne!

8 Nga­se­ngi­bo­na, kha­nge­la-ke, ibhi­za eli­li­ga­nuv, lo­li­ga­di­le­yo, ibi­zo la­khe li­ngu­Ku­faw, le­si­ho­go sa­la­nde­la­na la­yex. Kwa­se­ku­ni­ke­lwa ku­kho ama­ndla oku­bu­la­la ku­ze ku­be yi­ngxe­nye ye­si­ne yo­mhla­ba, nge­nke­mbay la­nge­ndla­laza la­ngo­ku­fab, la­nge­zi­lo zo­mhla­bacd.

9 La­la­pho se­li­vu­le upha­wu lwe­si­hla­nu, nga­bo­na nga­pha­nsie kwe­la­thif imi­phe­fu­mu­log ya­la­bo aba­be­bu­le­we nge­nxa ye­li­zwi li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luh, la­nge­nxa yo­bu­fa­ka­zi aba­be­la­boi.

10 Ba­se­be­me­me­za nge­li­zwi eli­khu­lu be­si­thi: Ko­ze ku­be ni­ni, Nko­sij, engcwe­le le­qo­thok, unga­gwe­bil uphi­ndi­se­le iga­zi le­thum ku­la­bo aba­khi­le­yo emhla­be­ni?n

11 Kwa­se­ku­ni­kwa ku­lo­wo la­lo­wo ize­mba­tho ezi­mhlo­pheo, kwa­se­ku­thi­wa ku­bo, ba­ke ba­phu­mu­le okwe­si­kha­tsha­nap, ba­ze ba­phe­le­li­swe aba­yi­zi­nce­ku ka­nye la­bo la­ba­za­lwa­ne ba­bo aba­be­za­bu­la­wa la­nje­nga­bo.

12 Nga­se­ngi­bo­na la­pho se­li­vu­le upha­wu lwe­si­thu­pha, kha­nge­la-ke, kwa­ba kho­na uku­za­ma­za­ma oku­khu­lu ko­mhla­baq, le­la­nga la­ba mnya­ma nje­nge­sa­kar eli­lo­bo­yas, le­nya­nga ya­ba nje­nge­ga­zitu,

13 le­nka­nye­zi ze­zu­lu za­wo­hlo­ke­la emhla­be­nivw, nje­nge­si­hla­hla so­mkhi­wax si­wo­hlo­za izi­the­lo za­so ezi­lu­hla­za, si­nyi­ki­nywa ngu­mo­ya omkhu­lu.

14 Le­zu­lu la­mu­kay nje­ngo­gwa­lo olu­go­qwa­yoz, la­yo yo­nke inta­baab le­si­hle­nge kwa­su­swa enda­we­ni za­khoc,

15 la­ma­kho­si omhla­ba, le­zi­khu­lude, la­ba­no­thi­le­yo, le­ndu­na ezi­nku­lufg, la­ba­la­ma­ndlah, la­so so­nke isi­gqi­lii, la­ye wo­nke okhu­lu­le­ki­le­yoj, ba­ca­tsha ezi­mba­lwi­ni le­ma­dwa­le­ni ezi­nta­bak,

16 be­si­thi ezi­nta­be­ni le­ma­dwa­le­ni: We­la­ni phe­zu kwe­thul, li­si­fi­hle ebu­swe­ni ba­khe ohle­zi esi­hla­lwe­ni so­bu­kho­sim, le­la­ke­ni lwe­Wu­ndlun;

17 ngo­ba usu­ku olu­khu­lu lo­la­ka lwa­khe se­lu­fi­ki­leo; nja­lo ngu­ba­ni ola­ma­ndlap oku­ma?q

AmaI­sra­ye­li abe­kwa upha­wu

7Emva kwa­le­zi­zi­nto-ke nga­bo­na ingi­lo­si ezi­nea zi­mi ema­gu­mbi­ni wo­ma­ne omhla­bab zi­ba­mbe imi­mo­ya emi­ne yo­mhla­bac, uku­ze ku­nga­vu­ngu­zi mo­ya emhla­be­ni, ku­mbe olwa­ndle, lo­ba kwe­si­so­dwa isi­hla­hlad.

2 Nga­se­ngi­bo­na enye ingi­lo­si ise­nyu­ka isu­ka la­pho eli­phu­ma kho­na ila­ngae, ilo­pha­wuf lu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ophi­la­yog; ya­si­me­me­za nge­li­zwi eli­khu­lu ku­ngi­lo­si ezi­ne, okwa­ku­ni­kwe ku­zo uko­na umhla­ba lo­lwa­ndle,

3 isi­thi: Li­ngo­ni umhla­ba, ku­mbe ulwa­ndle, ku­mbe izi­hla­hlah, si­ze si­pha­wu­le izi­nce­ku zi­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thui ema­bu­nzi­ni azoj.

4 Nga­se­ngi­si­zwak ina­ni ela­ba­be­pha­wu­lwa: Zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne la­nel aba­pha­wu­lwa­yo ezi­zwe­ni zo­nke za­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li;

5 esi­zwe­ni sa­ko­Ju­da kwa­pha­wu­lwa aba­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li; esi­zwe­ni sa­ko­Ru­be­ni kwa­pha­wu­lwa aba­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li; esi­zwe­ni sa­ko­Ga­di kwa­pha­wu­lwa aba­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li;

6 esi­zwe­ni sa­koA­she­ri kwa­pha­wu­lwa aba­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li; esi­zwe­ni sa­ko­Na­fi­tha­li kwa­pha­wu­lwa aba­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li; esi­zwe­ni sa­ko­Ma­na­sem kwa­pha­wu­lwa aba­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li;

7 esi­zwe­ni sa­ko­Si­me­yo­ni kwa­pha­wu­lwa aba­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li; esi­zwe­ni sa­ko­Le­vi kwa­pha­wu­lwa aba­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li; esi­zwe­ni sa­koI­sa­ka­ri kwa­pha­wu­lwa aba­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li;

8 esi­zwe­ni sa­ko­Ze­bu­lo­ni kwa­pha­wu­lwa aba­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li; esi­zwe­ni sa­ko­Jo­se­fan kwa­pha­wu­lwa aba­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li; esi­zwe­ni sa­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni kwa­pha­wu­lwa aba­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li.

UJo­ha­ne ubo­na embo­nwe­ni aba­hle­ngi­we­yo ezu­lwi­ni

9 Emva kwa­le­zi­zi­nto nga­bo­na, kha­nge­la-ke, ixu­ku eli­khu­luo, oku­nge­la­mu­ntu onga­li­ba­la, eli­ve­la ku­zo zo­nke izi­zwe le­mi­hlo­bo la­ba­ntu le­zi­ndi­mi, li­mi pha­mbi kwe­si­hla­lo so­bu­kho­si la­pha­mbi kwe­Wu­ndlup, le­mbe­the ize­mba­tho ezi­mhlo­pheq, lenga­tsha ze­zi­hla­hla za­ma­la­la eza­ndle­ni za­bor;

10 nja­lo li­me­me­za nge­li­zwi eli­khu­lu, li­si­thi: Usi­ndi­so ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thus ohle­zi esi­hla­lwe­ni so­bu­kho­si, la­ku­lo iWu­ndlut.

11 Le­ngi­lo­si zo­nke za­zi­mi zi­ha­nqe isi­hla­lo so­bu­kho­siu la­ba­da­la le­zi­da­lwa ezi­ne ezi­phi­la­yo, za­se­zi­si­wa ngo­bu­so ba­zo pha­mbi kwe­si­hla­lo so­bu­kho­si, za­se­zi­kho­nza uNku­lu­nku­lu,

12 zi­si­thi: Ame­niv. Uku­du­nyi­swaw lo­bu­kho­six le­nhla­ka­ni­phoy lo­ku­bo­ngaz lo­du­moa la­ma­ndlab le­nga­loc ka­ku­be ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thu ku­ze ku­be ni­ni la­ni­ni. Ame­ni.

13 Omu­nye wa­ba­da­la wa­se­phe­ndu­lad, esi­thi ki­mi: La­ba abe­mbe­the ize­mba­tho ezi­mhlo­phee, ngo­ba­ni, fu­thi ba­ve­la nga­phi?

14 Nga­se­ngi­si­thi ku­ye: Nko­si, ngu­we owa­zi­yof. Wa­se­si­thi ki­mi: La­ba yi­bo aba­phu­ma eku­hlu­phe­ke­ni oku­khu­lug, ba­se­be­wa­tsha ize­mba­tho za­boh be­nza ize­mba­tho za­bo za­ba mhlo­phei ega­zi­ni le­Wu­ndluj.

15 Nga­kho ba­pha­mbi kwe­si­hla­lo so­bu­kho­si si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, ba­mkho­nza emi­ni le­bu­su­ku ethe­mpe­li­ni la­khek; lo­hle­zi­yo esi­hla­lwe­ni so­bu­kho­si uza­ba­si­be­ke­lal.

16 Ka­ba­sa­yi­ku­la­mba, nja­lo ka­ba­sa­yi­ko­mam, le­la­nga ka­li­yi­ku­we­la phe­zu kwa­bo, ku­mbe lo­ku­tshi­sano;

17 ngo­ba iWu­ndlu eli­nga­pha­ka­thi kwe­si­hla­lo so­bu­kho­si li­za­bo­ndlap, li­ba­kho­khe­le­le emi­tho­nje­ni ephi­la­yo ya­ma­nziq; lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu uza­kwe­su­la zo­nke inye­mbe­zi eme­hlwe­ni abor.

Uku­kha­li­swa kwe­mpo­ndo ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa

8La­pho se­li­vu­lea upha­wu lwe­si­kho­mbi­sab, kwa­ba kho­na uku­thu­la ezu­lwi­ni oku­nga­ba yi­ngxe­nye ye­ho­la.

2 Nga­se­ngi­bo­na ingi­lo­si ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sac eza­zi­mi pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lud, nja­lo kwa­ni­ke­lwa ki­zo impo­ndoe ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa.

3 Kwa­se­ku­fi­ka enye ingi­lo­si, ya­si­si­ma ela­thi­ni, ilo­mga­nu we­go­li­de wo­ku­tshi­se­la impe­phaf, ya­si­phi­wa impe­pha ene­ngi, uku­ze iyi­ni­ke­le le­mi­khu­le­ko1 ya­bo bo­nke aba­ngcwe­leg phe­zu kwe­la­thi le­go­li­de eli­pha­mbi kwe­si­hla­lo so­bu­kho­sih.

4 Le­ntu­thu ye­mpe­pha ye­nyu­ka le­mi­khu­le­ko ya­ba­ngcwe­lei esa­ndle­ni se­ngi­lo­si pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luj.

5 Ingi­lo­si ya­si­tha­tha umga­nu wo­ku­tshi­se­la impe­phak, ya­si­wu­gcwa­li­sa ngo­mli­lol we­la­thim, ya­siwu­pho­se­la emhla­be­nin; kwa­se­ku­si­ba kho­na ama­zwi le­mi­du­mo le­mi­ba­neo lo­ku­za­ma­za­ma ko­mhla­bap.

6 Kwa­thi ingi­lo­si ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa eza­zi­le­mpo­ndo ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa za­zi­lu­ngi­se­le­la uku­ze zi­zi­kha­li­se.

7 Ingi­lo­si yo­ku­qa­la ya­si­lu­kha­li­sa upho­ndo, kwa­se­ku­si­ba kho­na isi­qho­thoqr lo­mli­lo ku­hla­nga­ni­swe le­ga­zis, kwa­se­ku­pho­se­lwa emhla­be­nit; le­ngxe­nye ye­si­tha­thuu ye­zi­hla­hla ya­tshi­swavw, la­bo bo­nke utsha­ni obu­lu­hla­za ba­tshi­swax.

8 Ingi­lo­si ye­si­bi­li ya­si­lu­kha­li­sa upho­ndo; kwa­se­ku­pho­se­lwa olwa­ndle oku­nje­nge­nta­ba enku­lu evu­tha umli­loyza. Le­ngxe­nye ye­si­tha­thu yo­lwa­ndleb ya­ba li­ga­zic;

9 kwa­se­ku­si­fa ingxe­nye ye­si­tha­thu ye­zi­da­lwa ezi­se­lwa­ndled ezi­le­mpi­loe, le­ngxe­nye ye­si­tha­thu ye­mi­khu­mbi ya­chi­thwaf.

10 Ingi­lo­si ye­si­tha­thu ya­si­lu­kha­li­sa upho­ndo, kwa­se­ku­si­wa ezu­lwi­ni inka­nye­zi enku­lug ibhe­bha nje­nge­si­ba­neh, ya­si­we­la phe­zu kwe­ngxe­nye ye­si­tha­thu ye­mi­fu­la, la­phe­zu kwe­mi­tho­mbo ya­ma­nzii.

11 Le­bi­zo le­nka­nye­zi la­li­thi­wa ngu­Mhlo­nya­nej; le­ngxe­nye ye­si­tha­thu ya­ma­nzi ya­ba ngu­mhlo­nya­ne, la­ba­ntu aba­ne­ngi ba­fa nga­ma­nzi, ngo­ba aye­nzi­we aba­bak.

12 Ingi­lo­si ye­si­ne ya­si­lu­kha­li­sa upho­ndo, kwa­se­ku­tsha­ywa ingxe­nye ye­si­tha­thu ye­la­nga le­ngxe­nye ye­si­tha­thu ye­nya­nga le­ngxe­nye ye­si­tha­thu ye­zi­nka­nye­zil, uku­ze ku­fi­pha­zwe ingxe­nye ye­si­tha­thu ya­zo, le­ngxe­nye ye­si­tha­thu ye­mi­ni inga­kha­nyi, lo­bu­su­ku ngo­ku­nja­lo.

13 Nga­se­ngi­bo­na, nga­se­ngi­si­zwa ingi­lo­sim eyo­dwa ipha­pha pha­ka­thi la­pha­ka­thi kwe­zu­luno, isi­thi nge­li­zwi eli­khu­lu: Ma­ye, ma­yep, ma­ye ku­la­boq aba­khi­le­yo emhla­be­nirs, ku­ma­zwi ase­le­yo empo­ndo ze­ngi­lo­si ezi­nta­thu ese­zi­za­kha­la!

9Ingi­lo­si ye­si­hla­nu ya­si­lu­kha­li­sa upho­ndo, nga­se­ngi­bo­na inka­nye­zia ive­la ezu­lwi­ni isi­we­le emhla­be­nib, kwa­se­ku­ni­ke­lwa ku­yo isi­hlu­thu­le­loc se­go­di lo­mgo­di onge­la­mkha­wu­lod.

2 Ya­si­vu­la igo­di lo­mgo­di onge­la­mkha­wu­loe, kwa­se­ku­se­nyu­ka intu­thu emgo­di­ni nje­nge­ntu­thu ye­si­tha­ndo esi­khu­luf, kwa­se­ku­fi­pha­zwa ila­nga lo­mo­ya nge­ntu­thu yo­mgo­dig.

3 Kwa­se­ku­phu­ma isi­kho­nya­ne entu­thwi­ni se­za emhla­be­nih, kwa­se­ku­ni­kwa ku­so ama­ndla, nje­nga­bo­fe­ze­la bo­mhla­ba be­la­ma­ndlai.

4 Kwa­se­ku­thi­wa ku­so si­ngo­nij utsha­ni bo­mhla­ba, lo­ba yi­ni elu­hla­za, lo­ba yi­si­phi isi­hla­hlak, nga­pha­ndle kwa­ba­ntu ku­phe­la aba­nge­la­pha­wu lu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ema­bu­nzi­ni abol.

5 Kwa­se­ku­ni­kwa ku­so uku­thi si­nga­ba­bu­la­li, ko­dwa ba­hlu­tshwe inya­nga ezi­nhla­num; lo­bu­hlu­ngu ba­so ba­bu­nje­ngo­bu­hlu­ngu bu­ka­fe­ze­lan, la­pho elu­ma umu­ntu.

6 La­nga­le­zo­nsu­ku aba­ntu ba­za­di­nga uku­fa, ko­dwa ba­nga­ku­tho­lio; ba­za­fi­sa uku­fa, ko­dwa uku­fa ku­za­ba­ba­le­ke­la.

7 Le­zi­mop ze­si­kho­nya­ne za­zi­nje­nga­ma­bhi­za alu­ngi­se­lwe impiq, le­ma­kha­nda aso kwa­ku­kho­na oku­nje­nge­mi­qhe­le enje­nge­go­li­der, lo­bu­so ba­so ba­bu­nje­ngo­bu­so ba­ba­ntus.

8 Nja­lo sa­si­le­nwe­le ezi­nje­nge­nwe­le za­be­si­fa­za­na, la­ma­zi­nyo aso aye­nje­nga­we­zi­lwa­net.

9 Fu­thi sa­si­le­zi­vi­ke­lo ze­si­fu­ba ezi­nje­nge­zi­vi­ke­lo ze­si­fu­ba ze­nsi­mbi, lo­mdu­mo we­mpi­ko za­so wa­wu­nje­ngo­mdu­mo we­zi­nqo­la za­ma­bhi­za ama­ne­ngiu egi­ji­me­la empi­niv.

10 Nja­lo sa­si­le­mi­si­la efa­na­na leya­bo­fe­ze­law, nja­lo kwa­ku­le­ndo­nsi emi­si­le­ni ya­so; la­ma­ndla aso aye­nga­wo­ko­na aba­ntu inya­nga ezi­nhla­nux;

11 fu­thi sa­si­le­nko­si phe­zu kwa­soy, ingi­lo­siz yo­mgo­di onge­la­mkha­wu­loa; ibi­zo la­yo nge­si­He­bhe­rub li­nguA­ba­do­nic, la­nge­si­Gri­ki ile­bi­zo eli­thi­wa nguA­po­li­yo­ni1.

12 Uma­ye oye­dwa use­dlu­li­le; kha­nge­la ku­se­za oma­ye aba­bi­li emva kwa­le­zi­zi­ntod.

13 Ingi­lo­si ye­si­thu­pha ya­si­lu­kha­li­sa upho­ndo; nga­se­ngi­si­zwa ili­zwi li­ve­la empo­ndwe­ni ezi­nee ze­la­thi le­go­li­de eli­pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luf,

14 li­si­thi ku­ngi­lo­si ye­si­thu­pha eya­yi­lo­pho­ndo: Khu­lu­la ingi­lo­si ezi­neg ezi­bo­tshi­we­yo emfu­le­ni omkhu­lu iYu­fra­thih.

15 Za­se­zi­khu­lu­lwa ingi­lo­si ezi­nei eza­zi­lu­ngi­se­lwe iho­laj2 lo­su­kukl le­nya­ngam lo­mnya­kan, uku­ze zi­bu­la­le ingxe­nye ye­si­tha­thu ya­ba­ntuo.

16 Le­na­ni la­ma­bu­thop aga­de ama­bhi­zaq la­li­yi­zi­gi­di ezi­mbi­li ze­zi­gi­dir; nga­se­ngi­si­zwa ina­ni la­wos.

17 Nga­se­ngi­wa­bo­na ngo­ku­nje ama­bhi­za embo­nwe­ni, la­ba­ga­di ba­wo, be­le­zi­vi­ke­lo ze­si­fu­ba zo­mli­lo le­ze­hi­ya­ki­nte*t le­ze­si­ba­bu­le; la­ma­kha­nda ama­bhi­za aye­nje­nga­ma­kha­nda ezi­lwa­neu, le­mi­lo­nye­ni ya­wo kwa­phu­ma umli­lo le­ntu­thu le­si­ba­bu­lev.

18 Nga­le­zi ezi­nta­thu kwa­bu­la­wa ingxe­nye ye­si­tha­thu ya­ba­ntu, ngo­mli­lo la­nge­ntu­thu la­nge­si­ba­bu­lew okwa­phu­ma emi­lo­nye­ni ya­wo.

19 Ngo­ba ama­ndla awo ase­mlo­nye­ni wa­wo, le­mi­si­le­ni ya­wo; ngo­ba imi­si­la ya­wo inje­nge­zi­nyo­ka ila­ma­kha­nda, la­nga­wo aya­li­ma­za.

20 La­ba­se­le­yo ba­ba­ntu, aba­nga­bu­la­wa­nga ku­le­zi­nhlu­phe­ko, ka­ba­phe­ndu­ka­ngax emi­se­be­nzi­ni ye­za­ndla za­boy, uku­thi ba­nga­kho­nzi ama­di­mo­niz, le­zi­tho­mbea ze­go­li­debc le­ze­si­li­vade le­ze­thu­sif le­ze­li­tsheg le­ze­si­hla­hlah, nja­lo ezi­nga­bo­ni­yo, le­zi­nge­zwa­yo, le­zi­nga­ha­mbi­yoi;

21 fu­thi ka­ba­phe­ndu­ka­nga eku­bu­la­le­ni kwa­boj, ku­mbe eku­tha­ka­the­ni kwa­bokl, lo­ba eku­phi­nge­ni kwa­bo, ku­mbe ekwe­be­ni kwa­bomn.

Ingi­lo­si elo­gwa­lo olu­nci­nya­ne olu­vu­le­ki­le­yo

10Nga­se­ngi­bo­na enye ingi­lo­si ela­ma­ndla ise­hla ive­la ezu­lwi­ni; ye­mbe­the iye­zia, lo­mchi­lo­wa­ma­kho­si­ka­zi use­kha­nda la­yob, lo­bu­so ba­yo ba­bu­nje­nge­la­ngac, le­nya­wo za­yod zi­nje­nge­nsi­ka zo­mli­lo;

2 nja­lo ya­yi­lo­gwa­lo olu­nci­nya­ne olu­vu­le­ki­le­yo esa­ndle­ni sa­yoe; ya­si­mi­sa unya­wo lwa­yo lo­ku­ne­ne phe­zu ko­lwa­ndle, lo­lwe­kho­hlo phe­zu ko­mhla­ba­thif,

3 ya­me­me­za nge­li­zwi eli­khu­lu nje­nge­si­lwa­neg si­bho­ngah; kwa­thi isi­me­me­zi­le, imi­du­mo eyi­si­kho­mbi­sa ya­khu­lu­ma ama­zwi ayoi,

4 kwa­thi imi­du­mo eyi­si­kho­mbi­sa isi­khu­lu­me ama­zwi ayo, nga­se­ngi­za­bha­la; nga­se­ngi­si­zwa ili­zwi li­ve­la ezu­lwi­nij, li­si­thi ki­mi: Na­ma­thi­se­la ngo­pha­wu izi­nto imi­du­mo eyi­si­kho­mbi­sa ezi­khu­lu­mi­le­yok, unga­zi­bha­li le­zi­zi­nto.

5 Le­ngi­lo­si enga­yi­bo­na imi phe­zu ko­lwa­ndle la­phe­zu ko­mhla­ba­thil ya­pha­ka­mi­se­la isa­ndla sa­yo ezu­lwi­nim,

6 ya­fu­ngan nga­ye ophi­la­yo ku­ze ku­be ni­ni la­ni­nio, owa­da­la izu­lu le­zi­nto ezi­ku­lo, lo­mhla­ba le­zi­nto ezi­ku­wo, lo­lwa­ndle le­zi­nto ezi­ku­lop, uku­thi ka­ku­sa­yi­ku­ba le­si­kha­thiq;

7 ko­dwa ensu­kwi­ni ze­li­zwi le­ngi­lo­si ye­si­kho­mbi­sar, isi­za­kha­li­sa upho­ndo, ku­za­be se­ku­phe­le­li­si­we imfi­hlo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lus, nje­ngo­ba wa­tshu­ma­ye­la kwe­za­khe ince­ku aba­pro­fe­thi.

8 Le­li­zwi enga­li­zwa li­ve­la ezu­lwi­nit, la­khu­lu­ma la­mi fu­thi, la­thi: Ha­mba uye­tha­tha ugwa­lo olu­nci­nya­ne olu­vu­le­ki­le­yo olu­se­sa­ndle­ni se­ngi­lo­siu emi phe­zu ko­lwa­ndle la­phe­zu ko­mhla­ba­thiv.

9 Nga­se­ngi­si­ya engi­lo­si­ni, ngi­si­thi ku­yo: Ngi­ni­ka ugwa­lo olu­nci­nya­ne. Ya­si­si­thi ki­mi: Lu­tha­the ulu­dle ulu­qe­dew; fu­thi lu­za­ba­bi­sa isi­su sa­kho, ko­dwa emlo­nye­ni wa­kho lu­za­ba mna­ndi nje­ngo­lu­ju.

10 Nga­se­ngi­lu­tha­tha ugwa­lo olu­nci­nya­ne esa­ndle­ni se­ngi­lo­si, nga­lu­dla nga­lu­qe­dax, lwa­se­lu­si­ba emlo­nye­ni wa­mi nje­ngo­lu­ju, ubu­na­ndiy; kwa­thi se­ngi­lu­dli­le, isi­su sa­mi sa­ba­baz.

11 Ya­si­si­thi ki­mi: Ku­me­le uku­thi uphi­nde upro­fe­the eba­ntwi­ni le­zi­zwe­ni le­zi­ndi­mi­ni le­ma­kho­si­ni ama­ne­ngia.

Aba­fa­ka­zi aba­bi­li ba­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu

11Kwa­se­ku­ni­ke­lwa ki­mi umhla­nga ofa­na­na lo­do­ndo­loa, nja­lo ingi­lo­si ye­ma isi­thi: Su­ku­ma, uli­nga­ni­se ithe­mpe­li li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, le­la­thib, la­ba­kho­nza­yo ku­lo.

2 Ko­dwa igu­macd eli­nga­pha­ndle kwe­the­mpe­li uli­tshi­ye nga­pha­ndle, fu­thi unga­li­li­nga­ni­si; ngo­ba li­ni­ke­lwe ezi­zwe­nie; nja­lo zi­za­nya­the­le­la pha­nsi umu­zi ongcwe­lefg inya­nga ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne la­mbi­lih.

3 Nja­lo ngi­za­ni­ka ama­ndla ku­ba­fa­ka­zi ba­mi aba­bi­lii, nja­lo ba­za­pro­fe­thaj insu­ku ezi­yi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne la­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­phakl, be­gqo­ke ama­sa­kam.

4 La­ba ba­yi­zi­hla­hla ezi­mbi­li ze­mi­hlwa­thin, le­zi­qo­ba­ne ze­zi­ba­ne ezi­mbi­lio ezi­mi pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wo­mhla­bap.

5 Uba ku­kho­na otha­nda uku­ba­li­ma­za, umli­lo uphu­ma emlo­nye­ni wa­boq, uqo­thu­le izi­tha za­bo; nja­lo uba umu­ntu efi­sa uku­ba­li­ma­za, ngo­ku­nja­lo ku­me­le abu­la­wer.

6 La­ba ba­la­ma­ndla oku­va­la izu­lus, uku­ze izu­lu li­nga­ni nge­nsu­ku zo­ku­pro­fe­tha kwa­bo, fu­thi ba­la­ma­ndla phe­zu kwa­ma­nzi, oku­thi ba­wa­phe­ndu­le abe li­ga­zit, lo­ku­tsha­ya umhla­ba nga­yo yo­nke inhlu­phe­kou, nga­so so­nke isi­kha­thi aba­tha­nda nga­so.

7 Ku­za­ku­thi se­be­bu­qe­di­le ubu­fa­ka­zi ba­bov, isi­low esi­phu­ma emgo­di­ni onge­la­mkha­wu­lox si­za­ku­lwa impi la­boy, be­se­si­ba­nqo­ba, si­ba­bu­la­lez.

8 Le­zi­du­mbua za­bo zi­za­ku­ba se­mgwa­qwe­ni wo­mu­zi omkhu­lub, othi­wa ngo­ko­mo­ya iSo­do­mac le­Gi­bhi­thed, la­pho le­Nko­si ye­thu eya­be­the­le­lwa kho­nae.

9 La­ba­ve­la eba­ntwi­ni le­mi­hlo­tshe­ni le­ndi­mi­ni le­zi­zwe­nif ba­za­kha­nge­la izi­du­mbug za­bo okwe­nsu­ku ezi­nta­thu le­ngxe­nye yo­su­ku, be­nga­vu­me­lih uku­thi izi­du­mbu za­bo zi­be­kwe ema­ngcwa­be­nii.

10 La­ba­khi­le­yo emhla­be­nij ba­za­tho­ko­za nga­bo ba­tha­be, ba­thu­me­ze­la­ne izi­phok, ngo­ba la­ba­ba­pro­fe­thi aba­bi­lil ba­ba­hlu­pham aba­khi­le­yo emhla­be­nin.

11 Kwa­thi emva kwa­le­zo­nsu­ku ezi­nta­thu le­ngxe­nye yo­su­kuo, uMo­ya we­mpi­lo wa­ve­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­nge­na ki­bop, ba­se­be­si­ma nge­nya­wo za­boq, lo­kwe­sa­ba oku­khu­lu kwe­hle­la kwa­ba­ba­bo­na­yo.

12 Ba­se­be­si­zwa ili­zwi eli­khu­lu li­ve­la ezu­lwi­ni, li­si­thi ki­bo: Ye­nyu­ke­la­ni la­phar. Ba­se­be­se­nyu­ke­la ezu­lwi­nis be­se­ye­zi­nit. Le­zi­tha za­bo zi­ba­bo­na.

13 La­nga­le­lo­ho­la kwa­ba kho­na uku­za­ma­za­ma oku­khu­lu ko­mhla­bau, lo­kwe­tshu­mi ko­mu­zi kwa­wav, kwa­se­ku­si­fa ama­bi­zo aba­ntu aba­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa eku­za­ma­za­me­ni ko­mhla­ba; la­ba­se­le­yo ba­tsha­ywa lu­va­lo, ba­ni­ka udu­mow ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­zu­lux.

14 Uma­ye we­si­bi­li use­dlu­le; kha­nge­la-ke, uma­ye we­si­tha­thu uye­za ngo­ku­pha­ngi­say.

15 Ingi­lo­si ye­si­kho­mbi­sa ya­si­lu­kha­li­sa upho­ndoz, kwa­se­ku­si­ba la­ma­zwi ama­khu­lu ezu­lwi­nia, esi­thi: Imi­bu­so yo­mhla­ba isi­nge­ye­Nko­si ye­thub, le­ka­Kri­stu wa­yoc, nja­lo iza­bu­sa ku­ze ku­be ni­ni la­ni­nid.

16 La­ba­da­la aba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nee, aba­hle­zi ezi­hla­lwe­ni za­bof zo­bu­kho­si pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, ba­thi mbo ngo­bu­so ba­bo pha­nsi, ba­se­be­kho­nza uNku­lu­nku­lu,

17 be­si­thi: Si­ya­ku­bo­nga, Nko­si Nku­lu­nku­lu So­ma­ndlag, okho­na lo­wa­ye­kho­na lo­za­ku­zah, ngo­ba uthe­the ama­ndla akho ama­khu­lu, ubu­si­lei.

18 Le­zi­zwe se­zi­thu­ku­the­le, lo­la­ka lwa­kho se­lu­fi­ki­lej, le­si­kha­thi sa­ba­fi­le­yok uku­thi ba­hlu­le­lwe, le­so­ku­ni­ka umvu­zo ezi­nce­kwi­ni za­kho aba­pro­fe­thi la­ba­ngcwe­lel la­be­sa­ba ibi­zo la­khom, aba­nci­nya­ne la­ba­khu­luno, le­so­ku­bhu­bhi­sa aba­bhu­bhi­sa1 umhla­ba.

19 Kwa­se­ku­vu­lwa ithe­mpe­li li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ezu­lwi­nip, kwa­se­ku­bo­na­ka­la umtsho­ko­tshoq we­si­vu­me­lwa­no sa­khe ethe­mpe­li­ni la­kher; kwa­se­ku­si­ba le­mi­ba­ne la­ma­zwi le­mi­du­mos lo­ku­za­ma­za­ma ko­mhla­bat le­si­qho­tho esi­khu­luu.

Owe­si­fa­za­na lo­mgo­bho

12Kwa­se­ku­bo­na­ka­la isi­bo­na­ka­li­so esi­khu­lu ezu­lwi­ni, owe­si­fa­za­na embe­thea ila­ngab, le­nya­nga inga­pha­nsi kwe­nya­wo za­khe, nja­lo ku­kho­na ekha­nda la­khe umqhe­le we­nka­nye­zi ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­lic;

2 nja­lo ekhu­le­lwe, wa­kha­lad ngo­bu­hlu­ngu bo­mhe­loe, fu­thi wa­ye­se­bu­hlu­ngwi­ni bo­ku­be­le­tha.

3 Kwa­se­ku­bo­na­ka­la esi­nye isi­bo­na­ka­li­so ezu­lwi­ni, kha­nge­la-ke umgo­bho omkhu­lu obo­mvufg, ola­ma­kha­nda ayi­si­kho­mbi­sah le­mpo­ndo ezi­li­tshu­miij, le­mi­qhe­le eyi­si­kho­mbi­sa ema­kha­nda awok.

4 Lo­msi­la wa­wo wa­do­nsal ingxe­nye ye­si­tha­thu ye­nka­nye­zi ze­zu­lum, wa­zi­pho­se­la emhla­be­nin; nja­lo umgo­bho we­ma pha­mbio ko­we­si­fa­za­na obe­se­za­be­le­thap, uku­ze ku­thi, ese­be­le­thi­le, umi­mi­li­ze umntwa­na wa­kheq.

5 Wa­se­be­le­tha indo­da­na, isi­li­sa, eza­bu­sa izi­zwe zo­nke nge­nto­nga ye­nsi­mbir; lo­mnta­na­khe wa­hlu­thu­le­lwa ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu le­si­hla­lwe­ni sa­khe so­bu­kho­sis.

6 Lo­we­si­fa­za­na wa­ba­le­ke­la enka­nga­lat, la­pho aye­le­nda­wo eya­yi­lu­ngi­swe ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu, uku­ze ba­mo­ndle kho­na insu­ku ezi­yi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne la­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­phau.

7 Kwa­se­ku­si­ba le­mpi ezu­lwi­ni; uMi­ka­ye­liv le­ngi­lo­si za­khe ba­lwa be­me­le­ne lo­mgo­bhow; lo­mgo­bho wa­lwa ule­ngi­lo­si za­wox,

8 nja­lo ba­be­nge­la­ku­nqo­ba, le­nda­wo ya­wo ka­ya­be isa­tho­la­ka­la ezu­lwi­niy.

9 Umgo­bho omkhu­luz wa­su­pho­swaa, inyo­ka enda­lab, ebi­zwa ngo­ku­thi ngu­Di­ya­bho­la nja­lo uSa­tha­nec, okho­hli­sade umhla­ba wo­nkef; wa­pho­se­lwa emhla­be­nig, le­ngi­lo­si za­khe za­pho­swa ka­nye la­ye.

10 Nga­se­ngi­si­zwa ili­zwi eli­khu­lu li­si­thi ezu­lwi­ni: Kha­the­si se­ku­fi­ke usi­ndi­soh la­ma­ndlai lo­mbu­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thuj, la­ma­ndla ka­Kri­stu wa­khek; ngo­ba upho­se­lwe pha­nsi umma­nga­le­li wa­ba­za­lwa­ne be­thu, oba­ma­nga­le­la­yol emi­ni le­bu­su­kum pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

11 Nja­lo bo­na ba­mnqo­bi­le nge­ga­zi le­Wu­ndlun la­nge­li­zwi lo­bu­fa­ka­zi ba­boo, nja­lo ka­ba­tha­nda­nga impi­lo ya­bo kwa­ze kwa­ba se­ku­fe­nip.

12 Nga­lo­kho tho­ko­za­ni, ma­zu­luq la­ni eli­hla­la ku­wor. Ma­ye ku­la­bo aba­khi­le­yo emhla­be­ni lo­lwa­ndles, ngo­ba udi­ya­bho­la we­hle­le ki­ni elo­la­ka olu­khu­lut, esa­zi uku­thi ule­si­kha­thi esi­fi­tsha­neu.

13 Kwa­thi umgo­bho usu­bo­ni­le uku­thi upho­se­lwe emhla­be­niv, wa­zi­nge­la owe­si­fa­za­na owa­ye­ze­le umntwa­na we­si­li­saw.

14 Kwa­se­ku­ni­kwa owe­si­fa­za­na impi­ko ezi­mbi­li zo­kho­zi olu­khu­lux, uku­ze apha­phe­ley enka­nga­laz enda­we­ni ya­khe, la­pho ondli­waa kho­na okwe­si­kha­thi, le­zi­kha­thi le­ngxe­nye ye­si­kha­thib, asu­ke ebu­swe­ni be­nyo­ka.

15 Le­nyo­ka ya­kha­fu­la ama­nzi emlo­nye­ni wa­yo nge­mva ko­we­si­fa­za­na ku­nga­thi ngu­mfu­lac, uku­ze immu­ki­se nga­lu­mfu­la.

16 Lo­mhla­ba wa­msi­za owe­si­fa­za­na, umhla­ba wa­su­kha­mi­sa umlo­mo wa­wo, wa­gi­nya umfu­la umgo­bho owa­wu­wu­kha­fu­le emlo­nye­ni wa­wo.

17 Umgo­bho wa­su­mthu­ku­the­le­la owe­si­fa­za­na, wa­su­su­ka wa­ya­ku­lwa impi la­ba­se­le­yo be­nza­lo ya­khed, la­bo aba­gci­na imi­la­yo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lue aba­lo­bu­fa­ka­zi bu­ka­Je­su Kri­stufg.

Izi­lo ezi­mbi­li

13Nga­se­ngi­si­ma etshe­be­tshe­be­ni lo­lwa­ndle; nga­se­ngi­bo­na isi­lo si­khu­phu­kaa olwa­ndleb, si­la­ma­kha­nda ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa le­mpo­ndo ezi­li­tshu­mic, la­phe­zu kwe­mpo­ndo za­so imi­qhe­le eli­tshu­mid, la­phe­zu kwa­ma­kha­nda aso ku­le­bi­zo le­nhla­mba.

2 Le­si­lo enga­si­bo­na­yo sa­si­nje­nge­ngwee, le­nya­wo za­so za­zi­nje­nge­ze­bhe­ref, lo­mlo­mo wa­so unje­ngo­mlo­mo we­si­lwa­neg. Nja­lo umgo­bho wa­si­ni­ka ama­ndla awoh, le­si­hla­lo sa­wo so­bu­kho­sii, le­gu­nya eli­khu­luj.

3 Nga­se­ngi­bo­na eli­nye la­ma­kha­nda aso ku­nga­thi li­li­me­le1 oko­ku­fa; le­nxe­ba la­so lo­ku­fa se­la­pho­li­swak; umhla­ba wo­nke wa­su­ma­nga­lal nge­mva kwe­si­lom;

4 ba­se­be­wu­kho­nza umgo­bho owa­si­ni­ka isi­lo ama­ndlan, ba­se­be­si­kho­nza isi­lo, be­si­thi: Ngu­ba­ni ofa­na­na le­si­loo? Ngu­ba­ni onga­lwa la­so?

5 Kwa­se­ku­ni­ke­lwa ku­so umlo­mo wo­ku­khu­lu­ma izi­nto ezi­nku­lu le­zi­nhla­mbap, kwa­se­ku­ni­ke­lwa ku­so ama­ndlaq oku­se­be­nzar inya­nga ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne la­mbi­lis.

6 Sa­se­si­vu­la umlo­mo wa­so uku­hla­mba­za oku­me­la­ne lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu, lo­ku­hla­mba­za ibi­zo la­khe, le­tha­bha­ne­ke­le la­khe, la­la­bo aba­hle­zi ezu­lwi­nit.

7 Kwa­se­ku­ni­ke­lwa ku­so uku­thi si­la­wu­le impi la­ba­ngcwe­le, lo­ku­ba­nqo­bau; kwa­se­ku­ni­ke­lwa ku­so ama­ndlav phe­zu kwa­wo wo­nke umhlo­bo lo­li­mi le­si­zwew.

8 La­bo bo­nke aba­khi­le­yo emhla­be­ni ba­za­si­kho­nzax, la­bo ama­bi­zo abo anga­bha­lwa­ngay egwa­lwe­ni lwe­mpi­loz lwe­Wu­ndlu ela­hla­tshwa­yoa se­lo­khu kwa­se­ke­lwa umhla­bab.

9 Uba umu­ntu ele­ndle­be, ke­zwec.

10 Ubad umu­ntu ethu­mba, uya eku­thu­njwe­nie; uba umu­ntu ebu­la­la nge­nke­mba, ye­na ku­me­le abu­la­we nge­nke­mbaf. La­pha ku­lo­ku­be­ke­ze­la lo­kho­lo lwa­ba­ngcwe­leg.

11 Nga­se­ngi­bo­na esi­nye isi­loh si­se­nyu­ka emhla­be­nii, sa­si­le­mpo­ndo ezi­mbi­li nje­nge­wu­ndluj, sa­se­si­khu­lu­ma nje­ngo­mgo­bho.

12 Nja­lo sa­se­be­nzi­sa wo­nke ama­ndla esi­lo so­ku­qa­lak pha­mbi kwa­sol, fu­thi se­nza uku­thi umhla­ba la­ba­khi­le­yo ku­wo ba­kho­nze isi­lo so­ku­qa­lam, esi­nxe­ba la­so lo­ku­fa la­pho­li­swan.

13 Sa­se­si­se­nzao izi­bo­na­ka­li­so ezi­nku­lup, sa­ze se­nza uku­thi lo­mli­lo we­hle uve­la ezu­lwi­ni uze emhla­be­ni, pha­mbi kwa­ba­ntuq.

14 Sa­se­si­du­hi­sa aba­khi­le­yo emhla­be­nirs nga­le­zo­zi­bo­na­ka­li­sotu eza­ni­ke­lwa ku­so uku­ze­nza pha­mbi kwe­si­lov, si­si­thi kwa­ba­khi­le­yo emhla­be­ni, ka­ba­se­nze­le umfa­ne­ki­so isi­lo ebe­si­le­nxe­ba le­nke­mba, sa­se­si­phi­law.

15 Sa­ni­kwa fu­thi uku­pha umfa­ne­ki­so we­si­lo umo­ya, uku­ze umfa­ne­ki­so we­si­lo la­wo ukhu­lu­me, be­se­si­se­nza uku­thi bo­nke aba­nga­kho­nzi­yo umfa­ne­ki­so we­si­lox ba­bu­la­wey.

16 Sa­se­si­se­nza bo­nke, aba­nci­nya­ne la­ba­khu­luz, la­ba­no­thi­le­yo la­ba­ya­nga, la­ba­khu­lu­le­ki­le­yo le­zi­gqi­lia, uku­thi ba­phi­we upha­wu esa­ndle­ni sa­bo so­ku­ne­nebc, lo­ba ema­bu­nzi­ni abo,

17 uku­ze ku­nga­bi kho­na ola­kho uku­the­nga lo­ba uku­the­ngi­sa, nga­pha­ndle kwa­lo­wo olo­pha­wu, lo­ba ibi­zo le­si­lod lo­ba ino­mbo­lo ye­bi­zo la­soe.

18 Na­nsi inhla­ka­ni­phof. Olo­ku­qe­di­si­sa ka­ba­le ino­mbo­lo ye­si­log; ngo­ba iyi­no­mbo­lo yo­mu­ntuh, le­no­mbo­lo ya­so inga­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha le­si­thu­pha.

IWu­ndlu ka­nye la­ba­hle­ngi­we­yo

14Nga­se­ngi­bo­na, kha­nge­la-ke, iWu­ndlua li­mi enta­be­ni iSi­yo­nib, nja­lo li­le­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne la­nec, be­le­bi­zo li­ka­Yi­se li­bha­lwe ema­bu­nzi­ni abod.

2 Nga­se­ngi­si­zwa ili­zwi li­ve­la ezu­lwi­ni, nje­nge­li­zwi la­ma­nzi ama­ne­ngie, la­nje­nge­li­zwi lo­mdu­mo omkhu­luf; nga­se­ngi­si­zwa ili­zwi la­ba­tsha­yi­cha­cho be­tsha­ya ama­cha­cho abog,

3 ba­se­be­hla­be­la ku­nga­thi yi­ngo­ma entsha pha­mbi kwe­si­hla­lo so­bu­kho­sih, la­pha­mbi kwe­zi­da­lwa ezi­ne ezi­phi­la­yo la­ba­da­lai; nja­lo ka­kho owa­ye­nga­yi­fu­nda ingo­maj, nga­pha­ndle kwa­ba­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne la­nek, aba­hle­ngi­we­yo emhla­be­nil.

4 La­bo yi­bo aba­nga­ngco­li­swa­nga nga­be­si­fa­za­nam; ngo­ba ba­zi­nto­mbin. Yi­bo aba­la­nde­la iWu­ndlu lo­ba li­si­ya nga­phiop; la­ba ba­the­ngwa eba­ntwi­niq, izi­the­lo zo­ku­qa­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu le­Wu­ndlwi­nir.

5 Le­mlo­nye­ni wa­bo ka­ku­fi­cwa­nga nko­hli­sos; ngo­ba be­nge­la­si­ci pha­mbi kwe­si­hla­lo so­bu­kho­si si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

Ingi­lo­si ezi­nta­thu ezi­me­me­ze­la isi­gwe­bo

6 Nga­se­ngi­bo­na enye ingi­lo­si ipha­pha pha­ka­thi la­pha­ka­thi kwe­zu­lut, ile­va­nge­li la­pha­ka­deu, ukuli­tshu­ma­ye­la kwa­ba­khi­le­yo emhla­be­niv, la­ku­so so­nke isi­zwe, lo­mhlo­bo, lo­li­mi la­ba­ntuw,

7 isi­thi nge­li­zwi eli­khu­lu: Me­sa­be­ni uNku­lu­nku­lux, be­se­li­mu­pha udu­moy, ngo­ba isi­kha­thiz se­si­gwe­bo sa­khe se­si­fi­ki­lea, nja­lo li­mkho­nze owe­nza izu­lu lo­mhla­ba lo­lwa­ndle le­mi­tho­mbo ya­ma­nzib.

8 Ya­si­la­nde­la enye ingi­lo­si isi­thi: Iwi­le, iwi­le iBha­bhi­lo­nicd, umu­zi omkhu­lue, ngo­ba una­thi­se izi­zwe zo­nke okwe­wa­yi­ni lo­la­ka lo­ku­fe­ba kwa­wof.

9 Le­ngi­lo­si ye­si­tha­thu ya­zi­la­nde­la, isi­thi nge­li­zwi eli­khu­lu: Uba ku­kho­na okho­nza isi­lo lo­mfa­ne­ki­so wa­sog, nja­lo we­mu­ke­la upha­wu ebu­nzi­ni la­khe, ku­mbe esa­ndle­ni sa­kheh,

10 la­ye uza­na­tha okwe­wa­yi­ni lo­la­ka lu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lui, eli­thu­lu­le­lwej enke­zwe­ni yo­la­ka lwa­khe, li­nga­xu­tsha­ni­swa­ngakl, nja­lo uza­hlu­tshwam ka­khu­lu ngo­mli­lono la­nge­si­ba­bu­lepq pha­mbi kwe­ngi­lo­si ezi­ngcwe­le, la­pha­mbi kwe­Wu­ndlur;

11 le­ntu­thu yo­ku­hlu­tshwa kwa­bo ithu­nqa ku­ze ku­be ni­ni la­ni­nis; nja­lo ka­ba­la­ku­phu­mu­la emi­ni le­bu­su­kut la­ba aba­kho­nza isi­lo lo­mfa­ne­ki­so wa­sou, nja­lo uba ekho­na owe­mu­ke­la upha­wu lwe­bi­zo la­sov.

12 Na­nku uku­be­ke­ze­la kwa­ba­ngcwe­lew; na­mpa aba­gci­na imi­la­yo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lux lo­kho­lo lu­ka­Je­suy.

13 Nga­se­ngi­si­zwa ili­zwi eli­ve­la ezu­lwi­ni li­si­thi ki­mi: Bha­la uthiz: Ba­bu­si­si­we aba­fi­le­yoa be­fe­la eNko­si­nib ku­su­ke­la kha­the­sic1. Ye­bo, ku­tsho uMo­ya, uku­ze ba­phu­mu­le eku­tshi­ka­tshi­ke­ni kwa­bod; le­mi­se­be­nzi ya­bo ila­nde­la ka­nye la­bo.

Ingi­lo­si ezi­mbi­li zo­ku­vu­na

14 Nga­se­ngi­bo­na, kha­nge­la-ke, iye­zi eli­mhlo­phe, la­phe­zu kwe­ye­zie ku­hle­zi onje­nge­Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntuf, elo­mqhe­le we­go­li­de ekha­nda la­kheg, nja­lo ele­si­ke­la ebu­kha­li esa­ndle­ni sa­khe.

15 Le­nye ingi­lo­si ya­phu­ma ethe­mpe­li­nih, ime­me­za nge­li­zwi eli­khu­lu ku­ye ohle­zi eye­zi­ni isi­thi: Nge­ni­sa isi­ke­la ya­kho uvu­nei, ngo­ba se­ku­fi­ki­le ku­we isi­kha­thi so­ku­vu­naj, ngo­ba se­si­vu­thi­we2 isi­vu­no so­mhla­ba.

16 Ohle­zi phe­zu kwe­ye­zi wa­se­yi­pho­sa isi­ke­la ya­khe emhla­be­nik, wa­su­vu­nwa umhla­ba.

17 Enye ingi­lo­si ya­si­phu­ma ethe­mpe­li­ni eli­se­zu­lwi­nil, la­yo ile­si­ke­la ebu­kha­li.

18 Le­nye ingi­lo­si ya­phu­ma ela­thi­nim, ila­ma­ndla phe­zu ko­mli­lon, ya­si­me­me­za nge­si­me­me­zo esi­khu­lu ku­yo ele­si­ke­la ebu­kha­li, isi­thi: Nge­ni­sa isi­ke­la ya­kho ebu­kha­li, ubu­su­bu­the­le­la izi­swe­nya ze­vi­ni lo­mhla­ba, ngo­ba izi­the­lo za­lo se­zi­vu­thi­weo.

19 Ingi­lo­si ya­si­pho­sa isi­ke­la ya­yo emhla­be­ni, ya­si­vu­na ivi­ni lo­mhla­ba, ya­si­pho­se­la esi­kha­me­lwe­ni se­wa­yi­ni esi­khu­lu so­la­ka lu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lup.

20 Le­si­kha­me­lo se­wa­yi­ni sa­nya­the­lwaqr nga­pha­ndles ko­mu­zit, kwa­se­ku­phu­ma iga­zi esi­kha­me­lwe­ni se­wa­yi­ni la­ze la­fi­ka ema­to­mi­ni ama­bhi­zau, la­ba nga­ma­sta­di­yu*v azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne la­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha.

Imi­ga­nu eyi­si­kho­mbi­sa le­zi­nhlu­phe­ko ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa

15Nga­se­ngi­bo­na esi­nye isi­bo­na­ka­li­so ezu­lwi­ni esi­khu­lu le­si­ma­nga­li­sa­yoa, ingi­lo­si ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa zi­le­zi­nhlu­phe­ko ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa zo­ku­ci­nab, ngo­ba lwa­phe­le­li­swa ku­le­zo ula­ka lu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luc.

2 Nga­se­ngi­bo­na oku­nga­thi lu­lwa­ndle lwe­ngi­la­zid lu­xu­be­ne lo­mli­loe, la­la­bo aba­nqo­be isi­lof lo­mfa­ne­ki­so wa­sog lo­pha­wu lwa­sohi, le­no­mbo­lo ye­bi­zo la­soj, be­mi phe­zu ko­lwa­ndle lwe­ngi­la­zik, be­la­ma­cha­cho ka­Nku­lu­nku­lul,

3 ba­se­be­hla­be­la ingo­ma ka­Mo­zi­sim ince­ku ka­Nku­lu­nku­lun le­ngo­ma ye­Wu­ndluo, be­si­thi: Mi­khu­lu nja­lo iya­ma­nga­li­sa imi­se­be­nzi ya­khop, Nko­si Nku­lu­nku­lu So­ma­ndlaq, zi­lu­ngi­lers zi­qo­tho indle­la za­khot, Nko­si ya­ba­ngcwe­le.

4 Ngu­ba­ni onga­yi­ku­kwe­sa­bauv, Nko­si, abe­se­du­mi­sa ibi­zo la­kho? ngo­ba ngu­we we­dwa ongcwe­lewx; ngo­ba izi­zwe zo­nke zi­za­ku­za zi­du­mi­se pha­mbi kwa­khoy; ngo­ba ize­nzo za­kho zo­ku­lu­nga zi­bo­na­ka­li­si­wez.

5 Emva kwa­le­zi­zi­nto nga­se­ngi­bo­na, kha­nge­la-ke, se­ku­vu­lwe ithe­mpe­lia le­tha­bha­ne­ke­leb lo­bu­fa­ka­zi ezu­lwi­nic;

6 kwa­se­ku­phu­ma ethe­mpe­li­ni le­zi ingi­lo­si ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa zi­le­zi­nhlu­phe­ko ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sad, ze­mbe­thee ile­mbu eli­hla­nze­ki­le­yo eli­kha­zi­mu­la­yof, nja­lo zi­bo­tshwe izi­fu­ba nga­ma­qhe­le ego­li­deg;

7 le­si­nye se­zi­da­lwa ezi­ne ezi­phi­la­yoh sa­ni­ka ingi­lo­si ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa imi­ga­nu ye­go­li­de eyi­si­kho­mbi­sa, igcwe­le ula­ka lu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, ophi­lai ku­ze ku­be ni­ni la­ni­nij.

8 Le­the­mpe­li la­gcwa­li­swa intu­thuk eve­la ebu­kho­si­ni bu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lul, le­ma­ndle­ni akhem; nja­lo kwa­ku­nge­kho owa­ye­nga­nge­na ethe­mpe­li­nin, ku­ze ku­phe­le izi­nhlu­phe­ko ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa ze­ngi­lo­si ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa.

16Nga­se­ngi­si­zwa ili­zwi eli­khu­lu li­ve­la ethe­mpe­li­ni, li­si­thi ku­le­zo ingi­lo­si ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­saa: Ha­mba­ni, li­thu­lu­le­le emhla­be­ni imi­ga­nub yo­la­ka lu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luc.

2 Eyo­ku­qa­la ya­si­ha­mba, ya­thu­lu­le­la umga­nu wa­yo emhla­be­nid; kwa­se­ku­ve­la isi­lo­nda esi­bi esi­bu­hlu­nguefg eba­ntwi­ni aba­lo­pha­wu lwe­si­loh, la­ba­kho­nza umfa­ne­ki­so wa­soi.

3 Ingi­lo­si ye­si­bi­li ya­si­thu­lu­le­la umga­nu wa­yo olwa­ndlej; lwa­se­lu­si­ba li­ga­zi nje­nge­lo­fi­le­yok, la­wo wo­nke umphe­fu­mu­lo ophi­la­yo wa­fa olwa­ndlel.

4 Ingi­lo­si ye­si­tha­thu ya­si­thu­lu­le­la umga­nu wa­yo emi­fu­le­ni le­mi­tho­nje­ni ya­ma­nzim; ya­si­si­ba li­ga­zin.

5 Nga­se­ngi­si­zwa ingi­lo­si ya­ma­nzi isi­thi: Ulu­ngi­le, Nko­sio, okho­na lo­wa­ye­kho­na lo­za­ku­ba kho­na, ngo­ba wa­gwe­ba le­zi­zi­ntop;

6 ngo­ba ba­chi­tha iga­ziq la­ba­ngcwe­le le­la­ba­pro­fe­thir, uba­ni­ke la­bo iga­zi uku­li­na­thas; ngo­ba ba­fa­ne­le.

7 Nga­se­ngi­si­zwa enyet ela­thi­ni u isi­thi: Ye­bo, Nko­si Nku­lu­nku­luv So­ma­ndlaw, zi­qo­thox zi­lu­ngi­le izi­gwe­bo za­khoy.

8 Ingi­lo­si ye­si­ne ya­si­thu­lu­le­la umga­nu wa­yo ela­nge­niz; kwa­se­ku­ni­ke­lwa ku­loa uku­cho­cho­mbi­sa aba­ntu ngo­mli­lob.

9 Aba­ntu ba­se­be­tshi­swa yi­ku­tshi­sa oku­khu­luc, ba­se­be­hla­mba­za ibi­zo li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lud ola­ma­ndla phe­zu kwa­le­zo izi­nhlu­phe­ko, nja­lo ka­ba­phe­ndu­ka­ngae uku­mni­ka udu­mof.

10 Ingi­lo­si ye­si­hla­nu ya­si­thu­lu­le­la umga­nu wa­yo phe­zu kwe­si­hla­lo so­bu­kho­si se­si­log; lo­mbu­so wa­so wa­fi­pha­zwah; ba­se­be­xha­nxa­tha inli­mi za­bo nge­nxa yo­bu­hlu­ngu,

11 ba­se­be­mhla­mba­zai uNku­lu­nku­lu we­zu­luj nge­nxa yo­bu­hlu­ngu ba­bo la­nge­nxa ye­zi­lo­nda za­bok, nja­lo ka­ba­phe­ndu­ka­nga emi­se­be­nzi­ni ya­bol.

12 Ingi­lo­si ye­si­thu­pha ya­si­thu­lu­le­la umga­nu wa­yo emfu­le­ni omkhu­lu iYu­fra­thim; la­ma­nzi awo atshan, uku­ze ilu­ngi­swe indle­la ya­ma­kho­si ave­la la­pho eli­phu­ma kho­na ila­ngao.

13 Nga­se­ngi­bo­na ku­phu­ma emlo­nye­ni wo­mgo­bho le­mlo­nye­ni we­si­lo le­mlo­nye­ni wo­mpro­fe­thi wa­ma­nga, imi­mo­ya engco­li­le­yop emi­tha­thu efa­na­na la­ma­xo­xoqrstu;

14 ngo­ba iyi­mi­mo­ya ya­ma­di­mo­niv eye­nza izi­bo­na­ka­li­sowx, ephu­me­la ema­kho­si­ni omhla­ba­thi la­wo­mhla­ba wo­nkey, uku­wa­qo­qe­la nda­wo­nye empi­niz kwa­lo­lo­su­ku olu­khu­lu lu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lua uSo­ma­ndlab.

15 Kha­nge­la, ngi­ye­za nje­nge­se­lac. Ubu­si­si­wed oli­nda­yoe, alo­ndo­lo­ze ize­mba­tho za­khe, uku­ze anga­ha­mbi­zef, nja­lo ba­bo­negh ihla­zo la­khei.

16 Ba­se­be­wa­qo­qe­la nda­wo­nyej enda­we­ni ethi­wa nge­si­He­bhe­ruk iA­rma­ge­do­nil.

17 Ingi­lo­si ye­si­kho­mbi­sa ya­si­thu­lu­le­la umga­nu wa­yo emo­ye­nim; kwa­se­ku­phu­ma ili­zwi eli­khu­lun li­ve­la ethe­mpe­li­ni le­zu­luo, esi­hla­lwe­ni so­bu­kho­sip li­si­thi: Se­kwe­nza­ke­leq!

18 Kwa­se­ku­si­ba kho­na ama­zwi le­mi­du­mo le­mi­ba­ner, kwa­se­ku­si­ba lo­ku­za­ma­za­ma ko­mhla­ba oku­khu­lus, oku­nje oku­nga­za­nga ku­be kho­na se­lo­khu kwa­ba kho­na aba­ntu emhla­be­nit, uku­za­ma­za­ma ko­mhla­ba oku­la­ma­ndla ka­nga­ka, oku­khu­lu ka­nga­ka.

19 Umu­zi omkhu­luu wa­su­si­ba yi­zi­qa­mu ezi­nta­thuv, le­mi­zi ya­be­zi­zwe ya­waw; le­Bha­bhi­lo­ni eli­khu­lux la­khu­nju­lwa pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luy, uku­li­ni­ka inke­zo ye­wa­yi­ni le­ntu­ku­the­lo yo­la­ka lwa­khez.

20 So­nke isi­hle­nge sa­se­si­ba­le­kaa, le­nta­ba aza­ze za­tho­la­ka­lab.

21 Le­si­qho­tho esi­khu­luc esi­le­si­si­ndo esi­nje­nge­se­tha­le­nta*, sa­we­la phe­zu kwa­ba­ntu si­ve­la ezu­lwi­ni; la­ba­ntu ba­mhla­mba­za uNku­lu­nku­lud nge­nxa ye­nhlu­phe­ko ye­si­qho­thoe; ngo­ba inhlu­phe­ko ya­so ya­yi­nku­lu ka­khu­lu­ka­zi.

Isi­fe­be esi­khu­lu le­si­lo

17Kwa­se­ku­si­za enyea ye­ngi­lo­si ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa eza­zi­le­mi­ga­nu eyi­si­kho­mbi­sab, ya­si­khu­lu­ma la­mi, isi­thi ki­mi: Wo­za la­phac, ngi­za­ku­tshe­ngi­sa isi­gwe­bod se­si­fe­be esi­khu­lue, esi­hle­zi phe­zu kwa­ma­nzi ama­ne­ngif,

2 afe­ba la­so ama­kho­si omhla­bag, la­ba­khi­le­yo emhla­be­nih ba­da­kwe li­wa­yi­ni lo­bu­fe­be ba­soij.

3 Ya­si­ngi­thwa­le­la enka­nga­la ngi­ku­Mo­yakl; nga­se­ngi­bo­na owe­si­fa­za­na ehle­zi phe­zu kwe­si­lo esi­bo­mvum, si­gcwe­le ama­bi­zo enhla­mban, si­la­ma­kha­nda ayi­si­kho­mbi­saop le­mpo­ndo ezi­li­tshu­miqr.

4 Nja­lo owe­si­fa­za­na wa­ye­mbe­thes oku­yi­bu­be­ndet lo­ku­bo­mvuu, fu­thi ece­ci­swe1 nge­go­li­dev la­nga­ma­tshe ali­gu­guw la­nga­ma­pha­re­le*x, ele­nke­zo ye­go­li­de esa­ndle­ni sa­khey, igcwe­le ama­nya­la lo­ku­ngco­la ko­bu­fe­be ba­khez,

5 nja­lo ebu­nzi­ni la­khe kwa­ku­lo­tshi­we ibi­zo lo­ku­thi: IMFI­HLOa, IBHA­BHI­LO­NI ELI­KHU­LUb, UNI­NA WE­ZI­FE­BE LO­WA­MA­NYA­LA OMHLA­BAc.

6 Nga­se­ngi­bo­na owe­si­fa­za­nad eda­kwee li­ga­zi la­ba­ngcwe­lef, le­ga­zi la­ba­fa­ka­zig ba­ka­Je­suh. Se­ngi­mbo­ni­le nga­ma­nga­la ngo­ku­ma­nga­la oku­khu­lu.

7 Ingi­lo­si ya­si­si­thi ki­mi: Uma­nga­le­la­ni? Mi­na ngi­za­ku­tshe­la imfi­hlo yo­we­si­fa­za­nai, le­ye­si­lo esi­mthwe­le­yo, esi­la­ma­kha­nda ayi­si­kho­mbi­saj le­mpo­ndo ezi­li­tshu­mik.

8 Isi­lo, osi­bo­ni­le­yo, sa­si­kho­nal, nja­lo ka­sise­kho, fu­thi si­za­kwe­nyu­kam si­ve­la emgo­di­ni onge­la­mkha­wu­lon, si­be se­si­si­ya eku­bhu­ji­swe­nio; la­ba­khi­le­yo emhla­be­nip ba­za­ma­nga­laq, aba­ma­bi­zo abo aye­nga­bha­lwa­nga egwa­lwe­ni lwe­mpi­lor, ku­su­ke­la eku­se­ke­lwe­ni ko­mhla­bas, be­bo­na isi­lo esa­si­kho­na, nja­lo si­ngase­kho, la­nxa si­kho­na.

9 Na­nku uku­qe­di­si­sa oku­le­nhla­ka­ni­phot. Ama­kha­nda ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa azi­nta­ba ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa owe­si­fa­za­na ahle­zi kho­na phe­zu kwa­zou;

10 fu­thi anga­ma­kho­si ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa, ama­hla­nu ase­wi­le, le­nye ikho­na, le­nye ka­yi­ka­fi­ki, nja­lo nxa isi­fi­ki­le ime­le uku­hla­la isi­kha­tsha­na.

11 Le­si­lov esa­si­kho­na, nja­lo si­ngase­kho, yo­na-ke ingeye­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li, nja­lo ive­la kwa­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa, ibi­si­si­ya eku­bhu­ji­swe­niw.

12 Le­mpo­ndo ezi­li­tshu­mixy, ozi­bo­ni­le­yo, zi­nga­ma­kho­si ali­tshu­mi, anga­ke­mu­ke­li umbu­so, ko­dwa emu­ke­le ama­ndla nje­nga­ma­kho­si nge­ho­la li­nyez ka­nye le­si­lo.

13 Wo­na angqo­ndo­nyea, nja­lo abe­la isi­lo awa­wo ama­ndla lo­ku­bu­sa.

14 La aza­ku­lwa le­Wu­ndlub, nja­lo iWu­ndlu li­za­wa­nqo­bac, ngo­ba li­yi­Nko­si ya­ma­kho­side lo­Mbu­si wa­ba­bu­sifg, la­ba­ka­nye la­loh nga­ba­bi­zi­we­yoij la­ba­khe­thi­we­yokl la­ba­the­mbe­ki­le­yom.

15 Ya­si­si­thi ki­mi: Ama­nzi owa­bo­ni­le­yon, la­pho esi­hle­zi kho­na isi­fe­be, anga­ba­ntu la­ma­xu­ku le­zi­zwe le­ndi­mio.

16 Le­mpo­ndo ezi­li­tshu­mi, ozi­bo­ni­le­yo esi­lwe­nip, zo­na zi­za­si­zo­nda isi­fe­beq, be­se­zi­si­chi­thar zi­si­nqu­nu­les, zi­dle inya­ma ya­sot, zi­si­tshi­se ngo­mli­lou.

17 Ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu ufa­ki­le enhli­zi­ywe­ni za­zov uku­thi ze­nze ingqo­ndo ya­khe, lo­kwe­nza ngqo­ndo­nyew, lo­ku­ni­ka isi­lo umbu­so wa­zox, ku­ze ku­phe­le­li­swe ama­zwi ka­Nku­lu­nku­luy.

18 Lo­we­si­fa­za­na ombo­ni­le­yo ungu­mu­zi omkhu­luz olo­mbu­so phe­zu kwa­ma­kho­si omhla­ba.

Uku­wa kwe­Bha­bhi­lo­ni

18Emva kwa­le­zi­zi­nto-ke nga­bo­na enye ingi­lo­si ise­hla ive­la ezu­lwi­nia, ila­ma­ndla ama­khu­lu; lo­mhla­ba wa­kha­nyi­swa yi­ku­kha­zi­mu­la kwa­yob.

2 Ya­si­me­me­za nga­ma­ndla, nge­li­zwi eli­khu­luc isi­thi: Iwi­le, iwi­le iBha­bhi­lo­ni enku­lud, isi­yi­nda­wo yo­ku­hla­la ama­di­mo­nie, le­nto­lo­ngo ya­wo wo­nke umo­ya ongco­li­le­yof, le­zo­ngo la­yo yo­nke inyo­ni engco­li­le­yo le­zo­nde­ka­yog.

3 Ngo­ba izi­zwe zo­nke zi­na­the okwe­wa­yi­ni lo­la­ka lo­bu­fe­be ba­yoh, la­ma­kho­si omhla­ba aphi­ngi­le la­yoi, la­ba­the­ngi­si bo­mhla­ba ba­no­thi­lej nga­ma­ndla oku­zi­ti­ka nge­no­tho ya­yok.

4 Nga­se­ngi­si­zwa eli­nye ili­zwi li­ve­la ezu­lwi­ni, li­si­thi: Phu­ma­ni ku­yol, ba­ntu ba­mi, uku­ze li­nga­hla­nga­nye­li ka­nye le­zo­no za­yo, lo­ku­ze li­nge­mu­ke­li okwe­zi­nhlu­phe­ko za­yo;

5 ngo­ba izo­no za­yo zi­xhu­me­ne zi­ze zi­fi­ke ezu­lwi­nim, lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu ukhu­mbu­le uku­nga­lu­ngi kwa­yon.

6 Phi­ndi­se­la­ni ku­yo nje­ngo­ku­phi­ndi­se­la kwa­yo ki­nio, li­phi­nde ka­bi­li ku­yo nje­ngo­kwe­mi­se­be­nzi ya­yo; enke­zwe­ni eyi­xu­ba­ni­si­le­yo, xu­ba­ni­sa­ni ki­yo ka­bi­lip.

7 Nje­ngo­ku­zi­du­mi­sa kwa­yo oku­nga­kaq, izi­ti­ka eno­thwe­nir, ngo­ku­nja­lo ku­phe­ni yo­na ubu­hlu­ngu lo­ku­li­la oku­nga­ka; ngo­ba ithi enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­yos: Ngi­hle­zi ngi­yi­ndlo­vu­ka­zit, nja­lo ka­ngi­su­ye umfe­lo­ka­ziu, fu­thi ka­ngi­so­ze nga­bo­na uku­li­la.

8 Nga­kho zi­za­fi­ka ngo­su­ku lu­nye izi­nhlu­phe­ko za­yov, uku­fa lo­ku­li­la le­ndla­la, fu­thi iza­tshi­swa ngo­mli­low; ngo­ba ila­ma­ndla iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu eyi­gwe­ba­yox.

9 La­ma­kho­si omhla­bayz aphi­nga la­yoa ezi­ti­ka eno­thwe­nib aza­yi­kha­le­la ali­le nge­nxa ya­yocd, la­pho ebo­na intu­thu yo­ku­tsha kwa­yoe,

10 esi­ma kha­tsha­na ngo­kwe­sa­ba ko­bu­hlu­ngu ba­yo, esi­thi: Ma­ye, ma­ye, umu­zi omkhu­lu, iBha­bhi­lo­ni, umu­zi ola­ma­ndlaf, ngo­ba nge­ho­la eli­lo­dwa isi­gwe­bo sa­kho si­fi­ki­le!g

11 La­ba­the­ngi­si bo­mhla­ba ba­za­yi­kha­le­la bayi­li­le­leh, ngo­ba ka­ku­la­mu­ntu othe­nga impa­hla ya­bo fu­thii;

12 impa­hla ye­go­li­dej, le­ye­si­li­va, le­ye­li­tshe eli­li­gu­guk, le­ye­pha­re­le*l, le­ye­le­mbu eli­co­le­ki­le­yo ka­khu­lum, le­yi­bu­be­nden, le­ye­si­li­ka*, le­yo­ku­bo­mvuo; la­so so­nke isi­hla­hla esi­le­phu­nga, la­so so­nke isi­tsha se­mpo­ndo ze­ndlo­vu, la­so so­nke isi­tsha se­si­hla­hla esi­li­gu­gu eli­khu­lu­ka­zi, le­ye­thu­si, le­ye­nsi­mbi, le­ye­li­tshe eli­mhlo­phe;

13 le­ki­na­mo­ni*, lo­ku­le­phu­nga eli­mna­ndi, le­nhla­ka, le­mpe­pha, le­wa­yi­ni, la­ma­fu­tha, le­mpu­phu eco­le­ki­le­yop, le­ngqo­lo­yi, le­zi­fu­yo, le­zi­mvu, la­ma­bhi­za, le­zi­nqo­la, le­mi­zi­mbaq, le­mi­phe­fu­mu­lo ya­ba­ntur.

14 Le­zi­the­lo ze­si­fi­so so­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­kho zi­su­ki­le ku­we, la­zo zo­nke izi­nto ezi­no­ni­le­yo le­zi­kha­zi­mu­la­yo zi­su­ki­le ku­we, ka­wu­so­ze ubu­ye uzi­tho­le.

15 Aba­the­ngi­si ba­le­zi­zi­ntos, aba­no­the nga­yot, ba­za­ku­ma kha­tsha­na ngo­kwe­sa­be­ka ko­bu­hlu­ngu ba­yo, be­kha­la be­li­la,

16 nja­lo be­si­thi: Ma­ye, ma­ye, lo umu­zi omkhu­luu, owa­we­mba­thi­swev nge­le­mbu eli­co­le­ki­le­yo ka­khu­luw lo­ku­yi­bu­be­ndex lo­ku­bo­mvuy, uce­ci­swe nge­go­li­dez le­li­tshe eli­li­gu­gu la­ma­pha­re­le!a

17 Ngo­ba nge­ho­la eli­lo­dwab ino­tho enga­ka ichi­thi­wec. La­yo yo­nke indu­na yo­mkhu­mbid, la­lo lo­nke ixu­ku emi­khu­nji­ni, la­bo­mkhu­mbi, la­bo bo­nke aba­se­be­nza olwa­ndle be­ma kha­tsha­na,

18 ba­se­be­kha­la be­bo­na intu­thu yo­ku­tsha kwa­yoe, be­si­thi: Yi­wu­phi ofa­na­na la­wo umu­zi omkhu­lu?f

19 Ba­se­be­the­la uthu­li ema­kha­nda abog, be­me­me­za be­kha­la be­li­lah, be­si­thi: Ma­ye, ma­ye, umu­zi omkhu­lui, kho­na la­pho bo­nke aba­be­le­mi­khu­mbi olwa­ndle ba­no­the nga­wo nge­no­tho ya­woj; ngo­ba nge­ho­lak eli­lo­dwa uchi­thi­we!l

20 Tho­ko­za nga­wo, zu­lum, la­ni ba­pho­sto­li aba­ngcwe­le la­ba­pro­fe­thin; ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu ugwe­be isi­gwe­bo se­nu ku­woo.

21 Le­ngi­lo­si eya­ma­ndla ya­pha­ka­mi­sa ili­tshe eli­nje­nge­li­tshe lo­ku­cho­la eli­khu­lup, ya­sili­pho­se­la olwa­ndle, isi­thi: Ngo­ku­nja­lo ngo­dla­ke­laq iBha­bhi­lo­ni umu­zi omkhu­lu iza­pho­swar, nja­lo inga­be isa­fi­cwa la­ka­nye.

22 Lo­msi­ndo wa­ba­tsha­yi­cha­chost lo­wa­ba­hla­be­le­liu lo­wa­ba­tsha­yi­mhla­ngav lo­wa­ba­tsha­yi­mpo­ndo, ka­wu­so­ze uphi­nde uzwa­ka­le pha­ka­thi kwa­kho, la­yo yo­nke ingcwe­thi lo­ba eya­wu­phi umu­nwe ka­yi­sa­yi­ku­fi­cwa pha­ka­thi kwa­kho la­ka­nye, lo­msi­ndo we­li­tshe lo­ku­cho­la ka­wu­so­ze uphi­nde uzwa­ka­le pha­ka­thi kwa­khowx,

23 lo­ku­kha­nya kwe­si­ba­ne ka­ku­so­ze ku­sa­kha­nya pha­ka­thi kwa­khoy, le­li­zwi lo­mye­ni lo­ma­ko­ti ka­li­sa­yi­ku­zwa­ka­la pha­ka­thi kwa­kho la­ka­nyeza; ngo­ba aba­the­ngi­si ba­khob be­be­yi­zi­khu­lu zo­mhla­bac; ngo­ba ngo­ku­tha­ka­tha kwa­khode izi­zwe zo­nke zi­kho­hli­si­we,

24 fu­thi ku­yo kwa­fi­cwa iga­zi la­ba­pro­fe­thi le­la­ba­ngcwe­lef, le­la­bo bo­nke aba­be­bu­le­we emhla­be­nig.

Ezu­lwi­ni ku­kho­na inja­bu­lo ngo­mtsha­do we­Wu­ndlu

19Emva kwa­le­zi­zi­nto nga­se­ngi­si­zwa ili­zwi eli­khu­lu ele­xu­ku eli­khu­lu ezu­lwi­nia, li­si­thi: Ha­le­lu­ya*b! Usi­ndi­soc lo­bu­kho­sid lo­du­moe la­ma­ndla ku­ngo­kwe­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thuf;

2 ngo­ba izi­gwe­bo za­khe zi­qo­tho zi­lu­ngi­leg; ngo­ba usi­la­hli­leh isi­fe­be esi­khu­lui, eso­na­ka­li­se umhla­ba ngo­bu­fe­be ba­so, use­phi­ndi­se­le iga­zi le­nce­ku za­khe esa­ndle­ni sa­sojk.

3 Ba­se­be­si­thi ngo­kwe­si­bi­li: Ha­le­lu­yal! Le­ntu­thu ya­so ithu­nqa ku­ze ku­be ni­ni la­ni­nim.

4 La­ba­da­la aba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­ne le­zi­da­lwa ezi­ne ezi­phi­la­yo za­we­la pha­nsi za­kho­nza uNku­lu­nku­lun ohle­zi esi­hla­lwe­ni so­bu­kho­si zi­si­thi: Ame­nio! Ha­le­lu­yap!

5 Ili­zwi la­se­li­phu­ma li­ve­la esi­hla­lwe­ni so­bu­kho­si, li­si­thi: Mdu­mi­se­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thuq, li­na lo­nke zi­nce­ku za­kher, la­ba­me­sa­ba­yos, la­ba­nci­nya­ne, la­ba­khu­lutu.

6 Nga­se­ngi­si­zwa ku­nga­thi yi­li­zwi le­xu­ku eli­khu­luv, nja­lo ku­nga­thi ngu­mdu­mo wa­ma­nzi ama­ne­ngiw, nja­lo ku­nga­thi ngu­msi­ndo we­mi­du­mo ela­ma­ndlax, ku­si­thi: Ha­le­lu­ya!y Ngo­ba iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­luz uSo­ma­ndla uya­bu­saa.

7 Asi­tho­ko­ze si­tha­be ka­khu­lu, be­se­si­si­pha udu­mo ku­yeb; ngo­ba umtsha­do we­Wu­ndlu usu­fi­ki­lec, lo­mka­lo use­zi­lu­ngi­se­led.

8 Kwa­se­ku­phi­wa ku­yee uku­thi emba­thef ile­mbu eli­co­le­ki­le­yo ka­khu­lug eli­hla­nze­ki­le­yo le­li­kha­zi­mu­la­yoh; ngo­ba ile­mbu eli­co­le­ki­le­yo ka­khu­lui li­yi­ku­lu­nga kwa­ba­ngcwe­lej.

9 Ya­si­si­thi ki­mi: Bha­la uthik: Ba­bu­si­si­we la­bo aba­bi­ze­lwe eku­dle­ni kwa­nta­mba­ma ko­mtsha­do we­Wu­ndlul. Ya­si­si­thi ki­mi: La nga­ma­zwi aqo­tho ka­Nku­lu­nku­lum.

10 Nga­se­ngi­we­la pha­nsi enya­we­ni za­yo uku­yi­kho­nzan; ya­si­si­thi ki­mi: Qa­phe­la ungakwe­nzio; ngi­yi­nce­ku ka­nye la­we la­ba­za­lwa­ne ba­kho aba­lo­bu­fa­ka­zi bu­ka­Je­sup; kho­nza uNku­lu­nku­luq; ngo­ba ubu­fa­ka­zi bu­ka­Je­sur bu­ngu­mo­ya we­si­pro­fe­thos.

UKri­stu ulwa le­si­lo asi­nqo­be

11 Nga­se­ngi­bo­na izu­lu li­vu­li­wet, kha­nge­la-ke ibhi­za eli­mhlo­pheu, lo­li­ga­di­le­yov ubi­zwa ngo­ku­thi oThe­mbe­ki­le­yowx lo­Qo­thoyz, nja­lo ngo­ku­lu­nga uya­hlu­le­la alwea.

12 La­me­hlo akhe afa­na­na le­la­nga­bi lo­mli­lob, le­kha­nda la­khec ku­le­mi­qhe­le emi­ne­ngid; nja­lo ule­bi­zo eli­lo­tshi­we­yoe, oku­nge­la­mu­ntu ola­zi­yo nga­pha­ndle kwa­khef,

13 wa­se­se­mba­tha ise­mba­tho esi­cwi­li­swe ega­zi­nig; le­bi­zo la­khe li­bi­zwa ngo­ku­thi, ngu­Li­zwi li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luh.

14 La­ma­bu­tho aye­se­zu­lwi­ni amla­nde­la ega­de ama­bhi­za amhlo­phei, embe­the ile­mbu eli­co­le­ki­le­yo ka­khu­luj eli­mhlo­phe le­li­hla­nze­ki­le­yok.

15 Emlo­nye­ni wa­khe kwa­se­ku­phu­ma inke­mba ebu­kha­lil, uku­ze atsha­ye izi­zwe nga­yo; nja­lo ye­na uza­zi­bu­sa nge­nto­nga ye­nsi­mbim; ye­na-ke uza­nya­the­la isi­kha­me­lo se­vi­ni se­wa­yi­nino le­ntu­ku­the­lo yo­la­kap lu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu uSo­ma­ndlaq.

16 Nja­lo ese­mba­thwe­ni le­tha­nga­zi­ni la­khe ule­bi­zo eli­bha­lwer uku­thi: INKO­SI YA­MA­KHO­SI LO­MBU­SI WA­BA­BU­SIs.

17 Nga­se­ngi­bo­na ingi­lo­si eyo­dwa imi ela­nge­ni; ya­si­me­me­za nge­li­zwi eli­khu­lu, isi­thi enyo­ni­ni zo­nket ezi­pha­pha­yo pha­ka­thi la­pha­ka­thi kwe­zu­luu: Wo­za­ni li­bu­tha­ni­swev eku­dle­ni kwa­nta­mba­maw ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu omkhu­lux,

18 uku­ze li­dle inya­ma ya­ma­kho­siy, le­nya­ma ye­ndu­na ezi­nku­luz, le­nya­ma ya­ba­la­ma­ndlaa, le­nya­ma ya­ma­bhi­za le­ya­ba­ga­di ba­wob, le­nya­ma ya­bo bo­nke, aba­khu­lu­le­ki­le­yo ka­nye la­ba­yi­zi­gqi­lic, la­ba­nci­nya­ne la­ba­khu­lud.

19 Nga­se­ngi­bo­na isi­loe, la­ma­kho­si omhla­ba la­ma­bu­tho awo ebu­tha­ne­lef uku­lwa impi la­yeg oga­de ibhi­zah, ka­nye le­bu­tho la­khe.

20 Isi­lo sa­se­si­ba­njwai, nja­lo ka­nye la­so umpro­fe­thi wa­ma­ngaj owe­nzak izi­bo­na­ka­li­sol pha­mbi kwa­som, adu­hi­san nga­zo la­bo aba­be­lo­pha­wu lwe­si­loo, la­la­bo aba­kho­nza umfa­ne­ki­so wa­sop; la­bo bo­ba­bi­li ba­pho­se­lwa be­phi­la echi­bi­niq lo­mli­lo eli­vu­tha isi­ba­bu­ler;

21 la­ba­se­le­yo ba­bu­la­wa nge­nke­mba yo­ga­de ibhi­zas, ephu­ma emlo­nye­ni wa­khet; le­nyo­ni zo­nke za­su­tha inya­ma ya­bou.

Uku­bo­tshwa ku­ka­Sa­tha­ne

20Nga­se­ngi­bo­na ingi­lo­si ise­hla ive­la ezu­lwi­ni, ile­si­hlu­thu­le­loa so­mgo­di onge­la­mkha­wu­lob, le­ke­ta­ne eli­khu­lu esa­ndle­ni sa­yo.

2 Ya­si­wu­ba­mba umgo­bhoc, inyo­ka enda­lad, engu­Di­ya­bho­lae lo­Sa­tha­nef, ya­si­wu­bo­pha okwe­mi­nya­ka eyi­nku­lu­ngwa­neg,

3 ya­si­wu­pho­se­la emgo­di­ni onge­la­mkha­wu­loh, ya­wu­va­le­la, ya­si­be­ka upha­wu phe­zu kwa­woi, uku­ze unga­be usa­du­hi­sa izi­zwe, ize iphe­le imi­nya­ka eyi­nku­lu­ngwa­nejk; le­mva kwa­lo­khu ku­me­le uku­thi ukhu­lu­lwe okwe­si­kha­tsha­na.

Uku­vu­ka ko­ku­qa­la

4 Nga­se­ngi­bo­na izi­hla­lo zo­bu­kho­sil, ba­se­be­hla­la ku­zom, lo­kwa­hlu­le­la kwa­ni­ke­lwa ku­bon; nga­bo­na le­mi­phe­fu­mu­loo ya­la­bo aba­be­qu­nywe ama­kha­ndap nge­nxa yo­bu­fa­ka­zi bu­ka­Je­suq la­nge­nxa ye­li­zwi li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lur, la­ba­be­nga­kho­nza­nga isi­los, lo­ba umfa­ne­ki­so wa­sot, nja­lo be­nge­mu­ke­la­nga upha­wu lwa­so ebu­nzi­ni la­bo, le­sa­ndle­ni sa­bou; ba­se­be­phi­la ba­bu­sa ka­nye lo­Kri­stuv imi­nya­ka eyi­nku­lu­ngwa­new.

5 Ko­dwa aba­se­le­yo kwa­ba­fi­le­yo ka­ba­phi­nda­nga ba­phi­lax ize iphe­le imi­nya­ka eyi­nku­lu­ngwa­ney. Lo­khu ku­yi­ku­vu­ka ko­ku­qa­laz.

6 Ubu­si­si­we nja­lo ungcwe­le ole­sa­be­lo eku­vu­ke­ni ko­ku­qa­laa; phe­zu kwa­la­ba uku­fa kwe­si­bi­li ka­ku­la­ma­ndlab, ko­dwa ba­za­ku­ba nga­ba­pri­sti ba­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, la­ba­ka­Kri­stuc, nja­lo ba­za­bu­sa ka­nye la­yed imi­nya­ka eyi­nku­lu­ngwa­nee.

Uku­khu­lu­lwa ku­ka­Sa­tha­ne

7 La­la­pho isi­phe­li­le imi­nya­ka eyi­nku­lu­ngwa­nef, uSa­tha­ne uza­khu­lu­lwag ento­lo­ngwe­ni ya­kheh,

8 nja­lo uza­phu­me­la uku­du­hi­sa izi­zwei ezi­se­ma­gu­mbi­ni ama­ne omhla­baj, uGo­gi lo­Ma­go­gik, uku­ba­bu­the­lal empi­nim; ona­ni la­bo li­nga­nge­tshe­be­tshe­be lo­lwa­ndlen.

9 Ba­se­be­se­nyu­ke­la ebu­ba­nzi­ni bo­mhla­bao, ba­zi­nge­le­ze­la inka­mba ya­ba­ngcwe­lep lo­mu­zi otha­nde­ka­yoq; kwa­se­ku­se­hla umli­lo ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu ove­la ezu­lwi­nir, wa­su­ba­qo­thu­la;

10 lo­di­ya­bho­la owa­ye­ba­du­hi­si­les wa­pho­se­lwa echi­bi­nit lo­mli­lo le­si­ba­bu­leu, la­pho oku­kho­na isi­lov lo­mpro­fe­thi wa­ma­ngaw; nja­lo ba­za­hlu­tshwa emi­ni le­bu­su­ku ku­ze ku­be ni­ni la­ni­nix.

Ukwa­hlu­le­la ko­ku­ci­na

11 Nga­se­ngi­bo­na isi­hla­lo so­bu­kho­si esi­khu­lu le­si­mhlo­phe lo­hle­zi ku­so, omhla­ba le­zu­lu kwa­ba­le­ke­la ubu­so ba­khey, nja­lo ka­ku­tho­le­lwa­nga nda­woz.

12 Nga­se­ngi­bo­na aba­fi­le­yo aba­nci­nya­ne la­ba­khu­lua, be­mi pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, le­ngwa­lo za­vu­lwab; nja­lo olu­nye ugwa­lo lwa­vu­lwa, olu­ngo­lwe­mpi­loc; aba­fi­le­yo ba­se­be­sa­hlu­le­lwa nge­zi­nto ezi­bha­lwe ezi­ngwa­lwe­nid, ngo­kwe­mi­se­be­nzi ya­boe.

13 Lo­lwa­ndle lwa­ba­khu­pha aba­fi­le­yo aba­be­ki­lo, nja­lo uku­faf le­si­ho­go1 kwa­khu­pha aba­fi­le­yo aba­be­ki­khog; ba­se­be­sa­hlu­le­lwa, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo, ngo­kwe­mi­se­be­nzi ya­boh.

14 Uku­fa le­si­ho­goi kwa­se­ku­pho­se­lwa echi­bi­ni lo­mli­loj; lo­khu ku­yi­ku­fa kwe­si­bi­lik.

15 Uba-ke ekho­na onga­tho­lwa­nga elo­tshi­we egwa­lwe­ni lwe­mpi­lol, wa­pho­se­lwa echi­bi­ni lo­mli­lom.

Izu­lu eli­tsha lo­mhla­ba omu­tsha

21Nga­se­ngi­bo­na izu­lu eli­tsha lo­mhla­ba omu­tshaa; ngo­ba izu­lu lo­ku­qa­la lo­mhla­ba wo­ku­qa­la kwa­se­ku­dlu­li­leb, lo­lwa­ndle lu­nga­se­khoc.

2 Mi­na Jo­ha­ne nga­se­ngi­bo­nad umu­zi ongcwe­lee, iJe­ru­sa­le­ma entshaf, use­hla uve­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu ezu­lwi­nig, ulu­ngi­si­we nje­ngo­ma­ko­tih ece­ci­se­lwe umka­khei.

3 Nga­se­ngi­si­zwa ili­zwi eli­khu­lu li­ve­la ezu­lwi­ni, li­si­thi: Kha­nge­la, itha­bha­ne­ke­le li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu li­se­ba­ntwi­nij, nja­lo uza­hla­la la­bok, fu­thi bo­na ba­za­ku­ba nga­ba­ntu ba­khel, lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu uqo­bo uza­ku­ba la­bom, engu­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo;

4 nja­lo uNku­lu­nku­lu uza­kwe­su­la zo­nke izi­nye­mbe­zi eme­hlwe­ni abon, lo­ku­fa ka­ku­sa­yi­ku­ba kho­nao; ku­mbe uku­li­la, ku­mbe uku­kha­la, lo­ba ubu­hlu­ngu abu­sa­yi­ku­ba kho­nap; ngo­ba izi­nto za­ku­qa­la se­zi­dlu­li­leq.

5 Wa­se­si­thi ohle­zi esi­hla­lwe­ni so­bu­kho­sir: Kha­nge­la, nge­nza zo­nke izi­nto zi­be­ntshas. Wa­se­si­thi ki­mi: Bha­lat; ngo­ba la­ma­zwi aqi­ni­si­le athe­mbe­ki­leu.

6 Wa­se­si­thi ki­mi: Se­kwe­nza­ke­lev. Mi­na ngi­nguA­lfa loO­me­gaw, uku­qa­la lo­ku­ci­nax. Mi­na ngi­za­mni­ka owo­mi­le­yo oku­ve­la emtho­nje­ni wa­ma­nzi empi­loy nge­si­hlez.

7 Onqo­ba­yoa uza­ku­dla ili­fab la­zo zo­nke izi­ntoc; nja­lo ngi­za­ku­ba ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­khed, la­ye abe yi­ndo­da­na ya­mie.

8 Ko­dwa ama­gwa­la la­ba­nga­kho­lwa­yof la­ba­ne­nge­ka­yog la­ba­bu­la­lihi le­zi­phi­ngijk la­ba­tha­ka­thilm la­ba­kho­nza izi­tho­mben la­bo bo­nke aba­qa­mbi­ma­ngaop, ba­za­ku­ba le­sa­be­lo sa­boq echi­bi­ni eli­vu­tha umli­lo le­si­ba­bu­ler, oku­yi­ku­fa kwe­si­bi­lis.

IJe­ru­sa­le­ma ye­zu­lwi­ni

9 Kwa­se­ku­si­za ki­mi enyet ye­ngi­lo­si ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa eza­zi­le­mi­ga­nu eyi­si­kho­mbi­sa egcwe­le izi­nhlu­phe­ko zo­ku­ci­na ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sau, ya­si­khu­lu­ma la­mi, isi­thi: Wo­za la­phav, ngi­za­ku­tshe­ngi­sa uma­ko­ti, umka­Wu­ndluw.

10 Ya­si­ngi­thwa­lax ngi­ku­Mo­ya ya­ya enta­be­ni enku­lu le­ndey, ya­si­ngi­tshe­ngi­sa umu­zi omkhu­lu, iJe­ru­sa­le­ma engcwe­lez, use­hla uve­la ezu­lwi­ni ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu,

11 ule­nka­zi­mu­lo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lua; uku­kha­nya kwa­wo kwa­ku­nje­nge­li­tshe eli­li­gu­gu eli­khu­lu­ka­zi nje­nge­li­tshe ija­spi*b, li­kha­nyi­sa nje­nge­kri­sta­li*c;

12 nja­lo ulo­mdu­li omkhu­lu lo­pha­ke­me­yo, ula­ma­sa­ngo ali­tshu­mi la­mbi­lide, le­ma­sa­ngwe­ni ingi­lo­si ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li, la­ma­bi­zo ebha­lwe ki­wo, anga­we­zi­zwe ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li za­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li.

13 Empu­ma­la­ngafg kwa­ku­la­ma­sa­ngo ama­tha­thuh; enya­ka­tho, ama­sa­ngo ama­tha­thu; eni­ngi­zi­mu, ama­sa­ngo ama­tha­thu; le­ntsho­na­la­nga, ama­sa­ngo ama­tha­thu.

14 Lo­mdu­li wo­mu­zi wa­wu­le­zi­se­ke­lo ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­liij, la­ku­zo ama­bi­zo aba­pho­sto­li aba­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li be­Wu­ndluk.

15 Lo­wa­ye­khu­lu­ma la­mi wa­ye­lo­mhla­nga we­go­li­de, uku­ze ali­nga­ni­se umu­zil, la­ma­sa­ngo awo, lo­mdu­li wa­wom.

16 Umu­zi wa­wu­mi­swe wa­li­nga­na inhla­ngo­thi zo­zi­ne, lo­bu­de ba­wo ba­bu­nga­ngo­bu­ba­nzi. Wa­se­li­nga­ni­sa umu­zi ngo­mhla­ngan wa­ba nga­ma­sta­di­yu* azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­lio; ubu­dep lo­bu­ba­nziq lo­ku­pha­ka­ma kwa­wor ku­ya­li­nga­nas.

17 Wa­se­li­nga­ni­sa umdu­li wa­wo, inga­lo ezi­li­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne la­net, isi­li­nga­ni­so so­mu­ntuu, esi­nge­se­ngi­lo­siv.

18 Nja­lo kwa­ku­le­sa­khi­wo so­mdu­li wa­wo pha­ka­thi, ija­spiw; lo­mu­zi uli­go­li­de eli­cwe­nge­ki­le­yo, nje­nge­ngi­la­zi ehla­nze­ki­le­yox.

19 Le­zi­se­ke­loy zo­mdu­li wo­mu­zi za­zi­ce­ci­swez nga­lo lo­nke ili­tshe eli­li­gu­gu. Isi­se­ke­lo so­ku­qa­la, ija­spia; ese­si­bi­li, isa­fi­re*bc; ese­si­tha­thu, ika­lke­do­ni*; ese­si­ne, i-e­me­ra­ldi*d;

20 ese­si­hla­nu, isa­ri­do­ni­ki­si*e; ese­si­thu­pha, isa­rdi­yu­si*f; ese­si­kho­mbi­sa, ikri­so­li­te*g; ese­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li, ibhe­ru­le*; ese­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye, ito­pa­zi*h; ese­tshu­mi, ikri­so­pra­se*; ese­tshu­mi la­nye, ihi­ya­ki­nte*i; ese­tshu­mi la­mbi­li, i-a­me­ti­ste*j.

21 La­ma­sa­ngo ali­tshu­mi la­mbi­li anga­ma­pha­re­le*k ali­tshu­mi la­mbi­li; yi­le­lo nga­li­nye nga­li­nye la­ma­sa­ngo li­li­pha­re­le li­nye; nja­lo isi­ta­la­dal so­mu­zi sa­si­li­go­li­de eli­cwe­nge­ki­le­yo, nje­nge­ngi­la­zi ekha­nye­la­yom.

22 Nja­lo ka­ngi­bo­na­nga ithe­mpe­li pha­ka­thi kwa­won; ngo­ba iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu uSo­ma­ndlao uli­the­mpe­li la­wo, le­Wu­ndlu.

23 Lo­mu­zi ka­wu­swe­li la­nga, ku­mbe inya­nga, uku­thi ku­kha­nyi­se ku­wop; ngo­ba inka­zi­mu­lo ka­Nku­lu­nku­luqr iya­wu­kha­nyi­sa, le­si­ba­ne sa­wo li­Wu­ndlu;

24 le­zi­zwes za­ba­si­ndi­si­we­yo zi­za­ha­mba eku­kha­nye­ni kwa­wot; la­ma­kho­si omhla­ba ale­tha ubu­kho­si lo­du­mo lwa­wo ku­wou;

25 la­ma­sa­ngo awo ka­wa­so­ze ava­lwe emi­niv, ngo­ba ka­ku­yi­ku­ba kho­na ubu­su­ku la­phow;

26 nja­lo ba­za­le­tha ku­wo ubu­kho­si lo­du­mo lwe­zi­zwex;

27 nja­lo ka­ku­so­ze kwa­nge­na lo­lu­lo­dwa ulu­tho olu­ngco­li­le­yo ku­woy, nja­lo lo­kwe­nza oku­ne­nge­ka­yoz la­ma­ngaa; nga­pha­ndle kwa­ba­lo­tshi­we­yo egwa­lwe­ni lwe­mpi­lo lwe­Wu­ndlub.

22Wa­se­ngi­tshe­ngi­sa umfu­la oce­nge­ki­le­yo wa­ma­nzi empi­loa, ukha­zi­mu­la nje­nge­kri­sta­li*b, uphu­ma esi­hla­lwe­ni so­bu­kho­si si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, le­se­Wu­ndlu.

2 La­pha­ka­thi kwe­si­ta­la­da sa­woc, nja­lo nga­pha la­nga­pha ko­mfu­lad kwa­ku­le­si­hla­hla se­mpi­loe, si­the­la izi­the­lo ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li, ile­yo la­le­yo inya­nga si­the­la isi­the­lo sa­so; la­ma­hla­mvu esi­hla­hlaf nga­wo­kwe­la­tshwa kwe­zi­zweg.

3 Ka­ku­sa­yi­ku­ba kho­na la­ka­nye isi­qa­le­ki­soh; ko­dwa isi­hla­lo so­bu­kho­si si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu le­se­Wu­ndlu si­za­ku­ba ku­woi; le­nce­ku za­khe zi­za­mkho­nza,

4 zi­za­bo­na ubu­so ba­khej; le­bi­zo la­khe li­za­ku­ba se­ma­bu­nzi­ni azok.

5 Lo­bu­su­ku ka­bu­yi­ku­ba kho­na la­phol, nja­lo ka­zi­swe­li isi­ba­ne lo­ku­kha­nya kwe­la­nga, ngo­ba iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu iya­zi­kha­nyi­se­lam; nja­lo zi­za­bu­sa ku­ze ku­be ni­ni la­ni­nin.

Iqi­ni­so lo­mbo­no

6 Wa­se­si­thi ki­mi: La­ma­zwi athe­mbe­ki­le aqo­thoo; nja­lo iNko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­ba­pro­fe­thi aba­ngcwe­lep, ithu­me­le ingi­lo­si ya­yoq uku­tshe­ngi­sa ince­ku za­yo izi­nto oku­me­le ze­nze­ke ngo­ku­pha­ngi­sar.

7 Kha­nge­la, ngi­ye­za ma­si­nya­nes. Ubu­si­si­we owa­gci­na­yo ama­zwi esi­pro­fe­tho sa­lo­lu­gwa­lot.

8 Fu­thi mi­na Jo­ha­ne ngi­ngu­ye owa­zi­bo­na­yo le­zi­zi­nto lo­wa­zi­zwa­you. Ku­the se­ngi­zi­zwi­le nga­zi­bo­na, nga­we­la pha­nsi uku­kho­nza pha­mbi kwe­nya­wo ze­ngi­lo­si eya­ngi­tshe­ngi­sa le­zi­zi­ntov.

9 Ya­si­si­thi ki­mi: Qa­phe­la ungakwe­nziw; ngo­ba ngi­yi­nce­ku ka­nye la­we, la­ba­za­lwa­ne ba­kho aba­pro­fe­thi, la­la­bo aba­gci­na ama­zwi alo­lu­gwa­lo; kho­nza uNku­lu­nku­lu.

10 Ya­si­si­thi ki­mi: Unga­na­ma­thi­se­li ngo­pha­wu ama­zwi esi­pro­fe­tho sa­lo­lu­gwa­lox; ngo­ba isi­kha­thi si­se­du­zey.

11 Owe­nza oku­nga­lu­nga­nga ka­hla­le ese­nza oku­nga­lu­nga­ngaz; lo­ngco­li­le­yo ahla­le engco­li­le; lo­lu­ngi­le­yo ahla­le elu­ngi­si­si­we; lo­ngcwe­le ahla­le engcwe­li­si­we.

12 Kha­nge­la-ke, ngi­ye­za ma­si­nya­neab, lo­mvu­zo wa­mi uki­mic, uku­vu­za ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo nje­ngo­ku­za­ku­ba ngu­mse­be­nzi wa­khed.

13 Mi­na ngi­nguA­lfa loO­me­gae, isi­qa­lo le­si­ci­nof, owo­ku­qa­la lo­wo­ku­ci­nag.

14 Ba­bu­si­si­we la­bo abe­nza imi­la­yo ya­kheh, uku­ze ba­be le­lu­nge­loi esi­hla­hle­ni se­mpi­loj, ba­be se­be­nge­nak emzi­ni nga­ma­sa­ngol;

15 ko­dwa nga­pha­ndle ku­kho­nam izi­njan la­ba­tha­ka­thio le­zi­phi­ngip la­ba­bu­la­liq la­ba­kho­nza izi­tho­mber la­ye wo­nke otha­nda nja­lo ese­nza ama­ngas.

16 Mi­na Je­su ngi­thu­me ingi­lo­si ya­mi uku­fa­ka­zat le­zi­zi­nto ki­ni ema­ba­ndle­ni. Mi­na ngi­yi­mpa­nde le­nza­lo ka­Da­vi­dau, indo­nsa­ku­sa ekha­zi­mu­la­yovw.

17 UMo­ya-ke lo­ma­ko­tix ba­thi: Wo­za! Lo­zwa­yo ka­thi: Wo­za! Lo­wo­mi­le­yo ke­zey; lo­tha­nda­yo ka­tha­the ama­nzi empi­lo nge­si­hleza.

18 Ngo­ba ngi­ya­fa­ka­za ku­ye wo­nke ozwa ama­zwi esi­pro­fe­tho sa­lo­lu­gwa­lo: Uba umu­ntu ese­nge­za ku­le­zi­zi­nto, uNku­lu­nku­lu uza­kwe­nge­ze­le­la ku­ye izi­nhlu­phe­ko ezi­lo­tshwe ku­lo­lu­gwa­lob;

19 nja­lo uba umu­ntu esu­sa okwa­ma­zwi ogwa­lo lwa­le­si­si­pro­fe­tho, uNku­lu­nku­lu uza­su­sa isa­be­lo sa­khec egwa­lwe­ni lwe­mpi­lod, le­mzi­ni ongcwe­lee, le­zi­ntwe­ni ezi­lo­tshi­we­yo ku­lo­lu­gwa­lo.

20 Ofa­ka­za le­zi­zi­nto uthi: Ye­bo, ngi­ye­za ma­si­nya­nef. Ame­ni. Ye­bo, wo­za, Nko­si Je­su!g

21 Umu­sa we­Nko­si ye­thu uJe­su Kri­stu ka­wu­be la­ni lo­nkeh. Ame­ni.