Mikha 7

₁Kute litsemba!

Mine ngifanana nemuntfu lolambile

lotfole tihlahla tite titselo

nemagelebisi kute emvinini.

Onkhe emagelebisi kanye nemakhiwa

lamnandzi bawakhe bawacedza.

₂Kute nome munye umuntfu lowetsembekile

losasele eveni, kute losetsembekile kuNkulunkulu.

Wonkhe umuntfu ufunana nematfuba ekubulala.

Wonkhe umuntfu utingelana newakubo.

₃Bonkhe batingcweti ekwenteni lokubi.

Tiphatsimandla nebehluleli bacela kudizelwa.

Umuntfu lomkhulu uvele atjele labantfu

loko lakufunako, bese babopha lisu.

₄Ngisho labancono babo nalabetsembeke kakhulu

kunabo bonkhe abanamsebenti, bafana nelukhula.

Selifikile lilanga lapho Nkulunkulu

ayakujezisa bantfu,

njengobe vele abebacwayisile

ngebalindzi bakhe lababaphrofethi.

Kwamanje sebadzidzekile.

₅Ungamkholwa makhelwane wakho,

nome-ke ungametsembi umnganakho.

Uwabale emavi akho lowakhulumako,

ngisho nakumkakho lomtsandzako imbala.

₆Kuletikhatsi emadvodzana

aphatsa boyise njengetilima,

nemadvodzakati aphindzilitana nabonina,

bese kutsi bomakoti baphambane naboninatala;

yebo, titsa temuntfu bantfu bemndeni wakhe.

₇Kodvwa mine ngitakwetsembela kuSimakadze,

ngilindzele Nkulunkulu ngesibindzi,

ngobe nguye lotangiphephisa.

Nkulunkulu wami utangiva.

₈Titsa tetfu kute letingasicoloshela ngako.

Nome sesiwile, sitawuvuka futsi.

Nome sesisebumnyameni kwanyalo,

kodvwa Simakadze utawuba kukhanya kwetfu.

₉Sonile kuSimakadze,

ngako nyalo kufanele kutfukutsela kwakhe

sikubeketelele kwesikhashana.

Kodvwa ekugcineni uyawusivikela,

acondzise loko lokubi lokwentiwe kitsi.

Uyawusiletsa asifake ekukhanyeni;

yebo, siyawuphila, simbone asisindzisa.

₁₀Titsa tetfu tiyawutsi tingakubona loko

tidliwe ngemahloni;

tona leto titsa letake

taba liphela endlebeni ngekusibuta titsi:

“Uphi loSimakadze longuNkulunkulu wenu?”

Siyawutibona setehluliwe tapitjitwa phansi,

sincane seludzaka lwendlela.

₁₁Nine bantfu baseJerusalema

siyeta sikhatsi sekwakha kabusha

tibondza telidolobha.

Ngaleso sikhatsi live lakini liyawukwandziswa.

₁₂Bantfu bakini bayawubuya,

baphuma yonkhe indzawo;

e-Asiriya emphumalanga, eGibhithe eningizimu,

etifundzeni teYufrathe,

nasetilwandle letikhashane,

nasetintsabeni letikhashane.

₁₃Umhlaba uyawuba lugwadvule

ngenca yebubi balabo bantfu labahlala kuwo.

₁₄Simakadze, bani ngumelusi

wesive sakho losikhetsile.

Nome bantfu bakho bahlala babodvwa ehlane,

kodvwa batungeletwe live lelivundzile.

Abasukume batondle emadlelweni laneluhlata lolunyenti,

eBhashani nakaGileyadi, njengobe babenta kadzenidzeni.

₁₅Sentele timangaliso, Simakadze, njengobe wenta

emalangeni ekusikhipha kwakho eGibhithe.

₁₆Tive tiyawukubona loku,

bese tiyagongonyeka,

ngobe beticabanga kutsi tinemandla onkhe.

Tiyawuvala imilomo yato,

timbonye netindlebe tato ngenca yekujabha.

₁₇Tiyawuhuma phansi elutfulini njengetinyoka;

tiyawuphuma etinqabeni tato

titfutfumela ngenca yekwesaba.

Ngekwesaba tiyawugucukela

kuSimakadze longuNkulunkulu wetfu.

₁₈Kute nkulunkulu lofana nawe, Simakadze;

wena utsetselela tono tensali yakho

lesele ekubhujisweni.

Awuhlali utfukutsele siphelane,

kodvwa ujabulela kusikhombisa umusa wakho.

₁₉Uyawuphindze ube nemusa futsi kitsi.

Tono tetfu utatigcobagcoba ngetinyawo

utigcumukisele tishone ekujuleni kwelwandle!

₂₀Kwetsembeka nemusa wakho

utakukhombisa sive sakho

lekutitukulwane ta-Abrahama naJakobe,

njengobe wetsembisa ngekufunga

kubokhokho betfu endvulo.