IGibhide ayinabubhadekelo
1USomnini wathi:
“Bazazizwa abantwana abanekani,
abenza amano kodwana kungasiwo wami,
benze isivumelwano ngaphandle kwentandwami,
bangezelele isono phezu kwesono.
2Ngaphandle kokukhombela indlela kimi
bayaphuma, behlele eGibhide,
kobana bayokukhosela ebuphephelweni bakaFaro,
baphephele emthunzini weGibhide.
3Ngalokho ukukhosela ebuphephelweni bakaFaro
kuzakuba lihlazo kini
nokuphephela emthunzini weGibhide
kube kurhubutjhwa kwenu.
4“Lokha iinkhulu zabo naziseTsowani
nabazenda babo sele bafike eRhanesi,
5omunye nomunye wabo uzakuba sehlazweni,
ngebanga lesizwe esingeze sababhadekela,
iye, isizwe esinganasizo nanzuzo,
kwaphela ihlazo nokurhubutjhwa.
6Umthwalo obotjhelwe eenlwaneni sewungesewula,
iye, enarheni yamahlungu nesizi,
lapha kunamabhubezi asikazi
naduna abhodlako,
iye, inarha yeenqandani
neenyoka ezimsinya inga ziyaphapha.
Bathwele umnothwabo emhlana wabodumbana
namagugwabo emalundeni wamakamela,
baya esizweni esinganabubhadekelo.
7Mbala, iGibhide imumoya kwaphela,
angeze yaba nobubhadekelo!
Ngalokho ngithi ngayo,
‘Ingunomrhaso ongasikinyekiko’.
8Khamba khona nje,
ufese ukutlole lokho phambi kwabo emqebethwini,
ukutlole ngokugobhodlha
ukuze kube ngokwesikhathi esizako,
iye, kube bufakazi banini nanini.”
Isizwe esihlubukako
9Ngambala lesi sisizwe esihlubukako!
Babantwana abakhohlisako,
abangalaleli iimfundiso zakaSomnini
10ngombana bathi kubaboni: “Ningaboni!”
Kubaphorofidi bathi: “Ningaphorofidi okuliqiniso kithi,
kodwana sitjelani okusikarako kwaphela.
Phorofidani isilahlekiso!
11Tjhiyani indlela yekadeni, nisuke kiyo;
nisisusele thina ngoCwengileko wakwa-Israyeli.”
12Ngalokho nakhu okwatjhiwo ngoCwengileko wakwa-Israyeli:
“Ngebanga lokobana nilahle ilizwi leli,
nabeka ithemba lenu ekugandeleleni nekohlakalweni,
nabambelela kikho,
13nje-ke, icala lelo kini lizakuba
njengelifa emthangaleni ophakamileko,
osele utjhigamele ukubhusuka phasi
nokuwa kwawo kwenzeka msinyana.”
14USomnini uzalisasambisa ngokungalitlhuweli.
Njengokwephuka kwembiza yombumbi lizakuphahlaka
kungabi neqetjhana hlangana neenquqwana
lokokha amalahle eziko
namkha lokukha amanzi esizibeni.
15Nakhu okwatjhiwo nguSomnini uSomandla
ongoCwengileko wakwa-Israyeli:
“Nanibuyela kimi nibekezele, nizakusinda,
amandlenu azakuba sekuzithobeni nethembeni.”
Kodwana nalile, 16nathi:
“Awa thina! Sizakubaleka ngeenjomani.”
Ngalokho-ke nizakubaleka kwamambala!
Godu nathi: “Sizakukhwela iinjomani ezinebelo khulu.”
Ngalokho-ke abanigijimisako bazakuba nebelo khulukhulu!
17Ikulungwana izakubaleka ngokwethuselwa ngoyedwa,
iye, nibaleke noke ngokwethuselwa ngabahlanu,
kufikela benisukelwe ninodwa tere
njengesika phezu kwesiqongolo sentaba,
iye, njengephawu phezu kombundu.
18Nokho uSomnini ulindele ukuba nomusa kini,
yeke, uzakuphakama ube nesisa kini,
ngombana uSomnini unguZimu wokulunga.
Babusisiwe boke abaqalelela kuye.
19Ngambala, nina bantu beZiyoni, bahlali beJerusalema, anisazukulila. USomnini uzakuba nomusa kini ekuzwakaleni kwesililo senu. Iye, nakasizwako uzasiphendula. 20Nanyana uSomandla aninikela isikwa sesizi namanzi wamatshwenyeko, yena ongumfundisenu angeze asazifihla godu namehlwenu azambona. 21Nanijikela ngesidleni namkha ngesinceleni, iindlebe zenu zizakuzwa ilizwi ngemva kwenu lisithi: “Nasi indlela: Khambani kiyo.” 22Yeke nizakusilaphaza abosingazimu ababazwe ngesiliva neenthombe zenu ezinamekwe ngegolide. Nizabalahla njengomtjhubelo. Nizakuthi kibosingazimabo: “Sukelani le!”
23UZimu uzakunisa izulu phezu kwembewu oyitjalileko esimini, akunikela ikoroyi okumkhiqizo wequlwani. Umkhiqizo lowo uzakuhloma bewunone. Mhlokho ifuywakho izakukarula emadlelweni abanzi; 24iinkomo nabodumbana abalima amasimu bazakudla ifuru ethanjisiweko eyaphuma nakweliwa ikoroyi ngetjhefula neforogo. 25Kenye nenye intaba ephakemeko nombundu omude kuzakuba nemilanjana egeleza amanzi ngelanga lokurhayilwa okukhulu lokha nakugirika imibhotjhongo. 26Ukukhanya kwenyezi kuzakufana nokwelanga. Ukukhanya kwelanga kubuyelelwe kalikhomba njengokukhanya kwamalanga alikhomba, mhlana uSomnini abopha amanceba wabantu bakhe, alaphe amaduma avezwe kubetha kwakhe.
I-Asiriya iyahlunguphazwa
27Qala, ibizo lakaSomnini livela kude,
ilaka lakhe liyavutha
lenza isimukuthu esimabhombo.
Iimbhena zakhe zizele itukuthelo,
nelimu lakhe lifana nomlilo oqothulako.
28Ukuphefumula kwakhe kufana nomlambo
ophuphuma ukufikelela entanyeni.
USomnini uyeza kobana ahlunge izizwe,
ngesihlungo sokurhayila;
iye, nokufaka emihlathini yabantu
amatomu abadurhisako.
29Nizakubhina iingoma
njengalokha nanizihlambulula
ebusuku ngaphambi komnyanya.
Kuzakuba nethabo ehliziyweni
njengalokha nakubethwa inghwani lekhambo
lokukhuphukela entabeni kaSomnini
olidwala laka-Israyeli.
30USomnini uzakuzwakalisa ilizwi lakhe elindondako;
etukuthelweni evuthako
uzakubonisa ukubetha kwengalwakhe
ngelangabi lomlilo oqothulako,
ngetjhada lezulu, ngesiwuruwuru nangesinanja.
31I-Asiriya izakubethwa ngevalo
lokha nayizwa ilizwi lakaSomnini
nalokha arhidla ngeswazi lakhe.
32Okhunye nokhunye ukurithwa ngeswazi lokuhlunguphaza
uSomnini azakulidosa phezu kwe-Asiriya,
kuzakuphekelelwa litjhada labosotjherere namaharibhana
negido lokuzahlukanisela.
Uzakulwa nama-Asiriya
33ngombana iziko lalungiselelwa kade;
iye, lahlelelwa ikosawo.
USomnini wenza umgodi weziko
watjhinga begodu waba banzi.
Kunamalahle avuthako neenkuni ezinengi,
nje-ke ukuphefumula kwakaSomnini
sele kuvuthela njengomlandelande wesibabuli.
