Mikha 4

₁Ngemalanga ekugcina

intsaba yelithempeli laSimakadze iyawucina,

ibe ngulephakeme kwendlula tonkhe tintsaba;

iyawuphakanyiswa ibe ngetulu kwemagcuma,

tive letinyenti tiyawubekelela

tiye kuyo tingasakhawuli.

₂Tive letinyenti tiyawufika titsi:

“Wotani, senyukele entsabeni yaSimakadze,

endlini yaNkulunkulu waJakobe.

Utasifundzisa tindlela takhe,

khona sitewuhamba emikhondvweni yakhe.

Ngobe umtsetfo uyawuphuma eSiyoni,

livi laSimakadze liphume eJerusalema.”

₃Uyakwehlulela emkhatsini wetive,

acatulule imibango yetive letinemandla,

edvute nakhashane.

Tona-ke tiyawukhandza tinkemba tato,

titente tibe ngemakhuba,

tikhali tato tibe tikelo tekutsena tihlala.

Sive singeke sihlasele lesinye ngenkemba,

futsi tive tingeke tisaceceshelwa kulwa imphi.

₄Bonkhe bantfu bayawuhlala ngekuthula

ngulowo nalowo esivinini sakhe

nasemikhiweni yakhe,

kubete lobesabisako.

Loku kwetsenjiswe nguSimakadze, longuSomandla.

₅Tonkhe tive tikhonta tihloniphe bonkulunkulu bato,

kodvwa tsine siyawukhonta Simakadze

Nkulunkulu wetfu phakadze naphakadze.

“Sikhatsi siyeta,

mhlazane ngiyawubutsela ndzawonye

sive lengasijezisa,

bona labo lababuva buhlungu ekutfunjweni.

₇Bantfu balesive batishosha

kantsi bakhashane nemakhaya abo,

kodvwa ngiyawukwenta sicalo lesisha

ngensali yabo,

babe sive lesinemandla.

Ngiyawuba yiNkhosi yabo eSiyoni

kuze kube phakadze naphakadze.”

₈Nawe Jerusalema,

njengobe bewuyinqaba yekulondvolota

umhlambi wakho,

wena ntsaba yaseSiyoni

uyawuphindza futsi

ube yinhlokodolobha yalowo mbuso,

lowawuvele ungiyo.

₉Nikhalelani kakhulu kangaka?

Yini nikhale nijilajile

njengemfati aphetfwe ngumhelo?

Kungobe anisenayo yini inkhosi,

nebaholi benu sebafile yini?

₁₀Shumpani nibubule,

bantfu baseJerusalema,

nilingise umfati

aphetfwe ngumhelo nasatawubeleka,

ngobe nyalo senitawuphuma ekhaya

niyewuhlala etigangeni.

Nitakuya eBhabhulona;

noko lapho niyawusindziswa,

Simakadze uyakunephula etitseni tenu.

₁₁Tive letinyenti

setibutsanele kuhlasela nine.

Titsi: “IJerusalema imelwe kutsi ibhujiswe.

Sitawubona tibondza taseSiyoni setibhidlitiwe!”

₁₂Kodvwa letive atati

kutsi yini lesengcondvweni yaSimakadze.

Atiwacondzi emasu akhe,

futsi atiboni nekutsi tibutselwe ndzawonye,

khona titewujeziswa kahle,

tibhujiswe njengekubhulwa kwemabele

labutselwe ndzawonye,

abutsaniselwa kubhulwa.

“Sive saseJerusalema,

hambani nijezise titsa tenu,

nitibhule njengemabele!

Ngiyakunenta nibe nemandla

njengenkunzi lenetimphondvo letiyinsimbi

ibe nemasondvo elitfusi.

Niyawucotfula tive letinyenti,

bese kutsi umcebo letatiwutfole

ngendluzula niwuletse kimi,

mine Simakadze,

iNkhosi yemhlaba wonkhe.”