Ukunqophisana neYiputa kuyachaswa
1Yeha ke, abantwana abaziinjubaqa, utsho uYehova; abenza iqhinga elingaphumi kum, bathelelane ngothelelwano kungengaMoya wam, ukuze bongeze isono kwisono; 2abahamba bahle baye eYiputa, bengabuzanga emlonyeni wam, basabele egwibeni likaFaro, bazímele ngomthunzi weYiputa! 3Ngoko ke liya kuthi igwiba likaFaro libe lidano kuni, nokuzímela ngomthunzi weYiputa kube lihlazo. 4Ngokuba abathetheli babo báseTsohan, nabathunywa babo bafike eHanes. 5Bonke baya kudana ngabantu abangàbanyusiyo, abangengabokunceda, nabangengabokunyusa; abangábokudanisa, abangabokuhlazisa kananjalo.
6Isihlabo esisingisele kwimvubu yelasezantsi.
Ezweni leembandezelo nengcutheko, lengonyamakazi nengonyama, lephimpi, lenyushu enobuhlungu ephaphazelayo, babethwele ubutyebi babo ngemihlana yamankonyana amaesile, nobuncwane babo ngamalunda eenkamela, besiya kubantu abangenakubanyusa. 7AmaYiputa ke aya kunceda ngokungekwanto nangokulambathayo; ngako oko ndithe ngawo ángabagwagwisayo, behleli phantsi bethe tu.
8Yiya ngoku, ukrole oko elucwecweni únabo, ukubhale encwadini, kube yinto yemihla ezayo, yanini, yaphakade. 9Ngokuba ngabantu abaneenkani, ngoonyana abaxokayo, ngoonyana abangàvumiyo ukusiva isiyalo sikaYehova; 10abathi kwiimboni, Ze ningàboni; nakwiinkangeli, Ze ningasikhangeleli izinto ezithe gca; sithetheleni izinto ezigudileyo; 11khangelani izinto eziyinkohliso; tyekani endleleni, yithini gu bucala emendweni; menzeni aphele ebusweni bethu oyiNgcwele kaSirayeli.
12Ngako oko utsho oyiNgcwele kaSirayeli ukuthi, Ngokokuba nilicekisile elo lizwi, nakholosa ngokucudisa nangobugwenxa, nayama khona: 13ngako oko, obo bugwenxa kuni buya kuba njengendawo ekrazukileyo, ewayo, ezimkayo eludongeni olude, ekuqhekeka kwayo kuza ngesiquphe nangephanyazo; 14úya kuyiqhekeza njengokuqhekeka komphanda wombumbi, wakuqotywa ungayekwa, kungafumaneki ekuqotyweni kwawo negophe lokuthabatha umlilo eziko, nelokukha amanzi equleni.
15Ngokuba itsho iNkosi, uYehova oyiNgwcele kaSirayeli, ukuthi, Beniya kusindiswa kukubuya nakukuphumla; ebengabakhoyo amandla enu ngokuzola nangokukholosa; nasuka ànavuma. 16Ke nathi, Hayi, sìya kubaleka ngamahashe; niya kubaleka kambe. Nathi, Siya kukhwela kwiimbaleki; ngenxa yoko baya kuba namendu abanisukelayo. 17Niya kubaleka niliwaka, ekhalime emnye; bekhalime bebahlanu, nibaleke nide sinale njengomtshanyane encotsheni yentaba, nanjengebhanile• endulini.
Ikamva elisikelelekileyo kuSirayeli
18Ngako oko uYehova uya kukha alinde, ukuze anibabale; ngako oko uya kukha akhwelele phezulu, ukuze abe nemfesane kuni; ngokuba nguThixo wogwebo uYehova; hayi, uyolo lwabo bonke abalindele kuye! 19Ngokuba abantu aba baya kuhlala eZiyon, eYerusalem; aniyi kuba sabuya nilile; uya kunibabala ngenene ekuvakaleni kokukhala kwenu; ákukuva, uya kusabela. 20INkosi iya kuninika isonka sobandezelweyo namanzi oxiniweyo, bangabi sazímela abayali bakho, amehlo akho esababona abayali bakho; 21iindlebe zakho zive ilizwi ngasemva kwakho, lisithi, Nantsi indlela; hambani ngayo, nokuba nisinga ekunene, nokuba nisinga ekhohlo. 22Nowénza inqambi umaleko wemifanekiso yenu eqingqiweyo yesilivere, nesingxobo semifanekiso yenu etyhidiweyo yegolide; niya kuyichithachitha njengesishuba; ùya kuthi kuyo, Khwelela umke apha.
23INkosi yoyinika imvula imbewu yakho, owuhlwayela ngayo umhlaba; nesonka songeniselo lomhlaba sityebe, sibe namafutha; imfuyo yakho iya kudla ngaloo mini emadlelweni abanzi. 24Iinkomo namaesile amatsha asebenza umhlaba, aya kudla umtywakaniselo onetyuwa, oweliweyo ngomnyazi nefolokhwe yokwela. 25Phezu kweentaba zonke ezinde naphezu kweenduli zonke eziphakamileyo yoba yimijelo, yimisinga yamanzi, ngemini yembulalo enkulu, ekuweni kweenqaba ezinde. 26Ukukhanya kwenyanga kuya kuba njengokukhanya kwelanga, nokukhanya kwelanga kube kasixhenxe njengokukhanya kweemini ezisixhenxe, ngemini yokubopha kukaYehova ukwaphuka kwabantu bakhe, apholise ukuphalusa kokubetha kwakhe.
Ukutshatyalaliswa kweAsiriya
27Yabona, igama likaYehova liyeza, livela kude, uvutha umsindo wakhe, kuthe shinyi umsi; umlomo wakhe ulephuza amagwebu, ulwimi lwakhe lunjengomlilo otshisayo. 28Ukufutha kwakhe kunjengomlambo okhukulayo, obetha emqaleni, ukuze azihluze iintlanga ngentluzo yokuziphanzisa, umkhala olahlekisayo ube semihlathini yezizwe. 29Niya kuba nengoma enjengeyobusuku bokungcwaliswa komthendeleko, novuyo lwentliziyo lube njengabahamba bebetha ugwali, ukuya entabeni kaYehova, eliweni likaSirayeli. 30Úya kulivakalisa uYehova izwi lakhe elinendili, akubonakalise ukuhla kwengalo yakhe kunokujala ngumsindo, nokulenya komlilo otshisayo, nokuphalazeka kwelifu, nesiphango, namatye esichotho.
31Kuba uAsiriya uya kuqhiphuka umbilini lilizwi likaYehova, ekubetheni kwakhe ngentonga. 32Kuya kuthi konke ukuhamba koswazi lommiselo, aluhlisayo uYehova phezu kwakhe, kube neengqongqo neehadi, kusiliwa naye imfazwe, kujinga ingalo. 33Kuba kukade icangcisiwe, ilungisiwe iTofete,• ibe ke ilungiselwe ukumkani; yenziwa yanzulu, yabanzi; igoqo layo linomlilo neenkuni ezininzi; ukuphefumla kukaYehova kuliphemba njengomlambo wesulfure.