USirakhi 44

₁Ake manje sihlabelele sihashe amadoda adumile, okhokho bethu ngokwezizukulwane zabo. ₂INkosi yababela udumo olukhulu, nobukhosi bayo kwasekuqaleni. ₃Kukhona labo ababebusa emibusweni yabo, bazenzela igama ngobuqhawe babo; bengabeluleki ngenxa yokuhlakanipha kwabo; labo ababekhuluma amazwi ayiziphrofetho; ₄behola abantu ngeziyalo zabo nangokwazi kwabo umlando wabantu; babehlakaniphile ekukhulumeni nasekufundiseni; ₅bengabaqambi bamahubo, baze bawasicilele phansi; ₆amadoda acebile ayevunuliswe ngengcebo, ehlala ngokuthula emizini yawo, ₇bonke laba babehlonishwa ezizukulwaneni zabo, futhi beyiqholo lalabo ababephila nabo.

₈Abanye babo bazishiyele igama elihle, ukuze abanye baphakamise udumo lwabo. ₉Kodwa abanye akukho ukukhunjulwa kwabo; babhubha kwangathi abakaze baphile; baba sengathi abakaze bazalwe, bona kanye nezalo yabo emva kwabo. ₁₀Nabo laba babengabalungileyo, abazenzo zabo zingazange zikhohlakale; ₁₁ingcebo yabo iyosala ezizukulwaneni zabo, ifa labo kubantwana babantwana babo. ₁₂Inzalo yabo ime ngokwesivumelwano; nabantwana babo ngokunjalo.

₁₃Inzalo yabo iyakuqhubeka kuze kube phakade, udumo lwabo alusoze lwashabalala. ₁₄Imizimba yabo ingcwatshwe ngokuthula, kodwa amagama abo ayaphila izizukulwane ngezizukulwane. ₁₅Umgwamanda utusa inhlakanipho yabo, nebandla liphakamisa udumo lwabo.

₁₆U-Enokhi wamthokozisa uSimakade futhi wahlwithwa wenyukela emazulwini, uyisibonelo sokuphenduka ezizukulwaneni ngezizukulwane.

₁₇UNowa wafumaniseka engopheleleyo elungile; ngesikhathi solaka wasigcina isizwe saphila; ngakho-ke insali yasala emhlabeni lapho kufika izikhukhula. ₁₈Izivumelwano zaphakade zenziwa naye zokuthi yonke inyama ayisoze yaphinda ibhujiswe ngozamcolo.

₁₉U-Abhrahama wayenguyise omkhulu wezizwe eziningi, futhi akukatholakali muntu ofana naye ngodumo. ₂₀Wawugcina umthetho woPhezukonke, wangena esivumelwaneni naye; wasiqinisa isivumelwano enyameni yakhe, lapho elingwa wafumaniseka ethembekile. ₂₁Ngakho-ke iNkosi uMvelinqangi yamnika isiqiniseko ngesifungo sokuthi izizwe ziyakubusiswa ngenxa yenzalo yakhe; nokuthi iyakumenza ande njengothuli lomhlaba, iphakamise inzalo yakhe njengezinkanyezi, ibanike ifa kusukela olwandle kuya kolunye, kusukela e-Yufrathe kuya emikhawulweni yomhlaba.

₂₂Ku-Isaka, yanikeza isiqiniseko esifanayo ngenxa kaYise u-Abhrahama. Ukubusiswa kwesintu sonke kanye nesivumelwano, ₂₃eyasenza sihlale ekhanda likaJakobe; yamemukela ngesibusiso sayo, yamnikeza ifa lakhe; yahlukanisa isabelo sakhe yazabela izizwe eziyi-12.