Bible Reading Plan – Day 170

₁“Bekan' iindlebe nive, babingeleli!

Khaniphulaphule, ndlundini kaSirayeli!

Qwalaselani niqiqe nani, makomkhulu,

kuba kaloku ngoku zidla kuni.

Kaloku nibe sisirhintyelo eMizpa,

suka nina nangumgibe eTabhore,

₂suka nemba umhadi eShitim.

Ukanti ke ndiza kunohlwaya xa ninonke.

₃Kaloku ndiyanazi, ndlundini kaEfrayim;

ewe, Sirayeli, awufihlakalanga apha kum.

Wena Efrayim, usahenyuza nangoku!

Mh-mh-mh! Urhono-rhono, Sirayeli!

₄“Izenzo zabo zisuke zaxaba,

zayivala indlela yokubuyela kuThixo wabo.

Kaloku bathiwe fithi luhenyuzo;

abamkhathalele nganto *uNdikhoyo!

₅Ikratshi likaSirayeli liyamjikela;

uSirayeli noEfrayim baza kukhubeka bawe ngenxa yobugwenxa babo,

kwanoJuda atsho akhubeke awe kunye nabo.

₆Baxhakazela behamba nemihlambi yabo,

befuna uNdikhoyo ngamadini,

kodwa soze bamfumane;

kaloku yena urhoxile kubo.

₇Kaloku bona bayamphamba uNdikhoyo;

ewe, bade bazale nemigqakhwe.

Ke amatheko abo okuthwasa kwenyanga

obaqwenga kunye namasimi abo.

₈“Hlokomisan' isigodlo eGibheya,

nihlab' umkhosi ngexilongo eRama.

Ze niwuvakalise naseBhetaven.

Phakath' emsini, wena Bhenjamin!

₉Yeka ke ngomhla wesohlwayo:

uEfrayim yena ndomvuthulula.

Nonke nina zindlu zikaSirayeli,

yazini, kuba oku kuqinisekile.

₁₀Kaloku wona amatshawe akwaJuda

selefana nâbo bahlehlisa umlimandlela.

Ndosuka ndibagalele ngomsindo wam,

babe ngathi bafikelwe ziimpuphuma.

₁₁Ewe, uEfrayim ubandezelekile;

suka wamvikiva umgwebo,

kuba yena usukelana nezithixo ezingento yanto.

₁₂Ndoba njengenundu kumaEfrayim,

ndibe njengombolisa kwaJuda.

₁₃UEfrayim wasibona isifo sakhe,

noJuda wazibona iinduma zakhe.

Suka uEfrayim wabhenel' eAsiriya,

wazibika apho kukumkani uYarebhi;

kodwa yena nkqi ukunyanga,

soze aziphozise ezo nduma.

₁₄Ke kuEfrayim ndoba njengengonyama;

ewe, ndibe lirhamncwa kwindlu kaJuda.

Ndobaqwenga-qwenga ndibashiye,

ndibafuduse bangahlangulwa bani;

₁₅ndize ke ndibuyele endaweni yam,

bade basivume isono sabo,

banqwenele ukububona ubuso bam.

Ewe, bondizingela bendifuna

ngenxa yokuminxwa ziimbandezelo.”

₁“Yizani kaloku, sibuyele *kuNdikhoyo.

Ewe, yena usidlakazile,

kodwa usenako ukubuya asinyange.

Ngenene yena usenzakalisile,

ukanti ke angabuya asibophe.

₂Emva kweentsuku ezimbini wosidlisa ubomi,

ngolwesithathu ke asivuse,

sitsho siphile phambi kwakhe.

₃Hayi ke, masimvume uNdikhoyo;

ewe, masikuxunele ukumazi.

Ukubonakala kwakhe kuqiniseke njengokuphuma kwelanga.

Uya kusifikela njengemvula yasebusika –

njengeemvula zentlakohlaza ezinyakamisa umhlaba.”

₄“Mandikuthini na kodwa, Efrayim?

Mandenze ntoni na ngawe, Juda?

Uthando lwenu lunjengenkungu yakusasa,

nqwa nombethe othi shwaka kwangoko.

₅Ngoko ke ndaninqunqa ngabashumayeli bam;

ewe, ndinixhelile ngamazwi am,

isigwebo silenya njengombane phezu kwenu.

₆Kaloku ndithanda inceba,

andithandi minikelo.

Ndinonelele ukwazi uThixo

ngaphezu kwamadini atshiswayo.

₇EAdam bawaphula umnqophiso;

ewe, khona basuka baqhankqalaza.

₈IGiliyadi sisixeko sabenza ububi,

umzila weenyawo zayo umtyibilizi ligazi.

₉Njengezihange ezilalel' umntu

nababingeleli sisigqubu esikwanjalo,

nasendleleni eya eShekem kulapho bagwinta khona.

Ewe, benza izinto ezimanyumnyezi.

₁₀Kwindlu kaSirayeli ndibone into enkwantyisayo;

kulapho ahenyuza khona uEfrayim.

Awu, yeka ukuxabheleka kukaSirayeli!

₁₁Nakuwe kambe, ndlundini kaJuda, uyeza umhla wesivuno.

“Ndakuba ndizimisele ukubabuyisela kundalashe abantu bam,

suka badandalaza ubugwenxa bukaEfrayim,

batyhileka ububi beSamariya.

Kaloku bahleli ngobuqhophololo.

Ngamasela aqhekezayo ebe;

basisigqubu sezikrelemnqa esiphanga phandle.

₂Ewe, bona abaqondi tu,

kanti izenzo zabo zithe thaa kum.

Ngoku bajikelezwe zizenzo zabo;

ziluzenge-zenge oluphambi kwam.

₃“Inkohlakalo yabo iyamvuyisa ukumkani;

inkohliso yabo iyawavuyisa namaphakathi.

₄Bakrexeza bonke bephela;

batshisa njengomlilo wokubhaka

oyekwayo ungakhwezelwa ngumbhaki

ukusukela ekuxovuleni kwakhe

de inyuke intlama.

₅Ngomhla wetheko lokumkani

suka amaphakathi ashushu yiwayini,

naye wabambana izandla nabahlekisi.

₆Kaloku iintliziyo zabo zinjengeziko;

ewe, zona zivutha ngamayelenqe.

Ingcwangu yabo ilala ubusuku bonke,

kusasa idangazele njengomlilo.

₇Bonke banobushushu oku kweziko lokubhaka,

abalawuli babo babathi lenye.

Iikumkani zikhahleleka phantsi,

kungekho bani ubhenela kum.

₈“UEfrayim uxubana neentlanga;

ewe, yena ufana nesonka esingaguqulwanga.

₉Abasemzini bawaxhaphazile amandla akhe;

ke kuye kurhidiwe, akaqondi.

Kaloku yena ngoku iinwele zakhe zixubile,

ibe ke phofu engaqondi.

₁₀Ikratshi likaSirayeli liyamkhonkotha,

kodwa nkqi kubo ukubuya beze kuNdikhoyo uThixo wabo;

ewe, abazidubi nangokumfuna.

₁₁“UEfrayim ukhamisile, nqwa nehobe;

yena usisimathane esingaqondiyo.

Uphatha kubhenela eJiputa,

maxa wambi abalekele eAsiriya.

₁₂Ndobabekela umgibe endleleni, ndibanqakule njengeentaka.

Xa ndibeva bexhontelana ndobabambisa.

₁₃Mawoo, ngokuba banxaxhile kum!

Yintshabalalo kubo,

ngokuba bemkile bandishiya!

Mna ndiyafuna ukubahlangula,

koko suka baxoka ngam.

₁₄Xa bekhala abatsho ngomxhelo wabo;

basuka bazibhuqa-bhuqe emandlalweni.

Baqokelelana ngenxa yokutya newayini,

kodwa mna bandichasile.

₁₅Ndabaqeqesha ndabomeleza,

kodwa ngoku bandijikeleza ngobubi.

₁₆Ababuyeli kuPhezukonke;

bafana nesaphetha esinenkohliso.

Iinkokheli zabo zohlatyaniselwa likrele,

kuba imilomo yazo iphokoza ububi.

Ewe, boba sisigculelo kwilizwe laseJiputa.”

₁“Yitsho ngomtyangampo wesigodlo!

Nal' ixhalanga lirhiwula abantu *bakaNdikhoyo.

Kaloku bawaphule umnqophiso wam,

suka bawuvukela umthetho wam.

₂Ewe, ngoku uSirayeli uyazibika kum;

uyandivuma esithi: ‘Thixo wam endimaziyo!’

₃Ngokutshikilela kwakhe okulungileyo

uSirayeli wathiwa mbende lutshaba.

₄Bazikhethele ookumkani ngaphandle kwam,

bamisa namaphakathi ndingakwazi oko.

Ngesiliva negolide yabo bazenzele izithixo;

nto leyo iyintshabalalo kubo.

₅Mh-mh-mh, ndiyalenyanya ithole laseSamariya!

Ingqumbo yam iyavutha ngakubo;

koda kube nini benyhuku-nyhuku?

₆Tholendini lenziwe yingcibi yakwaSirayeli!

Hayi, asiThixo le nto iyenzileyo.

Ngenene elo thole laseSamariya liya kuntlekeka libe ziingceba.

₇“Bona bahlwayela umoya,

kanti bavuna isaqhwithi.

Ingqolowa ziziphunzi ezingathwalanga;

ngoko ke tu isivuno.

Enoba besingade sifumaneke

bezingafikayo iintlanga zizenzele.

₈USirayeli uthiwe bimbilili.

Utshone phakathi kwezizwe;

unjengesitya ekungekho yaso mpela.

₉Usuke wanyukela eAsiriya,

wanjengeqwarha elibhadulayo;

uEfrayim uzithengisile kwizithandwa zakhe.

₁₀Angade aziqeshise, nditsho nakwiintlanga,

kodwa ndosuka ndimqokelele.

Phofu ke uya kuncipha,

ingcinezelo yokumkani imthi nca.

₁₁KwaEfrayim andisiwe amaqonga –

nditsho awokungxengxezela isono.

Ngoku angamaqonga okwenza isono.

₁₂Ndaba ngababhalela imithetho,

nayo ke ingembalwa iyintaphane,

suka nayo leyo bayikhaba,

bayithatha njengento yasemzini.

₁₃Ewe, bona amadini bayandenzela;

inyama yona bajika bayitye.

*UNdikhoyo ke akanelisekanga ngabo,

engabulibalanga nobugwenxa babo.

Ewe, yena uza kubohlwaya;

baza kuphindela kwaseJiputa.

₁₄USirayeli umlibele umenzi wakhe,

suka wazakhela amabhotwe.

UJuda wazandisa izixeko ezinqatyisiweyo –

zixeko ezo ndozithumela ngomlilo,

ulenye konke, nditsho nezo nqaba.”

₁Musa ukonwaba, Sirayeli;

ewe, sukuvuya njengezinye izizwe.

Kaloku wena umphambile uThixo wakho;

wena usuke wamfulathela.

Uthe phithi yimali yokuzithengisa

kuzo zonke izanda zokubhula.

₂Izanda nezixovulelo aziyi kuvelisa nto,

newayini entsha yosuka inqongophale.

₃Awuzukuhlala kulo mhlaba *kaNdikhoyo.

Ewe, úza kuphindela eJiputa uEfrayim;

uya kutya ukutya okunomlaza eAsiriya.

₄Ewe, uNdikhoyo abayi kumenzela iminikelo yewayini;

ayiyi kumanelisa iminikelo yabo.

Kubo lo mnikelo wofana nesonka sabazili –

abawutyileyo baya kuba nomlaza.

Ukutya kwabo kolungela bona kuphela –

akuyi kunikelwa kwindlu kaNdikhoyo.

₅Hee, niya kwenza ntoni ke ngemihla yemibhiyozo emisiweyo,

ngomhla wetheko likaNdikhoyo?

₆Xa bangasindiyo ekutshatyalalisweni

iJiputa yofika yona ibaqokelele,

ke yena uMemfisi abangcwabe.

Ubutyebi besiliva buya kukhulelwa lukhula,

imizi yabo ibhijelwe yimithana enameva.

₇Iyeza imihla yesohlwayo –

nditsho imihla yembuyekezo –

noSirayeli ke uza kuqonda.

Ngenxa yokwanda kobugwenxa benu,

nobunzulu bentiyo yenu,

*umshumayeli nithi sisityhakala,

umntu onefuthe likaMoya uphambene.

₈Umshumayeli ngumlindi kaEfrayim,

bantu abo bangaboThixo wam,

kodwa ubekelwa izabatha,

kuliwe naye endlwini yoThixo wakhe.

₉Ewe, bonakele ngokungathethekiyo;

kunjengaloo mihla yaseGibheya.

UThixo akabulibalanga ubugwenxa babo,

yaye ke uza kubohlwaya

ngenxa yezono zabo.