To The Word – Day 222

₁Aa! Bayethe, Mhlekazi!

Hayi uyolo lomntu omthobelayo *uNdikhoyo,

oyilangazelelayo imiyalelo yakhe.

₂Inzala yakhe iya kuba nobungangamsha elizweni;

isizukulwana samalungisa sothamsanqeleka.

₃Kweyakhe indlu yindyebo nobutyebi;

uya kuhlala esenza ubulungisa.

₄Yena uyawakhanyisela amalungisa;

unjengesibane ebumnyameni,

kuba unobubele, inceba, nokulunga.

₅Unethamsanqa umntu onika ngesisa,

lowo ungayiqhubi ngobuqhetseba imicimbi yakhe.

₆Ilungisa alisoze ligungqe,

laye lingasoze lilibaleke.

₇Iindaba ezimbi azilirhwaqelisi;

kaloku lomelele, kuba liqamele ngoNdikhoyo.

₈Alitatazeli, laye lingenadyudyu,

zide zoyisakale iintshaba zalo.

₉Lona linezinwe kumahlwempu;

liya kuhlala lisenza ubulungisa.

Ewe, liyahlonitshwa, futhi linesidima.

₁₀Abangendawo bathi bakuyibona le nto bakhathazeke;

bathwal' umlomo bajijitheke bancame.

Ewe, iminqweno yabo ayizi nanto.

₁Aa! Bayethe, Mhlekazi!

Ewe, mbongen' *uNdikhoyo, zicaka zakhe;

khanityibele nibong' igama likaNdikhoyo.

₂Ewe, lelokubongwa lidunyiswe igama likaNdikhoyo,

kusukela kalokunje kude kube nini-nini.

₃Kusukela empuma kude kuye entshonalanga

uNdikhoyo makabe ngokhahlelwayo.

₄UNdikhoyo ungaphaya, uzivelele zonk' izizwe;

isihomo sakhe siwakrobel' amazulu.

₅Yaz'ba singamfanisa nabani n' uNdikhoyo uThixo wethu,

umahlal' emalandalahla kweliphezulu?

₆Ngumagob' umnqonqo alengetyeke,

eqwalasel' amazulu nehlabathi.

₇Amahlwempu uyawaphakamisa, awavuthulul' uthuli;

ewe, nabagqub' eluthuthwini uyabaphakamisa.

₈Batsho bangqendeve ndawonye namatshawe;

ewe, babe matwa namatshawe abantu bakhe.

₉Nomfazi ongaphathiyo umzimasa ngomzi,

atsho abe ngunobantwana onemincili.

Huntshu-u-u!

Bayethe, Mhlekazi!

₁Ke kaloku ekuphumeni kwamaSirayeli eJiputa,

ewe, ekundulukeni kwendlu kaYakobi kwelasemzini,

₂uJuda waba libango *likaNdikhoyo,

ke yena uSirayeli waba luhlanga lwakhe.

₃Luthe lungabona lwaswantsula ulwandle;

kanti ke yona iJordan suka yahlehla.

₄Iintaba zadloba, zaxel' amankonyana;

ke zona iinduli zataka-taka, zaxel' amatakane.

₅Lwandle, ngani ukuba ubaleke?

Jordan, ngani uhlehl' umva nje?

₆Ngani ukuba zidlob' okwamankonyana iintaba?

Kungan' ukub' iinduli zitaka-take okwamatakane?

₇Ewe, hlabathi, khawurhwaqele, uyeza uNdikhoyo;

rhwaqela phambi koThixo kaYakobi,

₈umajik' ulwalwa luntywil' emanzini,

inyengan' impompoz' umthombo.

₁Hayi bo! Mayingabi sithi, *Ndikhoyo;

ewe, makudunyiswe igama lakho,

ngenxa yezibele nokunyaniseka kwakho!

₂Ngani ukuba iintlanga zide zithi:

“Uphi na lo Thixo wabo kakade?”

₃UThixo wethu usemazulwini;

yena wenza loo nto ayithandayo.

₄Kanti ke *izithixo zabo ziyisiliva negolide;

bazenza ngezandla ngokwabo.

₅Ewe, zinemilomo nje, azithethi;

zinawo amehlo, kodwa ziimfama.

₆Nakuba zineendlebe, aziva kodwa;

zineempumlo, kodwa azikwazi ukusezela.

₇Ewe, zinezandla ezifileyo;

zineenyawo, kodwa azikwazi ukuhamba;

imiqala yazo ayikwazi kwenza sandi.

₈Ew', abenzi bazo bofana nazo,

bekwanjalo nabo bonke abaqamela ngazo.

₉Ke wena, Sirayeli, kholosa ngoNdikhoyo!

Uluncedo nomkhuseli wakho.

₁₀Nani, ndlu ka-Aron,

kholosani ngoNdikhoyo!

Uluncedo nomkhuseli wenu.

₁₁Nabo bonke abamthobelayo uNdikhoyo mabakholose ngaye!

Uluncedo nomkhuseli wabo.

₁₂UNdikhoyo wosithamsanqelisa, kuba uyasazelelela;

uya kuyithamsanqela indlu kaSirayeli,

ayithamsanqele indlu ka-Aron.

₁₃Bothamsanqeleka abamthobelayo uNdikhoyo;

ewe, nditsho abancinci kwanabakhulu.

₁₄Ngamana wanandisa uNdikhoyo,

nina kunye nezizukulwana zenu.

₁₅Ngamana wanithamsanqela uNdikhoyo

ongumenzi wamazulu nehlabathi.

₁₆Kambe ke wona amazulu ngakaNdikhoyo;

ke lona ihlabathi walabela oonyana babantu.

₁₇Abafileyo abamdumisi uNdikhoyo,

bengacingi nâbo behlela kwelabathe cwaka.

₁₈Kambe ke thina somdumisa uNdikhoyo

kusukela ngoku kude kuse ephakadeni.

Huntshu-u-u! Sithi: “Bayethe, Mhlekazi!”

₁*UNdikhoyo ndiyamthanda, kuba uyandiva;

uyasabela ndakuzibika kuye.

₂Njengoko endiphulaphula nje,

ndobhenela kuye xa ndisadl' ubomi.

₃Izabatha zokufa zandibhijela,

izoyikiso zelabafileyo zandikhonkxa;

latsho laxubayela ndangcungcutheka.

₄Ke kaloku ndabhenela kuNdikhoyo, ndathi:

“Awu, Ndikhoyo, ndiyakubongoza, ndisindise!”

₅Unesisa kambe uNdikhoyo, ulungile;

hayi ke bethu, inceba yoThixo wethu!

₆UNdikhoyo uyabakhusela abaxakiweyo;

nam ndandingenamandla wandihlangula.

₇Musa ukuxhalaba, mphefumlo wam,

kuba uNdikhoyo undivelele.

₈UNdikhoyo undihlangule ekufeni;

yena undosule iinyembezi,

wandikhusela andakhubeka.

₉Kungoko ndihamba noNdikhoyo

kweli lizwe labaphilayo.

₁₀Ndancekelela, ndathemba,

nakuba ndandisithi sendivuthulukile.

₁₁Ekuncameni ndakhala ndathi:

“Abathembekanga kambe abantu.”

₁₂Yaz'ba ndingambuyisela ngantoni na uNdikhoyo

ngezibele ezingaka andenzele zona?

₁₃Ndothatha indebe yosindiso,

ndibize igama likaNdikhoyo.

₁₄Izithembiso zam ndozifezekisa kuNdikhoyo;

ewe, nditsho phambi kwabantu bakhe.

₁₅Ayithandeki kambe kuNdikhoyo

into yokufa kwabantu bakhe.

₁₆Awu, Ndikhoyo, ndisisicaka sakho;

ewe, ndingunyana wesicakazana sakho;

ndilapha nje ndakhululwa nguwe.

₁₇Ndiya kukwenzela idini lombulelo;

ewe, ndobiza igama likaNdikhoyo.

₁₈Izithembiso zam ndozifezekisa kuye;

ewe, nditsho phambi kwabantu bakhe,

₁₉enkundleni yendlu kaNdikhoyo,

kanye phakathi eJerusalem.

Huntshu-u-u! Sithi: “Bayethe, Mhlekazi!”

₁Dandulukani nibong' *uNdikhoyo, nonke nina zintlanga!

Mtyibeleni nimncome, nonke nina zizwe!

₂Kaloku izibele zakhe zibalasele ngakuthi;

ibe ke uNdikhoyo wohlala enyanisekile kude kuse ephakadeni.

Kungoko sisithi: “Bayethe, Mhlekazi!”