Bible Society of South Africa

To The Word – Day 69

Ruth 1–4, Psalms 45 & 58

Itekisi yeBhayibhile

URUTE 1

UNawomi uyagoduka

1Ngexesha leenkokheli kwabakho indlala enkulu elizweni. Kwasuka mfo uthile waseBhetelehem kwaJuda, waphambukela eMowabhi kunye nomkakhe noonyana bakhe ababini. 2Igama lale ndoda lalinguElimeleki; elomkakhe lalinguNawomi, oonyana benguMalon noKiliyon. BabengamaEfrayim awayemi eBhetelehem kwaJuda, baza baya kuma elizweni laseMowabhi. 3Waza ke uElimeleki indoda kaNawomi wasweleka, uNawomi wasala noonyana bakhe bobabini, 4ababetshathe iintombi zamaMowabhi. Inkulu yayizeke uOrpa, inci izeke uRute. Bahlala khona iminyaka emalunga neshumi, 5basweleka nabo ooMalon noKiliyon, wasala uNawomi engumhlolokazi engasenandoda nanyana.

6Akuva uNawomi ukuba *uNdikhoyo ubabonelele abantu bakhe ngesivuno esihle, uye walungiselela ukuya kowabo kunye noomolokazana bakhe ababini. 7Wayishiya loo ndawo wayehlala kuyo, wanduluka kunye noomolokazana bakhe, wangena endleleni esinga kwilizwe lakwaJuda. 8Wavakala esithi uNawomi koomolokazana bakhe: “Buyelani kumakhaya enu. Ubenga uNdikhoyo anganenzela izibele njengoko benisenza kum nakwabo basishiyileyo. 9Ubenga uNdikhoyo anganinika indawo yokuphumla, elowo endlwini yendoda yakhe.”

UNawomi wabanga ebabulisa. Kodwa bona basuka basitsho isikhalo, 10bathi: “Hayi, nakanjani siza kuya kowenu kunye nawe!”

11“Hayini, zintombi zam, godukani,” watsho uNawomi. “Kutheni nafuna ukuhamba nam? Niba ndingabe ndiphinde ndizale oonyana, nize nina nibe ngabafazi babo? 12Hayi bo, godukani, zintombi zam; noko sendaluphele ngoku ukuba ndingabuye ndende. Kambe ke nokuba bendisenalo ithemba ndide mhlawumbi ndende nokwenda ngokuhlwanje, ndide ndizale noonyana, 13beningade nilinde bade bakhule, ningendeli kwabanye abantu? Hayi, zintombi zam, imeko yam ikrakra kuneyenu, kuba mna uNdikhoyo ngathi undifulathele.”

14Babuya bathathisa kwakhona ukukhala oomolokazana bakaNawomi. UOrpa wamanga embulisa uninazala, kodwa yena uRute wathana nca noNawomi. 15Wathi uNawomi: “Uyabona, umkhuluwakazi wakho ubuyele ebantwini bakhe nakoothixo bakhe. Nawe goduka kunye naye.”

16Waphendula uRute wathi: “Sukundinyanzela usithi mandikushiye. Apho uya khona, nam ndiya kuya, ndiye kuhlala nalapho uhlala khona, amawenu abe ngamawethu, noThixo wakho abe nguThixo wam. 17Ndiya kufa apho ufa khona, ndingcwatyelwe apho nam. *UNdikhoyo aze andihlisele elona shwangusha xa ndinokwahlulwa nto nawe; ewe, nditsho nokufa!”

18UNawomi akabanga saphinda awuvule owakhe umlomo, akubona okungako kona ukuzimisela kukaRute ukungahlukani naye.

19Bahamba ke bada baya kufika eBhetelehem. Bathi bakufika khona kwatsho kwathabatheka wonke ubani. Abafazi bathi: “Hi bethu, nithi nguNawomi nyani na lo?”

20UNawomi yena wathi: “Sanukuthi Nawomi kum, yithini Mara, kuba wabenza bakrakra kum ubomi uSomandla. 21Ekumkeni kwam apha ndandingenanto ndingenayo, kodwa ngoku uNdikhoyo undibuyisa ndiyimpula kalujaca. Nisatsholo ni ukuthi ndinguNawomi xa yena uNdikhoyo esuke wandicinezela nje – xa yena uSomandla esuke wandizisela iinkxwaleko?”

22Kwaba njalo ke ukubuya kukaNawomi evela eMowabhi, ehamba nomolokazana wakhe uRute umMowabhikazi. Kwakuxa kanye kuqaliswa ukuvunwa kwerhasi ukufika kwabo eBhetelehem.

URUTE 2

URute emasimini akwaBhowazi

1Kwakukho mfo uthile ogama linguBhowazi owayesisizalwane sasemzini kaNawomi. Wayengowesiduko sikaElimeleki, engumfo owaziwayo.

2UmMowabhikazi uRute wathi kuNawomi: “Mandikhe ndiye emasimini, ndibhikice kulaa ngqolowa ivunwayo, ndikhwahlaze emva komntu ondivumelayo.”

“Hayi kulungile, ungahamba, mntwan' am,” watsho uNawomi.

3Wanduluka ke uRute ukuya emasimini. Wafika walandela abavuni, ehamba ebhikica. Kwathi kanti loo nto uyenza entsimini kaBhowazi owayezalana noElimeleki.

4Ke wafika uBhowazi, evela eBhetelehem. Wababulisa abavuni, esithi: “UNdikhoyo ubenga angaba nani!”

Baphendula bathi bona: “Camagu! Akuthamsanqelise nawe uNdikhoyo!”

5Emva koko uBhowazi ubuze kwinduna ephethe abavuni, wathi: “Kanene yintombi yasemanini leya ndiyibonayo?”

6Yona ithe: “NgumMowabhikazi lowa, lo ufike noNawomi ukubuya kwakhe kwelamaMowabhi. 7Ucele ukuba ndimvumele abhikice, akhwahlaze phakathi kwezithungu, elandela abavuni. Kudala elapha; akakhange aphumle oko kusile – usandula ukuyeka ngoku umbona ehleli phaya endaweni yokuphumla nje.”

8UBhowazi wathi kuRute: “Uyabona ke, ntombi yam, uzungemki apha, ungabi saya kubhikica kumasimi abanye abantu. Uze uncamathele kwiintombi ezi zisebenza kula masimi am. 9Uze uzilandele, ubhikice apho zivuna khona. Ndibaxelele abafana aba ukuba bangakukhathazi. Ukuba unxaniwe uze uye kusela kwezaa ngqayi zamanzi akhiwe ngabafana.”

10Waqubuda phambi koBhowazi uRute, wathi: “Mhlekazi, ngani ukuba undenzele ububele obungaka undihoye ndingowelinye ilizwe nje?”

11UBhowazi wathi: “Ndivile ngawe ukuba ubumphethe kakuhle unyoko-zala, naxa umyeni wakho selengasekho. Ude washiya uyihlo nonyoko, nditsho namawenu la embala, weza kuhlala phakathi kwabantu obungazani nabo. 12Ubenga ke uNdikhoyo angakuvuza ngomsebenzi wakho. Ewe, ubenga uNdikhoyo, uThixo kaSirayeli, lo wena uze kuzifaka phantsi kwamaphiko akhe, angakubuyekeza kanobom.”

13URute wathi: “Ngenene, mhlekazi, unenceba; undithobe uvalo xa wenjenje ukuthetha nam ngobubele, mna sicakakazi sakho, naxa ndingoyena unganeno nakwizicakakazi zakho.”

14Kuthe xa kutyiwayo, uBhowazi wathi kuye: “Yiz' apha, uthathe isonka, usithi nkxu kwiwayini.” Ke uRute wahlala phantsi kunye neentombi ezingabavuni; waza uBhowazi wamnika ugcado, watya wahlutha, kwada kwasala. 15Ubuye waya kubhikica kwakhona uRute. UBhowazi yena wayalela izicaka zakhe, wathi: “Ze nimyeke ningamnqandi nokuba selebhikica ngasezithungwini. 16Ngaphaya koko ze nide nimrhutyele nasezithungwini ingqolowa, nishiye abhikice, ningamkhalimeli.”

17Kwada kwatshona ilanga uRute ekhwahlaza. Uthe akuyibhula wafumana malunga neshumi leekhilogram zengqolowa. 18Wayithwala wagoduka nayo, wayibonisa uninazala. Wamnika nokutya awayembekele kona kwisidlo sasemini. 19UNawomi wambuza wathi: “Ubhikice phi namhlanje? Ubusebenza kwabani? Wanga angasikeleleka lowo ukwenzele ububele.”

URute wamxelela uninazala ukuba ubebhikica kumasimi kabani, esithi: “Ndisebenze entsimini yomfo ekuthiwa nguBhowazi.”

20Wavakala uNawomi esithi kumolokazana: “UNdikhoyo ozibele zihlala zihleli kwabaphilayo nabafileyo makamthamsanqelise uBhowazi!” Uqokele wathi: “Loo mfo usisizalwane esisondeleyo kuthi. Ungomnye wabantu esijonge kubo njengomkhululi.”

21Ke uRute umMowabhikazi wathi: “Kananjalo uBhowazi uthe mandincamathele kubasebenzi bakhe de kugqitywe ukuvunwa.”

22UNawomi uthe: “Ewe, mntwan' am, kuhle uhambe neentombi zaphaya kwaBhowazi. Usenokuhlelwa yinto embi kumasimi abanye abantu.”

23URute wancamathela kwezo ntombi zakwaBhowazi, ekhwahlaza kwada kwagqitywa ukuvunwa kwerhasi nengqolowa. Wayehlala no ninazala ngalo lonke elo xesha.

URUTE 3

URute uzibika kuBhowazi

1UNawomi wathi kumolokazana wakhe: “Kufuneka ndikufunele owakho umzi, mntwan' am, apho uya konwaba khona. 2Laa mfo uBhowazi, lowa ubuthe nca kubasebenzi bakhe ukhwahlaza, sisizalwane esisondeleyo kuthi, esijonge kuye njengomkhululi. Ngokuhlwanje uza kubhula ele irhasi esandeni sakhe. 3Wena ke uze uhlambe, uziqhole, wambathe kakuhle, wandule ke ukuya esandeni sakhe. Kodwa ke uze ungazivezi kuye de agqibe isidlo sakhe. 4Xa eya kulala uze uqaphele apho aya kulala khona, uye kutyhila ingubo, ungqengqe ngasezinyaweni zakhe. Yena ke wokuxelela ukuba makuthiweni na.”

5URute wathi ku ninazala: “Ndokwenza konke ondixeleleyo.”

6Wahamba ke uRute, waya esandeni, wafika wenza njengoko uninazala wayemyalele. 7Emva kwesidlo sakhe, kunye nezinto zokusithoba zakhona, uBhowazi waziva echulumacha. Wahamba waya kulala emazantsi esitha. Walandela uRute, echwechwa, wafika watyhila ingubo ngasezinyaweni zikaBhowazi, wangqengqa. 8Ezinzulwini zobusuku uBhowazi wothuka, weva ngesandla ukuba kukho umntu obhinqileyo ongqengqe ngasezinyaweni zakhe. 9Wambuza wathi: “Ungubani?”

Waphendula yena wathi: “Ndim, mhlekazi, uRute isicakakazi sakho. Ndikhusele phantsi kwamaphiko akho. Kaloku wena usisizalwane esijonge kuso njengomkhululi.”

10“*UNdikhoyo makakuthamsanqelise, ntombi yam,” watsho uBhowazi. “Ubonakalisa intembeko engaphezulu kuleya yangaphambili. Akuzifunelanga umyeni osemtsha – nokuba ngosisityebi, nokuba ngongesiso. 11Thoba uvalo ke, ntombi yam. Yonke into oyifunayo ndoyenza, kuba kaloku nkqu nomzi uphela uyazi ukuba ungumfazi onesidima. 12Yinyaniso ukuba ndisisizalwana esisondeleyo, kodwa ke kukho esinye isizalwane esingumkhululi esisondeleyo kuwe ngaphezu kwam. 13Lala apha obu busuku. Kusasa ngomso siya kuva kuye ukuba uya kuncedwa nguye na okanye hayi. Ukuba ùza kukhululwa nguye, koba kulungile; kanti ke xa kungenjalo, ndifunga uNdikhoyo ongasoze afe, ndim oya kukukhulula. Lala ke, ntombi yam, kude kube kusasa.”

14Wangqengqa apho ke uRute ngasezinyaweni zikaBhowazi. Uvuke kunye neenkuku, bengekabi namanakani abantu, kuba kaloku uBhowazi wayethe: “Mayingaziwa bani into yokuba umntu obhinqileyo ukhe walala esandeni.”

15UBhowazi wathi kuRute: “Yiza nengubo oyambetheyo, ukhongozele,” waza wagalela kuyo ingqolowa eninzi (malunga namashumi amabini eekhilogram) wamthwalisa wabuyela edolophini.

16Akufika ekhaya uRute, uninazala uNawomi umbuze wathi: “Kwehla ntoni ke, mntwan' am?”

URute wabalisa konke okwenziwe nguBhowazi. 17Watsho nokuthi: “Undiphe nale ngqolowa ingaka, esithi: ‘Mawungabuyeli kunyoko-zala ulambatha.’ ”

18UNawomi wathi: “Linda, mntan' am, kude kucace okuza kwenzeka; indoda leyo ayiyi kuphumla lo mcimbi ungafikanga esiphelweni sawo.”

URUTE 4

URute wendela kuBhowazi

1Wenjenjeya uBhowazi ukusinga kwindawo yembizo ngasemasangweni omzi, wafika wahlala phantsi. Esahleli apho, kwathi gqi isizalwana sikaElimeleki esingumkhululi, esiya wayethethe ngaso kuRute, wasibiza esithi: “Khawuz' apha, mfondini, uhlale phantsi.”

Siyile ke, safika sahlala phantsi, 2waza uBhowazi wabiza ishumi lamadoda amakhulu omzi, wathi kuwo: “Khanikhe nithi nqwadalala apha.” Enjenjalo ke. 3UBhowazi wabhekisa kwisizalwana sakhe esingumkhululi wenjenje: “UNawomi obuyileyo eMowabhi ufuna ukuwuthengisa lowa mhlaba womntakwethu uElimeleki. 4Ndithe lo mbandela ndokha ndiwuphalaze kuwe apha phambi kwaba bantu balapha kunye nala madoda makhulu akowethu, ndiqonde ukuba uyawuthatha na. Ukuba uyawuthatha, wuthathe; kodwa ukuba akuwuthathi, ndixelele. Kaloku akukho mntu unelungelo ngaphezu kwakho; nkqu nam ndilandela wena.”

“Hayi, ndiza kuyithatha loo ntsimi,” watsho loo mfo.

5UBhowazi wathi: “Uze uqonde ukuba mhla wathatha laa ntsimi kuNawomi uthatha noRute, umka-mfi, ukuze lingaze licime igama lakhe kwilifa lakhe.”

6Uthe loo mfo: “Xa kunjalo ke mna andizi kuyithatha loo ntsimi, kuba ndiya kuba ndizifaka engxakini yokubeka umzi wam esichengeni. Ungayithatha wena; mna andinako.”

7Ngaloo maxesha xa kuthengiswa okanye kunananiselwana umthengisi wayekhulula imbadada, anike umthengi. Ayebonakalisa ngaloo ndlela amaSirayeli ukuba umcimbi ugqityiwe.

8Wathi ke lo mfo akuthi kuBhowazi: “Yithathe,” watsho ekhulula imbadada yakhe.

9UBhowazi ubhekise kwababelapho kunye namadoda amakhulu, wathi: “Namhlanje nonke ningamangqina okuba namhla ndithathe konke okukaElimeleki kuNawomi. Nditsho nokukaKiliyon noMalon oonyana bakhe. 10Ngaphezu koko umka-Malon, umMowabhikazi uRute, uza kuba ngumkam. Loo nto iya kwenza ukuba izinto zikamfi zihlale zizezakubo, lize negama lakhe lingaze licime kumawabo nasezimbalini zakowabo. Ningamangqina aloo nto ke namhlanje.”

11Amadoda amakhulu nabo bonke ababelapho ngasemasangweni bavuma bathi: “Singamangqina. *UNdikhoyo ubenga angamenza lo mfazi umthathayo afuze ooRakeli noLeya, bona bayakhayo indlu kaSirayeli. Nawe sikunqwenelela iwonga phakathi kwabemi base-Efrata, igama lakho libe nodumo eBhetelehem. 12Ngenzala oya kuyinikwa nguNdikhoyo ngalo mfazi yanga indlu yakho ingafana nekaPerezi unyana kaJuda ngoTamare.

Inzala kaBhowazi noRute

13UBhowazi ke wamthatha uRute waba ngumfazi wakhe. *UNdikhoyo wamthamsanqelisa, wamitha, wazala umntwana oyinkwenkwe. 14Abafazi balapho bathi kuNawomi: “Makabongwe uNdikhoyo ngokukupha umzukulwana onokujonga kuye! Belinga lingaba nodumo igama lakhe kwaSirayeli! 15Uya kubuhlaziya ubomi bakho, akulondoloze ekwaluphaleni kwakho. Umzalelwe ngumolokazana wakho okuthandayo noxabiso lakhe kuwe ligqitha ixabiso loonyana abasixhenxe.”

16Wamfunqula loo mntwana uNawomi, wamsingatha, waba yimpelesi yakhe.

17Abafazi balapho bathi: “UNawomi unomntwana oyinkwenkwe.” Baza bamthiya igama, bathi nguObhedi.

UObhedi yena ngulo wazala uJese uyise kaDavide.

18Nguwo ke lo umlibo osuka kuPerezi use kuDavide: UPerezi uzele uHezeron; uHezeron uzele uRam; 19uRam uzele uAminadabhi; 20uAminadabhi uzele uNashon; uNashon uzele uSalman; 21uSalman uzele uBhowazi; uBhowazi uzele uObhedi; 22uObhedi uzele uJese; uJese uzele uDavide.

IINDUMISO 45

Iindonga ziwelen' ebhotwe

Kumbhexeshi-kwayara; ingoma yomtshato; eyoonyana bakwaKora. Iculwa ngathi yileya ithi: “Iinyibiba.”

1Intliziyo yam suke yaphuphuma;

kuthi mandibonge ndityibele.

Ulwimi lwam lona luqule lwaligangatha,

ndanga ndingumbhali ongenadyudyu.

Kaloku ndingqungel' ukubhekisa kuMntwan' omhle.

2Kubo bonke wen' uyinzwan' engenasiphako;

uliciko elicikoza kuvokotheke.

Kaloku uThixo ukuthamsanqele

ngezingaphele ndawo iintsikelelo.

3Yithi hlas' ikrel' uqule, Somagorha!

Qula ngesidima nobungangamsha!

4Nyantsul' uye kuqhawuk' unobathana!

Qula uyilwele inyaniso nobulungisa!

Ngobungangamsha bakho dubula ugeqa!

5Iintolo zakho zibukhali;

ziyazihlabanisela iintshaba zakho,

izizwe zitsho zibe phantsi kwakho.

6Kambe ulawulo lwakho, Thixo, aluphele ndawo;

owakho umsimbithi ngowobulungisa.

7Ungumathand' ubulungisa; uyithiyil' inkohlakalo.

Ngenxa yaloo nto ke, Thixo,

uThixo wakho ukuthambisile.

Ewe, ukuthe jize ngesihomo nesithozela

esisigqwesayo esoogxa bakho.

8Iminweba yakho iqholwe ngomtsalane

wemore, ikhala, nekasiya.

Kwizixeko ezihonjiswe ngamabamba eendlovu

wonwatyiswa ngezeentambula.

9Phakathi kwezo zikuphahlileyo

zikho neentombi zookumkani.

Kufuphi nawe kuthe zinzi inkosazana

ethe thande ecikiziweyo igolide yaseOfire.

10Khawundiphe iindlebe, uphulaphule, ntombam.

Uze ulincame ikhaya, ngokunjalo nendlu kayihlo.

11Kaloku wena uyinzwakazi;

ke yena ukumkani uyakulangazelela.

Phofu ke yena ungumhlekazi, ngoko ke wena mthobele.

12Wena ntombi yaseTire, baya kukucenga bakunyobe;

ewe, izinhanha ngeendidi zonke zobutyebi.

13Phaya entangeni bubuyokoyoko,

inkosazana ivath' ezegolide.

14Nantso irhuqisa ngamawezaweza,

irholwa isiwa kukumkani.

Nâzo neentombi eziyikhaphileyo

ziyiphahlile zisiya nayo kuye.

15Ziyaduda, ziyavuya, ziyamemelela;

tsotsololo zagaleleka ebhotwe!

16Ngxatsho ke, mntwan' omhle!

Ezihlangwini zooyihlo kuya kungena abakho oonyana.

Wena uya kubathi jize ngobungangamsha,

babe zizinxiba-mxhaka ehlabathini liphela.

17Ke mna ndiya kulubhengeza udumo lwegama lakho.

Uya kudunyiswa zizizukulwana ziphela.

Ewe, zonke izizwe ziya kutyibela,

zikubonga kude kube ngunaphakade.

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IINDUMISO 58

Ukutshatyalaliswa kwabakhohlakeleyo

Kumbhexeshi-kwayara; ucamngco lukaDavide. Luculwa ngathi yilaa ngoma ithi: “Uze ungatshabalalisi.”

1Ngaba anikhethi buso na kodwa,

nina balawuli, xa nilawulayo?

Anibalamli ngegobe kodwa abantu?

2Hayi bo! Niyila inkohlakalo;

kweli hlabathi naba ugonyamelo.

3Abakhohlakeleyo banxaxha bezalwa nje;

ewe, banxaxha besesesizalweni, bathethe ubuxoki.

4Banobuhlungu njengeenyoka;

banjengenyushu ezenza isithulu,

5ukuze ingeva tu xa iculelwa ngabo banemilingo;

ubuqili benkintsela bungasebenzi.

6Khawubaphule loo mazinyo, Thixo;

wafohloze amabamba engonyama, *Ndikhoyo.

7Mabaphel' emehlweni, baxel' amanzi ehamba ngomsele.

Mabajolise ngeentolo ezibuthuntu.

8Mabanyibilike, baxel' inkumba.

Mabaxel' imva-mbilini ejik' endleleni.

9Imbiza ingekawuva umlilo,

noba wokhekile, noba awokhekanga,

izikhohlakali ziqweqwediswa zingabi sabonakala.

10Ke lona ilungisa liya kugcoba lisakuyibona le mpindezelo;

liya kugxampuza egazini labakhohlakeleyo.

11Abantu baya kutsho bathi:

“Kuthe kanti kuneziqhamo ukuba lilungisa;

ngenene ukho uThixo olilawulayo ihlabathi.”

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