Mikha 2

₁Maye kulabo labacabanga imicabango lemibi,

labo labatsi balele babe bangakalali

bacabanga emasu ekwenta bubi!

Kutsi kungasa bakwente loko bebakuhlosile,

ngobe banemandla ekukwenta loko.

₂Nabafuna emasimi,

bavele bawatsatse ngendlovuyangena;

nabafuna tindlu, bavele batidle.

Kute namunye lonemndeni lovikelekile,

nome lonelutfo loluphephile.

“Ngitanehlisela sehlakalo,

futsi kuyawubate loyawuphepha kuso.

Niyawutikhandza senisekhatsi elubishini,

lapho ningaseyiwuhamba ngekutigabatisa lokungaka.

₄Mhlazana kufika leso sikhatsi,

tive tiyawubekiselana

ngalendzaba yenu yesehlakalo,

tiyawuhlabela ingoma ngelusizi

lwesehlakalo lesiyawube sinehlele, titsi:

‘Sibhujisiwe sacedvwa,

Simakadze ulitsetse live letfu,

walinika labo labasitfumbile.’ ”

₅Ngako-ke nasesifikile sikhatsi

sekutsi live libuyiselwe

esiveni saNkulunkulu,

kute namunye wenu loyawuba nesabelo kulo.

“Ungasiphrofethi,

ungasishumayeli ngaloko.

Nkulunkulu angeke asihlazise.

₇Ucabanga kutsi sive saka-Israyeli

singaphansi kwesicalekiso yini?

Kungabe Nkulunkulu sewulahlekelwe

kubeketela kwakhe yini?

Angayenta kambe intfo lenje?

“Akakhulumi kahle yini

kulabo labenta lokuhle?”

“Itolo loku sive sami

sisukume phansi njengesitsa.

Nihlubula tembatfo letinhle tebunjinga

kulabo labendlulako,

banganaki njengemabutfo labuya emphini.

₉Nicosha bafati besive sami

emakhaya abo labawatsandzako,

nemuke nebantfwababo tibusiso tami taphakadze.

₁₀Sukumani nihambe,

lena akusiyo indzawo

lapho ningabalekela khona, ngobe ingcolile;

lendzawo itawubhujiswa ngelulaka lolukhulu.

₁₁Lesive sifuna luhlobo lwebaphrofethi

labaphrofetha emanga nenkhohliso, batsi:

‘Ngiphrofetha kutsi liwayini netjwala

kuyawuba ngimifula yenu yekunatsa.’

₁₂“Kodvwa ngiyakunibutsela ndzawonye,

nonkhe nine sive saka-Israyeli lenisasele.

Ngiyawunibutsela nonkhe ndzawonye

njengetimvu tibuyela esibayeni sato;

nanjengelidlelo leligcwele timvu,

live lenu lisetawubuye

ligcwale bantfu labanyenti.”

₁₃Nkulunkulu uyawubavulela

indlela yabo, abuye abahole

abakhiphe ekutfunjweni kwabo.

Bayawufohla, baphume emasangweni

elidolobha bahambe bakhululekile.

INkhosi yabo,

Simakadze cobo lwakhe,

uyawubahambela embili abakhiphe.