UMikha 7

₁Maye kimi!

Ngokuba sengifana nokuvunwa

kwezithelo zasehlobo,

nanjengokukhothozwa komvini,

akukho hlukuzo lamagilebhisi elingadliwa,

iphango lami linxanela amakhiwane okuqala.

₂Abathembekileyo bashabalele ezweni,

akekho oqotho kubantu;

bonke balala unyendle, bachithe igazi;

yilowo nalowo uzingela umfowabo ngogibe.

₃Izandla zabo zenza kahle okubi.

Isikhulu sinesicelo,

umehluleli ubheka umfumbathiso;

omkhulu ukhuluma ngesifiso somphefumulo wakhe;

benze itulo ngalokho.

₄Omuhle kubo unjengehlokozi elinameva;

oqotho kubo mubi kunothango lwameva.

Usuku lwabalindi bakho

nolokujeziswa kwakho sekufikile;

sekuyakuba ngukudideka kwabo.

₅Ningathembeli kumakhelwane,

ningakholwa ngumngani.

Qaphela okukhuluma ngomlomo wakho

kulowo olala esifubeni sakho.

₆Ngokuba indodana iphatha kabi uyise;

indodakazi ivukela unina;

umakoti umelana noninazala,

nezitha zomuntu ngabantu bendlu yakhe.

₇Mina ngiyakubheka uSimakade,

ngilindele uNkulunkulu oyakungisindisa;

uNkulunkulu wami uyakungizwa.

₈Sitha sami, ungasini ngethambo lami;

ngokuba uma ngiwile, ngiyakuvuka;

lapho ngihlezi ebumnyameni,

uSimakade uyakuba ngukukhanya kwami.

₉Ngiyakubhekana nolaka lukaSimakade,

ngokuba ngonile kuye,

aze alumele udaba lwami,

angenzele ubulungiswa,

angikhiphele ekukhanyeni,

ngibone ukulunga kwakhe.

₁₀Isitha sami siyakukubona,

sikhungathwe ngamahloni,

leso ebesithi kimi:

“Uphi uSimakade uNkulunkulu wakho na?

Amehlo ami ayakusibona,

manje siyakunyathelwa njengodaka emigwaqweni.

₁₁“Kuyakufika usuku lokwakha ugange lwakho,

ngalolo lusuku umngcele wakho

uyakunwetshwa ube kude.

₁₂Ngalolo lusuku abantu bayakufika kuwe

bevela e-Asiriya nasemizini eGibhithe,

kusukela eGibhithe kuze kube semfuleni,

kusukela olwandle kuze kube solwandle,

kusukela entabeni kuze kube sentabeni.

₁₃Umhlaba uyakuba yincithakalo

ngenxa yezakhamuzi zalo

nangenxa yezenzo zabo.

₁₄Yelusa abantu bakho ngentonga yakho;

umhlambi oyifa lakho,

ohlala wodwa ehlathini phakathi eKharimeli;

mawuklabe eBhashani nakwaGileyadi

njengasezinsukwini zasemandulo.

₁₅“Njengasemihleni yokuphuma kwakho eGibhithe

ngiyakubabonisa izimangaliso.”

₁₆Izizwe ziyakubona zibe namahloni,

ngawo wonke amandla azo,

ziyakubeka isandla emlonyeni,

izindlebe zazo zingezwa lutho.

₁₇Ziyokhotha uthuli njengenyoka,

zihuquzele njengezinto ezihuquzela emhlabathini.

Ziyakuphuma ezinqabeni zazo zithuthumela,

zize kuSimakade uNkulunkulu wethu,

ziyakushaywa wuvalo,

zikwesabe wena.

₁₈Ngubani onguNkulunkulu njengawe

othethelela ukona,

ayekelele isiphambeko sensali eyifa lakhe;

akahlali ethukuthele ingunaphakade

ngokuba uthokozela umusa.

₁₉Uyakubuye asihawukele,

anyathele iziphambeko zethu,

aphonse zonke izono zethu

ekujuleni kolwandle.

₂₀Uyakwethembeka kuJakobe

ube nomusa ku-Abhrahama

owafunga ngawo kobaba

ezinsukwini zasemandulo.