UISAYA 17

IDamaseku liyakususwa, lingabe lisaba-ngumuzi,

libe-yinxiwa nencithakalo

₂eshiyiwe kuze kube-phakade,

neyakuba-ngeyemihlambi ebuthisa khona,

ingesatshiswa-muntu.

₃Inqaba iyakuphela kwaEfrayimi,

nombuso eDamaseku,

nensali eAramu,

kube-njengodumo lwabantwana bakwaIsrayeli,

usho uJehova-Sebawoti.

₄Kuyakuthi ngalolosuku

udumo lukaJakobe lube-buthakathaka,

kuzace ukukhuluphala kwenyama yakhe.

₅Kuyakuba-njengomvuni ovuna amabele asemi

nengalo yakhe evuna izikhwebu,

kube-njengokukha izikhwebu esiGodini samaRefa.

₆Kepha umkhothozo uyakusala khona

njengokushaywa kweminqumo:

izithelo ezimbili noma ezintathu enhlokweni phezulu,

ezine noma eziyisihlanu emagatsheni omuthi,

usho uJehova uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli.

₇Ngalolosuku abantu bayakumbheka uMenzi wabo,

namehlo abo ayakumbuka oNgcwele kaIsrayeli.

₈Abayikubheka ama-altare abo,

umsebenzi wezandla zabo,

bangabuki okwenziwe yiminwe yabo,

oAshera* nama-altare empepho.

₉Ngalolosuku imizi yabo enamandla

iyakuba-njengezindawo ezishiyiweyo

zasehlathini nezaseziqongweni zezintaba

abazishiya phambi kwabantwana bakwaIsrayeli

zibe-yincithakalo.

₁₀Ngokuba ukhohliwe uNkulunkulu wokusindiswa kwakho,

awukhumbulanga idwala lamandla akho;

ngalokho noma utshala izithombo ezimnandi,

uhlwanyele amahlumela angaziwayo,

₁₁ngosuku lokutshala kwakho, lapho ubiyela,

nangokusa kokuhlwanyela kwakho, lapho wenza ukuba kuqhakaze,

ukuvuna kuyakubaleka ngosuku losizi

nolobuhlungu obungenakupholiswa.

₁₂Wo kukho ukuhlokoma kwezizwe eziningi

ezihlokoma njengokuhlokoma kwezilwandle,

nomsindo wokuxokozela kwabezizwe

abaxokozela njengokuxokozela kwamanzi amaningi.

₁₃Izizwe ziyaxokozela njengokuxokozela kwamanzi amaningi,

kodwa uyakuzisola, zibalekele kude,

zixoshwe njengamakhoba asezintabeni phambi komoya,

nothuli olushwilayo phambi kwesiphepho.

₁₄Ngesikhathi sokuhlwa, bheka, yingebhe;

kungakasi azisekho.

Yilesi esiyisabelo sabasiphangayo,

nenkatho yabasamukayo.