1Heḽi ndi ipfi ḽa Muṋe washu ḽe a amba na Tsefania ṅwana wa Khushi, ṅwana wa Gedalia, ṅwana wa Amaria, ṅwana wa Hiskia, musi hu tshi vhusa Josiasi ṅwana wa Amoni, khosi ya Juda.
Ḓuvha ḽa khaṱhulo ya Muṋe washu
2Muṋe washu o ri,
“Zwithu zwoṱhe zwi re shangoni ndi ḓo zwi swielela kule.
3Ndi ḓo swiela vhathu na dziphukha na zwiṋoni
na khovhe dzi re lwanzheni,
na vha no khakhisa vhaṅwe,
na vhavhi,
vhathu vha re shangoni nda vha swielela kule.”
Hu amba Muṋe washu.
4“Ndi ḓo angaladza tshanḓa tshanga
nda rwa vhathu vha Juda na vhoṱhe
vha dzulaho Jerusalema.
Hafha fhethu ndi ḓo ita uri hu si tsha luvhiwa Baali
na kathihi,
na madzina a vhotshifhe vha vhannḓa vha midzimu iyo
ha tsha ḓo pfala.
5Ndi ḓo lozwa vhane vha shuvhama nṱha ha ṱhanga
vha luvha ḓuvha na ṅwedzi na dziṋaledzi.
Ndi ḓo lozwa vhane vha gwadama phanḓa hanga
vha ana nga Nṋe Yahavee
vha dovha vha ana nga mudzimu Molekhe.
6Ndi ḓo lozwa vho humelaho murahu
vha si tsha ntevhela vha si tsha nṱoḓa,
vha sa humbeli nyeletshedzo kha Nṋe.”
7Ni tshete phanḓa ha Muṋe wa zwoṱhe
Muṋe washu!
Ḓuvha ḽa Muṋe washu ḽi tsini.
Vhukuma Muṋe washu o lugisa tshiṱhavhelo,
o ḓikhethela vhahali a vha ramba.
8Musi wonoyo wa tshiṱhavhelo tsha Muṋe washu
u ḓo lifhedza vhavhusi na vhakololo
na vhoṱhe
vha edzisaho maitele a vhasili.
9Musi wonoyo u ḓo lifhedza vhoṱhe vha no ila u kanda tshiukhuvha,
havho vhane vha ḓadza pfamo ya khosi yavho
nga zwe vha wana nga vhuvemu na vhufhura.
10Muṋe washu u ri,
“Musi wonoyo hu ḓo pfala mukosi u tshi bva Khoroni ya Khovhe,
hu ḓo pfala u honḓa hu tshi bva muḓini muswa,
hu ḓo pfala u tshema mivhunduni.
11Lilani inwi vha dzingu ḽa Mutuli;
vhashavhi vhaṋu vhoṱhe vha ḓo lovha,
vhoṱhe vha funaho tshelede vha ḓo swielelwa kule.
12“Musi wonoyo ndi ḓo fhenḓa hoṱhe Jerusalema
ndó fara mbone,
nda lifhedza vhathu vhane vha ḓifulufhela,
vha no dzula kha mvuvhelo dza waini yavhuḓi
vhó wela mativhani,
vhane mbiluni dzavho vha ri,
‘Yahavee ha na maanḓa a u ita tshivhuya kana tshivhi.’
13Vha ḓo ṱangulwa lupfumo lwavho,
nnḓu dzavho dza thuthiwa.
Vha ḓo fhaṱa dzinnḓu vha si dzule khadzo;
vha ḓo ṱavha minḓirivhe vha si nwe waini yayo.”
14Ḓuvha ḽihulu ḽa Muṋe washu ḽi tsini;
ḽi tsini, ḽi khou ḓa nga luvhilo!
Tshililo nga ḓuvha ḽa Muṋe washu tshi ḓo ṱungufhadza;
vhahali vha ḓo ṱavha mukosi wa nndwa!
15Iḽo ḓuvha ḽi ḓo vha ḓuvha ḽa mbiti,
ḽi ḓo vha ḓuvha ḽa u hanganea na vhuṱungu,
ḓuvha ḽa phusuphusu na ndozwo,
ḓuvha ḽa swiswi ḽitswu-ḽitswu,
ḓuvha ḽa makole ḽo swifhalaho,
16ḓuvha ḽa phalaphala i tshi lila hu tshi pfala mukosi wa nndwa,
hu tshi diwa miḓi yo tingeledzwaho nga mutsheṱo,
na thawara ndapfu.
17Muṋe washu u ri,
“Vhathu ndi ḓo ri zwi vha konḓele,
vha ḓo tshimbila unga mabofu,
nge vha khakhela Nṋe.
Malofha avho a ḓo shululwa zwi sa londwi,
zwa nga ndi buse,
zwitumbu zwavho zwa nga mupfudze.
18Siliva yavho na musuku wavho zwi nga si vha tshidze
musi wa mbiti dzanga.
Shango ḽoṱhe ḽi ḓo fhiswa nga mulilo wa mbiti dzanga
ndi tshi ḓilwela,
vhathu vhoṱhe vha dzulaho shangoni
ndi ḓo vha lozwa nda vha fhedza kathihi fhedzi.”
