UISAYA 63

₁Ngubani na lo uthi gqi kwaEdom?

Ngubani na lo uthi nyalulu ngaseBhozera,

lo uvathileyo, utsho ngezimfusa,

lo unyalasa ngesidima nondiliseko?

“Ndim kanye mna ndisindisa ngegunya;

ndiyavakalisa ndibhengeza uloyiso.”

₂Kutheni zibomvu nje iimpahla zakho,

le nto ngathi zezabaxovula iidiliya?

₃*UNdikhoyo ke yena uthi:

“Izizwe mna ndizixovule njengeediliya,

kungekho namnye weza kundincedisa;

ndazixangxatha ngeenyawo ndinomsindo,

latsaza igazi lazo, landitsho ndankone.

₄Umhla wokuziphindezela wandifikela,

yaye ixesha lokukhulula abantu bam lithwasile.

₅Ndaba ngathalaza, akwabikho undisizayo;

ndamangaliseka kwakungabikho uxhasayo.

Ngoko ke ndazizuzela uloyiso ngokwam;

ewe, ndaxhaswa yingqumbo yam.

₆Emsindweni ke mna ndazinyhasha izizwe;

ewe, mna ndazitsho zagxadazela,

igazi lazo ndaligalela emhlabeni.”

₇Ndiya kuthetha ngezibele *zikaNdikhoyo;

ndiya kumncoma ndimbonge ngemisebenzi yakhe,

ngenxa yeentsikelelo zakhe kuSirayeli,

nangenxa yenceba amthululele yona –

ezingako zona izibele zothando lwakhe.

₈Ewe, uNdikhoyo suka wathi:

“Bona ngabantu bam ncakasana;

lusapho lwam, soze bandiqhathe.”

Ngoko ke suka yena wabahlangula.

₉Embandezelweni yabo akachasananga nabo,

basindiswa bubukho besithunywa sakhe.

Ngenxa yothando novelwano yena wabakhulula;

ewe, yena wabaphakamisa wabalondoloza,

wahamba nabo ngayo yonke loo mihla yamandulo.

₁₀Phi ke, basuka bamvukela nje!

Ewe, bangcungcuthekisa uMoya wakhe oyiNgcwele.

Suka ke yena waba lutshaba lwabo,

waza ke walwa nabo ngokwakhe.

₁₁Bada ke bona bayikhumbula imihla yamandulo;

leyo ke yimihla kaMosis nabantu bakhe.

Bakhalaza ke ngoko bathi:

“Uphi ke ngoku lowo wabawezayo elwandle,

ekhokela umhlambi nomalusi wawo?

Yaz'ba uphi na ke ngoku uNdikhoyo,

yena wabambesa ngoMoya wakhe oyiNgcwele?

₁₂Ngobungangamsha bakhe wamomeleza wamxhasa uMosis,

wawahlula-hlula amanzi phambi kwabo,

waza wazenzela igama elingasoze litshitshe.

₁₃Yena wabakhokela bacanda inzonzobila,

baqhathula njengehashe entlango,

babetha kuhle, abaze bakhubeke.

₁₄Baba njengeenkomo eziya kwisithabazi samadlelo,

wenjenjalo uMoya kaNdikhoyo ukubaphumza.

Wabakhokela ngaloo ndlela ke abantu bakho,

ndlela leyo ke yakwenzela igama.”

₁₅Usezulwini apho, *Ndikhoyo, khawuthob' amehlo;

khawukrwaqule ukwelo khaya lesidima nobungcwele.

Kodwa-kodwa ngani ukuba ungakhweleti?

Khona ke aphi amandla akho?

Iphi ke imfobe novelwano lwakho?

Hayi kaloku, nceda sukusifulathela!

₁₆Kaloku wena unguTata wethu,

nakuba singaziwa nje nguAbraham;

ukanti noSirayeli akasihoyi.

Kambe ke wena, Ndikhoyo, unguBawo;

wena waba nguMkhululi wethu kwamandulo.

₁₇Usiyekelani kodwa, siphambuke endleleni yakho, Ndikhoyo?

Ngani ukuba usiyeke sinkanize kangaka,

side siphelelwe ziintloni nakukukoyika?

Buyela kuthi, thina zicaka zakho;

sincede, thina zizwe zililifa lakho.

₁₈Indlu yakho eyodwa yaba yeyabantu bakho umzuzwana,

suka ke zona iintshaba zayidobonga zayidiliza.

₁₉Ngoku thina sesifana nâbo bangaziwayo nguwe,

abo ungazange wabalawula;

ewe, sesifana nabangazange babizwe ngawe.