UMIKA 5

₁Hlanganisa umkhosi, wena sixeko sihlaselwayo!

Kaloku thina basingqingile.

Ke yena umlawuli kaSirayeli

baya kumbetha ngentonga esidleleni.

₂“Kambe ke nawe, Bhetelehem yase-Efrata,

udeleke unjalo kwizindlu zakwaJuda,

kanti ke kwalapha kuwe ndiza kuvelisa

lowo uya kuba ngumlawuli kaSirayeli,

omveli yakhe isukela kwamandulo,

kwimihla yasephakadeni.”

₃Ke uSirayeli yena uya kulahlwa

ade ke lowo ulunywayo abeleke,

ke bona abantakwabo babuye

beze bazibandakanye namaSirayeli.

₄Uya kumiselwa ukwalusa umhlambi,

enamandla *kaNdikhoyo,

enobungangamsha begama likaNdikhoyo uThixo wakhe.

Ewe, bona bohlala bekhuselekile

kuba kaloku ubungangalala bakhe

bofikelela nakwiziphelo zehlabathi.

₅Kaloku yena uya kuzisa uxolo.

Xa ama-Asiriya elihlasela ilizwe lethu,

egaleleka kwiinqaba zethu,

sowakhuphela isixhenxe sabelusi –

hayi, yoba sisibhozo samatshawe.

₆Ilizwe laseAsiriya aya kulilawula ngekrele,

elakwaNimrode alilawule ngamakrele angxashiweyo.

Yena uya kusihlangula kuma-Asiriya

xa wona ehlasela ilizwe lethu,

xa wona engqisha kwimida yethu.

₇Amasalela kaYakobi oba phakathi kwezizwe ezininzi;

oku kombethe ovela kuNdikhoyo,

oku komvimbi engceni;

kaloku wona awujongi mntu,

wona awubalindi oonyana babantu.

₈Amasalela kaYakobi oba phakathi kweentlanga –

ewe, wona aya kuhlala phakathi kwezizwe ezininzi –

oku kwengonyama phakathi kwamarhamncwa ehlathini,

oku kwethole lengonyama phakathi kwemihlambi yeegusha –

nditsho elihamba linyhasha,

liqwenga-qwenga kungekho mhlanguli.

₉Isandla sakho siya kuboyisa ababandezeli bakho,

uzitshabalalise zonke iintshaba zakho.

₁₀Umlomo kaNdikhoyo uthi:

“Ngaloo mini ndowatshabalalisa amahashe akho,

neenqwelo zakho ndizifohloze.

₁₁Ndiya kuzivuthulula izixeko zelizwe lakho,

ke zona iinqaba ndizibhodloze.

₁₂Ndiya kuziphuthisa izixhobo zemilingo ezisesandleni sakho,

ungabi saba nabo abantu abavumisayo.

₁₃Ndoyitshabalalisa imifanekiso eqingqiweyo neentsika zonqulo eziphakathi kwenu.

Akuyi kuba saguqa kumsebenzi wezandla zakho.

₁₄Ndozincothula neentsika zika-Ashera phakathi kwenu;

izixeko zakho zona ndizibhodloze.

₁₅Ndiya kuziphindezela ndinomsindo nengqumbo

kwezo zizwe zingandithobelanga.”