1Khawuvul' iingcango zakho, Lebhanon,
khon' ukuze umlilo uyilenye loo misedare yakho.
2Bhomboloza, wena mpayini;
kaloku wona umsedare uwile,
yatsho yavuthuluka imithi yodidi.
Jwedani nihlahlambe, mioki yaseBhashan;
kaloku intshinyela yehlathi igeciwe.
3Khawuve, nâso isimbonono sabelusi;
loo madlelo angayiwayo atshabalele.
Yiva, nanko umgqumo weengonyama ezintsha;
intshinyela yamatyholo aseJordan ibharhile.
Abelusi ababini
4*UNdikhoyo uThixo wam uthi: “Zaluse iigusha ezilungiselelwa ukuxhelwa. 5Abathengi bazo bayazixhela bangohlwaywa noko. Abathengisi bazo bathi: ‘Makabongwe uNdikhoyo, ndisisityebi!’ Kwa-abelusi bazo abo abanalusini ngakuzo. 6Ngoku sobe ndibe savelana nabantu beli lizwe,” nguwo lowo umlomo kaNdikhoyo. “Umntu ngamnye ndomnikezela esandleni sommelwane wakhe nokumkani wakhe. Bona bosuka balilawule ngengcinezelo ilizwe; ke mna andiyi kubahlangula esandleni sabo.”
7Ngoko ke ndawalusa umhlambi oza kuxhelwa, ingakumbi ke lowa wawuphatheke kakubi. Ndathatha iinduku zambini, enye yazo ndathi nguThandekile, eyesibini ndathi nguManyano, ndawalusa ngazo umhlambi. 8Ngenyanga enye ndabagxotha abelusi abathathu. Kaloku basuka bandicaphukela, nam ke ndasuka ndakruquka, 9ndathi: “Andiyi kuphinda ndibe ngumalusi. Ezifayo mazife, zitshabalale ezo zitshabalalayo. Ke zona eziseleyo iyileyo naleyo mazitye inyama yenye.”
10Ndasuka ke ndathatha laa nduku inguThandekile, ndayaphula nditshitshisa umnqophiso endawenzayo nazo zonke izizwe. 11Ngaloo mini ke waphuthiswa, waza nomhlambi ophatheke kakubi owandibonayo waqonda ukuba lilizwi likaNdikhoyo elo.
12Ke mna ndathi kubo: “Ukuba leyo yeyona nto ingcono kuni, ndinikeni intlawulo yam, kodwa ke, ukuba aniboni njalo, yigcineni.” Baza ke bandihlawula iingqekembe zesiliva ezimashumi mathathu.
13UNdikhoyo ke wathi kum: “Yiphose kumbumbi – nditsho elo xabiso lingako abandithengise ngalo!” Ngoko ke ndazithatha ezo ngqekembe zesiliva ezimashumi mathathu, ndaziphosa kumbumbi endlwini kaNdikhoyo.
14Ndayaphula ke nenduku yesibini ekuthiwa nguManyano; ndaba ngolo hlobo ndibuphelisile ubuzalwane phakathi kukaJuda noSirayeli.
15Waza wathi ke uNdikhoyo kum: “Phinda uthathe izikrweqe zomalusi osisityhakala. 16Kaloku kweli lizwe ndiza kuvelisa umalusi ongazikhathaleleyo ezilahlekileyo, ongawananzanga amatakane, engazibophi azinyange nezenzakeleyo; ongazondliyo nezo ziphilileyo; othe phithi kukutya inyama yezityebileyo, ade akhukhuze namanqina.
17“Mawoo, loo malusi ungento,
into esuka iwushiye umhlambi!
Akwaba ikrele lingamqhokr' ingalo,
limtyhumfuze iliso lasekunene.
Ngamana yabuna ngokupheleleyo ingalo yakhe,
iliso lasekunene lityhaphake tu.”
