USirakhi 36

₁Yiba nomusa kithi Nkulunkulu wendalo yonke, wenze izizwe zonke zikwesabe. ₂Phakamisa isandla sakho umelane nabezizwe ukuze babone amandla akho. ₃Njengokuba usisebenzisile ukuba ukhombise ubungcwele bakho kubo, basebenzise nabo ukuba ukhombise inkazimulo yakho kithi. ₄Bayakwazi njengoba nathi sazi, ukuthi akekho omunye uNkulunkulu ngapahandle kwakho Nkosi. ₅Baphe izibonakaliso ezintsha wenze nezinye izimangaliso; yenza ukuba isandla sakho nengalo yakho yesokunene kukhazimule. ₆Vusa ulaka lwakho wembathe intukuthelo yakho; ubhubhise isitha usiqede nya. ₇Sheshisa usuku, ukhumbule isikhathi esimisiweyo, wenze ukuba abantu bafakaze ngemisebenzi yamandla akho. ₈Makuthi abasindileyo babhujiswe umlilo wolaka lwakho, kuthi labo abalimaza abantu bakho bachithwe. ₉Phihliza ikhanda labaholi abakuvukelayo, abathi: “Akekho omunye ngaphandle kwethu.” ₁₀Butha zonke izizwe zakwaJakobe, uzinike isabelo sazo njengasekuqaleni. ₁₁Yiba nomusa, Nkosi, kubantu ababizwa ngeGama lakho, ku-Israyeli, ombize ngezibulo lakho.

₁₂Wuhawukele umuzi okuzinze kuwo ubungcwele bakho, iJerusalema, indawo lapho uhlala khona. ₁₃Ligcwalise iZiyoni ngobukhosi bakho, nabantu bakho ngobungcwele bakho. ₁₄Fakaza kulabo owabenzayo kwasekuqaleni, ugcwalise zonke iziphrofetho ezakhulunywa egameni lakho. ₁₅Bavuze labo abakulindelayo, wenze ukuba abaphrofethi bakho bafumaniseke bethembekile. ₁₆Yizwa, Nkulunkulu, umkhuleko wezinceku zakho, bese ubusisa abantu bakho ngo-Aroni, ₁₇kuze kwazi umhlaba wonke ukuthi uyiNkosi, uNkulunkulu wezikhathi zonke. ₁₈Isisu samukela noma ngabe yikuphi ukudla, nanxa okunye ukudla kungcono kunokunye. ₁₉Njengoba ulimi lunambitha izinhlobonhlobo zobumnandi, kunjalo nengqondo ehlakaniphile iyashesha ukubamba amazwi angubuwula. ₂₀Ingqondo eyonakele idala ubuhlungu, kodwa umakadebona ubuyisela okuhle. ₂₁Umuntu wesifazane wemukela noma yimuphi umuntu wesilisa njengomyeni wakhe, kodwa enye intombi iyancomeka kunenye. ₂₂Ubuhle bowesifazane buyabukhanyisa ubuso bowesilisa, akukho okunye akufisa kakhulu kunalokho. ₂₃Uma inkulumo yakhe igcwele ubumnene nentobeko, umyeni wakhe unenhlanhla enkulu kunamanye amadoda. ₂₄Lowo othola umfazi uzitholela isipho esihle kakhulu, umsizi omfanele kanye nensika emesekelayo. ₂₅Lapho kungabiyiwe khona, impahla yalowo iyochithwa; nalapho kungekho khona umfazi, indoda yofana nobhacile kanye nomhambuma. ₂₆Ngokuba ngubani ongethemba isigebengu esisheshayo esindiza sisuka kulo muzi siya kulowaya na? ₂₇Ngubani ongethemba indoda engenaso isidleke, kodwa elala lapho ihlwelwe khona.