Strength For Today – Day 5

₁“Thuthuzelani, bathuthuzeleni abantu bam,”

utsho kaloku uThixo wenu.

₂“Thethani kakuhle neJerusalem;

dandulukani niyixelele ukuba umzabalazo wayo ufezekile.

Kaloku izono zayo zixolelwe;

*uNdikhoyo uyibonelele ngaphezu kunobugwenxa bayo.”

“UNdikhoyo mhlahleleni indlela entlango;

uThixo wethu mgeceleni uhola kwelibharhileyo.

₄Zonke izigingqi mazidityelelwe,

iintaba neenduli zidilizwe zibe ngamathafa,

ke zona izixhobo zigqalwe zibe ziintili,

amageduka aletyelwe abe zizithabazi.

₅Ke ubungangamsha bukaNdikhoyo buya kutyhileka,

lonke uluntu lububone.

Kaloku lowo ngumlomo kaNdikhoyo.”

₆Ndeva ilizwi lisithi:

“Suka udanduluke uthethe.”

Ndibuze ndathi: “Ndithethe ndithini na?”

“Yithi: ‘Bonke abantu banjengengca;

ubomi babo bulingana nobeentyatyambo.

₇Kaloku ingca iyabuna, ivuthuluke intyatyambo

yakubethwa ngumoya kaNdikhoyo.

Ngenene uluntu nqwa nengca.

₈Ingca iyatshaza, yona ke intyatyambo ibune,

ke lona ilizwi loThixo wethu lohlala lihleli.’ ”

₂₈Kanti ngaba awazi na?

Ngaba zange uve na?

UNdikhoyo nguThixo onguSonini-nanini;

yena ngumdali wehlabathi jikelele.

Yena soze adinwe atyhafe,

nengqiqo yakhe ayiphengululeki.

₂₉Yena ngumhlaziyi wâbo batyhafileyo,

umomelezi wâbo bangenamandla.

₃₀Kanti ke nolutsha luyadinwa lutyhafe,

abafana bakhubeke bawe,

₃₁kambe ke bona abakholosa ngoNdikhoyo

bosuka bahlaziyeke bomelele.

Bosuka bantinge baxel' ukhozi;

noba sebebaleka, soze badinwe;

ewe, baya kuhamba bangaze batyhafe.

“Uze ungaxhali wena, ndikuhlawulele;

ndikubize ngegama, ungowam ncakasana.

₂Noba sewucand' emanzini,

mna ndiya kuba nawe;

noba sowuwela imilambo,

ayisoze ibe nako ukukukhukulisa;

nditsho sowucand' emlilweni, soze urhawuke;

amadangatye akanakukutshisa wena.

₃Kaloku mna Ndikhoyo ndinguThixo wakho,

uYedwa kaSirayeli, uMhlanguli wakho.

Ndinikezela ngeJiputa ukukuhlawulela;

iKushe neSebha zothath' indawo yakho.

₆Funani uNdikhoyo esenokufumaneka;

bhenelani kuye ngoku asekufutshane.

₇Umntu okhohlakeleyo makahlukane nobubi,

netshijolo maliyeke ukuyila ubutshijolo.

Maliguquke, lize kuNdikhoyo;

yena wosuka abe novelwano lilo.

Malize kuThixo wethu,

kuba yena uxolela kangangoko.

₈“Kaloku ingcinga zam azifani nezenu,

neendlela zenu azifani nezam,”

utsho yena uNdikhoyo!

₉“Njengokuphakama kwezulu emhlabeni

ziphakamile neendlela zam kunezenu,

kanti ke zikwanjalo neengcinga zam.