To The Word – Day 225

₁Hay' inyhweba yomntu omthobelayo *uNdikhoyo,

ohamba ngokwemimiselo yakhe.

₂Onjalo uyazibona iziqhamo zemisebenzi yakhe;

uhlala ngokonwaba enenkqubela.

₃Inkosikazi yakhe ifana nomdiliya oyokozelayo, omi ngasendlwini;

abantwana bakhe bafana nezithole zomnquma ezingqonge isithebe sakhe.

₄Ewe, ngenene unenyhweba umntu omthobelayo uNdikhoyo.

₅Ngamana waphokoza amathamsanqa eseZiyon uNdikhoyo,

ke wena uyibone inkqubela yeJerusalem

ngayo yonke imihla yobomi bakho,

₆ukhule ude ukhokhobe.

Makube chosi, kube hele kwaSirayeli!

₁USirayeli makabalise athi:

“Iintshaba zandihlasela kwandiseyimveku.

₂Ewe, zanditshutshisa kwandiselula,

kodwa zange zindongamele.

₃Zandixobula umqolo, ndangathi bendilinywa.

₄Kambe ke yena *uNdikhoyo ulilungisa;

undikhulule kwiimbophelelo zabakhohlakeleyo.”

₅Bonke abayithiyileyo iZiyon mababuye bephoxekile.

₆Mabafane nengca entshula phezu kwendlu,

yona idodobalayo ingakhuli.

₇Ayide isikwe nokusikwa;

futhi ayiqokelelwa ibe zizipha.

₈Nabadlulayo abatsho nokutsho ukuthi:

“UNdikhoyo makanithamsanqele;

thina siyanithamsanqelisa egameni likaNdikhoyo!”

₁Awu, *Ndikhoyo, mna andizigwagwisi;

ngokunjalo mna andiziphakamisi.

Kaloku andizixakekisi ngemicimbi ephakamileyo kunokuba ndinjalo mna.

₂Kodwa ndanelisekile, ndaye ndixolile.

Ndinjengosana oluthe cwaka ezingalweni zikanina;

ngenene umoya wam uphuphuma ukwanela.

₃Sirayeli, khawuthembele kuNdikhoyo, kususela ngoku kude kube nini-nini.

₁Awu, *Ndikhoyo, mkhumbule uDavide

ngawo onke amasuka-ndihlale akhe,

₂nesifungo awakwenzela sona, Ndikhoyo,

eso akuthembise ngaso, Ngangalala yakwaYakobi.

₃Wathi: “Andisayi kugoduka, ndingasayi kulala,

₄ngenene andisoze ndiwavale amehlo,

ndingasoze ndibuthurhe ubuthongo,

₅ndingamakhelanga umzi uNdikhoyo,

nditsho ikhaya lengangalala kaYakobi.”

₆Ewe, seva ngaloo mnqophiso e-Efrata,

sagagana nawo kumathafa aseYeharim, sathi:

₇“Masiye kuye ebhotwe;

masiye kumnqula simkhahlele.”

₈Ndikhoyo, khawuye endaweni yakho yokuphumla,

wena ndawonye netyesi yomnqophiso;

nditsho leyo ingumqondiso wamandla akho.

₉Ababingeleli mabavathe ubulungisa,

abantu bakho batsholoze ngovuyo.

₁₀Ngenxa yesicaka sakho uDavide

ungamfulatheli umthanjiswa wakho.

₁₁Kaloku, Ndikhoyo, wamenzela isifungo uDavide,

futhi ke soze usijike, usithi:

“Omnye koonyana besinqe sakho

ndiya kumthambisa abe ngukumkani,

angene esikhundleni sakho.

₁₂Ukuba ke bathe bawugcina

umnqophiso lo oonyana bakho,

kwanemimiselo endibafundisa yona,

noonyana babo bolawula,

bachophe esikhundleni sakho ngonaphakade.”

₁₃Kaloku uNdikhoyo uyinyule iZiyon;

uyikhethele ukuba ibe likhaya lakhe, esithi:

₁₄“Eli likhaya lam lokuphumla naphakade;

ndiya kuma apha ngokomnqweno wam.

₁₅Ndiya kuyithi jize ngentabalala yendyebo;

abahlelelekileyo ndiya kubondla.

₁₆Ababingeleli bovatha usindiso,

abantu bam batsholoze ngemihlali.

₁₇Kuya kuvela omnye kubazukulwana bakaDavide;

ndiya kuwugcina umlibo womthanjiswa wam.

₁₈Iintshaba zakhe ndozigalela ngehlazo;

ke olwakhe ulawulo loba nesidima nenkqubela.”

₁Khawukhangele ukubukeka nomkhitha

wokuhlala kwezalamane ngemvano!

₂Kunjengesiqholo esigalelwe entloko,

esihla ngeendevu zika-Aron,

side sithi xhaxhe ngomphetho wengubo yakhe.

₃Kufana nombethe entabeni iHermon,

lowo ulala kwiinduli zeZiyon.

Kulapho *uNdikhoyo awafumbe khona amathamsanqa

nobomi obungaphele ndawo.

₁Yizani nimbonge nimncome *uNdikhoyo,

nonke nina zicaka zakhe,

nina nonke nima bume ebusuku,

nisebenza endlwini kaNdikhoyo.

₂Ziphakamiseleni esibingelelweni izandla zenu,

nimbonge nimncome uNdikhoyo.

₃UNdikhoyo, umenzi wamazulu nehlabathi,

wanga angakuthamsanqela eseZiyon.