UMika 4

₁Kepha kuyakuthi ngezinsuku ezizayo

intaba yendlu kaJehova

iqiniswe esiqongweni sezintaba,

iphakame kunamagquma,

nabantu bayakugobhozela khona.

₂Izizwe eziningi ziyakuhamba, zithi:

“Wozani sikhuphukele entabeni kaJehova

nasendlini kaNkulunkulu kaJakobe;

uyakusifundisa izindlela zakhe,

sihambe emikhondweni yakhe,

ngokuba umthetho uyakuvela eSiyoni,

nezwi likaJehova eJerusalema.

₃Uyakwahlulela phakathi kwezizwe eziningi,

anqume phakathi kwezizwe ezinamandla ezikude;

ziyakukhanda izinkemba zazo zibe ngamakhuba,

imikhonto yazo ibe ngocelemba;

isizwe asiyikuphakamisela isizwe inkemba,

zingabe zisafuna ukulwa.

₄Bayakuhlala,

kube yilowo nalowo phansi komvini wakhe

naphansi komkhiwane wakhe;

akakho oyakubesabisa,

ngokuba umlomo kaJehova Sebawoti ukhulumile.

₅Ngokuba bonke abantu bahamba,

kube yilowo nalowo ngegama likankulunkulu wakhe,

kepha thina siyakuhamba ngegama likaJehova uNkulunkulu wethu

kuze kube phakade naphakade.

₆“Ngalolo suku,” usho uJehova,

“ngiyakubutha abaqhugayo,

ngiqoqe abaxoshiweyo nengenze okubi kubo,

₇ngenze abaqhugayo babe yinsali,

abadediselwe kude babe yisizwe esinamandla;

uJehova uyakubusa phezu kwabo entabeni yaseSiyoni

kusukela manje kuze kube phakade.

₈Wena mbhoshongo womhlambi,

negquma lendodakazi yaseSiyoni kuyakufika kuwe,

yebo, ukubusa kokuqala kuyakufika,

umbuso wendodakazi yaseJerusalema.”

₉Umemezelani manje ngokumemeza okungakho na?

Ayikho inkosi kuwe,

ubhubhile umluleki wakho,

lokhu ubanjwe yimihelo njengobelethayo.

₁₀Yiba nemihelo, uzale,

ndodakazi yaseSiyoni njengobelethayo,

ngokuba manje uyakuphuma emzini,

uhlale endle,

ufike naseBabele,

lapho uzakophulwa khona;

lapho uJehova uyakukukhulula esandleni sezitha zakho.

₁₁Manje izizwe eziningi zikubuthanele;

zithi: “Malingcoliswe,

amehlo ethu alibuke iSiyoni.”

₁₂Kepha azazi imicabango kaJehova,

aziqondi amasu akhe,

ngokuba uzibuthile njengezithungu esibuyeni.

₁₃“Suka ubhule, ndodakazi yaseSiyoni,

ngokuba ngiyakwenza uphondo lwakho lube yinsimbi,

nezinselo zakho ngizenze insimbi;

uyakuchoboza abantu abaningi,”

kwahlukaniselwe uJehova inzuzo yabo,

nemfuyo yabo kuyo iNkosi yomhlaba wonke.