UZefaniya 3

₁Wo kohlubukileyo nongcolileyo,

muzi ocindezelayo!

₂Awuzwa zwi,

awamukeli ukulaywa,

awumethembi uJehova,

awusondelanga kuNkulunkulu wawo.

₃Izikhulu zawo phakathi kwawo ziyizingonyama ezibhongayo;

abahluleli bawo bayizimpisi zokuhlwa;

abashiyeli lutho ingomuso.

₄Abaprofethi bawo bangamayiyane nabakhohlisi;

abapristi bawo bayingcolisile indlu engcwele,

bawudlovulile umthetho.

₅UJehova ulungile phakathi kwawo,

akenzi okubi;

ekuseni njalo uveza ukwahlulela kwakhe ekukhanyeni,

akuphuthi;

kepha abangalungile abazi amahloni.

₆“Nginqumile izizwe,

imibhoshongo yazo yasezingosini ichithekile;

ngichithile izitaladi zazo ukuze kungadluli muntu;

imizi yazo iqothuliwe ukuze kungabikho muntu,

kungabikho ohlala kuyo.

₇Ngathi: ‘Nokho uyakungesaba,

wamukele ukulaywa.’

Indawo yawo yokuhlala ayiyikunqunywa,

kungenzeki konke engiwumisele khona;

kepha bavuka ekuseni, benza okubi.

₈Ngalokho, ngilindeleni,” usho uJehova,

“kuze kube lusuku engivuka ngalo ukuba ngiphange,

ngokuba kuyisinqumo sami ukubutha izizwe ukuba ngiqoqe imibuso,

ukuze ngithulule phezu kwabo intukuthelo yami,

lonke ulaka lwami oluvuthayo,

ngokuba wonke umhlaba uyakudliwa ngumlilo womhawu wami.

₉“Ngokuba lapho ngiyakunika abantu izindebe ezihlanzekileyo,

ukuze bonke babize igama likaJehova,

bamkhonze nganhliziyonye.

₁₀Kusukela phesheya kwemifula yaseKushe

abanxusa kimi, indodakazi yabahlakazekileyo bami,

bayakuletha umnikelo wami.

₁₁Ngalolo suku awusayikuba namahloni ngazo zonke izenzo zakho

ophambuke ngazo kimi,

ngokuba khona ngiyakususa phakathi kwakho

abazidla ngokujabula,

awusayikuziphakamisa entabeni yami engcwele.

₁₂Kepha ngiyakushiya phakathi kwakho abantu abahluphekayo nabampofu;

bayakwethemba igama likaJehova.

₁₃Insali yakwa-Israyeli ayisayikwenza okubi,

ingakhulumi amanga,

kungafunyanwa emlonyeni wabo ulimi olukhohlisayo;

yebo, bayakwaluka, babuthise,

kungekho obesabisayo.”

₁₄Hlabelela ngokujabula, ndodakazi yaseSiyoni,

umemeze, Israyeli,

uthokoze, wethabe ngenhliziyo yonke,

ndodakazi yaseJerusalema.

₁₅UJehova ususile ukwahlulelwa kwakho,

uxoshile izitha zakho.

INkosi yakwa-Israyeli, uJehova,

iphakathi kwakho;

awusayikwesaba okubi.

₁₆Ngalolo suku kuyakuthiwa kulo iJerusalema:

“Ungesabi, Siyoni!

Izandla zakho mazingadangali.

₁₇UJehova uNkulunkulu wakho uphakathi kwakho,

iqhawe eliyakukusindisa;

uyakujabula ngawe ngentokozo,

athule othandweni lwakhe,

ethabe ngawe ngokuhlabelela.”

₁₈“Abadabuka ngemikhosi ngiyakubabutha,

ababahlukene nawe,

usathwele ihlazo.

₁₉Bhekani, ngaleso sikhathi ngiyakuphatha bonke abakuhluphayo,

ngisindise abaqhugayo,

ngibuthe abaxoshiweyo,

ngibenze indumiso negama

abahlazo labo lalisemhlabeni wonke.

₂₀Ngaleso sikhathi ngiyakuningenisa,

ngaleso sikhathi ngiyakunibutha,

ngokuba ngiyakunenza igama nendumiso

phakathi kwabantu bonke bomhlaba,

lapho ngibuyisa ukuthunjwa kwenu

phambi kwamehlo enu,” usho uJehova.