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Sizalelwe Umntwana
1 Kodwa-ke akusayikuba khona ukudangala kulabo ababesosizini. Ensukwini ezedlulayo walithobisa ilizwe likaZebhuluni lelizwe likaNafithali. Kodwa ensukwini ezizayo uzayipha udumo iGalile yabezizweni, eNdleleni eya oLwandle elandela iJodani:
2 Abantu abahamba emnyameni
sebebone ukukhanya okukhulu;
kulabo abahlala elizweni lethunzi lokufa
ukukhanya sekukhanyisile.
3 Usikhulisile isizwe
wandisa intokozo yabo,
bayathokoza phambi kwakho
njengabantu bethokoza ekuvuneni,
njengempi ithokoza
isaba impango.
4 Ngoba njengamhla wokwehlulwa kukaMidiyani
usulephule ijogwe elibasindayo,
umgoqo onqume emahlombe abo,
intonga yomncindezeli wabo.
5 Lonke inyathela lebutho elisetshenziswe empini,
kanye lazozonke izigqoko ezigiqwe egazini
kuzakuya ekutshisweni;
kuzakuba ngokokubasisa umlilo.
6 Ngoba sizalelwe umntwana,
siphiwe indodana,
umbuso uzakuba phezu kwamahlombe akhe.
Uzabizwa ngokuthi
uMeluleki Omangalisayo, uNkulunkulu uSomandla,
uBaba Waphakade, iNkosana yokuThula.
7 Ukwanda kombuso wakhe lokuthula
akuyikuba lomkhawulo.
Uzabusa esihlalweni sobukhosi sikaDavida
laphezu kombuso wakhe,
ewumisa njalo ewuqinisa
ngokufaneleyo langokulunga,
kusukela ngalesisikhathi kuze kube nini lanini.
Ukutshiseka kukaThixo uSomandla
kuzakufeza lokhu.
UThixo Uthukuthelele Abako-Israyeli
8 INkosi isithumele ilizwi lesixwayiso kuJakhobe
lizakwehlela phezu kuka-Israyeli.
9 Abantu bonke bazakwazi
u-Efrayimi labakhele eSamariya,
abathi ngokuzigqaja
langokuzikhukhumeza kwenhliziyo,
10 “Izitina sezidilikele phansi,
kodwa sizakwakha njalo ngamatshe abaziweyo;
imikhiwa isiganyulelwe phansi,
kodwa sizafaka imisedari endaweni yayo.”
11 Kodwa uThixo usebaqinisele izitha zikaRezini,
njalo usetshotshozele izitha zabo.
12 Ama-Aramu avela empumalanga lamaFilistiya avela entshonalanga
asedle u-Israyeli ngomlomo ovulekileyo.
Kodwa kukho konke lokhu, ukuthukuthela kwakhe akupheli,
isandla sakhe silokhu siphakanyisiwe.
13 Kodwa abantu abakabuyeli kuye owabatshayayo.
Loba badinge uThixo uSomandla.
14 Ngakho uThixo uzaquma ko-Israyeli ikhanda lomsila,
ugatsha lwelala lomhlanga ngasuku lunye;
15 abadala lezikhulu balikhanda,
abaphrofethi abafundisa amanga bangumsila.
16 Labo abakhokhela abantu laba bayabalahlekisa,
labo abakhokhelwayo bayedukiswa.
17 Ngakho iNkosi kayiyikuthokoza ngezinsizwa zabo,
izintandane labafelokazi kayiyikuba lozwelo kubo,
ngoba bonke bayameyisa uNkulunkulu, njalo babi;
imilomo yonke ikhuluma amanyala.
Kodwa kukho konke lokhu,
ukuthukuthela kwayo akupheli,
isandla sayo silokhu siphakanyisiwe.
18 Ngeqiniso ububi butshisa njengomlilo,
budla ukhula lameva,
buthungela izixuku zehlathi zivuthe amalangabi
izikhatha zentuthu ziqonga zisiya phezulu.
19 Ngolaka lukaThixo uSomandla
ilizwe lizatshiswa,
abantu bazakuba zinkuni zomlilo,
kakho ozaphephisa umfowabo.
20 Bazaqeda kwesokudla
kodwa babe belokhu belambile;
bazakudla kwesokhohlo,
kodwa bangasuthi.
Omunye lomunye uzakudla abantwabakhe:
21 UManase uzakudla u-Efrayimi, u-Efrayimi adle uManase;
bobabili bazamelana loJuda.
Kukho konke lokhu, ukuthukuthela kwakhe akupheli,
isandla sakhe silokhu siphakanyisiwe.