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UThixo Uzamnakekela UJuda
1 Celani kuThixo izulu ngesikhathi sentwasahlobo;
nguye uThixo owenza amayezi aleziphepho.
Unika imikhizo yezulu ebantwini,
lezihlahla zeganga ebantwini bonke.
2 Izithombe zikhuluma inkohliso,
izangoma zibona imibono yamanga;
zikhuluma amaphupho amanga;
ziphe induduzo engesulutho.
Kungakho abantu bephumputheka njengezimvu
bahlupheke ngoba bengelamelusi.
3 “Ulaka lwami luyavutha kubelusi,
njalo ngizabajezisa abaholi;
ngoba uThixo uSomandla uzawunakekela
umhlambi wezimvu zakhe, indlu kaJuda,
abenze babe njengebhiza elilesithunzi empini.
4 Ilitshe lekhoneni lizavela kuJuda,
kuye kuzavela isikhonkwane sethente,
kuye kuzavela idandili lokulwa impi,
kuye kuzavela bonke ababusi.
5 Ndawonye bazakuba njengamaqhawe alamandla empini
enyathelela izitha zawo odakeni lwemigwaqo.
Bazakulwa ngoba uThixo ephakathi kwabo,
babanqobe abagadi bamabhiza.
6 Ngizayiqinisa indlu kaJuda,
ngisindise indlu kaJosefa.
Ngizababuyisa ngoba ngilesihawu kubo.
Bazakuba sengathi kangizange ngibakhalale,
ngoba nginguThixo uNkulunkulu wabo
njalo ngizabaphendula.
7 Abako-Efrayimi bazakuba njengamaqhawe,
lezinhliziyo zabo zizajabula kungathi banathe iwayini.
Abantwababo bazakubona lokho bathokoze;
inhliziyo zabo zizathokoza kuThixo.
8 Ngizabamema
ngibabuthe ndawonye.
Ngempela ngizabahlenga;
bazakuba banengi njengakuqala.
9 Lanxa ngibahlakazile phakathi kwezizwe,
kodwa bazangikhumbula khonale emazweni akude.
Bona kanye labantwababo bazaphila,
njalo bazabuya.
10 Ngizababuyisa basuke eGibhithe
ngibaqoqe e-Asiriya.
Ngizabaletha eGiliyadi leLebhanoni,
kuze kungasabi lendawo ebaneleyo.
11 Bazadabula phakathi kolwandle lokuhlupheka;
ulwandle oluphuphumayo luzadediswa
lezinziki zonke zeNayili zizakoma qha.
Ukuzikhukhumeza kwe-Asiriya kuzakwehliswa
lentonga yobukhosi yaseGibhithe izaphela.
12 Ngizabaqinisa kuThixo,
bona bazahamba ngebizo lakhe,”
kutsho uThixo.