UMIKHA 5 - IsiNdebele 2012 Translation

1USomnini wathi:

“Kodwana wena, Bhethe-Lehema yakwa-Efratha,

nanyana umncani eenkorweni zakwaJuda nje,

phakathi kwakho kuzakuphuma othileko

ozakuba mbusi kwa-Israyeli ebizweni lami;

ondabuko yakhe yavela phambilini ekadeni,

ngowakhula inarha isalele.”

2Nje-ke uSomnini uzakunikela abantu beJerusalema

ezandleni zezitha;

kufikela lapha kubelethwa khona othileko,

bese abafowabo abasekuthunjweni babuye

bazihlanganise namanye ama-Israyeli.

3Uzakujama begodu eluse abantu bakhe

emandleni kaSomnini,

ebizweni eliphakamileko lakaSomnini uZimakhe.

Abantu bakhe bazakuhlala bavikelekile;

ngambala uzakuduma iphasi loke.

Abathelisi bayaphendula godu

4Awa, umbusethu akazukuthinteka.

Nakuma-Asiriya wona,

nange angalinga ukungena enarhenethu

bese atjhagala emarholwenethu,

sizawahlanganisa nabelusi abalikhomba

nabarholi ababunane bezizwe ezinye.

5Bazakudla inarha ye-Asiriya ngesabula,

iye, inarha kaNimrodi ngesabula erhwatjhiweko.

Yeke umbusethu uzasisindisa ema-Asiriyeni

lokha nakalinga ukungena enarhenethu,

nanyana atjhagala emkhawulwenethu.

UMikha wabaphendula

6Iinzukulwana zakaJakopo phakathi kwezizwe zoke

zizakuba njengombethe ovela kuSomnini,

njengamathosi wezulu phezu kotjani obuhlaza.

Azizukuthembela ebantwini

begodu azizukurhuluphela ezizweni ezinye.

Abathelisi bathi

7Awa, iinzukulwana zakaJakopo phakathi kwezizwe

zizakufana nengwenyama phakathi kweenyamazana,

njengebhubezana hlangana nomhlambi wezimvu.

Zizakukhamba zigadanga,

zirathula kungabi nosindisako.

8Yewuphakamise isandla sakho

wena muntu kaJakopo

ujamelane nezitha zakho

ukuze zirhayileke zoke.

9USomnini wathi malungana nezitha zethu:

“Mhlokho ngizakurhayila iinjomani zenu

bengibhidlize neenkarana zenu zepi.

10Ngizakurhayila amadorobho wenarhekhenu

bengibhuruze woke amadorobhenu anemithangala.

11Ngizakurhayila ubuloyi benu

beningasaba nababoni.

12Ngirhayile nabosingazimu benu ababaziweko

namatjenu eniwalotjhako;

angekhe benisakhothamela izinto

enizibumbe ngezandla zenu.

13Ngizakuruthula nesithombe senu u-Atjhera

bengibhidlize neendawo zenu ezicwengileko.

14Ngizazibuyiselela ngobukhali

nangetukuthelo phezu kwezizwe

ngendlela ezingazange ziyibone.”