uAmosi 6 - Ndebele Bible (iBhayibhili Elingcwele) 1978

Ukuchithwa kukaIsrayeli

1Maye kubo abachelesileyo eZiyone

labalondolozekileyo entabeni yaseSamariya,

amadoda adumileyo esizwe sokuqala abaya kuwo abakoIsrayeli!

2Dlulelani eKaline libone,

lisuke lapho liye eHamathi elikhulu,

beselisehlela eGathi lamaFilistiya.

Bona bangcono kulalimibuso na?

ilizwe labo likhulu kulelizwe lenu na?

3Lina elibeka khatshana usuku olubi,

lisondeze eduze isikhathi sobubi.

4Maye kulabo abalala phezu kwemibheda eyenziwe ngophondo lwendlovu,

bacambalale phezu kwemibheda yabo,

badle inyama yamawundlu avela emhlambini, leyamankonyane avela esibayeni,

5betshotsha izingoma ngechacho beziqambela izinto zokukhaliswa njengoDavida,

6benatha iwayini ngezinkamba, bazigcobe ngamagcobo amahle,

kodwa kabadabukeli ukuchitheka kukaJosefa.

7Ngakhoke bazathunjwa kuqala,

kuphele ukuxokozela kwabacambalalayo.

8INkosi uNkulunkulu izifungile uqobo,

yathi: Ngiyanengwa yikuzigqaja kukaJakobe,

ngizonda inqaba zakhe;

ngizawunikela umuzi lakho konke okukuwo.

9Kuzakuthi uba kusele amadoda alitshumi endlininye azakufa.

10Lapho isihlobo somunye wawo esitshisa amathambo akhe sithatha amathambo ukuba siwakhuphe endlini, sithi kophakathi endlini impela: Kusekhona omunye umuntu olawe na? Yena uzakuthi: Atshi. Thula, ungaliphathi ibizo leNkosi.

11Ngoba ngokulaya kweNkosi,

indlu enkulu izakuba yizihlephu, lencinyane ibe yizicucu.

12Kambe amabhiza angagijima emadwaleni na?

Kuyalinywa olwandle ngezinkabi na?

Liphendulele okufaneleyo kwaba ngumuthi obulalayo,

lezithelo zokulunga zaba yinto ebabayo.

13Lina elithokoza ngeLodebari lithi:

Kasizithumbelanga iKarnayimi ngamandla ethu na?

14Ngoba khangelani, ngizalivusela isizwe, lina ndlu kaIsrayeli,

kutsho iNkosi uNkulunkulu wamabandla;

sizakulicindezela kusukela ekuyeni eHamathi

kuze kube semfuleni waseAraba.