uMika 4 - Ndebele Bible (iBhayibhili Elingcwele) 1978

Isithembiso sokuthula

1Kuzakuthi ensukwini ezizayo intaba yendlu yeNkosi

iphakanyiswe phezu kwazo zonke intaba,

yengame wonke amaqaqa;

abantu bazakubekelela baye kuyo,

2lezizwe ezinengi zizakufika zithi:

Wozani sikhwele entabeni yeNkosi,

siye endlini kaNkulunkulu kaJakobe,

ukuba asifundise indlela zakhe,

ukuze sihambe endleleni zakhe.

Ngoba kuzakuphuma ukufundisa eZiyone,

lelizwi leNkosi eJerusalema.

3Izakwahlulela phakathi kwezizwe ezinengi,

equmele izizwe ezilamandla ezikhatshana;

zizakukhanda imihedla yazo ibe yimilomo yamakhuba,

lemikhonto yazo ibe zingqamu zokuthena izihlahla;

izizwe kazisayikuphuma impi,

kazisayikufunda ukulwa futhi;

4kodwa abantu bazakuzihlalela ngaphansi kwezihlahla zabo zevini,

langaphansi kwezomkhiwa,

kabayikwethuswa lutho;

ngoba iNkosi yamabandla ikhulumile.

5Ngoba bonke abantu balalela unkulunkulu wabo,

kodwa thina sizalalela iNkosi uNkulunkulu wethu kuze kube nininini.

Ukukhululwa kukaIsrayeli ekuthunjweni

6Ngalolosuku, kutsho iNkosi, ngizababuthanisa abaqhulayo,

ngiqoqe abaxotshiweyo lalabo engibahluphileyo.

7Abaqhulayo ngizakubenza babe lixukwana labaseleyo,

labadeliweyo babe yisizwe esilamandla;

iNkosi izakubabusa entabeni yaseZiyone,

kusukela khathesi kuze kube nininini.

8Wena, nqaba yomhlambi, ntaba yaseZiyone,

kuzakufika kuwe ukubusa kwakuqala,

umbuso waseJerusalema.

9Usumemezelani kangaka na?

Kawuselankosi na?

Ubhubhile ummeli wakho yini ukuba wehlelwe ngumhelo njengobelethayo na?

10Zitshile, ububule, Ziyone, njengowesifazana ohelelwayo;

ngoba khathesi uzaphuma emzini, uhlale egangeni;

uzakuya laseBabiloni lapho uzakhululwa khona,

lapho iNkosi izakukuhlenga khona ezitheni zakho.

11Izizwe ezinengi zibuthene zisithi:

Kangcoliswe, lamehlo ethu ajolozele eZiyone.

12Kodwa kabayazi imicabango yeNkosi,

kabawaqedisisi amacebo ayo,

ukuthi ubabuthelele njengezithungo esizeni.

13Sukuma, ubhule, Ziyone,

ngoba ngizakwenza impondo zakho zibe yinsimbi,

lamangqina akho abe lithusi.

Uza

hoboza abantu abanengi,

wahlukanisele iNkosi inzuzo yabo

lemfuyo yabo iNkosi yomhlaba wonke.