uMika 5 - Ndebele Bible (iBhayibhili Elingcwele) 1978

1Hlomisa amabutho akho, wena Jerusalema!

izitha zikuvimbezele;

zizakutshaya umbusi wakho, wena Israyeli, esihlathini ngenduku.

Umbusi ozayo wakoIsrayeli

2Kodwa wena, Betlehema Efratha, omncinyane ukuba ube phakathi kwezizwe zakoJuda,

kuzavela kuwe othile ozakuba ngumbusi wakoIsrayeli,

okudabuka kwakhe kusukela endulo.

3Ngakhoke uzabanikela, aze abelethe ohelelwayo,

besekubuya koIsrayeli abaseleyo kubafowabo.

4Uzakuma aluse umhlambi wakhe ngamandla eNkosi,

ngobukhosi bebizo leNkosi uNkulunkulu wakhe.

Bazavikeleka, ngoba khathesi esemkhulu

kuze kube semikhawulweni yomhlaba;

5uzaletha ukuthula.

Lapho umAsiriya engena elizweni lakithi,

enyathela emhlabathini wethu,

sizahlomisa abelusi abayisikhombisa lezikhulu zabantu ezificaminwembili;

6bazabusa ilizwe laseAsiriya ngempi,

lelizwe likaNimrodi,

basophule kumaAsiriya lapho engena elizweni lakithi

lalapho enyathela phakathi kwalo.

7Abaseleyo bakoJakobe bephakathi kwabantu abanengi

bazakuba njengamazolo avela eNkosini lanjengomkhizo phezu kotshani,

okungalindeli muntu, okungahlaleli muntu.

8Abaseleyo bakaJakobe phakathi kwezizwe,

bephakathi kwabantu abanengi bazakuba njengesilwane esiphakathi kwenyamazana zeganga,

lanjengesilwane esiphakathi komhlambi wezimvu,

esithi lapho sidabula phakathi kwawo sibambe, sinyathele sidabule iziqa,

kungabi khona osizayo.

9Isandla sakho, Israyeli, sizaphakanyiswa phezu kwezitha zakho,

zichithwe zonke izitha zakho.

10Kuzakuthi ngalezonsuku, itsho iNkosi,

ngiqede amabhiza akho phakathi kwakho,

ngichithe inqola zakho zokulwa,

11ngichithe lemizi yelizwe lakini,

ngidilizele phansi inqaba zakini.

12Ngizakuqeda abathakathi phakathi kwenu,

kungabe kusaba khona lezangoma,

13ngibulale izithombe zenu, ngaphule insika zenu zokukhonzela phakathi kwenu;

kalisayikuphinda likhothamele umsebenzi wezandla zenu,

14Ngizakusiphula elizweni insika zenu ezimiselwe unkulunkulukazi uAshera,

ngichithe lemizi yenu,

15ngiphindisele ngokuthukuthela langolaka ezizweni ezingalalelanga,