UMIKA 1 - isiXhosa 1996

Intshayelelo

1Nali ilizwi *likaNdikhoyo elafikela uMika waseMoreshete ngemihla kaJotam noAhazi noHezekiya, ookumkani bakwaJuda, awalibonayo ngokusingisele kwiSamariya neJerusalem:

ISamariya neJerusalem

2Yivani, nina nonke zizwe;

phulaphulani, mhlaba nabo bonke abemiyo kuwo.

*UNdikhoyo uSomandla unika ubungqina ngawe;

yena uthetha esendlwini yakhe engcwele.

3Nanko ephuma ekhayeni lakhe;

ewe, nanko esiza ehamba ezindaweni eziphakamileyo.

4Uya kunyathela iintaba zitsho zinyibilike,

zibe ngathi ngumthwebeba emlilweni.

Uya kunyathela iintili zitsho zimke,

kube ngathi kuhl' iimpuphuma zamanzi ethambekeni –

5nto leyo ihla ngenxa yobugwenxa bukaYakobi;

ewe, le nto ingenxa yesono sendlu kaSirayeli.

Bubugwenxa buni obu bukaYakobi? AsingoSamariya na?

Yiyiphi indawo ephakamileyo yokukhonza *izithixo kwaJuda? AsiyoJerusalem na?

6“Ngoko ke iSamariya ndoyitsho ibe yimbuqe,

ibe yintili yokutyala isidiliya.

Loo matye ayo ndowaphosa entilini,

iziseko zayo zisale zize.

7Imifanekiso eqingqiweyo yezithixo zakhona yoba ziingceba;

iminikelo kwindlu yokunqula yotshiswa ngomlilo.

Ndoyitshabalalisa imifanekiso yezithixo.

Kaloku izuzwe ngobuhenyu;

yophinda ke ibuyele kwakubuhenyu bengqesho.”

Isililo

8Ngesi ke isizathu ndobhomboloza ndikhale;

ndohamba ndinganxibanga zihlangu, ndizé,

nditsho ngomkhulungwane ngathi ngudyakalashe,

ndigqumshele ngathi yinciniba.

9Kaloku inxeba leSamariya alinyangeki,

ngoku selisosulela noJuda lo.

Selikumasango abantu bam;

ewe, kwiJerusalem ngenkqu.

10Le nto ze ningayibiki eGati;

ze ningakhe nigixe konke-konke.

Ze nizibhuqa-bhuqe eluthulini eBhete-leafra.

11Dlulani nihamba zé nilihlazo, nina bemi baseShafire.

AbaseZanan abacingi baphume.

IBhete-ezele ikwinzilo;

akukho ndawo isondele kuyo yokuzikhusela.

12AbaseMaroti bayapena-pena ziintlungu,

belangazelela okulungileyo,

kuba isithwakumbe sivele *kuNdikhoyo,

sathi gaxa kumasango eJerusalem.

13Nina bemi baseLakishe, bophelan' amahash' enqwelweni.

Yaba nini abangcamli besono,

neZiyon nayikhokelela kwakuso;

ubugwenxa bukaSirayeli bufunyenwe kuni.

14Nangoku nab' izipho zokwahlukana,

ninikezele kwiMoresheti yaseGati.

IAkezibhi yona ngumkhohlisi;

ibagqibile ookumkani bakwaSirayeli.

15Ke nina, bemi baseMaresha, ndiya kunizisela oya kunidla ilifa.

Yena lowo usisidima sikaSirayeli uza kufika eAdulam.

16Zilani nigugule nitsho ngeenkqayi ngenxa yabantwana enibathandayo.

Chengezelisani ngeempandla ngathi lixhalanga;

kaloku baza kuthathwa basiwe ekuthinjweni.