ISililo 4 - IsiZulu 2020

Okwenzeka EJerusalema Emva Kokuwa Kwalo

1 Hawu, laze lafiphala igolide,

igolide elihle seligqwalile!

Amatshe endlu engcwele,

asesakazeke kuwo wonke amakhona emigwaqo.

2 Amadodana aseZiyoni akhethekileyo

ayefana negolide elicolekileyo,

kodwa manje asefana nezitsha zebumba,

ezingumsebenzi wezandla zombumbi!

3 Ngisho nezimpungushe ziyawancelisa amazinyane azo,

kodwa abesifazane babantu bami,

ababanaki abantwana babo,

banonya njengezintshe zasendle.

4 Ulimi lomntwana oncelayo

lunamathela olwangeni ngenxa yokoma.

Izingane zicela isinkwa,

kodwa akekho ozihlephulelayo.

5Labo abebekade bedla okumnandi,

sebeyimizulane emigwaqweni.

Labo ababekhuliswe ngokububende,

manje sebelala ezaleni.

6 Ukona kwendodakazi yabantu bami,

kungaphezu kwesono seSodoma

elachithwa ngokuphazima kweso,

kungengazandla zamuntu.

7 Amanaziri akithi ayemhlophe kunongqoqwane,

emhlophe ukwedlula ubisi.

Imizimba yawo yondlekile,

isimo sawo sikhazimula njengesafire.

8 Manje asemnyama ukwedlula ilahle,

ngeke usawakhomba ngisho emigwaqweni.

Isikhumba sawo sesishwabene

sanamathela emathanjeni awo,

sesome safana nokhuni.

9 Bangcono abafe ngenkemba

kunalabo ababulewe yindlala,

babhuqwabhuqwa yinkemane,

ngenxa yokweswela ukudla

okuvela emasimini.

10 Ngesikhathi sokuvinjezelwa

nokuchithwa kwabantu bami,

izandla zabesifazane ababekade benozwelo,

zapheka izingane zabo,

zaba ngukudla.

11 USimakade uyikhombise ngokugcwele

intukuthelo yakhe;

wathulula ukuvutha kolaka lwakhe,

wathungela umlilo eZiyoni,

oqothule izisekelo zalo.

12 Amakhosi omhlaba,

nazo zonke izakhamuzi zawo,

azikholwanga ngukuthi

izitha nabamelene neJerusalema

babengangena emasangweni alo.

13 Lokho kwenzeka ngenxa yezono zabaphrofethi,

nobubi babaphristi bakhona,

ababechitha igazi labalungile kulo.

14 Babephuphutheka, bezulazula emigwaqweni,

bengcoliswe yigazi

ngangokuthi akekho owayengathinta izingubo zabo.

15 Abantu babebahebeza, bethi:

“Sukani lapha, ningcolile!

Sukani, sukani, ningasithinti!”

Ngakho-ke baphenduka abafokazi nemizulane;

abantu phakathi kwezizwe bathi:

“Anisoze nagogobala lapha!”

16 NguSimakade luqobo obahlakazile, akasayukubanakekela.

Ababahloniphanga abaphristi,

ababanga namusa kubanumzane.

17 Amehlo ethu aze akhathala,

silokhu silindele usizo oluyize,

simi emibhoshongweni yethu,

silinde isizwe esingenakusisindisa.

18 Izitha zethu zasizingela

nomaphi lapho sibalekela khona,

sasingasakwazi ukuhamba emigwaqweni yakithi.

Isiphetho sethu sase sisondele,

nezinsuku zethu sezibaliwe,

nokuphela kwethu kwase kufikile.

19 Abasixoshayo babenejubane

ukwedlula izinkozi zezulu;

besixosha naphezu kwezintaba,

besilalele unyendle ehlane.

20 Ogcotshiweyo kaSimakade,

ongukuphila nomphefumulo wethu,

wakhalakathela emigodini yabo,

esathi ngaye:

“Uyoba ngumthunzi wethu

wokukhosela phakathi kwezizwe.”

21 Jabula, uthokoze wena ndodakazi, yakwa-Edomi,

wena ohlala e-Uzi,

kodwa le ndebe izokwedlulela nakuwe,

uzodakwa, uzihlubule, ube nqunu.

22 Isigwebo sakho

nesikhathi sokuthunjwa kwakho

sekuphelile, ndodakazi, yaseZiyoni.

Kodwa wena, ndodakazi, yakwa-Edomi, uzojeziswa,

Yena uzozambula izono zakho,

ngenxa yobubi bakho.