Umthandazo kaHabhakuki
UHabhakuki uthandaza abuyisela oko akuvileyo, ebona uBawo wethu ephuma eTeman, enyikimisa iintaba nezizwe ukuze asindise abantu bakhe. Umbono umshiya engcangcazela emathanjeni—kanti ukhetha uvuyo kuBawo wosindiso lwakhe nangona isivuno ngasinye nomhlambi ngamnye usilela.
3 1Umthandazo kaHabhakuki umprofeti, ngeShigiyonoti. a a v1 IShigiyonoti: mhlawumbi luhlobo lomculo olunentshiseko, olukhululekileyo; lo mthandazo wabhalelwa ukuba uvunywe. 2Bawo wethu, ndivile udaba lwakho, ndaza ndankwantya. Bawo wethu, wuphilise umsebenzi wakho ngexesha lethu; ngexesha lethu wenze ukuba waziwe; phakathi kwengqumbo khumbula inceba. b b v2 UHabhakuki ucela uBawo wethu ukuba akhumbule intliziyo yakhe yemfesane — uthando olunzulu umzali aluvayo ngomntwana. Phantsi kwesikhalo ngasinye senceba kulele isikhalo sokuba intliziyo kaBawo wethu ijike ibhekise kuthi. 3UBawo wethu wavela eTeman, oyiNgcwele evela eNtabeni yeParan. Ubungangamsha bakhe bawagubungela amazulu, laza lazala yindumiso yakhe ihlabathi. 4Ukuqaqamba kwakhe kwakunjengokukhanya; imitha yaphuma esandleni sakhe; apho ke afihlakele khona amandla akhe. 5Phambi kwakhe kwahamba indyikitya yokufa, saza isibetho salandela ezinyaweni zakhe. 6Wema walinyikimisa ihlabathi; wakhangela wazenza izizwe zangcangcazela. Iintaba ezingunaphakade zaqhekeka; iinduli ezingunaphakade zathoba. Iindlela zakhe zezamandulo. 7Ndabona iintente zakwaKushan zisekubandezelweni; amalengalenga elizwe lakwaMidiyan angcangcazela. 8Ingaba ingqumbo yakho yayichasene nemilambo na, Bawo wethu? Ingaba umsindo wakho wawuchasene nemilambo, okanye ubushushu bakho bebuchasene nolwandle, xa wawukhwele amahashe akho, iinqwelo zakho zosindiso? 9Wasihluba isaphetha sakho; wazibiza iintolo ezininzi. Walicanda ihlabathi ngemilambo. 10Iintaba zakubona zazibhijabhija; amanzi aphuphumayo akhukula; inzonzobila yaliphakamisa izwi layo, yaza yaziphakamisela phezulu izandla zayo. 11Ilanga nenyanga zema zazinza endaweni yazo ephakamileyo, ekukhanyeni kweentolo zakho ezibhabhayo, ekudanyazeni komkhonto wakho obengezelayo. 12Ngobushushu wahamba ehlabathini; ngomsindo wazibhula izizwe. 13Waphuma ngenxa yosindiso lwabantu bakho, ngenxa yosindiso lomthanjiswa wakho. Wayityumza intloko yendlu yongendawo, umhluba kususela entloko use ezinyaweni. 14Ngeentolo zakhe ngokwazo wayihlaba intloko yamagorha akhe, awathi afika egaleleka ukuze andiphangalalise, egcoba ngathi aza kudla ihlwempu ngasese. 15Walunyathela ulwandle ngamahashe akho, ukuphuphuma kwamanzi angangamsha. 16Ndeva, waza umzimba wam wangcangcazela; imilebe yam yangcangcazela sisandi; ukubola kwangena emathanjeni am, yaza imilenze yam yangcangcazela phantsi kwam. Kodwa ndiya kulinda ngokuthula imini yembandezelo ize phezu kwabantu abasihlaselayo.
17Nokuba umkhiwane ungatyatyambi, zingekho neziqhamo emidiliyeni; nokuba isivuno seminquma sisilele, namasimi engavelisi kudla; nokuba kungekho mhlambi ebuhlanti, kungekho nankomo ezitalini, 18noko ndiya kugcoba kuBawo wethu; ndiya kuvuya ngoBawo wosindiso lwam. 19INkosi uBawo ngamandla am; uzenza iinyawo zam zifane nezexhama; undenza ndinyathele emimangweni. Kumongameli wokuvuma: ngezinto zam zokubetha ezinemitya. c c v19 Ithi “Kumongameli wokuvuma: ngezinto zam zokubetha ezinemitya” ngumyalelo wokudlala obonisa ukuba lo mthandazo waqanjelwa ikwayala yasetempileni.
