Ihlabathi Lenziwa Inkangala
UBawo wethu wenza ihlabathi lize; umgwebo uwela wonke umntu ngokufanayo—umbingeleli nabantu, obolekisayo nobolekayo—ngokuba umnqophiso ongunaphakade waphulwa. Umculo uyaphela, isango libe ngamanxuwa, ihlabathi lidiyazela njengenxila. Iingoma zinyuka zivela emaphethelweni akude, kodwa umprofeti uthi uyaphela amandla.
24 1Khangela—uBawo wethu uyonakalisa ihlabathi, aliyekele lize; uyawujija umphezulu walo, abachithachithe abemi balo. 2Kuya kuba nye kubantu njengakumbingeleli, nakumkhonzi njengasenkosini yakhe, nakumkhonzazana njengasenkosikazini yakhe, nakothengayo njengakothengisayo, nakobolekayo njengakobolekwayo, nakobolekisa ngemali njengakobolekiweyo. 3Ihlabathi liya kwenziwa inkangala kuphele, liphangwe kuphele, kuba uBawo wethu uthethe eli lizwi.
4Ihlabathi liyazila, liyoma; umhlaba uyabuna, uyoma; abaphakamileyo behlabathi bayabuna. 5Ihlabathi lingcolisiwe phantsi kwabemi balo, kuba beyaphule imfundiso, bagqitha emmiselweni, bawaphula umnqophiso ongunaphakade. 6Ngenxa yoko isiqalekiso siyalidla ihlabathi, abo bahleli kulo bathwale ityala labo; ngenxa yoko abemi behlabathi batshisiwe, basala bambalwa abantu. 7Iwayini entsha iyazila, umdiliya uyaphela amandla; bonke abaxhelekileyo bayancwina. 8Imihlali yeengqongqo idambisiwe, ingxokozelo yabaxhelekileyo iyekile, imihlali yohadi idambisiwe. 9Abasayiseli iwayini ngengoma; isiselo esinxilisayo siyakrakra kwabasiselayo. 10Umzi wesiphithiphithi waphukile; yonke indlu ivaliwe, kungekho ndlela yangena. 11Ezitratweni kukho isikhalo ngenxa yewayini; yonke imihlali ibe mnyama, imihlali yehlabathi igxothiwe. 12Kusala inkangala kuphela emzini; isango libethwe laba ngamanxuwa. 13Kuba kuya kuba njalo phakathi kwehlabathi, phakathi kwezizwe: njengomnquma obethwe wahlutha, njengeediliya ezishiyiweyo emva kokuba isivuno siphelile. a a v13 Iminquma yayivunwa ngokubetha amasebe — zazisala ziiolive ezimbalwa nje ezisasazekileyo, umfanekiso wentsalela encinane esindileyo.
14Baphakamisa amazwi abo, bavuma bevuya; ngenxa yobungangamsha bukaBawo wethu bamemeza besentshonalanga. 15Ngenxa yoko empumalanga mnikeni uzuko uBawo wethu; ngaselunxwemeni lolwandle, lizukiseni igama likaBawo wethu, uThixo kaSirayeli. 16Sisuka eziphelweni zehlabathi sive iingoma: “Uzuko malube kuLowo uliLungisa!” Kodwa ndathi: “Ndiyaphela, ndiyaphela—yeha kum! Abangcatshi bayangcatsha; bangcatsha ngobungcatshi abangcatshi.”
17Unkwantyiso nomhadi nomgibe kuphezu kwakho, wena uhleli ehlabathini! 18Lowo ubalekayo akuva isandi solunkwantyiso uya kweyela emhadini, nalowo ukhwela aphume emhadini uya kubanjiswa ngumgibe. Kuba iifestile zasezulwini zivuliwe, neziseko zehlabathi ziyanyikima. 19Ihlabathi laphukile kwaphela, ihlabathi likrazukile, ihlabathi linyikimiswa kunene. 20Ihlabathi liyagxadazela njengenxila, lizanyazanyiswa njengophahla; ukreqo lwalo lunzima phezu kwalo, liyawa, aliyi kuphinda livuke.
21Ngaloo mini uBawo wethu uya kohlwaya umkhosi wasezulwini phezulu, nookumkani bomhlaba emhlabeni. 22Baya kubuthelwa ndawonye njengamakhonkxwa emhadini; bavalelwe entolongweni engumhadi, ze emva kwemihla emininzi bohlwaywe. 23Iya kudana ke inyanga, lidaniswe ilanga, kuba uBawo wemikhosi ungukumkani entabeni yeZiyon naseYerusalem, kananjalo uzuko lwakhe lukhanye phambi kwamadoda akhe amakhulu.
