Ukuwa kukaLeviyatan
UBawo uthetha njengomgcini wesidiliya osinkcenkceshela iphanyazo ngephanyazo, esitsho ngokuphandle, Andinamsindo. Umema nkqu nameva ukuba enze uxolo endaweni yokulwa. Kodwa umzi usemi ushiyiwe kufuphi, yaye uSirayeli ubuthwa ngamnye ngamnye.
27 1Ngaloo mini uBawo wethu uya kohlwaya, ngekrele lakhe elikhaliphileyo, elikhulu, elinamandla, uLeviyatan inyoka esabayo—uLeviyatan inyoka ejijekayo—aze alibulale irhamncwa laselwandle. a a v1 uLeviyatan: inamba yaselwandle eyoyikekayo yentsomi, emela isiphithiphithi sokuqala nobubi kwisithethe samandulo saseMpuma eKufuphi. 2Ngaloo mini—vumani ngaso: isidiliya esimnandi!
3“Mna, uBawo wenu, ndingumgcini waso; ndisinkcenkceshela iphanyazo ngephanyazo. Ukuze kungabikho namnye onokusonakalisa, ndiyasigcina ubusuku nemini. 4Andinamsindo. Akwaba bekukho imithana enameva neenkunzane ukuba indijamele emfazweni, ngendiyihlasela, ndiyitshise yonke ndawonye. 5Okanye mabawubambe umthunzi wam, mabenze uxolo nam—ewe, mabenze uxolo nam.”
6Kwemihla ezayo uYakobi uya kwendelisa iingcambu, uSirayeli uya kutyatyamba antshule, azalise ihlabathi lonke ngeziqhamo. 7Ingaba ubabethe njengoko wababethayo abo bababethayo? Okanye ingaba babulewe njengoko babulewe ababulali babo? 8Ngokumgxotha, ngokumthumela ekuthinjweni, waphikisana naye; wamsusa ngokufutha kwakhe okukhaliphileyo ngemini apho umoya wasempumalanga wavutha khona. 9Ngako oko ke buya kucanyagushelwa ubugwenxa bukaYakobi, size oku sibe sisiqhamo esipheleleyo sokususwa kwesono sakhe: xa esenza onke amatye esibingelelo abe njengekalika ecoliweyo, kungasali ooAshera okanye izibingelelo zokuqhumisela zimi. b b v9 ooAshera: izinto zonqulo ezenziwe ngemithi ezazimiselwa kwiindawo zonqulo zamaKanan ukubeka uthixokazi uAshera. 10Umzi onqatyisiweyo umi wodwa, likhaya elishiyiweyo nelilahliweyo njengentlango; apho ithole lidla khona, apho lilala khona lize lidle amasebe alo aphele. 11Xa amasebe alo omileyo, ayaphulwa; kufike abafazi baphembe umlilo ngawo. Kuba esi sisizwe esingenangqondo; ngenxa yoko uMenzi waso akanamfesane kuso, lowo wasibumbayo akasibabali.
12Ngaloo mini uBawo wethu uya kubhalula ethabathela kumEfrati esa emlanjaneni waseYiputa, nize nina nibuthwe ngabanye, nyana bakaSirayeli. 13Ngaloo mini kuya kuvuthelwa isigodlo esikhulu, baze abo babhubhayo ezweni laseAsiriya nabo bagxothwa ezweni laseYiputa beze banqula uBawo wethu entabeni engcwele eYerusalem.
