Yeha kuMonakalisi
Umngcatshi ongazange angcatshwe ufikelwa lelakhe ithuba. Iindlela zishiyekile zingahanjwa, iminqophiso yaphulwa, nkqu nabangenaThixo eZiyon babuza ukuba ngubani onokuhlala nomlilo odlayo. Impendulo kukunyaniseka okulula: ukwala umrhumo, ukuvala amehlo kwimpalalo-gazi. UBawo wabo ngumgwebi nokumkani.
33 1Yeha, wena monakalisi, wena ungatshatyalaliswanga; wena mngcatshi, ongangcatshwanga mntu! Xa ugqibile ukutshabalalisa, wotshatyalaliswa; xa uyekile ukungcatsha, wongcatshwa.
2Bawo wethu, yiba nobabalo kuthi; silindele wena. Yiba ngamandla ethu qho kusasa, usindiso lwethu ngexesha lenkxwaleko. 3Ngesithonga selizwi lakho izizwe ziyabaleka; xa usukayo ume, iintlanga ziyaphangalala. 4Amaxhoba akho abuthwa njengenkumbi xa ibutha; njengeenkumbi ezinqunquthayo, abantu bawela phezu kwawo.
5uBawo wethu uphakanyisiwe, kuba uhlala phezulu; uyizalisile iZiyon ngokusesikweni nangobulungisa. 6Uya kuba sisiseko esiqinileyo samaxesha akho, ubutyebi bosindiso, nobulumko, nokwazi; ukoyika uBawo wethu bubutyebi beZiyon.
7Khangela, amagorha abo adanduluka ezitratweni; izigidimi zoxolo zilila ngokukrakra. 8Iindlela ezinkulu azihanjwa; abahambi banyamalele endleleni. Umnqophiso waphuliwe, imizi yawo ideliwe, akukho mntu uhlonitshwayo. 9Ilizwe liyenza isijwili, liphela; iLebhanon idanile, iyabuna; iSharon ibe njengentlango, iBhashan neKarmele avuthulula amagqabi awo.
10“Ndiya kusuka ndime ngoku,” utsho uBawo wethu, “ngoku ndiya kuphakanyiswa, ngoku ndiya kuziphakamisa. 11Nimitha umququ, nizala iindiza; umphefumlo wenu ngumlilo oya kunidla. 12Izizwe ziya kutsha zibe luthuthu, njengemithana enameva enqunyulweyo ivuthe emlilweni. 13Yivani, nina bakude, oko ndikwenzileyo; nani nina basondeleyo, vumani amandla am.”
14Aboni baseZiyon bankwantyile; ukungcangcazela kubabambile abangenaThixo: “Ngubani na kuthi onokuhlala nomlilo odlayo? Ngubani na kuthi onokuhlala namalangatye angunaphakade?” 15Lowo uhamba ngobulungisa, nothetha okuthe tye, ogiba inzuzo yocudiso, nothintela isandla sakhe ekwamkeleni isicengo, ovala iindlebe zakhe kuwo amayelenqe egazi, acimeze amehlo akhe ngakokubi, 16nguye lowo uya kuhlala emimangweni, indawo yakhe yokusabela iya kuba ziinqaba zeentaba; isonka sakhe uya kunikwa sona, namanzi akhe akayi kuphela.
17Amehlo akho aya kumbona ukumkani ebuhleni bakhe; aya kulibona ilizwe elinabela kude. 18Intliziyo yakho iya kucamngca ngonkwantyiso lwangaphambili: “Uphi na lowo obalayo? Uphi na lowo wayelinganisa umrhumo? Uphi na lowo obala iinqaba?” 19Akusayi kuphinda ubone abo bantu bakhukhumali, abantu abantetho yabo inzima kakhulu ukuqonda, abathintitha ngolwimi ongaluqondiyo.
20Khangela iZiyon, umzi wamaxesha ethu amisiweyo! Amehlo akho aya kuyibona iYerusalem, ikhaya eloxolo, intente engayi kususwa, ezikhonkwane zayo azisayi kuze zincothulwe, nezintya zayo azisayi kuze zaqhawuke. 21Kodwa apho uBawo wethu enobungangamsha bakhe uya kuba yindawo yethu yemilambo ebanzi nemilanjana, apho kungayi kuhamba nqanawa inezigwedlo, kungadluli nanqanawa enamandla. 22Kuba uBawo wethu ngumgwebi wethu, uBawo wethu nguye osimisela umthetho, uBawo wethu ngukumkani wethu; uya kusisindisa.
23Iintambo zakho zijinga zikhululekile: azinako ukubamba isikhondo endaweni yaso, nokugcina iseyile yanekiwe. Kwandule ke ukwabiwa kwamaxhoba amaninzi, kuthi nezo ziqhwala zithabathe ixhoba. 24Akukho namnye ohleli eZiyon oya kuthi: “Ndiyagula”; abantu abahleli khona baya kuxolelwa isono sabo.