Susa Isingcikivo Sethu
Abafazi abasixhenxe baya kubongoza indoda enye ukuba babizwe ngegama layo, bephelise nje isingcikivo sabo. Noko ke abasindileyo abashiyekileyo eYerusalem baya kubizwa ngokuba bangcwele, amabala abo egazi exukuxiwe, waye uBawo wethu wendlala phezu kweZiyon ilifu nomlilo—isithe senene ebushushwini nasesaqhwithini.
4 1Ngaloo mini abafazi abasixhenxe baya kubamba indoda enye, besithi: “Sodla isonka sethu, sambathe iingubo zethu; kodwa masibizwe nje ngegama lakho. Susa isingcikivo sethu.”
ISebe, Elihle Nelizukileyo
2Ngaloo mini iSebe likaBawo wethu liya kuba lihle lizukileyo, zize iziqhamo zelizwe zibe luqhayiya nobungangamsha babasindileyo bakwaSirayeli. a a v2 ISebe ligama uBawo wethu alisebenzisa ngoYesu, inzala kaDavide eyathenjiswayo — kwasona isihloko asinikwayo kamva kwaYeremiya nakwaZekariya. 3Ke lowo useleyo eZiyon, nohleliyo eYerusalem, uya kubizwa ngokuba ungcwele—wonke obhalelwe ubomi eYerusalem, 4xa iNkosi uBawo wethu ihlambe ukungcola kweentombi zaseZiyon, yaza yaxukuxa igazi laseYerusalem phakathi kwayo ngomoya womgwebo nangomoya wokutshisa. 5Aze uBawo wethu adale phezu kwayo yonke indawo yeNtaba yeZiyon naphezu kweentlanganiso zayo ilifu emini, nomsi, nomlilo ovuthayo oqaqambayo ebusuku; kuba phezu kwabo bonke ubuqaqawuli kuya kubakho isigubungelo. 6Siya kuba sisithe sokunika umthunzi ebushushwini bemini, sibe yindawo yokusabela nendawo yokuzimela esaqhwithini nasemvuleni.