Akwaba Ubuya Uphulaphule

Kumongameli; ngegititi. Umhobe ka-Asafu.

Umculo womthendeleko—isigodlo, igubu, inyanga entsha—uphazanyiswa lilizwi likaBawo wethu ngokwakhe. Ukhumbula ukususa ingobozi egxalabeni labo, aze athi, khamisa umlomo wakho ube banzi, ndiya kuwuzalisa. Emva koko kuvela intlungu: akwaba abantu bam bebengaphulaphula.

Isahluko 81.

Vumani ngovuyo kuBawo wethu, amandla ethu; dumani ngenkqwithela kuThixo kaYakobi! Qalani ingoma, betha igubu, uhadi olumnandi nomrhubhe. Vuthelani isigodlo ekuthwaseni kwenyanga, ekuzaleni kwenyanga, ngomhla womthendeleko wethu. Kaloku ngummiselo kwaSirayeli, ngumthetho kaThixo kaYakobi.

Wawumisela ube bubungqina kuYosefu oko wayephuma esiya kwelizwe laseYiputa. Ndeva ulwimi endandingalwazi:

“Ndawususa umthwalo egxalabeni lakhe; izandla zakhe zakhululwa engobozini.

“Ekubandezelekeni kwakho wakhala, ndaza ndakuhlangula wena; ndakuphendula ndikwindawo efihlakeleyo yendudumo; ndakuvavanya emanzini aseMeribha. Phulaphulani, bantu bam, ndiya kunilumkisa— Sirayeli, akwaba beniya kundiphulaphula! Makungabikho thixo wasemzini phakathi kwenu; ningaqubudi kuwuphi na omnye uthixo.

“NdinguBawo wakho, owakukhuphayo ezweni laseYiputa. Khamisa umlomo wakho ube banzi, ndiza kuwuzalisa. Kodwa abantu bam abazange baphulaphule ilizwi lam; uSirayeli akazange andithobele. Ngoko ndabayekela entliziyweni zabo ezilukhuni, ukuba balandele amacebo abo. Akwaba abantu bam bebeya kundiphulaphula, akwaba uSirayeli ebehamba ngeendlela zam! Ngendikhawuleza ndizoyise iintshaba zabo, ndisibhekise isandla sam kubacinezeli babo! Abo bamthiyayo uBawo wethu bebeya kunkwantya phambi kwakhe, size isiphelo sabo singapheli naphakade. Kodwa ebeya kubondla ngeyona ngqolowa intle; ngobusi obuphuma eliweni bendiya kukuhluthisa.”