U-Amose 5

5 ¹Zwanini leli zwi engiliphakamisa njengesililo ngani, nina bendlu ka-Israyeli: ²Iwile, ngeke iphinde ivuke, intombi yakwa-Israyeli; ilele ishiyiwe ezweni layo, kungekho ongayivusa.

³Ngokuba usho kanje uBaba oyiNkosi: Umuzi ophuma nenkulungwane uyosala nekhulu; lowo ophuma nekhulu uyosala neshumi—endlini ka-Israyeli.

⁴Ngokuba usho kanje uBaba wethu kuyo indlu ka-Israyeli: Ngifuneni niphile. ⁵Kodwa ningayifuni iBhethele, ningayi eGiligali, ningaweli niye eBherishebha; ngokuba iGiligali iyothunjwa nokuthunjwa, neBhethele iyophela ize. ^a a v5 Igama iGiligali ngokwalo livakala sengathi lisho ukuthi "kugingqelwa ekuthunjweni" — indawo engcwele abantu abayethembayo iba yigama lokuthunjwa kwabo.

⁶Fununi uBaba wethu niphile, funa adabule njengomlilo endlini kaJosefa; uyoqothula, kungekho ongawucima eBhethele. ⁷Nina eniphendula ubulungiswa bube ushevu obababayo, nilahlela ukulunga emhlabathini. ⁸Yena owenza isiLimela no-Orioni, ophendula ubumnyama obukhulu bube ukusa, enze imini ibe ubusuku, obiza amanzi olwandle awathululele ebusweni bomhlaba—nguBaba wethu igama lakhe. ⁹Wehlisela incithakalo phezu kwabanamandla, nembubhiso ifike phezu kwenqaba. ¹⁰Bayamzonda osola esangweni, banengwa ngokhuluma iqiniso. ^b b v10 'Isango' kwakuyisikhala sokungena emzini lapho amacala ayelalelwa khona nalapho ubulungiswa babenziwa khona — into efana nenkantolo yanamuhla ezikhathini zasendulo. ¹¹Ngakho-ke, ngenxa yokuba ninyathela abampofu nithatha kuye intela yokudla okusanhlamvu, nakhe izindlu zamatshe abaziweyo, kodwa ngeke nihlale kuzo; nitshale izivini ezinhle, kodwa ngeke niwuphuze iwayini lazo. ¹²Ngokuba ngiyazi ukuthi zingaki iziphambeko zenu nokuthi zinkulu kangakanani izono zenu—nina elihlupha olungileyo, namukela isifumbathiso, nichilizela eceleni abaswele esangweni. ¹³Ngakho-ke oqondayo uyathula kuleso sikhathi, ngokuba kuyisikhathi esibi. ¹⁴Funani okuhle, hhayi okubi, ukuze niphile; khona-ke uBaba wamabutho asezulwini uyoba nani, njengoba nje nishilo. ¹⁵Zondani okubi, nithande okuhle, nimise ubulungiswa esangweni; mhlawumbe uBaba wamabutho asezulwini uyoba nomusa kwabaseleyo bakwaJosefa.

¹⁶Ngakho usho kanje uBaba wamabutho asezulwini: Kuzo zonke izinkundla kuyoba ukukhala; kuyo yonke imigwaqo bayothi, “Maye! Maye!” Bayobiza umlimi ekudabukeni, nabayingcweti ekulileni ekukhaleni. ¹⁷Kuzo zonke izivini kuyoba ukukhala, ngokuba ngiyodabula phakathi kwenu, usho uBaba wethu.

Usuku LukaBaba Wethu Lungubumnyama

¹⁸Maye kini nina enilangazelela usuku lukaBaba wethu! Nilufunelani usuku lukaBaba wethu? Lungubumnyama, hhayi ukukhanya. ¹⁹Kuyoba sengathi umuntu obalekela ibhubesi ahlangabezane nebhere, noma ongena endlini yakhe abeke isandla sakhe odongeni alunywe yinyoka. ²⁰Usuku lukaBaba wethu ngeke lube ubumnyama yini, hhayi ukukhanya—ubumnyama obumnyama nya, obungenakukhanya kubo?

²¹Ngiyayizonda, ngiyayenyanya imikhosi yenu; angithokozi ngemihlangano yenu emikhulu. ²²Noma ngabe ningethulela iminikelo yokushiswa neminikelo yenu yokudla, ngeke ngiyamukele; neminikelo yokuthula yezilwane zenu ezikhuluphele ngeke ngize ngiyibheke. ²³Susani kimi umsindo wezingoma zenu; ngeke ngiwulalele umculo wamahabhu enu. ²⁴Kodwa ubulungiswa mabugeleze njengamanzi, nokulunga njengomfudlana ogeleza njalonjalo. ²⁵Nanginikela yini imihlatshelo neminikelo phakathi naleyo minyaka engamashumi amane ehlane, nina bendlu ka-Israyeli? ²⁶Niye naphakamisa uSikuthi inkosi yenu noKhiyuni unkulunkulu wenu wenkanyezi, izithombe enazenzela zona. ^c c v26 USikuthi noKhiyuni kwakungonkulunkulu bezinkanyezi base-Asiriya naseBhabhiloni; abantu babelokhu bethwele lezi zithombe ngasese kuyilapho bethi bakhonza uNkulunkulu weqiniso. ²⁷Ngakho ngiyonithumela ekuthunjweni ngaphesheya kweDamaseku, usho uBaba wethu—uBaba wamabutho asezulwini yigama lakhe.