UBheli noNebo Bayakhothama
Onkulunkulu baseBhabhiloni kufanele bahudulwe ezinqoleni yizilwane ezikhathele, futhi abakwazi ukuzisindisa. Ngokuphambene naleso sithombe uBaba wethu uthi ubethwele u-Israyeli kusukela ngaphambi kokuzalwa futhi uyobathwala ngisho sebeyizimpunga. Isithombe singumthwalo; nguye othwalayo.
46 1UBheli uyakhothama, uNebo ugobela phansi; izithombe zabo zethweswe izilwane nezinkomo. Izinto enizithwalayo zifukulelwa phezulu, umthwalo wezilwane ezikhatheleyo. a a v1 UBheli noNebo bangonkulunkulu abakhulu baseBhabhiloni; lo mbukiso ufanekisa izithombe zabo zithweswa ezinqoleni ngesikhathi idolobha liwa. 2Kanyekanye bayagoba, bayakhothama; abakwazi ukuzisindisa, bahamba baya ekuthunjweni.
3“Ngilaleleni, nina ndlu kaJakobe, nina nonke nsali yendlu ka-Israyeli—nina enganithwala kusukela ngaphambi kokuzalwa kwenu, enganiphakamisa kusukela esiswini. 4Ngisho nasebudaleni benu nginguye, nasezinweleni zenu ezimpunga ngiyakunithwala nina. Nganidala, futhi ngiyakunethwala; ngiyakunithwala, nginikhulule. b b v4 Ngokungafani nezithombe abakhonzi bazo okumele bazithwale, uBaba wethu uthwala abantwana bakhe—kusukela esiswini kuze kube sebudaleni, akaze ababeke phansi.
5“Niyakungifanisa nobani, nithi ngilingana nobani? Niyakungiqhathanisa nobani, ukuze sifane? 6Abanye bathulula igolide esikhwameni, balinganise isiliva esikalini; baqashe umkhandi wegolide, awenze unkulunkulu—bese bekhothama, yebo, bewukhonza. 7Bawuphakamisela emahlombe abo, bawuthwale; bawubeke endaweni yawo, ume khona lapho—awusuki endaweni yawo, awunyakazi. Uma umuntu ekhala kuwo, awukwazi ukumphendula noma ukumsindisa osizini lwakhe.
8“Khumbulani lokhu, niqine; kubekeni ezinhliziyweni zenu, nina bavukeli. 9Khumbulani izinto zasendulo ezadlula kudala, ngokuba nginguBaba wenu, akukho omunye; nginguBaba wenu, akekho onjengami. 10Ngimemezela isiphetho kusukela ekuqaleni, nakusukela ezikhathini zasendulo lokho okungakenzeki, ngithi, ‘Injongo yami iyakuma, ngiyakufeza konke engikuthandayo.’ 11Ngibiza inyoni edla inyama evela empumalanga, indoda efeza injongo yami evela ezweni elikude. Lokho engikukhulumile, ngiyakukwenza kwenzeke; lokho engikuhlelile, ngiyakukwenza. c c v11 Inyoni edla inyama evela empumalanga nguKurosi wasePheresiya, owanqoba iBhabhiloni wakhulula abantu bakaNkulunkulu.
12“Ngilaleleni, nina enizinhliziyo zilukhuni, nina enikude nokulunga: 13Ngisondeza ukulunga kwami— akukude—nensindiso yami ayiyikulibala. Ngiyakunika insindiso eSiyoni, inkazimulo yami ku-Israyeli.”
