ISililo 1

1 ¹Yeka ukuhlala kwawo wodwa umuzi owawukade ugcwele abantu! Usuba njengomfelokazi, wona owawumkhulu phakathi kwezizwe. Yena owayeyinkosazana phakathi kwezifundazwe usuba yisigqila esiphoqwayo. ^a a v1 Izahluko 1, 2, no-4 zeziLilo zilandela uhlelo lwezinhlamvu — ivesi ngalinye liqala ngohlamvu olulandelayo lohlelo lwezinhlamvu zesiHeberu, okuyi-‘A kuya ku-Z’ ophelele wosizi; isahluko 3 siphinda lo mkhuba kathathu. Lesi simo siyalahleka esiNgisini, kodwa isimo sosizi silondoloziwe. ²Ukhala kabuhlungu ebusuku, izinyembezi zisezihlathini zakhe. Phakathi kwazo zonke izithandwa zakhe akekho ongamduduza; bonke abangani bakhe bamkhaphele, sebeyizitha zakhe. ³UJuda uye ekudingisweni ngaphansi kokuhlupheka nobugqila obunzima; uhlala phakathi kwezizwe kodwa akatholi ndawo yokuphumula. Bonke abamzingelayo bamfice phakathi kosizi lwakhe. ⁴Imigwaqo eya eZiyoni iyalila, ngokuba akekho oza emikhosini emisiweyo. Onke amasango akhe achithekile, abapristi bakhe bayabubula, amantombazane akhe ayadabuka, yena uqobo usebuhlungwini obumunyu. ⁵Izitha zakhe sezibe ngamakhosi akhe, abamelene naye banokuthula, ngokuba uBaba wethu umhluphile ngenxa yokuhlubuka kwakhe okuningi. Abantwana bakhe bahambile, bathunjwa phambi kwesitha. ^b b v5 IziLilo zibambisa ndawonye amaqiniso amabili inhliziyo enqaba ukuwahlanganisa: uBaba wethu uyabayala abantwana bakhe, futhi ukuyala kwakhe akusona neze izwi lokugcina. Le ncwadi efanayo ithi uBaba ‘akayikulahla kuze kube phakade; noma ebanga usizi, uyakuba nesihawu’ (IziLilo 3:31-32). ⁶Bonke ubukhazimulo bakhe bumukile endodakazini yaseZiyoni. Izikhulu zakhe sezinjengezinyamazane ezingatholi dlelo; ziyabaleka zingenamandla phambi kwabazizingelayo. ⁷Ezinsukwini zokuhlupheka nokuzulazula kwakhe, iJerusalema ikhumbula zonke izinto eziyigugu ebeziyizo kusukela ezinsukwini zasendulo. Lapho abantu bakhe bewela ezandleni zesitha, kungekho osizayo, izitha zabukela zaklolodela ukuwa kwakhe. ⁸IJerusalema yonile kakhulu; ngalokho isibe yinto edelelwayo. Bonke ababemhlonipha bayamdelela, ngokuba babubonile ubunqunu bakhe; yena uqobo uyabubula, afulathele. ⁹Ukungcola kwakhe kwanamathela emiphethweni yezingubo zakhe; akazange awunake ikusasa lakhe. Ukuwa kwakhe kuyamangalisa, kungekho ongamduduza. “Bheka, Baba wami, usizi lwami, ngokuba isitha sinqobile!” ^c c v9 ‘Imiphetho’ yezingubo zakhe iyimiphetho nemisonto yengubo yakhe — ukungcola kwenkolo okunamathela lapho kwakubonakala obala, kuyibonakalisa ukuthi ingcolisiwe obala kungekho mzamo wokukufihla. ¹⁰Isitha selulele isandla saso phezu kwazo zonke izinto zakhe eziyigugu; ubukele izizwe zingena endlini yakhe engcwele—labo owawubenqabele ukuba bangene ebandleni lakho. ¹¹Bonke abantu bakhe bayabubula besafuna isinkwa; bananisela ngamagugu abo ukuze bathole ukudla ukuze nje baphile. “Bheka, Baba wami, ubone, ngokuba sengibe ngodelelekile. ¹²Akulutho yini kini, nina nonke enidlula ngakhona? Bhekani nibone uma lukhona usizi olunjengosizi lwami, engehliselwe lona, aluhlisele uBaba wethu ngosuku lolaka lwakhe oluvuthayo. ¹³Ephezulu uthumele umlilo emathanjeni ami, wawanqoba. Wendlalele izinyawo zami ugibe wangibuyisela emuva; ungishiye ngiyincithakalo, ngidangele usuku lonke. ¹⁴Ukuhlubuka kwami kuboshelwe kwaba yijoka; kwalukwa ndawonye ngesandla sakhe, kwabekwa entanyeni yami, wawaqeda amandla ami. INkosi uBaba unginikele kulabo engingenakumelana nabo. ¹⁵INkosi uBaba ubalahlile bonke amaqhawe aphakathi kwami; ubize umhlangano ukuba umelane nami ukuze achoboze izinsizwa zami. INkosi uBaba uyinyathele intombi, indodakazi yakwaJuda, njengasesikhamweni sewayini. ^d d v15 Igama elithi ‘umhlangano’ liyilona elisetshenziselwa ukubuthana komkhosi ongcwele — ukusetshenziswa kwalo lapha ngebutho lokubhubhisa kuphethe ukweyisa okubuhlungu nokwenziwe ngamabomu. ¹⁶Ngenxa yalezi zinto ngiyakhala; amehlo ami, amehlo ami ampompoza izinyembezi, ngokuba umduduzi ongavuselela umoya wami ukude nami. Abantwana bami bayincithakalo, ngokuba isitha sinqobile.” ¹⁷IZiyoni yelulela izandla zakhe, kodwa akekho ongamduduza. UBaba wethu umisile ukuba omakhelwane bakaJakobe babe yizitha zakhe; iJerusalema isibe yinto engcolileyo phakathi kwabo. ¹⁸UBaba wethu ulungile, ngokuba ngihlubuke ezwini lakhe. Yizwani, nina bantu nonke, nibheke ukuhlupheka kwami; amantombazane ami nezinsizwa zami baye ekuthunjweni. ¹⁹Ngabiza izithandwa zami, kodwa zangikhohlisa. Abapristi bami namalunga ami babhubha phakathi komuzi besafuna ukudla ukuze nje baphile. ²⁰Bheka, Baba wami, ngokuba ngisekuhluphekeni; izibilini zami ziyaxhuma, inhliziyo yami iphendukile phakathi kimi, ngokuba ngihlubuke kakhulu. Esitaladini inkemba ibulala abantu; endlini kunjengokufa. ²¹Bezwile ukububula kwami, kungekho ongiduduzayo. Zonke izitha zami zizwile ngenhlupheko yami; ziyajabula ngokuthi wena ukwenzile. Letha usuku olumemezele, ukuze zibe njengami. ²²Mabuze bonke ububi babo phambi kwakho, uphathe nabo njengoba uphethe nami ngenxa yakho konke ukuhlubuka kwami; ngokuba ukububula kwami kuningi, nenhliziyo yami idangele.