ISililo 4

4 ¹Yeka ukufiphala kwegolide, yeka ukuguquka kwegolide elicolekileyo! Amatshe angcwele ahlakazekile kuwo onke amakhona emigwaqo. ²Abantwana abayigugu baseSiyoni, ababelingana negolide elihle ngesisindo sabo, yeka manje ukubalwa kwabo njengezimbiza zobumba, umsebenzi wezandla zombumbi! ³Ngisho nezimpungushe ziyawukhipha ibele zincelise amazinyane azo, kodwa indodakazi yabantu bami isibe nonya, njengezintshe ehlane. ^a a v3 Izintshe zazidume ezweni lasendulo ngokushiya amaqanda namazinyane azo — isaga sonya olubhekiswe enzalweni. ⁴Ulimi losana olumunyayo lunamathela olwangeni lomlomo walo ngenxa yokoma; abantwana bacela isinkwa, kodwa akekho obanika ucezu. ⁵Ababedla izibiliboco manje balele beyincithakalo ezitaladini; ababekhuliswa begqoke okububende okuhle manje banamathele ezinqwabeni zomlotha. ⁶Icala lendodakazi yabantu bami likhulu kunesono saseSodoma, eyachithwa ngomzuzwana, noma kwakungekho sandla somuntu esabekwa kuyo. ⁷Izikhulu zayo zazihlanzeke kunongqoqwane, zimhlophe kunobisi; imizimba yazo ibomvu kunekhorali, isimo sazo sinjengesafire. ⁸Manje ukubukeka kwazo kumnyama kunomsizi; abasaziwa ezitaladini. Isikhumba sazo sishwabene emathanjeni azo; somile njengokhuni. ⁹Ababulawa ngenkemba babengcono kunababulawa yindlala, abacoboka, begwazwe yindlala ngenxa yokuswela ukudla okuvela emasimini. ¹⁰Izandla zabesifazane abanesihawu zapheka abantwana bazo; baba ukudla kwabo mhla indodakazi yabantu bami ichithwa. ¹¹uBaba wethu wawukhipha wonke ulaka lwakhe; wathulula intukuthelo yakhe evuthayo waphemba umlilo eSiyoni owaqeda izisekelo zayo. ¹²Amakhosi omhlaba awakholwanga, kanjalo nabo bonke abahlala emhlabeni, ukuthi isitha noma umbhidlizi angangena emasangweni aseJerusalema. ¹³Kwakungenxa yezono zabaphrofethi bayo namacala abapristi bayo, abachitha phakathi kwayo igazi labalungileyo. ¹⁴Bazulazula beyizimpumputhe ezitaladini, bengcoliswe yigazi, kangangokuba kwakungekho ongathinta izingubo zabo. ¹⁵“Sukani! Ningcolile!” abantu bamemeza kubo. “Sukani! Sukani! Ningathinti!” Ngakho babaleka bazulazula, phakathi kwezizwe kwathiwa, “Abasenakuhlala lapha.” ¹⁶Ubukhona bukaBaba wethu bubahlakazile; akasayikubabheka. Alukho udumo olwaboniswa abapristi, nomusa kwabadala. ¹⁷Amehlo ethu akhathala elindele usizo ngeze; sisemibhoshongweni yethu yokulinda salindela isizwe esasingenakusindisa. ¹⁸Baqapha izinyathelo zethu kangangokuba sasingenakuhamba ezitaladini zethu. Ukuphela kwethu kwasondela, izinsuku zethu zabalwa, ngokuba ukuphela kwethu kwase kufikile. ¹⁹Abasixoshayo babenejubane kunezinkozi zasesibhakabhakeni; basixosha phezu kwezintaba basicathamela ehlane. ²⁰Umphefumulo wethu wokuphila, ogcotshiweyo kaBaba wethu, wabanjwa emigodini yabo—lowo esathi ngaye, “Ngaphansi kwesithunzi sakhe siyakuphila phakathi kwezizwe.” ^b b v20 “Ngaphansi kwesithunzi sakhe” kungumfanekiso wesiHebheru wokukhoselwa — ukuphila ngaphansi kwesithunzi senkosi kwakusho ukuphila ngaphansi kokuvikela kwayo. ²¹Jabula uthokoze, ndodakazi yase-Edomi, wena ohlala ezweni lase-Uze; kodwa inkezo yolaka lwakhe iyakufika nakuwe— uyakudakwa uzihlubule ube nqunu. ²²Isijeziso sakho siphelele, ndodakazi yaseSiyoni; akayikukwelula ukudingiswa kwakho. Kodwa icala lakho, ndodakazi yase-Edomi, uyakulijezisa; uyakwambula izono zakho.