UNahumi 1

1 ¹Isiprofetho ngayo iNineve. Incwadi yombono kaNahume umElkoshi. ²uBaba wethu unomhawu futhi uyaphindisela; uBaba wethu uyaphindisela futhi ugcwele ulaka. uBaba wethu uyaziphindisela ezitheni zakhe, futhi ulondolozela izitha zakhe ulaka lwakhe. ^a a v2 Uthando lukaBaba wethu lufaka phakathi intukuthelo elungileyo kulabo abalimaza abantwana bakhe — inhliziyo efanayo ephuza ukuthukuthela nechichima umusa (iv.3) isebenza ngobulungiswa obunamandla kubacindezeli.

Ophuza Ukuthukuthela, Omkhulu Ngamandla

³uBaba wethu uphuza ukuthukuthela futhi mkhulu ngamandla, futhi akasoze ayeke onecala engamjezisanga. Indlela yakhe isesivunguvungwini nasesiphephweni, futhi amafu aluthuli olungaphansi kwezinyawo zakhe. ⁴Uyalukhuza ulwandle alomise; wenza yonke imifula yome. iBashani neKarmeli kuyabuna, futhi imbali yaseLebanoni iyafiphala. ⁵Izintaba ziyazamazama phambi kwakhe, futhi amagquma ayancibilika. Umhlaba uyagedezela phambi kobukhona bakhe— izwe nabo bonke abahlala kulo. ⁶Ngubani ongema phambi kolaka lwakhe? Ngubani ongathwala ukushisa kwentukuthelo yakhe? Ulaka lwakhe luthululeka njengomlilo, futhi amadwala ayaphahlazeka phambi kwakhe. ⁷uBaba wethu muhle, uyinqaba ngosuku lokuhlupheka; uyabazi abaphephela kuye. ⁸Kodwa ngesikhukhula esikhulu uyakuqeda indawo yayo, futhi uyakuxosha izitha zakhe kuze kube semnyameni. ⁹Nicebani ngokumelene noBaba wethu? Uyakukuqeda nya; usizi ngeke luvuke okwesibili. ¹⁰Ngokuba nakuba bebhajwe njengameva futhi bemanzi te yiwayini labo, bayakuqedwa njengezibi ezomileyo. ¹¹Kuwe, Nineve, kwaphuma lowo oceba okubi ngokumelene noBaba wethu, umeluleki wobubi.

¹²Nakhu okushiwo uBaba wethu, uthi: Nakuba benamandla bebaningi kangakanani, bayakunqunywa banyamalale. Nakuba ngikuhluphile, angisayikuphinda ngikuhluphe. ¹³Manje ngizakwaphula ijoka lakhe entanyeni yakho, ngiqaqe amaketanga akho.

¹⁴uBaba wethu uyalile ngawe, Nineve, wathi: igama lakho ngeke libe nanzalo. Ngizanquma umfanekiso obaziweyo nesithombe esibunjiweyo endlini yawonkulunkulu bakho. Ngizakwenza ithuna lakho—udelelekile.

¹⁵Bheka! Nanko ezintabeni, izinyawo zalowo oletha izindaba ezinhle, omemezela ukuthula! Gubha imikhosi yakho, Juda; ugcwalise izifungo zakho. Ngokuba ababi abasayikuphinda bakuhlasele; banqunywe baphela nya. ^b b v15 UPawulu ucaphuna leli vesi ngabaphostoli abamemezela uJesu — “Zinhle kangakanani izinyawo zalabo abashumayela izindaba ezinhle!” (Rom 10:15). Izindaba ezinhle zikaNahume zokuthula emva kokunqotshwa kwe-Asiriya zifanekisela ivangeli lokuthula ngoJesu.