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| 1. | Ngangilungele ukudingwa yilaba abangangicelanga; ngangilungele ukutholwa yilabo abangangidinganga. Ngathi: Khangelani, ngi lapha, khangelani, ngi lapha; kuso isizwe esasingakhuleki ebizweni lami. |
| 2. | Ngelula izandla zami usuku lonke kubo abantu abahlamukayo, abahamba ngendlela engalunganga, belandela imicabango yabo; |
| 3. | abantu abangithukuthelisayo njalonjalo, besenza imihlatshelo emasimini, betshisa impepha phezu kwezitina; |
| 4. | abahlala emangcwabeni bekhonza imimoya emibi, balala endaweni ezisithekileyo, badle inyama yengulube, benatha umhluzi wokunengekayo emganwini yabo; |
| 5. | abathi: Ungasondeli kimi, ngoba ngingcwele kulawe. Laba banjengentuthu emakhaleni ami, lomlilo otshisayo usuku lonke. |
| 6. | Khangela, kubhaliwe phambi kwami ukuthi: Kangiyikuthula, kodwa ngizaphindisela, yebo, ngizaphindisela |
| 7. | ububi babo lobubi baboyise kanyekanye, itsho i Nkosi. Ngoba batshisa impepha phezu kwezintaba, bangithuka phezu kwamaqaqa, ngizabaphindisela ngokubafaneleyo. |
| 8. | I Nkosi ithi: Lapho ihlukuzo lezithelo zevini lilewayini elitsha, abantu bathi: Ungaloni, ngoba liphethe isibusiso; ngakho-ke ngenxa yenceku zami kangiyikubhubhisa bonke abantu. |
| 9. | Ngizamvezela abantwana uJakobe, ngimvezele loJuda indlalifa zentaba zami; okhethiweyo wami uzakwakha khona, lenceku zami zihlale khona. |
| 10. | ISharoni izakuba lidlelo lemihlambi, lesihotsha seAkori sibe yisibaya senkomo zabantu bami abangidingayo. |
| 11. | Kodwa lina elitshiya i Nkosi, likhohlwe intaba yami engcwele, liphakulele unkulunkulu uNhlanhla ukudla, limgcwalisele inkezo ngewayini elixutshiweyo unkulunkulu uSimiselo, |
| 12. | ngizalimisela inkemba, lonke lizakhothamela ukuhlatshwa; ngoba kwathi lapho ngilibiza, kalasabela, lalapho ngikhuluma, kalilalelanga, kodwa lenza okubi emehlweni ami, lakhetha lokho engingakuthandiyo. |
| 13. | Ngakho-ke iNkosi uJehova ithi: Khangela, inceku zami zizakudla, kodwa lina lizalamba; khangela, inceku zami zizanatha, kodwa lina lome; khangela, inceku zami zizathokoza, lina liyangeke; |
| 14. | khangela, inceku zami zizahlabela ngentokozo, kodwa lina likhale ngenxa yokudabuka kwenhliziyo, lilile ngenxa yobuhlungu bomoya. |
| 15. | Ibizo lenu lizasetshenziswa njengesiqalekiso ngabakhethiweyo bami, leNkosi uJehova izalibulala; kodwa inceku zayo izazibiza ngelinye ibizo. |
| 16. | Loba ngubani ozibusisayo emhlabeni uzazibusisa ngoNkulunkulu weqiniso, lalowo ofungayo emhlabeni uzafunga ngoNkulunkulu weqiniso; ngoba inhlupheko zakuqala sezikhohlakele, njalo ngoba zisithekile emehlweni ami. |
| 17. | Ngoba khangela, ngiyadala amazulu amatsha lomhlaba omutsha, izinto zakuqala kazisayikukhunjulwa, kazisayikuphinda zifike engqondweni. |
| 18. | Jabulani, lithokoze njalonjalo ngalokhu engikudalayo, ngoba khangela, ngenza iJerusalema ibe yintokozo, labantu bayo babe yinjabulo. |
| 19. | Ngizathokoza ngeJerusalema, ngijabule ngabantu bami; kakusayikuzwakala kuyo ilizwi lokukhala lelizwi lokulila. |
| 20. | Kusukela lapho kakusayikuba khona ofa ebantwaneni, lixhegu elingaphelelisi insuku zalo, ngoba ofa eselekhulu leminyaka kuzakuthiwa mutsha, lalowo ongafinyeleli ekhulwini leminyaka uzakuba ngoqalekisiweyo. |
| 21. | Abantu bazakwakha izindlu, bahlale kuzo, bahlanyele izivini, badle izithelo zazo. |
| 22. | Kabayikwakha, kuhlale omunye; kabayikuhlanyela, kudle omunye; ngoba insuku zabantu bami zizakuba njengensuku zesihlahla, labakhethiweyo bami bazakudla izithelo zomsebenzi wabo. |
| 23. | Kabayikusebenzela ize, loba bazalele abantwana ukuhlupheka; ngoba bazakuba yinzalo yababusisiweyo be Nkosi, kanye labantwana babo emva kwabo. |
| 24. | Kuzakuthi bengakakhuleki kimi ngibaphendule, lalapho besakhuluma ngizwe. |
| 25. | Impisi izakudla ndawonye lewundlu, lesilwane sidle amahlanga njengenkomo, lothuli lube yikudla kwenyoka. Kaziyikulimaza, zibhubhise, entabeni yami yonke engcwele, itsho i Nkosi. |
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