| ← Zephaniah (3/3) |
| 1. | Maye kuwo umuzi oxhwalileyo ongcolileyo, ocindezelayo! |
| 2. | Kawulaleli lizwi, kawemukeli kulaywa, kawuthembeli e Nkosi ni, kawusondeli kuNkulunkulu wawo. |
| 3. | Iziphathamandla zawo zinjengezilwane ezibhongayo; labahluleli bawo banjengezimpisi eziyizihwaba ezingatshiyi lutho kuze kuse. |
| 4. | Abaprofethi bawo kabananzeleli, bayakhohlisa; abapristi bawo bangcolisa okungcwele, bephule umthetho. |
| 5. | I Nkosi iphakathi kwawo ilungile, kayenzi okubi; insuku zonke ekuseni iletha ilungelo layo ekukhanyeni, futhi kayiphuthi; kodwa omubi kalanhloni. |
| 6. | Ngizichithile izizwe, lenqaba zazo zidilikile; ngidilizile imigwaqo yazo ukuze kungahambi muntu ngayo; imizi yazo yenziwe yaba ngamanxiwa, kakusekho loyedwa ohlala kiyo. |
| 7. | Ngathi: isibili umuzi uzangesaba, wemukele ukulaywa; kawuyikukhohlwa ukulaya kwami konke. Kodwa bavuke ngovivi bekhuthalela ngamandla ukwenza okungalunganga. |
| 8. | Ngakho-ke ngilindela, itsho i Nkosi, kuze kube lusuku engizavuka ngalo ngahlulele izizwe. Ngoba isinqumo sami siyikubuthelela izizwe, ngiqoqe imibuso, ngithululele phezu kwayo intukuthelo yami, konke ukuvutha kolaka lwami; ngoba ngomlilo wolaka lwami lobukhwele bami wonke umhlaba uzaqotshulwa. |
| 9. | Ngalesosikhathi ngizanika abantu ukukhuluma okuhlambulukileyo, ukuthi bonke bakhuleke ebizweni lami, bangikhonze nganhliziyonye. |
| 10. | Kusukela phetsheya kwemifula yeEtiyopiya abacela kimi phakathi kwabahlakazekileyo bami bazaletha umnikelo. |
| 11. | Ngalolosuku lina bantu bami, kaliyikuyangeka ngenxa yezenzo eliphambuka ngazo kimi, ngoba ngizakhupha phakathi kwenu labo abazikhukhumezayo; kalisayikuziphakamisa entabeni yami engcwele. |
| 12. | Ngoba ngizatshiya phakathi kwenu abantu abazithobileyo labathulayo. Bazathemba ebizweni lami |
| 13. | abaseleyo koIsrayeli; kabayikwenza okubi, kabayikukhuluma amanga, kakuyikuphuma emlonyeni wabo amazwi akhohlisayo. Ngoba bazakweluka balale phansi, kungabi khona obethusayo. |
| 14. | Hlabela kakhulu, wena Ziyoni, umemeze, Israyeli. Thokoza, uthabe ngenhliziyo yakho yonke, wena Jerusalema. |
| 15. | I Nkosi isusile izigwebo zakho, izixotshile izitha zakho. UMbusi kaIsrayeli, i Nkosi, uphakathi kwakho; kawuyikwesaba okubi. |
| 16. | Ngalolosuku kuzakuthiwa eJerusalema: Ungesabi, wena Ziyoni; kazingadinwa izandla zakho. |
| 17. | I Nkosi uNkulunkulu wakho iphakathi kwakho, injengeqhawe elinqobayo; izajabula ngawe ngentokozo, ikuvuselele ngothando lwayo, ithabe ngawe ngokuhlabelela. |
| 18. | Njengasosukwini lomkhosi omisiweyo. Ngizasusa inhlupheko zakho ukuze ungathwali ihlazo. |
| 19. | Khangela, ngalesosikhathi ngizakuba lokwenza labo bonke abakucindezelayo; ngizasiza bonke abaqhulayo, ngibuthe abaxotshiweyo, ngiphendule ihlazo labo libe yingoma yokudumisa lodumo emhlabeni wonke. |
| 20. | Ngalesosikhathi ngizaliletha ekhaya esikhathini sokulibutha, kwami. Ngizalenza ukuthi libe lodumo, libongwe phakathi kwabantu bonke bomhlaba lapho sengibuyisa inhlanhla yenu futhi, kutsho i Nkosi. |
| ← Zephaniah (3/3) |