Eyoku-1 yeziKronike
16:1 Bayingenisa ityeya kaThixo, bayimisa esazulwini sentente;
Wayeyingqingile ke uDavide; babingelela amadini anyukayo, noxolo
iminikelo phambi koThixo.
16:2 Wagqiba ke uDavide ukunyusa amadini anyukayo neenkomo
imibingelelo yoxolo, wabasikelela abantu egameni likaYehova.
16:3 Wababela bonke abantu bakwaSirayeli, ethabathela kwindoda wesa nakumfazi, elowo
neqebengwana lesonka, neqhekeza lenyama elilungileyo, nebhekile yewayini.
16:4 Wamisa kubaLevi abalungiselela phambi kwetyeya
kuYehova, nokuqononondisa, nokubulela, nokudumisa uYehova, uThixo kaSirayeli.
16:5 YanguAsafu intloko, yanguZekariya emva kwakhe, noYehiyeli, noShemiramoti, noZekariya.
noYehiyeli, noMatitiya, noEliyabhi, noBhenaya, no-Obhedi-edom, noYehiyeli.
ngeehadi nangeehadi; UAsafu yena wakhalisa amacangci.
16:6 OoBhenaya noYahaziyeli ababingeleli benza isandi ngamaxilongo ngamaxesha onke
ityeya yomnqophiso kaThixo.
16:7 Waza ngaloo mini uDavide waqalela ukubulela kuye uYehova
isandla sika-Asafu nabazalwana bakhe.
16:8 Bulelani kuYehova, nqulani igama lakhe, Yazisani izenzo zakhe ezincamisileyo
phakathi kwabantu.
16:9 Vumani kuye, mbetheleni uhadi, Xoxani ngemisebenzi yakhe yonke ebalulekileyo.
16:10 Qhayisani ngegama lakhe elingcwele, Mayivuye intliziyo yabamngxameleyo uYehova
NKOSI.
16:11 Mfuneni uYehova namandla akhe, Funani ubuso bakhe ngamaxesha onke.
16:12 Khumbulani imisebenzi yakhe ebalulekileyo, awayenzayo, Izimanga zakhe, nezimanga zakhe
izigwebo zomlomo wakhe;
16:13 Mbewu kaSirayeli, yomkhonzi wakhe, Nyana bakaYakobi, banyulwa bakhe.
16:14 NguYehova uThixo wethu yena; zisehlabathini lonke izigwebo zakhe.
16:15 Hlalani niwukhumbula umnqophiso wakhe; ilizwi awamwisela umthetho ngalo a
amawaka ezizukulwana;
16:16 Ngokomnqophiso awawenzayo noAbraham, nesifungo sakhe kuye
uIsake;
16:17 Wakumisa oko kuYakobi ukuba kube ngummiselo, KuSirayeli ukuba kube ngummiselo
umnqophiso ongunaphakade,
16:18 Esithi, Ndiya kukunika ilizwe lakwaKanan, libe liqashiso lesabelo sakho.
ilifa;
16:19 Nise nimbalwa, nimbalwa, ningabasemzini kuyo.
16:20 Bahamba besuka kolunye uhlanga, baye kolunye uhlanga, Besuka kobunye ubukumkani, baye
abanye abantu;
16:21 Akavumelanga mntu ukuba abacudise, Wohlwaya ookumkani ngenxa yabo
ngenxa,
16:22 Esithi, Musani ukubachukumisa abathanjiswa bam, Musani ukubaphatha kakubi abaprofeti bam.
16:23 Vumani kuYehova, nonke hlabathi; bonisa eyakhe imihla ngemihla
usindiso.
16:24 Balisani ezintlangeni uzuko lwakhe; imisebenzi yakhe ebalulekileyo kubo bonke
izizwe.
16:25 Ngokuba mkhulu uYehova, engowokudunyiswa kunene;
woyikeka ngaphezu koothixo bonke.
16:26 Ngokuba bonke oothixo bezizwe abanto zanto; UYehova yena wenza amazulu.
16:27 Uzuko nozuko lusebusweni bakhe; Ngamandla akhe nemigcobo
indawo.
16:28 Mnikeni uYehova, nina mizalwane yezizwe, Mnikeni uYehova uzuko
kunye namandla.
16:29 Mnikeni uYehova uzuko lwegama lakhe;
yizani phambi kwakhe; nqulani uYehova, nivethe ubungcwele.
16:30 Thuthumelani phambi kwakhe, nonke hlabathi; Elimiweyo liya kuzinza ngoko
ungashukumi.
16:31 Malivuye izulu, Ligcobe ihlabathi;
phakathi kweentlanga, uYehova ngukumkani.
16:32 Malugqume ulwandle nokuzala kwalo; Makagcobe amasimi, agcobe.
yonke into ekuyo.
16:33 Ize imemelele imithi yehlathi phambi koYehova;
ngokuba esiza kugweba ihlabathi.
16:34 Bulelani kuYehova; ngokuba ulungile; ngokuba ingunaphakade inceba yakhe
ngonaphakade.
16:35 Yithi, Sisindise, Thixo ongumsindisi wethu, Usibuthe, usihlanganise
Sihlangule ezintlangeni, Ukuze sibulele kwigama lakho elingcwele.
uzukise ngendumiso yakho.
16:36 Makabongwe uYehova, uThixo kaSirayeli, kude kuse ephakadeni. Kwaye bonke abantu
Wathi, Amen, wadumisa uYehova.
16:37 Wamshiya apho phambi kwetyeya yomnqophiso kaYehova uAsafu
abazalwana bakhe ukuba balungiselele phambi kwetyeya ngamaxesha onke, ngokwento yemini ngangemini yayo
umsebenzi ofunekayo:
16:38 no-Obhedi-edom nabazalwana babo, bengamashumi amathandathu anesibhozo; Obededom naye
unyana kaYedutun, noHosa, bengabamasango;
16:39 noTsadoki umbingeleli nabazalwana bakhe ababingeleli phambi koYehova
esigangeni esibe siseGibheyon,
16:40 ukuba basondeze amadini anyukayo kuYehova esibingelelweni sedini elinyukayo
baqhumisela kusasa nangokuhlwa, ukwenza njengako konke
kubhaliweyo emyalelweni kaYehova, awawumisela amaSirayeli;
16:41 bekunye nabo ooHeman noYedutun, nabanye abanyulwa, ababenabo
babizwa ngamagama, ukuba kubulelwe kuYehova ngenxa yenceba yakhe
lihlala lihleli;
16:42 benooHeman noYedutun, benamaxilongo, namacangci, abo benza amacangci.
abo benza isandi, nangeempahla zokuvuma zikaThixo. Kwaye i
oonyana bakaYedutun bengabamasango.
16:43 Baya ke bonke abantu, elowo waya endlwini yakhe;
ukuze asikelele indlu yakhe.