UAmosi
5:1 Liveni eli lizwi ndiliphakamisayo ngani, esi simbonono, Owu
indlu kaSirayeli.
5:2 Iwile intombi enguSirayeli; akasayi kubuya avuke; ushiyiwe
emhlabeni wakhe; akukho bani unokuliphakamisa.
5:3 Ngokuba itsho iNkosi uYehova ukuthi; Umzi ophume unewaka uya kuphuma kuwo
Kushiye ikhulu, lowo uphume enekhulu asale
ezilishumi, kwindlu kaSirayeli.
5:4 Ngokuba utsho uYehova kwindlu kaSirayeli, ukuthi, Quqelani kum, nani;
uya kuphila:
5:5 musani ukuquqela eBheteli, ningangeni eGiligali, ningaweleli niye eBher-shebha;
kuba iGiligali, inene, iya kuthinjwa, neBheteli iye kufika
akukho nto.
5:6 Quqelani kuYehova, niphile; hleze agqabhuke njengomlilo phakathi
indlu kaYosefu, iyidle, kungabikho uyicimayo
eBheteli.
5:7 Nina bajikelisa okusesikweni kube ngumhlonyane, nibushiye ubulungisa ebukhobokeni
umhlaba,
5:8 Quqelani umenzi weenkwenkwezi ezisixhenxe neeOrion, aguqule isithunzi
Ukufa ukusa kusasa, imini iyenze mnyama, ibe bubusuku;
ubiza amanzi olwandle, awagalele phezu kobuso bolwandle
Umhlaba: NguYehova igama lakhe;
5:9 Nguloqinisa imbuqo phezu konamandla, ade abhunyulwe
iya kuyifikela inqaba.
5:10 Bayamthiya owohlwayayo esangweni, bamenze isikizi lowo
Uthetha ngokuthe tye.
5:11 Ngoko ke, ngenxa yokunyathela kwenu amahlwempu, niwahluthe ke
Niya kwakha izindlu ngamatye aqingqiweyo, ke nina niya kwakha
musani ukuhlala kuzo; nityale izidiliya ezinqwenelekayo, kodwa aniyi kwenza njalo
sela iwayini kuzo.
5:12 Kuba ndiyazazi izikreqo zenu ukuba zininzi kwazo, nezono zenu ukuba zikhulu kwazo;
Bacinezela ilungisa, bamkela isicengo, bazisingele phantsi abaziintsizana
isango ngasekunene kwabo.
5:13 Ngako oko, onengqiqo uya kuthi cwaka ngelo xesha; ngokuba bububi
ixesha.
5:14 Funani okulungileyo, ningafuni okubi, ukuze niphile;
imikhosi iya kuba nani, njengoko nithethileyo.
5:15 Thiyani okubi, nithande okulungileyo, nimise okusesikweni esangweni
mhlawumbi uYehova, uThixo wemikhosi, uya kuwababala amasalela
uYosefu.
5:16 Ngako oko, utsho uYehova, uThixo wemikhosi, uYehova; Ukulila
iya kuba sezitratweni zonke; Ezindleleni zonke baya kuthi, Yoo!
maye! Umlimi bombiza ukuba enze isijwili, nabakhoyo
ezinobuchule kukubhomboloza.
5:17 Ezidiliyeni zonke kukumbambazela, ngokuba ndicanda phakathi kwakho;
utsho uYehova.
5:18 Yeha ke, nina banqwenela imini kaYehova! yintoni na le nto kuni?
Imini kaYehova ibubumnyama, ingabi kukukhanya.
5:19 Kunjengokuba umntu ebaleka ingonyama, waqubisana nebhere; okanye wangena
Wasa isandla sakhe eludongeni, walunywa yinyoka.
5:20 Ayiyi kuba bubumnyama yini na imini kaYehova, ingabi kukukhanya? nokuba kakhulu
imnyama, ingenakukhanya?
5:21 Ndiyithiyile, ndiyayicekisa imithendeleko yenu; andilisezeli ivumba lemithendeleko yenu.
iindibano.
5:22 Ngokuba, xa nithe nandinyusela amadini anyukayo, neminikelo yenu yokudla, andisayi kuyenza
yamkeleni; nombingelelo wenu woxolo wamanqatha andiwubheki
izilo.
5:23 Yisuse kum ingxokozelo yeengoma zakho; kuba andiyi kuva
uncuthu lwemirhubhe yakho.
5:24 Makugaleleke umgwebo njengamanzi, nobulungisa njengamagorha
umsinga.
5:25 Imibingelelo neminikelo yokudla naniyizisa kum entlango, amashumi omane
iminyaka, ndlu kaSirayeli?
5:26 Nasuka nathwala umnquba wokumkani wenu, noseko lwemifanekiso yenu;
inkwenkwezi yothixo wenu, enazenzelayo.
5:27 Ndiya kuni fudusela kude ke ngaphaya kweDamasko;
uYehova, ogama lakhe linguThixo wemikhosi.