UDaniyeli
11:1 Nam ke, ngomnyaka wokuqala kaDariyo umMedi, ndema ukuba ndiqinise
nokumomeleza.
11:2 Ngoku ke ndiya kukuxelela inyaniso. Yabona, basaza kuvuka;
ookumkani abathathu basePersi; owesine uya kuba nobutyebi ngakumbi kunabo bonke.
ngobugorha bakhe ngobutyebi bakhe uya kubaxhokonxa bonke, ukuba bamchase
indawo yaseGrisi.
11:3 Kuya kusuka kume ukumkani oligorha, alawule ngolawulo olukhulu;
wenze ngokuthanda kwakhe.
11:4 Uya kuthi ke wesuka wema, buqhekezwe ubukumkani bakhe, bubekho
elahlulelwe emimoyeni yomine yezulu; kwaye hayi kwinzala yakhe, okanye
njengolawulo lwakhe abelawula ngalo; ngokuba ubukumkani bakhe buya kuba
zincothulwe, nakwabanye ngaphandle kwazo.
11:5 Ke ukumkani wasezantsi uya komelela, omnye wakubathetheli bakhe; kwaye
uya komelela phezu kwakhe, abe nobukhosi; ulawulo lwakhe luya kuba a
ulawulo olukhulu.
11:6 Ekupheleni kweminyaka, baya kuhlangana; ukwenzela i
intombi yokumkani wasezantsi iya kuza kukumkani wasentla, ukuba enze
Imvumelwano, kodwa ayiyi kuwagcina amandla engalo; nokuba kunjalo
Yena uya kuma, nengalo yakhe; kodwa uya kunikelwa yena, nabo baya kuba
wamzisa, nowamzalayo, nowamqinisayo
la maxesha.
11:7 Kodwa emasebeni eengcambu zakhe kuya kuvuka endaweni yakhe, lowo
Woza enempi, angene enqabeni yokumkani
entla, okunene uya kuboyisa, abeyise;
11:8 Wothimba, azise eYiputa izithixo zabo, kunye nabathetheli babo;
neempahla zabo ezinqabileyo zesilivere nezegolide; kwaye uya kwenjenjalo
iminyaka engaphezu kokumkani wasentla.
11:9 Wongena ke ukumkani wasezantsi ebukumkanini bakhe, abuye
kwilizwe lakhe.
11:10 Ke oonyana bakhe baya kuxhokonxa, bahlanganise imfidi
iya kuza enye, ikhukule, idlule
uya kubuya agxothwe, aye enqabeni yakhe.
11:11 Woza ke ukumkani wasezantsi akhwankqiswe, eze
phuma uye kulwa naye, nokumkani wasentla
yamisa inkitha enkulu; kodwa isihlwele siya kunikelwa esandleni sakhe
isandla.
11:12 Xa athe wayisusa ingxokolo, iya kuziphakamisa intliziyo yakhe;
uya kuwisa amawaka alishumi, angabikho
bomelezwe yiyo.
11:13 Wobuya ukumkani wasentla, amise imfidi;
ezinkulu kunezokuqala, ize ngokuqinisekileyo iza emva kweminyaka ethile
enomkhosi omkhulu nobutyebi obuninzi.
11:14 Ngaloo maxesha kuya kusukela phezulu abaninzi ngakukumkani wasebhotwe
Baziphakamisela phezulu amanyangaza abantu bakho
misela umbono; kodwa baya kuwa.
11:15 Wofika ukumkani wasentla, afumbe induli, ayithabathe
Izixeko ezininzi ezinqatyisiweyo aziyi kuxhathisa iingalo zasezantsi.
nabantu bakhe abanyuliweyo, kungabikho mandla kubo
ukumelana.
11:16 Kodwa lowo umchasayo uya kwenza ngokuthanda kwakhe
akuyi kuma phambi kwakhe; uya kuma ezweni eliliqhayiya.
oya kudliwa aphele ngesandla sakhe.
11:17 Wobubhekisa ubuso bakhe ekuthini eze enokuqina kweento zakhe zonke;
ubukumkani, nabathe tye ngakuye; uya kwenza njalo; uya kunika
intombi yabafazi, iyamonakalisa, kodwa ayiyi kuma
icala lakhe lingabi lelakhe.
11:18 Uya kujika, abhekise eziqithini, azithimbe ezininzi.
ke yena isikhulu siya kuba sisingcikivo ngenxa yakhe
ukuyeka; woyibuyisela phezu kwakhe ingcikivo, ingekuko ukungcikiva kwayo.
11:19 Wojika, abhekise ezinqabeni zelizwe lakhe, asuke yena
baya kukhubeka bawe, bangafunyanwa.
11:20 Endaweni yakhe kuya kusuka kume ocandisa abaqhubi babantu ebuqaqawulini bukaYehova
kukumkani; ngeentsuku ezimbalwa aphulwe, kungabi ngamsindo;
okanye edabini.
11:21 Endaweni yakhe kuya kusuka kume odelekileyo, ongayi kuye
wanika uzuko ubukumkani; uya kuza ngoxolo, abuye
zuza ubukumkani ngokunyhwalaza.
11:22 Iingalo ezikhukulayo ziya kukhukuliswa zimke ebusweni bakhe;
kwaye iya kwaphulwa; ewe, kwanenganga yomnqophiso.
11:23 Kwaye emva komnqophiso naye wosebenza ngenkohliso;
uya kunyuka, womelele ngohlanga oluncinane;
11:24 Uya kungena enoxolo nasezindaweni ezityebileyo zelizwe;
uya kwenza abangakwenzanga ooyise nooyise.
ootata; uya kuchithachitha phakathi kwabo okuphangiweyo, namaxhoba, nobutyebi;
ewe, kwaye uya kuceba amacebo akhe nxamnye neenqaba, nkqu
okwexeshana.
11:25 Woxhokonxela amandla akhe nentliziyo yakhe kukumkani waseBhabheli
ezantsi ngomkhosi omkhulu; uya kuxhokonxa ukumkani wasezantsi
ukuya kulwa ngomkhosi omkhulu kakhulu, onamandla kunene; kodwa akayi kuma; kuba
baya kuceba iyelenqe ngaye.
11:26 Abadla umamkeliso wakhe baya kumbhangisa;
umkhosi wakhe uya kukhukula, bawe abaninzi ababuleweyo.
11:27 Ookumkani abo babini, iintliziyo zabo ziya kutsalela ekwenzeni ububi, kwaye baya kukwenza
bathethe ubuxoki etafileni enye; kodwa ayiyi kuphumelela, kuba isiphelo sisaya
ibe ngexesha elimisiweyo.
11:28 Uya kubuyela ke ezweni lakhe enobutyebi obuninzi; nentliziyo yakhe
ichasene nomnqophiso ongcwele; uya kwenza ngokwempumelelo, abuye
kwilizwe lakhe.
11:29 Ngexesha elimisiweyo uya kubuya aye ngasezantsi; kodwa yona
ayiyi kuba njengeyokuqala, nanjengeyokugqibela.
11:30 Ziya kuza kuye iinqanawa zamaKiti;
waba buhlungu, wabuya ke wawucaphukela umnqophiso ongcwele;
uya kwenza; uya kubuya abe nokuqonda;
bawushiye umnqophiso ongcwele.
11:31 neengalo zakhe zoma, ziyihlambele ingcwele;
bomelele, bawususe umbingelelo wamaxesha onke, bawuthabathe
ubeke isikizi eliphanzisayo.
11:32 nabawuphethe kakubi umnqophiso, wobangcolisa ngabo
ke bona abantu abamaziyo uThixo wabo bomelele, baphumelele
yenza imisebenzi.
11:33 Abanengqiqo ebantwini baya kufundisa abaninzi, ukanti baya kufundisa
baya kuwa likrele, nalilangatye, nokuthinjwa, nakukuphanga, into eninzi yabantu
iintsuku.
11:34 Ekukhubekeni kwabo, baya kuncedwa ngoncedo oluncinane;
abaninzi baya kunamathela kubo, benyhwalaza.
11:35 Yokhubeka inxenye yabanengqiqo, ukuze bacikidwe phakathi kwabo, bahlanjululwe;
nokwenza mhlophe, kude kube lixesha lokuphela; ngokuba kusenjalo
okwexesha elimisiweyo.
11:36 Ukumkani uya kwenza ngokukholeka kwakhe; uya kuzenza mkhulu ngokwakhe;
azenze mkhulu ngaphezu koothixo bonke, athethe amazwi abalulekileyo
nxamnye noThixo woothixo, ibe nempumelelo, kude kube nomsindo
kuba oko kumisiweyo kuya kwenzeka.
11:37 Akayi kubaqonda oothixo booyise, nokunqwenelekayo kubafazi;
kananjalo akukho thixo wumbi, kuba uya kuzikhulisa ngaphezu kwabo bonke.
11:38 Endaweni yakhe wozukisa uThixo wemikhosi, uthixo ongowakhe
Uya kuzukisa ngegolide, nesilivere, nangayo
amatye anqabileyo, nezinto ezinqwenelekayo.
11:39 Uya kwenjenjalo ke ezimboniselweni, enqula uthixo wasemzini, alowo uya kwenjenjalo
Uya kwazi, andise ngozuko, kwaye uya kubakhokelela
Aya kubalawula abaninzi, alabe ilizwe ngenzuzo.
11:40 Ngexesha lokuphela uya kumsukela ukumkani wasezantsi;
ukumkani wasentla uya kugaleleka kuye njengesaqhwithi
iinqwelo zokulwa, nabamahashe, neenqanawa ezininzi; kwaye uya kungena
iye emazweni, ikhukule, idlule.
11:41 Kwaye uya kungena ezweni eliliqhayiya, kwaye kuya kubakho amazwe amaninzi
ke aba baya kusinda esandleni sakhe, uEdom noMowabhi;
nenkulu yoonyana baka-Amon.
11:42 Uya kusolula isandla sakhe phezu kwamazwe, nelizwe labo
iYiputa ayiyi kusinda.
11:43 Ke uya kuba negunya phezu kobutyebi begolide nobesilivere, no
phezu kwazo zonke izinto ezinqwenelekayo zaseYiputa, namaLubhi, namaLubhi
AmaKushi aya kulandela emanyathelweni akhe.
11:44 Ziya kumkhwankqisa iindaba ezivela empumalanga nasentla;
ngako oko uya kuphuma enobushushu obukhulu, ukuba atshabalalise, atshabalalise
yenza ezininzi.
11:45 Wozitwabulula iintente zebhotwe lakhe phakathi kweelwandle eziselwandle;
intaba engcwele enobuqaqawuli; ukanti uya kufika ekupheleni kwakhe, kungabikho ubuyayo
mncede.