INtshumayeli
1:1 Amazwi eNtshumayeli, unyana kaDavide, ukumkani waseYerusalem.
1:2 Amampunge awo amampunge, itsho iNtshumayeli, amampunge awo amampunge; yonke into
amampunge.
1:3 Unalungelo lini umntu emigudwini yakhe yonke, ayenzayo phantsi kwelanga?
1:4 Kumka esinye isizukulwana, kuse esinye isizukulwana;
ihlabathi limi ngonaphakade.
1:5 Ilanga liyaphuma, ilanga libuya litshone, liphikele endaweni yalo
apho avuke khona.
1:6 Umoya uya ezantsi, ujikeleze usinge entla; yona
Umoya ubuya ubuya umva ngokwaloo nto
iisekethe zakhe.
1:7 Yonke imilambo iya elwandle; ukanti ulwandle aluzali; kwindawo
apho ivela khona imilambo, ibuya ibuye.
1:8 Zonke izinto ziyazixhamla; umntu akanako ukuthetha; iliso alikho
yahlutha kukubona, nendlebe ingazali kukuva.
1:9 Into eyayikho yeya kubuya ibekho; kwaye yintoni na
Yenzekile ke leyo eya kwenzeka; akukho nto intsha phantsi kolawulo
ilanga.
1:10 Ukuba kukho into ekuthiwa, Yabona, le intsha! inalo
ibiselikho kwamandulo, ebikho phambi kwethu.
1:11 Akukho kukhumbula izinto zangaphambili; akuyi kubakho namnye
isikhumbuzo sezinto ezizayo, nabaza kuza emva kwabo.
1:12 Mna, Ntshumayeli, ndibe ndingukumkani kwaSirayeli eYerusalem.
1:13 Intliziyo yam ndayinikela ukuba ingxoke, isingasinge ngobulumko;
izinto ezenzekayo phantsi kwezulu, ngulo msebenzi mkhulu uThixo uwunikeyo
oonyana boluntu ukuba baxhaswe ngabo.
1:14 Ndazikhangela zonke izenzo ezenziwayo phantsi kwelanga; nabo bonke
ngamampunge nokusukelana nomoya.
1:15 Into egoso ayinakolulwa; into engekhoyo ke, ayinakolulwa
ayinakubalwa.
1:16 Ndathetha mna nentliziyo yam, ndisithi, Yabona, mna ndikhulile.
ndaye ndizuze ubulumko ngaphezu kwabo bonke ababengaphambi kwam
Yerusalem: Ewe, intliziyo yam ibone ubulumko nokwazi okuninzi.
1:17 Intliziyo yam ndayinikela ekwazini ubulumko, nasekwazini ubugeza nobuyatha;
eqonda, ukuba kwanako oku kukusukelana nomoya.
1:18 Ngokuba ebuninzini bobulumko kukho ukuhlelwa sisiyengelezane esininzi;
wandisa umvandedwa.