Yoweli
3:1 Kuba, uyabona, ngaloo mihla, nangelo xesha, ndiya kubuya ndibuye
ukuthinjwa kukaYuda neYerusalem,
3:2 Ndiya kuzihlanganisa zonke iintlanga, ndize ndizihlisele entilini;
kaYehoshafati, ndibamangalele khona ngenxa yabantu bam nangenxa yam
ilifa lakwaSirayeli, ezithe saa ezintlangeni, zazahlula
umhlaba wam.
3:3 Benza amaqashiso ngabantu bam; kwaye ndinike inkwenkwe ngenxa yenkwenkwe
Wathengisa ngentombi ngewayini, ukuze asele.
3:4 Yintoni na enam nawe, Tire, neTsidon, nani nonke?
kumanxweme asePalestina? Niya kundibuyekeza impatho na? kwaye ukuba nina
Kamsinya, ngokukhawulezayo, ndiya kuyibuyisela impatho yakho phezu kwam
eyakho intloko;
3:5 ngenxa enokuba nithabathe isilivere yam negolide yam, nazisa entlokweni yenu
itempile izinto zam ezilungileyo ezithandekayo:
3:6 Nathengisa ngoonyana bakaYuda noonyana baseYerusalem;
kwamaGrike, ukuze uwakhwelelisele kude emdeni wawo.
3:7 yabonani, ndiya kubavusa endaweni enathengisa ngabo;
ukubuyisele ukuphatha kwenu entlokweni yenu.
3:8 ndithengise ngoonyana benu nangeentombi zenu esandleni sikaYehova
oonyana bakaYuda, bathengise ngabo kumaShebha, ebantwini
likude, ngokuba uYehova uthethile.
3:9 Memezani oku phakathi kweentlanga; Lungisani imfazwe, vusani amagorha
Madoda, makasondele onke amadoda okulwa; mabanyuke;
3:10 Khandani amakhuba enu abe ngamakrele, namagwegwe enu abe yimikhonto;
oswele amandla uthi, Ndomelele.
3:11 Buthani nize, nonke zintlanga, nize nibuthene
kunye macala onke: wahlisele khona amagorha akho, Owu
NKOSI.
3:12 Mazixhoxhwe zinyuke iintlanga, ziye entilini yakwaYoshafati.
ngokuba ndiya kuhlala phantsi khona, ukuze ndigwebe zonke iintlanga zangeenxa zonke.
3:13 Fakani irhengqa, kuba ukudla kuvuthiwe; ngenxa
Isixovulelo siyazala, amanqatha ayaphuphuma; ngokuba ububi babo bukhulu.
3:14 Yimbuthumbuthu, yimbuthumbuthu entilini yesigqibo;
UYehova usondele entilini yesigqibo.
3:15 Ilanga nenyanga ziya kwenziwa mnyama, kwaye iinkwenkwezi ziya kumka
ukukhanya kwabo.
3:16 UYehova ubharhula eZiyon, ukhupha ilizwi lakhe
iYerusalem; liyanyikima izulu nehlabathi, ke yena uYehova
ube lithemba labantu bakhe, uligwiba loonyana bakaSirayeli.
3:17 nazi ukuba mna Yehova ndinguThixo wenu, ohleli eZiyon engcwele yam
iYerusalem yoba ngcwele, angabikho abasemzini
ubuye udlule kuye.
3:18 Kuya kuthi ngaloo mini, zivuthulule iintaba;
ihle iwayini entsha, iinduli ziphalale amasi, nemilambo yonke yaselwandle
UYuda uya kumpompoza amanzi, kuphume umthombo kuye
Isendlwini kaYehova, iseze intili yeShitim.
3:19 IYiputa kuya kuba senkangala, nelakwaEdom libe yintlango esenkangala;
ngenxa yokugonyamela koonyana bakaYuda, ekubeni bephalazile
igazi elimsulwa ezweni labo.
3:20 Ke uYuda uya kumiwa ngonaphakade, iYerusalem imiwe kwizizukulwana ngezizukulwana
isizukulwana.
3:21 Ndiya kulisula igazi labo endandingalisulanga;
uhleli eZiyon.