Izililo
4:1 Hayi, ukuba mfiliba kwegolide! Hayi, ukujingxeka kwegolide engcwengiweyo! i
amatye engcwele aphalaziwe ezimbombeni zezitrato zonke.
4:2 Oonyana abanqabileyo baseZiyon, abafanekiselwa yigolide engcwengiweyo, banjani na?
kuthiwa yingqayi yodongwe, umsebenzi wezandla zombumbi.
4:3 Kwaneempungutye ziyalirhola ibele, Zanyise amathole azo
Intombi yabantu bakowethu isuke yaba sisijorha njengenciniba
intlango.
4:4 Ulwimi losana lunamathela ekhuhlangubeni lakhe
banxaniwe; abantwana bacela isonka, akukho ubaqhekezayo.
4:5 Ababesidla ubuncwane baphanzile ezitratweni;
bakhuliswe ngengubo ebomvu, bawolwa emagqumeni.
4:6 Ngenxa yobugwenxa bentombi yabantu bakowethu
inkulu kunesohlwayo sesono seSodom, eyabhukuqwayo njenge
ngephanyazo, akwabakho sandla kuye.
4:7 Babeqaqambile abaNazarete bayo ngaphezu kwekhephu, bemhlophe ngaphezu kwamasi;
zingqombela, zimzimba ngaphezu kweerubhi, nokubengezela kwazo kukwisafire;
4:8 Ubuso babo bumnyama ngaphezu kwamalahle; Azaziwa ezitratweni;
ulusu lwabo lutshele emathanjeni abo; womile, usuke waba njenge
intonga.
4:9 Kulungile ababuleweyo ngekrele kunababuleweyo
ngokuba aba batyhafileyo, bahliwa kukuswela
iziqhamo zentsimi.
4:10 Izandla zabafazi abanemfesane zipheke abantwana babo;
ukudla kwabo ekubhujisweni kwentombi yabantu bam.
4:11 Ubuphelelisile ubushushu bakhe uYehova; Ubuphalazile uburhalarhume bakhe
uvutha umsindo wakhe eZiyon, ubadle
iziseko zayo.
4:12 Abavumanga ookumkani behlabathi, nabemi bonke belimiweyo
baye bakholelwa ukuba umchasi kunye notshaba bekufanele bangene
amasango aseYerusalem.
4:13 ngenxa yezono zabaprofeti bayo, nobugwenxa bababingeleli bayo
aphalaze igazi lamalungisa esazulwini sawo;
4:14 Baphamzela beziimfama ezitratweni, bedyobhekile;
babegazi, ngokokude abantu bangabi nakuchukumisa iingubo zabo.
4:15 Bamemeza kuwo, bathi, Hambani; iyinqambi; hamba, hamba, chukumisa
Hayi, xa babalekayo, bebhadula, bathi phakathi kweentlanga, Banawo
akusayi kuba saphambukela khona.
4:16 Umsindo kaYehova ubacandile; akasayi kuba sabheka kubo;
abababekanga buso bababingeleli, ababakhetha
abadala.
4:17 Thina, amehlo ethu ayaphela, ekhangele uncedo olungamampunge, ekuboniseleni kwethu
silinde uhlanga olungenako ukusisindisa.
4:18 Bazingela amanyathela ethu, ukuba singabi nakungena ezitratweni zethu;
izalisekile imihla yethu; ngokuba kufikile ukuphela kwethu.
4:19 Abasitshutshisayo bamendu kunamaxhalanga ezulu, basisukela
thina ezintabeni, basilalela entlango.
4:20 Umoya wamathatha ethu, umthanjiswa kaYehova, ubanjwe kubo
emhadini, ebesithi ngaye, Siya kuhlala phantsi komthunzi wakhe phakathi kweentlanga.
4:21 Yiba nemihlali uvuye, ntombi yakwaEdom, uhleliyo ezweni lakwaEdom
Uz; Iya kudlulela nakuwe indebe; uya kunxila, unxile;
uzenze ze.
4:22 Buzalisekile ubugwenxa bakho, ntombi inguZiyon; yena
akasayi kuphinda akufuduse; uya kukuvelela
ubugwenxa, ntombi yakwaEdom; uya kuzityhila izono zakho.