uMalaki
1:1 Isihlabo selizwi likaYehova kuSirayeli, ngoMalaki.
1:2 Ndinithandile; utsho uYehova. Ukanti nithi ke, Uthande ngantoni na?
thina? UEsawu ebengengomkhuluwa kaYakobi na? utsho uYehova; ukanti ndathanda uYakobi;
1:3 Ndamthiya uEsawu; iintaba zakhe ndazenza kwaba senkangala, nelifa lakhe ngenxa kaYehova
iidragoni zasentlango.
1:4 Ekubeni ke uEdom esithi, Sivikivekile, siya kubuya sakhe;
iindawo eziphanzileyo; utsho uYehova wemikhosi ukuthi, Baya kwakha bona, kodwa
ndiya kugungxula; ukubizwa kwabo, kuthiwe nguMda wobungendawo;
bathi, Ngabantu acatshukiswe ngabo uYehova kude kuse ephakadeni.
1:5 Amehlo enu aya kubona, nithi ke, UYehova mkhulu
ukusuka emdeni wakwaSirayeli.
1:6 Unyana uyambeka uyise, nomkhonzi inkosi yakhe;
bawo, kuphi na ukubekwa kwam? ukuba ndiyinkosi, kuphi na ukoyikwa kwam?
utsho uYehova wemikhosi kuni, babingeleli, nina balidelileyo igama lam. Kwaye
Nithi, Silidele ngantoni na igama lakho?
1:7 Nisondeza isonka esingcolileyo esibingelelweni sam; nithi ke, Sifumene ntoni na?
ukungcolisile? Ngokuthi kwenu, Isithebe sikaYehova sidelekile.
1:8 Ukuba nizisa into eyimfama ukuba ibingelelwe, akunto imbi oko? nokuba uyanikela
Abaqhwalelayo nabagulayo, akunto imbi na? Khawuyisondeze kwirhuluneli yakho; intando
Kukholiswa nguwe na? utsho uYehova wemikhosi.
1:9 Kaloku ke, khanimbongoze uThixo, ukuba asibabale;
woba sesandleni senu na? utsho uYehova
abamkeli zindwendwe.
1:10 Akwaba bekukho umntu kuni ozivalileyo iingcango?
ningasibanekeli ilize esibingelelweni sam. Andonwabanga
kuni, utsho uYehova wemikhosi, andikholiswa nangumnikelo kuwe
isandla sakho.
1:11 Ngokuba kuthabathela ekuphumeni kwelanga, kuse ekutshoneni kwalo, kuse ekutshoneni kwalo
igama liya kuba likhulu phakathi kweentlanga; nakuyo yonke indawo isiqhumiso senziwa
malinikelwe egameni lam, nedini elihlambulukileyo; ngokuba likhulu igama lam
phakathi kweentlanga, utsho uYehova wemikhosi.
1:12 Ke nina niyalihlambela ngokuthi, Isithebe sikaYehova
ingcolisekile; nesiqhamo sawo, nkqu ukudla kwakhe, kudelekile.
1:13 Kananjalo nathi, Yabonani, yindinisa yani na le! kwaye niyifince;
utsho uYehova wemikhosi; nayizisa into eqwengiweyo, naleyo
iziqhwala, nabagulayo; nenjenje ukuzisa umsondezo; ukuba ndiyakwamkela oko
isandla sakho? utsho uYehova.
1:14 Uqalekisiwe ke umlukuhlisi, oneduna emhlambini wakhe, wabhambathisa;
babingelele kuYehova into eyonakeleyo; ngokuba ndinguKumkani omkhulu.
utsho uYehova wemikhosi; negama lam liyoyikeka phakathi kweentlanga.