UNahum
1:1 Isihlabo esisingisele kwiNineve. Incwadi yombono kaNahum waseElikoshe.
1:2 UYehova nguThixo onobukhwele, ophindezelayo; uYehova ngumphindezeli, unguye
ngumsindo; uYehova ngumphindezeli kubachasi bakhe;
uzigcinele iintshaba zakhe ingqumbo.
1:3 UYehova uzeka kade umsindo, mkhulu ke ngamandla;
lungisa ongendawo; uYehova indlela yakhe isesaqhwithini naseqhwithini
namafu luthuli lweenyawo zakhe.
1:4 Ukhalimela ulwandle, alutshise, ayomise nemilambo yonke;
intshwenyile iKarmele neBhashan, intshwenyile intyantyambo yaseLebhanon.
1:5 Iintaba ziyanyikima phambi kwakhe, neenduli ziyanyibilika, liyatsha ihlabathi
ebusweni bakhe, ewe, elimiweyo, nabemi bonke abakulo.
1:6 Ngubani na ongemayo phambi kobhavumo lwakhe? ngubani na onokuhlala ehleli
ukuvutha komsindo wakhe? ubushushu bakhe buphalazeka njengomlilo namawa
zijulwe phantsi nguye.
1:7 UYehova ulungile, uligwiba ngemini yembandezelo; naye uyazi
abo bakholose ngaye.
1:8 Ke uya kuyiphelisa le ndawo ngomkhukula ehamba phandle;
zisukele iintshaba zakhe emnyameni.
1:9 Nicinga ntoni na ngoYehova? uya kuphelisa ngokupheleleyo.
Ayiyi kuvuka imbandezelo okwesibini.
1:10 Kuba ngoxa bebotshwe ngameva, yaye ngoxa benxilile
njengamanxila, baya kudliwa kuphele, njengeendiza ezomileyo.
1:11 Kuphume kuwe ocinga ububi ngoYehova, usithi, Ungubani na?
umcebisi ongendawo.
1:12 Utsho uYehova ukuthi; nokuba bathe cwaka, bebaninzi nokuba baninzi, kunjalo
baya kugawulwa xa athe wacanda. Nangona ndinayo
Ndikucinezele, andiyi kuphinda ndikucinezele.
1:13 Ngoku ke ndiya kuyaphula idyokhwe yakhe, ingabikho kuwe, ndiziqhawule izitropu zakho
ngaphantsi.
1:14 Ke uYehova uwise umthetho ngawe, wokuba anisayi kuba saphinda
igama lakho liya kuhlwayelwa; endlwini yothixo wakho ndoyinqumla imifanekiso eqingqiweyo
ndiya kulenza ingcwaba akho; ngokuba umbaxa.
1:15 Yabonani, zisezintabeni iinyawo zabashumayela iindaba ezilungileyo.
abavakalisa uxolo! Yenza imithendeleko yakho, Yuda, yamkele;
ngokuba akasayi kubuya acande kuwe ongendawo; unqunyulwe kwaphela
icimile.