ISityhilelo
17:1 Kwaza kweza esinye sezithunywa zezulu zosixhenxe, ezineengqayi zosixhenxe, saza
sathetha nam, sisithi, Yiza apha; ndiya kukubonisa mna
umgwebo wehenyukazi elikhulu, elihleli phezu kwamanzi amaninzi;
17:2 abathe ookumkani bomhlaba bahenyuza nabo, bahenyuza naye
abemi behlabathi banxiliswe yiwayini yayo
uhenyuzo.
17:3 Sandisa entlango ndikuMoya;
Umfazi ehleli phezu kwerhamncwa elimfusa, lizele ngamagama onyeliso;
lineentloko ezisixhenxe neempondo ezilishumi.
17:4 Yaye inkazana leyo ithiwe wambu ngengubo ebomvu nebomvu, ihonjiswe ngengubo ebomvu.
igolide, namatye anqabileyo, neeperile, enendebe yegolide esandleni sakhe
ezele ngamasikizi nezingcoliso zobuhenyu bakhe.
17:5 Ebunzi kubhalwe igama elithi, IMFIHLO, IBHABHILONI ENKULU,
UNINA WAMAHENYUKAZI NAMANYIKIZI OMHLABA.
17:6 Ndayibona inkazana leyo inxila ligazi labangcwele, naligazi
igazi lamangqina kaYesu: ndathi ndakumbona, ndamangaliswa ngokukhulu
ukuncoma.
17:7 Sathi kum isithunywa eso, Yini na ukuba umangaliswe? Ndiza kuxela
wena imfihlelo yenkazana le, neyerhamncwa eli liyithweleyo
lineentloko ezisixhenxe neempondo ezilishumi.
17:8 Irhamncwa owalibonayo lalikho, alikho; kwaye uya kunyuka aphume
enzonzobileni, baye entshabalalweni, nabo bemiyo phezu komhlaba
baya kumangaliswa abamagama angabhalwanga encwadini yobomi evela kuYehova
Ekusekweni kwehlabathi, xa balibona irhamncwa elaye likho, elikhoyo
hayi, kwaye kunjalo.
17:9 Nantsi ingqiqo enobulumko. Iintloko ezisixhenxe zisixhenxe
iintaba, ehleli phezu kwazo inkazana leyo.
17:10 Kananjalo zona zingookumkani abasixhenxe: abahlanu bawile, omnye ukho, omnye ukho
engekafiki; athi ke akufika, athabathe ithuba elifutshane.
17:11 Irhamncwa elaye likho, elingekhoyo, lona lingowesibhozo, ungowasetroneni.
asixhenxe, aye entshabalalweni.
17:12 Iimpondo ezilishumi ozibonileyo zingookumkani abalishumi abamkeleyo
akukabikho bukumkani okwangoku; 11 R kodwa ke bamkela igunya njengookumkani ilixa elinye kunye nerhamncwa.
17:13 Aba bacinga nto-nye;
irhamncwa.
17:14 Aba baya kwenza imfazwe neMvana, kwaye iMvana iya kubeyisa.
ngokuba uyiNkosi kankosi, enguKumkani wookumkani, kwanabo banaye
babiziweyo, nabanyuliweyo, nabathembekileyo.
17:15 Sithi kum, Amanzi owawabonileyo, apho ihenyukazi liphuma khona
kuhleli abantu, nezihlwele, neentlanga, neelwimi.
17:16 iimpondo ezilishumi owazibonayo phezu kwerhamncwa, aba baya kulithiya
Ihenyukazi, ayiphanzise, ibe ze, ayidle inyama yakhe;
kwaye uyitshise ngomlilo.
17:17 Kuba uThixo ubeke ezintliziyweni zabo ukuba bafeze ukuthanda kwakhe, nokuba bacinge nto-nye
wanika irhamncwa ubukumkani babo, ade abekho amazwi kaThixo
izalisekile.
17:18 Inkazana owayibonayo nguloo mzi mkhulu olawulayo
ookumkani bomhlaba.