UMika
4:1 Kodwa ngezinsuku zokugcina kuyakuthi intaba ye
indlu kaJehova iyakumiswa esiqongweni sezintaba, futhi
iyakuphakanyiswa ngaphezu kwamagquma; futhi abantu bayogobhozela kuyo.
4:2 Futhi izizwe eziningi ziyofika, futhi bathi: Wozani, sikhuphukele entabeni
entabeni kaJehova nasendlini kaNkulunkulu kaJakobe; futhi uzokwenza
sifundise izindlela zakhe, khona siyakuhamba emikhondweni yakhe, ngokuba umthetho uyakukwenza
phumani eSiyoni, nezwi likaJehova eJerusalema.
4:3 Futhi uyokwahlulela phakathi kwabantu abaningi, futhi akhuze izizwe ezinamandla kude
icishiwe; bayakukhanda izinkemba zabo zibe ngamakhuba, nemikhonto yabo
isizwe asiyikuphakamisela isizwe inkemba;
futhi abasayikuyifunda impi.
4:4 Kodwa bayakuhlala, kube yilowo nalowo phansi komvini wakhe naphansi komkhiwane wakhe; futhi
akakho oyakubasabisa, ngokuba umlomo kaJehova Sebawoti ulobolile
wayikhuluma.
4:5 Ngoba bonke abantu bayohamba, kube yilowo nalowo ngegama likankulunkulu wakhe, futhi thina
hambani ngegama likaJehova uNkulunkulu wethu kuze kube phakade naphakade.
4:6 “Ngalolo suku,” usho uJehova, “ngiyobutha lowo oqhugayo, futhi mina
ngiyakubutha oxoshiweyo, naye engimhluphile;
4:7 Futhi ngiyokwenza ukuthi lowo oqhugayo abe insali, futhi lowo olahliwe kude
isizwe esinamandla; uJehova uyakubusa phezu kwabo entabeni yaseSiyoni
kusukela manje, yebo kuze kube phakade.
4:8 Nawe, Mbhoshongo womhlambi, nqaba yendodakazi yaseSiyoni,
Kuyakufika kuwe, umbuso wokuqala; umbuso uyakufika
endodakazini yaseJerusalema.
4:9 Manje kungani ukhala ngokuzwakalayo? Ayikho inkosi kuwe na? owakho
ufile umeluleki? ngoba imihelo ikubambile njengobelethayo.
4:10 Yiba sezinhlungwini, futhi ukhandle ukuze uveze, O ndodakazi yaseSiyoni, njengowesifazane
usezinhlungwini, ngokuba manje uyakuphuma emzini, futhi uyakuphuma
hlala endle, uye eBabele; uzakuba lapho
khululwe; lapho uJehova uyakukuhlenga esandleni sakho
izitha.
4:11 Manje futhi izizwe eziningi zibuthana ngokumelene nawe, abathi: 'Myeke
singcolile, amehlo ethu mawabuke iSiyoni.
4:12 Kodwa abayazi imicabango kaJehova, futhi abaqondi eyakhe
isiluleko, ngokuba uyakubuthela njengezithungu esibuyeni.
4:13 Vuka ubhule, ndodakazi yaseSiyoni, ngokuba ngiyakwenza uphondo lwakho insimbi,
ngiyakwenza izinselo zakho zibe yithusi, uchoboze abaningi
abantu; ngiyakungcwelisa inzuzo yabo kuJehova nakuzo
okuyigugu eNkosini yomhlaba wonke.