uNahume
1:1 Isiprofetho ngeNineve. Incwadi yombono kaNahume wase-Elikoshi.
1:2 UNkulunkulu unomona, futhi uJehova uyaphindisela; uJehova uyaphindisela, usenjalo
ukuthukuthela; uJehova uyakuphindisela kwabamelene naye, yena
uzigcinela izitha zakhe ulaka.
1:3 UJehova uyephuza ukuthukuthela, futhi mkhulu ngamandla, futhi ngeke neze
khulula omubi; uJehova indlela yakhe isesivunguvungwini nasemoyeni
isivunguvungu, namafu awuthuli lwezinyawo zakhe.
1:4 Uyakhuza ulwandle, alomise, ayomise nemifula yonke;
IBhashani ibunile neKarmeli, imbali yaseLebanoni ibunile.
1:5 Izintaba ziyazamazama kuye, namagquma ancibilike, futhi umhlaba uyasha
ebusweni bakhe, yebo, umhlaba, nabo bonke abahlala kuwo.
1:6 Ngubani ongema phambi kwentukuthelo yakhe? futhi ngubani ongahlala e
ukufutheka kwentukuthelo yakhe? ukufutheka kwakhe kuthululwa njengomlilo namadwala
ziphonswa phansi nguye.
1:7 UJehova muhle, uyinqaba ngosuku lwenhlupheko; naye uyazi
abathembela kuye.
1:8 Kodwa ngozamcolo okhukhulayo uyoyiqeda ngokuphelele indawo
ubumnyama buyakubaxosha izitha zakhe.
1:9 Nicabangani ngoJehova? uyakuqeda ngokuphelele;
usizi aluyikuvuka ngokwesibili.
1:10 Ngoba ngenkathi besongelwe ndawonye njengameva, futhi ngenkathi bedakiwe
njengezidakwa, bayakushwabadela njengamabibi omile.
1:11 Kukhona ophuma kuwe, oceba okubi ngoJehova, a
umeluleki omubi.
1:12 Usho kanje uJehova; Noma bethule, bebaningi kanjalo, nokho kunjalo
bayakunqunywa lapho edlula. Nakuba nginayo
ngikuhlukumezile, angisayikukuhlupha.
1:13 Ngokuba manje ngiyakulaphula ijoka lakhe kuwe, futhi ngizozigqabula izibopho zakho
sunder.
1:14 Futhi uJehova unikeze umyalo ngawe, ukuthi ngeke kusaba khona
igama lakho liyakuhlwanyelwa; endlini yawonkulunkulu bakho ngiyakunquma okubaziweyo
isithombe nesithombe esibunjiweyo: ngiyakunenza ithuna lakho; ngoba ungcolile.
1:15 Bheka, ezintabeni izinyawo zoletha izindaba ezinhle.
omemezela ukuthula! Juda, gcina imikhosi yakho emisiweyo, wenze eyakho
izifungo, ngokuba omubi akasayikudabula kuwe; usikwe ngokuphelele
icishiwe.