Amahubo
78:1 Bekani indlebe, bantu bami, emthethweni wami, nibeke izindlebe zenu emazwini ami.
umlomo.
78:2 Ngizavula umlomo wami ngomfanekiso, ngikhulume amazwi alukhuni asendulo.
78:3 Esikuzwile futhi siyazi, futhi okhokho bethu usitshele.
78:4 Ngeke sibafihlele abantwana babo, ebonisa isizukulwane ukuze
makube yizindumiso zikaJehova, namandla akhe, nezimangaliso zakhe
ukuthi ukwenzile.
78:5 Ngoba wamisa ubufakazi kuJakobe, futhi wamisa umthetho kwa-Israyeli.
awayala obaba bethu, ukuthi bazazise kubo
izingane zabo:
78:6 Ukuze isizukulwane esizayo singabazi, ngisho nabantwana
kufanele azalwe; okufanele basukume bazitshele kubantwana babo;
78:7 Ukuze babeke ithemba labo kuNkulunkulu, futhi bangayikhohlwa imisebenzi kaNkulunkulu.
kodwa ugcine imiyalo yakhe.
78:8 Futhi bangabi njengoyise, isizukulwane esinenkani futhi esihlubukayo.
isizukulwane esingalungisi inhliziyo yaso, esimoya waso ungekho
liqinile kuNkulunkulu.
78:9 Abantwana bakwa-Efrayimi, behlomile, futhi bephethe iminsalo, babuyela emuva
usuku lokulwa.
78:10 Abasigcinanga isivumelwano sikaNkulunkulu, futhi benqaba ukuhamba emthethweni wakhe.
78:11 Futhi wakhohlwa izenzo zakhe, futhi izimangaliso zakhe ayebabonise.
78:12 Izimangaliso wazenza emehlweni okhokho babo, ezweni lase
iGibhithe, ensimini yaseZowani.
78:13 Wahlukanisa ulwandle, futhi wabadlulisa. futhi wenza i
amanzi ukuma njengenqwaba.
78:14 Emini futhi wabahola ngefu, futhi ubusuku bonke nge
ukukhanya komlilo.
78:15 Waqhekeza amadwala ehlane, futhi wabaphuzisa njengokungathi uphuma emanzini
ukujula okukhulu.
78:16 Wakhipha imifudlana edwaleni, futhi wabangela ukuba amanzi ehle
njengemifula.
78:17 Futhi baqhubeka bona kuye ngokumcunula oPhezukonke
ihlane.
78:18 Futhi bamlinga uNkulunkulu enhliziyweni yabo ngokucela ukudla inkanuko yabo.
78:19 Yebo, bakhuluma kabi ngoNkulunkulu; bathi: “UNkulunkulu angalungisa itafula etafuleni
ihlane?
78:20 Bheka, washaya idwala, ukuze amanzi ageleze, nemifula.
kuchichima; angakwazi yini ukupha nesinkwa na? angalungisela abantu bakhe inyama?
78:21 Ngakho, uJehova wezwa lokhu, futhi wathukuthela, futhi umlilo wavutha
kuJakobe, ulaka lwakhuphukela ku-Israyeli;
78:22 Ngoba abakholwanga kuNkulunkulu, futhi abazange bathembele insindiso yakhe.
78:23 Nakuba wayeyalile amafu phezulu, futhi wavula iminyango
izulu,
78:24 Futhi wanisa imana phezu kwabo ukuba badle, futhi wabanika okuvela
uhlamvu lwezulu.
78:25 Umuntu wadla ukudla kwezingelosi, futhi wabathumelela ukudla, basutha.
78:26 Wabangela umoya wasempumalanga ezulwini, futhi ngamandla akhe
kulethwa umoya waseningizimu.
78:27 Wanisa inyama phezu kwabo njengothuli, futhi izinyoni ezinamaphiko like the
isihlabathi solwandle:
78:28 Futhi wayiyeka yawela phakathi kwekamu labo, nxazonke zabo
izindawo zokuhlala.
78:29 Ngakho badla, futhi basutha kakhulu, ngoba wabanika okwabo
isifiso;
78:30 Abazange estranged kusukela inkanuko yabo. Kodwa ngesikhathi inyama yabo isekhona
imilomo yabo,
78:31 Ulaka lukaNkulunkulu lwaba phezu kwabo, futhi wabulala abakhulupheleyo babo, futhi
phansi abakhethiweyo bakoIsrayeli.
78:32 Ngoba kukho konke lokhu baqhubeka bona, futhi abakholwanga ngenxa yezimangaliso zakhe.
78:33 Ngakho waqeda izinsuku zabo ngeze, futhi iminyaka yabo
inkathazo.
78:34 Lapho ebabulala, khona-ke bamfuna
ngaphambi kukaNkulunkulu.
78:35 Futhi bakhumbula ukuthi uNkulunkulu uyidwala labo, futhi uNkulunkulu ophakeme wabo
umhlengi.
78:36 Nokho bamthopha ngomlomo wabo, futhi baqamba amanga kuye
ngolimi lwabo.
78:37 Ngoba inhliziyo yabo yayingaqondile kuye, futhi abazange baqine
isivumelwano sakhe.
78:38 Kodwa yena, egcwele isihawu, wathethelela ububi babo, futhi wabhubhisa
yebo, izikhathi eziningi wayibuyisa intukuthelo yakhe, akavusanga
lonke ulaka lwakhe.
78:39 Ngoba wakhumbula ukuthi babeyinyama nje; umoya odlulayo,
futhi kayikubuya.
78:40 Kukangaki bemthukuthelisa ehlane, futhi bamdabukisa ehlane.
ugwadule!
78:41 Yebo, baphendukela emuva futhi bamlinga uNkulunkulu, futhi imingcele oNgcwele of
Israyeli.
78:42 Abakhumbulanga isandla sakhe, noma usuku lapho wabakhulula
isitha.
78:43 Ukuthi wazenza kanjani izibonakaliso zakhe eGibhithe, nezimangaliso zakhe ensimini
I-Zoan:
78:44 Futhi wayephendule imifula yabo igazi; nezikhukhula zabo, ukuthi
angikwazanga ukuphuza.
78:45 Wathumela phakathi kwabo izinhlobo zezibawu, zabadla. futhi
amaxoxo, okwababhubhisa.
78:46 Futhi wanika amacimbi izithelo zabo, futhi umsebenzi wabo
isikhonyane.
78:47 Wachitha imivini yabo ngesichotho, futhi imikhiwane yabo nge isithwathwa.
78:48 Wanikela izinkomo zabo esichothweni, nemihlambi yabo ekushiseni
ukuduma kwezulu.
78:49 Waphonsa phezu kwabo ukuvutha kwentukuthelo yakhe, nentukuthelo, nokufutheka.
nenkathazo, ngokuthumela izingelosi ezimbi phakathi kwabo.
78:50 Wenza indlela yokuthukuthela kwakhe; kawugodlanga umphefumulo wabo ekufeni, kodwa
wanikela ukuphila kwabo obhadaneni;
78:51 Futhi wabulala wonke amazibulo eGibhithe; inhloko yamandla abo e
amatabernakele kaHamu:
78:52 Kodwa wenza abantu bakhe siqu ukuba baphume njengezimvu, futhi wabahola in the
ihlane njengomhlambi.
78:53 Futhi wabahola ngokuphepha, kangangokuthi abazange besabe, kodwa ulwandle
zahlula izitha zabo.
78:54 Futhi wabayisa emngceleni wendlu yakhe engcwele, ngisho lokhu
entabeni, isandla sakhe sokunene esasiyithenge.
78:55 Waxosha abezizwe phambi kwabo, futhi wabahlukanisa
ifa ngentambo, wahlalisa izizwe zakwa-Israyeli ezindaweni zazo
amatende.
78:56 Nokho bamlinga futhi bamthukuthelisa uNkulunkulu oPhezukonke, futhi abazange bagcine eyakhe
ubufakazi:
78:57 Kodwa baphenduka, futhi benza ngokungathembeki njengoba oyise
ephambuka njengomnsalo okhohlisayo.
78:58 Ngoba bamthukuthelisa ngezindawo zabo eziphakemeyo, futhi wamyisa
umhawu ngezithombe zabo ezibaziweyo.
78:59 UNkulunkulu ekuzwa lokho wathukuthela, futhi wanengwa kakhulu u-Israyeli.
78:60 Waze walishiya itabernakele laseShilo, itende ayelimise.
phakathi kwabantu;
78:61 Futhi wanikela amandla akhe ekuthunjweni, nenkazimulo yakhe phakathi
isandla sesitha.
78:62 Wabanikela abantu bakhe enkembeni; wathukuthelela owakhe
ifa.
78:63 Umlilo waqeda izinsizwa zabo; nezintombi zabo azinikwanga
umshado.
78:64 Abapristi babo bawa ngenkemba; nabafelokazi babo abalilanga.
78:65 Khona-ke uJehova wavuka njengomuntu ebuthongweni, futhi njengendoda enamandla ukuthi
liyamemeza ngenxa yewayini.
78:66 Watshaya izitha zakhe ngasemuva, wazibeka kuze kube phakade.
isihlamba.
78:67 Futhi wenqaba itabernakele likaJosefa, futhi akakhethanga isizwe sika
Ephraim:
78:68 Kodwa wakhetha isizwe sakwaJuda, entabeni yaseSiyoni ayithandayo.
78:69 Futhi wakha indlu yakhe engcwele njengezigodlo eziphakemeyo, njengoba umhlaba
wamisa kuze kube phakade.
78:70 Wakhetha uDavide inceku yakhe, futhi wamthatha ezibayeni zezimvu.
78:71 Ekulandeleni izimvukazi ezazinemincane, wamletha ukuba aluse uJakobe
abantu bakhe, no-Israyeli ifa lakhe.
78:72 Ngakho wabaphakela ngobuqotho benhliziyo yakhe. futhi wabaqondisa
ngobuhlakani bezandla zakhe.