uMalaki ISAHLUKO 1 1 Isihlabo selizwi likaYehova kuSirayeli, ngoMalaki. 2 Ndinithandile; utsho uYehova. Ukanti nithi, Usithande ngantoni na? UEsawu ebengengomkhuluwa kaYakobi na? utsho uYehova; ukanti ndathanda ke uYakobi; 3 ndamthiya uEsawu; iintaba zakhe ndazenza kwaba senkangala, nelifa lakhe laba leleempungutye entlango. 4 Ekubeni ke uEdom esithi, Sivikivekile, siya kubuya siwakhe amanxuwa; utsho uYehova wemikhosi ukuthi, Baya kwakha bona, kodwa mna ndiya kugungxula; ukubizwa kwabo kuthiwe, ngumda wokungendawo, ngabantu ababhavumelayo kude kuse ephakadeni. 5 Amehlo enu aya kubona, nithi ke, Mkhulu uYehova emdeni wakwaSirayeli. 6 Unyana uyambeka uyise, umkhonzi uyambeka inkosi yakhe; ukuba ke ndinguyihlo, kuphi na ke ukubekwa kwam? ukuba ndiyinkosi, kuphi na ukoyikwa kwam? utsho uYehova wemikhosi kuni, babingeleli, nina balidelileyo igama lam. Nithi ke, Silidele ngantoni na igama lakho? 7 Nisondeza isonka esingcolileyo esibingelelweni sam; nithi, Sikungcolise ngantoni na? Ngokuthi kwenu, Isithebe sikaYehova sidelekile. 8 Ukuba nizisa into eyimfama ukuba ibingelelwe, akunto imbi oko? Ukuba nizisa into esisiqhwala nento efayo, akunto imbi oko? Khawuyisondeze kwirhuluneli yakho; Ngaba uya kukholiswa nguwe na? utsho uYehova wemikhosi. 9 Kaloku ke, khanimbongoze uThixo, ukuba asibabale; kuphume esandleni senu oku; womnonelela ke umntu ngenxa yenu na? utsho uYehova wemikhosi. 10 Ngubani na kuni ozivalileyo iingcango? ningasibanekeli ilize esibingelelweni sam. Aninanzeleli kuni, utsho uYehova wemikhosi, andikholiswa nangumnikelo ophuma esandleni senu. 11 Kuba kuthabathela ekuphumeni kwelanga, kude kuse ekutshoneni kwalo, likhulu igama lam phakathi kweentlanga; nasezindaweni zonke kunikelwa egameni lam isiqhumiso, umnikelo ohlambulukileyo; ngokuba likhulu igama lam phakathi kweentlanga; utsho uYehova wemikhosi. 12 Ke nina niyalihlambela ngokuthi, Isithebe sikaYehova singcolile; nesiqhamo sawo, nkqu ukudla kwakhe, kudelekile. 13 Kananjalo nathi, Yabonani, yindinisa yani na le! niyitshise, utsho uYehova wemikhosi; nazisa eziqwengiweyo, neziziqhwala, nezifayo; nenjenje ukuzisa umnikelo: Ndiya kukholeka na ke oko esandleni senu? utsho uYehova. 14 Mayiqalekiswe inkohliso, ineduna emhlambini wayo, yabhambathisa, ibingelela kuYehova into eyonakeleyo; ngokuba ndinguKumkani omkhulu, utsho uYehova wemikhosi; negama lam liyoyikeka phakathi kweentlanga. ISAHLUKO 2 Ngoku ke lo mthetho ubhekiswa kuni, babingeleli. 2 Ukuba anithanga niphulaphule, ukuba anithanga nikunyamekele ngentliziyo ukulizukisa igama lam, utsho
uYehova wemikhosi, ndonithumela isiqalekiso, ndiziqalekise iintsikelelo zenu; 3 Yabonani, ndiyayonakalisa imbewu yenu, nditshize ngomswane ebusweni benu, umswane wemithendeleko yenu; kwaye omnye uya kuthabatha kunye nayo. nazi ukuba ndinithumele lo mthetho, ukuba ube ngumnqophiso wam noLevi; utsho uYehova wemikhosi. 5 Umnqophiso wam ubunaye uLevi, ububomi noxolo; ndamnika ezo zinto ukuba andoyike, aloyike ngenxa yegama lam. 6 Umyalelo wenyaniso waba semlonyeni wakhe, akwafumaneka bugqwetha emilebeni yomlomo wakhe; wahamba nam enoxolo nangokuthe tye, wabuyisa abaninzi ebugwenxeni. 7 Ngokuba umlomo wombingeleli ngowokugcina ukwazi, umyalelo bawufune emlonyeni wakhe; ngokuba ungumthunywa kaYehova wemikhosi. 8 Ke nina nimkile endleleni; nabakhubekisa abaninzi kuwo umthetho; niwonakalisa umnqophiso kaLevi; utsho uYehova wemikhosi. 9 Nam ndinenza abadelekileyo nabathobekileyo ebantwini bonke, ngokokuba ningazigcinanga iindlela zam, nesuka naba nenzaliseko yomthetho. 10 Akamnye na ubawo wethu sonke siphela? Asidalwe Thixo mnye na? Yini na ukuba singinizelane, siwuhlambele umnqophiso woobawo bethu? 11 UYuda wenze ngobuqhophololo, kwenziwa amasikizi kwaSirayeli naseYerusalem; ngokuba uYuda uyihlambele ingcwele kaYehova, abeyithanda, wazeka intombi yothixo wolunye uhlanga. 12 UYehova woyinqamla indoda ekwenzayo oko, ikwazi nokwazi, ezintenteni zikaYakobi, nozisa iminikelo kuYehova wemikhosi. 13 Oku ke nikwenze oku kwakhona, nisigubungela isibingelelo sikaYehova ngeenyembezi, ngokulila, nangokukhala, ade angabi sawubheka umnikelo, angabi samkela nto ikholekayo ezandleni zenu. 14 Ukanti nithi, Ngani na? Ngenxa yokuba uYehova ebelingqina phakathi kwakho nomfazi wobutsha bakho, lowo umnginizeleyo wena; kanti ke lidlelane lakho, ngumfazi womnqophiso wakho. 15 Akayenzanga na enye? Wayenamasalela omoya. Kwaye kutheni enye? Ukuze afune imbewu ehlonela uThixo. Wugcineni ngoko umoya wenu, unganginizeli umfazi wobutsha bakhe; 16 kuba ndikuthiyile ukwala, utsho uYehova, uThixo kaSirayeli; ndimthiyile nogubungela ingubo yakhe ngogonyamelo, utsho uYehova wemikhosi; wugcineni ke umoya wenu, ninganginizi. 17 Nimdinisile uYehova ngamazwi enu. Ukanti nithi, Simdinise ngantoni na? Xa nithi, Bonke abenza okubi balungile emehlweni kaYehova, ubananzele; Uphi na uThixo wokugweba? ISAHLUKO 3 1 Yabonani, ndiya kuthuma umthunywa wam, agece indlela phambi kwam; iya kuza ngesiquphe etempileni yayo iNkosi leyo niyifunayo, umthunywa womnqophiso enimlangazelelayo; yabona, uyeza; utsho uYehova wemikhosi. 2 Ngubani na ke onokuyinyamezela imini yokuza kwakhe? Ngubani na ke onokuma ekubonakaleni kwakhe? ngokuba