3Maccabees
ISAHLUKO1
[1]LaphouPhilopatorezwangalaboababuyayoukuthi izifundaayeziphethezazithathweu-Antiochus,wakhipha imiyalokuwowonkeamabuthoakhe,kokubiliamasosha ahambangezinyawonamahhashi,wathathaudadewabouArsinoe,waphumawayaesifundeniesiseduzeneRaphia, laphoabalandelibaka-Antiochusbabekanisekhona.
[2]KodwauTheodotusothile,ezimiseleukufezaicebo ayelenzile,wathathaizikhalizikaPtolemyezingcono kakhuluayenikezwezonangaphambili,wawelelaetendeni likaPtolemyebusuku,ehloseukumbulalangesandla esisodwafuthingaleyondlelaaqedeimpi
[3]KodwauDositheus,owaziwangokuthiindodana kaDrimylus,umJudangokuzalwakamuvaowashintsha inkoloyakhefuthiwahlubukaemasikweniokhokho, wayeholeinkosifuthiwahlelaukuthiindodaethile engabalulekileiyolalaetendeni;futhikwenzekaukuthile ndodaizenzeleimpindiseloeqondenenenkosi
[4]Laphokuvelaimpienzima,futhiizindabazivunauAntiochus,u-Arsinoewayaemabuthweniekhala nezinyembezi,izingidizakhezididekile,futhi wawakhuthazaukubaazivikelewonakanyenezingane zawonomkawongesibindi,ethembisaukuwanika ngamunyeominaababilibegolideumabeyinqobaimpi
[5]Futhikwenzekaukuthiisithasanqotshwaekulweni, nezithunjwaezininginazozathathwa
[6]Manjenjengobaayelibhuntshilelelitulo,uPtolemy wanqumaukuvakashelaamadolobhaangomakhelwane awakhuthaze
[7]Ngokwenzalokhu,nangokuphaizindongazabo ezingcweleizipho,waqinisaisimilosezikhonzizakhe.
[8NjengobaamaJudaayethumeleabanyebomkhandlu wawolabadalaukuthibamkhonze,lokumphathelaizipho zokumamukela,lokumbongelangalokhookwenzekileyo, watshisekelakakhuluukubahambelamasinyane
[9EsefikileeJerusalema,wanikelaumhlatshelo kuNkulunkuluoPhezukonke,wenzaiminikeloyokubonga, wenzaokufaneleindawoengcweleKhona-ke,lapho ingenaendawenifuthiihlatshwaumxhweleubuhlebayo nobuhlebayo,
[10wamangalangokuhlelekaokuhlekwethempeli, wakhulelwaisifisosokungenaendaweniengcwele engcwele.
[11Laphobethilokhukwakungavunyelwe,ngoba kwakungavunyelwengishoamalunguesizwesakubo, ngishonabapristibonke,kodwaumpristiomkhulukuphela owayevelelekubobonke,futhiyenakuphelangonyaka, inkosiayizangeivumeleke.
[12Lanxasekufundiweumlayokuye,kayekangaukumisa ukuthiufaneleukungena,esithi:Lanxalabobantu bephucwaloludumo,minakangifanele.
[13Wasebuzaukuthikungani,laphoengenakuwowonke amanyeithempeli,kungekhomuntuomvimbayo
[14]Futhiomunyengokunganakiwathiakulungile ukuthathalokhunjengophawungokwakho
[15]Kodwanjengobalokhusekwenzekile,”yathiinkosi, “kunganingingangeni,nomabethandanomabengathandi?
[16Khona-keabapristibegqokezonkeizingubozabo bakhulekabanxusauNkulunkuluophakemeukubaasize kulesisimoesikhonafuthianqandeubudlovabalomklamo omubi,futhibagcwalisaithempelingokukhala nezinyembezi;
[17]laboababeseleemzinibathuthumelabaphuma masinyane,bethikukhonaokungaqondakaliokwenzekayo [18]Izintombiezazivalelweemakamelweniazozagijima zaphumakanyenonina,zafafazaizinwelezazongothuli, zagcwalisaizitaladingokububulanokulila
[19]Labobesifazaneababesandakulungiselwaumshado bawashiyaamagumbiomakotialungiselweumshado,futhi, bedebeselelaisizothaesifanele,ngokuphithizela okungahlelekilebabuthanandawonyeedolobheni
[20]Omamanabahlengikazibalahlangishoizingane ezisandakuzalwalaphanalaphaya,abanyeezindlini abanyeemigwaqweni,futhingaphandlekokubhekaemuva baphithizelandawonyeethempelinieliphakemekakhulu.
[21]Izicelozalaboababebuthenelaphozazinhlobonhlobo ngenxayalokhoinkosieyayikwenzangokungcolile
[22]Ngaphezukwalokho,izakhamuziezinesibindingeke zikubekezeleleukuphothulwakwezinhlelozakhenoma ukugcwalisekakwenjongoyakheayeyihlosile.
[23]Bamemezakubafowaboukubabathatheizikhalifuthi bafengesibindingomthethowokhokho,futhibadala ukuphazamisekaokukhuluendaweniengcwele;kwathi sebevinjwekalukhuniamaxhegunabadala,baphendukela esimwenisokunxusanjengabanye
[24Kusenjaloixukulalikhulekanjengakuqala;
[25]ngenkathiabadalaeduzenenkosibezamangezindlela ezihlukahlukeneukuguqulaumqondowayo wokuzikhukhumezaesuelikhulelwe.
[26Kodwayena,ngokuzikhukhumezakwakhe,kazange aqaphelelutho,waseqalakhathesiukusondela,ezimisele ukulethaesiphethwenilelisuelishiwongenhla.
[27]Kwathilaboababeseduzekwakhebekubonalokhu, baphenduka,kanyelabantubakithi,ukuthibambizelowo olamandlawonkeokubavikelaenkathazweniekhona khathesifuthiangasinakilesisenzoesingekhoemthethweni lokuzikhukhumeza
[28]Isililoesiqhubekayo,esinamandla,nesihlangene sezixukukwaholelaesiphithiphithiniesikhulu;
[29ngobakwakubonakalasengathikwakunanelaabantu kuphelakodwanezindonganomhlabawonke,ngoba ngempelabonkengalesosikhathibabekhethaukufa kunokungcoliswakwendawo
ISAHLUKO2
[1]KhonaumpristiomkhuluuSimoni,ebhekeendlini engcwele,eguqangamadolo,welulaizandlazakhe ngesizothaesinokuthula,wakhulekakanje:
[2]“Nkosi,Nkosi,Nkosiyezulu,noMbusiwendaloyonke, ongcwelephakathikwabangcwele,umbusioyedwa, uMninimandlaonke,sibhekethinaesihlushwakabuhlungu ngumuntuongamhloniphiyonohlambalazayo, ozikhukhumezayongamandlaakhenamandla
[3Ngobawena,umdaliwezintozonke,nombusiwazo zonkeizinto,unguMbusiolungileyo,futhiuyabahlulela laboabenzeuthongokudelelanangokuzidla
[4Wabhubhisalaboabenzaokubiesikhathiniesidlule, okwakukhonaphakathikwabongishoneziqhwaga
3Maccabees
ezazithembeleemandleniabonesibindi,owababhubhisa ngokulethaphezukwabouzamcoloongenamkhawulo.
[5WaqedangomlilonesibabuleamadodaaseSodoma ayezidla,ayedumengobubibawo;futhiwabenzababe yisibonelokwabezangemvakwalokho.
[6]Wazisaamandlaakhoamakhulungokulethaizijeziso eziningiezihlukahlukenekuFaroonesibindiowayegqilaze abantubakhoabangcweleu-Israyeli.
[7Futhilaphoebaxoshangezinqolanoquqabalwamabutho, wamkhukhumezaekujulenikolwandle,kodwawabadabula ngokuphephalaboababethembelekuwe,Mbusiphezu kwendaloyonke
[8Laphobebonaimisebenziyezandlazakho,bakudumisa wenaSomandla
[9]Wena,Nkosi,laphoudalaumhlabaongenamkhawulo nongenakulinganiswa,wakhethalomuzi,wangcwelisale ndawongenxayegamalakho,nomaungaswelilutho;futhi laphousulikhazimulisilengokubonakaliswakwakho okumangalisayo,wakwenzakwabayisisekeloesiqinile senkazimuloyegamalakhoelikhulunelihloniphekile
10Futhingenxayokuthinithandaindluka-Israyeli, wathembisaukuthiumakwenzekasibuyelaemuva,futhi usizilungasehlela,uzosilalelaisicelosethulaphosifika kulendawofuthisithandaze
[11Futhingempelauthembekilefuthiuqinisile.
[12Futhingobaizikhathieziningilaphookhokhobethu becindezelwawenawabasizaekuthotshiswenikwabo, wabakhululaebubiniobukhulu,
[13Bhekamanje,Nkosiengcwele,ukuthingenxayezono zethuezinenginezinkulu,sichotshozwangokuhlupheka, sibekwengaphansikwezithazethu,sihlulwengokuswela amandla
[14Ekuwenikwethulomuntuonesibindinohlambalazayo uzibophezelaukwephulaindawoengcweleemhlabeni enikezelweegamenilakhoelikhazimulayo
[15Ngobaindawoyakhoyokuhlala,izululezulu, kakungenekiebantwini.
[16Kodwangenxayokuthiwanikelangomusainkazimulo yakhophezukwabantubakhouIsrayeli,uyingcwelisile lindawo.
[17Ungasijezisingenxayokungcolaokwenziwe yilababantu,ungasibizingalokhokuhlambalaza,hlezi abaphambukayobazincomengolakalwabo,bajabule ngokuzidlakolimilwabo,bethi:
18Siyinyathelephansiindluyendluengcwelenjengezindlu ezimbizinyathelwaphansi.
[19]Sulaizonozethufuthiuhlakazeiziphambekozethu, futhiwembuleumusawakhongalesisikhathi.
[20]Masifikemasinyaneumusawakho,ubekeindumiso emlonyeniwabadangeleyonabanomoyaodabukileyo, usipheukuthula”
[21Khona-keuNkulunkuluobonazonkeizinto,uYise wokuqalawakhokonke,ongcwelephakathikwabangcwele, esezwileukunxusaokungokomthetho,wamshayalowo owayezikhukhumezengokudelelalangonya
[22]Wamnyikinyangaphanangaphanjengomhlanga unyakaziswangumoya,wazewalalaphansiengenakuzisiza, futhi,ngaphandlekokukhubazekaezithwenizakhe, wayengakwazingishonokukhuluma,ngobawashaywa ukwahlulelaokulungileyo.
[23Khona-kebobabiliabanganenabaqaphi,bebona isijezisoesinzimaesasimehlele,futhibesabaukuthiangase
alahlekelweukuphilakwakhe,ngokusheshabamhudulela ngaphandle,bethukilengenxayokwesabakwabookukhulu kakhulu
[24]Ngemvakwesikhashanawalulama,futhinakuba ayejezisiwe,akaphendukanganeze,kodwawahamba ekhulumaizinsongoezibuhlungu
[25]LaphoefikaeGibhithe,wandaezenzwenizakhe ezimbi,esekelwaabanganebokuphuzaokukhulunywe ngabongaphambilinamaqabane,ababeyizihambikukho konkeokulungileyo
[26]Akazangeanelisweyizenzozakhezokuziphathaokubi ezingabaliwe,kodwawaqhubekanokubanesibindi kangangokuthiwaqambaimibikoemibiezindaweni ezihlukahlukene;nabanganebakheabaningi,beyiqaphela ngokucophelelainjongoyenkosi,nabongokwabo balandelaintandoyakhe.
[27]WacabangaukuthelaumphakathiwamaJudaihlazo, wamisaitsheembhoshongweniosegcekenielinombhalo othi:
[28]"Akekhonoyedwawalaboabangahlabiyooyakungena ezindawenizaboezingcwele,futhiwonkeamaJuda ayobhaliswangaphansikwentelayokuvotakanyenesimo sezigqilaLaboabaphikisananalokhukufanelebathathwe ngendluzulababulawe;
[29]laboababhalisiwekufanelefuthibafakweuphawu emizimbeniyabongophawulweqabungale-Dionysus,futhi bazokwehliselwaesimwenisabosangaphambili esilinganiselwe."
[30]Ukuzeangabonakalieyisithakubobonke,wabhala ngezansi:"Kodwaumaomunyewaboekhethaukujoyina laboabaqalweezimfihlakalo,bayobayisakhamuzi esilinganayonabase-Alexandria"
[31]Manjeabanye,ngokwenyanyaokusobalangenani okufanelelibizweukuzekugcinweinkoloyomuziwabo, bazinikelakalula,njengobababelindeleukuthuthukisa isithunzisabongokuhlanganakwabonenkosiesikhathini esizayo.
[32]Kodwainengilenzalaqinangomoyawesibindinjalo kabasukangaenkolweniyabo;futhingokukhokhaimali ngokushintshaimpilobazamangokuzethembaukuzisindisa ekubhaliseni
[33]Bahlalabenethembaeliqinilelokutholausizo,futhi babenyanyalaboababezehlukanisanabo,bebabheka njengezithazesizwesamaJuda,futhibebaphuca ubudlelwanoobufanayonokusizana
ISAHLUKO3
[1]Laphoinkosiekhohlakeleisiqondalesisimo, yathukuthelakakhulukangangokuthiayizangenje ithukuthelelelawomaJudaayehlalae-Aleksandriya,kodwa yayilokhuinobuthaobukhulukakhulukulabobasemakhaya; futhiwayalaukubabonkengokusheshabaqoqelwe endawenieyodwa,futhibabulawengendlelaenonya kakhulu
[2]Kuthekusahlelwalezizindaba,kwasakazwa amahlebezianobuthaesizwenisamaJudangamadoda ayebophauzungulokusenzaokubi,okuyisizathu esanikezwaumbikowokuthiavimbelaabanyeukuba bagcineamasikoabo.
[3]Nokho,amaJudaaqhubekaelondolozaumusa nobuqothoobungantengantengiebukhosini;
[4kodwangenxayokuthibabekhonzauNkulunkulufuthi beziphathangomthethowakhe,bazigcinabehlukene ngokuqondenenokudlaNgenxayalokhubabonakala benenzondokwabanye;
[5kodwanjengobabehlobiseindlelayaboyokuphila ngemisebenziemihleyabantuabaqotho,bamiswa benegamaelihlephakathikwabantubonke
[6Lobakunjaloabezinyeizizwekabazangebakunanzelele ukukhonzakwabookuhleesizwenisakubo, okwakuyindabaekhulunywangabantubonke;
[7]esikhundlenisalokhobahlebangokuhlukana kokukhonzanokudla,bethilababantubabengathembekile enkosininomaezikhulwinizayo,kodwababenobuthafuthi bemelenekakhulunohulumeniwayoNgakho abanamathiseliisihlambaesivamilekubo
[8]AmaGrekiasemzini,nakubaengenzangaluthoolubi, laphoebonaisiphithiphithiesingalindelekilephakathi kwalababantunezixukuezakhangokuzumayo,awazange abenamandlaokwaneleukubasiza,ngobaayephila ngaphansikobushiqelaBazamaukubaduduza,bedabukile ngalesosimo,futhibalindeleukuthiizintozizoshintsha;
[9]ngobaumphakathiomkhulukangakabekungafanele uyekeleesiphethwenisawolaphoungenzangacala
[10]Futhikakadeabanyebomakhelwanebabonabangane kanyenabasebenzisananabokwezamabhizinisibase bebathatheleeceleniabanyebabongasesefuthi babezibophezelangokubavikelafuthibenzeimizamo eqothoukuzebabasize.
[11Khona-keinkosi,izigqajangenhlanhlayayoyamanje, ingacabangiamandlakaNkulunkuluoPhezukonke,kodwa izitshelaukuthiyayiyoqiniselanjaloenjongweniyayo efanayo,yabhalalencwadingokumelenenabo:
[12]“InkosiuPtolemyPhilopatorkubojenenebayo namasoshaeGibhithenasezifundenizalozonke,imikhonzo nempiloenhle
[13]Minakanyenohulumeniwethusihambakahle [14kwathiuhambolwethulwenzekae-Asiya,njengokuba nazininauqobo,lwazelwafinyelelaesiphethweni, ngokohlelo,ngesivumelwanosangamabomusonkulunkulu kanyenathiempini;
[15]futhisabonaukuthiakufanelesibuseizizweezihlala eCoele-SyrianaseFenikengamandlaomkhontokodwa sizinakekelengobubelenangobubeleobukhulu,siziphathe kahlengokuthokoza
[16Futhilaphosesinikezeimalieningikakhulu emathempeliniemadolobheni,safikanaseJerusalemafuthi, futhisenyukelaukuyohloniphaithempelilalabobantu ababi,abangayekiebuwulababo.
[17bamukelaubukhonabethungezwi,kodwa ngokungazenzisingesenzo,ngokubalaphosathisihlongoze ukungenaethempelinilaboelingaphakathi,silihloniphe ngeminikeloemihlenenhlekakhulu;
[18]bathwalwayikuzidlakwabongokwesiko,basikhipha singangeni;kodwabavinjwaukusebenzisaamandlaethu ngenxayomusaesinawokubobonke
[19]Ngokugcinainzondoyaboesobalangathi,babayibo kuphelaabantuphakathikwezizwezonkeabaphakamisa amakhandaabongokudelelaamakhosinabasizibabo,futhi abazimiseleukubhekanomayisiphiisenzonjengesiqotho
[20]Kephathina,laphosifikaeGibithesinqobile, savumelananobuwulababo,senzaokufanele,ngokuba senzazonkeizizwengomusa
[21]Phakathikokunye,sazisakubobonkeububelebethu kubantubakubolapha,ngenxayobudlelwanebabonathi, nezinkulungwanezezindabaababephathiswezona ngokukhululekilekusukelaekuqaleni;futhisazama ukwenzauguquko,ngokunqumakokubiliukubabona befanelekaukubaisakhamuzisase-Aleksandriyafuthi sibenzebabeabahlanganyeliemikhubeniyethuyenkolo evamile.
[22Kodwaebubinibabobemvelobakuthathangomoya ophambene,badelelaokuhleNjengobabethambekelenjalo ebubini, [23kabadelelinjekuphelaubuzweobuligugu,kodwa langenkulumolangokuthulabayanengekalabo abayingcosanaphakathikwaboabaqothokithi;kuzozonke izimo,ngokuvumelananendlelayaboyokuphilaenedumela elibi,basolangaseseukuthisingasesiguquleinquboyethu ngokushesha
[24]Ngakho-ke,siqinisekangokugcwelengalezizinkomba zokuthiabasithandingazozonkeizindlela,siyesathatha izinyathelozokuphephafuna,umakamuvakungasekuvele isiphithiphithikithi,sibenalababantuabangalungile ngemuvakwethunjengamambukanezithaeziyizihluku.
[25Ngakhosinikileumyalowokuthi,ngokusheshanje lapholencwadiifika,nithumelekithilaboabahlala phakathikwenu,kanyenawomkabonabantwanababo, ngokuhlambalazanangokhahlo,futhibeboshwe ngokulondekilengamaketangaensimbi,ukuzebabhekane nokufaokuqinisekilenokuhlazisayookufaneleizitha.
[26]Ngobalaphobonkesebejezisiwe,siyaqinisekaukuthi okwesikhathiesiseleuhulumeniuzozisungulelangokwethu ngokuhlelekilefuthiesimweniesihlekakhulu.
+27KodwanomaubaniofihlanomayimuphiumJuda, amaxhegunomaabantwananomangishonezinsana, uyohlukunyezwakuzekubesekufeni,ngezinhlupho ezinenzondoenkulu,kanyenomndeniwakhe
[28]Nomayimuphiothandaukunikezaulwaziuyothola impahlayalowootholaisijeziso,kanyenamadrakhima ayizinkulungwaneezimbiliendliniyengceboyenkosi,futhi uyonikezwainkululekoyakhe
[29]YonkeindawolaphoumJudaekhoseliswekhona kumelweyenziweingasondekifuthiishiswengomlilo, futhiiyobayizephakadekunomayisiphiisidalwaesifayo [30]Incwadiyayibhalwengalendlelaengenhla.
ISAHLUKO4
[1Ngakho-ke,kuzozonkeizindawolapholowomthetho wawufikekhona,kwahlelwaidilielikhokhelwaabezizwe ngokumemezanangokujabula,ngobaubuthaobungapheli obabusezingqondwenizabomanjebasebubonakalafuthi buphumelaobala
[2KodwaphakathikwabaJudakwakukhonaukulila okungapheliyo,ukulilalokukhala;yonkeindawo izinhliziyozabozazivuthaamalangabi,futhibabubula ngenxa yokubhujiswa okungalindelekile okwakunqunyelwebonakungazelelwe
[3]Yisiphiisigodinomaumuzi,nomaiyiphiindawo yokuhlala,nomayimiphiimigwaqoengagcwaliswanga ukulilanokulilangenxayabo?
[4]Ngobangomoyaolukhuninononyabaxoshwa,bonke ndawonye,ojeneneemadolobheniamaningana, kangangokuthilaphobebonaizijezisozaboezingavamile,
ngishonezinyeizithazabo,bebonaintoevamile yokuhawukelwaphambikwamehloabo,bacabanga ngokungaqinisekikokuphilafuthibakhalaizinyembezi ngokuxoshwaokudabukisakakhulukwalababantu.
[5Ngobaixukulamaxheguamakhandaavilaphayo lagobileyo,laliqhutshwalihambangesivininiesikhulu ngenxayodlakelaolwaluqhutshwangalongendlela eyihlazoelingaka.
[6]Nezintombiezazisandakungenaendliniyomshado ukuzezihlanganyeleukuphilakomshadozashintsha injabulongenxayokulila,izinwelezazoezinephunga elimnandizemurezifafazwengomlotha,futhizathathwa zembulwa,zonkendawonyeziphakamisaisililo esikhundlenisehubolomshado,njengobazazidatshulwe ukuphathwakanzimakwabezizwe
[7]Ngamabhondinaphambikomphakathibahudulwa ngobudlovabazebafikaendaweniyokugibela
[8]Abayenibabo,kwasebushenibobusha,intamoyabo ibiyelwengezintamboesikhundlenisemiqheleyezimbali, bachithaizinsukueziselezomkhosiwabowomshado ngokulilaesikhundlenisenjabulonenjabuloyobusha, bebonaukufamasinyanephambikwabo.
9Bangeniswaemkhunjininjengezilwanezasendle, ziqhutshwangezibophozensimbi;abanyebaboshelwa entanyeniemabhentshiniezikebheni,abanyebeboshwe izinyawongamaketangaangenakugqashuka;
[10]futhingaphezukwalokhobabevalelwengaphansi kwesitekiesiqinile,ukuzeamehloaboasebumnyameni obuphelele,kufanelebatholeukwelashwaokufanele amambukaphakathinalolonkeuhambo
11Kwathilamadodaeselethweendaweniebizwangokuthi iSkediya,nohamboseluphothuliwenjengokushokwenkosi, yayalaukubaavalelweendaweniyezimvubu,eyayakhiwe ngogangeolubikakhuluphambikomuzi,eyayifaneleka kahleukuwenzaumbukwanekubobonkeababuyelaemzini, ukuzebangakwaziukukhulumanamabuthoenkosi, bephumaembusweni,bephumaembusweniwenkosi. nganomaiyiphiindlelabathiungaphakathikwesekethe yedolobha
[12Kwathilokhusekwenzekile,inkosiisizwileukuthi abaJudabasemzinibaphumakaningingasesebeyokhala kabuhlungungeshwaelibilabafowabo; [13]wayalangokufuthekakwakheukuthilamadoda aphathwengendlelaefanayoneyabanye,angashiyinoma iyiphiimininingwaneyesijezisosawo
[14]Uhlangalonkelwaluzobhaliswangamunyengamunye, hhayingenxayomsebenzionzimaosekukhulunywengawo ngaphambili,kodwaukuhlukunyezwangokucasuka ayekuyalengakho,futhiekugcineniabhujisweesikhaleni sosukuolulodwa
[15Ngakho-keukubhaliswakwalababantukwenziwa ngokusheshaokukhulunangentshisekoejulilekusukela ekuphumenikwelangakuzekubeekushonenikwalo,futhi nakubakwakungaqedwangakwemangemvakwezinsuku ezingamashumiamane
[16Inkosiyagcwalaintokozoenkulunjalonjalo,ihlela amadiliokudumisaizithombezayozonke,ngengqondo ehlukanisiweyoleqiniso,lomlomoongcolileyo,idumisa izimunguluezingelakukhulumalobaukumsiza,ikhuluma amazwiangafanelekuNkulunkuluophezukonke.
[17Kodwangemvakwesikhathiesishiwongaphambili ababhalibamemezelaenkosiniukuthibabengeke
besakwaziukubalaabaJudangenxayobuningibabo obungenakubalwa.
[18lanxainengilabolaliselizweni,abanyebesahlala ezindlinizabo,labanyekuleyondawo;umsebenzi wawungenakwenzekakuzozonkeizindunazaseGibhithe. [19]Ngemvakokubaesebasabisekanzima,ebabekaicala lokuthibabefumbathisiweukuzebakheindlela yokuphunyuka,wayeqinisekangokusobalangalendaba. [20]laphobeshofuthibefakazelaukuthiamaphephakanye namapeniababewasebenzisaekubhaleniasephumile [21]Kodwalokhukwakuyisenzosokuphatha okungehlulwaluthokwalowoowayesizaamaJudaevela ezulwini.
ISAHLUKO5
[1]Khona-keinkosi,ingenakuguquguqukangokuphelele, yagcwalaintukuthelonolakaolukhulu;ngakhowabiza uHermoni,umlindiwezindlovu.
[2]wamyalangangomusoukubaazidakasezonkeizindlovu, ezingamakhuluayisihlanungenani,nenhlakaegcwele izandla,newayinieliningielingaxutshiwe,azingenise, zihlanyiswengokuchichimayokophuzooludakayo,ukuze amaJudaahlangabezanenokubhujiswakwawo
[3]Eseyalileleziziqondisowabuyelaedilinilakhe,kanye nabanganebakhenabebuthoababezondakakhuluamaJuda [4]FuthiuHermoni,umlindiwezindlovu,waqhubeka ngokwethembekaukwenzaiziyalezo.
[5]IzincekuezaziphetheamaJudazaphumakusihlwa zabophaizandlazabantuabampofufuthizahlelaukuba ziqhubekezigcinweubusukubonke,ziqinisekaukuthi sonkeisizwesasiyobhekananokubhujiswakwaso kokugcina
[6NgobakwabezizwekwabonakalaukuthiamaJudaasala engelasizo;
[7ngobaezibophwenizabobabeboshwengenkani inhlangothizonke.Kodwangezinyembezinangezwi elinzimaukuthulisabonkebabizaiNkosiuMninimandla onkenoMbusiwawowonkeamandla,uNkulunkuluwabo onobubelenoYise,bethandaza.
[8]ukuzeagwemengokuphindiselaituloelibielibhekene nabofuthingokubonakaliswaokukhazimulayoabakhulule esiphethweniesilungiselelwebonamanje.
[9]Ngakhoukunxusakwabokwenyukelaezulwini ngobuqotho
[10]Nokho,iHermoni,laphoeseziphuziseizindlovu ezingenazwelozazezagcwalainalaenkuluyewayinifuthi zasuthiswainhlaka,wazibonakalisaegcekeniekuseni ngoviviukuzeabikeleinkosingalamalungiselelo
[11KodwaiNkosiyehliselaenkosiniinxenyeyokulala, lowomusa,okwathikusukelaekuqaleni,ubusukulemini, waphiwalowoowunikalowoethandaukumnikela.
[12]FuthingesenzoseNkosiwanqotshwaubuthongo obumnandinobunzulukangangokuthiwehluleka ngokupheleleenjongweniyakheyokungabinamthetho futhiwakhungathekangokupheleleohlelwenilwakhe olungaguquki.
[13Khona-keamaJuda,njengobaayephunyukilengehora elimisiwe,adumisauNkulunkuluwawoongcweleaphinde amncengalowoongaseabuyisanekalulaukubaabonise amandlaesandlasakheesinamandlakwabezizwe abazikhukhumezayo
[14Kodwamanje,njengobakwasekucishekubephakathi nehoraleshumi,lowoowayephetheizimemoebonaukuthi izimenywazihlangene,wayaenkosiniwayiqhweba [15Kuthesekulukhuniukumvusa,wambonisaukuthiihora ledililaselidlula,walandisakuyengesimo.
16Inkosiisikubonilelokho,yabuyelaekunathenikwayo, yayalaababekhonaediliniukubabahlalephambikwayo [17Kwathilokhusekwenziwewabakhuthazaukuthi bazinikeleedilinielixokozelayofuthibathokoziseingxenye ekhonayedilingokuyithokozelakakhulu [18]Ngemvakokubaumcimbiusunesikhathieside uqhubeka,inkosiyabizaiHermonifuthingokusongela okukhuluyafunaukwaziukuthikunganiamaJuda ayevunyelweukuqhubekaephilakuzekubenamuhla [19Kodwakwathiyena,ngokufakazelwangabangane bakhe,wavezaukuthikuselibusukuwawenza ngokupheleleyoumlayoayewuthunyiwe, [20]Inkosi,eyayinonyakakhulukunoPhalaris,yathi amaJudaazuzwaubuthongobanamuhla,“kodwa,”enezela, “kusasangaphandlekokulibalalungisaizindlovungendlela efanayoukuzekubhujisweamaJudaangenamthetho!
[21Kwathiinkosiisikhulumile,bonkeababekhonabavuma nganhliziyonye,kwabayilowonalowoendliniyakhe
[22]Kephaabasebenzisangakangakoisikhathisobusuku ebuthongweninjengokwenzazonkeizinhlobozenhlamba kulaboababecabangaukuthibazolahlwa
[23Khona-ke,laphoiqhudeselikhalaekusenikakhulu, iHermoniihlomileizilo,yaqalaukuzihambisaemphemeni omkhulu
[24]Izixukuzomuzizazibuthenekulombukwane odabukisayofuthizazilindelengokulangazelaukuthikuse.
[25KodwaamaJuda,ekuhefuzelenikwawokokugcina, selokhuisikhathisasesiphelile,azelulelaizandlazawo ezulwinifuthingokunxusaokugcweleizinyembezilezililo zokulilaanxusauNkulunkuluoPhezukonkeukuthiawasize futhingalesosikhathi
[26]Imisebeyelangayayingakachithekingaphandle, kwathiinkosiisamukelaabanganibayo,uHermoniwafika wayimemaukubaaphume,okubonisaukuthilokhoinkosi eyayikufisakwasekulungeleukusebenza.
[27]Kodwayena,laphoetholaumbikofuthiehlatshwa isimemoesingavamilesokubaaphume--njengoba wayesenqotshwengokupheleleukungaqondi-wabuza ukuthiyayiyiniindabalokhuokwakupheleliswengayo ngentshisekoengaka
[28]LesikwakuyisenzosikaNkulunkuluobusaphezu kwakhokonke,ngobawayefakeenhliziyweniyenkosi ukukhohlwaizintoeyayiziklamilengaphambili.
29Khona-keiHermoninabobonkeabanganebenkosi babonisaukuthiizilonebuthoelihlomilezimingomumo, "Onkosi,ngokuvumelananesifisosakhosokulangazela"
[30Kodwakulawomazwiwagcwalaulakaolukhulu kakhulu,ngobangokuphathakukaNkulunkuluingqondo yakheyonkeyayidukilemayelanalezizinto;futhi ngokubukekaokusongelayowathi,
[31]“Ukubeabazalibakhonomaabantwanabakho bekhona,bengiyobengibenzeleidilielinothilelezilwane ezinonyaesikhundlenisamaJuda,anganginikisizathu sokukhonondafuthiaboniseukwethembekaokuphelele nokuqinakokhokhobamingezingaelingavamile.
[32]Empeleningabeniphucwaukuphilaesikhundleni salokhu,ukubebekungengenxayothandooluvela
ekukhulisenikwethundawonyekanyenokubawusizo kwenu.
[33]NgakhoiHermoniyabhekananosongo olungalindelekilefuthioluyingozi,futhiamehloakhe axegafuthiubusobakhebawa.
[34]Abanganebenkosingamunyengamunyebanyonyoba baxoshaabantuababebuthene,kwabayilowonalowowaya emsebenziniwakhe.
[35Khona-keabaJuda,sebezwilelokhoinkosi eyayikushilo,badumisaiNkosiuNkulunkulu obonakalisiwe,iNkosiyamakhosi,ngobalokhufuthi kwabausizolwakheababelutholile
[36]Inkosi,nokho,yawuhlanganisakabushaumcimbi ngendlelaefanayofuthiyanxusaizihambeliukubazibuyele emgubhweniwazo
[37]EsebizileuHermoni,wakhulumangezwilokusongela, wathi:“Kukaningingikuyalangalezizintowenasibi,na?
[38]Hlomisaniizindlovufuthimanjeukuzekubhujiswe amaJudakusasa!
[39Kodwaizikhuluezazihlezinayeekudleni,zimangala ngokuntengantengakwakhe,zamphendulazathi:
40“Onkosi,kozekubeniniusivivinyangokungathi siyiziwula,usuyalangokwesithathuukubababhujiswe, ubuyeuchitheisimemezelosakhokulendaba,na?
[41]Ngenxayalokhoidolobhaliyaxokozelangenxa yokulindelakwalo;igcweleabantuabaningi,futhi isengoziniyokuphangwanjalo
[42Ngalokhoinkosi,umFalarikukhokonke,egcwele ukuhlanya,kayinakangainguqukoyengqondoeyenzeka phakathikwayoukuzekuvikelekeamaJuda,yafunga yaqinaisifungoesingelakuguqulwaukuthiyayizababulala ngaphandlekokulibala,ihlatshwangamadololenyawo zezilwane;
[43]futhiayemashaeyomelananeJudiyafuthiasheshise ayishayephansingomlilonomkhonto,futhingokushisa phansiithempeliayengafinyelelekikulolaliyolenza ngokusheshalibelingenaluthokulaboababenikela imihlatshelolapho
[44Khona-keabanganenezikhonzibahambabenokujabula okukhulu,bamisaibuthongokuqinisekaezindaweni zomuziezazizilungeleukulinda
[45]Kwathilaphoizilosezingeniswaesimwenisokuhlanya, ngomqondoongokomfanekiso,ngewayinielinephunga elimnandielixutshwenenhlakayempepho,zihlonyiselwe izintoezesabekayo,umlindiwezindlovu
[46]yangenangezithubazokusaegcekeni--idolobha manjeseligcweleinqwabayabantuabaphithizelaendaweni ye-hippodrome-futhiyanxusainkosiukuthiiqhubeke nodabaolwalukhona
[47Ngakhoyena,laphoesegcwaliseingqondoyakheembi ngokufuthekaokukhulu,wagijimaegijimakanye nezilwane,efisaukufakaza,ngenhliziyoengenakulimala nangawawamehloakhe,ukubhujiswaokubuhlungu nokudabukisayokwabantuokukhulunywengabongenhla [48]KwathiamaJudaebonauthulilwendlovuluphuma ngesangokanyelamabuthoalandelayo,kanyelokunyathela kwexuku,ezwaumsindoomkhululesiyaluyalu, [49]babecabangaukuthilesikwakuyisikhathisabo sokugcinasokuphila,ukuphelakokungabazakwabo okubuhlungukakhulu,futhibenikezaithubalokulila nokububulabaqabulana,banganaizihlobofuthibawela ezingalwenizomunyenomunye-abazalinabantwana,
omamanamadodakazi,nabanyebethweleizingane emabeleniaboababedonsaubisilwabolokugcina.
[50Kakusikholokhokuphela,kodwasebenanzeleleusizo ababelutholilengaphambililuvelaezulwinibakhuleka emhlabathininganhliziyonye,bakhuphaabantwana ezifubenizabo;
[51]yamemezangezwielikhulukakhulu,inxusauMbusi phezukwawowonkeamandlaukubaazibonakalisefuthi abenomusakubo,njengobabemimanjeemasangweni okufa
ISAHLUKO6
[1]Khona-keu-Eleyazareothile,odumilephakathi kwabapristibezwe,owayesegugilefuthiekuphilenikwakhe konkeehlobengawowonkeukulunga,wayalaabadala ababemzungezileukubabayekeukubizauNkulunkulu ongcwelefuthiwakhulekakanje:
[2]“INkosiyamandlaamakhulu,uNkulunkulu uMninimandlaonke,ebusayonkeindalongesihawu, [3]bhekainzaloka-Abrahama,Baba,kubantwana bakaJakobeongcwele,abantubesabelosakho esingcwelisiweababhubhanjengabafokazikwelinyeizwe [4UFarongenqwabayezinqolazakhe,umbusi wangaphambiliwaleliGibithe,ephakanyiswengokudelela nokukhulumaulimioluzidlayo,wabhubhisakanyenebutho lakheelizidlayongokubaminzisaolwandle,ubonakalisa ukukhanyakomusawakhophezukwesizwesakwa-Israyeli.
[5]USaneheribiethabangebutholakheelingenakubalwa, inkosiecindezelayoyase-Asiriya,owayeseleephetheizwe lonkengomkhonto,waphakanyiselwaemziniwakho ongcwele,ekhulumaamazwiabuhlungungokuzigabisa nangendelelo,wenaJehova,uphahlazile,ubonisaamandla akhoezizwenieziningi.
[6]AbanganeabathathueBabeleababenikeleukuphila kwabongokuzithandelaukuzebangakhonziokuyize, wabakhululabengenamyocu,kwazekwabasezinweleni, nithambisaisithandosomlilongamazolo,nelangabiphezu kwazozonkeizithazabo
[7]UDaniyeliowaphonswaphansiemhlabathini ngomhawuezingonyameninjengokudlakwezilozeganga, wenawamkhuphulelaekukhanyeniungalimali
[8]UJonaefaesiswinisesiloesikhulu,esizalwaolwandle, wena,Baba,wamlinda,wambuyiselawonkeumndeni wakheengenamyocu
[9Manje,wenaozondaukudelela,unesihawuesikhulu nomvikeliwabobonke,uzivezemasinyanekwabesizwe sakwa-Israyeli,abaphathwakabiabezizweabanengekayo nabangenamthetho
10Nomaukuphilakwethukuhilelekeebubini ekuthunjwenikwethu,sikhululeesandlenisesitha, usibhubhise,Jehova,nganomayisiphiisiphetho osikhethayo
[11Abanomoyaoyizekabangadumisiizintozaboeziyize ekubhujiswenikwabantubakhoabathandekayo,besithi: Ngitsholonkulunkuluwabokabasindisi
[12KodwawenaolaPhakade,olamandlawonkelamandla wonke,silindekhathesi,usihawukelethinaesiphucwa ukuphilangendlelayamambukangokudelela okungenangqondo.
[13Izizwemazithuthumelenamuhlangokwesabaamandla akhoangenakunqotshwa,wenaohloniphekile,onamandla okusindisaisizwesikaJakobe
[14]Isixukusonkesezinganenabazalibazosikunxusa ngezinyembezi.
[15Kakubonakalisweezizwenizonkeukuthiunathi,Nkosi, kawufulathelangaubusobakhokithi;kodwanjengobanje ushiloukuthi:‘Ngishonalaphobesezwenilezithazabo angizangengibashiye,’kwenzelokho,Jehova”
16Kwathiu-Eleyazareeqedaukukhuleka,inkosiyafika enkundleniyezimvubukanyenezilwanenakhokonke ukuzidlakwebutholayo
[17FuthilaphoamaJudaekubonalokhuaphakamisa ukukhalaokukhuluezulwinikangangokuthingisho nezigodieziseduzezadumafuthizalethaukwesaba okukhuluphezukwebutho.
[18]Khona-keuNkulunkuluokhazimulayo,onamandla onke,noweqinisowembulaubusobakheobungcwele, wavulaamasangoasezulwini,laphokwehlakhona izingelosiezimbiliezikhazimulayoezinesiciesesabekayo, zibonakalakubobonkengaphandlekwamaJuda
[19]Bamelananamandlaesithabawagcwalisa ngokudidekanokwesaba,bewabophangamaketanga angenakunyakaziswa
[20]Ngishonenkosiyaqalaukuqhaqhazelangokomzimba, futhiyakhohlwaukudelelakwayo
[21]Izilozabuyelaemuvaphezukwamabuthoahlomile ayewalandelafuthizaqalaukuwanyathelafuthi zababhubhisa
[22Khona-keintukutheloyenkosiyaphendukayaba isihawunezinyembezingenxayezintoeyayiziklamile ngaphambili
[23Ngobalaphoezwaukumemezafuthiebabonabonke beweleekubhujisweni,wakhala,wabasongela ngokuthukuthela,wathi:
[24]“Uvukelaumbusofuthiudlulaomashiqelangonya; futhingishonami,umzuziwakho,manjeuzamaukuphuca ukubusanokuphilangokuklamangaseseizenzo ezingenanzuzoembusweni
[25Ngubaniothatheumuntungamunyeendliniyakhe wabuthalaphangokungenangqondolaboababambe izinqabazezwelakithingokwethembekana?
[26Ubanioyewahlanganisangokungenamthethoimpatho enyanyekayolaboabathikwasekuqalenibahlukaezizweni zonkengokuthakazelelwakwabokithifuthingokuvamile bayebamukelangokuzithandelaizingoziezimbikakhulu zomuntu?
[27]Khululaninithukululeizibophozaboezingalungile! Babuyiseleezindlinizabongokuthula,baceleintethelelo ngezenzozakhozangaphambili!
[28]KhululaamadodanakaNkulunkuluuSomandla ophilayowasezulwini,okwathikusukelaezikhathini zokhokhobethukuzekubemanjeunikeuhulumeniwethu ukusimamaokungenakuvinjwanokuphawulekayo [29Yilezi-keizintoazishoyo;futhiamaJuda,akhululwa masinyane,adumisauNkulunkuluwawoongcwele noMsindisi,njengobamanjeayebalekileekufeni.
+30Khona-keinkosi,laphoisibuyeleemzini,yabiza isikhuluesiphetheimali,yayalaukubainikeamaJuda iwayininakhokonkeokunyeokwakudingekangomkhosi wezinsukueziyisikhombisa,yanqumaukubabagubhe
ukukhululwakwawongentokozoyonkekuleyondawo ababelindeleukubhujiswakuyo.
[31]Ngokunjalolaboabaphathwangehlazofuthi sebeseduzenokufa,nomakunalokho,ababemi emasangweniawo,bahlelaidililokukhululwaesikhundleni sokufaokubuhlungunokulusizi,futhiegcweleinjabulo bahlukaniselaabagujwayoindawoeyayilungiselwe ukubhujiswanokungcwatshwakwabo.
[32Basebeyekelaukuhlabelelaingomazokulila,bathatha isihlabelelosawoyise,bedumisauNkulunkulu,uMsindisi wabo,lomenziwezimangalisoBeqedakonkeukulila nokulila,bakhaamakhorasinjengophawulwenjabulo enokuthula.
[33Kanjalonenkosi,ngemvakokubizaidilielikhulu lokugubhalezizenzakalo,yabongaizulungokungaphezi nangokuchichimayongokuhlengaokungalindelekile eyakuthola
[34]Futhilaboababekholelwangaphambiliukuthi amaJudaazobhujiswafuthiabeukudlakwezinyoni,futhi bewabhalisangokujabula,babubulanjengobabona ngokwabobenqotshwaihlazo,futhiisibindisabo esiphefumulaumlilosacinywangendlelaeyihlazo.
[35KodwaamaJuda,laphoesehleleiqembulamaculo esishiwongenhla,njengobasesishilongaphambili,achitha isikhathiedilinielihambisananokubongakwentokozo namahubo
[36Kwathisebekumisileukwenzalezizintoemphakathini wabowonkelenzaloyabo,bamisainsukuezishiwongenhla njengomkhosi,kungabingelokunathalokuminza,kodwa ngenxayokukhululwakwabookuvelakuNkulunkulu
[37]Basebeyincengaenkosini,bacelaukuxoshwa emakhayaabo
38Ngakhoukubhaliswakwabokwenziwakusukela osukwinilwamashumiamabilinanhlanulwePhakoni kwazekwabakolwesinelwase-Efifi,izinsuku ezingamashumiamane;futhiukubhujiswakwabo kwakumiselweusukulwesihlanukuyakolwesikhombisa lwase-Epefi,izinsukuezintathu
[39]laphoiNkosiyakhokonkengokukhazimulaokukhulu yembulaumusawayofuthiyabakhululabonkekanyekanye futhibengalimalanga
40Basebenzaidili,baphakonkeokuvelaenkosini,kwaze kwabalusukulweshuminane,laphobenzakhonaisicelo sokubabaxoshwe
[41]Inkosiyasivumelaisicelosabongasolesosikhathi futhiyababhalelalencwadielandelayoezindunankulu emadolobheni,izwakalisangokuzithobaukukhathazeka kwayo:
ISAHLUKO7
[1]"InkosiuPtolemyPhilopatorkubojenenebaseGibhithe nabobonkeabasegunyenikuhulumeniwayo,imikhonzo nempiloenhle
[2]Thinakanyelabantwanabethusihambakuhle, uNkulunkuluomkhuluosikhokhelayonjengokufisakwethu
[3Abanyekubanganebethu,basikhuthazanjalo ngenhliziyoembi,basincengaukuthisibuthelelendawonye amaJudaombusonjengeqembufuthisiwajezisengezijeziso ezimbinjengamambuka;
[4]ngobabamemezelaukuthiuhulumeniwethuawusoze waqiniswakuzekubeyilaphosekufeziwe,ngenxa yenzondolababantuababenayongazozonkeizizwe [5]Baphindebabakhiphangempathoenzimanjengezigqila, nomakunalokhonjengamambuka,futhi,bebhincaisihluku esinonyaukwedlulalesosikolamaSkithe,bazama ngaphandlekokubuzanomaukuhlolaukubabulala [6Kodwasabasongelakakhulungenxayalezizenzo,futhi njengobubeleesinabokubobonkeabantuasizange sisindiseukuphilakwaboNjengobasesibonileukuthi uNkulunkuluwasezulwiniuyabavikelaabaJuda,njalo uthathaingxenyeyabonjengoyiseebantwanenibakhe [7]futhinjengobasicabangeleumusanokuqina ababenakhokithinakokhokhobethu,ngokufanelekile sibakhululekuwowonkeamacalaanomayiluphiuhlobo [8]Futhisiyalileukuthiyilowonalowoabuyeleemzini wakhe,kungabibikhomuntuobenzaokubinomaabasole ngezintoezingenangqondoezenzekeendaweni
[9Ngobayaziniukuthi,nxasibacebaokubi,kumbe sibazwisausizi,kasiyikubalomuntukodwauMbusiphezu kwawowonkeamandla,uNkulunkuluoPhezukonke,kukho konkelangokungaphunyukiyonjengomphikisi wokuphindiselaizenzoezinjaloHambakahle"
[10]EkutholenilencwadiamaJudaawasheshanga ukuphuma,kodwaacelaenkosiniukuthiezandlenizawo labobesizwesamaJudaababephulengamabomu uNkulunkuluongcwelekanyenomthethokaNkulunkulu batholeisijezisoesibafanele.
[11]Ngobabamemezelaukuthilaboabeqeimilayo yobuNkulunkulungenxayesisuabasozebawuthanda umbusowenkosi.
[12Khona-keinkosi,ivumafuthiivumelananeqiniso lalokhoababekusho,yabanikezaimvumeevamileukuze ngokukhululekanangaphandlekwegunyalobukhosinoma ukuqondiswababhubhiselaboyonkeindawoembusweni wayoabeqeumthethokaNkulunkulu
[13Kwathisebemshayeleihlombengendlelaefanele, abapristibabonesixukusonkebasebememezabethi: Haleluya,bamukangokuthokoza
[14]Ngakhoendleleniyabobajezisafuthibabulalaobala nehlazonomaubaniababehlangananabokubafowabo bezweababengcolisiwe
15Ngalolosukubabulalaabantuabangaphezu kwamakhuluamathathu;balugcinausukunjengomkhosi wokuthokoza,ngokubababachithaabahlambalazayo [16KodwalaboababebambelelekuNkulunkulukwaze kwabasekufenifuthibetholeukuthokozaokuphelele kokukhululwabaqalaukuphumaemzini,bethweswe umqhelewezimbaliezimnandikakhulu,ngokujabula nangokuzwakalayobebongauNkulunkuluoyedwa wawoyise,uMsindisikaIsrayeliwaphakade,ngamazwi okudumisanangazozonkeizinhlobozezingomaezihubayo. [17]SebefikileePhetolemayi,ebizwangokuthi“i-rosebearing”ngenxayesicisendawo,umkhumbiwabalinda, ngokuvumelananesifisoesivamile,izinsuku eziyisikhombisa
+18Laphobajabulelaukukhululwakwabo,+ngobainkosi yayibaphakelengomusazonkeizintozohambolwabo, kwabayilowonalowokuzekufikeendliniyakhe
[19Sebefikilengokuthulangokubongaokufaneleyo, lalaphobanqumaukugcinalezozinsukunjengomkhosi othokozisayongesikhathisokuhlalakwabo
[20]Ngemvakokubabhalabengcwelephezukwensika futhisebenikeleindawoyokukhulekaendaweniyomkhosi, bahambabengenamyocu,bekhululekilefuthibejabule kakhulu,ngobangomyalowenkosibabelethwe ngokuphephaezweninasolwandlenangomfula,kwaba yilowonalowoendaweniyakhe
[21Basebezuzaudumoolukhuluphakathikwezithazabo, behlonitshwalokwesaba;futhikabazangebavume ukuthathelwaimpahlayimuntu
[22Ngaphandlekwalokhobonkebabuyisayonkeimpahla yabonjengokubhaliswa,ukuzelaboababeyiphethe bayibuyiselekubongokwesabaokukhuluNgakho uNkulunkuluophakemewenzaizenzoezinkulu ngokupheleleukuzeabakhulule
[23]MakabongweuMkhululika-Israyelingezikhathi zonke!Amen.