Isaya 3:14 - Siswati 1996 Bible Simakadze ungena ekwehluleleni, wehlulela labadzala nebaholi besive sakhe, utsi: “Ngini lenicedze sivini sami, imphango leniyitsetse kulabamphofu igcwele etindlini tenu. |
Kutsi kungahlwa, umbulali avuke, abulale labamphofu nalabeswele; ebusuku uhamba eba, agcekeza tindlu njengelisela.
Umntfwana longenayise uyahlutfulwa ebeleni, luswane lwalomphofu lutsatselwe kubhadala sikwelede.
Nkulunkulu akadzingi kube solomane aphilikishana nebantfu abavivinya, kutsi bete kuye batekwehlulelwa.
Uyalala abhace njengelibhubesi, nalibhacela kubamba inyamatane; ubamba labo labehlulako, ahudvule losihlupheki ngelinetha lakhe.
Pho, bate yini lwati bonkhe labantfu labenta lokubi? Badla emandla ebantfu bami shangatsi badla sinkhwa, bangathandazi kuSomandla.
Labanye bantfu banematinyo latinkemba, nemihlatsi lengimikhwa; yebo, babukhali. Baloshela bamite tonkhe timphuya emhlabeni.
Maye kulabo labashaya imitsetfo lengakalungi, kulabo labashaya imitsetfo yekucindzetela,
bentele kwemuka labamphofu emalungelo abo, badlelele bantfu bami labacindzetelekile emalungelo abo emtsetfocotfo, batsatse imphango kubafelokati, badlelele labangenaboyise.
kodvwa labeswele uyawubehlulela ngekwemtsetfocotfo, labamphofu belive abehlulele ngekungakhetsi. Uyawushaya umhlaba ngendvuku yemlomo wakhe; ngekuphefumula kwemlomo wakhe uyawubulala lababi.
Timbhukudvu tetimphuya tiyawutfola emadlelo, kutsi labeswele bacambalale phansi baphephile. Kodvwa titukulwane tenu, maFilisti, ngiyakutibhubhisa ngendlala lenkhulu leyawuhhela ngisho nemisalela.
Ulenta linyatselwe phansi ngetinyawo, yebo, ngetinyawo talabacindzetelwe, ngetinyatselo talabamphofu.
Labatfobekile bayawubuye bajabule ngaSimakadze; labeswele bayawujabula ngaLongcwele waka-Israyeli.
Ngako-ke naku lokushiwo nguLongcwele waka-Israyeli, utsi: “Ngobe niwalile lomlayeto, netsembela kumcindzeteli, natesekela ngekuyengwa,
Phela, sivini saSimakadze longuSomandla yindlu yaka-Israyeli, kantsi sive sakaJuda sona sititfombo tekujabula kwakhe. Abebheke umtsetfocotfo, kodvwa wakhandza kucitfwa kwengati, wabheka kulunga, kodvwa weva kukhala kwelusizi.
Kuzila kwenu kudla kugcina sekuyimphi nemphikiswano, nishayane ngetibhakela tekonakala. Kungeke kulunge kutsi nizile kudla njengobe nenta lamuhla, bese nibheka kutsi livi lenu livakale ezulwini.
Belusi labanyenti bayawubhubhisa sivini sami, bagcobagcobe insimi yami. Batayigucula insimi yami lenhle, bayente umhlaba losigagadvu.
Tindlu tabo tigcwele emacebo njengetindlu tetinyoni letigcwele tinyoni; sebaze banjinga baba nemandla,
Ucindzetela labamphofu nalabeswele, adlelele bantfu. Akasibuyiseli sibambiso. Ubuka tithico. Wenta tintfo letisinengiso.
Ngiyawunimikisa ehlane letive, lapho-ke siyawube sibukene buso nebuso, ngiyawukhipha sigwebo senu kini.
Njengaloku ngagweba boyihlo ehlane laseveni laseGibhithe, nani ngiyakunigweba kanjalo-ke, kusho iNkhosi Simakadze.
Bagcobagcoba tinhloko talabamphofu kube shangatsi bagcobagcoba lutfuli lwemhlaba, bese kutsi labacindzetelwe bangababoneleli. Indvodza nemsa wayo balala nentfombatana yinye, ngaloko bahlazise Libito lami lelingcwele.
Lalelani nali livi, nine bafati basentsabeni yaseSamariya, leniphila kahle, nitamase njengetinkhomati taseBhashani, nine lenicindzetela labamphofu, nifihlite labeswele, niphocelele emadvodza enu kutsi aninike tjwala!
Maye kulabo labacabanga imicabango lemibi, labo labatsi balele babe bangakalali bacabanga emasu ekwenta bubi! Kutsi kungasa bakwente loko bebakuhlosile, ngobe banemandla ekukwenta loko.
Nabafuna emasimi, bavele bawatsatse ngendlovuyangena; nabafuna tindlu, bavele batidle. Kute namunye lonemndeni lovikelekile, nome lonelutfo loluphephile.
Nidla inyama yemitimba yesive sami, nihlube inyama yaso ematsanjeni aso nihlahlele ematsambo aso, nicobe inyama yemitimba yabo njengenyama icotjelwa kufakwa ebhodweni.
Etindlini talababi kugcwele umcebo labawutfola ngebubi. Basebentisa tikali ngebucili, lekunguyonantfo lengiyitondzako.
“Lalelani nangu lomunye umfanekiso: Kwake kwaba khona umlimi labenelipulazi. Wahlanyela sivini, wasibiyela ngelutsango, wemba umgodzi wekuhlutela emagelebisi etjeni, wakha nendlwana lesetulu yekulindza, wase uyasicashisa lesivini. Yena-ke wase uyahamba uya khashane.
Kepha nine nimdvumatile lona lophuyile. Akusibo labacebile yini labanicindzetelako? Akusibo yini labo labanimangalela etinkantolo?