“ ‘Ngenca yaloko indlu yakaJerobowamu ngitayiletsela inhlekelele, ngitawubulala tonkhe titukulwane takho letidvuna, letincane naletindzala. Indlu yakaJerobowamu ngitayishisa njengemuntfu ashisa lilongwe, ishe ize iphele nya.
Malakhi 2:3 - Siswati 1996 Bible “Ngenca yenu, ngiyakutekhuta titukulwane tenu; ngiyakuwendlala ebusweni benu lamatfumbu emihlatjelo yenu yemadzili, nani niyawususwa kanye nawo. |
“ ‘Ngenca yaloko indlu yakaJerobowamu ngitayiletsela inhlekelele, ngitawubulala tonkhe titukulwane takho letidvuna, letincane naletindzala. Indlu yakaJerobowamu ngitayishisa njengemuntfu ashisa lilongwe, ishe ize iphele nya.
uyawubhubha kokuphela njengemangcoliso akhe; labo lababeke bambona bayawubutana, batsi: ‘Uphi?’
labo lababhubha ngasemtini wase-Eni Dori; bawa njengebulongo, babola baze baba ngumcuba.
Kodvwa inyama yalenkunzana, nesikhumba sayo, nemswane wayo ukushisele ngephandle kwenkambu, ngobe kungumnikelo wesono.
Ayawukwenekwa elangeni, nasenyangeni, nakuto tonkhe tinkhanyeti tasemazulwini lababekutsandzile, bakusebentela, bakulandzela, bakufuna, bakukhotsamela. Akayiwubutfwa futsi akayiwungcwatjwa, kodvwa ayawuba njengemfucuta yetibi lelahlwe emhlabatsini.
Emasimi asonakele, nemhlaba sewomile, ngobe nesivuno sibhujisiwe, neliwayini lelisha sekwabate, nemafutsa akasatfolakali.
Inhlanyelo seyiyabuna ngaphansi kwemagadze ayo. Tingungumakamelo setiyimfuhlululu, kanjalo netingungu setibhidlikile, ngobe naloku lokutinhlavu sekomile.
ngiyawunijezisa nganaku: Ngiyawunehlisela kutfutfumela lokwesabekako, netifo letingelapheki, nemikhuhlane lephumphutsekisa emehlo, nginente nihusheke. Niyawulima nihlanyelele lite, ngobe titsa tenu tiyawunehlula tidle konkhe loko kudla.
“Ngako-ke mine senginente nedzeleleka natfotjiswa embikwabo bonkhe bantfu, ngobe anikatilandzeli tindlela tami, kodvwa nine niyaye nikhetse bantfu nanisebentisa umtsetfo.”
Alusekalungeli ngisho nemhlabatsi nome sengumcuba, nebantfu bayalulahla. “Lonendlebe yekuva akeve.”
Sitsi sinyembenywa, sibe sikhuluma ngemoya lomuhle. Kuze kube ngulamuhla sentiwa tibi temhlaba, nekungcola kwetintfo tonkhe.
“Niyawuhlanyela inhlanyelo lenyenti kabi emasimini enu, kodvwa niyawuvuna sivuno lesincane, ngobe sikhonyane siyawutidla tonkhe leto tilimo.