IsiLilo 1:16 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024 Ngenxa yalezi zinto ngiyakhala; iso lami, iso lami liyaconsa amanzi, ngokuba umduduzi oyakukhanyisela umphefumulo wami ukude nami; abantwana bami bayaphithizela, ngokuba isitha sinqobile. IBHAYIBHELI ELINGCWELE “Ngiyakhala ngalokhu; iso lami, iso lami liyamululeka izinyembezi, ngokuba umduduzi wami obeyakubuyisa umphefumulo wami ukude nami. Abantwana bami bachithekile, ngokuba isitha sahlulile.” IsiZulu 2020 “Ngenxa yalokho ngiyakhala, ngikhihla isililo, ngokuba akukho mduduzi eduze nami obezohlumelela umoya wami. Abantwana bami bayincithakalo, ngoba isitha singehlulile.” |
Ihlazo laphula inhliziyo yami; futhi ngaba lusizi; nabaduduzi, kepha angibatholanga.
Ngase ngibuyela emuva, ngabona zonke izinsizi ezenzeka phansi kwelanga; futhi ohlangothini lwabacindezeli babo kwakukhona amandla; kodwa babengenamduduzi.
O wena olusizi, oqhutshwa yisiphepho futhi ongaduduzwanga, bheka, ngibeka amatshe akho ngemibala emihle futhi ngibeka izisekelo zakho ngamasafire.
Kodwa uma ningakuzwa, umphefumulo wami uyokhala ekusithekeni ngenxa yokuzidla kwenu; iso lami liyokhala kamunyu, lehle izinyembezi, ngokuba umhlambi kaJehova uthunjiwe.
Ngakho wokhuluma leli zwi kubo; Amehlo ami mawageleze izinyembezi imini nobusuku, angayeki, ngokuba intombi, indodakazi yabantu bami, yephukile ngezinyembezi ezinkulu, ngokushaywa okunzima kakhulu.
Ngoba ngubani ozakuba lesihawu kuwe, Jerusalema? noma ngubani oyakulila? noma ngubani oyophuma ukubuza ukuthi unjani?
O, ikhanda lami ngabe amanzi, namehlo ami abe ngumthombo wezinyembezi, ukuba ngikhale imini nobusuku ngenxa yababuleweyo bendodakazi yabantu bakithi!
Phezu kwezintaba ngiyophakamisa ukukhala nokulila, nesililo phezu kwezindawo zokuhlala zasogwadule, ngoba zishisiwe, ukuze kungabikho muntu odlula kuzo; futhi abantu abakwazi ukuzwa izwi lezinkomo; kwabaleka izinyoni zezulu nezilwane; sebehambile.
Ngoba ukufa kukhuphuke emafasiteleni ethu futhi kwangena ezindlini zethu zobukhosi ukuze kunqume abantwana ngaphandle nezinsizwa ezitaladini.
Ukhala kakhulu ebusuku, izinyembezi zakhe zisezihlathini zakhe; phakathi kwazo zonke izithandwa zakhe akakho omduduzayo; bonke abangane balo bamkhohlisile, baba yizitha zalo.
Ukungcola kwakhe kusezigqokweni zakhe; akacabangi ngesiphetho sakhe sokugcina; ngakho lahamba ngokumangalisayo, lingelamduduzi. Jehova, bheka usizi lwami, ngokuba isitha sizikhulisile.
Amehlo ami ayaphela izinyembezi, izibilini zami ziyathuthumela, isibindi sami silahlwe emhlabeni ngenxa yokuchithwa kwendodakazi yabantu bami; ngokuba abantwana nabancane bayaquleka emigwaqweni yomuzi.
Izinhliziyo zabo zakhala eNkosini, wena ludonga lwendodakazi yaseSiyoni, izinyembezi mazigeleze imini nobusuku njengomfula; ungayeki inhlamvu yeso lakho.
Noma bekhulisa abantwana babo, nokho ngiyakubaphanga, kungabikho muntu; yebo, maye kubo futhi lapho ngisuka kubo!