IsiLilo 1 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

IsiLilo 1 IJerusalema lifaniswa nomfelokazi

¹ Yeka ukuthi umuzi owawugcwele abantu uhlezi wodwa kanjani! ukuthi waba kanjani njengomfelokazi! elalilikhulu phakathi kwezizwe nendodakazi yenkosi phakathi kwezifunda, yeka ukuthi libe ngumthelisi!

² Ukhala kakhulu ebusuku, izinyembezi zakhe zisezihlathini zakhe; phakathi kwazo zonke izithandwa zakhe akakho omduduzayo; bonke abangane balo bamkhohlisile, baba yizitha zalo.

³ UJuda waya ekudingisweni ngenxa yosizi nangenxa yobugqila obukhulu; uhlala phakathi kwezizwe, kakutholi ukuphumula; bonke abashushisi balo balifica endaweni engenalutho.

⁴ Izindlela zaseSiyoni ziyalila, ngokuba akukho muntu oza edilini; onke amasango awo ayincithakalo; abapristi balo bayabubula, izintombi zalo zilusizi, nalo linomunyu.

⁵ Izitha zalo zinkulu, izitha zalo zinothile; ngokuba uJehova walicindezela ngenxa yobuningi beziphambeko zalo; abantwana bakhe bathunjwa phambi kwesitha.

⁶ Bonke ubuhle bayo buphumile endodakazini yaseSiyoni;

⁷ Ezinsukwini zosizi lwayo iJerusalema lakhumbula zonke izinto zalo ezithandekayo elalinakho ezinsukwini zasendulo, lapho abantu balo bewela esandleni sesitha, kungekho muntu owalisiza; izitha zayibona zayiklolodela. Ngamasabatha akhe.

⁸ IJerusalema lonile kakhulu; ngalokho wasuswa; bonke ababelidumisa balidelela, ngokuba babone ubunqunu balo; yebo wabubula wabuyela emuva.

⁹ Ukungcola kwakhe kusezigqokweni zakhe; akacabangi ngesiphetho sakhe sokugcina; ngakho lahamba ngokumangalisayo, lingelamduduzi. Jehova, bheka usizi lwami, ngokuba isitha sizikhulisile.

¹⁰ Isitha selulele isandla saso phezu kwazo zonke izinto zalo ezithandekayo, ngoba libona ukuthi abezizwe babengena endlini yalo engcwele, owazilaya ukuthi bangangeni ebandleni lakho.

¹¹ Bonke abantu bakhe bayabubula, bafuna isinkwa; babanika okumnandi njengokudla kokunciphisa umphefumulo; bheka, Jehova, unake; ngoba sengikhohlakele.

¹² Akulutho yini kini nonke enidlulayo? bhekani, nibone, uma lukhona usizi olunjengosizi lwami engabuzwa ngalo uJehova wangicindezela ngalo ngosuku lwentukuthelo yakhe.

¹³ Ephezulu wathumela umlilo emathanjeni ami, wawaqeda; Wenekela izinyawo zami inetha, wangibuyisela; Wangenza isichitho futhi ngikhathele usuku lonke.

¹⁴ Ijoka leziphambeko zami liboshwe ngesandla sakhe; Uwisile amandla ami, uJehova unginikele esandleni sabo, engingenakusukuma kubo.

¹⁵ UJehova uwanyathele phansi onke amaqhawe ami phakathi kwami; ungibizele umhlangano wokuchoboza izinsizwa zami; uJehova unyathele phansi intombi, indodakazi yakwaJuda, njengasesikhamweni sewayini.

¹⁶ Ngenxa yalezi zinto ngiyakhala; iso lami, iso lami liyaconsa amanzi, ngokuba umduduzi oyakukhanyisela umphefumulo wami ukude nami; abantwana bami bayaphithizela, ngokuba isitha sinqobile.

¹⁷ IZiyoni lelula izandla zalo, alikho oliduduzayo; UJehova wayala ngoJakobe ukuba izitha zakhe zibe nxazonke zakhe; IJerusalema linjengowesifazane osesikhathini phakathi kwabo.

¹⁸ UJehova ulungile; ngokuba ngahlubuka emyalezweni wakhe.

¹⁹ Ngabiza izithandwa zami, kodwa zangikhohlisa;

²⁰ Bheka, Jehova! ngokuba ngisosizini; amathumbu ami awaphumuli; inhliziyo yami iphendukile phakathi kwami; ngoba ngahlubuka kakhulu; ngaphandle uphanga inkemba, ekhaya kunjengokufa.

²¹ Bezwa ukuthi ngiyabubula; akakho ongiduduzayo; zonke izitha zami zizwile ngosizi lwami; bayajabula ngokuthi ukwenzile; Uzoletha usuku owalubiza ngalo, futhi bayoba njengami.

²² Mabufike bonke ububi babo phambi kwakho; wenze kubo njengalokho wenzile kimi ngenxa yazo zonke iziphambeko zami, ngokuba ukububula kwami kuningi, nenhliziyo yami ibuthuntu.