Obadiya 1 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

Obadiya 1 Umbono ka-Obadiya

¹ Umbono ka-Obadiya. Isho kanje iNkosi uJehova ngo-Edomi, ithi: ‘Sizwile umbiko ovela kuJehova, futhi isithunywa sithunyiwe phakathi kwezizwe, sithi: Sukani, simvukele ukulwa.’

² Bheka, ngikwenze waba mncane phakathi kwezizwe; udelelekile kakhulu.

³ Ukuzidla kwenhliziyo yakho kukukhohlisile, wena ohlala emifantwini yedwala, okhaya lakho liphakeme; othi enhliziyweni yakhe: “Ngubani oyakungehlisela phansi na?

⁴ Noma uziphakamisa njengokhozi, noma ubeka isidleke sakho phakathi kwezinkanyezi, ngiyakukwehlisa khona, usho uJehova.

⁵ Uma amasela efika kuwe njengabaphangi ebusuku, (yeka ukubhujiswa kwakho!) abengayikweba aze asuthe na? uma abavuni bezithelo zomvini befika kuwe, bebengayikushiya izithelo zomvini na?

⁶ Yeka ukuthi ziphenyisiswa kanjani izinto zika-Esawu! zihlolisiswa njani izinto zakhe ezifihliweyo!

⁷ Wonke amadoda esivumelwano sakho akulethile emngceleni; abantu ababenokuthula nawe bakukhohlisile, bakwehlula; abadla isinkwa sakho babeke inxeba phansi kwakho; akukho ukuqonda kuye.

⁸ “Ngalolo suku,” usho uJehova, “ngingayikunquma abahlakaniphileyo kwa-Edomi nezihlakaniphi ezintabeni zakwa-Esawu na?

⁹ Amaqhawe akho, Themani, ayakwethuka, ukuze zonke izintaba zakwa-Esawu zinqunywe ngokubulawa.

¹⁰ Ngenxa yobudlova bakho kumfowenu uJakobe buyakusibekela, futhi uyonqunywa kuze kube phakade.

¹¹ Ngosuku owama ngalo maqondana, mhla abezizwe besusa amabutho akhe nabafokazi bengena emasangweni akhe benza inkatho ngeJerusalema, nawe wawunjengomunye wabo.

¹² Kodwa kwakungafanele ubheke usuku lomfowenu mhla engowemzini; futhi kwakungafanele ujabule ngabantwana bakwaJuda ngosuku lokubhujiswa kwabo; futhi kwakungafanele ukhulume ngokuzidla ngosuku losizi.

¹³ Kwakungafanele ungene esangweni labantu bami ngosuku lwenhlekelele yabo; yebo, ubungafanele ubheke usizi lwabo ngosuku lwenhlekelele yabo, noma ubeke izandla phezu kwempahla yabo ngosuku lwenhlekelele yabo;

¹⁴ Futhi bekungafanele ume ezimpambanweni zezindlela ukuze uqothule abaphunyukileyo; nabasalayo osukwini lwenhlupheko anizange nizinikele.

¹⁵ Ngoba usuku lweNkosi luseduze phezu kwezizwe zonke; njengoba wenze, kuyakwenziwa kuwe; inkokhelo yakho iyobuyela ekhanda lakho.

¹⁶ Ngokuba njengalokho niphuzile entabeni yami engcwele, ziyakuphuza kanjalo zonke izizwe, ziphuze, zidle, zibe sengathi azigezwanga.

¹⁷ Kodwa eNtabeni yaseSiyoni kuyoba khona insindiso, futhi kuyoba khona ubungcwele; indlu kaJakobe iyakudla ifa layo.

¹⁸ Indlu kaJakobe iyakuba ngumlilo, nendlu kaJosefa ibe yilangabi, indlu ka-Esawu ibe ngamabibi, bawuthungele bayiqede; futhi akuyikusala lutho lwendlu ka-Esawu; ngoba uJehova ukukhulumile.

¹⁹ Abasuka eningizimu bayakudla ifa lentaba yakwa-Esawu; nabasethafeni, amaFilisti, badle ifa lensimu yakwa-Efrayimi nensimu yaseSamariya; uBenjamini uyakudla iGileyadi.

²⁰ Isiphetho sale butho labantwana bakwa-Israyeli siyakuthatha okwamaKhanani kuze kube seSarefati; abathunjwa baseJerusalema abaseSefaradi bayodla ifa lemizi yaseningizimu.

²¹ Abasindisi bayokhuphukela entabeni yaseSiyoni ukuze bahlulele intaba ka-Esawu; futhi umbuso uyakuba ngokaJehova.