8 Nawe Jerusalema, njengobe bewuyinqaba yekulondvolota umhlambi wakho, wena ntsaba yaseSiyoni uyawuphindza futsi ube yinhlokodolobha yalowo mbuso, lowawuvele ungiyo.
Israyeli wesuka lapho wemisa lithende lakhe ngesheya kweMigdala Ederi.
Noko, Davide wayitfumba inqaba yaseSiyoni, lidolobha laDavide.
Phalali, umsa wa-Uzayi, yena wasebenta macondzana nelijika kanye nembhoshongo lowawengeme sigodlo lesingenhla edvute nesibuya sabomahlalesangweni. Eceleni kwakhe kwaba nguPhedaya, umsa waPharoshi,
Nine masango, vulekani! Nani minyango yasemandvulo vulekani nitsi nge, kuze iNkhosi yeludvumo itewungena.
Nkulunkulu usetindlini talo, naye utibonakalisile kutsi uyinqaba yalo sibili.
Ngobe wena usiphephelo sami, uyinqaba lengumbhoshongo locinile wekungivikela esitseni sami.
Intsamo yakho injengembhoshongo waDavide, lowakhiwe ngemihlobiso, uyindingilizi, kuwo kulenga emahawu layinkhulungwane, onkhe angemahawu etingwazi tasemphini.
Ngitawubuyisela tikhulu tenu tifanane naleto beninato ekucaleni, ngibuyisele beluleki benu, bafanane nalabo beninabo ekucaleni. Emvakwaloko nitawubitwa ngekutsi: Lidolobha Lekulunga, Lidolobha Leletsembekile.”
Lamuhla nje ema-Asiriya ayawumisa eNobi; ayawujikitisa tibhakela tawo entsabeni yeNdvodzakati yaseSiyoni, egcumeni laseJerusalema.
Wasimba wesusa onkhe ematje kuso, wahlanyela kuso imivini yelikhetselo. Wakha umbhoshongo wekulindza ekhatsi kuso, wacopha nesikhamo seliwayini edvwaleni. Abetsembe kutsi sitawutsela emagelebisi lamahle, kodvwa satsela emagelebisi esiganga lamunyu.
“Ngesikhatsi salawo makhosi, Nkulunkulu welizulu uyawumisa umbuso longasoze wabhujiswa lutfo, futsi ngeke unikwe labanye bantfu. Uyawupitjita yonkhe leminye imibuso uyicedze, kodvwa wona uyawukuma kuze kube phakadze.
Kodvwa labangcwele balowo Longetulu Kwako Konkhe bayawunikwa umbuso loyawuba ngewabo phakadze naphakadze, yebo, waphakadze naphakadze.’
Emachawe aseJerusalema ayawuyincoba iNtsaba iSiyoni alibuse lelive laka-Edomu. Lowo mbuso uyakwenganyelwa nguSimakadze.
“Kodvwa ngiyakunibutsela ndzawonye, nonkhe nine sive saka-Israyeli lenisasele. Ngiyawunibutsela nonkhe ndzawonye njengetimvu tibuyela esibayeni sato; nanjengelidlelo leligcwele timvu, live lenu lisetawubuye ligcwale bantfu labanyenti.”
Ngiyawutisusa tincola temphi ka-Efrayimu, nemahhashi emphi ngiwesuse eJerusalema, nebutjoki bemphi buyakwephulwa. Inkhosi iyawumemetela kuthula etiveni. Kubusa kwayo kuyakwandza, kusuke elwandle kuyewugcina ngelwandle, kusuke eMfuleni kuyewugcina emikhawulweni yemhlaba.
Buyelani enqabeni yenu, nine tiboshwa lese ninelitsemba, ngisho nanyalo solo ngiyamemetela, ngitsi ngitanibuyisela ngalokuphindziwe.
Jabula kakhulu, Ndvodzakati yaseSiyoni! Memeta ngekujabula, Ndvodzakati yaseJerusalema! Ase ubuke, inkhosi yakho ita kuwe, ilungile, futsi iphetse insindziso, ita itfobekile, igibele embongolweni, etikwelitfole lembongolo, inkhonyane yembongolo.
Umbusi uyawuvela kuJakobe abhubhise bonkhe lababesele nakuhlaselwa lelo dolobha.”
“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.
Jesu wacala wakhuluma kubo ngemifanekiso watsi: “Bekukhona lenye indvodza leyahlanyela sivini sayo, yase iyasibiyela, ekhatsi kwaso yemba umgodzi wekuhlutela emagelebisi etjeni, yakha nenyango yekulindza; yase icashisa ngaso kubacashi, yona yahamba yaya kulelinye live.
ngetulu kwako konkhe kubusa, neligunya, nemandla, nebukhosi, nemagama onkhe laphatfwako, hhayi kuleli kuphela, kodvwa nakulelitako.
Kuyawubate busuku, tingeke tikudzinge nekukhanya kwesibane nome kwelilanga, ngobe iNkhosi Nkulunkulu iyakutikhanyisela, tiyawubusa phakadze naphakadze.