IzAga 1 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

Izaga 1 Isingeniso

¹ Amazwi kaSolomoni indodana kaDavide, inkosi yakwa-Israyeli;

² ukwazi ukuhlakanipha nokulaywa; ukuqonda amazwi okuqonda;

³ Ukwamukela isifundiso sokuhlakanipha, ukulunga, nokwahlulela, nokulunga;

⁴ Ukunika abangenalwazi ubuqili, abasha ulwazi nokweluleka.

⁵ Umuntu ohlakaniphileyo uyakuzwa, afunde okwengeziwe; nomuntu ohlakaniphileyo uyakufika esilulekweni esihlakaniphileyo.

⁶ Ukuze baqonde isaga nencazelo; amazwi abahlakaniphileyo namazwi abo amnyama.

⁷ Ukumesaba uJehova kungukuqala kolwazi, kepha iziwula ziyadelela ukuhlakanipha nokulaywa.

⁸ Ndodana yami, yizwa ukulaya kukayihlo, ungawushiyi umthetho kanyoko.

⁹ Ngokuba ziyakuba ngumhlobiso omuhle ekhanda lakho namaketanga entanyeni yakho.

¹⁰ Ndodana yami, lapho izoni zilinga, awuvumi.

¹¹ Uma bethi: “Hamba nathi, silindele igazi, sifune abangenacala ngasese ngeze.

¹² Masibashwabadele bephila njengethuna; futhi bephelele njengabehlela egodini;

¹³ Sizathola zonke izinto eziligugu, sizagcwalisa izindlu zethu ngempango.

¹⁴ Yenza inkatho yakho phakathi kwethu; sonke masibe nesikhwama semali sinye.

¹⁵ Ndodana yami, ungahambi nabo endleleni; nqamula unyawo lwakho endleleni yabo;

¹⁶ Ngokuba izinyawo zabo zigijimela ebubini, zishesha ukuchitha igazi.

¹⁷ Impela inetha lendlalelwa ize phambi kwamehlo azo zonke izinyoni.

¹⁸ Baqamekela igazi labo; bacathamela ukuphila kwabo ekusithekeni.

¹⁹ Zinjalo izindlela zabo bonke abazuzayo; ethatha impilo yabanikazi bayo.

²⁰ Ukuhlakanipha kumemeza ngaphandle; uzwakalisa izwi lakhe ezitaladini.

²¹ Buyabiza endaweni yokuhlangana, ezintubeni zamasango; emzini ikhuluma amazwi ayo ithi:

²² Koze kube nini nina zithutha nithanda ubuwula? nezideleli zijabulela ukuklolodela, neziwula zizonda ukwazi?

²³ Phendukelani ekukhuzeni kwami; khangelani, ngizathululela uMoya wami phezu kwenu, ngizakwazisa amazwi ami kini.

²⁴ Ngokuba ngabiza, nenqaba; Ngelula isandla sami, akwabonwa muntu;

²⁵ Kodwa kalilalelanga iseluleko sami, kalifunanga ukusolwa kwami.

²⁶ Nami ngiyakuhleka ngenhlupheko yenu; ngiyakuklolodela ekufikeni kokwesaba kwenu;

²⁷ Lapho ukwesaba kwakho kufika njengencithakalo, nokubhujiswa kwakho kufika njengesivunguvungu; lapho usizi nosizi lukwehlela.

²⁸ Khona bayakungibiza, kepha angiyikuphendula; bayongifuna ekuseni, kodwa ngeke baNgithole;

²⁹ Ngokuba bazonda ukwazi, abakhethanga ukumesaba uJehova;

³⁰ Abezwanga lutho ngesiluleko sami; badelela konke ukusola kwami.

³¹ Ngakho bayakudla isithelo sendlela yabo, basuthe ngamacebo abo.

³² Ngokuba inzondo yabangenalwazi iyobabulala, nokunetha kweziwula kuyakubabhubhisa.

³³ Kepha ongilalelayo uyakuhlala elondekile, athule ekwesabeni okubi.