AMAHEBHERU 9 - IsiNdebele 2012 TranslationUkulotjha kwephasinapha nekwezulwini 1 Nje-ke nesivumelwano sokuthoma besinemithetjhwana obekulotjhwa ngayo ngendaweni ecwengileko. 2 Kwakhiwa itende lokuhlanganela; ngaphakathi kwendawo yalo yokuthoma bekunelithi leembani, itafula nezikwa ezibekwa phambi kwakaZimu, leyo bekuyindawo ecwenge khulu. 3 Ngemva kwerharideni lesibili bekukhona indawo okuthiwa yindawo ecwenge khulu. 4 Ngaphakathi kwayo bekukhona i-aldari legolide lokutjhisela itjhwalo nomfaji wesivumelwano otshidzwe woke ngegolide. Ngaphakathi kwawo bekubulungwe umjeka ophethe imana, intonga ka-Aroni eyakhe yahluma amakari nomqebethu wesivumelwano. 5 Ngaphezu komfaji bekunamakerubhi wephazimulo engamele isihlalo somusa. Okwanje asikwazi ukukhuluma ngokugcweleko ngezintwezi. 6 Ngokunjalo, lokha koke sele kuhlelekile ngendlela le, abaphristi bangena njalonjalo ngengcenyeni yokuthoma yetende lokuhlanganela bona benze umsebenzabo wokulotjha. 7 Kodwana engcenyeni yesibili kungena kwaphela umphristi omkhulu kanye ngomnyaka; akangeni ngaphandle kokuthatha iingazi anikela ngazo mayelana naye nangenca yezono ezenziwe babantu ngephoso. 8 Ngalokhu uMoya oCwengileko utjengisa bona indlela yokungena endaweni ecwenge khulu ayikavuleki, mlunga ingcenye yokuthoma yetende isajamile. 9 Lokho kumfanekiso wesikhathesi, ekutjengiswa ngakho bona iminikelo nemihlabelo enikelweko azange iphelelise isazelo somlotjhi. 10 Kodwana beyiphathelene nokudla nokusela kanye nemihlobohlobo yokuhlambuluka ekuziimiso ezimalungana nomzimba bekube sikhathi sehlelo elitjha. 11 UKrestu selafikile njengomphristi omkhulu wezinto ezihle esele zikhona, wangena ngetendeni elikhulu neliphelele ukudlula, elingakenziwa ngezandla okutjho elingasilo lalokhu okudaliweko. 12 Wangena kwaba kanye kwaphela endaweni ecwenge khulu, kungasi ngeengazi zeembuzi namathole, kodwana ngeengazi zakhe ngokwazo wasizuzela ukuhlengwa okungapheliko. 13 Iingazi zeembuzi nezeenkomo kanye nokufafazwa ngomlotha wethokazi elitjhisiweko kuhlambulula labo abasilaphazweko ukuze babe ngabahlwengileko ngokomzimba. 14 Khulu kangangani-ke iingazi zakaKrestu owazinikela ngokwakhe kuZimu ngoMoya oCwengileko wesiphelani anganamphambo, zizakuhlanza isazelo sethu emisebenzini efileko ukuze silotjhe uZimu ophilako. 15 Ngalokho uKrestu umlamuleli wesivumelwano esitjha ukuze kuthi labo ababiziweko bamukele isithembiso selifa elingapheliko. Nje-ke ukufa kwakhe kwenzeke ukuze abahlenge eemphambekweni zesivumelwano sokuthoma. 16 Lapha kunencwadi yelifa, kufanele kube khona ubufakazi bokufa kwaloyo owayitlolako 17 ngombana incwadi yelifa isebenza kwaphela nasele kubhujiwe ngebanga lokobana ayisebenzi nakube loyo owayitlolako usaphila. 18 Kungalokho nesivumelwano sokuthoma singazange sajanyiswa kungakaphalazwa iingazi. 19 UMosi sele amemezele woke umyalo womthetho ebantwini boke, wathatha iingazi zamathole neembuzi, amanzi, uboya obububende nehisopi wafafaza umsongo wencwadi ngokwawo nabantu boke, 20 asithi: “Qalani, lezi ziingazi zesivumelwano uZimu anijamisele sona.” 21 Ngokunjalo uMosi wafafaza iingazi etendeni lokuhlanganela nakizo zoke izinto ezisetjenziswa kilo. 22 Ukuya ngokomthetho pheze zoke izinto zihlanjululwa ngeengazi, ngaphandle kokuphalaka kweengazi akukho ukulitjalelwa kwezono. Ukuzinikela kwakaKrestu kususa izono 23 Ngokunjalo bekufanele bona imifanekiso yezinto zezulwini ihlanjululwe ngalokho. Kodwana izinto zezulwini zifuna imihlabelo engcono kunaleya 24 ngombana uKrestu azange angene endaweni ecwengileko eyakhiwe ngezandla zabantu emfanekiso nje waleyo ekungiyo, kodwana wangena ezulwini ngokwalo, khona azasijamela phambi kwakaZimu. 25 Yena azange azinikele kanenginengi njengomphristi omkhulu lokha nakangena endaweni ecwengileko iminyaka ngeminyaka neengazi ezingasizo zakhe. 26 Ngathana bekunjalo bekufanele ahlupheke kanenginengi kusukela ekusekelweni kwephasi. Kodwana ubonakaliswe kanye kwaphela ekupheleni kwesikhathi bona asuse izono ngokuzinikela kwakhe. 27 Njengombana kujanyisiwe bona abantu bafe kanye, emva kwalokho kube kugwetjwa, 28 nje-ke noKrestu sele anikelwe kanye kobana athwale izono zabanengi, uzakubuye abonakale kwesibili, angakezi bonyana uzokuthwala isono kodwana ukusindisa labo abamlindeleko. |
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