TSEFANIA 1 - BIVHILI KHETHWA Mafhungo Madifha

¹ Heḽi ndi ipfi ḽa Muṋe washu ḽe a amba na Tsefania ṅwana wa Khushi, ṅwana wa Gedalia, ṅwana wa Amaria, ṅwana wa Hiskia, musi hu tshi vhusa Josiasi ṅwana wa Amoni, khosi ya Juda.

Ḓuvha ḽa khaṱhulo ya Muṋe washu

² Muṋe washu o ri, “Zwithu zwoṱhe zwi re shangoni ndi ḓo zwi swielela kule.

³ Ndi ḓo swiela vhathu na dziphukha na zwiṋoni na khovhe dzi re lwanzheni, na vha no khakhisa vhaṅwe, na vhavhi, vhathu vha re shangoni nda vha swielela kule.” Hu amba Muṋe washu.

⁴ “Ndi ḓo angaladza tshanḓa tshanga nda rwa vhathu vha Juda na vhoṱhe vha dzulaho Jerusalema. Hafha fhethu ndi ḓo ita uri hu si tsha luvhiwa Baali na kathihi, na madzina a vhotshifhe vha vhannḓa vha midzimu iyo ha tsha ḓo pfala.

⁵ Ndi ḓo lozwa vhane vha shuvhama nṱha ha ṱhanga vha luvha ḓuvha na ṅwedzi na dziṋaledzi. Ndi ḓo lozwa vhane vha gwadama phanḓa hanga vha ana nga Nṋe Yahavee vha dovha vha ana nga mudzimu Molekhe.

⁶ Ndi ḓo lozwa vho humelaho murahu vha si tsha ntevhela vha si tsha nṱoḓa, vha sa humbeli nyeletshedzo kha Nṋe.”

⁷ Ni tshete phanḓa ha Muṋe wa zwoṱhe Muṋe washu! Ḓuvha ḽa Muṋe washu ḽi tsini. Vhukuma Muṋe washu o lugisa tshiṱhavhelo, o ḓikhethela vhahali a vha ramba.

⁸ Musi wonoyo wa tshiṱhavhelo tsha Muṋe washu u ḓo lifhedza vhavhusi na vhakololo na vhoṱhe vha edzisaho maitele a vhasili.

⁹ Musi wonoyo u ḓo lifhedza vhoṱhe vha no ila u kanda tshiukhuvha, havho vhane vha ḓadza pfamo ya khosi yavho nga zwe vha wana nga vhuvemu na vhufhura.

¹⁰ Muṋe washu u ri, “Musi wonoyo hu ḓo pfala mukosi u tshi bva Khoroni ya Khovhe, hu ḓo pfala u honḓa hu tshi bva muḓini muswa, hu ḓo pfala u tshema mivhunduni.

¹¹ Lilani inwi vha dzingu ḽa Mutuli; vhashavhi vhaṋu vhoṱhe vha ḓo lovha, vhoṱhe vha funaho tshelede vha ḓo swielelwa kule.

¹² “Musi wonoyo ndi ḓo fhenḓa hoṱhe Jerusalema ndó fara mbone, nda lifhedza vhathu vhane vha ḓifulufhela, vha no dzula kha mvuvhelo dza waini yavhuḓi vhó wela mativhani, vhane mbiluni dzavho vha ri, ‘Yahavee ha na maanḓa a u ita tshivhuya kana tshivhi.’

¹³ Vha ḓo ṱangulwa lupfumo lwavho, nnḓu dzavho dza thuthiwa. Vha ḓo fhaṱa dzinnḓu vha si dzule khadzo; vha ḓo ṱavha minḓirivhe vha si nwe waini yayo.”

¹⁴ Ḓuvha ḽihulu ḽa Muṋe washu ḽi tsini; ḽi tsini, ḽi khou ḓa nga luvhilo! Tshililo nga ḓuvha ḽa Muṋe washu tshi ḓo ṱungufhadza; vhahali vha ḓo ṱavha mukosi wa nndwa!

¹⁵ Iḽo ḓuvha ḽi ḓo vha ḓuvha ḽa mbiti, ḽi ḓo vha ḓuvha ḽa u hanganea na vhuṱungu, ḓuvha ḽa phusuphusu na ndozwo, ḓuvha ḽa swiswi ḽitswu-ḽitswu, ḓuvha ḽa makole ḽo swifhalaho,

¹⁶ ḓuvha ḽa phalaphala i tshi lila hu tshi pfala mukosi wa nndwa, hu tshi diwa miḓi yo tingeledzwaho nga mutsheṱo, na thawara ndapfu.

¹⁷ Muṋe washu u ri, “Vhathu ndi ḓo ri zwi vha konḓele, vha ḓo tshimbila unga mabofu, nge vha khakhela Nṋe. Malofha avho a ḓo shululwa zwi sa londwi, zwa nga ndi buse, zwitumbu zwavho zwa nga mupfudze.

¹⁸ Siliva yavho na musuku wavho zwi nga si vha tshidze musi wa mbiti dzanga. Shango ḽoṱhe ḽi ḓo fhiswa nga mulilo wa mbiti dzanga ndi tshi ḓilwela, vhathu vhoṱhe vha dzulaho shangoni ndi ḓo vha lozwa nda vha fhedza kathihi fhedzi.”