UJobe 8 - IsiZulu 2020

Inkulumo Yokuqala KaBhilidadi

¹ Wayesethatha uBhilidadi, umShuhi, wathi:

² “Kuyoze kube nini ukhuluma lezi zinto, amazwi akho abe ngumoya onamandla, na?

³ Ngabe uNkulunkulu uyabuhlanekezela ubulungiswa, uSomandla aphendukezele ukulunga na?

⁴ Uma abantwana bakho bonile kuye, wabanikela emandleni eziphambeko zabo.

⁵ Kuyothi lapho umfuna uNkulunkulu, umnxusa uSomandla,

⁶ uma uhlambulukile, uqotho, Yena uyokubheka, akubuyisele endaweni yakho efaneleyo.

⁷ Nakuba ukuqala kwakho kwakungokuncane, nokho ikusasa lakho liyokhula kakhulu.

⁸ Ake ubuze manje ngezizukulwane ezakwandulelayo, uqaphele okwatholwa ngokhokho bazo,

⁹ ngoba thina singabayizolo nje, asinalwazi; izinsuku zethu emhlabeni ziyithunzi.

¹⁰ Bona abayukukufundisa yini, bakutshele, bakhiphe amazwi ezinhliziyweni zabo na?

¹¹ Umhlanga ungahluma yini lapho kungenaxhaphozi khona na? Ibhuma lingamila yini kungekho amanzi na?

¹² Uma liseluhlaza, lingakakhiwa, liyabuna phambi kwabo bonke utshani.

¹³ “Zinjalo-ke izindlela zabo bonke abakhohlwa nguNkulunkulu, ithemba longenabunkulunkulu liyakushabalala.

¹⁴ Ithemba lakhe liyakunqunywa, nesisekelo sakhe siyindlu yolwembu.

¹⁵ Uyakwencika endlini yakhe, kepha ayiyukuma; uma ebambelela kuyo, ayiyukuqina.

¹⁶ Yena uluhlaza phambi kwelanga; imixhantela yakhe iyenaba ensimini yakhe.

¹⁷ Izimpande zakhe ziyathandela enqwabeni yamatshe, zikhule phakathi kwamatshe.

¹⁸ Uma ebhujiswa endaweni yakhe, iyakumphika ithi: ‘Angikaze ngikubone.’

¹⁹ Bheka, lokho kuyindlela yakhe yokuthokoza. Kusazovela omunye othulini.

²⁰ “Phela uNkulunkulu akayukumlahla ongenasici, akayukuzibamba izandla zabenza okubi,

²¹ aze agcwalise umlomo wakho ngokuhleka, nezindebe zakho ngenhlokomo yokwethaba.

²² Abakuzondayo bayothelwa ngehlazo; ithende lezikhohlakali alisayukuba bikho.”