Mikha 4 - Siswati 1996 BibleKubusa kwaSimakadze ngekuthula ( Isa. 2:1-4 ) 1 Ngemalanga ekugcina intsaba yelithempeli laSimakadze iyawucina, ibe ngulephakeme kwendlula tonkhe tintsaba; iyawuphakanyiswa ibe ngetulu kwemagcuma, tive letinyenti tiyawubekelela tiye kuyo tingasakhawuli. 2 Tive letinyenti tiyawufika titsi: “Wotani, senyukele entsabeni yaSimakadze, endlini yaNkulunkulu waJakobe. Utasifundzisa tindlela takhe, khona sitewuhamba emikhondvweni yakhe. Ngobe umtsetfo uyawuphuma eSiyoni, livi laSimakadze liphume eJerusalema.” 3 Uyakwehlulela emkhatsini wetive, acatulule imibango yetive letinemandla, edvute nakhashane. Tona-ke tiyawukhandza tinkemba tato, titente tibe ngemakhuba, tikhali tato tibe tikelo tekutsena tihlala. Sive singeke sihlasele lesinye ngenkemba, futsi tive tingeke tisaceceshelwa kulwa imphi. 4 Bonkhe bantfu bayawuhlala ngekuthula ngulowo nalowo esivinini sakhe nasemikhiweni yakhe, kubete lobesabisako. Loku kwetsenjiswe nguSimakadze, longuSomandla. 5 Tonkhe tive tikhonta tihloniphe bonkulunkulu bato, kodvwa tsine siyawukhonta Simakadze Nkulunkulu wetfu phakadze naphakadze. Israyeli uyawubuya ekutfunjweni 6 Simakadze utsi: “Sikhatsi siyeta, mhlazane ngiyawubutsela ndzawonye sive lengasijezisa, bona labo lababuva buhlungu ekutfunjweni. 7 Bantfu balesive batishosha kantsi bakhashane nemakhaya abo, kodvwa ngiyawukwenta sicalo lesisha ngensali yabo, babe sive lesinemandla. Ngiyawuba yiNkhosi yabo eSiyoni kuze kube phakadze naphakadze.” 8 Nawe Jerusalema, njengobe bewuyinqaba yekulondvolota umhlambi wakho, wena ntsaba yaseSiyoni uyawuphindza futsi ube yinhlokodolobha yalowo mbuso, lowawuvele ungiyo. 9 Nikhalelani kakhulu kangaka? Yini nikhale nijilajile njengemfati aphetfwe ngumhelo? Kungobe anisenayo yini inkhosi, nebaholi benu sebafile yini? 10 Shumpani nibubule, bantfu baseJerusalema, nilingise umfati aphetfwe ngumhelo nasatawubeleka, ngobe nyalo senitawuphuma ekhaya niyewuhlala etigangeni. Nitakuya eBhabhulona; noko lapho niyawusindziswa, Simakadze uyakunephula etitseni tenu. 11 Tive letinyenti setibutsanele kuhlasela nine. Titsi: “IJerusalema imelwe kutsi ibhujiswe. Sitawubona tibondza taseSiyoni setibhidlitiwe!” 12 Kodvwa letive atati kutsi yini lesengcondvweni yaSimakadze. Atiwacondzi emasu akhe, futsi atiboni nekutsi tibutselwe ndzawonye, khona titewujeziswa kahle, tibhujiswe njengekubhulwa kwemabele labutselwe ndzawonye, abutsaniselwa kubhulwa. 13 Simakadze utsi: “Sive saseJerusalema, hambani nijezise titsa tenu, nitibhule njengemabele! Ngiyakunenta nibe nemandla njengenkunzi lenetimphondvo letiyinsimbi ibe nemasondvo elitfusi. Niyawucotfula tive letinyenti, bese kutsi umcebo letatiwutfole ngendluzula niwuletse kimi, mine Simakadze, iNkhosi yemhlaba wonkhe.” |
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