Sefanya 1 - MUKANDA WA MYIDI MUKULU

¹ Telejayi bivua Maweja-Nangila muambile Sefanya mu tshikondu tshiwa Yoshiya, muana wa Amone, mukalenga wa Yuda. Sefanya uvua muana wa Kushi. Kushi uvua muana wa Ngedaliya. Ngedaliya uvua muana wa Amanya. Amanya uvua muana wa Izkiya.

Mvidi Mukulu neabutule buloba bujima

² Maweja-Nangila udi wamba ne: “Nembutule tshintu tshionsu tshidi ne muoyi pa buloba.

³ Nenshipe bantu, nyama, nyunyi ne mishipa. Nembutule bantu babi, ne bionsu bidi bibalenduisha. Tshiena nshiya muntu nansha umue ne muoyi pa buloba.”

Mvidi Mukulu neanyoke bena Yuda ne bena Yerushalayime

⁴ “Nennyoke badi basomba mu Yerushalayime, ne bantu bonsu badi mu Yuda. Nengumushe muaba ewu, bionsu biwabu batendelela nabi Baale. Nansha batuangaji ba nwidie ewu, kabena mua kubavuluka kabidi to.

⁵ Nembutule bonsu badi babanda ku misonga ya nzubu, bua kutendelela mitotu, ne bonsu badi bantendelela, baditshipa mu dina dianyi, kadi baditshipa musangu umue mu dina dia mvidie Milkome.

⁶ Nembutule bonsu badi bambenga meme Maweja-Nangila, badi kabayi bakeba diambuluisha kundi, kabayi bankonka meji.”

⁷ Puwayi, Mvidi Mukulu Maweja-Nangila udi ufika. Dituku dia tshiji tshiende dikadi pabuipi! Maweja-Nangila mmulongolole mulambu. mMumane kumusha mikiya ya badiye mubikile bua kudia nabu didia dia mulambu.

⁸ Maweja-Nangila udi wamba ne: “Dituku didibu balambula mulambu, nennyoke bakalenga ba matunga, bamfumu, ne bonsu badi bavuala mvuadilu wa bantu benyi.

⁹ Dituku adi, nennyoke bonsu badi batupikila pa mutu pa mushiku wa nzubu wa Mvidi Mukulu, mudi bantu ba bisamba bikuabu benza. Nennyoke bonsu badi buwuja nzubu wa mfumuabu ne biuma bipeta ku buenzayi ne tshinyangu.”

¹⁰ Maweja-Nangila udi wamba ne: “Mu Yerushalayime dituku adi, nebumvue mbila mikole ku tshiibi tshia Mishipa, miadi mu Tshimenga Tshipiatshipia, mutoyi wa bungi pa mikuna.

¹¹ Dilayi bikole, tuayi mikemu, nuenu badi basomba mu tshimenga tshia kuinshi, bualu basumbishanganyi ba bintu bonsu nebafue, bangenda mushinga bonsu nebabutuke.

¹² Diba adi nentemeshe muendu, bua kukalula tshimenga tshia Yerushalayime. Nennyoke bantu badi basomba talala, bu mudi maluvu abutama, ashiya binyindanyinda panshi. Badi bamba ne: ‘Maweja-Nangila kena wenza bualu, nansha buimpe nansha bubi!’

¹³ Kadi nebapawule bubanji buabu, nebupule nzubu yabu. Nebibake nzubu, kadi kabena balalamu. Nebakune mionji ya nwinyo, kadi kabena banua maluvu ayi.”

Dituku dia Maweja-Nangila

¹⁴ Dituku dinene didi Maweja-Nangila ufika munda dikadi pabuipi. Didi difika ne lubilu luonsu. Pafika dituku adi bantu nebele mbila, kabayi ne ditekemena nansha, nansha bantu badi ne dikima dipite nebadile muadi!

¹⁵ Dituku adi nedikale dia tshiji, dia dikenga ne kanyinganyinga, dia kubutula ne kushidisha. Dituku adi nedikale dia midima mikole, dia mavuba ne mabungi.

¹⁶ Dituku adi nebumvue bena mvita bela mpungi, bela mbila ya mvita, bua kuluisha bimenga bivuabu bakoleshe ne bimana, bua kushimbula tuleya tuabi tunene.

¹⁷ Maweja-Nangila udi wamba ne: “Nembueje bantu mu dikenga, nebababate mudi bampofu benza, bualu bavua bangenzela malu mabi. Mashi abu neatangalake miaba yonsu, bu mudi lupuishi. Bitalu biabu nebibole, mudi bintu bidibu bela ku dyala.”

¹⁸ Dituku didi Maweja-Nangila ufika munda, tshiamu tshitoke tshia mushinga mukole, nansha mpawungi, kabiena mua kubasungidila. Buloba bujima nebubutuke, ku kapia ka tshiji tshiende. Neabutule bantu bonsu ba pa buloba. Eyowa, bionsu ebi nebikuatshishe bantu bowa.