UMika 3
3
Ukusolwa kwabaholi ababi
1 Ngathi:
“Zwanini nina zinhloko zakwaJakobe,
nani zikhulu zendlu yakwa-Israyeli ukuthi:
Akusikho okwenu ukwazi ukulunga
2 nina enizonda okuhle,
nithanda okubi,
enebula kubo isikhumba sabo,
nenyama yabo emathanjeni abo,
3 enidla inyama yabantu bami,
nihlinza kubo isikhumba sabo,
naphula amathambo abo,
yebo, nibaqoba njengokwasekhanzini
nanjengenyama phakathi kwebhodwe.”
4 Khona bayakukhala kuJehova,
kepha akayikubaphendula;
uyakusitheza ubuso bakhe kubo ngaleso sikhathi
ngenxa yokwenza kwabo izenzo zabo zibe zimbi.
5Usho kanje uJehova:
“Ngabaprofethi abadukisa abantu bami,
abathi, bese nakho okokuhlafuna ngamazinyo abo,
bamemeze bathi: ‘Ukuthula,’
nongabeki lutho emlonyeni wabo bamlungisele ukulwa.
6 Ngalokho ubusuku buyakunehlela ukuze ningabi nambono,
kuhlwe kini, ningabe nisabhula;
ilanga liyakushonela abaprofethi,
usuku lube mnyama phezu kwabo.
7 Ababoni bayakuba namahloni,
ababhuli bayangaze;
bayakumboza amadevu abo bonke,
ngokuba akuveli mpendulo kuNkulunkulu.”
8Kepha mina ngigcwele amandla ngoMoya kaJehova
ngokulunga nangobuqhawe
ukuba ngimtshele uJakobe iziphambeko zakhe,
u-Israyeli izono zakhe.
9Ake nizwe lokhu nina zinhloko zendlu kaJakobe
nani zikhulu zendlu yakwa-Israyeli
eninengwa ngukwahlulelwa,
nihlanekezela konke ukulunga,
10 enakha iSiyoni ngegazi neJerusalema ngobubi,
11 elizinhloko zalo zahlulela ngemivuzo,
nelibapristi balo bafundisa ngenkokhelo,
nelibaprofethi balo babhula ngemali,
bencike nokho kuJehova, bethi:
“UJehova akaphakathi kwethu na?”
Asiyikwehlelwa ngokubi.
12 Ngalokho ngenxa yenu iSiyoni liyakulinywa njengensimu,
iJerusalema libe yincithakalo,
intaba yendlu ibe yizindawo eziphakemeyo zamahlathi.
Okuqokiwe okwamanje:
UMika 3: ZUL59
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