Sefania
3 We bulanda ku musumba wa mutitikisha,+ uulepondoka kabili uuleikantaika! 2 Uyu musumba tawaumfwile kwi shiwi;+ tawapokelele ukusalapula.+ Tawatetekele Yehova.+ Tawapaleme kuli Lesa wa uko.+ 3 Bacilolo ba mu kati ka uko bali ni nkalamo ishalebuluma.+ Bakapingula ba uko bali mimbulu ya ku cungulo iishakokwete amafupa ukufika ulucelo.+ 4 Bakasesema ba uko bali aba musaalula, abantu ababepa.+ Bashimapepo ba uko bakoweshe ifya mushilo; basuulile ifunde.+ 5 Yehova ali uwalungama mu kati ka uko;+ tacitile icishalungama.+ Cila lucelo alepeela ubupingushi bwakwe.+ Tabwalebula ku macaca.+ Lelo uwa bupondamishi taishibe insoni.+
6 “Nalofeshe inko; impungu shabo isha pa makona ya malinga shalyonawilwe. Naonawile imisebo yabo, ica kuti tapali uwalepitamo. Imisumba yabo yashele ifibolya, ica kuti tamwashele umuntu, kabili tamwali umwikashi.+ 7 Natile, ‘Cine cine mukantiina; mukasumina ukumulungika;’+ pa kuti ubwikalo bwa uko bwikaloba+—nkamulenga ukulubulula pa membu shakwe shonse.+ Cine cine balyangufyenye ukonaula imicitile yabo yonse.+
8 “‘E ico mulenjenekela,’+ e fyasosa Yehova, ‘mpaka ubushiku nkema ku kupokolola ifipe,+ pantu ubupingushi bwandi bwa kulonganika inko,+ ukuti nonganye amabufumu, ku kupongolwela pali bena icipyu candi,+ no bukali bwandi ubulepya ngo mulilo; pantu ku kupimpa kwandi ukwaba ngo mulilo isonde lyonse likonaulwa.+ 9 Pantu lilya nkaalula ululimi lwa bantu na bantu ukuba ululimi ulwine lwine,+ ukuti bonse fye balilile kwi shina lya kwa Yehova,+ ukuti bamubombele no mutima umo.’+
10 “Ukufuma ku citungu ca mimana ya Etiopia abalempapaata, e kutila, umwana mwanakashi uwa basalangana bandi, akaleta ubupe kuli ine.+ 11 Muli ubo bushiku tamwakomfwe insoni pa micitile yenu yonse iya bumpulamafunde bwenu kuli ine,+ pantu nkafumya mu kati kenu aba matutumuko benu abasekelela;+ kabili tamwakatale amuitutumuna mu lupili lwandi ulwa mushilo na kabili.+ 12 Nkasha muli imwe abantu abaiceefya kabili abalanda,+ kabili ukuuba bakooba mwi shina lya kwa Yehova.+ 13 Kumfwa abashalapo pali Israele,+ tabakacite icishalungama,+ nangu ukusosa ubufi,+ nangu ubucenjeshi tabwakasangwe mu tunwa twabo;+ pantu bena bakalya no kuyolola,+ kabili tapakabe no wa kubatiinya.”+
14 Aula no kusekelela, we mwana mwanakashi Sione! Sangalala,+ we Israele! Sekelela no kwanga no mutima onse, we mwana mwanakashi Yerusalemu!+ 15 Yehova nafumya pali iwe ubupingushi.+ Natamfya abalwani bobe.+ Yehova, imfumu ya kwa Israele, ali mu kati kobe.+ Tawakatiine ubucushi kabili iyo.+ 16 Muli bulya bushiku Yerusalemu akebwa ati: “Witiina, we Sione.+ Amaboko yobe yetompoka.+ 17 Yehova Lesa obe ali mu kati kobe. Apo wa maka, akapususha.+ Akaanga pali iwe no kusekelela.+ Akaba tondolo mu kutemwa kwakwe. Akasekelela pali iwe ne nsansa.
18 “Nkalonganya abali no bulanda+ abashasangilwe pa nshita ya mutebeto obe;+ tabasangilwe na iwe, pa mulandu wa miponto yakwe.+ 19 Mona, mu nshita ilya nkooma bonse abakucusha;+ kabili nkapususha uusunta,+ nkalonganya no watamfiwa.+ Kabili nkabalenga ukulumbanishiwa no kubacitila ishina mu calo conse umo baseebene. 20 Mu nshita ilya nkamuleta, na mu nshita ilya nkamulonganya. Pantu nkamucitila ishina kabili nkamulenga ukulumbanishiwa mu bantu na bantu bonse aba pe sonde, ilyo nkabwesha bankole benu ku menso yenu,” e fyasosa Yehova.+