UMikha
7 Maye babo! Sengifanana lomuntu othi
Ephuma esiyabutha izithelo zehlobo
Lamagilebisi asele kuvunwa
Athole kungela lelilodwa ilixha lamagilebisi angalidla,
Ngitsho lesisodwa isithelo sokuqala somkhiwa asikhanukayo.
Bonke bayacathama ukuze bachithe igazi.+
Umuntu ngamunye uzingela umfowabo ngomambule.*
3 Bazingcitshi zokwenza okubi ngezandla zabo,+
Umkhokheli ufuna izinto ngenkani,
Umahluleli ufuna ukubhadalwa,+
Isikhulu sibatshela esikufunayo,+
Besebekwenza bendawonye.
4 Ongcono wabo unjengameva,
Lalowo okuthiwa uthembeke ukwedlula bonke, mubi ukwedlula uthango lwameva.
Luyeza usuku abalindi bakho abakhuluma ngalo, usuku lokwahlulelwa kwakho.+
Bazaswela lokuthi babambe ngaphi.+
5 Ungabeki ithemba kumakhelwane wakho
Ungamthembi umngane wakho osekhwapheni.+
Nanzelela okutshoyo kulowo oqamela esifubeni sakho.
7 Kodwa mina ngizaqhubeka ngimelele uJehova.+
Ngizamlindela ngesineke uNkulunkulu umsindisi wami.+
UNkulunkulu wami uzangizwa.+
8 Sitha sami ungathabi nxa ngiphakathi kohlupho.
Lanxa ngiwile ngizavuka,
Lanxa ngihlala emnyameni uJehova uzakuba yikukhanya kwami.
9 Ngizalubhensela ulaka lukaJehova
Ngoba ngonile kuye.+
Ngizaqinisela aze alumele udaba lwami njalo angahlulele kuhle.
Uzangiletha ekukhanyeni,
Ngizakubona ukulunga kwakhe.
10 Lesitha sami sizazibonela ngawaso,
Uzayangeka lowo obesithi kimi:
“Ungaphi uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho?”+
Ngizasikhangela isitha sami.
Sizanyathelwa njengodaka olusemigwaqweni.
11 Kuzakuba lusuku lokwakha imiduli yakho yamatshe,
Ngalolosuku umngcele wakho uzakwengezelelwa.
12 Ngalolosuku bazakuza kuwe
Besuka khonale e-Asiriya lasemadolobheni aseGibhithe,
Kusukela eGibhithe kuze kuyebamba emfuleni*
Kusukela elwandle kusiya elwandle, kusukela entabeni kusiya entabeni.+
13 Ilizwe lizasala lingamanxiwa ngenxa yabantu balo,
Ngenxa yalokho abakwenzileyo.*
14 Yelusa abantu bakho ngentonga yakho, umhlambi olilifa lakho,+
Labo ababehlala bodwa eguswini, bephakathi kwesivande.
Kabadle eBhashani laseGiliyadi+ njengakudala.
15 “Njengasezinsukwini abaphuma ngazo elizweni laseGibhithe,
Ngizabatshengisa izinto ezinhle kakhulu.+
16 Lanxa izizwe zilamandla amakhulu zizakubona lokhu ziyangeke.+
Zizavala imilomo yazo ngezandla,
Lendlebe zazo zizavaleka.
17 Zizakhotha uthuli njengezinyoka,+
Ziphume ezinqabeni zazo ziqhuqha njengezinanakazana zomhlaba,
Zizabuya kuJehova uNkulunkulu wethu zithuthumela,
Zizakwesaba ngenxa yakhe.”+
Kasoze azonde kokuphela,
Ngoba kuyamthokozisa ukuba lothando oluqotho.+
19 Uzaphinda asizwele isihawu,+ uzazinqoba* iziphambeko zethu.
Aphosele zonke izono zabo enzikini yolwandle.+
20 Uzatshengisa ukuthi uthembekile kuJakhobe,
Abe lothando oluqotho ku-Abrahama,
Njengoba wafunga kubokhokho bethu ezinsukwini zasendulo.+