Nahume
1 Lona ngumlayeto lomelene neNineve:+ Lena yincwadzi lekhuluma ngembono waNahume* um-Elkhoshi:
2 Jehova unguNkulunkulu lofuna sikhonte yena yedvwa+ futsi uyaphindzisela;
Jehova uyaphindzisela futsi ukulungele kuveta intfukutselo yakhe.+
Jehova uyatiphindziselela etitseni takhe,
Futsi uhlale atitfukutselele titsa takhe.
3 Jehova uyephuta kutfukutsela+ futsi unemandla lamakhulu,+
Kodvwa Jehova angeke ahlale angabajezisi labo labanelicala.+
Indlela yakhe isemoyeni lobhubhisako nasesivunguvungwini,
Futsi emafu anjengelutfuli etinyaweni takhe.+
5 Tintsaba tiyatamatama ngenca yakhe,
Nemagcuma ayancibilika.+
Umhlaba utawuphatamiseka ngenca yebuso bakhe,
Kanye nalo lonkhe live nabo bonkhe labahlala kulo.+
6 Ngubani longamelana nentfukutselo yakhe?+
Futsi ngubani longamelana nelulaka lwakhe lolwesabekako?+
Intfukutselo yakhe itawutfululeka njengemlilo,
Nemadvwala atawuchekeka ngenca yakhe.
7 Jehova ulungile,+ usiphephelo ngemalanga ekucindzeteleka.+
Uyabanaka* labo labafuna siphephelo kuye.+
8 Ngesikhukhula lesitsanyela konkhe, utayicedza ngalokuphelele iNineve,*
Titsa takhe titawubhekana nebumnyama.
9 Yini longayenta lemelene naJehova?
Utakucotfula ngalokuphelele.
Angeke kudzingeke aphindze akubhubhise.+
10 Bahlanganiswe njengemanyeva,
Futsi banjengebantfu labadzakwe tjwala;*
Kodvwa batawucedvwa njengetinhlanga letomisiwe.
11 Kuwe kutawuphuma umuntfu lohlela emacebo lamabi ngalokumelene naJehova,
Lonika seluleko lesingenamsebenti.
12 Naku lokushiwo nguJehova:
“Ngisho nobe bebanemandla lamakhulu futsi babanyenti,
Batawuncunywa futsi bahlaselwe.
Ngikucindzetele,* kodvwa angeke ngisaphindze ngikucindzetele.
13 Nyalo ngitawephula lijoka futsi ngilisuse kuwe,+
Futsi ngitawudzabula tinketane loboshwe ngato etandleni tibe ticucu letimbili.
14 Jehova unikete nangu umyalo mayelana nawe,*
‘Libito lakho angeke lichubeke latiwa.
Ngitaticedza nya tithico letibatiwe netithico tensimbi* letisendlini* yabonkulunkulu bakho.
Ngitakwakhela lithuna, ngobe uyenyanyeka.’
15 Bukani etintsabeni tinyawo taloyo loletsa tindzaba letimnandzi!
Loyo lomemetela kuthula.+
Gubhani imikhosi yenu,+ awu nine bakaJuda, gcinani tifungo tenu,
Ngobe umuntfu longenamsebenti angeke aphindze endlule emkhatsini wenu.
Utawubhujiswa ngalokuphelele.”