The Servant of the LORD

¹“Bheka inceku yami engiyisekelayo, okhethiweyo wami othokoza ngaye umphefumulo wami; nginikele umoya wami phezu kwakhe, uyakukhiphela izizwe ukwahlulela.

²Akayikukhala, adazuluke, angezwakalisi izwi lakhe ezitaladini.

³Umhlanga ofecekileyo akayikuwaphula, umongo othunqayo akayikuwucima; uyakukhipha ukwahlulela ngeqiniso.

⁴Akayikudangala, aphele amandla, aze amise ukwahlulela emhlabeni; neziqhingi ziyakuhlalela umthetho wakhe.”

⁵Usho kanje uNkulunkulu uJehova owadala izulu, waleneka, nowawendlala umhlaba nokuvela kuwo, nowanika abantu abakuwo ukuphefumula nomoya kwabahamba kuwo, uthi:

⁶“Mina Jehova ngikubizile ngokulunga, ngiyakubamba isandla sakho, ngikugcine, ngikubeke ube yisivumelwano sabantu nokukhanya kwabezizwe,

⁷ukuze uvule amehlo ezimpumputhe, ukhiphe iziboshwa etilongweni nabahlezi ebumnyameni etilongweni.

⁸“NginguJehova; yilo igama lami; angiyikunika omunye inkazimulo yami, nezithombe ezibaziweyo udumo lwami.

⁹Izinto zakuqala zifikile, sengimemezela izinto ezintsha; zingakaqhamuki, ngiyanizwisa zona.”

¹⁰Mhubeleni uJehova ihubo elisha, nodumo lwakhe, kusukela emikhawulweni yomhlaba, nina enehlela elwandle nakho konke okukulo, nina ziqhingi nabakhileyo kuzo.

¹¹Ihlane nemizi yalo makujabule nemizana abakhileyo kuyo abakwaKedari, bahube abakhile emadwaleni, benanele beseziqongweni zezintaba.

¹²Mabanike uJehova udumo, bamemezele udumo lwakhe eziqhingini.

¹³UJehova uyaphuma njengeqhawe; njengendoda yempi uyavusa ukushisekela kwakhe; uyakhala, yebo, uyabangalasa, enze ubuqhawe phezu kwezitha zakhe.

¹⁴“Sekuyisikhathi eside ngithulile, ngathula ngazibamba; sengiyakukhala njengobelethayo, ngiphefuzele, ngibitoze kanyekanye.

¹⁵Ngiyakwenza ize izintaba namagquma, ngomise yonke imifino yawo, ngenze imifula ibe yiziqhingi, ngenze amachibi ukuba ashe.

¹⁶Ngiyakuhambisa izimpumputhe ngendlela ezingayaziyo; emikhondweni ezingayaziyo ngiyakuzihola; ngiyakwenza ubumnyama bube ngukukhanya phambi kwazo, namagebhugebhu ukuba ahlelenjwe; ngiyakwenza lezi zinto ngingazishiyi.

¹⁷Bayakubuyiselwa emuva, bajabhe nokujabha labo abethemba ezithombeni ezibaziweyo, abasho ezithombeni ezibunjiweyo ukuthi: ‘Ningonkulunkulu bethu.’

¹⁸“Yizwani nina zithulu; bhekani nina zimpumputhe, ukuze nibone.

¹⁹Ngubani oyimpumputhe ngaphandle kwenceku yami, nesithulu njengesithunywa sami engisithumayo, na? Ngubani oyimpumputhe njengopheleleyo, oyimpumputhe njengenceku kaJehova, na?

²⁰Ubona izinto eziningi, kepha awuqapheli; izindlebe zakhe zivulekile, kepha akezwa.”

²¹Kwaba kuhle kuJehova ngenxa yokulunga kwakhe ukuba akhulise umthetho, awudumise.

²²Kepha laba bangabantu abaphangiweyo nabamukiweyo; bonke bacushiwe emigodini, bafihliwe ematilongweni; bangabokuphangwa, akakho obophulayo, yebo, bayimpango, kungekho oshoyo ukuthi: “Buyisa.”

²³Ngubani phakathi kwenu obeka indlebe kulokhu, aqaphele, ezwele isikhathi esizayo, na?

²⁴Ngubani owanikela uJakobe ukuba aphangwe, no-Israyeli kubo abaphangi, na? Angithi nguJehova, esonile kuye, nabangavumanga ukuhamba ngezindlela zakhe, nabangawulalelanga umthetho wakhe?

²⁵Wayesethela phezu kwakhe ukufutheka kwentukuthelo yakhe, namandla empi; kwamvuthela nxazonke, kepha akakwazanga; kwamshisa, kepha akakubekanga enhliziyweni yakhe.