God the Only God

¹“Kepha yizwa manje, Jakobe, nceku yami, wena Israyeli engikukhethileyo.

²Usho kanje uJehova owakudalayo, wakubumba kwasesiwini, oyakukusiza, uthi: Ungesabi, Jakobe, nceku yami, wena Jeshuruni engikukhethileyo.

³Ngokuba ngiyakuthela amanzi phezu kokomileyo, nezikhukhula phezu kokushileyo, ngithulule uMoya wami phezu kwenzalo yakho, nesibusiso sami phezu kwabantwana bakho;

⁴bayakuhluma phakathi kotshani njengeminyezane ngasemifudlaneni yamanzi.

⁵Omunye uyakuthi: ‘NgingokaJehova;’ omunye uyakuzibiza ngegama likaJakobe, omunye azilobele uJehova esandleni sakhe, azidumise ngegama lika-Israyeli.”

⁶“Usho kanje uJehova, iNkosi ka-Israyeli, noMhlengi wakhe, uJehova Sebawoti, uthi: Ngingowokuqala, ngingowokugcina, ngaphandle kwami akakho uNkulunkulu.

⁷Ngubani ongabiza njengami, akumemezele, akubeke phambi kwami, kusukela ekusekeleni kwami abantu basendulo, na? Yebo, okuzayo nokuyakwenzeka mabakumemezele.

⁸Ningesabi, ningabi naluvalo; angithi ngikuzwisile kusukela endulo, ngakumemezela, na? Nina ningofakazi bami. Kukhona uNkulunkulu ngaphandle kwami na? Cha, alikho iDwala; angilazi.”

⁹Abenza isithombe esibaziweyo bayize bonke; izinto zabo ezithandekayo aziyikusiza; ofakazi babo ababoni, futhi abazi; bayakujabhiswa.

¹⁰Ngubani owenzile uNkulunkulu, ngubani obumbile isithombe esibaziweyo esingesokusiza na?

¹¹Bheka, bonke abangane bakhe bayakujabha, nezisebenzi zingabantu nje. Mabahlangane bonke, beme; bayakwesaba, bajabhe kanyekanye.

¹²Umkhandi wensimbi wenza imbazo, asebenze emalahleni, ayibumbe ngezando, ayisebenze ngamandla ezingalo zakhe; uyalamba, angabikho amandla; akaphuzi amanzi, uyadangala.

¹³Umbazi uyelula intambo, adwebe umuthi ngokubomvu, awenze ngezibazo, adwebe ngekompasi, awenze ngomfanekiso womuntu, ngobuhle bomuntu, ukuba uhlale endlini.

¹⁴Uyazigawulela imisedari, athathe imikhoba nama-oki, awaqinise phakathi kwemithi yehlathi; uyatshala umfire, imvula iwukhulise.

¹⁵Bese kuba ngokomuntu ukuba abase ngakho; uthatha kuwo, othe; uyawuphemba, enze isinkwa; wenza unkulunkulu, akhuleke kuye, enze nesithombe esibaziweyo, akhothambele kuso.

¹⁶Ushisa inxenye yawo emlilweni; phezu kwale nxenye uyadla inyama, ose izoso, asuthe; yebo, uyotha athi: “Halala! Sengifudumele, ngibonile umlilo.”

¹⁷Ngokuseleyo kuwo uyakwenza unkulunkulu nesithombe; uyakhothamela kuso, akhuleke kuso, athandaze kuso, athi: “Ngophule; ungunkulunkulu wami.”

¹⁸Abazi, abaqondi, ngokuba unamekile amehlo abo ukuze bangaboni, nezinhliziyo zabo ukuze bangaqondi.

¹⁹Akakho okhumbulayo, nokwazi nokuqonda akukho kokuba kuthiwe: “Ngishisile inxenye yawo ngomlilo, ngenzile isinkwa phezu kwamalahle awo, ngosile inyama, ngayidla; ngingenza okuseleyo kuwo kube yisinengiso, ngikhothamele umbhuku womuthi,” na?

²⁰Udla umlotha; inhliziyo ekhohlisiweyo imdukisile; akanakophula umphefumulo wakhe nokuba athi: “Akukho yini amanga kwesokunene sami na?”

²¹“Khumbula lezi zinto, Jakobe, wena Israyeli, ngokuba uyinceku yami; ngikubumbile, uyinceku yami; Israyeli, angiyikukhohlwa.

²²Ngesulile iziphambeko zakho njengefu, nezono zakho njengemilaza; buyela kimi, ngokuba ngikuhlengile.”

²³Thokozani, mazulu, ngokuba uJehova ukwenzile, nijabule nina zindawo eziphansi zomhlaba, niqhumuke ngokuhlabelela nina zintaba, nawe hlathi nayo yonke imithi ekuwe, ngokuba uJehova umhlengile uJakobe, ngokuhlabelela wazidumisa ngo-Israyeli.

²⁴Usho kanje uJehova uMhlengi wakho nowakubumba kwasesiswini, uthi: “NginguJehova owenza konke, oweneka izulu yedwa, nowendlala umhlaba ngokwakhe,

²⁵oshafisa izibonakaliso zabaprofethi bamanga, enze ababhuli ukuba bahlanye, obuyisela emuva abahlakaniphileyo, enze ukwazi kwabo kube ngubuwula;

²⁶ogcwalisa izwi lenceku yakhe, afeze ukululekana kwezithunywa zakhe, oshoyo ngalo iJerusalema, athi: ‘Liyakuba nabantu,’ nangemizi yakwaJuda ukuthi: ‘Iyakwakhiwa, ngibuye ngivuse incithakalo yakhona;’

²⁷oshoyo kuwo umsinga ukuthi: ‘Yisha, ngiyakomisa imifula yakho;’

²⁸oshoyo ngoKoresi ukuthi: ‘Ungumalusi wami, uyakufeza konke okwentando yami, athi ngeJerusalema: Liyakwakhiwa, nakulo ithempeli: Isisekelo sakho siyakubekwa.’ ”