37.Those drawn up in Ranks

  1. Ngalabo abahlelwe ngezigaba
  2. Ngalabo abahambisa amafu ngendlela enhle
  3. Ngalabo abafunda isikhumbuzo
  4. Ngempela uMvelinqangi wenu munye
  5. INkosi yamazulu nomhlaba kanye nako konke okuphakathi kwako kokubili neNkosi yempumalanga
  6. Ngempela thina salihlobisa izulu eliseduzane ngomhlobiso wezinkanyezi
  7. Nokulondolozwa kwalo mayelana nabobonke osathane abahlubukayo
  8. Abakwazi ukulalela inhlangano ephakeme kakhulu futhi bajikijelwa kuwona wonke amacala
  9. Bayaxoshwa futhi okwabo yisijeziso sangunaphakade
  10. Ngaphandle kwalowo ohlwitha okuthize ngokuntshontsha bese elandelwa yilangabi lomlilo elihlabayo
  11. Ngakho-ke babuze ukuthi ngakube yibona yini abanzima ekudaleni noma yilabo esabadalayo na? Ngempela thina sabadala ngobumba olunamathelayo
  12. Kepha uyamangala kulapho benza inhlekisa
  13. Futhi uma bekhunjuziswa abakhumbuli
  14. Futhi uma bebona uphawu benza inhlekisa
  15. Futhi bathi, “lokhu akuyilutho ngaphandle komlingo ogqamile”
  16. Ngakube uma sesifile saphenduka uthuli namathambo ngempela siyovuswa yini na
  17. Kanye nobaba bethu basendulo na
  18. Ithi, “yebo futhi nina niyothotshiswa
  19. Kuyoba ukukhala okukodwa kuphela kulapho bona bebhekile
  20. Futhi bayothi, “Oh usizi kuthina! lolu wusuku lwenhlawulo”
  21. Lolu wusuku lokugcina enaniluphika
  22. Baqoqeleni ndawonye labo ababeyizoni kanye namaqembu abo kanye nakho konke loko ababekukhonza
  23. Esikhundleni sikaMvelinqangi bese nibaholela endleleni yesihogo
  24. Futhi nibamise ngempela ukuze babuzwe
  25. Kwenzenjani ngani nangalekelelani na
  26. Kepha bona ngalolosuku bayozinikela
  27. Futhi abanye babo bayophendukela kwabanye bebuzana bodwa
  28. Bayothi, “ngempela nina naniza kuthina niqhamuka ngakwesokudla”
  29. Bayothi, “kepha naningeyiwona amakholwa”
  30. Futhi sasingenalo igunya phezulu kwenu, kepha nina naningabantu abephula umthetho
  31. Ngakho-ke liyaqiniseka kuthina izwi leNkosi yethu ngempela thina sizozwa
  32. Manjalo saniphambukisa (endleleni eqondile) ngempela nathi sasiphambukile
  33. Ngakho-ke ngempela bona ngalolosuku bazoba ngababelanayo esijezisweni
  34. Ngempela sibenza kanjalo abayizoni
  35. Ngempela bona kwakuthi uma kuthiwa kubona, “ayikho into enokukhonzwa ngaphandle kukaMvelinqangi” bese bayaziqhayisa
  36. Futhi bathi, “ngakube thina sizoyeka onkulunkulu bethu ngenxa yembongi ehlanyayo na
  37. Kepha ulethe iqiniso futhi uqinisekisa izithunywa
  38. Ngempela nina nizosizwa isijeziso esibuhlungu
  39. Futhi angeke ninikezwe umvuzo ngaphandle kwalokho enanikwenza
  40. Ngaphandle kwezinceku zikaMvelinqangi ezimsulwa
  41. Labo-ke okwabo yisabelo esaziwayo
  42. Izithelo, futhi bona bangabahlonishwa
  43. Ezivandeni zenjabulo
  44. Ezihlalweni zobukhosi bebhekene
  45. Siyozungeleziswa kubona isitsha esinewayini
  46. Elimhlophe, elimtoti kwabaliphuzayo
  47. Abukho ubungozi kulona futhi bona abakutholi ukudakwa kulona
  48. Futhi eduzane nabo kuyoba nabesifazane abamsulwa abanamehlo amahle
  49. Okusengathi bona abesifazane bangamaqanda angakaze athintwe
  50. Ngakho-ke abanye babo bayophendukela kwabanye bebuzana
  51. Isikhulumi phakathi kwabo siyothi, “ngempela mina nganginomngane”
  52. Owayethi, “ngakube ngempela wena ungomunye wabakholwayo na
  53. Ngakube uma sesifile sabawuthuli namathambo ngakube ngempela siyojeziswa”
  54. Wathi, “Singaya yini ukuyobabona?”
  55. Ngakho-ke wabheka phansi wambona esesihogweni
  56. Wathi, “ngoMvelinqangi! Ucishe wangenza ngabhubha”
  57. Futhi ukube bekungesingenxa yomusa weNkosi yami ngempela bengizokuba ngomunye wabalethiwe
  58. Ngakube thina angeke sife
  59. Ngaphandle kokufa kwethu kwasekuqaleni futhi ngakube angeke yini sibe ngabajeziswayo na
  60. Ngempela lokhu kungukuphumelela okukhulu
  61. Okufana nalokhu ziyakusebenzela izisebenzi
  62. Ngakube lokhu kungukujabula okungcono noma yisihlahla sezaQum na
  63. Ngempela sasenza saba yisivivinyo kwabayizoni
  64. Ngempela sona siphuma esiqwini sesihogo
  65. Izithelo zaso zinjengamakhanda osathane
  66. Ngakho-ke ngempela bona bayodla kusona bagcwalise izisu ngaso
  67. Besekuthi ngempela okwabo phezulu kwaso kube ngamanzi abilayo
  68. Besekuthi ngempela ukuphindela kwabo kube semlilweni ovuthayo wesihogo
  69. Ngempela bona bathola oyise bedukile
  70. Ngakho-ke bona bashesha ezinyathelweni zabo
  71. Futhi ngempela ngaphambilini kwabo laduka iningi labasendulo
  72. Futhi ngempela sabathumela kubona abaxwayisi
  73. Ngakho-ke bheka ukuthi sasinjani isiphetho sababexwayisiwe
  74. Ngaphandle kwezinceku zikaMvelinqangi ezimsulwa
  75. Futhi ngempela uNowa wasibiza, singabaphenduli abangcono kakhulu
  76. Futhi samsindisa kanye nabantu bakhe ekuhluphekeni okukhulu
  77. Futhi sayenza inzalo yakhe yaba ngabasalayo
  78. Futhi samshiyela (udumo) ezizukulwaneni ezilandelayo
  79. Ukuthula makube kuNowa emihlabeni
  80. Ngempela sibanika kanjalo umvuzo abenzi bokuhle
  81. Ngempela yena ungomunye wezinceku zethu ezikholwayo
  82. Sabe sesiyabaminzisa abanye
  83. Futhi ngempela eqenjini lakhe kwakukhona u-Abrahamu
  84. Khumbula ngenkathi eza eNkosini yakhe ngenhliziyo ephelele
  85. Khumbula ngenkathi ethi kuyise nakubantu bakhe, “yini eniyikhonzayo na”
  86. Ngakube ngamanga izithixo enizifisayo esikhundleni sikaMvelinqangi na
  87. Ngakube yimuphi umcabango wenu ngeNkosi yemihlaba na
  88. Ngakho-ke wajeqeza izinkanyezi kanye
  89. Wayesethi, “ngempela mina ngiyagula”
  90. Ngakho-ke bamfulathela bahamba
  91. Ngakho-ke waphendukela ezithixweni zabo wayesethi, “Ngakube anidli yini na
  92. Kungani ningakhulumi na
  93. Ngakho-ke waphendukela phezulu kwazo, wazishaya ngesandla sokunene
  94. Manjalo beza kuyena beshesha
  95. Wathi, “Ngakube nikhonza loko enikuqophayo na
  96. Kulapho uMvelinqangi anidala kanye nalokho enikwenzayo
  97. Bathi, “makheleni isakhiwo bese nimposa emlilweni ovuthayo”
  98. Base bemdalela icebo ngakho-ke sabenza babangabehlisiweyo
  99. Futhi wathi, “ngempela mina ngiya eNkosini yami izongihola”
  100. Nkosi yami ngiphe (indodana) kubenzi bokuhle
  101. Ngakho-ke samnika izindaba ezinhle zomfana obekezelayo
  102. Manjalo kwathi lapho (indodana yakhe) seyikhule ngokwanele ukuhamba naye wathi, “Oh ndodana yami! Ngempela mina ngibone ephusheni lami ngikunikela, ngakho-ke bheka ubonani, yathi (indodana yakhe) Oh baba wami! Yenza lokho okuphoqwayo, uzongithola ngingowababekezelayo uma uMvelinqangi ethanda
  103. Ngakho-ke kwathi lapho bobabili sebezinikele (entandweni kaMvelinqangi) esembeke phansi ngesiphongo
  104. Sammemeza sathi, “Oh Abrahamu!”
  105. Ngempela uwufezile umbono, ngempela nathi ngokunjalo sibanika umvuzo abenzi bokuhle
  106. Ngempela lokhu kuwukuvivinywa okucacile
  107. Futhi samhlenga ngomnikelo omkhulu
  108. Futhi samshiyela (udumo) kwabanye
  109. Ukuthula makube ku-Abrahamu
  110. Sibanika kanjalo umvuzo abenzi bokuhle
  111. Ngempela yena wayengomunye wezinceku zethu ezikholwayo
  112. Futhi samnika izindaba ezinhle zika-Isaka kumphrofethi ongomunye wabalungileyo
  113. Futhi sambusisa yena kanye no-Isaka, futhi enzalweni yabo bobabili kunabenzi bokuhle kanye nabazona bona uqobo lwabo ngokusobala
  114. Futhi ngempela umusa sawethwesa uMose kanye no-Aroni
  115. Futhi sabasindisa bobabili kanye nabantu babo bobabili ekuhluphekeni okukhulu
  116. Futhi sabasiza ngakho-ke bona babangabanqobayo
  117. Futhi bobabili sabanikeza incwadi ecacile
  118. Futhi bobabili sabahola endleleni eqondile
  119. Futhi bobabili sabashiyela (udumo) ezizukulwaneni zangamumva
  120. Ukuthula makube kuMose naku-Aroni
  121. Ngempela sibanika kanjalo umvuzo abenzi bokuhle
  122. Ngempela bona bobaili babengabanye bezinceku zethu ezikholwayo
  123. Futhi ngempela u-Elyas wayengomunye wezithunywa
  124. Ngenkathi ethi kubantu bakhe, “ngakube animesabi yini (uMvelinqangi) na
  125. Ngakube nimemeza uBali niyeka ongcono kunabo bonke abadali
  126. UMvelinqangi yiNkosi yenu neNkosi yoyihlo basendulo
  127. Kepha bamphika ngakho-ke ngempela bona bayolethwa ngaphambili
  128. Ngaphandle kwezinceku zikaMvelinqangi ezimsulwa
  129. Futhi samshiyela (udumo) ezizukulwaneni zangamumva
  130. Ukuthula makube ku-Elyas
  131. Ngempela sibanika kanjalo umvuzo abenzi bokuhle
  132. Ngempela yena wayengomunye wezinceku zethu ezikholwayo
  133. Futhi ngempela uLothi wayengomunye wezithunywa
  134. Khumbula ngenkathi simsindisa kanye nabantu bakhe bonke
  135. Ngaphandle kowesifazane omdala (unkosikazi wakhe) owayekanye nabasalele ngemumva
  136. Sabe sesiyababhubhisa abanye
  137. Futhi ngempela nina nidlula ngakubona ekuseni
  138. Nasebusuku, ngakube aninawo yini umqondo
  139. Futhi ngempela uYunus (uJona) wayengomunye wezithunywa
  140. Khumbula ngenkathi egijima eya emkhunjini ogcwele
  141. Manjalo waphonsa inkatho wayeseba ngomunye wabalahlekelweyo
  142. Ngakho-ke inhlanzi yamgwinya kulapho yena efanelwe ukusolwa
  143. Kepha ukuba wayengesiyena omunye wabadumisayo
  144. Ngempela wayezohlala esiswini sayo (inhlanzi) kuze kube wusuku lokuvuka kwabafileyo
  145. Ngakho-ke samphonsa ogwini olomile kulapho yena egula
  146. Futhi samilisa isihlahla soselwa phezulu kwakhe
  147. Futhi samthumela kwabayinkulungwane noma ngaphezulu
  148. Ngakho-ke bakholwa, sabe sesibanika injabulo okwesikhashana
  149. Ngakho-ke babuze ngakube okweNkosi yakho ngamadodakazi okwabo ngamadodana na
  150. Noma sadala izingelosi zabangabesifazane kulapho bona bebhekile
  151. Ngempela kungamanga abo abakushoyo
  152. (Ukuthi) Umvelinqangi wazala futhi ngempela bona banamanga
  153. Wakhetha amadodakazi ngaphezulu kwamadodana na
  154. Kwenzekani ngani nehlulela kanjani
  155. Lapho-ke ngeke ukhunjuzwe
  156. Noma ninegunya elicacile na
  157. Ngakho-ke lethani incwadi yenu uma kungukuthi nineqiniso
  158. Futhi benza ubudlelwane phakathi kwakhe namaJinn, futhi ngempela amaJinn azi kahle ukuthi ngempela wona ayolethwa ngaphambili
  159. Makadunyiswe uMvelinqangi ngaphezulu kwalokho abakuchazayo
  160. Ngaphandle kwezinceku zikaMvelinqangi ezimsulwa
  161. Ngakho-ke nina kanye nalokho enikukhonzayo
  162. Angeke nibalinge ngaye
  163. Ngaphandle kwalowo onqunyelwe ukusha esihogweni
  164. Futhi akekho namunye wethu ngaphandle kwalowo onendawo eyaziwayo
  165. Futhi ngempela thina sime ngolayini
  166. Futhi ngempela thina singabadumisayo
  167. Futhi babejwayele ukuthi
  168. Ukube sasinaso isikhumbuzo esinjengesabantu basendulo
  169. Sasizoba yizinceku zikaMvelinqangi eziqotho
  170. Kepha abakholelwanga kusona, ngakho-ke bayokwazi
  171. Futhi ngempela izwi lethu selahamba ngaphambili laya ezincekwini zethu, izithunywa
  172. Ngempela zona okwazo ukwelekelelwa
  173. Futhi ngempela amabutho ethu okwawo ukunqoba
  174. Ngakho-ke suka kubona kuze kube yisikhashana
  175. Futhi babone ngakho-ke nabo bazobona
  176. Ngakube yisijeziso sethu abafuna ukuthi sisheshe
  177. Ngakho-ke uma (isijeziso) sesehlela egcekeni labo ngakho-ke kuyokuba kubi ukusa kulabo abaxwayiswayo
  178. Ngakho-ke suka kubona kuze kube yisikhashana
  179. Futhi bheka, ngakho-ke nabo bayobona
  180. Mayidunyiswe iNkosi yakho, iNkosi yamandla ngaphezulu kwalokho abakuchazayo
  181. Futhi ukuthula makube phezulu kwezithunywa
  182. Futhi udumo lungolukaMvelinqangi iNkosi yemihlaba