Ndebele - I Chronicles - 16

16:1  Basebewuletha umtshokotsho kaNkulunkulu, bawumisa phakathi kwethente uDavida ayelimisele wona; basebenikela iminikelo yokutshiswa leminikelo yokuthula phambi kukaNkulunkulu.

16:2  UDavida eseqedile ukunikela umnikelo wokutshiswa leminikelo yokuthula wababusisa abantu ebizweni leNkosi.

16:3  Wasesabela wonke umuntu wakoIsrayeli kusukela kowesilisa kuze kube kowesifazana, kwaba ngulowo lalowo isinkwa esisodwa, leqatha lenyama, lesinkwa sezithelo zevini ezonyisiweyo.

16:4  Wasemisa izikhonzi kumaLevi phambi komtshokotsho weNkosi, ngitsho ukukhumbula lokubonga lokudumisa iNkosi, uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli.

16:5  UAsafi inhloko, lowesibili kuye uZekhariya, uJeyiyeli, loShemiramothi, loJehiyeli, loMathithiya, loEliyabi, loBhenaya, loObedi-Edoma, loJeyiyeli belezinto zezigubhu zezintambo njalo lamachacho; uAsafi wasezizwakalisa ngezinsimbi ezincencethayo;

16:6  loBhenaya loJahaziyeli abapristi ngezimpondo njalonjalo phambi komtshokotsho wesivumelwano sikaNkulunkulu.

16:7  Ngalesosikhathi ngalolosuku uDavida wanika kuqala lesisihlabelelo ukudumisa iNkosi ngesandla sikaAsafi labafowabo:

16:8  Bongani iNkosi, libize ibizo layo, lazise phakathi kwabantu izenzo zayo.

16:9  Hlabelelani kuyo, liyihubele amahubo, lilandise ngezenzo zayo ezimangalisayo.

16:10  Zincomeni ebizweni layo elingcwele, kayithokoze inhliziyo yabo abadinga iNkosi.

16:11  Dingani iNkosi lamandla ayo, lidinge ubuso bayo njalonjalo.

16:12  Khumbulani izimangaliso zayo eyazenzayo, izibonakaliso zayo, lezahlulelo zomlomo wayo,

16:13  nzalo kaIsrayeli inceku yayo, bantwana bakaJakobe, abakhethiweyo bayo.

16:14  IyiNkosi uNkulunkulu wethu; izahlulelo zayo zisemhlabeni wonke.

16:15  Khumbulani isivumelwano sayo kuze kube nininini, ilizwi eyalilaya kuzinkulungwane zezizukulwana,

16:16  eyasenza loAbrahama, lesifungo sakhe kuIsaka,

16:17  eyasiqinisa lakuJakobe saba yisimiso, kuIsrayeli saba yisivumelwano esilaphakade,

16:18  isithi: Ngizakunika ilizwe leKhanani, inkatho yelifa lakho.

16:19  Lapho lalibalutshwana ngenani, yebo libalutshwana, njalo liyizihambi kulo.

16:20  Basebezula besuka esizweni besiya esizweni, besuka embusweni besiya kwabanye abantu.

16:21  Kayivumelanga muntu ukubacindezela; yebo yakhuza amakhosi ngenxa yabo:

16:22  Lingathinti abagcotshiweyo bami, lingoni abaprofethi bami.

16:23  Hlabelelani eNkosini, mhlaba wonke, litshumayele insuku ngensuku usindiso lwayo.

16:24  Landisani udumo lwayo phakathi kwezizwe, izimangaliso zayo phakathi kwabantu bonke.

16:25  Ngoba yinkulu iNkosi, ifanele ukudunyiswa kakhulu, iyesabeka phezu kwabonkulunkulu bonke.

16:26  Ngoba bonke onkulunkulu bezizwe bayizithombe; kodwa iNkosi yenza amazulu.

16:27  Udumo lenkazimulo kuphambi kwayo, amandla lentokozo kusendaweni yayo.

16:28  Inikeni iNkosi, zizukulwana zezizwe, inikeni iNkosi udumo lamandla.

16:29  Inikeni iNkosi udumo lwebizo layo, lethani umnikelo lize phambi kwayo. Ikhonzeni iNkosi ebuhleni bobungcwele.

16:30  Lithuthumele phambi kwayo, mhlaba wonke; njalo umhlaba uzaqiniswa, kawuyikunyikinyeka.

16:31  Kawathokoze amazulu, lomhlaba ujabule, kabatsho phakathi kwezizwe ukuthi: INkosi iyabusa.

16:32  Kaluhlokome ulwandle lokugcwala kwalo, iganga kalithabe lakho konke okukulo.

16:33  Khona zizahlabelela ngentokozo izihlahla zehlathi phambi kweNkosi, ngoba iyeza ukwahlulela umhlaba.

16:34  Bongani iNkosi ngoba ilungile, ngoba umusa wayo umi kuze kube phakade.

16:35  Lithi futhi: Sisindise, Nkulunkulu wosindiso lwethu, usibuthe usikhulule ezizweni, ukuze sibonge ibizo lakho elingcwele, sizincome kudumo lwakho.

16:36  Kayibusiswe iNkosi, uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli, kusukela phakade kuze kube phakade. Bonke abantu basebesithi: Ameni. Basebeyidumisa iNkosi.

16:37  Wasetshiya lapho phambi komtshokotsho wesivumelwano seNkosi oAsafi labafowabo ukukhonza phambi komtshokotsho njalonjalo njengodaba losuku ngosuku lwalo.

16:38  LoObedi-Edoma kanye labafowabo, abangamatshumi ayisithupha lesificaminwembili; uObedi-Edoma indodana kaJeduthuni loHosa babengabagcini bamasango.

16:39  LoZadoki umpristi labafowabo abapristi phambi kwethabhanekele leNkosi endaweni ephakemeyo eyayiseGibeyoni,

16:40  ukuze banikele iminikelo yokutshiswa eNkosini phezu kwelathi lomnikelo wokutshiswa njalonjalo ekuseni lakusihlwa, lanjengakho konke okubhaliweyo emlayweni weNkosi, eyawulaya uIsrayeli.

16:41  Njalo kanye labo oHemani loJeduthuni labanye ababekhethiwe abamiswa ngamabizo ukubonga iNkosi, ngoba umusa wayo umi kuze kube phakade.

16:42  Njalo kanye labo oHemani loJeduthuni babelezimpondo lezinsimbi ezincencethayo zalabo abazizwakalisayo, lezinto zokuhlabelela zikaNkulunkulu. Lamadodana kaJeduthuni ayesesangweni.

16:43  Basebehamba bonke abantu, ngulowo lalowo waya endlini yakhe. UDavida wasebuyela ukubusisa indlu yakhe.