Joel 1

1Ilizwi likaThixo lafika kuJoweli indodana kaPhethuweli.

Ukuhlasela Kwesikhongwane

2Zwanini lokhu, lina badala;
lalelani lonke lina elihlala elizweni.
Into enjengale seyake yenzakala na ensukwini zenu
loba ensukwini zabokhokho benu?
3Kutsheleni abantwabenu,
abantwabenu labo batshele ababantwababo,
abantwababo batshele isizukulwane esilandelayo.
4Lokho okutshiywe ngumtshitshi wezintethe
kudliwe yisikhongwane;
okutshiywe yisikhongwane
kudliwe yibuyane;
okutshiywe yibuyane
kudliwe ngezinye intethe.

5Vukani lina zidakwa likhale!
Lilani lonke lina banathi bewayini;
lilani ngenxa yewayini elitsha,
ngoba lihluthunwe ezindebeni zenu.
6Isizwe sihlasele ilizwe lami,
silamandla asingeke sibalwe,
silamazinyo esilwane,
ingavula zesilwanekazi.
7Sesitshabalalise izivini zami,
saqothula lezihlahla zami zemikhiwa.
Sebule amaxolo azo
sawaphosela khatshana,
ingatsha zazo zasala sezimhlophe nke.

8Lilani njengentombi egqoke isaka
idabukele umyeni wobutsha bayo.
9Umnikelo wamabele lomnikelo wokunathwa
kususiwe endlini kaThixo.
Abaphristi bayalila,
bona abakhonzayo phambi kukaThixo.
10Amasimu atshabalele,
umhlabathi womile;
amabele onakele,
iwayini elitsha liphelile,
amafutha kawasekho.

11Delani, lina balimi,
lilani, lina balimi bamavini;
bubulelani ingqoloyi lebhali,
ngoba isivuno sensimu sitshabalalisiwe.
12Ivini lomile
lomkhiwa ubunile;
iphomegranathi, lelala lesihlahla sama-aphula,
zonke izihlahla zeganga, zomile.
Impela ukuthokoza kwabantu
kuphelile.

Isimemezelo Sokuphenduka

13Vunulani amasaka, lina baphristi, likhale.
Lilani lina elikhonzayo phambi kwe-alithari.
Wozani, lilale lembethe amasaka ebusuku,
lina elikhonzayo phambi kukaNkulunkulu wami,
ngoba iminikelo yamabele leminikelo yokunathwayo igodliwe,
kayanikelwa endlini kaNkulunkulu wenu.
14Memezelani ukuzila okungcwele;
bizani ibandla elingcwele.
Memani abadala
labo bonke abahlala elizweni,
baye endlini kaThixo uNkulunkulu wenu,
likhale kuThixo.

15Maye ngalolosuku!
Ngoba usuku lukaThixo seluseduze;
luzafika njengencithakalo evela kuSomandla.

16Ukudla akuzange kuphele
phambi kwamehlo ethu,
lokuthokoza kanye lokuthaba
endlini kaNkulunkulu wethu na?
17Inhlanyelo itshwabhene
ngaphansi kwamagade.
Izindlu zamabele zingamanxiwa,
iziphala zidiliziwe,
ngoba amabele kawasekho.
18Yeka ukukhala kwezinkomo!
Imihlambi yenkomo iyaphithizela
ngoba kayilamadlelo;
lemihlambi yezimvu iyahlupheka.

19Ngiyakhala kuwe Thixo,
ngoba umlilo usuqede amadlelo
lamalangabi asetshise zonke izihlahla zeganga.
20Lezinyamazana zeganga zifuna wena;
izifula zamanzi sezicitshile njalo
lomlilo usuqede amadlelo.