Habakkuk 3

Umkhuleko kaHabhakhukhi

1Umkhuleko kaHabhakhukhi umprofethi ngamaShigayoni a.

2Nkosi, ngizwile umbiko wakho b, ngesaba c; Nkosi, vuselela d umsebenzi wakho phakathi kweminyaka, phakathi kweminyaka wenze kwaziwe e; olakeni ukhumbule umusa f. 3UNkulunkulu wavela eThemani g, loNgcwele entabeni yeParani h. Sela*. Inkazimulo yakhe yasibekela amazulu, lomhlaba wagcwala indumiso yakhe. 4Lokucwazimula kwakunjengokukhanya, wayelemisebe ephuma esandleni sakhe; njalo lapho kwakulokufihlwa kwamandla akhe i. 5Phambi kwakhe kwahamba umatshayabhuqe wesifo j, lelangabi laphuma k , l ezinyaweni zakhe m. 6Wema, walinganisa umhlaba; wabona, wathuthumelisa izizwe n; lentaba zaphakade o zahlakazeka p, amaqaqa amandulo akhothama q; izindlela zaphakade zingezakhe. 7Ngabona amathente eKushani r phansi kwenhlupheko s; amakhetheni elizwe leMidiyani athuthumela t.

8INkosi yathukuthelela u imifula yini v? Ulaka lwakho lwalumelene lemifula yini w? Intukuthelo yakho yayimelene lolwandle yini, lokhu ugade amabhiza akho, izinqola zakho zosindiso x? 9Idandili lakho lembuliwe lavela obala y, njengokwezifungo zezizwe, ngitsho ilizwi z lakho. Sela*. Waqhekeza umhlaba aa ngemifula ab. 10Intaba ac zakubona ad, zathuthumela ae; isikhukhula samanzi sedlula; ukujula kwakhupha ilizwi lakho af, kwaphakamisela izandla zakho phezulu ag. 11Ilanga lenyanga kwema ah endaweni yakho yokuhlala ai; ekukhanyeni imitshoko yakho yahamba aj, ngokukhazimula kokuphazima komkhonto wakho ak. 12Ngokuthukuthela wanyathela ilizwe al, ngolaka wabhula izizwe am. 13Waphumela usindiso lwabantu bakho an, usindiso logcotshiweyo wakho ao; ulimaza ikhanda endlini yokhohlakeleyo ap, ngokwembula isisekelo aq kuze kube sentanyeni ar. Sela*. 14Wahlaba ngemikhonto yakhe inhloko yamadoda akhe empi as; baba njengesivunguzane at ukungihlakaza au; ukuthokoza kwabo kwakunjengokudla abayanga ngasese av. 15Wanyathela phakathi kolwandle aw ngamabhiza akho ax, inqumbi yamanzi amanengi. 16Lapho ngisizwa ay, isisu sami sathuthumela az; indebe zami zaqhaqhazela ngelizwi; ukubola kwangena emathanjeni ami, ngathuthumela endaweni yami ba, ukuze ngiphumule ngosuku lohlupho bb; lapho esenyuka emelene labantu uzabahlasela bc.

17Loba umkhiwa ungakhahleli, kungekho lesivuno sesivini, umsebenzi womhlwathi uzaphutha bd, lamasimu angavezi ukudla, izimvu zizaqunywa be zisuke esibayeni bf, kungabi khona inkomo ezibayeni; 18kanti mina ngizathokoza eNkosini bg, ngijabule kuNkulunkulu wosindiso lwami bh. 19UJehova iNkosi ungamandla ami; njalo uzakwenza inyawo zami zibe njengezezimpala bi, angenze ukuthi nginyathele bj ezindaweni zami eziphakemeyo bk , bl , bm. Kumqondisi wokuhlabelela ngamachacho ami bn.

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