1 Heḽi ndi ipfi ḽa Muṋe washu ḽe a amba na Tsefania ṅwana wa Khushi, ṅwana wa Gedalia, ṅwana wa Amaria, ṅwana wa Hiskia, musi hu tshi vhusa Josiasi ṅwana wa Amoni, khosi ya Juda.
2 Muṋe washu o ri, “Zwithu zwoṱhe zwi re shangoni ndi ḓo zwi swielela kule.
3 Ndi ḓo swiela vhathu na dziphukha na zwiṋoni na khovhe dzi re lwanzheni, na vha no khakhisa vhaṅwe, na vhavhi, vhathu vha re shangoni nda vha swielela kule.” Hu amba Muṋe washu.
4 “Ndi ḓo angaladza tshanḓa tshanga nda rwa vhathu vha Juda na vhoṱhe vha dzulaho Jerusalema. Hafha fhethu ndi ḓo ita uri hu si tsha luvhiwa Baali na kathihi, na madzina a vhotshifhe vha vhannḓa vha midzimu iyo ha tsha ḓo pfala.
5 Ndi ḓo lozwa vhane vha shuvhama nṱha ha ṱhanga vha luvha ḓuvha na ṅwedzi na dziṋaledzi. Ndi ḓo lozwa vhane vha gwadama phanḓa hanga vha ana nga Nṋe Yahavee vha dovha vha ana nga mudzimu Molekhe.
6 Ndi ḓo lozwa vho humelaho murahu vha si tsha ntevhela vha si tsha nṱoḓa, vha sa humbeli nyeletshedzo kha Nṋe.”
7 Ni tshete phanḓa ha Muṋe wa zwoṱhe Muṋe washu! Ḓuvha ḽa Muṋe washu ḽi tsini. Vhukuma Muṋe washu o lugisa tshiṱhavhelo, o ḓikhethela vhahali a vha ramba.
8 Musi wonoyo wa tshiṱhavhelo tsha Muṋe washu u ḓo lifhedza vhavhusi na vhakololo na vhoṱhe vha edzisaho maitele a vhasili.
9 Musi wonoyo u ḓo lifhedza vhoṱhe vha no ila u kanda tshiukhuvha, havho vhane vha ḓadza pfamo ya khosi yavho nga zwe vha wana nga vhuvemu na vhufhura.
10 Muṋe washu u ri, “Musi wonoyo hu ḓo pfala mukosi u tshi bva Khoroni ya Khovhe, hu ḓo pfala u honḓa hu tshi bva muḓini muswa, hu ḓo pfala u tshema mivhunduni.
11 Vha dzulaho dzinguni ḽa Mutuli vha ḓo lila, vhashavhi vhavho vhoṱhe vha ḓo lovha, vhoṱhe vha funaho tshelede vha ḓo swielelwa kule.
12 “Musi wonoyo ndi ḓo fhenḓa hoṱhe Jerusalema ndó fara mbone, nda lifhedza vhathu vhane vha ḓifulufhela, vha no dzula kha mvuvhelo dza waini yavhuḓi vhó wela mativhani, vhane mbiluni dzavho vha ri, ‘Yahavee ha na maanḓa a u ita tshivhuya kana tshivhi.’
13 Vha ḓo ṱangulwa lupfumo lwavho, nnḓu dzavho dza thuthiwa. Vha ḓo fhaṱa dzinnḓu vha si dzule khadzo; vha ḓo ṱavha minḓirivhe vha si nwe waini yayo.”
14 Ḓuvha ḽihulu ḽa Muṋe washu ḽi tsini; ḽi tsini, ḽi khou ḓa nga luvhilo! Tshililo nga ḓuvha ḽa Muṋe washu tshi ḓo ṱungufhadza; vhahali vha ḓo ṱavha mukosi wa nndwa!
15 Iḽo ḓuvha ḽi ḓo vha ḓuvha ḽa mbiti, ḽi ḓo vha ḓuvha ḽa u hanganea na vhuṱungu, ḓuvha ḽa phusuphusu na ndozwo, ḓuvha ḽa swiswi ḽitswu-ḽitswu, ḓuvha ḽa makole ḽo swifhalaho,
16 ḓuvha ḽa phalaphala i tshi lila hu tshi pfala mukosi wa nndwa, hu tshi diwa miḓi yo tingeledzwaho nga mutsheṱo, na thawara ndapfu.
17 Muṋe washu u ri, “Vhathu ndi ḓo ri zwi vha konḓele, vha ḓo tshimbila unga mabofu, nge vha khakhela Nṋe. Malofha avho a ḓo shululwa zwi sa londwi, zwa nga ndi buse, zwitumbu zwavho zwa nga mupfudze.
18 Siliva yavho na musuku wavho zwi nga si vha tshidze musi wa mbiti dzanga. Shango ḽoṱhe ḽi ḓo fhiswa nga mulilo wa mbiti dzanga ndi tshi ḓilwela, vhathu vhoṱhe vha dzulaho shangoni ndi ḓo vha lozwa nda vha fhedza kathihi fhedzi.”
1 Inwi lushaka lu si na ṱhoni, kuvhanganani ni ḓiṱukufhadze ni ḓidzime
2 Muṋe washu a sa athu ita zwe a vhofha, ni sa ḓo pwanyeledzwa kathihi fhedzi, mbiti dza Muṋe washu dzi ofhisaho dzi sa athu ni wela, ni sa athu ḓelwa nga ḓuvha ḽa mbiti dza Muṋe washu.
3 Ṱoḓani Muṋe washu, inwi noṱhe ni ḓiṱukufhadzaho, inwi vhane na ita zwine a zwi amba. Itani zwi re zwone, ni ḓiṱukufhadze phanḓa ha Muṋe washu; khamusi ni ḓo ponyoka ṱhamu musi Muṋe washu a tshi sumbedza mbiti dzawe.
4 Vhukuma muḓi wa Gaza u ḓo sala u soga, Ashkeloni u ḓo sala u matumba. Vhathu vha Ashidodo vha ḓo thubiwa masiari tshivhangalala, vha Ekroni vha ḓo tupulwa.
5 Inwi Vhakhreta ni no dzula tsini ha lwanzhe ni ḓo zwi vhona. Ipfi ḽa Muṋe washu ḽi kaidza iwe Kanana shango ḽa Vhafilista, ḽi ri, “Ndi ḓo u phusukanya ha si sale muthu kha iwe.”
6 Shango ḽi dzulaho Vhakhreta ḽi re tsini ha lwanzhe ḽi ḓo vha fhethu ha vhalisa, ḽi ḓo vha zwitumba zwa dzinngu,
7 ḽi ḓo dzhiwa nga vhathu vha Juda vho ponyokaho lufu; vha ḓo wana pfulo henefho. Nga madekwana vha ḓo eḓela nḓuni dza Ashkeloni. Muṋe washu Mudzimu wavho u ḓo vha londola, u ḓo ita uri zwi dovhe zwi vha nakele.
8 Muṋe washu u ri, “Ndo pfa lunyadzo lwa vha Muaba, ndo pfa maṱamba a Vhaamoni vha tshi sema vhathu vhanga, vha zuwa uri vha nga vha dzhiela shango.
9 Zwenezwo Nṋe Yahavee Mulangazwoṱhe Mudzimu wa Israele ndi ana nga vhutshilo hanga ndi ri: Vhukuma Muaba ḽi ḓo nga Sodoma, Vhaamoni vha ḓo nga Gomora, hu ḓo mela tsheṋe ha vha migodi ya muṋo, ha vha soga lini na lini. Vhathu vhanga vho ponyokaho lufu vha ḓo vha ṱangula, lushaka lwanga lwo salaho lu ḓo dzhia shango ḽavho.”
10 Hetsho ndi tshine vha ḓo wana nge vha ḓihudza, nge vha nyadza vhathu vha Muṋe washu Mulangazwoṱhe vha vha kolela.
11 Muṋe washu u ḓo vha ita zwi ofhisaho musi a tshi pwashekanya midzimu yoṱhe ya iḽo shango. Lushaka luṅwe na luṅwe lu ḓo mu luvha lu shangoni ḽalwo, u ḓo luvhiwa nga tshakha dza mashango a seli ha lwanzhe.
12 Na inwi Vhakushu, ni ḓo ḽiwa nga pfumo ḽa Muṋe washu.
13 Muṋe washu u ḓo angaladza tshanḓa tshawe a rwa devhula; u ḓo lozwa Ashuru, a sia Ninive hu si na muthu, hó oma unga phanga.
14 Vhukati hawo hu ḓo awela masambi na phukha dza ḓaka. Tshiruxwe na magwitha zwi ḓo kavha phuphuni dzawo vhusiku, muya u ḓo nuṅunedza mafaseṱereni; na zwone zwiukhuvha zwi ḓo pwashiwa; matanda a mikedara a re kha luvhondo a ḓo kwatulwa.
15 Ndi zwone zwine zwa ḓo wela muḓi uḽa wa mifhululu, we wa vha u tshi dzula u sa ofhi tshithu. Wo amba nga mbilu wa ri, “Muḓi ndi nṋe, a hu na muṅwe u no nga nṋe.” Zwino wo no vha matumba, wo no vha vhudzulo ha phukha dza ḓaka! Vhoṱhe vhafhiri vha nḓila vha lidza muludzi, vha dzungudza mavili vha tshi u holedza.
1 Khombo i ḓo wela muḓi wa mashandukwa, wo ḓalaho dzitshika, wa vhakandeledzi!
2 U tshi vhidzwa a wo ngo thetshelesa, wo vha khundavhalayi. A wo ngo fulufhela Muṋe washu, a wo ngo sendela tsini ha Mudzimu wawo.
3 Magota awo ndi ndau dzi vhombaho, vhavhusi vhawo ndi maṱalerwa a zwimaho vhusiku, ḽa ḓi tsha ḽa wana a tshi kha ḓi ponda.
4 Vhaporofita vhawo vha a ḓihudza, vha na vhufhura. Vhotshifhe vhawo vha kumadza hukhethwa, vha pfuka mulayo.
5 Muṋe washu a re ngomu hawo u ita zwi re zwone, ha khakhi. Musi muṅwe na muṅwe ḽi tshi tsha mulayo wawe u ḓi ima wo ralo, a u pfukwi. Naho zwo ralo vhatshinyi a vha shoni.
6 Muṋe washu u ri, “Ndi lozwa dzitshakha, ndo wisa mitsheṱo yavho. Ndo sia mikoto yavho i si na muthu, a hu tshee na ane a fhira nga henefho. Miḓi yavho yo fhalala, a ho ngo sala muthu, na muthihi zwawe.
7 Ndo vhudza Jerusalema nda ri, ‘Vhukuma u ḓo nnyofha, wa thetshelesa ndi tshi u laya!’ Zwa ralo vhudzulo havho a vhu nga phusukanywi, na ṱhamu dzanga a dzi nga vhi khavho, hone vho ḓi futelela u tshinya vha tshi ya kha zwoṱhe zwe vha ita.”
8 Muṋe washu u ri, “Zwino-ha nndavheleleni hu vhuye hu swike ḓuvha ḽine nda ḓo takuwa nda sengisa dzitshakha. Ndo elekanya u kuvhanganya dzitshakha na mivhuso uri ndi shululele mbiti dzanga khavho, mbiti dzanga dzoṱhe dzi ofhisaho. Ḽifhasi ḽoṱhe ḽi ḓo swa nga mulilo wa mbiti dzanga.
9 “Ndi hone milomo ya tshakha ndi tshi ḓo i ṱanzwa tshika, uri vhoṱhe vha rabele Nṋe, vha ntshumele sa vhana vha munna.
10 Vhathu vhanga vho balanganaho vhane vha nnduvha, vha ḓo nnḓisela nduvho vha tshi bva seli ha milambo ya Kushu.
11 Musi wonoyo a ni tsha ḓo shona ni tshi humbula zwoṱhe zwe na nkhakhela ngazwo, ngauri vhaṱongi vhau vhoṱhe vha u ḓihudza ndi ḓo vha ndo vha bvisa muḓini. Thavhani yanga khethwa a ni tsha ḓo dovha na ḓihudza.
12 Hone vhukati haṋu ndi ḓo sia vhane vha ḓiṱukufhadza na vha no ḓinyadza; vhone vha ḓo fulufhela dzina ḽanga.
13 Vhathu vha Israele vhane vha ḓo ponyoka lufu a vha tsha ḓo khakhela muṅwe muthu, a vha tsha ḓo zwifha, na vhufhura a vhu tsha ḓo wanala milomoni yavho. Vha ḓo nga sambi ḽine ḽa fula ḽa awela, hu si na tshine tsha vha shushedza.”
14 Hee iwe ṅwananyana Tsioni, fhululedza! Inwi vhathu vha Israele, ṱavhani mukosi! Hee iwe ṅwananyana Jerusalema, takala u pembele nga mbilu yau yoṱhe!
15 Muṋe washu o humisa ṱhamu yau, o thatha maswina au. Muṋe washu Khosi ya Israele u na iwe, a hu tshee na khombo ine wa nga i ofha.
16 Musi wonoyo vha ḓo vhudza Jerusalema vha ri, “Iwe Tsioni, u songo ofha tshithu, u songo kulea nungo,
17 Muṋe washu Mudzimu wau u na iwe, ndi muhali a u tshidzaho. U ḓo u takalela zwihulu, u ḓo u khuthadza nga lufuno lwawe, u ḓo u pembelela nga nyimbo,
18 zwa nga musi wa vhuṱambo.” Muṋe washu u ri, “Vho nyadziwaho, vho thubiwaho shangoni ḽa havho, vhe vha pfuluwa vho shona, ndi ḓo vha kuvhanganya.
19 Tshifhinga tshenetsho u ḓo vhona ndi tshi lifhedza vhane vha u kandeledza zwino; ndi ḓo lamulela zwihole, nda kuvhanganya vho balanganaho. Ndi ḓo ita uri vha khoḓiwe vha vhe na bvumo mashangoni oṱhe he vha vha vha tshi shoniswa.
20 Musi tshifhinga tshenetsho tshi tshi swika, ndi ḓo vha Mutshimbidzi waṋu, ndi ḓo kuvhanganya vhathu vhau. Ndi ḓo ita uri ni khoḓiwe ni vhe na bvumo vhukati ha vhathu vhoṱhe vha ḽifhasi musi ndi tshi ita uri zwi dovhe zwi ni nakele ni tshi zwi vhona nga aṋu maṱo.” Hu amba Muṋe washu.