UHezekhiyeli 33 - iBhayibhili Elingcwele 1978

Umprofethi ngumlindi koIsrayeli

¹ Ilizwi leNkosi lafika kimi lathi:

² Ndoda, tshono kibo abantu bakini uthi: Uba ngiletha impi elizweni, labantu belizwe bathathe omunye phakathi kwabo, bambeke abe ngumlindi wabo,

³ nxa ebona impi isiza elizweni, akhalise uphondo, axwayise abantu,

⁴ uba omunye esizwa ukukhala kophondo angananzi, impi ifike imbulale, kuzakuba ngumlandu wakhe.

⁵ Uzwile ukukhala kophondo, kazananza, ngoba umlandu uzakuba ngowakhe. Kodwa uba ebexwayile, ubezaphepha.

⁶ Kodwa nxa umlindi ebona impi isiza, angalukhalisi uphondo, abantu bengaxwayiswa, impi ifike ibulale omunye wabo, lowomuntu afele esonweni sakhe, umlandu uzakuba ngowomlindi.

⁷ Wenake, ndoda, ngikubeke ube ngumlindi koIsrayeli; nxa usizwa ilizwi elivela kimi, ubaxwayise.

⁸ Uba ngisithi komubi: Wena muntu omubi, uzakufa impela; uba ungakhulumi wena ukumxwayisa omubi ukuba atshiye indlela yakhe, lowomuntu omubi uzafela esonweni sakhe, kodwa umlandu uzakuba ngowakho.

⁹ Kodwa uba umxwayisa omubi ukuba aphenduke endleleni yakhe, angatshiyi indlela yakhe, uzafela esonweni sakhe, kodwa wena uzakuphepha.

Indlela kaNkulunkulu ilungile

¹⁰ Wenake, ndoda, tshono kuIsrayeli uthi: Lina lithi: Iziphambeko zethu lezono zethu zisehlele, siyaphela ngenxa yazo; sizakuphila njani na?

¹¹ Tshono kibo uthi: INkosi ithi: Ngiyazifunga mina, kangithokozi ngokufa komubi, kodwa ngokuba omubi atshiye indlela yakhe aphile; tshiyanike, tshiyani indlela zenu ezimbi, ngoba lizafelani, lina bakoIsrayeli na?

¹² Wenake, ndoda, tshono ebantwini bakini uthi: Ukulunga kolungileyo kakuyikumkhulula uba esona; lobubi bomubi kabuyikumbulala uba etshiya ububi bakhe; lolungileyo kayikuphila ngokulunga kwakhe uba esona.

¹³ Lapho ngisitsho kolungileyo ukuthi uzaphila impela, kanti uba ethemba ukulunga kwakhe, enze isono, kakuyikukhunjulwa lesisodwa isenzo sakhe esilungileyo, kodwa uzafela esonweni asenzileyo.

¹⁴ Futhi uba ngisitsho komubi ukuthi uzakufa impela, kanti uba ephenduka ezonweni zakhe, enze okufaneleyo lokulungileyo,

¹⁵ uba ebuyisela isibambiso, abuyisele lokho akuphangileyo, ahambe ngezimiso zokuphila, angenzi okubi, uzakuphila impela, angafi.

¹⁶ Kakusayikukhunjulwa lesisodwa sezono azenzileyo; ngoba wenzile okufaneleyo lokulungileyo, uzakuphila impela.

¹⁷ Kodwa abantu bakini bathi: Indlela yeNkosi kayilunganga; kanti ngezabo indlela ezingalunganga.

¹⁸ Nxa olungileyo etshiya ukulunga kwakhe, enze okubi, uzakufa ngenxa yakho.

¹⁹ Nxa omubi etshiya ububi bakhe, enze okufaneleyo lokulungileyo, uzakuphila ngenxa yakho.

²⁰ Kanti lina lithi: Indlela yeNkosi kayilunganga. Lina bakoIsrayeli, ngizalithonisisa lonke ngokufanele izindlela zenu.

Ukuwa kweJerusalema

²¹ Ngomnyaka wetshumi lambili wokuthunjwa kwethu, ngosuku lwesihlanu lwenyanga yetshumi, umuntu owayephunyukile eJerusalema wafika kimi wathi: Umuzi usuchithekile.

²² Isandla seNkosi sasiphezu kwami kusihlwa kungakafiki ophunyukileyo; yavula umlomo wami ngesikhathi lowomuntu engakafiki kimi ekuseni. Umlomo wami wavuleka, angabe ngisaba yisimungulu.

²³ Ilizwi leNkosi lafika kimi lathi:

²⁴ Ndoda, abakhileyo endaweni ezichithekileyo elizweni lakoIsrayeli, balokhu besithi: UAbrahama wayemunye lapho enikwa ilizwe, kodwa thina sibanengi; ilizwe silinikiwe impela ukuhlala kilo.

²⁵ Ngalokhoke tshono kibo uthi: INkosi uNkulunkulu ithi: Lidla inyama elegazi, liphakamisele amehlo enu ezithombeni zenu, lichithe igazi; lizahlala kilo ilizwe na?

²⁶ Lithemba umkhonto, lenze amanyala, lowo lalowo angcolise umfazi womakhelwana wakhe; kambe lizahlala kilo ilizwe na?

²⁷ Tshono lokhu kibo uthi: INkosi uNkulunkulu ithi: Ngiyazifunga mina, impela labo abasendaweni ezichithekileyo bazakubulawa; labo abasegangeni ngizabanikela ezilweni zibabulale, lalabo abasezinqabeni labasembalwini bazabulawa yisifo.

²⁸ Ngizalichitha ilizwe libe yinkangala, lamandla alo aziphakamisayo azaphela, lentaba zakoIsrayeli zibe yinkangala ukuba kungadluli muntu kuzo.

²⁹ Ng’khona bazakwazi ukuba ngiyiNkosi lapho sengilichithile ilizwe laba yinkangala ngenxa yamanyala abo wonke abawenzileyo.

³⁰ Wenake, ndoda, abantu bakini bakhuluma ngawe emidulini laseminyango yezindlu, lowo lalowo uthi kumfowabo: Woza, sizwe ukuba ilizwi lithini elivela eNkosini.

³¹ Ngakho abantu bami bayeza kuwe, bahlale phambi kwakho, bezwe okutshoyo, kodwa kabayikukwenza. Ngoba bathanda ngomlomo wabo, kodwa inhliziyo zabo zisenzuzweni yabo.

³² Kibo unjengomuntu ohlabela ingoma ezinhle, olelizwi elihle, owazi ukutshaya kuhle ichacho, ngoba bayezwa okutshoyo kodwa kabayikukwenza.

³³ Nxa lokhu kufika, ngoba kuzafika impela, ng’khona bazakwazi ukuba bekukhona umprofethi phakathi kwabo.