UHezekhiyeli 39 - iBhayibhili Elingcwele 1978

¹ Wenake, ndoda, tshumayela ngoGogi uthi: INkosi uNkulunkulu ithi: Ngimelene lawe, Gogi, sikhulu esikhulu saseRoshi leMesheki leTubali.

² Ngizakukuphendula, ngikuqhube, ngikukhuphe endaweni ezikhatshana zasenyakatho, ngikuse entabeni zakoIsrayeli.

³ Besengitshayela phansi idandili elisesandleni sakho sekhohlo, ngiwisele phansi imitshoko esandleni sakho sokunene.

⁴ Uzawela phezu kwezintaba zakoIsrayeli, wena lamaxuku akho wonke labantu abalawe. Ngizakukunikela emanqeni lezilweni zeganga ukuba kukudle.

⁵ Uzafela egangeni, ngoba ngikhulumile, kutsho iNkosi uNkulunkulu.

⁶ Ngizathumela umlilo kuMagogi lakulabo abahlala ngokulondolozeka emazweni angasolwandle. Bazakwazi ukuba ngiyiNkosi.

⁷ Ngizakwenza ukuba ibizo lami laziwe phakathi kwabantu bami uIsrayeli, kangisayikuyekela ibizo lami elingcwele lingcoliswe futhi; lezizwe zizakwazi ukuba ngiyiNkosi, oNgcwele kaIsrayeli.

⁸ Khangelani, kuyeza kuzakwenzeka, kutsho iNkosi uNkulunkulu; yilo lolosuku engakhuluma ngalo.

⁹ Kuzakuthi labo abahlala emizini yakoIsrayeli baphume, babuthe izikhali, babase umlilo ngazo, izihlangu lamahawu lamadandili lemitshoko lezinduku lemikhonto, bakubase iminyaka eyisikhombisa,

¹⁰ ukuba bangathezi inkuni egangeni, loba bazigamule eguswini, ngoba bazabasa imililo yabo ngezikhali; bazakwamuka labo ababamukayo, baphange labo ababaphangayo, kutsho iNkosi uNkulunkulu.

¹¹ Ngalolosuku ngizanika uGogi indawo yokungcwabela koIsrayeli isihotsha seseAbarimi, esingasempumalanga kolwandle. Bazangcwatshelwa lapho uGogi lawo wonke amaxuku akhe, ligcwale lonke iAbarimi, balibize ngokuthi yisiHotsha samaxuku kaGogi.

¹² UIsrayeli uzabangcwaba inyanga eziyisikhombisa ukuze ilizwe lihlambuluke.

¹³ Bonke abantu belizwe bazasiza ukubangcwaba, kubalethele udumo mhla ngibonakalisa inkazimulo yami, kutsho iNkosi uNkulunkulu.

¹⁴ Bazamisa abantu abazahambahamba phakathi kwelizwe, bangcwabe labo abaseleyo elizweni ukuze lihlambuluke. Ekupheleni kwenyanga eziyisikhombisa bazaqalisa ukuhlola.

¹⁵ Nxa behambahamba phakathi kwelizwe, omunye abone ithambo lomuntu, uzamisa isibonakaliso phansi kwalo, baze balingcwabe abangcwabayo esiHotsheni samaxuku kaGogi.

¹⁶ — Kukhona umuzi lapho othiwa iHamona — Bazakuhlambulula ilizwe ngokunjalo.

¹⁷ Wenake, ndoda, kutsho iNkosi uNkulunkulu, khuluma lenyoni zenhlobo zonke lenyamazana zonke zeganga, uthi: Hlanganani lize, buthanani livela indawo zonke lize edilini lomhlatshelo engililungiselele lona, idili elikhulu lomhlatshelo eliphezu kwentaba zakoIsrayeli, lizakudla inyama linathe igazi.

¹⁸ Lizakudla inyama yamaqhawe, linathe igazi lezikhulu zomhlaba; banjengezinqama, lamawundlu, lezimbuzi, lezinkunzi, lezinonileyo zaseBashani.

¹⁹ Lizakudla amahwahwa lize lisuthe, linathe igazi lize lidakwe, edilini lomhlatshelo engililungisela lona.

²⁰ Lizasutha etafuleni yami amabhiza labagadi lamaqhawe lamadoda wonke empi, kutsho iNkosi uNkulunkulu.

²¹ Ngizakumisa inkazimulo yami phakathi kwezizwe; izizwe zonke zizabona ukuthonisisa engikwenzileyo, lesandla sami engisehlisele phezu kwabo.

²² AbakoIsrayeli bazakwazi ukuba ngiyiNkosi uNkulunkulu wabo kusukela kulolosuku.

²³ Lezizwe zizakwazi ukuba abakoIsrayeli bathunjwa ngenxa yesono sabo, ngoba bangikhohlisa kakhulu ngaze ngafihla ubuso bami kibo, ngabanikela ezandleni zezitha zabo, babulawa empini.

²⁴ Ngabaphatha ngokufanele ukungcola kwabo leziphambeko zabo, ngabafihlela ubuso bami.

²⁵ Ngalokhoke iNkosi uNkulunkulu ithi: Sengizabuyisa abantu bakaJakobe, ngibe lesihawu kuye wonke uIsrayeli, ngibe lomona langebizo lami elingcwele.

²⁶ Bazakhohlwa ihlazo labo lokungikhohlisa kwabo konke, nxa sebehlale elizweni labo kungasekho lobethusayo,

²⁷ lapho sengibakhuphile ebantwini, ngabaqoqa emazweni ezitha zabo, ngabonakalisa ubungcwele bami ngabo phambi kwezizwe.

²⁸ Bazakwazi ukuba ngiyiNkosi uNkulunkulu wabo ngoba ngabaxotshela phakathi kwezizwe, ngabuye ngabaqoqela elizweni labo. Kangisayikutshiya loyedwa wabo phakathi kwezizwe.

²⁹ Kangisayikubafihlela ubuso bami nxa sengithela umoya wami phezu kukaIsrayeli, kutsho iNkosi uNkulunkulu.