UJoweli 2 - iBhayibhili Elingcwele 1978

Usuku lweNkosi

¹ Khalisani uphondo eZiyone, lihlabe umkhosi entabeni yami egcwele. Kabathuthumele bonke abakhileyo elizweni, ngoba usuku lweNkosi luyeza, seluseduze,

² usuku lomnyama losizi, usuku lwamayezi lomnyama omkhulu. Njengobumnyama obembese izintaba kuvela impi elamandla engelakubalwa. Kakuzanga kube khona abanjengabo kusukela endulo, futhi kabayikuba khona ngemva kwabo kuyo yonke iminyaka ezayo.

³ Umlilo uyatshisa phambi kwabo, langemva kwabo kuvutha ilangabi. Phambi kwabo ilizwe lifanana lensimu yaseEdeni, kodwa ngemva kwabo liyinkangala elugwadule; kakukho okungabaleka kubo.

⁴ Bafanana lamabhiza, bagijima njengamabhiza empi.

⁵ Umsindo wokweqa kwabo ezingqongeni zezintaba unjengomsindo wezinqola zempi, unjengokufahlaza kwelangabi lomlilo otshisa amabibi, banjengempi elamandla ehlelelwe ukulwa.

⁶ Phambi kwabo abantu bayathuthumela, bethuke bonke.

⁷ Bayahlasela njengamaqhawe, bakhwele imiduli njengamadoda empi, baqhubekele phambili bonke bengaphambuki endleleni zabo.

⁸ Kabasunduzani, yilowo lalowo uhamba ngendlela yakhe; bafohla phakathi kwezikhali, bengavinjelwa.

⁹ Bayatheleka emzini, bagijime phezu kwemiduli, bangene ezindlini, bengena ngamawindi njengesela.

¹⁰ Nxa besiza, umhlaba uyanyikinyeka phambi kwabo, lephezulu lithuthumele. Ilanga lenyanga kuphenduka kube mnyama, lezinkanyezi kucime ukukhanya kwazo.

¹¹ INkosi izwakalisa ilizwi layo phambi kwempi yayo, ngoba impi yayo yinkulu kakhulu; logcina ilizwi layo ulamandla. Ngoba usuku lweNkosi lukhulu, luyesabeka kakhulu; ngubani ongalumela na?

Abantu bacelwa ukuphenduka

¹² Kanti lakhathesinje, kutsho iNkosi, phendukelani kimi ngenhliziyo zenu zonke, ngokuzila ukudla, langokukhala, langokulila,

¹³ lidabule inhliziyo zenu, lingadabuli izambatho zenu. Phendukelani eNkosini, uNkulunkulu wenu, ngoba ilomusa lesihawu, iyaphuza ukuthukuthela, ilothando olungapheliyo, iyathethelela.

¹⁴ Mhlawumbe izaphenduka isihawukele, isitshiyele isibusiso, isibusiso somnikelo wempuphu lomnikelo wokunathwayo weNkosi, uNkulunkulu wenu.

¹⁵ Khalisani uphondo eZiyone, lizile ukudla, lenze inkonzo enkulu;

¹⁶ buthanisani abantu, libize ibandla, lihlanganise abadala labantwana lensane ezimunyayo. Umyeni kaphume endlini yakhe, lomlobokazi exhibeni lakhe.

¹⁷ Abapristi, izikhonzi zeNkosi, kabakhale phakathi komkoto lealtare, bathi: Bahawukele abantu bakho, Nkosi, ungabenzi babe yinhlamba, lesiga phakathi kwezizwe. Bazakutsholoni phakathi kwezizwe ukuthi: Ungaphi uNkulunkulu wabo na?

Isihawu seNkosi

¹⁸ INkosi yaliphisekela ilizwe layo, yaba lesihawu ebantwini bayo.

¹⁹ INkosi yabaphendula abantu bayo yathi: Sengizalinika amabele lewayini lamafutha, lisuthe; kangisayikuphinda ngilenze inhlamba phakathi kwezizwe.

²⁰ Ngizasusela khatshana lani impi evela enyakatho, ngiyixotshele elizweni elomileyo leliyinkangala, uphondo lwayo ngiluxotshele olwandle lwasempumalanga, lomsila wayo olwandle lwasentshonalanga; kuvele ezidunjini zayo ivumba elibi, ngoba yenzile izinto ezinkulu.

²¹ Ungesabi, lizwe, kodwa jabula uthokoze, ngoba iNkosi yenzile izinto ezinkulu.

²² Lingesabi, zinyamazana zeganga, ngoba amadlelo enkangala asehlumile; izihlahla zithela izithelo zazo, umkhiwa levini kuthelile kakhulu.

²³ Thabani, lina beZiyone, lithokoze ngeNkosi, uNkulunkulu wenu; ngoba ilinikile izulu lensewula ukuba ilibusise, yalinisela izulu elinengi, lensewula lelamuva njengakuqala.

²⁴ Iziza zizagcwala amabele, lezikhamelo ziphuphume ngewayini lamafutha.

²⁵ Ngizabuyisela kini okwadliwa eminyakeni yesikhongwane leqhwagi lenswabanda lentothoviyane, impi yami enkulu engayithumela kini.

²⁶ Lizakudla okunengi, lisuthe, lidumise ibizo leNkosi, uNkulunkulu wenu, oliphethe ngokumangalisayo. — Abantu bami kabasayikuphinda bayangiswe futhi —

²⁷ Lizakwazi ukuthi ngikhona phakathi kukaIsrayeli, lokuthi mina Nkosi nginguNkulunkulu wenu, kakho omunye. Abantu bami kabasayikuphinda bayangiswe futhi.

Ukuthelwa komoya kaNkulunkulu

²⁸ Kuzakuthi emva kwalokho ngithele umoya wami phezu kwabantu bonke; amadodana enu lamadodakazi enu azakwazisela, labadala benu baphuphe amaphupho, lensizwa zenu zibone imibono.

²⁹ Laphezu kwenceku lencekukazi ngizathela umoya wami ngalezonsuku.

³⁰ Ngizaveza izimangaliso phezulu lasemhlabeni, igazi, lomlilo, lentuthu ethunqayo.

³¹ Ilanga lizaphenduka umnyama, lenyanga ibe ligazi, lungakafiki usuku lweNkosi olukhulu lolwesabekayo.

³² Kuzakuthi bonke abakhuleka ebizweni leNkosi bakhululwe; ngoba entabeni yaseZiyone kuzakuba khona labo abaphunyukileyo, njengokutsho kweNkosi, laseJerusalema kube khona abaseleyo ababizwe yiNkosi.