UHEZEKIYELI 31 - IsiNdebele 2012 Translation

IGibhide ifaniswa ne-Asiriya

¹ Ngomnyaka wetjhumi nanye, lokha inyanga yesithathu inelanga linye, ilizwi lakaSomnini lafika kimi lathi:

² “Ndodana yomuntu, yewuthi kuFaro ikosi yeGibhide nesiqubuthu sakhe, ‘Ufana nobani wena ebukhulwini bakho?

³ “ ‘Qala-ke, i-Asiriya bekumsedari eLibhanoni onamagatja nesitjhutha somthunzi nophakeme khulu; isitlhori sawo besihlangana namafu.

⁴ Amanzi awukhulisa, iye, amanzi wangaphasi awenza ukhule ube mude; enza bona imilambawo igeleze magegana nendawo lapha utjalwe khona. Kodwana kiyo yoke imithi emmangweni athontelisa imilanjanawo kwaphela.

⁵ Ngalokho ubude bomsedari lowo baba ngehla kwayo yoke imithi yommango. Iingala zawo zakhula zanaba, amaphakgha wakhona aba made; iye, umsedari lowo wanaba ngebanga lobunengi bamanzi.

⁶ Zoke iinyoni zomkayi zenza iindlwana zazo emaphakghenawo; iimbandana zommango zoke zazalela ngaphasi kwamatjhwabawo; iye, nangaphasi komthunzawo kwahlala zoke izizwe ezikulu.

⁷ Bekukuhle ebukhulwini bawo nebudeni bamatjhwabawo ngombana imirabhawo beyisemanzini amanengi.

⁸ Ngitjho nemisedari ngesivandeni sakaZimu beyingekhe yawusitha; imithi yemisayipurusi beyingalingana ngitjho namatjhwabawo nemithi yamapalatani beyingafani namaphakghawo. Bekunganamuthi esivandeni sakaZimu ebewungalinganiswa nobuhle bawo.

⁹ Mina Somnini ngawenza waba muhle ngobunengi bamatjhwabawo. Yoke imithi ye-Edeni ngesivandeni sakaZimu beyiwukhanukela.’

¹⁰ “Ngalokho nakhu okutjhiwo nguSomnini uSomandla, ‘Njengombana umsedari lowo bewuphakeme umude nokobana ubeke isitlhori sawo hlangana namafu nehliziywawo beyigugekile ngokuphakama kwawo,

¹¹ nje-ke ngiwunikele esandleni sonamandla ezizweni. Yena mbala usebenze ngawo njengombana kufanelekile ngobukhohlakali bawo. Nakungimi ngiwulahlile.

¹² Iye, imiqhamuka, okutjho izizwe ezinelunya ngokudluleleko, iwuqunte beyawutjhiya uwile. Amatjhwabawo awele eentabeni nakiyo yoke imirhoba. Amaphakghawo aphukele emiseleni yephasi loke. Boke abantu bephasi basuke emthunzinawo bawutjhiya.

¹³ Emahlikihlikinawo kuhlala zoke iinyoni zomkayi, emaphakghenawo kube neembandana zommango.

¹⁴ Lokhu kwenzeka ukuze yoke imithi esemanzini ingabi mide kangako kobana ibeke iintlhori zayo hlangana namafu; iye ukuze yoke imithi esela amanzi aneleko ingabi mide njengawo. Mbala, yoke imithi leyo inikelwe ekufeni, ibekelwe bona yehliselwe elizweni labangaphasi hlangana nabantu nje, iye, kilabo abehlele emgodini wokufa.’

¹⁵ “Nakhu okutjhiwo nguSomnini uSomandla, ‘Mhlana umsedari lowo wehlela endaweni yabafileko ngabanga isililo: Ngavala amanzi wangaphasi ngebanga lawo, ngaphunzisa imilanjanawo; iye, ngavimba amanzi amanengi. Ngembathisa iLibhanoni iinzilo ngebanga lawo, yoke imithi yommango yatsirimezeka ngenca yawo.

¹⁶ Ngenza izizwe zathuthumela ngomdumo wokuwa kwawo. Lokha nangiwehlisela endaweni yabafileko kilabo abehlele emgodini wokufa, yoke imithi ye-Edeni nemithi yeLibhanoni ekhethekileko nemihle, iye, yoke imithi esele amanzi yatjhiriyeka elizweni elingaphasi.

¹⁷ Ingalo yawo nalabo hlangana nezizwe ebebahlala emthunzinawo, nabo behlele endaweni yabafileko kanye nomsedari lowo; baya kilabo ababulewe ngesabula.

¹⁸ “ ‘Alo, ufana nobani wena Faro ephazimulweni nebukhulwini hlangana nemithi ye-Edeni na? Uzakwehliselwa elizweni labangaphasi hlanu kwemithi ye-Edeni. Uzakulala hlangana nabarhedeni iye, kanye nalabo ababulewe ngesabula.’ “Lokho kuzakwenzeka ngoFaro kanye naso soke isiqubuthu sakhe.” Kutjho uSomnini uSomandla.