Icebo Elingendawo Esixekweni

Esangweni lomzi uHezekile ubiza amagama amadoda angamashumi mabini anamihlanu onezikhundla, othetha ngentembeko ngokhuseleko bubuxoki, laza elinye kuwo lawa lafa ngexa eprofeta. Ekhwankqisiwe, ubuza enoba kukho osindayo na. Isithembiso sikaBawo wethu siya kubathinjwa abachithachithiweyo: intliziyo yenyama endaweni yelitye.

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UMoya wandiphakamisa, wandisa esangweni lasempumalanga lendlu kaBawo wethu, elibheke empumalanga. Ekungeneni kwalo kwakukho amadoda angamashumi mabini anamihlanu, ndaza phakathi kwabo ndabona uYahazaniya unyana ka-Azure, noPelatiya unyana kaBhenaya, izikhulu zabantu.

Wathi kum: “Nyana womntu, la ngamadoda acebisa ububi, enza icebo elingendawo kulo mzi, athi: ‘Asikuko kufuphi na ixesha lokwakha izindlu? Lo mzi yimbiza, thina siyinyama.’ Ngoko ke profeta ngokuchasene nabo; profeta, nyana womntu.”

Waza uMoya kaBawo wethu wehla phezu kwam, wandixelela ukuba ndithi: ‘Utsho uBawo wethu ukuthi: Nitsho njalo nina, ndlu kaSirayeli; ndiyakwazi okuvela engqondweni yenu.’ Nibabulele abaninzi kulo mzi, nazalisa izitrato zawo ngabafileyo.

Ngoko itsho iNkosi uBawo ukuthi: Abo nibabuleleyo, nababeka phakathi komzi, bayinyama, umzi yimbiza; kodwa ndiya kunikhupha kuwo. Niyoyike ikrele, ngoko ndiya kuzisa ikrele phezu kwenu, itsho iNkosi uBawo. Ndiya kunikhupha kulo mzi, ndininikele ezandleni zabasemzini, ndenze izigwebo kuni. Niya kweyela ekreleni. Ndiya kugweba kuni emdeni wakwaSirayeli, naza niya kwazi ukuba ndinguBawo wenu. Lo mzi awuyi kuba yimbiza kuni, ningabi yinyama ephakathi kwawo. Ndiya kugweba kuni emdeni wakwaSirayeli, naza niya kwazi ukuba ndinguBawo wenu—nina eningahambanga emimiselweni yam, ningawagcinanga amasiko am, kodwa nahamba ngokwamasiko eentlanga eziningqongileyo.

UBawo Uthembisa Intliziyo Entsha

Kwathi ndisaprofeta, wafa uPelatiya unyana kaBhenaya. Ndawa ngobuso, ndakhala ngezwi elikhulu, ndathi: “Owu, Nkosi uBawo! Uya kuwatshabalalisa ngokupheleleyo na amasalela akwaSirayeli?”

Laza lafika ilizwi likaBawo wethu kum, lisithi:

Nyana womntu, abazalwana bakho—abazalwana bakho, izalamane zakho, yonke indlu kaSirayeli, bonke—bathi abemi baseYerusalem: ‘Yibani kude noThixo; eli lizwe silinikiwe libe lilifa lethu.’

Ngoko ke yithi: ‘Itsho iNkosi uBawo ukuthi: Nangona ndabathumela kude phakathi kweentlanga, ndabachithachitha emazweni, noko ndaba yindawo engcwele kubo okwethutyana kula mazwe baye kuwo.’

Ngoko ke yithi: ‘Itsho iNkosi uBawo ukuthi: Ndiya kunihlanganisa ezizweni, ndinibuthe emazweni enichithachithelwe kuwo, ndininike ilizwe lakwaSirayeli.’

Baya kuthi bakufika khona, basuse zonke izithixo zawo ezilisikizi kuwo, namasikizi awo onke. Ndiya kubanika intliziyo enye, ndibeke umoya omtsha phakathi kwabo. Ndiya kuyisusa intliziyo yelitye enyameni yabo, ndibanike intliziyo yenyama, ukuze bahambe emimiselweni yam, bagcine amasiko am, bawenze. Baya kuba ngabantwana bam, ndibe mna ndinguBawo wabo. Kodwa abo iintliziyo zabo zilandela amasikizi abo neentlondi zabo ezinganyanyekayo—ndiya kuyibeka indlela yabo phezu kweentloko zabo, itsho iNkosi uBawo.

Zaza iikerubhi zawaphakamisa amaphiko azo, neevili ngakuzo, nobuqaqawuli bukaBawo wakwaSirayeli bungaphezu kwazo. Benyuka ubuqaqawuli bukaBawo wethu, busuka phakathi komzi, bema phezu kwentaba esempumalanga komzi. UMoya wandiphakamisa, wandisa ngombono, ngoMoya kaBawo wethu, kwabathinjwa baseBhabheli. Waza umbono endandiwubonile wemka kum. Ndaza ndabaxelela abathinjwa zonke izinto uBawo wethu awayezibonisile kum.