uBawo Uthumela Umqondiso Wokuthinjwa
UHezekile ulungiselela impahla aze ambe udonga lwakhe ngokuhlwa, ubuso bugutyungelwe, edlala ukufuduka emehlweni abamelwane abambuza ukuba wenza ntoni na. Ngokuchasene nelo qhalo lidumileyo lokuba imibono ayizalisekiswa, uBawo wethu uphendula ukuba ukulinda kuphelile.
12 1Lafika ilizwi likaBawo wethu kum, lisithi:
2“Nyana womntu, uhleli phakathi kwendlu eneenkani—banamehlo okubona, kodwa ababoni; baneendlebe zokuva, kodwa abeva; kuba bayindlu eneenkani.”
3“Ngoko ke wena, nyana womntu, zilungiselele impahla yokufuduka, ufuduke emini emehlweni abo. Ufuduke, usuke kwindawo yakho uye kwenye, emehlweni abo. Mhlawumbi baya kubona, nangona beyindlu eneenkani.”
4“Khupha impahla yakho emini emehlweni abo, njengempahla yokufuduka; uze uphume wena ngokuhlwa emehlweni abo, njengabo baya ekufudukeni.”
5“Emehlweni abo, umbe udonga, uyikhuphe ngalo impahla yakho.”
6“Phambi kwamehlo abo, yiphakamisele egxalabeni lakho, uyithwale uyikhuphe ebumnyameni. Gubungela ubuso bakho ukuze ungaliboni ilizwe, kuba ndikumisele ube ngumqondiso endlwini kaSirayeli.”
7Ndenza ke njengoko ndandiyalelwe. Emini ndayikhupha impahla yam, impahla yokufuduka, ngokuhlwa ke ndawumba udonga ngesandla. Ebumnyameni ndayithwala ngegxalaba lam, emehlweni abo.
8Kwathi kusasa, lafika ilizwi likaBawo wethu kum, lisithi:
9“Nyana womntu, ayikubuzanga na indlu kaSirayeli, loo ndlu eneenkani, isithi: ‘Wenza ntoni na?’ 10Yithi kubo: ‘Utsho uBawo oyiNkosi: Lo mthwalo umalunga nenkosana eseYerusalem, nendlu yonke kaSirayeli ephakathi kwayo.’
11Yithi: “‘Ndingumqondiso wenu. Njengoko ndenzileyo, kuya kwenziwa njalo kubo; baya kufuduswa, bathinjwe. 12Inkosana ephakathi kwabo iya kuphakamisela impahla yayo egxalabeni ebumnyameni, iphume. Baya kuwumba udonga ukuze bamkhuphe ngalo. Uya kugubungela ubuso bakhe ukuze angaliboni ilizwe ngamehlo akhe. 13Ndiya kuwutwabulula umnatha wam phezu kwakhe; uya kubanjwa emgibeni wam. Ndiya kumsa eBhabhilon, ezweni lamaKaledi, kodwa akayi kulibona—aze afele khona. a a v13 Inkosana nguZedekiya, ukumkani wokugqibela wakwaYuda. Wabanjwa ebaleka eseYerusalem, waze wenziwa imfama phambi kokuba asiwe eBhabhilon—ngoko wawufikela umzi kodwa akaze awubone, kanye njengoko kwakuxeliwe kwangaphambili. 14Ndiya kubachithachithela kuyo yonke imimoya bonke abamngqongileyo—abancedi bakhe nomkhosi wakhe wonke—ndirhole ikrele emva kwabo.
15“Baya kwazi ukuba ndinguBawo wabo, xa ndibachithachitha phakathi kweentlanga, ndibaphangalalisa emazweni.
16“Kodwa ndiya kusindisa abambalwa kubo ekreleni, nasendlaleni, nasesibethweni, ukuze babalise onke amasikizi abo phakathi kweentlanga abaya kuzo. Baya kwandula bazi ukuba ndinguBawo wabo.”
17Lafika ke ilizwi likaBawo wethu kum, lisithi:
18“Nyana womntu, sidle isonka sakho ngokungcangcazela, usele amanzi akho ngokuthuthumela nangexhala.
19“Xelela abantu belizwe, uthi: Utsho uBawo oyiNkosi ngabo bemi eYerusalem ezweni lakwaSirayeli ukuthi: Baya kusidla isonka sabo ngexhala, basele amanzi abo bekhwankqile, kuba ilizwe labo liya kuhluthwa yonke inzaliseko yalo, ngenxa yogonyamelo lwabo bonke abahlala kulo.
20“Imizi emiweyo iya kuba ngamanxuwa, nelizwe libe senkangala. Nothi ke nazi ukuba ndinguBawo wenu.’”
uBawo Uwuqeda Umzekeliso Olilize
21Lafika ke ilizwi likaBawo wethu kum, lisithi:
22“Nyana womntu, uyintoni na lo mzekeliso ukwaSirayeli, othi: ‘Imihla iyalibaziseka, uphele wonke umbono’?
23“Ngoko ke xelela bona, uthi: ‘Utsho uBawo oyiNkosi: Ndiya kuwuqeda lo mzekeliso; abasayi kuphinda bawuthethe kwaSirayeli.’ Endaweni yoko xelela bona, uthi: ‘Isondele imihla, nenzaliseko yawo wonke umbono. 24Kuba akusayi kubakho mbono wobuxoki nokuvumisa okucengayo endlwini kaSirayeli.
25“Kuba ndinguBawo wenu; ndiya kuthetha ilizwi endilithethayo, lenziwe. Alisayi kulibaziseka—kuba ngemihla yenu, nina ndlu ineenkani, ndiya kuthetha ilizwi, ndilenze, utsho uBawo oyiNkosi.’”
26Lafika ke ilizwi likaBawo wethu kum, lisithi:
27“Nyana womntu, indlu kaSirayeli ithi: ‘Umbono awubonayo ngoweminyaka emininzi ezayo; uprofeta ngamaxesha akude.’
28“Ngoko ke xelela bona, uthi: Utsho uBawo oyiNkosi: Akukho nalinye ilizwi lam eliya kuphinda libaziseke. Oko ndikuthethayo kuya kwenziwa, utsho uBawo oyiNkosi.”
