Ilizwi Ngokuchasene neDamasko
IDamasko iba yimfumba yamanxuwa, luze uzuko lukaSirayeli luncipha lube yiminquma emibini okanye emithathu encotsheni yomthi obethiweyo. Injongo ivela phakathi: abantu ekugqibeleni babheka kuMenzi wabo, uBawo wethu, endaweni yoko kwenziwe yiminwe yabo. Iintlanga ziyagquma njengolwandle, ze zinyamalale.
17 1Isiprofeto ngeDamasko. Yabona—iDamasko ayisayi kuba sisixeko; iba yimfumba yamanxuwa. 2Imizi yaseArohere ishiyiwe; iya kushiyelwa imihlambi, eya kulala kungabikho bani ugubhisayo. 3Inqaba iya kunqamka kwaEfrayim, nobukumkani eDamasko; aza amasalela aka-Aram aya kuba njengozuko loonyana bakaSirayeli, utsho uBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini.
4Ngaloo mini uzuko lukaYakobi luya kuthotywa, laza inqatha lomzimba wakhe liya kuncipha. 5Kuya kuba njengokuba umvuni ehlanganisa ingqolowa emiyo, avune izikhwebu ngengalo yakhe; kuya kuba njengokuba umntu ebhikica ingqolowa entilini yamaRafa. 6Kodwa aya kusala ambalwa, njengokuba umnquma ubethwe: iminquma emibini okanye emithathu evuthiweyo encotsheni kanye, emine okanye emihlanu emasebeni aqhamayo, utsho uBawo kaSirayeli. a a v6 Abalimi beminquma babevuna ngokubetha amasebe ngezibonda ezinde ukuze bawise iziqhamo phantsi; iminquma embalwa encotsheni kanye yayisoloko ingafikeleleki.
7Ngaloo mini abantu baya kubheka kuMenzi wabo, aza amehlo abo aya kujika aye koyiNgcwele kaSirayeli—uBawo wethu. b b v7 OyiNgcwele kaSirayeli ligama elikhethekileyo likaIsaya likaBawo wethu — limbiza njengoThixo ongcwele ozibophelele ebantwini abahlala bemlibala. 8Abayi kubheka ezibingelelweni, umsebenzi wezandla zabo, abayi kuzikhangela izinto ezenziwe yiminwe yabo—ooAshera nezibingelelo zesiqhumiso. 9Ngaloo mini imizi yabo enamandla iya kuba njengeendawo ezishiyiweyo zamahlathi nezeencotsha zeentaba, ezashiywayo xa oonyana bakaSirayeli befika; iza iya kuba senkangala. 10Kuba umlibele uBawo wosindiso lwakho, akwaliphawula iLiwa legwiba lakho. Ngenxa yoko, nakuba utyala imihlaba emihle, ube ubeke iisityholo zomdiliya wasemzini, 11nakuba ngomhla owutyalayo uqala ukuhluma, kuthi kusasa ukutyala kwakho kudubule iintyantyambo, kanti isivuno siya kunqamka ngomhla wosizi nentlungu engenakuphiliswa. 12Yeha, ingxokozelo yezizwe ezininzi— zigquma njengokugquma kweelwandle! Ukuguguma kweentlanga— ziguguma njengokuguguma kwamanzi anamandla! 13Iintlanga zingxola njengokungxola kwamanzi amaninzi, kodwa uBawo wethu uya kuzikhalimela, ziza ziya kubalekela kude, ziqhutywa ngumoya njengomququ ezintabeni, njengothuli oluvuthuzayo phambi kwesaqhwithi. 14Ngokuhlwa, uloyiko lwesiquphe! Phambi kokusa, azibikho. Sesi isabelo sabo basiphangayo, nelishwa labo basixhakamfulayo.
