Umbono weNtlango yoLwandle
Umbono ovela kuBawo oyiNkosi ushiya umprofeti egotywe ziinimba, ebukele amadoda esidla de kuvuthelwe isilumkiso. Kumiswa umlindi, uthi xa befika abakhweli amemeze esithi iwile iBhabhilon. Xa ebuzwa ukuba buhamba njani na ubusuku, uphendula athi: kuyeza ukusa, nobusuku kwakhona.
21 1Isiprofeto ngentlango yolwandle. Njengezaqhwithi ezikhukula kwelasezantsi, kuvela entlango, kwilizwe elinkwantyisayo. 2Ndiboniswe umbono olukhuni: ongcatshayo uyangcatsha, umonakalisi uyonakalisa. Nyuka, Elam! Ngqinga, Mediya! Konke ukuncwina abekubangele ndikuphelisile. 3Ngenxa yoko umzimba wam ubanjwe yintlungu; ndibanjwe ziinimba, njengeenimba zomfazi ozalayo. Ndigotyelwe kakhulu ukuba ndive, ndinkwantyiswe kakhulu ukuba ndibone. 4Intliziyo yam iyagexa; ukunkwantya kundigubungele. Ucolothi ebendiwulangazelela uguqukile waba kukungcangcazela kum. 5Balungisa itafile, bandlala iingubo, badla, basele. Vukani, nina bathetheli! Thambisani amakhaka! a a v5 Ukuthanjiswa kwamakhaka esikhumba kwakuwagcina ethambile elungele idabi — le yayiyindlela eqhelekileyo amajoni amandulo awayelungiselela ngayo ukulwa.
6Kaloku itshilo kum iNkosi uBawo: “Hamba, umise umlindi; makaxele oko akubonayo. 7Xa ebona abakhweli, abamahashe bengababini, abakhwele amaesile, abakhwele iinkamela, makaqwalasele kunene, kunene kakhulu.”
8Wandula ke umlindi wamemeza: “Ingonyama! Phezu komboniselo, Nkosi Bawo, ndimi rhoqo emini, nasendaweni yam yokulinda ndihlala ndilindile ubusuku bonke.” 9Khangela—nabo besiza abakhweli, abamahashe bengababini! Waphendula wathi: “Iwile, iwile iBhabhilon, nayo yonke imifanekiso eqingqiweyo yoothixo bayo iqhekekile phantsi emhlabeni.” 10Bantu bam enibhuliweyo, mntwana wesanda sam, oko ndikuvileyo kuBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini, ndiyanixelela.
Mlindi, Buthini na Ubusuku?
11Isiprofeto ngeDuma. Kukho ondibizayo esuka kwaSehire: “Mlindi, buthini na ubusuku? Mlindi, buthini na ubusuku?” b b v11 UDuma uthetha ukuthi “ukuthi cwaka” — igama elifaneleyo kwesi siprofeto esichasene noEdom, ilizwe lakwaSehire. 12Uthi umlindi: “Kufika intsasa, kufike nobusuku. Ukuba ningabuza, buzani; buyani nize kwakhona.”
Ilizwi Ngelama-Arabhi
13Isiprofeto ngelama-Arabhi. Ematyholweni ase-Arabhi niya kulala, nina maqela abahambi akwaDedan. 14Ziseni amanzi konxaniweyo; nina nihleli ezweni laseTema, ziseni isonka kosabayo. 15Kuba babalekile emakreleni—kwikrele elirholiweyo, kwisaphetha esigotyiweyo, nakubunzima bemfazwe.
16Kaloku itshilo kum iNkosi uBawo: “Kusekho umnyaka omnye, njengoko umqeshwa ewubala, lonke uzuko lwakwaKedar luya kuphela. 17Abatoli abaseleyo, oonyana abangamagorha bakwaKedar, baya kuba mbalwa, kuba utshilo uBawo wethu.”
