Xa Zonke Iimpembelelo Zisusiwe
UYuda ulahlekelwa ngabantu abaphethe uluntu ndawonye, kungabikho bani ufuna umsebenzi wokukhokela amanxuwa. UBawo wethu uzisa ityala lakhe ngakumadoda amakhulu asila ubuso bamahlwempu. Izihombo zesixeko ziyakhankanywa, zize zihluthwe. Siphela sihleli emhlabeni.
3 1Khangela, uBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini uza kuyihluthela iYerusalem nakwaYuda zonke iimpembelelo nabo bonke ubuncedo: lonke uncedo lwesonka nalo lonke uncedo lwamanzi, 2igorha nendoda yokulwa, umgwebi nomprofeti, itola nendoda enkulu, 3umphathi wamashumi mahlanu nendoda ebekekileyo, umcebisi, nengcibi enobuchule, nesangoma esikrelekrele.
4“Ndiya kuwenza amakhwenkwe nje abe ngabathetheli babo, nokuthanda kwabantwana kuya kubalawula.
5Abantu baya kucudisana, elowo ngommelwane wakhe; abaselula baya kuvukela abadala, nabatshabaleleyo bavukele abazukileyo.” 6Indoda iya kubamba umnakwabo endlwini kayise, ithi: “Unengubo wena—yiba yinkokeli yethu; uphathe le mfumba yamanxuwa.” 7Kodwa ngaloo mini uya kudanduluka athi: “Andingomphilisi mna! Akukho sonka nangubo endlwini yam—ningandenzi nkokeli yabantu.” 8Kuba iYerusalem ikhubekile noYuda uwe, ngenxa yokuba amazwi abo nezenzo zabo zichasene noBawo wethu, zityhutyha ubuso bakhe obuzukileyo. 9Inkangeleko yobuso babo ingqina ngokuchasene nabo; baqhayisa ngesono sabo njengaseSodom—abasifihli. Yeha, kubo, kuba bazizisele intlekele! 10Xeleleni amalungisa ukuba kuya kuhamba kakuhle kuwo, kuba aya kudla isiqhamo sezenzo zawo. 11Yeha, kongendawo! Kuya kuhamba kakubi kuye, kuba oko kwenziwe zizandla zakhe kuya kubuyiselwa kuye. 12Bantu bam—abantwana ngabacudisi babo, nabafazi babalawula. Bantu bam, abakhaphi benu baniphambukisa, bawuginye umendo enifanele ukuhamba ngawo.
13UBawo wethu uyema ukuba azise ityala lakhe; uyavuka ukuba agwebe izizwe.
14UBawo wethu ungena ekugwebeni kunye namadoda amakhulu nabathetheli babantu bakhe: “Nina abasidlayo isidiliya; amaxhoba ehlwempu asezindlwini zenu. 15Yini na ukuba nicudise abantu bam, nityumze ubuso behlwempu?” utsho uBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini.
16Wathi uBawo wethu: “Ngenxa yokuba iintombi zaseZiyon zinekratshi—zihamba zolule iintamo zazo, ziphethula amehlo, zimincinane ngamanyathelo amancinane akhawulezayo, zidlokodla izihombo ezisemanyaweleni azo, 17ngako oko iNkosi uBawo wethu iya kubetha iintloko zeentombi zaseZiyon ngokhwekhwe, uBawo wethu abutyhile ubunzululwazi bazo.”
18Ngaloo mini iNkosi uBawo wethu iya kuzihluba izihombo zazo: izihombo ezisemanyaweleni, nezihombo zasentloko, neentsimbi ezingqukuva, 19namajikazi, nezacholo, neminweba, 20neminqwazi, nemixokelelwane yasemanyaweleni, nemibhinqo, neembiza zeziqholo, nezikhuselo, 21nemisesane yokutywina, namajikazi empumlo, 22neengubo zemithendeleko, nezambatho ezingaphezulu, neminweba, nezipaji, 23izipili zesandla, iingubo zelinen ecikizekileyo, oonkontsho, nezambatho zokwaleka.
24Ke, endaweni yesiqholo kuya kubakho ivumba elibi; endaweni yombhinqo, intsontelo; endaweni yeenwele ezilungiselelweyo, impandla; endaweni yeengubo ezihle, ukwaleka ngengubo erhwexayo; ukutshiswa endaweni yobuhle. 25Amadoda akho aya kuwa ngekrele, amagorha akho emfazweni. 26Amasango awo aya kukhedama alile; ubhunyulwe, uya kuhlala phantsi emhlabeni.
