Umnqophiso Owawungewakhe
UYuda ubaleka esiya eYiputa engabuzanga cebo kuBawo, ahlawulele uncedo olungenakunceda. Baxelela abaprofeti ukuba bathethe izinto ezimnandi. Indlela egodukayo yayikukuzola nokukholosa, abakwalayo oko. Sekunjalo uBawo ulindele ukubababala, nelizwi lithi, hamba apha.
30 1“Yeha, bantwana baneenkani,” utsho uBawo wethu, “abenza icebo, kodwa kungelilam, abenza umnqophiso, kodwa kungengoMoya wam, besongeza isono phezu kwesono; a a v1 uBawo wethu ubabiza abantu bakhe ngokuba 'ngabantwana abaneenkani' — oonyana neentombi abangabakhe, bengengabasemzini. Ukwaphuka kwentliziyo yakhe kwesi sahluko kukwaphuka kwentliziyo kukaBawo. 2abasuka besihla besiya eYiputa, bengabuzanga cebo kum, ukuzimela ngomthunzi kaFaro, nokufuna isithe emthunzini waseYiputa. 3Ngoko ke umthunzi kaFaro uya kuba lihlazo kuni, nesithe emthunzini waseYiputa sibe kukudaniswa kwenu. 4Kuba nangona izikhulu zikaFaro zise eTsohan, nezigidimi zakhe zifikelela eHanes, 5bonke baya kudaniswa ngenxa yabantu abangenakubanceda, abangazisi uncedo nangeniselo, koko ihlazo nokungcikivwa kuphela.”
6“Isiprofeto esimalunga namarhamncwa aseNegebha. Kwilizwe lembandezelo nengcutheko, apho ihamba khona ingonyamakazi nengonyama, nerhamba nenyoka ephaphazelayo zilalele, bathwala ubutyebi babo emihlana yamaesile, nobuncwane babo emalundwini eenkamela, besiya kubantu abangenakubanceda. 7Uncedo lwaseYiputa lululize lungenanto; ngoko ke ndiyibiza ngokuthi ‘iSilo Esingenabungozi.’
Kubhale Kube Lingqina
8“Ngoku hamba, ubhale phambi kwabo ecwecweni, ukrole encwadini, ukuze kube khona kwemihla ezayo, kube bubungqina ngonaphakade. 9Kuba bangabantu abaneenkani, abantwana abanenkohliso, abantwana abangavumiyo ukuva umyalelo kaBawo wethu. 10Bathi kubaboni: ‘Musani ukubona,’ nakubaprofeti bathi: ‘Musani ukusiprofetela okulungileyo; sixeleleni izinto ezimnandi, niprofete izinto ezinkohlisayo.
11Phumani endleleni, phambukani emendweni, masingabi saphinda sive ngoyiNgcwele kaSirayeli.’”
12Ngoko ke utsho oyiNgcwele kaSirayeli, uBawo wethu, ukuthi: Ngenxa yokuba nilicekisa eli lizwi, nikholosile ngengcinezelo nenkohliso, niyame ngazo, 13ngoko ke esi sono siya kuba kuni njengethuba eliya kuwa, njengodonga oluphakamileyo oludumbileyo, oludiliko lwalo lufika ngequbuliso, ngephanyazo. 14Ukwaphuka kwayo kunjengokuqhekezwa kwembiza yombumbi, equhekezwe ngokutyumzayo kangangokuba phakathi kwamaqhekeza ayo kungafumaneki namnye udengezi wokuphakula umlilo eziko, nokukha amanzi emhadini.
15Kuba utsho iNkosi uBawo wethu, oyiNgcwele kaSirayeli, ukuthi: Ekubuyeni nasekuphumleni niya kusindiswa; ekuzoleni nasekukholoseni kuya kuba ngamandla enu. Kodwa anavuma, 16naza nathi: “Hayi! Siya kusaba ngamahashe”—ngoko ke niya kusaba; nathi: “Siya kukhwela amahashe aziimbaleki”—ngoko ke abanisukelayo baya kuba ziimbaleki.
17Iwaka liya kusaba ngesongelo somnye; ngesongelo sabahlanu niya kusaba, nide nishiyeke njengesibonda sebhanile encotsheni yentaba, njengomqondiso endulini.
18Ngako oko uBawo wethu ulindele ukukubabala, kananjalo ngenxa yoko uyaphakama ukuze akwenzele inceba. Kuba unguBawo wobulungisa; banoyolo bonke abamlindelayo. b b v18 Nkqu nasemva kokugwilika kwabantwana bakhe, uBawo wethu akemi kude — ulindile, egobele ngakubo, ekhangele nawuphi na umqondiso wokuba baya kubuyela ekhaya. 19Abantu baya kuhlala eZiyon, eYerusalem; akusayi kuphinda ulile. Elizwini lokukhala kwakho uya kukubabala ngokuqinisekileyo; xa eliva, uya kukuphendula. 20Nangona uBawo wethu ekunika isonka sembandezelo namanzi eentlungu, uMfundisi wakho akasayi kuba safihlakala, kodwa amehlo akho aya kumbona uMfundisi wakho.
21Iindlebe zakho ziya kuva ilizwi ngasemva kwakho, lisithi: “Nantsi indlela; hamba ngayo,” xa uthe wajika ngasekunene nokuba ngasekhohlo.
22Uya kwandula ke uzingcolise imifanekiso yakho eqingqiweyo ezalekwe ngesilivere, nezithixo zakho ezityhidiweyo ezalekwe ngegolide. Uya kuziphosa kude njengelaphu elinobunqambi, uthi: “Phuma!”
23Uya kuthumela imvula yembewu oyihlwayelayo, nesonka esivela kungeniselo lomhlaba, esityebileyo nesininzi. Ngaloo mini imfuyo yakho iya kudla emadlelweni abanzi. 24Iinkomo namaesile asebenza umhlaba aya kudla ukudla okunongiweyo, okwelwe ngomhlakulo nangefolokhwe. 25Kuzo zonke iintaba eziphakamileyo nakuzo zonke iinduli eziphakamileyo kuya kubaleka imilanjana yamanzi, ngemini yokuxhelwa okukhulu, xa iinqaba ziwa. 26Ukukhanya kwenyanga kuya kuba njengokukhanya kwelanga, nokukhanya kwelanga kuya kukhanya ngokuphindwe kasixhenxe, njengokukhanya kweentsuku ezisixhenxe, ngomhla uBawo wethu ebopha ukwaphuka kwabantu bakhe, ephilisa inxeba awalenzayo. 27Khangela—igama likaBawo wethu livela kude, livutha ngumsindo wakhe, kunyuka umsi oshinyeneyo; imilebe yakhe izele bubushushu, nolwimi lwakhe lunjengomlilo odlayo. 28Umoya wakhe unjengomsinga ophuphumayo ofika ngasemqaleni, ukuze azisefe izizwe ngesisefo sentshabalalo, nokubeka umkhala olahlekisayo emihlathini yezizwe. 29Uya kuba nengoma, njengasebusuku xa kugcinwa umthendeleko ongcwele, ube nemihlali yentliziyo, njengexa umntu ehamba ngesandi sogwali, esiya entabeni kaBawo wethu, eLiweni lakwaSirayeli. 30Yaye uBawo wethu uya kulivakalisa izwi lakhe elizukileyo, abonakalalise ukuhla kokubetha kwengalo yakhe, ngomsindo ovuthayo nangelangatye lomlilo odlayo, ngemvula enamandla, nesaqhwithi, namatye esichotho. 31Kuba elizwini likaBawo wethu ama-Asiriya aya kutyunyuzwa, xa ewabetha ngentonga yakhe. 32Lonke ukubetha kwentonga yohlwayo uBawo wethu ayibeka phezu kwawo kuya kuza neengqongqo neehadi, ngexa esilwa nawo ngokubetha kwengalo yakhe ephakanyisiweyo. 33Kuba indawo yokutshisa yakudala yalungiswa; ewe, yenzelwe ukumkani, isithando sayo sinzulu sibanzi, inomlilo neenkuni ngobuninzi; umoya kaBawo wethu, onjengomsinga wesulfure, uyayivuthisa.