Intlango Iyatyatyamba
Intlango ngokwayo ixelelwa ukuba ivuye. Kubantu abaneezandla ezingcangcazelayo neentliziyo ezixhalabileyo kuthethwa ukuba uBawo wabo ngokwakhe uyeza. Amehlo eemfama avuleka, iziqhwala zitsibe, amanzi aqhambuke entlabathini eshushu, ibe nendlela ecocekileyo egodukayo apho iziyatha zingenakulahleka khona.
35 1Intlango nelizwe elomileyo ziya kuba nemihlali; inkqantosi iya kuvuya ityatyambe njengentyantyambo. 2Iya kutyatyamba kakhulu, ivuye ngemihlali nangeengoma. Iya kunikwa uzuko lwaseLebhanon, ubuhle beKarmele neSharon. Baya kubona uzuko lukaBawo wethu, ubungangamsha bukaBawo wethu. a a v2 ILebhanon, neKarmele, neSharon yayiyimimandla yakwaSirayeli yamandulo eyayidumile ngamahlathi ayo achumileyo, namaqela omhlaba avundileyo, nobuhle bendalo — zaziyimizekelo yobuhle obukhulu.
3Yomelelani izandla ezibuthathaka, niqinise amadolo axegayo. 4Yithini kwabanentliziyo exhalabileyo: “Yomelelani; musani ukoyika! Khangelani, uBawo wenu uya kuza nobulungisa, nempindezelo kaBawo wethu. Uya kuza anisindise.”
5Ngako oko amehlo emfama aya kuvuleka, neendlebe zezithulu zivuleke. b b v5 Xa uYohane umbhaptizi wabuza esentolongweni ukuba uYesu nguye na Lowo uzayo, uYesu waphendula ngala mazwi kanye — iimfama zibona, izithulu zisiva, iziqhwala zitsiba — ebhekisa kubulungiseleli bakhe bokuphilisa njengokufika kosindiso uBawo wethu awayelithembise kudala (Mateyu 11:5; Luka 7:22). 6Ngako oko isiqhwala siya kutsiba njengexhama, nolwimi lwesimumu luya kumemelela ngemihlali. Kuba amanzi aya kuqhambuka entlango, nemilanjana enkqantosini. 7Intlabathi eshushu iya kuba lichibi, umhlaba onxaniweyo ube yimithombo yamanzi; kwindawo apho zilala khona iimpungutye, utyani buya kuba ziingcongolo nemizi.
8Kuya kubakho umendo khona, indlela, ibizwe ngokuba yiNdlela yoBungcwele. Oyinqambi akayi kuhamba kuyo; yeyalowo uhamba ngaloo ndlela—nkqu neziyatha aziyi kulahleka. 9Akuyi kubakho ingonyama khona, neenyamakazi eziqwengayo aziyi kuhamba kuyo; aziyi kufunyanwa khona. Kodwa abakhululweyo baya kuhamba khona, 10abahlawulelweyo bakaBawo wethu baya kubuya. Baya kufika eZiyon bememelela, imihlali engunaphakade iphezu kweentloko zabo; baya kufunyanwa luvuyo nayimihlali, size isingqala nokugcuma kubaleke.
