Buyelani Kum

Imibono yokubuyiselwa yabathinjwa ababuyileyo, ekhomba phambili kukumkani ozayo ongena ethobekile ekhwele i-esile. Izidinga zayo zijikeleza elinye ilizwi lomnqophiso eliphindwayo: baya kuba ngabantu bam, mna ndibe nguBawo wabo.

Isahluko 1.

Ngomnyaka wesibini kaDariyo, ngenyanga yesibhozo, lafika ilizwi likaBawo wethu kuZekariya unyana kaBherekiya, unyana kaIdo umprofeti, lisithi: UBawo wethu wayenomsindo omkhulu kooyihlo.

Ngoko ke yithi kubo: Utsho uBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini ukuthi: Buyelani kum, utsho uBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini, ndize ndibuyele kuni. Utsho uBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini. Musani ukuba njengooyihlo. Kubo abaprofeti bamandulo bavakalisa besithi: Utsho uBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini ukuthi: Guqukani ngoku kwiindlela zenu ezimbi nezenzo zenu ezimbi. Kodwa abazanga bandiphulaphule, bandibekele indlebe, utsho uBawo wethu.

Ooyihlo—baphi na ngoku? Nabaprofeti, baphila ngonaphakade na?

Kodwa amazwi am nemimiselo yam, endabayalela ngayo abakhonzi bam abaprofeti—akazange na abafumane ooyihlo? Baza babuya bathi: “Njengoko uBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini wagqiba ukwenza kuthi, ngokweendlela zethu nangokwezenzo zethu, wenjenjalo ke kuthi.”

UBawo Uthuma Abakhweli Bakhe

Ngomhla wamashumi amabini anesine wenyanga yeshumi elinanye, enguShebhati, ngomnyaka wesibini kaDariyo, lafika ilizwi likaBawo wethu kuZekariya unyana kaBherekiya, unyana kaIdo umprofeti, lisithi: Ebusuku ndabona umbono—nanko phambi kwam indoda ikhwele ihashe elibomvu, imi phakathi kwemithi yemirtile esemlanjaneni, emva kwayo kukho amahashe abomvu, amdaka, namhlophe. Ndathi: “Ziyintoni na ezi, nkosi yam?” Sathi isithunywa ebesithetha nam: “Ndiza kukubonisa ukuba ziyintoni na ezi.”

Yaphendula indoda ebiphakathi kwemithi yemirtile yathi: “Ngabo aba uBawo wethu abathumileyo ukuba bahambe-hambe emhlabeni.”

Baxelela isithunywa sikaBawo wethu simi phakathi kwemithi yemirtile, besithi: “Siwuhambile wonke umhlaba; umhlaba wonke uhleli uphumle unoxolo.”

Saza isithunywa sikaBawo wethu sathi: “Bawo wemikhosi yasezulwini, koda kube nini na ungayinikeli inceba iYerusalem nemizi yakwaYuda, ubaqumbele le minyaka ingamashumi asixhenxe?”

Waza uBawo wethu wathetha amazwi amnandi, amazwi entuthuzelo, kwisithunywa ebesithetha nam.

Saza isithunywa ebesithetha nam sathi: “Vakalisa uthi: Utsho uBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini ukuthi: Ndinekhwele elikhulu ngenxa yeYerusalem naseZiyon,” kodwa ndinomsindo omkhulu kweentlanga ezizinzileyo; ndandiqumbe kancinane nje kuphela, kodwa zona zongezelela ububi. Ngako oko utsho uBawo wethu ukuthi: Ndiya kubuyela eYerusalem ngenceba; apho indlu yam iya kwakhiwa kwakhona, utsho uBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini, luze ulutya lokulinganisela lwolulwe phezu kweYerusalem.

Vakalisa kwakhona uthi: Utsho uBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini ukuthi: Imizi yam iya kuphuphuma kwakhona ngendyebo; uBawo wethu uya kuphinda ayithuthuzele iZiyon, aphinde ayinyule iYerusalem.

Iimpondo Nabakhandi

Ndaza ndawaphakamisa amehlo am, nanzo phambi kwam iimpondo ezine. Ndathi kwisithunywa ebesithetha nam: “Ziyintoni na ezi?” Sathi: “Ezi ziimpondo ezachithachitha amaYuda, amaSirayeli, neYerusalem.”

UBawo wethu waza wandibonisa abakhandi abane. Ndathi: “Bazokwenza ntoni na aba?” Sathi: “Ezi mpondo zawachithachitha amaYuda, kwada kwangabikho namnye owayenokuphakamisa intloko yakhe; kodwa aba bakhandi beze kuzothusa, baziwise phantsi iimpondo eziphakamiselwe ilizwe lakwaYuda ziintlanga ukuze ziliphangalalise.”