UHezekeli 10

10 ¹Ngabe sengibuka: ngenhla komkhathi owawungaphezu kwamakhanda amakherubi kwabonakala okwakunjengetshe lesafire, limise okwesihlalo sobukhosi.

²UBaba wethu wathi kumuntu owayegqoke ilineni: “Ngena phakathi kwamasondo ajikelezayo ngaphansi kwamakherubi. Gcwalisa izandla zakho ngamalahle avuthayo aphakathi kwamakherubi, uwahlakazele phezu komuzi.” Wase engena ngisabukele.

³Amakherubi ayemi ngaseningizimu yethempeli ngesikhathi lo muntu engena, nefu lagcwalisa igceke langaphakathi. ⁴Inkazimulo kaBaba wethu yase isuka ekherubini yaya embundwini wethempeli, ithempeli lagcwala ifu, negceke lagcwala ukukhanya kwenkazimulo kaBaba wethu. ⁵Umsindo wamaphiko amakherubi wezwakala kuze kufike egcekeni langaphandle, njengezwi likaSomandla ekhuluma.

⁶Lapho eyala lo muntu owayegqoke ilineni, wathi: “Thatha umlilo phakathi kwamasondo ajikelezayo, phakathi kwamakherubi,” wangena wema eceleni kwesondo.

⁷Ikherubi laselwelulela isandla salo emlilweni owawuphakathi kwamakherubi, lathatha okunye, lakubeka ezandleni zomuntu owayegqoke ilineni, yena wakuthatha waphuma. ⁸Amakherubi ayebonakala enezandla zomuntu ngaphansi kwamaphiko awo.

⁹Ngabuka, kwabonakala amasondo amane emi eceleni kwamakherubi, isondo linye eceleni kwekherubi ngalinye, ecwebezela njengebherili. ¹⁰Womane amasondo ayefana, kungathi isondo lingaphakathi kwelinye isondo. ¹¹Lapho ehamba, ayeya nganoma yimuphi umkhombo wawo omane engaphenduki; nomaphi lapho isondo elingaphambili elalibheke khona, amanye ayelandela engaphenduki. ¹²Umzimba wawo wonke—imihlane, izandla, amaphiko, namasondo—wawugcwele amehlo nxazonke, amasondo awo omane. ¹³Mayelana namasondo, abizwa ngisizwa ngokuthi “ajikelezayo.” ¹⁴Yilelo nalelo lalinobuso obune: obokuqala buwubuso bekherubi, obesibili obomuntu, obesithathu obebhubesi, obesine obokhozi.

¹⁵Amakherubi enyuka. Lezi kwakuyizidalwa eziphilayo engazibona ngasemfuleni iKhebari. ¹⁶Lapho amakherubi ehamba, amasondo ahamba eceleni kwawo; lapho ephakamisa amaphiko awo ukuze asuke emhlabeni, amasondo ahlala eceleni kwawo. ¹⁷Lapho ema, amasondo ema; lapho enyuka, amasondo enyuka kanye nawo, ngokuba umoya wezidalwa eziphilayo wawukuwo.

¹⁸Inkazimulo kaBaba wethu yase isuka ngaphezu kombundu wendlu yema ngaphezu kwamakherubi. ¹⁹Ngisabukele, amakherubi aphakamisa amaphiko awo enyuka emhlabeni, ephuma enamasondo eceleni kwawo. Ema emnyango wesango lasempumalanga lendlu kaBaba wethu, nenkazimulo kaBaba ka-Israyeli yayiphezulu kakhulu ngaphezu kwawo.

²⁰Lezi kwakuyizidalwa eziphilayo engazibona ngaphansi kukaBaba ka-Israyeli ngasemfuleni iKhebari, ngaqonda ukuthi kwakungamakherubi. ²¹Yilelo nalelo lalinobuso obune, namaphiko amane, nangaphansi kwamaphiko awo kwakukhona okwakunjengezandla zomuntu. ²²Ubuso bawo babunjengobo engabubona ngasemfuleni iKhebari. Yilelo nalelo lalihamba liqonde phambili.