UHezekeli 12

12 ¹Izwi likaBaba wethu lafika kimi, lathi:

²“Ndodana yomuntu, uhlala phakathi kwendlu ehlubukayo—banamehlo okubona kodwa ababoni, nezindlebe zokuzwa kodwa abezwa, ngokuba beyindlu ehlubukayo.

³“Ngakho wena, ndodana yomuntu, lungisa impahla yakho yokudingiswa, uphume uye ekudingisweni emini bebona. Suka endaweni yakho uye kwenye indawo bebona. Mhlawumbe bayakubona, nakuba beyindlu ehlubukayo.

⁴“Khipha impahla yakho emini bebona, njengempahla yokudingiswa; uphume wena kusihlwa bebona, njengabantu abaya ekudingisweni.

⁵“Bebona, gubha udonga, uphumise impahla yakho ngalo.

⁶“Phambi kwamehlo abo yiphakamisele ehlombe lakho uyiphumise ebumnyameni. Mboza ubuso bakho ukuze ungaliboni izwe, ngokuba ngikwenze waba yisibonakaliso endlini ka-Israyeli.”

⁷Ngakho ngenza njengokuyalwa kwami. Emini ngakhipha impahla yami, impahla yokudingiswa, kwathi kusihlwa ngagubha udonga ngesandla. Ebumnyameni ngayiphumisa ehlombe lami, bebona bonke.

⁸Ekuseni izwi likaBaba wethu lafika kimi, lathi:

⁹“Ndodana yomuntu, indlu ka-Israyeli, leyo ndlu ehlubukayo, ayizange yini ikubuze ukuthi, ‘Wenzani?’” ¹⁰Yithi kubo, ‘uBaba oBusayo uthi: Lesi siprofetho simayelana nesikhulu esiseJerusalema nayo yonke indlu ka-Israyeli ekuyo.’

¹¹Yithi, “‘Mina ngiyisibonakaliso senu. Njengoba ngenzile, kuyakwenziwa njalo nakubo; bayakuya ekudingisweni, ekuthunjweni. ¹²Isikhulu esiphakathi kwabo siyakuphakamisela impahla yaso ehlombe laso ebumnyameni siphume. Bayakugubha udonga ukuze bamkhiphe ngalo. Siyakumboza ubuso baso ukuze singaliboni izwe ngamehlo aso. ¹³Ngiyakwendlala inetha lami phezu kwakhe; uyakubanjwa ogibeni lwami. Ngiyakumletha eBabiloni, izwe lamaBabiloni, kodwa akayikulibona—uyakufela khona lapho. ^a a v13 Isikhulu nguZedekiya, inkosi yokugcina yakwaJuda. Wabanjwa esabaleka eJerusalema, waphuphuthekiswa ngaphambi kokuba ayiswe eBabiloni—ngakho wafinyelela emzini kodwa akazange awubone, njengoba nje kwakuprofethiwe. ¹⁴Ngiyakubahlakazela emimoyeni yonke bonke abamzungezile—abasizi bakhe namabutho akhe onke—ngihoshe inkemba ngemva kwabo.

¹⁵“Bayakwazi ukuthi mina nginguBaba wabo, lapho ngibahlakaza phakathi kwezizwe ngibasakaza emazweni.

¹⁶“Kodwa ngiyakusindisa abambalwa enkembeni, nasendlaleni, nasesifweni, ukuze balandise zonke izinto zabo ezinengekayo phakathi kwezizwe abaya kuzo. Khona-ke bayakwazi ukuthi mina nginguBaba wabo.”

¹⁷Lafika futhi kimi izwi likaBaba wethu, lathi:

¹⁸“Ndodana yomuntu, yidla isinkwa sakho uthuthumela, uphuze amanzi akho ngokuqhaqhazela nangokukhathazeka.

¹⁹“Tshela abantu bezwe uthi: Nakhu uBaba oBusayo akushoyo ngalabo abahlala eJerusalema ezweni lakwa-Israyeli: Bayakudla isinkwa sabo ngokukhathazeka, baphuze amanzi abo ngokwesaba, ngokuba izwe labo liyakwaphucwa konke ukugcwala kwalo, ngenxa yobudlova balabo bonke abahlala kulo.

²⁰“Imizi okuhlalwa kuyo iyakuchithwa, nezwe lishiywe liyihlane. Khona-ke niyakwazi ukuthi mina nginguBaba wenu.’”

uBaba Uqeda Isaga Esiyize

²¹Lafika futhi kimi izwi likaBaba wethu, lathi:

²²“Ndodana yomuntu, yisiphi lesi saga kwa-Israyeli esithi: ‘Izinsuku ziyadonsa, wonke umbono uyaphutha’?

²³“Ngakho batshele uthi: ‘Nakhu uBaba oBusayo akushoyo: Ngiyakusiqeda lesi saga; abasayikusisho kwa-Israyeli.’ Kunalokho batshele uthi: ‘Izinsuku sezisondele, nokugcwaliseka kwawo wonke umbono. ²⁴Ngokuba awuyikusala umbono wamanga noma ukubhula okuyengayo endlini ka-Israyeli.

²⁵“Ngokuba mina nginguBaba wenu; ngiyakukhuluma izwi engilikhulumayo, futhi liyakwenziwa. Ngeke lisabambezeleka—ngokuba ezinsukwini zenu, nina ndlu ehlubukayo, ngiyakukhuluma izwi ngilenze, kusho uBaba oBusayo.’”

²⁶Lafika futhi kimi izwi likaBaba wethu, lathi:

²⁷“Ndodana yomuntu, indlu ka-Israyeli ithi, ‘Umbono awubonayo ungoweminyaka eminingi esezayo; uprofetha ngezikhathi ezikude.’

²⁸“Ngakho batshele uthi: Nakhu uBaba oBusayo akushoyo: Alikho nelilodwa lamazwi ami eliyakubambezeleka futhi. Engikukhulumayo kuyakwenziwa, kusho uBaba oBusayo.”