UHezekeli 27

27 ¹Izwi likaBaba wethu lafika kimi, lathi:

²“Wena-ke, ndodana yomuntu, phakamisa isililo ngeTire, ³uthi kuyo iTire, ehlala emasangweni olwandle, umhwebi wezizwe ezisemazweni amaningi asogwini: Nakho lokho okushiwo uBaba oMkhulu, uthi: ‘Tire, wathi, “Ngiphelele ebuhleni.”’ ⁴Imingcele yakho isenhliziyweni yezilwandle; abakhi bakho baphelelisa ubuhle bakho. ⁵Bakha onke amapulangwe akho ngezihlahla zefiri ezivela eSeniri; bathatha umsedari eLebanoni ukuze bakwenzele insika yoseyili. ⁶Benza amaphini akho okugwedla ngemithi yemi-oki yaseBashani; benza isitezi sakho somkhumbi ngomsayipuresi ofakwe uphondo lwendlovu, ovela ogwini lwaseKhiprusi. ⁷Useyili wakho wawuyilineni elihle elifekethisiwe laseGibhithe, owawusebenza njengophawu lwakho; isisibekelo sakho sasiluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka nokunsomi, sivela ogwini lwase-Elisha. ⁸Abantu baseSidoni nabase-Arivadi babengabagwedli bakho; amadoda akho anekhono, Tire, ayephakathi kwakho engabaqondisi bakho bomkhumbi. ⁹Abadala baseGebali namadoda ayo anekhono babephakathi kwakho, bevala imifantu yakho; yonke imikhumbi yolwandle kanye namatilosi ayo yeza kuwe ukuzohwebelana ngempahla yakho. ¹⁰IPheresiya neLudi nePhuti babesempini yakho, amadoda akho empi. Balengisa izihlangu zabo nezigqoko zabo zensimbi ezindongeni zakho, bakunika inkazimulo. ¹¹Amadoda ase-Arivadi nempi yakho uqobo ayesezindongeni zakho nxazonke, futhi amaGamadi ayesemibhoshongweni yakho. Balengisa izihlangu zabo ezindongeni zakho nxazonke; baphelelisa ubuhle bakho.

¹²“ITharishishi yahweba nawe ngenxa yengcebo yakho eningi yazo zonke izinhlobo, ikhokha isiliva, insimbi, ithini, nomthofu ngempahla yakho.

¹³“IJavani, iThubali, neMesheki zahweba nawe ngemiphefumulo yabantu nezitsha zethusi.

¹⁴“EBheti-Thogarima bakhokha amahhashi, amahhashi empi, nezimbongolo ngempahla yakho.

¹⁵“Amadoda aseDedani ahweba nawe; amazwe amaningi asogwini ayeyizimakethe zakho, ekukhokhela ngamazinyo endlovu nangeebhoni.

¹⁶“I-Aramu yahweba nawe ngenxa yempahla yakho eminingi, ikhokha i-turquoise, okunsomi, umsebenzi ofekethisiwe, ilineni elihle, amakhorali, namarubi ngempahla yakho.

¹⁷“IJuda no-Israyeli bahweba nawe: ukolweni owawuvela eMiniti, impuphu, uju, amafutha, nebhalsamu.

¹⁸“IDamaseku yahweba nawe ngenxa yempahla yakho eminingi, ingcebo yakho enkulu yazo zonke izinhlobo, iwayini laseHelboni noboya baseZahari. ¹⁹IVedani neJavani evela e-Uzali zakhokha ngempahla yakho; insimbi ekhandiwe, ikhasiya, nekhalamu kwakuphakathi kwempahla yakho.

²⁰“IDedani yahweba nawe ngezingubo zezihlalo zokugibela.

²¹“I-Arabiya nazo zonke izikhulu zaseKedari kwakungamakhasimende akho, kuhweba ngamawundlu, izinqama, nezimbuzi.

²²“Abathengisi baseSheba nabaseRahama bahweba nawe, bekhokha okuhle kakhulu kwazo zonke iziyoliso, wonke amatshe ayigugu, negolide ngempahla yakho.

²³“IHarani, iKhane, ne-Edeni, abathengisi baseSheba, base-Ashuri, naseKhilimadi bahweba nawe. ²⁴Lezi zahweba nawe ngezingubo ezinhle, ngendwangu eluhlaza nefekethisiwe, nangamakhaphethi endwangu enemibala eboshwe ngezintambo yaqiniswa, emakethe yakho. ²⁵Imikhumbi yaseTharishishi yathwala impahla yakho ngodwendwe. Ngakho-ke wagcwaliswa walayishwa kakhulu enhliziyweni yezilwandle. ²⁶Abagwedli bakho bakukhiphela emanzini amakhulu; umoya wasempumalanga wakwaphula enhliziyweni yezilwandle. ²⁷Ingcebo yakho, impahla yakho, izimpahla zakho zokuthengisa, amatilosi akho nabaqondisi bakho, abavali bakho bemifantu, abahwebi bakho bempahla, nawo wonke amabutho akho aphakathi kwakho, kanye nabo bonke abanye abasemkhunjini, kuzocwila enhliziyweni yezilwandle ngosuku lokuwa kwakho. ²⁸Ngomsindo wokukhala kwabaqondisi bakho izwe elivulekile liyazamazama. ²⁹Bonke abaphatha isigwedlo, amatilosi nabo bonke abaqondisi bolwandle, behla emikhunjini yabo; bema emhlabathini, ³⁰baphakamise izwi labo ngawe bakhale kabuhlungu. Bathela uthuli emakhanda abo bazigiqe emlotheni; ³¹baziphuce amakhanda abe yimpandla ngenxa yakho bagqoke izingubo zokuzila, bakhale ngawe ngokubaba komphefumulo, ngokuzila okubuhlungu. ³²Ekukhaleni kwabo bahlabelela isililo ngawe balile ngawe: “Ngubani owake wafana neTire, njengalowo othuliswe phakathi kolwandle?” ³³Lapho impahla yakho iphuma ezilwandle, wasuthisa izizwe eziningi; ngengcebo yakho eningi nezimpahla zakho wacebisa amakhosi omhlaba. ³⁴Manje usuphihliziwe yizilwandle ekujuleni kwamanzi; impahla yakho nabo bonke abasebenzi bakho bomkhumbi kucwile kanye nawe. ³⁵Bonke abahlali bamazwe asogwini bethukile ngawe, namakhosi abo ayathuthumela ngovalo; ubuso babo bushintshekile. ³⁶Abathengisi abaphakathi kwezizwe bayancifa ngawe; usuyinto esabekayo futhi ngeke usaba khona, kuze kube phakade.’”