UHezekeli 3

3 ¹Wathi kimi: “Ndodana yomuntu, yidla lokho okutholayo. Yidla lo mqulu, bese uhamba uyokhuluma nendlu ka-Israyeli.”

²Ngavula umlomo wami, wanginika lo mqulu ukuba ngiwudle.

³Wathi kimi: “Ndodana yomuntu, suthisa isisu sakho ugcwalise isibilini sakho ngalo mqulu engikunika wona.” Ngawudla, emlonyeni wami waba mnandi njengoju.

⁴Wayesethi kimi: “Ndodana yomuntu, hamba uye endlini ka-Israyeli ukhulume amazwi ami kubo.

⁵“Ngokuba awuthunywa ebantwini abanenkulumo efihlakele nolimi olunzima, kodwa endlini ka-Israyeli, ⁶hhayi ezizweni eziningi ezinenkulumo efihlakele nolimi olunzima, ongewaqonde amazwi azo. Impela, ukuba bengikuthume kuzo, bezizokulalela. ⁷Kodwa indlu ka-Israyeli ngeke ivume ukukulalela, ngokuba abavumi ukungilalela; ngokuba yonke indlu ka-Israyeli inamakhanda alukhuni nezinhliziyo ezinenkani. ⁸Bheka, ngenze ubuso bakho baba lukhuni njengobuso babo, nebunzi lakho laba lukhuni njengamabunzi abo. ⁹Ngenze ibunzi lakho laqina njengedayimane, laqina kunensengetsha. Ungabesabi futhi ungethuki ngenxa yokubukeka kwabo, ngokuba bayindlu evukelayo.”

¹⁰Wathi kimi: “Ndodana yomuntu, wamukele enhliziyweni yakho onke amazwi ami engiwakhuluma kuwe, uwezwe ngezindlebe zakho. ¹¹Hamba uye kubathunjwa, abantu bakini, ukhulume kubo. Uthi kubo: ‘Usho kanje uBaba oyiNkosi,’ noma belalela noma benqaba ukulalela.”

¹²UMoya kaBaba wethu wangiphakamisa, ngezwa emva kwami umsindo omkhulu ohlokomayo: “Mayibongwe inkazimulo kaBaba wethu endaweni yakhe yokuhlala!” ¹³umsindo wamaphiko ezidalwa eziphilayo ethintana odwa, nomsindo wamasondo aseceleni kwazo, umsindo omkhulu ohlokomayo. ¹⁴UMoya wangiphakamisa wangisusa, ngahamba nginosizi, umoya wami uvutha ngaphakathi kwami, isandla sikaBaba wethu sinamandla phezu kwami. ¹⁵Ngafika kubathunjwa eTheli-abibi ngasemfuleni iKhebari, ngahlala phakathi kwabo khona, ngididekile, izinsuku eziyisikhombisa.

UBaba Umisa Umlindi

¹⁶Ekupheleni kwezinsuku eziyisikhombisa, izwi likaBaba wethu lafika kimi, lathi:

¹⁷“Ndodana yomuntu, ngikwenze waba umlindi wendlu ka-Israyeli. Lapho uzwa izwi liphuma emlonyeni wami, ubaxwayise ngokuvela kimi. ¹⁸Uma ngithi komubi: ‘Uzakufa nokufa,’ kodwa ungamxwayisi noma ungakhulumi ukuxwayisa omubi endleleni yakhe embi ukuze usindise ukuphila kwakhe, lowo mubi uzakufa ngesono sakhe, kodwa igazi lakhe ngizolibiza esandleni sakho.

¹⁹“Kodwa uma umxwayisa omubi, kodwa engaphenduki ebubini bakhe noma endleleni yakhe embi, uzakufa ngesono sakhe, kodwa wena uzakuba usindisile ukuphila kwakho.

²⁰“Futhi, lapho olungileyo ephenduka ekulungeni kwakhe enza okubi, ngibeke isikhubekiso phambi kwakhe, uzakufa. Njengoba ungamxwayisanga, uzakufa ngesono sakhe, izenzo zakhe zokulunga zikhohlakale, igazi lakhe ngizolibiza esandleni sakho. ²¹Kodwa uma umxwayisa olungileyo ukuba angoni, futhi angoni, uzakuphila ngoba ewunakile umxwayiso, wena uzakuba usindisile ukuphila kwakho.”

²²Isandla sikaBaba wethu saba phezu kwami khona, wathi kimi: “Sukuma, uphume uye esigodini, khona lapho ngizakukhuluma nawe.”

²³Ngasukuma ngaya esigodini, khona kwakumi inkazimulo kaBaba wethu, njengenkazimulo engayibona ngasemfuleni iKhebari, ngawa ngobuso phansi.

²⁴UMoya wangena kimi, wangimisa ngezinyawo zami, wakhuluma nami, wathi: “Hamba, uzivalele ngaphakathi endlini yakho. ²⁵Wena-ke, ndodana yomuntu, bazakubopha ngezintambo, bakubophe ngazo, ukuze ungaphumeli phakathi kwabantu.

²⁶Ngizakwenza ulimi lwakho lunamathele olwangeni lomlomo wakho; uzakuba yisimungulu, ungakwazi ukubakhuza, ngokuba bayindlu evukelayo. ²⁷Kodwa lapho ngikhuluma nawe, ngizakuwuvula umlomo wakho, uzakuthi kubo: ‘Usho kanje uBaba oyiNkosi.’ Othandayo ukulalela, makalalele; onqabayo, makanqabe—ngokuba bayindlu evukelayo.”