UHezekeli 44

44 ¹Wabuye wangibuyisela esangweni langaphandle lendlu engcwele elibheke empumalanga, lalivaliwe. ²Wathi kimi: “Leli sango lizohlala livaliwe. Akumelwe livulwe, futhi akekho ongangena ngalo, ngokuba uBaba wethu ungene ngalo; ngakho lizohlala livaliwe. ³Yisikhulu kuphela—isikhulu ngokwaso—esingahlala khona ukuze sidle isinkwa phambi kukaBaba wethu. Simelwe ukungena ngekamelo lokungena lesango, siphume ngayo le ndlela.”

⁴Wabe esengingenisa ngesango lasenyakatho ngaya ngaphambi kwethempeli. Ngabuka, bheka inkazimulo kaBaba wethu yagcwalisa indlu yakhe; ngawa ngobuso phansi.

⁵UBaba wethu wathi kimi: “Ndodana yomuntu, lalelisisa, bheka ngamehlo akho ulalele ngezindlebe zakho konke engikutshela khona ngemithetho nangemiyalo yendlu yami. Qaphela ukungena kwethempeli nazo zonke iziphumo zendlu engcwele.”

⁶Tshela indlu edlubulundayo yakwa-Israyeli uthi: UBaba oyiNkosi EnguMbusi uthi: “Sekwanele konke okunengekayo kwenu, ndlu yakwa-Israyeli! ⁷Naletha abezizwe, abangasokile enhliziyweni nasenyameni, ukuba babe sendlini yami engcwele, ningcolisa indlu yami, lapho ninikela isinkwa sami, amanoni, negazi. Nasephula isivumelwano sami ngakho konke okunengekayo kwenu. ⁸Aninakekelanga izinto zami ezingcwele; nabeka abanye ukuba baphathe indlu yami engcwele esikhundleni senu. ⁹UBaba oyiNkosi EnguMbusi uthi: “Akekho owezizwe, onenhliziyo elukhuni nongasokile enyameni, phakathi kwabo bonke abezizwe abahlala phakathi kwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli, ongangena endlini yami engcwele.

¹⁰Kodwa amaLevi aba kude nami ngesikhathi u-Israyeli edukile, agwadla ukusuka kimi elandela izithombe zawo, ayothwala icala lawo. ¹¹Ayokhonza endlini yami engcwele, agade amasango ethempeli akhonze phakathi kwalo. Ayohlaba umnikelo wokushiswa nomhlatshelo wabantu, eme elungele ukubakhonza. ¹²Ngenxa yokuthi abakhonza abantu phambi kwezithombe zabo enza u-Israyeli akhubeke awele ecaleni; ngakho ngafunga ngimelene nawo, kusho uBaba oyiNkosi EnguMbusi, ayothwala icala lawo. ¹³Ngeke asondele kimi ukuba angikhonze njengabapristi, futhi ngeke asondele kunoma yikuphi kwezinto zami ezingcwele noma ezinto ezingcwelengcwele; ayothwala ihlazo lezinto ezinengekayo awazenza. ¹⁴Nokho ngiyokwenza ukuba agade ithempeli, kuyo yonke inkonzo yalo nakho konke okwenziwa kulo.

¹⁵Kodwa abapristi abangamaLevi, amadodana kaSadoki, abalonda indlu yami engcwele ngesikhathi u-Israyeli edukile kimi—bona bayosondela kimi ukuba bangikhonze, beme phambi kwami ukuba banginikele amanoni negazi, kusho uBaba oyiNkosi EnguMbusi. ¹⁶“Bayongena endlini yami engcwele, basondele etafuleni lami ukuba bangikhonze, bagcine izimfanelo zami.

¹⁷Lapho bengena emasangweni egceke langaphakathi, bamelwe ukugqoka ilineni; angabi bikho uboya bezimvu lapho bekhonza emasangweni egceke langaphakathi nangaphakathi. ¹⁸Bamelwe ukuthwala iziqhele zelineni emakhanda abo bagqoke nezangaphansi zelineni ezinkalweni zabo, bangagqoki lutho olubajulukisayo. ¹⁹Lapho bephumela ebantwini egcekeni langaphandle, bamelwe ukukhumula izingubo abebekhonza ngazo, bazishiye emakamelweni angcwele, bagqoke ezinye izingubo, ukuze bangadluliseli ubungcwele ebantwini ngezingubo zabo.

²⁰Akumelwe baphuce amakhanda abo noma bayeke izinwele zabo zikhule zibe zinde; bamelwe ukugunda izinwele zabo zilinganiselwe. ²¹Akekho umpristi ongaphuza iwayini lapho engena egcekeni langaphakathi. ²²Akumelwe bashade umfelokazi noma owesifazane olahliwe, kodwa bashade izintombi nje zohlanga lwakwa-Israyeli, noma umfelokazi wompristi. ²³Bamelwe ukufundisa abantu bami umehluko phakathi kokungcwele nokungcwele, babatshengise ukwahlukanisa okungcolile kokuhlanzekile.

²⁴Ekuphikisaneni bayokwahlulela ngezinqumo zami. Bayogcina imiyalo nemithetho yami emikhosini yami yonke emisiwe, bagcine amaSabatha ami engcwele.

²⁵Umpristi akumelwe asondele esidunjini ukuze azingcolise; kodwa ngenxa kayise, unina, indodana, indodakazi, umfowabo, noma udadewabo ongashadile angazingcolisa. ²⁶Emva kokuhlanjululwa kwakhe, bayombalela izinsuku eziyisikhombisa. ²⁷Ngosuku angena ngalo endaweni engcwele, egcekeni langaphakathi, ukuba akhonze khona, uyonikela umnikelo wakhe wesono, kusho uBaba oyiNkosi EnguMbusi.

²⁸“Ifa labo yileli: mina ngiyifa labo. Ningabaniki mfuyo kwa-Israyeli—mina ngiyimfuyo yabo. ²⁹Bayodla iminikelo yamabele, eyesono, neyecala, futhi konke okunikezelwe kwa-Israyeli kuyoba ngokwabo. ³⁰Okungcono kwakho konke okokuqala kwezithelo zazo zonke izinhlobo, nawo wonke umnikelo eniwulethayo, kuyoba ngokwabapristi. Nikani abapristi okokuqala kwenhlama yenu, ukuze isibusiso sihlale endlini yenu. ³¹Abapristi akumelwe badle noma yiyiphi inyoni noma isilwane esizifele noma esibulewe yizilwane zasendle.”