UHezekeli 8

8 ¹Ngonyaka wesithupha, ngenyanga yesithupha, ngosuku lwesihlanu, ngesikhathi ngihlezi endlini yami, abadala bakwaJuda bephambi kwami, isandla seNkosi uBaba sehlela phezu kwami khona lapho. ²Ngabuka ngabona isimo esinjengomlilo: kusukela kulokho okwakubonakala kungukhalo lwakhe kwehla kuya phansi, kwakungumlilo; kusukela ekhalweni lwakhe kuya phezulu, kwakungukukhanya okunjengensimbi ecwebezelayo. ³Welula lokho okwakubonakala kuyisandla wangibamba ngesihluthu sekhanda lami, uMoya kaBaba wethu wangiphakamisela phakathi komhlaba nezulu, wangiletha, emibonweni evela kuBaba wethu, eJerusalema—esangweni langaphakathi elibheke enyakatho, lapho kwakumi khona isithombe somhawu, esivusa umhawu. ⁴Inkazimulo kaBaba wethu yayilapho, njengombono engawubona esigodini.

⁵Wayesethi kimi: “Ndodana yomuntu, bheka ngasenyakatho.” Ngase ngibheka, bheka enyakatho yesango le-altare, esangweni, kwakukhona lesi sithombe somhawu.

⁶Wathi kimi: “Ndodana yomuntu, uyakubona yini abakwenzayo—izinto ezinengekayo ezinkulu indlu ka-Israyeli ezenza lapha, ezingixosha kude nendlu yami engcwele? Kodwa uzophinda ubone izinto ezinengekayo ezinkulu kunalezi.”

⁷Wangiletha esangweni legceke; ngabuka, bheka kwakukhona imbobo odongeni.

⁸Wathi kimi: “Ndodana yomuntu, mba udonga.” Ngase ngimba udonga, bheka kwakukhona umnyango.

⁹Wathi kimi: “Ngena ubone izinto ezinengekayo ezimbi abazenza lapha.”

¹⁰Ngase ngingena ngabuka, bheka odongeni nxazonke kwakukhona izithombe ezibaziwe zazo zonke izilwanyana ezinwabuzelayo nezilo ezinengekayo, nazo zonke izithombe zika-Israyeli. ¹¹Abadala abangamashumi ayisikhombisa bendlu ka-Israyeli babemi phambi kwazo, kukhona noJahazaniya indodana kaShafani phakathi kwabo, omunye nomunye ephethe udengezi lwakhe lwempepho, kwenyuka ifu elinukelela kamnandi lempepho.

¹²Wathi kimi: “Ndodana yomuntu, uke wakubona yini lokho abadala bendlu ka-Israyeli abakwenza ebumnyameni, omunye nomunye ekamelweni lesithombe sakhe esibaziwe? Ngokuba bathi, ‘UNkulunkulu akasiboni; uNkulunkulu uselishiyile izwe.’” ^a a v12 Lawa ngamazwi ka-Israyeli ongathembekile—ethi uBaba wethu akaboni futhi akanandaba. Lona ngamanga amadala kunawo wonke, okuthi uBaba ukude futhi akekho. Ubona konke; yingakho elusizi. ¹³Wathi kimi: “Phenduka futhi, uzobona izinto ezinengekayo ezinkulu nakakhulu abazenzayo.”

¹⁴Wangiletha esangweni lasenyakatho lendlu kaBaba wethu, lapho abesifazane babehlezi khona bekhalela uTamuzi. ^b b v14 UTamuzi wayengunkulunkulu waseBhabhiloni, abalandeli bakhe ababelilela ukufa kwakhe kwenganekwane kwaminyaka yonke. Abesifazane benza lo mkhuba wobuqaba esangweni uqobo lethempeli likaBaba wethu.

¹⁵Wathi kimi: “Uke wakubona lokhu yini, ndodana yomuntu? Phenduka futhi; uzobona izinto ezinengekayo ezinkulu kunalezi.”

¹⁶Wangiletha egcekeni langaphakathi lendlu kaBaba wethu; esangweni lethempeli, phakathi kompheme ne-altare, kwakukhona amadoda angaba ngamashumi amabili nanhlanu, imihlane yawo ibhekise ethempelini, ubuso bawo bubheke empumalanga, ekhothamela ilanga empumalanga.

¹⁷Wathi kimi: “Uke wakubona lokhu yini, ndodana yomuntu? Kuyinto encane yini endlini yakwaJuda ukwenza izinto ezinengekayo abazenza lapha, aze agcwalise izwe ngodlame futhi angivuse ulaka kaningi kanjalo? Bheka, afaka igatsha emakhaleni awo. ^c c v17 Ukufaka igatsha emakhaleni cishe kubhekisa esenzweni sokukhonza kobuqaba; incazelo yakho eqondile ayiqiniseki. ¹⁸Ngakho nami ngizokwenza ngolaka. Iso lami ngeke lihawukele, futhi ngeke ngibe nesihe. Noma bememeza kakhulu ezindlebeni zami, ngeke ngibalalele.”