Abaholi Abashwabadela Abantu Babo
Icala lisebenzisa izithombe zokudla abantu: abaholi abahlinza abantu babo isikhumba futhi babaqobe-qobe babafake embizeni. Abaprofethi bashumayela ukuthula kunoma ubani obaphakelayo; uBaba wethu ngeke aphendule. Ngenxa yalawa madoda, iSiyoni iyakulinywa, nentaba yethempeli ishiywe inehlathi.
3 1Ngase ngithi: Lalelani, baholi bakaJakobe, nani babusi bendlu ka-Israyeli! Akuwona yini umsebenzi wenu ukwazi ubulungiswa? 2Nina enizonda okuhle nenithanda okubi, enihlubula isikhumba ebantwini bami nenyama yabo emathanjeni abo; 3enidla inyama yabantu bami, nihlubule isikhumba sabo, niphule amathambo abo abe yizicucu; enibaqoba njengenyama yembiza, njengenyama ephakathi kwebhodwe. 4Khona-ke bayakukhala kuBaba wethu, kodwa akayikubaphendula; uyakufihla ubuso bakhe kubo ngaleso sikhathi, ngenxa yobubi abakwenzileyo.
5Nakhu uBaba wethu akushoyo ngabaprofethi abadukisa abantu bami: lapho besuthisiwe, bamemeza bathi “Ukuthula,” kodwa bamemezela impi kulowo ongafaki lutho emilonyeni yabo. 6Ngakho-ke ubusuku buyakufika phezu kwenu, kungekho mbono; ubumnyama kini, kungekho kubhula. Ilanga liyakushonela abaprofethi, usuku lube mnyama phezu kwabo. 7Ababoni bayakujabha nababhuli bahlazeke; bonke bayakumboza imilomo yabo ngenhloni, ngokuba akukho mpendulo evela kuBaba wethu.
8Kodwa mina, ngigcwele amandla— ngoMoya kaBaba wethu—nangobulungiswa nangezikhwepha, ukuze ngimemezele kuJakobe ukuhlubuka kwakhe naku-Israyeli isono sakhe. 9Zwanini lokhu, nina baholi bendlu kaJakobe nani babusi bendlu ka-Israyeli, enidelela ubulungiswa nenisonta konke okulungileyo, 10enakha iSiyoni ngegazi neJerusalema ngokungalungi. 11Abaholi bayo bahlulela ngesifumbathiso, abapristi bayo bafundisa ngenkokhelo, abaprofethi bayo babhula ngesiliva; kepha bencika kuBaba wethu bathi, “UBaba wethu akakho yini phakathi kwethu? Akukho ngozi engasehlela.” 12Ngakho-ke ngenxa yenu iSiyoni iyakulinywa njengensimu, iJerusalema ibe yinqwaba yamanxiwa, nentaba yethempeli ibe yisiqongo esinehlathi.
