Bakwa-Israyeli babekwa iphawu
1Ngemva kwalokho ngabona iingilozi ezine zijame emagumbini womane wephasi. Bezibambe imimoya emine yephasi khona kungazukuba khona ummoya ovunguzako ephasinapha namkha elwandle nanyana uphephule umuthi. 2Ngabona enye ingilozi ikhuphuka ngepumalanga iphethe iphawu lakaZimu ophilako. Yarhuwelela ngelizwi elikhulu iingilozi ezine ebezinikelwe amandla wokona iphasi nelwandle, 3yathi kizo: “Ningaloni iphasi, ilwandle namkha imithi singakagibi iphawu eempandla zeenceku zakaZimethu.”
4Godu ngezwa isibalo salabo abagitjwa ngephawu, bebaziinkulungwana ezilikhulu namatjhumi amane nane bagitjwe ekorweni enye nenye yabantu bakwa-Israyeli:
5Iinkulungwana ezilitjhumi nambili ekorweni yakaJuda;
iinkulungwana ezilitjhumi nambili ekorweni yakaRubeni;
iinkulungwana ezilitjhumi nambili ekorweni yakaGadi;
6iinkulungwana ezilitjhumi nambili ekorweni yaka-Atjheri;
iinkulungwana ezilitjhumi nambili ekorweni yakaNafitali;
iinkulungwana ezilitjhumi nambili ekorweni yakaManase;
7Iinkulungwana ezilitjhumi nambili ekorweni yakaSimiyoni;
iinkulungwana ezilitjhumi nambili ekorweni yakaLevi;
iinkulungwana ezilitjhumi nambili ekorweni yaka-Isakari;
8iinkulungwana ezilitjhumi nambili ekorweni yakaZebuloni;
iinkulungwana ezilitjhumi nambili ekorweni yakaJosefa;
iinkulungwana ezilitjhumi nambili ekorweni yakaBhenjamini.
Isiqubuthu esikhulu
9Ngemva kwalokho ngaqala ngabona isiqubuthu esikhulu ebesingekhe sabalwa ngobunengi. Besivela kizo zoke izizwe, iinkoro, abantu neenlimi, sijame phambi kwesihlalo sobukhosi naphambi kweMvana sembethe okumhlophe siphethe amatjhwaba womuthi wesundu ngezandla. 10Sarhuwelela ngelizwi elikhulu sathi:
“Isindiso ingeyakaZimethu
ohlezi esihlalweni sobukhosi neyeMvana!”
11Iingilozi zoke bezijame esihlalweni sobukhosi mazombe, godu kuzombe abaphathi neembunjwa ezine eziphilako. Boke labo bawa ngobuso bathi mbo phambi kwesihlalo sobukhosi balotjha uZimu, 12bathi: “Amen.
“Idumo nephazimulo,
ukuhlakanipha, ukuthokozwa nokuhlonitjhwa,
iye, amandla neenkhwepha
akube kuZimethu nini nanini!
Amen.”
13Omunye wabaphathi wangibuza wathi: “Bobani laba abembethe ezimhlophe begodu bavelaphi na?”
14Ngathi kuye: “Kosami, nguwe owaziko.”
Nje-ke wathi kimi: “Laba ngibo abavela ekuhluphekeni okukhulu. Bazihlanzile iingubo zabo bazenza zaba mhlophe eengazini zeMvana. 15Kungakho bajame phambi kwesihlalo sobukhosi sakaZimu,
“bamlotjha imini nobusuku ngethempelini lakhe,
iye, loyo ohlezi esihlalweni sobukhosi uyobafukamela.
16Abayokulamba, abasayokoma,
abasayokutjhiswa lilanga
nanyana sivuthevuthe
17ngombana iMvana ephakathi kwesihlalo sobukhosi
izakuba ngumelusi wabo.
Izabadosela emithonjeni yamanzi wokuphila,
uZimu abasule zoke iinyembezi emehlweni wabo.”
