UZEKARIYA 13
Ukuhlanjululwa kweYerusalem
1Ngaloo mini kuya kubakho ithende elivulelwe indlu kaDavide nabemi baseYerusalem, ngenxa yesono nangenxa yokungcola.
2Kothi ngaloo mini, utsho uYehova wemikhosi, ndiwanqumle amagama ezithixo elizweni, zingabi sakhunjulwa; nabaprofeti nomoya wobunqambi ndibagqithise, bangabikho ezweni apha. 3Kothi xa athe wabuya waprofeta ubani, bathi kuye uyise nonina abamzalayo. Akuyi kuphila, kuba uthethé ubuxoki egameni likaYehova. Uyise nonina abamzalayo bomhlaba amahlanza ngenxa yokuprofeta kwakhe. 4Kothi ngaloo mini, badane abaprofeti, elowo ngumbono wakhe, ekuprofeteni kwakhe, bangàmbathi ngubo ixhonti yokuze bakhohlise. 5Wóthi, Àndimprofeti, ndingumntu olima umhlaba; kuba wandithenga umntu ndisemncinane. 6Kothiwa kuye, Ayini na la manxeba asezandleni zakho? athi, Ngandangxwelerhwa ngawo endlwini yabazizihlobo zam.
Ukumonxozwa komalusi kaYehova
7Krele, vuka usukele phezulu kumalusi wam, kumfo ongummelwane, utsho uYehova wemikhosi; betha kumalusi, umhlambi ube lusali; ndísibuyisele isandla sam phezu kwezincinane. 8Kothi ezweni lonke, utsho uYehova, izahlulo ezibini kulo zinqanyulwe zife, esesithathu sihlale kulo. 9Ndosizisa emlilweni esesithathu, ndibanyibilikise njengokunyibilikiswa kwesilivere, ndibacikide njengokucikidwa kwegolide. Bona baya kunqula igama lam, ndibaphendule mna; ndiya kuthi, Ngabantu bam bona; bathi bona, Yehova, ùnguThixo wethu.
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