UHEZEKILE 5

₁Wathi kum *uNdikhoyo: “Ngoko ke, mntundini, thatha ikrele elibukhali, ususe ngalo iinwele zakho neendevu zakho ngokungathi liyimela yokugugula. Uze uthathe isikali, wenze imilinganiso ngemilinganiso yeenwele ezo. ₂Kuya kuthi zakuphela iintsuku zorhangqo usitshise ngomlilo isithathu seenwele phakathi esixekweni; esinye isithathu ujikeleze naso ngaphandle kwesixeko, uhambe usinqunqa ngekrele; esokugqibela usilahle simke nomoya. Kaloku ndiya kuwaleqa ndiqhiwulé ikrele lam. ₃Uze ushiye iinwele ezimbalwa, uzifihle emgobeni wengubo yakho. ₄Uze uthathe zibe mbalwa kwezi, uziphose emlilweni zitshe. Umlilo uya kuqala apho, unwenwele kuyo yonke indlu kaSirayeli.”

₅Ithi iNkosi uNdikhoyo: “Le yiJerusalem endiyibeke phakathi kweentlanga, yaza yarhangqwa ngamazwe. ₆Kodwa ngenxa yenkohlakalo yayo iyivukele imithetho nemimiselo yam nangaphezu kweentlanga namazwe ayirhangqileyo. Iyibukule imithetho yam, yayityeshela imimiselo yam.

₇“Ngako oko ithi iNkosi uNdikhoyo: ‘Ube nobutshijolo ngaphezu kweentlanga ezikurhangqileyo, waza wayityeshela imimiselo yam, akwayithobela imithetho yam. Uyalabalaba nakumgangatho weentlanga ezikurhangqileyo.’ ”

₈Yaqhuba iNgangalala iNkosi uNdikhoyo yathi: “Ke ngoko mna ngokwam ndiyalwa nawe, Jerusalem, ndaye ndiza kukohlwaya iintlanga zijongile. ₉Ngenxa yamasikizi owenzileyo, kuwe ndiza kwenza into endingazange ndayenza ngaphambili, endingayi khuphinda ndiyenze nanini na. ₁₀Ewe, kuwe ooyise baya kudla abantwana babo, abantwana badle ooyise. Ndiya kukohlwaya, ndize amasalela ndiwasarhaze emoyeni. ₁₁Mna ngokwam ndiyafunga, itsho iNkosi uNdikhoyo, njengokuba ungcolise isibingelelo sam esingcwele ngezithixo zakho ezinezothe nangezenzo zakho ezingamasikizi, ndiza kuzirhoxisa iimfefe zam kuwe; andiyi kuba naluvelwano. ₁₂Isahlulo sesithathu sabantu bakho siya kufa ngubhubhani okanye sitshabalale yindlala phambi kwakho; esinye isithathu siya kubulawa ngekrele ngaphandle kweendonga zesixeko; esokugqibela isithathu ndiya kusisarhaza emoyeni, ndisileqe ndiqhiwulé ikrele lam.

₁₃“Emva koko ke uya kuphela umsindo kum, nokuqumba kuthothe, kuba ndiya kuba ndiziphindezele. Xa ingqumbo yam ndiyikhuphele kubo baya kwazi ukuba mna Ndikhoyo ndithethile ndiqhutywa likhwele lam.

₁₄“Ndiya kukwenza ube ngophaleleyo nesigculelo seentlanga ophakathi kwazo kwanâbo badlula ngendlela. ₁₅Uya kuba ngumqondiso osisigculelo nentlekisa nesikizi kwabo uhleli phakathi kwabo, xa ndikohlwaya ngomsindo nangengqumbo, ndikukhalimela kabukhali. Mna Ndikhoyo ndithethile. ₁₆Iintolo zam endinitshabalalisa ngazo yindlala. Ewe, ndiya kuyandisa indlala kuni ngokuvala ningakuzuzi ukudla. ₁₇Ndiya kunithumela ngendlala namarhamncwa, nize nisale ningenabantwana. Niya kuba sisisulu sikabhubhani nokuphalala kwegazi, kuba ndiya kulithumela kuni ikrele. Mna Ndikhoyo ndithethile.”