UHEZEKILE 6

₁Ndeva ilizwi *likaNdikhoyo lisithi: ₂“Mntundini, zikhangele iintaba zakwaSirayeli, ushumayele uzikhalimele, ₃uthi: Zintabandini zakwaSirayeli, liveni izwi leNkosi uNdikhoyo. Ithi iNgangalala uNdikhoyo kwiintaba neenduli, iingxingwa neentlambo: Ndiza kunibetha ngemfazwe, ndizitshabalalise iindawo zenu zonqulo eziphakamileyo. ₄Ndiza kuwadiliza amaqonga enu amadini, ndiwatyumze amaqonga enu eziqhumiso; ndiza kubatyakatya ngekrele abantu benu bawe phambi *kwezithixo zenu. ₅Izidumbu zamaSirayeli ndiza kuzifumba phambi kwezithixo zawo, ndize amathambo awo ndiwasarhaze ajikeleze amaqonga enu. ₆Nakuyiphi na indawo enimi kuyo izixeko ziya kutshatyalaliswa, zize iindawo zonqulo eziphakamileyo zidilizwe, khon' ukuze amaqonga enu amadini aqhekezwe, nezithixo zenu zityunyuzwe, namaqonga eziqhumiso achitha-chithwe, zide ziphele tu izinto ebenizenze ngezandla zenu. ₇Abantu baya kugeqwa likrele phakathi kwenu, ukuze niqonde ukuba mna ndinguNdikhoyo.

₈“Kodwa abanye ndiya kubasindisa, kuba bakho abaya kusaba lingabazuzi ikrele ngeli xesha nisarhazwe kwezinye izizwe namazwe. ₉Ke abo bathe bengabathinjwa basinda, baya kukukhumbula ukukhathazeka kwam ngenxa yokungathembeki kwabo, ngokundinikela umva, benqwenela izithixo zabo. Baya kuzizonda ngenxa yobugwenxa babo nangawo onke amanyundululu abo. ₁₀Baya kundazi ukuba mna ndinguNdikhoyo, andifananga ndabatyityimbisela umnwe ukuba ndiya kubahlisela esi sithwakumbe.

₁₁“Ithi iNgangalala iNkosi uNdikhoyo: Betha ngesandla sakho, ungqishe ngonyawo, uthi: ‘Yeha!’ ngenxa yamanyundululu endlu kaSirayeli, kuba baya kufa ngekrele, ngendlala, nangobhubhani. ₁₂Okude uya kufa ngobhubhani; okufutshane uya kufa ngekrele; othe wasinda uya kufa yindlala. Ndiya kwenjenjalo ke xa ndiwukhuphela kubo umsindo wam. ₁₃Baya kundazi ukuba ndinguNdikhoyo xa bebona izidumbu zâbo bafe ngekrele zidunduluze phakathi kwezithixo namaqonga abo, nakuzo zonke iinduli eziphakamileyo, nasezincotsheni zeentaba, naphantsi kwemithi nemioki – apho babesenzela izithixo zabo iziqhumiso ezivumba limnandi. ₁₄Ndiya kusolula isandla, umhlaba ndiwubharhise ukusuka ezantsi entlango kuye eDibla kumantla – nditsho kuzo zonke iindawo ezimiwe ngabo. Ewe, baya kundazi ukuba ndinguNdikhoyo.”