IsAmbulo 11

₁Nganikwa uhlanga lufana nenduku, kwathiwa: “Sukuma, ulinganise ithempeli likaNkulunkulu, ne-altare, nabakhulekayo kulo. ₂Kepha igceke elingaphandle kwethempeli ulishiye ngaphandle, ungalilinganisi, ngokuba linikwe izizwe, nomuzi ongcwele ziyakuwunyathela phansi izinyanga ezingamashumi amane nambili. ₃Ngiyakubanika ofakazi bami ababili ukuba baprofethe izinsuku eziyinkulungwane namakhulu amabili namashumi ayisithupha bembethe indwangu yamasaka.” ₄Labo bayiminqumo emibili nezinti zezibani ezimbili ezimi phambi kweNkosi yomhlaba. ₅Uma kukhona ofuna ukona laba, kuphuma umlilo emlonyeni wabo, udle izitha zabo, uziqede; yebo, uma kukhona ofuna ukona laba, kumelwe ukuba abulawe kanjalo. ₆Banamandla laba okuvala izulu ukuba lingani ngezinsuku zokuprofetha kwabo, futhi banamandla phezu kwamanzi okuwaphendula igazi nawokushaya umhlaba ngezinhlupho zonke, noma kungaba kangaki ngokuthanda kwabo.

₇Kuyakuthi sebebuqedile ubufakazi babo, isilo esiphuma kwalasha siyakulwa nabo, sibanqobe, sibabulale. ₈Nezidumbu zabo ziyakusala ezitaladini zomuzi omkhulu othiwa ngokomoya iSodoma neGibithe, lapho neNkosi yabo yabethelwa khona. ₉Abanye kubantu nabemindeni nabezilimi nabezizwe bayakuzibona izidumbu zabo izinsuku ezintathu nenxenye, bengavumi ukuba izidumbu zabo zifakwe ethuneni. ₁₀Nabakhileyo emhlabeni bayakujabula ngabo, bethabe, bathumelane izipho, ngokuba laba baprofethi ababili babebahluphile abakhileyo emhlabeni.

₁₁Kwathi emva kwalezo zinsuku ezintathu nenxenye umoya wokuphila ovela kuNkulunkulu wangena kubo; base bema ngezinyawo zabo, nabababonayo behlelwa ngukwesaba okukhulu. ₁₂Bezwa izwi elikhulu livela ezulwini, lithi kubo: “Yenyukelani lapha.” Base benyukela ezulwini ngefu, nezitha zabo zababona.

₁₃Ngalelo hora kwaba khona ukuzamazama okukhulu komhlaba, kwawa okweshumi komuzi, nangokuzamazama komhlaba kwabulawa abantu abayizinkulungwane eziyisikhombisa, nabaseleyo bashaywa luvalo, bamdumisa uNkulunkulu wezulu.

₁₄Kwadlula uMaye wesibili; bheka, uMaye wesithathu uyeza masinyane.

₁₅Ingelosi yesikhombisa yayisibetha; kwase kuba khona amazwi amakhulu ezulwini athi:

“Umbuso wezwe usungoweNkosi yethu nokaKristu wayo; iyakubusa kuze kube phakade naphakade.” ₁₆Namalunga angamashumi amabili nane ahlezi phambi kukaNkulunkulu ezihlalweni zawo zobukhosi akhothama ngobuso bawo, akhuleka kuNkulunkulu, ₁₇ethi: “Siyakubonga, Nkosi Nkulunkulu, Mninimandla onke, okhona nowawukhona, ngokuba uthabathe amandla akho amakhulu, wabusa; ₁₈nezizwe zazinolaka, kepha kwafika ulaka lwakho, nesikhathi sokwahlulelwa kwabafileyo, nokunika umvuzo izinceku zakho, abaprofethi nabangcwele nabesabayo igama lakho, abancane nabakhulu, nokubhubhisa ababhubhisa umhlaba.”

₁₉Kwase kuvulwa ithempeli likaNkulunkulu elisezulwini, kwabonakala umphongolo wesivumelwano sakhe ethempelini lakhe; kwase kuba khona imibani, namazwi, nokuduma, nokuzamazama komhlaba, nesichotho esikhulu.