uHezekile
3:1 Wathi ke kum, Nyana womntu, kudle okufumanayo; yitya oku
qengqa, uye uthethe kwindlu kaSirayeli.
3:2 Ndawuvula ke umlomo wam, wandidlisa loo ncwadi isongwayo;
3:3 Wathi kum, Nyana womntu, dlisa isisu sakho, uzalise;
izibilini ngalo mqulu ndikunika wona. Ndayidla ke; kwaye kwangena
umlomo wam njengobusi ebumnandini.
3:4 Wathi kum, Nyana womntu, hamba uye kwindlu kaSirayeli;
uthethe kubo ngamazwi am.
3:5 Kuba akuthunyelwa kubantu abantetho inzulu, abalukhuni
kodwa kwindlu kaSirayeli;
3:6 Andikuthumeli kwizizwe ezininzi, ezintetho inzulu, ezilulwimi lunzima, ezilulwimi lunzima;
amazwi ongawaqondiyo. inene, ndikuthume kubo, bona
Bendiya kukuva.
3:7 Ke indlu kaSirayeli ayifuni ukukuphulaphula; ngokuba abayi
ndiphulaphuleni; ngokuba yonke indlu kaSirayeli ilukhuni ibunzi, ilukhuni
lukhuni intliziyo.
3:8 Yabona, ndibenza lukhuni ubuso bakho, kwanjengobuso babo;
ibunzi libe lukhuni emabunzini abo.
3:9 ndilenza libe njengedayiman, elukhuni ngaphezu kweqhwitha, ibunzi lakho;
ungaqhiphuki umbilini bubuso babo, nakuba beyindlu eneenkani.
3:10 Wathi kum, Nyana womntu, onke amazwi am endiya kuwathetha
thabathele kuwe ngentliziyo yakho, uve ngeendlebe zakho.
3:11 uhambe uye kubathinjwa, koonyana bakowenu
uthethe kubo, uthi kubo, Itsho iNkosi uYehova;
nokuba bathe beva, nokuba bathe bala.
3:12 Wandifunqula uMoya, ndeva ngasemva kwam isandi esikhulu;
Baduma, besithi, Mabubongwe ubuqaqawuli bukaYehova, endaweni yabo.
3:13 Kananjalo ndeva nesandi samaphiko ezinto eziphililileyo, achukumisayo
Kwanesandi seevili malunga nazo, nesandi seevili malunga nazo
ngokungxama okukhulu.
3:14 Wandifunqula uMoya, wandisusa; ndaya ndikrakra.
ekufudumaleni komoya wam; Ke isandla sikaYehova saba phezu kwam.
3:15 Ndafika ke eTelabhibhi, kubathinjwa ababehleli ngasemlanjeni.
Ndahlala apho babehleli khona, ndahlala ndimangalisiwe
iintsuku ezisixhenxe.
3:16 Kwathi, ekupheleni kweentsuku ezisixhenxe, ilizwi likaYehova
weza kum, esithi,
3:17 Nyana womntu, ndikwenze umboniseli kwindlu kaSirayeli.
live ke ilizwi emlonyeni wam, ubavuselele ngokuphuma kum.
3:18 Xa ndithi kongendawo, Inene, uya kufa; kwaye uyamnika
akalumkisi, akathethi ukuba amlumkise ongendawo, aphume endleleni yakhe engendawo, ukuze
gcina umphefumlo wakhe; wofa ongendawo yena ngobugwenxa bakhe; kodwa yena
igazi ndiya kulibiza esandleni sakho.
3:19 Wena ke, xa uthe wamvuselela ongendawo, akabuya ebubini bakhe;
wofa endleleni yakhe engendawo; kodwa unayo
wawuhlangula umphefumlo wakho.
3:20 Kanti, xa athe ilungisa labuya ebulungiseni balo, lenze;
ndibeke isikhubekiso phambi kwakhe, wofa; ngokuba
akumvuselelanga wena, wofa ngenxa yesono sakhe, nesakhe isono
Ubulungisa abenzileyo abuyi kukhunjulwa; kodwa igazi lakhe
Ndiya kufuna esandleni sakho.
3:21 Wena ke, xa uthe walivuselela ilungisa, ukuba lingoni ilungisa;
angoni, inene, uya kuphila, ngokuba evuselelwe; kananjalo
uwuhlangule umphefumlo wakho.
3:22 Sabakho apho isandla sikaYehova phezu kwam; Yathi kum, Vuka;
phuma uye entilini, ndithethe nawe khona.
3:23 Ndesuka ndema, ndaphuma ndaya entilini;
uYehova wema khona, njengobuqaqawuli endabubonayo emlanjeni oyiKebhare;
ndawa ngobuso.
3:24 Kwangena ke uMoya kum, wandimisa ngeenyawo zam, wathetha naye
Wathi kum, Yiya uzivalele endlwini yakho.
3:25 Wena ke, nyana womntu, yabona, baya kukufaka izintya;
zikubophe ngazo, ungaphumi uye phakathi kwazo;
3:26 Ndiya kulunamathelisa ulwimi lwakho ekhuhlangubeni lakho, wena
uya kuba sisidenge, ungabi yindoda eyohlwayayo kubo;
indlu enemvukelo.
3:27 Ndakuthetha nawe, ndowuvula umlomo wakho, uthethe wena
kubo, Itsho iNkosi uYehova; Lowo uvayo makeve; kwaye
owalayo makancame; ngokuba bayindlu eneenkani.