uHezekile
13:1 Kwafika ilizwi likaYehova kum, lisithi,
13:2 Nyana womntu, baprofetele abaprofeti bakwaSirayeli abaprofetayo, baprofete;
Yithini kwabaprofeta okuphuma ezintliziyweni zabo, Yivani!
ilizwi likaYehova;
13:3 Itsho iNkosi uYehova ukuthi; Yeha, abaprofeti abaziziyatha abalandelayo!
umoya wabo, ababona nto;
13:4 Baba njengeempungutye emanxuweni abaprofeti bakho, Sirayeli.
13:5 Aninyukanga niye emathutyeni, anilubiyelanga nothango;
Indlu kaSirayeli yome edabini ngomhla kaYehova.
13:6 Babona into ekhohlakeleyo nokuvumisa okungamanga, abo bathi, Utsho uYehova;
uYehova engabathumanga, ukanti bakholose ngabo
liya kuqinisekisa igama.
13:7 Anibonanga umbono okhohlakeleyo na, anithethanga ubuxoki?
nisithi, Utsho uYehova; khange ndithethe?
13:8 Ngako oko, itsho iNkosi uYehova ukuthi; Ngokuba nithethe into ekhohlakeleyo, nithetha into ekhohlakeleyo
ngako oko, yabonani, ndinichasile; itsho iNkosi uYehova.
13:9 Isandla sam siya kuba phezu kwabaprofeti ababona amampunge, naloo nto
abayi kuba sebandleni labantu bam, nokuba sebandleni
aya kubhalwa encwadini yendlu kaSirayeli, nokuba kunjalo
baya kungena ke ezweni lakwaSirayeli; nazi ukuba ndinguye
iNkosi uYehova.
13:10 Ngenxa enokuba, ngenxa yokuba bebandwendwisile abantu bam, besithi, Luxolo; kwaye
akwabakho luxolo; besakha udonga, nanko ke belutyabeka
ngodaka olungaxutywanga:
13:11 Yithi kwabalutyabeka ngodaka olungenakufudumala, iya kuwa;
kuya kubakho isiphango esikhukulayo; nani, matye esichotho amakhulu, niya kwenza
ukuwa; umoya ovuthuzayo uya kuyiqwenga.
13:12 Xa ke luthe lwawa udonga, akuyi kuthiwa na kuni, Uphi na uYehova?
Nityabeke ngantoni na?
13:13 Ngako oko, itsho iNkosi uYehova ukuthi; ndiya kuyikrazula noqhwithela
moya ngobushushu bam; kuya kubakho isiphango esikhukulayo ndinomsindo;
namatye esichotho ngobushushu bam, ukuze ndiyidle.
13:14 Ndiya kuludiliza udonga enalutyabekayo, ningenamsindo
udongwe, uwuwise emhlabeni, ekusekweni kwawo
liya kutyhilwa, liwe, nigqitywe kulo
nazi ukuba ndinguYehova.
13:15 ndobuphelelisela eludongeni ubushushu bam, naphezu kwabo banako
ndiwutyabeke ngodaka olungaxutyiweyo, ndithi kuni, Udonga alunamsongo
kokukhona, nabalutyabekayo;
13:16 abaprofeti bakwaSirayeli ababeprofeta ngeYerusalem
ababona umbono woxolo, kungekho luxolo; utsho uYehova
Nkosi Yehova.
13:17 Wena ke, nyana womntu, bhekisa ubuso bakho kwiintombi zakowenu
abantu abaprofeta okweentliziyo zabo; uprofete ngako
bona,
13:18 uthi, Itsho iNkosi uYehova; Yeha abafazi abathunga imiqamelo
neengalo zonke, wenze izigubungelo emantloko abo bonke ubude, ukuba bazingele
imiphefumlo! Nithiyele imiphefumlo yabantu bam, nisindise imiphefumlo;
behleli nje abaza kuwe?
13:19 Nindihlambele phakathi kwabantu bam ngenxa yerhasi esutywe ngezandla, nangenxa
amaqhekeza esonka, ukuze kubulawe imiphefumlo ebingeyakufa, nokusindisa
imiphefumlo ephilileyo ebingayi kuphila, ngamanga enu kubantu bam abevayo
ubuxoki bakho?
13:20 Ngako oko, itsho iNkosi uYehova ukuthi; Yabonani, ndiyichasile imiqamelo yenu;
nithiyela ngayo imiphefumlo njengeentaka, ndibaqwenge
ezingalweni zenu, kwaye niya kuyikhulula imiphefumlo, kwaimiphefumlo eniyithiyileyo
ukuze ziphaphazele.
13:21 ndozikrazula izigubungelo zenu, ndibahlangule abantu bam esandleni senu;
aziyi kuba saba sezingela esandleni senu; niya kwazi ke
ukuba ndinguYehova.
13:22 Ngenxa enokuba niyenze buhlungu ngobuxoki intliziyo yelungisa, endiya kuyenza mna
andenzanga buhlungu; Wazomeleza izandla zabangendawo, ukuba abe yena
makangabuyi endleleni yakhe embi, ngokumthembisa ubomi;
13:23 ngako oko aniyi kuphinda nibone into ekhohlakeleyo ningabi savumisa nokuvumisa;
Ndiya kubahlangula abantu bam esandleni senu; nazi ukuba ndinguYehova
NKOSI.