uHezekile
23:1 Kwafika ilizwi likaYehova kum, lisithi,
23:2 Nyana womntu, kwakukho abafazi ababini, iintombi zamfazi mnye.
23:3 Bahenyuza eYiputa; bahenyuza ezintliziyweni zabo
zacinezelwa khona amabele abo, batyunyuzwa khona amabele
imibele yobuntombi babo.
23:4 Amagama abo ke nguNtente-yakhe omkhulu kubo, noNtente-yam-kuye umsakwabo.
baba ngabam, bazala oonyana neentombi. Yaba njalo ke yabo
amagama; ElakwaSamari nguNtente-yakhe, neYerusalem nguNtente-yakhe.
23:5 UOhola wahenyuza esengowam; waza wamthanda
kuma-Asiriya ummelwane wakhe;
23:6 bambethe iingubo ezimsi, iirhuluneli nabaphathi-mikhosi, bonke bephela benqweneleka
amadodana, abamahashe bekhwele emahasheni.
23:7 Wakubhekisela kubo ukuhenyuza kwakhe, nabo bonke abahenyuzayo
amadoda anyuliweyo aseAsiriya, namadoda onke awayetshiseka kukubakhanuka;
wazenza inqambi izigodo zakhe.
23:8 Akakuyeka nokuhenyuza kwakhe kwaseYiputa, ngokuba basebuncinaneni bakhe
8 Lala naye, zaphatha amabele obuntombi bakhe, zawaphalaza
ubuhenyu babo phezu kwakhe.
23:9 Ngenxa yoko, ndimnikele esandleni sezithandane zakhe, emnqamlezweni
esandleni sama-Asiriya, awayetshiseka kukubakhanuka.
23:10 Bona babutyhila ubuze bakhe, bathabatha oonyana bakhe neentombi zakhe;
+ yaye wayixabela ngekrele. ngenxa yabo
yayigwebe kuye.
23:11 Ke kaloku, akukubona oko umsakwabo, uNtente-yam-kuye, waba mandundu kuye
nokuhenyuza okungaphezu kwakhe, nokuhenyuza kwakhe okungaphezu kodade wabo
ubuhenyu bakhe.
23:12 Watshiseka kukubakhanuka ngama-Asiriya, ummelwane wakhe, abathetheli nababusi, abayambethe.
bengamakroti, abamahashe bekhwele emahasheni, benqweneleka bonke bephela
abafana.
23:13 Ndabona ukuba uzenze inqambi, bandlela-nye bobabini.
23:14 Wongeza ekuhenyuzeni kwakhe, ngokuba wabona amadoda engcathululwa
phezu kodonga, imifanekiso yamaKaledi izale ngokubomvu;
23:15 bebhinqiswe umbhinqo esinqeni, benxibe iingubo ezidayiweyo, bagqithise ngeengubo ezibomvu;
iintloko zabo, bonke bephela ngabathetheli, ukuba bajongwe ngokwesiko lababingeleli
AmaBhabheli eKaledi, ilizwe lokuzalwa kwawo;
23:16 Uthe ke akuwabona ngamehlo, wawanqwenela, wathumela
abathunywa kubo kwelamaKaledi.
23:17 Beza ke kuye oonyana baseBhabheli esililini sokuncokolisa, benza inqambi
Wazenza inqambi ngabo, nengqondo yakhe
wahlukanisiwe kubo.
23:18 Wakutyhila ukuhenyuza kwakhe, wabutyhila ubuze bakhe;
Ingqondo yayisele yohlukana naye, njengokuba ingqondo yam yayisele yohlukana naye
usisi.
23:19 Wongeza ke ukuhenyuza kwakhe, ngokukhumbula imihla yoxolo.
Ubutsha bakhe, awahenyuza ngabo ezweni laseYiputa.
23:20 Watshiseka kukubakhanuka amakhwele abo, anyama yawo injengenyama yenyama
amaesile, abakhuphelo lwabo ngathi lukhuphiso lwamahashe.
23:21 Wamana ukhumbula amanyala obuncinane bakho, ekutyunyuzweni kwakho;
iingono zakho ngamaYiputa, ngenxa yamabele obutsha bakho.
23:22 Ngako oko, Oholibha, itsho iNkosi uYehova; Yabona, ndiyabavusa;
izithandane zakho ngakuwe, ezo uncothukileyo kuzo umphefumlo wakho;
uze uwafikele ngeenxa zonke;
23:23 amaBhabheli, namaKaledi onke, iPekodi, noShowa, noKowa, nezizwe zonke.
nama-Asiriya onke ekunye nabo, abafana abanqwenelekayo bephela bephela;
neerhuluneli, iinkosi ezinkulu, nabadumileyo bebodwa, bekhwele emahasheni bonke bephela.
23:24 Baya kukufikela beneenqwelo zokulwa, neenqwelo zokulwa, namavili, nangeevili.
ngebandla labantu, abaya kukumisela ingweletshetshe netshe
Iingweletshetshe nezigcina-ntloko ngeenxa zonke, ndibeke isiko phambi kwabo;
baya kukugweba ngokwamasiko abo.
23:25 ndikumisele ikhwele lam, bakuphathe ngobushushu
Baya kususa impumlo yakho neendlebe zakho; namasalela akho
Baya kuwa likrele, bathabathe oonyana bakho neentombi zakho; kwaye
okuseleyo kwakho kutshiswe ngumlilo.
23:26 bakuhlube iingubo zakho, bazithabathe iimpahla zakho zokuhomba
amatye anqabileyo.
23:27 ndiwaphelise amanyala akho kuwe, nokuhenyuza kwakho.
ovela ezweni laseYiputa, ukuze ungaphakamisi owakho
amehlo akuzo, ungabi sayikhumbula iYiputa.
23:28 Ngokuba itsho iNkosi uYehova ukuthi; uyabona, ndiya kukunikela esandleni
esandleni sabo ubathiyileyo, esandleni sabo uphuma kubo umphefumlo wakho
yahlukanisiwe:
23:29 Baya kukuphatha ngentiyo, bakuthabathe konke okwakho
wabulaleka, ndikushiye uze kanye, ubuzé bakho
atyhilekile ubuhenyu, namanyala akho, nokuhenyuza kwakho.
23:30 Ndiya kuzenza ezo zinto kuwe, ngenxa yokuba uhenyuzile ngokulandelayo
ezintlangeni, ngenxa enokuba uzenze inqambi ngezigodo zazo.
23:31 Wena uhambe ngendlela yodade wenu; ngoko ke ndomnika indebe yakhe
esandleni sakho.
23:32 Itsho iNkosi uYehova ukuthi; Uya kuyisela indebe yomsakwenu enzulu;
Uyintlekisa, uyintlekisa; iqulethe
kakhulu.
23:33 Uya kuzala kukunxila nasisingqala;
Indebe yodade wenu uSamari, yona le ndebe.
23:34 Uya kuyisela ke, uyifince, uyiqhekeze
niwahlube amabele, ngokuba ndithethile;
itsho iNkosi uYehova.
23:35 Ngako oko, itsho iNkosi uYehova ukuthi, Yabona, ndikuchasile; Ngokuba undilibele, kwaye
Ndiphose emva komhlana wakho, uwathwale nawe ke amanyala akho nowakho
ubuhenyu.
23:36 Wathi uYehova kum; Nyana womntu, uza kumgweba na uNtente-yakhe
nguAholibha? ewe, baxelele amasikizi abo;
23:37 ukuba bakrexezile, igazi lisesandleni sabo, kunye nalo
izigodo zabo bazikrexezile, kwanezigodo zabo
oonyana babazalela mna, ukuze ndicandiselwe bona emlilweni, ukuze
ziqwenge.
23:38 Babuye benza noku kum, bayenze inqambi ingcwele yam;
kwangaloo mini, bazihlambele iisabatha zam.
23:39 bakuzisikela izigodo zabo oonyana babo, beza ke;
ndisengcweleni yam kwangayo loo mini, ukuze ndiyihlambele; yabonani, benjenjalo
kwenziwa phakathi kwendlu yam.
23:40 Phezu koko nithumele kumadoda avela kude, awathi kuwo a
kwathunyelwa umthunywa; nanzo bezile; wabahlambela ke wena
Waqaba amehlo akho, wazihombisa izivatho;
23:41 Wahlala esingqengqelweni esinobuqaqawuli, itafile ilungisiwe phambi kwayo, yabekwa phezu kwayo
Uzibekile isiqhumiso sam neoli yam.
23:42 Kwaye ilizwi lesihlwele esonwabileyo lalikunye naye, kunye namadoda
kudidi oluqhelekileyo zeza namaSabhea evela entlango, awathi
izacholo ezandleni zabo, nezithsaba zokuhomba entloko.
23:43 Ndathi ke kulowo oselehagele ekukrexezeni, Ngoku baya kukrexeza
uhenyuzo lwakhe, abe nalo?
23:44 Bamngena ke, njengoko kungenwa ngako kwinkazana edlalayo
benjenjalo ukumngena oNtente-yakhe, noNtente-yam-kuye, abo bafazi banamanyala.
23:45 Ke wona amalungisa aya kubagweba ngokwesiko
abakrexezikazi, nangokwesiko labaphalazi begazi; ngokuba
bayakrexeza, banegazi ezandleni zabo.
23:46 Ngokuba itsho iNkosi uYehova ukuthi; ndiya kubanyusela ibandla, kwaye
uya kuzinika ukuba zisuswe kwaye ziphangwe.
23:47 ibandla libaxulube ngamatye, libagxothe
amakrele abo; liya kubabulala oonyana babo neentombi zabo, litshise
bazitshise ngomlilo izindlu zabo.
23:48 ndiwaphelise amanyala ezweni, baphele abafazi bonke
niqeqeshwe, ningenzi ngokwamanyala enu.
23:49 Baya kuwabeka ke amanyala enu phezu kwenu, nithwale amanyala
nazi ukuba ndiyiNkosi uYehova.