uHezekile
29:1 Ngomnyaka weshumi, ngenyanga yeshumi, ngolweshumi elinesibini enyangeni leyo,
Kwafika ilizwi likaYehova kum, lisithi,
29:2 Nyana womntu, bhekisa ubuso bakho kuFaro ukumkani waseYiputa, uprofete
nxamnye naye, nayo yonke iYiputa.
29:3 Thetha, uthi, Itsho iNkosi uYehova; Yabona, ndikuchasile;
UFaro ukumkani waseYiputa, inamba enkulu, elele esazulwini sayo
Imilambo, endathi, Ngowam umlambo, ndizenzele mna
mna.
29:4 Ndiya kufaka amagwegwe emihlathini yakho, kwaye ndiya kubangela iintlanzi zolwandle lwakho
Ndonyusa emilanjeni yakho, unamathele esikalini sakho, ndikunyuse uphume kuwo
Ephakathi kwemilambo yakho, zonke iintlanzi zemijelo yakho zinamathele kuwe
izikali.
29:5 Ndiya kukulahlela entlango, wena neentlanzi zonke
uya kuwa emilanjeni yakho; akuyi kuba njalo
ndihlanganiselwe ndawonye, angabuthwanga; ndikunika ukuba ube kukudla kwamarhamncwa
zelizwe nakwiintaka zezulu.
29:6 bazi bonke abemi baseYiputa ukuba ndinguYehova
zaba luswazi lwengcongolo kwindlu kaSirayeli.
29:7 Bakubamba ngesandla sakho, waphuka, wazikrazula zonke
igxalaba labo; bathi bakukholosa ngawe, usuke waphuka, wenza
onke amanqe abo aya kuba sesikhungeni.
29:8 Ngako oko, itsho iNkosi uYehova ukuthi, Yabona, ndikuchasile; uyabona, ndisizisela ikrele;
unqumle kuwe umntu nenkomo;
29:9 ilizwe laseYiputa kube senkangala, libharhe; kwaye baya kwazi
ukuba ndinguYehova, ngenxa enokuba usithi, Umlambo ngowam, ndingowam
iyenzile.
29:10 Ngako oko, yabona, ndikuchasile, nemijelo yakho;
lilenze ilizwe laseYiputa kube senkangala, liphanzise, kususela eMigidoli;
eSiyene kude kuse emdeni wakwaKushi.
29:11 Akuyi kucanda lunyawo lwamntu kuyo, akuyi kucanda lunyawo lwenkomo
ngayo, ayisayi kumiwa, iminyaka emashumi mane.
29:12 Ndiya kulenza kube senkangala ilizwe laseYiputa phakathi kwamazwe
namanxuwa, nemizi yayo phakathi kwemizi engamanxuwa
Iya kuba senkangala iminyaka emashumi mane, ndiwachithachithe amaYiputa phakathi
izizwe, zibachithachithe emazweni.
29:13 Ngako oko itsho iNkosi uYehova ukuthi, Yabona, ndikuchasile; Ekupheleni kweminyaka engamashumi amane, ndiya kubabutha
amaJiputa kubantu ababechithachitheke apho.
29:14 Ndiya kukubuyisa ukuthinjwa kweYiputa, ndibangenise
buyela ezweni lasePatros, ezweni lokuhlala kwabo; kwaye
baya kuba bubukumkani obuphantsi.
29:15 Buya kuba sephantsi kwizikumkani; aliyi kuziphakamisa ngokwalo
kungabi sabakho ngaphezu kweentlanga; ndibanciphise, bangabi sabakho
ngakumbi nilawule iintlanga.
29:16 Kwaye abasayi kuba yinkoloseko yendlu kaSirayeli
wokhumbuza ubugwenxa babo, xa athe wabheka kubo;
bazi ukuba ndiyiNkosi uYehova.
29:17 Kwathi, ngomnyaka wamashumi amabini anesixhenxe, ngenyanga yokuqala,
Ngolokuqala enyangeni leyo, kwafika ilizwi likaYehova kum, lisithi,
esithi,
29:18 Nyana womntu, uNebhukadenetsare ukumkani waseBhabheli wawuxhobisa umkhosi wakhe
inkonzo enkulu nxamnye neTire: zonke iintloko zichetyiwe, nazo zonke
igxalaba laxobuka, ebengenamvuzo ke, yena nempi yakhe, ngenxa yeTire
inkonzo ayisebenzileyo ngokuchasene nayo.
29:19 Ngako oko, itsho iNkosi uYehova ukuthi, Yabona, ndikuchasile; uyabona, ndiya kulinika ilizwe laseYiputa;
kuNebhukadenetsare ukumkani waseBhabheli; ayithabathe ingxokolo yayo;
nithimbe, nithimbe amaxhoba ayo; ibe ngumvuzo wakhe
umkhosi.
29:20 Umvuzo wakhe awusebenzeleyo ndimnika ilizwe laseYiputa
ngayo, ngokuba baye besebenzele mna; itsho iNkosi uYehova.
29:21 Ngaloo mini ndiya kuyihlumisela uphondo indlu kaSirayeli;
ndikunike ukuvulwa komlomo phakathi kwazo; kwaye
bazi ukuba ndinguYehova.