uHezekile 31:1 Kwathi ngomnyaka weshumi elinamnye, ngenyanga yesithathu, ngenyanga yesithathu Ngomhla wokuqala enyangeni, kwafika ilizwi likaYehova kum, lisithi, 31:2 Nyana womntu, thetha kuFaro ukumkani waseYiputa, nakwingxokolo yakhe; Ngubani Ufana nawe na ngobukhulu bakho? 31:3 Uyabona, uAsiriya ebengumsedare waseLebhanon, omasebe mahle, kunye isigubungelo esinomthunzi, ophakamile ngobude; nomphezulu wakhe wawuphakathi kwe amasebe ashinyeneyo. 31:4 Amanzi amkhulisa, amanzi enzonzobila amphakamisa, nemilambo yawo Wayijikeleza imithana yakhe, wathumela imijelo yayo kubo bonke imithi yasendle. 31:5 Ngenxa yoko, ukuphakama kwakhe kwaba ngaphezu kwayo yonke imithi yasendle, kwaye amasebe akhe aba maninzi, namahlamvu akhe aba made ngenxa kaYehova Amanzi amaninzi, ekudubuleni kwakhe. 31:6 Zonke iintaka zezulu zakha ezimbaxeni zakhe, naphantsi kwakhe; Zonke izinto eziphilileyo zasendle zazalisa amathole azo, kwaye zihleli emthunzini wakhe zonke iintlanga ezinkulu. 31:7 Wamhle ngobukhulu bakhe, ngobude bamasebe akhe; ingcambu yakhe yaba semanzini amakhulu. 31:8 Imisedare eyayisemyezweni kaThixo yayingenakumzileka; ayifananga namasetyana akhe, nemipleyini ayifananga namasebe akhe; kwaye wonke umthi osemyezweni kaThixo wawufana nawo ngobuhle bawo. 31:9 Ndiwenze wamhle ngobuninzi bamasebe awo, ukuze zonke ziphele yammonela imithi yase-Eden, ebisemyezweni kaThixo. 31:10 Ngako oko, itsho iNkosi uYehova ukuthi, Yabona, ndikuchasile; Ngokuba uziphakamisile ngobude bakhe, awumise amantloko akhe phakathi kweengqimba zamafu, neyakhe intliziyo iphakamile ekuphakameni kwakhe; 31:11 ngoko ke ndimnikele esandleni sonamandla abahedeni; uya kwenza kuye; ndimgxothe esikhundleni sakhe ubungendawo. 31:12 Kwaye abasemzini, abangcangcazelisi basezintlangeni, Bamnqumle wamshiya, ezintabeni nasezintlanjeni zonke amasebe akhe iwile, namasebe akhe aqhawuka emijelweni yonke yelizwe; kunye nazo zonke bahlile abantu behlabathi emthunzini wakhe, bemkile yena. 31:13 phezu kwentshabalalo yakhe kuya kusala zonke iintaka zezulu, nazo zonke izinto eziphilileyo amarhamncwa asendle abe semasebeni akhe; 31:14 ukuze kungabikho uziphakamisayo kuyo yonke imithi esemanzini; nokuphakama kwawo, ungawanyusi amantloko awo phakathi kweengqimba zamafu, nokuba kunjalo imithi yabo iyema ekuphakameni kwayo, yonke esela amanzi; ngokuba bekunjalo zonke zinikelwa ekufeni, eziphelweni zehlabathi, esazulwini koonyana babantu, kwabehla baye emhadini. 31:15 Itsho iNkosi uYehova ukuthi; Ngemini yokuhla kwakhe ukuya kwelabafileyo Ndawagubungela amanzi anzongonzongo ngenxa yakhe, ndawanqanda anqamka amanzi ayo, ndabangela iLebhanon ukuze bamlilele, yesuka yatyhafa yonke imithi yasendle ngenxa yakhe. 31:16 Ngesithonga sokuwa kwakhe ndazinyikimisa iintlanga ngokumwisa kwam; ihle iye kwelabafileyo kunye nabahle baye emhadini, nemithi yonke ye IEden, enyuliweyo, eyona ilungileyo yaseLebhanon, yonke esela amanzi, yoba yiyo ndithuthuzelwe kwelasezantsi ilizwe. 31:17 Nabo behla kunye naye baya kwelabafileyo, kwababuleweyo kunye naye ikrele; nababeyingalo yakhe, ababehleli emthunzini wakhe emthunzini phakathi kweentlanga. 31:18 Wafana nabani na ngobuqaqawuli nangobungangamsha phakathi kwemithi yaseKiriyati? Eden? uya kuhliselwa phantsi nemithi yase-Eden uya kulala phakathi kwehlabathi abangalukileyo nababulewe ngekrele. Lo nguFaro kwaye yonke ingxokolo yakhe; itsho iNkosi uYehova.