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.