uHezekile
38:1 Kwafika ilizwi likaYehova kum, lisithi,
38:2 Nyana womntu, bhekisa ubuso bakho kuGogi, ilizwe lakwaMagogi, inkosana
Inkosi yakwaMesheki noTubhali, uprofetele ngaye.
38:3 Uze uthi, Itsho iNkosi uYehova ukuthi, Itsho iNkosi uYehova ukuthi, Yabona, ndikuthabathele ndawo; Uyabona, ndikuchasile, Gogi, wena kumkani
isikhulu sakwaMesheki noTubhali.
38:4 Ndiya kukujika, ndifake amagwegwe emihlathini yakho, ndikuzise
waphuma, nomkhosi wakho wonke, amahashe nabamahashe, benxibe bonke bephela
nazo zonke iintlobo zesikrweqe, kunye neqela elikhulu elinamakhaka kunye
ngamakhaka, onke ephethe amakrele;
38:5 amaPersi, namaKushi, namaPuti kunye nawo; bonke bephela benekhaka kunye
Isigcina-ntloko:
38:6 uGomere namahlelo akhe onke; nendlu kaTogarma engasentla;
namahlelo akhe onke, nabantu abaninzi abanawe.
38:7 Lunga, uzilungisele, wena nebandla lakho lonke
ababizelwa ndawonye kuwe, ube ngumgcini wabo.
38:8 Emva kwemihla emininzi uya kuvelelwa; ekupheleni kweminyaka uya kuvelelwa
yizani ezweni elibuyisiweyo ekreleni, libuthiweyo
siphuma kwizizwe ezininzi, siye ezintabeni zakwaSirayeli, ezithe zabakho
uphuma ezintlangeni, baya kuba bona
hlalani nikholosile nonke.
38:9 Uya kunyuka uze njengesaqhwithi, ube njengelifu elisibekelayo.
gubungela ilizwe, wena namahlelo akho onke, nezizwe ezininzi ezinawe.
38:10 Itsho iNkosi uYehova ukuthi; Kuya kuthi kwangokunjalo
Kuya kufika ixesha izinto engqondweni yakho, ucinge ububi
cinga:
38:11 Uya kuthi, Ndiya kunyuka ndiye ezweni lamaphandle; I
iya kwabaphumlayo, abahleli bekholosile bonke bephela
ihleli ngaphandle kweendonga, ingenamivalo nazingcango;
38:12 ukuba athimbe, athimbe; ukubuyisela isandla sakho phezu kwe
iindawo eziphanzileyo, ezimiweyo ngoku, naphezu kwabantu abakhoyo
bahlanganisana bephuma ezintlangeni, abazuze imfuyo nempahla, ukuba
hlala phakathi kwelizwe.
38:13 OoShebha, noDedan, nabarhwebi baseTarshishe, nabantwana bonke
Ziya kuthi kuwe iingonyama zalo, Uze kuthimba na? khawuleza
Ububizele ndawonye ibandla lakho, ukuba liphange? ukuba athabathe isilivere negolide;
ukuba bazithabathe iinkomo nempahla, ukuba baphange kakhulu?
38:14 Ngako oko, nyana womntu, profeta, uthi kuGogi, Utsho uYehova ukuthi
UTHIXO; Uya kuthi ngaloo mini, ekuhlaleni kwabantu bam amaSirayeli bekholosile
awuyazi?
38:15 Uya kuphuma endaweni yakho ezingontsini zasentla, wena kunye
Abantu abaninzi abanawe, bekhwele emahasheni bonke bephela, ibandla elikhulu;
nomkhosi omkhulu;
38:16 unyuke ubafikele abantu bam amaSirayeli, njengelifu lokubasibekela
umhlaba; Kuya kuthi ekupheleni kwemihla, ndikuzisele
ilizwe lam, ukuze zindazi iintlanga, ekungcwalisweni kwam kulo
wena Gogi, phambi kwamehlo abo.
38:17 Itsho iNkosi uYehova ukuthi; Nguwe na lowa ndandithetha ngaye kwakudala?
ngabakhonzi bam abaprofeti bakwaSirayeli ababeprofeta ngaloo mihla
iminyaka emininzi kangaka, ndikuse phezu kwabo?
38:18 Kuya kuthi ngelo xesha, xa uGogi ahlaseleyo
ilizwe lakwaSirayeli, itsho iNkosi uYehova, ukuba bunyuke ubushushu bam phezu kwam
ubuso.
38:19 Ke ndithethe ndinobukhwele, ndinomlilo wokuphuphuma komsindo wam.
ngaloo mini kuya kubakho ukunyikima okukhulu emhlabeni wakwaSirayeli;
38:20 ngokokude iintlanzi zolwandle, neentaka zezulu, nolwandle
namarhamncwa asendle, nezinambuzane zonke ezinambuzelayo emhlabeni;
bandingcangcazele bonke abantu abaphezu komhlaba
Ziya kudilizwa iintaba namaxandeka
ziya kuwa, kwaye zonke iindonga ziwe emhlabeni.
38:21 Ndombizela ikrele ezintabeni zam zonke;
itsho iNkosi uYehova; ikrele lomntu liya kuma kumzalwana wakhe.
38:22 Ndiya kumgweba ngendyikitya yokufa nangegazi; kwaye ndiya kwenza njalo
imvula phezu kwakhe, naphezu kwamabutho akhe, naphezu kwabantu abaninzi abakhoyo
kunye naye imvula ekhukulayo, namatye esichotho amakhulu, nomlilo, ne
isulfure.
38:23 Ndiya kwenjenjalo ukuzikhulisa, ndizingcwalise; kwaye ndiya kwaziwa phakathi
ziya kwazi ukuba ndinguYehova.