uHezekile
42:1 Waphuma nam, waya entendelezweni engaphandle, ngendlela esinga ngasentla.
wandisa egunyeni elikhangelene nelehlukaniso
indawo leyo, ephambi kwesakhiwo eso, ikhangele entla.
42:2 Phambi kwecala elibude buziikubhite ezilikhulu, kukho umnyango ongasentla nomnyango
ububanzi baba ziikubhite ezimashumi mahlanu.
42:3 malunga neekubhite ezimashumi mabini zentendelezo ephakathi, nangaphezulu
malunga nombekelelo wamatye obusentendelezweni ephandle, yaba yigalari malungana nayo
igalari kumabali amathathu.
42:4 Phambi kwamagumbi kwakukho indawo yokuhamba, ububanzi bayo buziikubhite ezilishumi;
yikubhite enye; iingcango zazo zikhangele ngasentla.
42:5 Ke amagumbi aphezulu ebemafuphi kunawo;
wona la, kunawona aphantsi, naphakathi aphakathi esakhiweni.
42:6 Ngokuba ayekwimigangatho emithathu, kodwa engenazintsika njengeentsika
ngenxa yoko yayixinene indlu ngaphezu kweyona iphantsi
nophakathi emhlabeni.
42:7 udonga olungaphandle lukhangele amagumbi, lukhangelene ngasemagumbini
Intendelezo engaphandle phambi kwamagumbi, yayinobude bayo
iikubhite ezimashumi mahlanu.
42:8 Ngokuba ubude bamagumbi entendelezo engaphandle baba ngamashumi amahlanu
kodwa ke phambi kwetempile kwakukho iikubhite ezilikhulu.
42:9 Ngaphantsi kwala magumbi, umnyango wasempumalanga, waba lilinye
ingena kuwo ivela entendelezweni engaphandle.
42:10 Ebubanzini bodonga lwentendelezo, kusingise ngakulo magumbi
ngasempumalanga, malunga nendawo eqhiwukileyo, naphambi kwesakhiwo.
42:11 Kwaye indlela phambi kwawo yayifana nembonakalo yamagumbi
ubude bawo, ubude bawo, nobubanzi bawo;
ukuphuma kwawo kwaba ngokwemizila yawo, nangokuba kwakuko
iingcango zabo.
42:12 Njengoko injalo iminyango yawo lawo, ikhangele ngezantsi;
bekukho ucango emantloko endlela, endlela elunge ngqo eludongeni
empumalanga, njengoko umntu engena kuwo.
42:13 Wathi kum, Amagumbi angasentla, namagumbi angasezantsi, lawo
phambi kwendawo eqhiwukileyo, aba ngamagumbi angcwele, apho ababingeleli
abasondela kuYehova baya kudla ezona nto zingcwele;
bazibeka ezona nto zingcwele, nomnikelo wokudla, nesono
idini letyala, nedini letyala; ngokuba le ndawo ingcwele.
42:14 Bakungena ababingeleli, mabangaphumi engcweleni
baya kungena entendelezweni engaphandle; bozibeka khona iingubo zabo
abalungiselela kuzo; ngokuba bangcwele; yambatha enye
uya kusondela kwizinto ezizezabantu.
42:15 Ke kaloku, akuba egqibile ukuyilinganisa indlu engaphakathi, wandizisa
Waphuma waya esangweni elibheke empumalanga, walilinganisa
ngeenxa zonke.
42:16 Walinganisa icala lasempumalanga ngengcongolo yokulinganisa;
ngengcongolo yokulinganisa ngeenxa zonke.
42:17 Walinganisa icala langasentla, laba ziingcongolo ezimakhulu mahlanu, ngengcongolo yokulinganisa
ngeenxa zonke.
42:18 Walinganisa icala lasezantsi, laba ziingcongolo ezimakhulu mahlanu, ngengcongolo yokulinganisa.
42:19 Wajikela ecaleni lasentshonalanga, walinganisa amakhulu amahlanu eengcongolo
ingcongolo yokulinganisa.
42:20 Wayilinganisa ngamacala omane, yaba nodonga olujikelezileyo, isihlanu
zaba ngamakhulu amahlanu eengcongolo ubude, namakhulu amahlanu eengcongolo ububanzi, ukuba zicazulule
indawo engcwele nendawo engcolileyo.