uHezekile
44:1 Yandibuyisela ngendlela yesango lengcwele engaphandle;
elibheke empumalanga; lwavalwa ke.
44:2 Wathi uYehova kum; Eli sango liya kuhlala livaliwe, aliyi kubakho
livuliwe, yaye akuyi kungena mntu ngalo; ngokuba uYehova, uThixouThixo
uSirayeli ungene ngalo, livaliwe ke;
44:3 Yeyankosi; Isikhulu eso sohlala kulo, sidle isonka ngaphambili
iNkosi; songena ngendlela yasevarandeni yesango, singene ngendlela yasevarandeni yesango, singene
phumani kwangaloo ndlela.
44:4 Yandisa ngendlela yesango langasentla, phambi kwendlu;
bakhangela, nabo ubuqaqawuli bukaYehova buyizalisile indlu kaYehova.
ndawa ngobuso.
44:5 Wathi uYehova kum, Nyana womntu, gqala ngentliziyo yakho, ukhangele nokwakho
mehlo akho, uve ngeendlebe zakho, konke endisukuba ndikuthetha kuwe ngokusingisele kuko konke
imimiselo yendlu kaYehova, nemiyalelo yayo yonke; kwaye
kuphawulwe kakuhle ukungena endlwini, ekuphumeni kwayo konke
indawo engcwele.
44:6 Uze uthi kwienkani, kwindlu kaSirayeli, Kwenjenje
itsho iNkosi uYehova; Kwanele, ndlu kaSirayeli!
amasikizi,
44:7 ngokuba ningenise abasemzini abangalukileyo endlwini yam, bengalukanga
nentliziyo engalukileyo ngenyama, ukuba ndibe sengcweleni yam, ukuze ndiyihlambele;
indlu yam, xa nisondeza isonka sam, namanqatha, negazi, nazo
bawaphule umnqophiso wam ngenxa yamasikizi akho onke.
44:8 Anisigcinanga isigxina sengcwele yam;
nigcine isigxina sam engcweleni yam kuni.
44:9 Itsho iNkosi uYehova ukuthi; Akukho wasemzini, ongalukanga entliziyweni, okanye
abangalukileyo ngenyama, bongena engcweleni yam, bakubo bonke oonyana bolunye uhlanga
ephakathi koonyana bakaSirayeli.
44:10 Ke kwanabaLevi, abakhwelelayo kude kum, ekulahlekeni kwamaSirayeli;
bandwendwayo kum, balandela izigodo zabo; baya kuzala
ubugwenxa babo.
44:11 Baya kwanela ukuba ngabalungiseleli engcweleni yam, bephethe amasango
bendlu, belungiselela endlwini, bona baxhelela idini elinyukayo
umbingelelo nombingelelo wabantu, bona beme phambi kwabo
ukuze balungiselele kubo.
44:12 ngenxa enokuba babalungiselelayo phambi kwezigodo zabo, babamisela izigodo
indlu kaSirayeli yoba yeyabo ebugwenxeni; ngenxa yoko ndiwuphakamisile owam
isandla sibachase, itsho iNkosi uYehova;
ubugwenxa.
44:13 Abayi kufika kum, ukuba benze umsebenzi wobubingeleli
nokungasondeli kwingcwele yam nakweyiphi na ingcwele yam engcweleni kangcwele;
baya kuthwala ihlazo labo, nezinto zabo ezinezothe abanazo
uzibophelele.
44:14 ndobenza babe ngabagcini besigxina sendlu yonke ezintweni zonke
inkonzo yayo, nako konke okwenziwa kuyo.
44:15 Ke ababingeleli abaLevi, oonyana bakaTsadoki, abagcina isigxina sabo
Ingcwele yam, ekundwendweni koonyana bakaSirayeli kum, boyilandela bona
Sondela kum, ukuba undilungiselele, bona beme phambi kwam
sondeza kum inqatha negazi; itsho iNkosi uYehova.
44:16 Bongena ke engcweleni yam, basondele bona kum;
netafile, ukuze bandilungiselele, bagcine isigxina sam.
44:17 Kothi ke, xa bathe bangena ngamasango kaNdikhoyo
Intendelezo engaphakathi bothi bambathe iingubo zelinen; kwaye akukho boya
ziya kubafikela ekulungiseleleni kwabo emasangweni omnyango ongaphakathi
enkundleni, nangaphakathi.
44:18 Zoba ziinkontsho zelinen ezintlokweni zabo, zibe nelinen emhlophe
iibhulukhwe ezinqeni zabo; abayi kubhinqa nganto
oko kubangela ukubila.
44:19 Ekuphumeni kwabo baya entendelezweni engaphandle, nakwintendelezo engaphandle
ebantwini, bozihluba iingubo zabo, abanazo
lungiselela, uwabeke emagumbini angcwele;
ezinye iimpahla; bangabangcwaliseki abantu ngeempahla zabo
iimpahla.
44:20 Mabangazichebi iintloko zabo, bangaziyeki izihlwitha zabo ukuba zikhule
ubude; bozinquthula iintloko zodwa.
44:21 Makungabikho mbingeleli usela wayini ekungeneni kwabo ngaphakathi
inkundla.
44:22 Umhlolokazi okanye owaliweyo mabangabazeki babe ngabafazi babo
bathabathe iintombi embewini yendlu kaSirayeli, okanye
umhlolokazi owayenombingeleli ngaphambili.
44:23 Kwaye baya kubafundisa abantu bam umahluko phakathi engcwele kunye
uyihlambele, ubahlule phakathi kwenqambi nokuhlambulukileyo.
44:24 Ekubambaneni kwabantu mabeme ematyaleni; baya kuligweba bona
bawagcine ngokwemimiselo yam, nemiyalelo yam nemimiselo yam
kuwo onke amabandla am; bazingcwalise ke iisabatha zam.
44:25 Mabangayi emntwini ofileyo, bazenze iinqambi;
noyise, nokuba ngunina, nokuba ngonyana, nokuba ngentombi, nokuba ngomzalwana, nokuba kungenxa
udade obengenandoda, bangazenza iinqambi bona.
44:26 Bombalela imihla esixhenxe emva kokuhlanjululwa kwakhe.
44:27 Ngomhla ke wokungena kwakhe engcweleni, entendelezweni ephakathi;
Wosondeza idini lakhe lesono ukuze alungiselele engcweleni; utsho uYehova
Nkosi Yehova.
44:28 Oko koba lilifa labo, ibe ndim ilifa labo;
ningabaniki nzuzo kwaSirayeli; ndim inzuzo yabo.
44:29 Umnikelo wokudla, nedini lesono, neletyala, bodla ezo zinto bona;
zonke izinto ezisingelwe phantsi kwaSirayeli zoba zezabo.
44:30 Kwaye iintlahlela zonke izinto zonke, kwaye yonke imirhumo
Kuzo zonke iinto zonke, ekusondezeni kwenu, yoba yeyombingeleli;
nengqalo yomgrayo wenu nimnike umbingeleli, ibe nguye
intsikelelo mayihlale endlwini yakho.
44:31 Ababingeleli abayi kudla nto izifeleyo kuyo, neqwengiweyo;
nokuba ziintaka, nokuba ziinkomo.