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21:1 Ke kaloku akubheka phezulu, wazibona izityebi, ziphosa iminikelo yazo emkhombeni
ubuncwane.
21:2 Wabona ke mhlolokazi uthile ulihlwempu, ephosa apho iimalanana ezimbini.
21:3 Wathi, Inene ndithi kuni, Lo mhlolokazi ulihlwempu uphose
ngaphezu kwabo bonke;
21:4 kuba bonke aba baphose eminikelweni kaThixo, bethabatha kwintabalala yabo;
ke yena, ekusweleni kwakhe, uphose yonke impilo abenayo.
21:5 Ke kaloku, kwakubon’ ukuba abathile bayathetha ngayo itempile, ukuba ihonjiswe ngamatye amahle
nezipho, wathi,
21:6 Ezi zinto nizibona nje, kuya kufika imihla ekuya kuthi ngayo
akuyi kusala litye phezu kwelitye, elingayi kuchithwa
phantsi.
21:7 Bambuza ke besithi, Mfundisi, ziya kubakho nini na ke ezo zinto? kwaye
uya kuba yintoni na umqondiso, xa ezo zinto ziya kubakho?
21:8 Wathi ke yena, Lumkani ningalahlekiswa; kuba baninzi abaya kungena
igama lam, ndisithi, ndinguKristu; ixesha lisondele; musani ukuya
ngoko emva kwabo.
21:9 Xa nithe neva iimfazwe neziphithiphithi, musani ukunkwantya;
ezi zinto zimele ukuthi zihle kuqala; kodwa isiphelo asiyi kuba kwaoko.
21:10 Wathi ke kubo, Uhlanga luya kuvukelana nohlanga, nobukumkani
ngokuchasene nobukumkani:
21:11 Kuya kubakho iinyikima zomhlaba ezinkulu kwiindawo ngeendawo, neendlala, nendlala
iindyikitya zokufa; kuya kubakho izinto ezoyikekayo, kwanemiqondiso emikhulu
ezulwini.
21:12 Ngaphambili ke kwazo zonke ezo zinto, baya kunisa izandla, banitshutshise
nina, beninikela ezindlwini zesikhungu nasezintolongweni, nihleli nina
zisiwe phambi kookumkani nabaphathi ngenxa yegama lam.
21:13 Oko ke kuya kuthi kube bubungqina kuni.
21:14 Kumiseni ngoko ezintliziyweni zenu, ukuba ningakucingi ngaphambili oko ninokuthanda ngako
impendulo:
21:15 Kuba mna ndiya kuninika umlomo nobulumko, abaya kufikelela kubo bonke abanichasileyo;
andikwazi ukuphikisa okanye ukuchasa.
21:16 Ke kaloku niya kunikelwa nangabazali, nangabazalwana, nayimizalwane,
kunye nabahlobo; bathi inxenye kuni babulawe.
21:17 nithiywe ngabantu bonke ngenxa yegama lam.
21:18 Akusayi kutshabalala nonwele olu entlokweni yenu.
21:19 Ekunyamezeleni kwenu, noyizuza imiphefumlo yenu.
21:20 Xa nithe nayibona iYerusalem irhawulwe yimikhosi, yazini oko
kusondele ukuphanza kwayo.
21:21 Ngelo xa mabathi abakwelakwaYuda basabele ezintabeni; kwaye bavumele
abaphakathi kwawo baphume bemka; nabangenayo mabangabavumeli
amazwe angena kuwo.
21:22 Kuba yimihla yempindezelo leyo, ukuze zonke izinto ezibhaliweyo zilunge
inokuzaliseka.
21:23 Yeha ke, abamithiyo nabanyisayo, kwabanyisayo;
ngaloo mihla! ngokuba kuya kubakho ingxakeko enkulu ezweni, nengqumbo
phezu kwaba bantu.
21:24 Kwaye baya kuwa ngohlangothi lwekrele, yaye baya kuqhutywa kude
IYerusalem iya kunyathelwa phantsi ngabathinjwa
zintlanga, ade azaliseke amaxesha eentlanga.
21:25 Kuya kubakho imiqondiso elangeni nasenyangeni nasezinkwenkwezini;
nasemhlabeni kubekho ukuxinezeleka kweentlanga, zithingaza; ulwandle kunye ne
ukugquma kwamaza;
21:26 abantu besifa kukoyika nakuzo ezo zinto
ezizayo emhlabeni; kuba amandla ezulu aya kuzanyazanyiswa.
21:27 Baya kwandula ke ukumbona uNyana woMntu, esiza ngelifu, enamandla
uzuko olukhulu.
21:28 Ke kaloku, zakubon' ukuba ezi zinto ziyaqala ukuhla, suka uphakame, uphakamise
iintloko zenu; kuba iyasondela inkululeko yenu.
21:29 Ke kaloku wathetha umzekeliso kubo; Wukhangele umkhiwane nemithi yonke;
21:30 xa iselithe yakudubula, niyabona, nazi ngokwenu
ihlobo sele lisondele.
21:31 Ngokukwanjalo nani, xa nithe nazibona ezi zinto zisihla, yazini ukuba uThixo ulungile
ubukumkani bukaThixo busondele.
21:32 Inene ndithi kuni, Asisayi kudlula esi sizukulwana, kude kubekho konke
izalisekile.
21:33 Liya kudlula izulu nehlabathi, kodwa amazwi am akayi kudlula.
21:34 Zilumkeleni, hleze isindwe iintliziyo zenu.
kukuzingxala, nokunxila, nangamaxhala obu bomi, njalo njalo
ikufikele imini ungaqondanga.
21:35 Kuba iya kubazela njengomgibe bonke abahleliyo phezu kobuso bukaYehova
umhlaba wonke.
21:36 Phaphani ngoko, nihlale nithandaza, ukuze nibalelwe ekuthini nifanele
balekelani zonke ezi zinto ziya kwenzeka, nokuma phambi koYehova
Nyana womntu.
21:37 Ke kaloku, emini ebefundisa etempileni; wahamba ebusuku
waphuma, wahlala entabeni ekuthiwa yeyemiNquma.
21:38 Baye bonke abantu besiza kuye kwakusasa etempileni;
ukumva kwakhe.