ISityhilelo
9:1 Sathi esesihlanu isithunywa savuthela ixilongo; ndabona inkwenkwezi isiwa ezulwini, isiya ezulwini
emhlabeni: saza sanikwa isitshixo senzonzobila.
9:2 Wawuvula enzonzobileni; kwabakho umsi ophuma endlwini
emhadini, njengomsi weziko elikhulu; kwabakho ilanga nomoya
wenziwe mnyama ngumsi wequla.
9:3 Kwaphuma emsini iinkumbi, zeza emhlabeni;
lanikwa igunya, njengokuba benegunya oonomadudwane bomhlaba.
9:4 Kwathiwa kuzo, ingca yenkomo ingayiyoni
nomhlaba, nanye into eluhlaza, nawuphi na umthi; kodwa loo madoda kuphela
abangenalo itywina likaThixo emabunzini abo.
9:5 Zanikwa ke ukuba zingababulali, kodwa zibe zona
bathuthunjiswe iinyanga ezintlanu;
unomadudwane, xa athe wabetha umntu.
9:6 Ngaloo mihla abantu baya kukufuna ukufa, bangakufumani; kwaye siya
banqwenela ukufa, kusuke ukufa kusabe kubo.
9:7 Iimfano zeenkumbi ezo, zibe zifana namahashe, elungiselelwe bona
idabi; ezintlokweni zazo zizizithsaba ezifana negolide, zinazo
ubuso babunjengobuso babantu.
9:8 Zaye ke zineenwele ezingathi ziinwele zabafazi, namazinyo engathi ngaweenwele
amazinyo eengonyama.
9:9 Zaye zinezigcina-zifuba ezingathi zizigcina-zifuba zentsimbi; kwaye i
isandi samaphiko azo sasingathi sisandi seenqwelo zamahashe amaninzi, ebaleka
ukuya edabini.
9:10 Zaye zinemisila efana neyoonomadudwane, kukho nezamvila kuzo
igunya lazo libe lelokwenzakalisa abantu iinyanga ezintlanu.
9:11 Zaye zinokumkani phezu kwazo, osisithunywa senzonzobila;
ogama ngesiHebhere linguAbhadon, kodwa ngesiGrike likhona
igama lakhe nguApoliyon.
9:12 Uyeha omnye udlule; yabona, kuza ooyeha ababini emva koko.
9:13 Sathi esesithandathu isithunywa savuthela ixilongo, ndeva ilizwi liphuma ezimpondweni zone
isibingelelo segolide esiphambi koThixo;
9:14 lisithi kwisithunywa sesithandathu, esinexilongo, Zikhulule izithunywa zozine
ababotshwe kumlambo omkhulu ongumEfrati.
9:15 Zaza zakhululwa izithunywa zozine, ezazilungiselwe ilixa elinye
imini, nenyanga, nomnyaka, ukuze kubulawe isahlulo sesithathu sabantu.
9:16 Inani lempi yabamahashe lalingamakhulu amabini amawaka
Ndaliva inani labo.
9:17 Ndawabona ngokunjalo amahashe embonweni, nabahleli phezu kwawo;
zinezigcina-zifuba zomlilo, nezehakinto, nesulfure;
iintloko zamahashe zazinjengeentloko zeengonyama; nasemlonyeni wabo
kwaphuma umlilo, nomsi, nesulfure.
9:18 Ngezo zinto zontathu sabulawa isahlulo sesithathu sabantu ngomlilo, nangomlilo
ngumsi, nesalfure ephuma emlonyeni wawo.
9:19 Kuba amandla awo asemlonyeni wawo nasemisileni yawo, nasemisileni yawo
befana neenyoka, beneentloko, besonakalisa ngazo.
9:20 Amanye amadoda awayengekabulawa zezo zibetho
abaguqukanga emisebenzini yezandla zabo, ukuba bangaqubudi
iidemon, nezithixo zegolide, nezesilivere, nezobhedu, nezamatye, nezegolide
umthi: ongaboniyo, ongevayo, ongahambiyo;
9:21 kananjalo abaguqukanga ekubulaleni kwabo, nasekukhafuleni kwabo, nasekukhafuleni kwabo;
ubuhenyu babo, nobusela babo.