UHezekeli
1:1 Kwathi ngomnyaka wamashumi amathathu, ngenyanga yesine, ngenyanga yesine
ngosuku lwesihlanu lwenyanga, ngiphakathi kwabathunjwa ngasemfuleni wase
iKhebari, ukuthi amazulu avuleka, futhi ngabona imibono kaNkulunkulu.
1:2 Ngosuku lwesihlanu lwenyanga, okwakungumnyaka wesihlanu wenkosi
ukuthunjwa kukaJehoyakini,
1:3 Izwi likaJehova lafika ngokuqondile kuHezekeli umpristi, indodana ka
eBuzi, ezweni lamaKaledi ngasemfuleni iKhebari; kanye nesandla se
uJehova wayelapho phezu kwakhe.
1:4 Ngabona, bheka, kwavela isivunguvungu enyakatho, omkhulu
ifu, nomlilo ovuthayo, nokukhanya nxazonke zalo, futhi
phakathi kwawo kunjengombala webhere, kuphuma phakathi kwawo
umlilo.
1:5 Futhi phakathi kwawo kwavela okufana nezidalwa ezine
izidalwa. Futhi lokhu kwakuyisimo sabo; babefana ne-a
indoda.
1:6 Futhi ngamunye wayenobuso obune, futhi ngamunye wayenamaphiko amane.
1:7 Izinyawo zazo zaziyizinyawo eziqondile; amathe ezinyawo zawo ayefana
amathe onyawo lwethole: zazicwebezela njengombala we
ithusi elikhazimulayo.
1:8 Zazinezandla zomuntu phansi kwamaphiko azo ezinhlangothini zazo zozine;
zozine zazinobuso bazo namaphiko azo.
1:9 Amaphiko azo ayehlangene, elinye nelinye; aziphendukanga ekuhambeni kwazo;
zahamba, yileyo naleyo iqonde phambili.
1:10 Ngokuqondene nesimo sobuso bazo, zozine zazinobuso bomuntu, futhi
nobuso bengonyama ngakwesokunene; zozine zazinobuso besilwane
inkabi ngakwesokhohlo; zozine zazinobuso bokhozi.
1:11 Babunjalo ubuso bazo, futhi amaphiko azo ayelulekele phezulu; amaphiko amabili
yilelo nalelo lalihlangene, elinye nelinye, amabili embesa imizimba yawo.
1:12 Zahamba, kwaba yilowo nalowo waqonda phambili;
bahamba; futhi awaphendukanga ekuhambeni kwawo.
1:13 Ngokuqondene nesimo sezidalwa eziphilayo, ukubonakala kwazo kwakufana
amalahle omlilo avuthayo, nokubonakala kwezibani;
phansi phakathi kwezidalwa eziphilayo; umlilo wawukhazimula, uphuma phakathi
umlilo waphuma umbani.
1:14 Futhi izidalwa wagijima futhi wabuyela njengokubonakala flash
lombani.
1:15 Manje njengoba ngibona izidalwa eziphilayo, bheka, isondo phezu komhlaba
izidalwa eziphilayo, lobuso bazo obune.
1:16 Ukubonakala kwamasondo nomsebenzi wawo wawufana nombala we
ikrisolithe*; zozine zazinokufana munye, nokubonakala kwazo nokubonakala kwazo
umsebenzi wawunjengesondo phakathi kwesondo.
1:17 Lapho zihamba, zahamba ezinhlangothini zazo zozine, futhi aziphendukanga
lapho behamba.
1:18 Amasongo awo ayephakeme kangangokuthi ayesabekayo; kanye labo
izindandatho zazigcwele amehlo nxazonke zozine.
1:19 Futhi lapho izidalwa eziphilayo zihamba, amasondo wahamba eduze kwazo: futhi lapho
izidalwa eziphilayo zaphakanyiswa emhlabeni, amasondo ayekhona
ephakanyiselwe phezulu.
1:20 Nomaphi lapho umoya wawuthanda ukuya khona, zaya, lapho umoya wazo
ukuhamba; amasondo aphakanyiswa maqondana nawo, ngokuba umoya
sezidalwa eziphilayo zazisemasondo.
1:21 Lapho lezi zihamba, lawa ahamba; nalapho lezo zisima, nala ema; futhi nini
lawo aphakanyiswa emhlabeni, amasondo aphakanyiselwa phezulu
phezu kwazo, ngokuba umoya wezidalwa eziphilayo wawusemasondo.
1:22 Futhi okufana nomkhathi phezu kwamakhanda ezidalwa eziphilayo
lalinjengombala wekristalu elesabekayo, welulelwe phezu kwawo
amakhanda ngenhla.
1:23 Futhi ngaphansi komkhathi amaphiko azo ayeqondile, elinye ngaseceleni
elinye: yilelo nalelo lalinamabili, amboza ngalapha, yilowo nalowo wayenakho
amabili, ayesibekele ngalapha, imizimba yawo.
1:24 Futhi lapho zihamba, Ngezwa umsindo wamaphiko azo, njengoba umsindo we
amanzi amakhulu, njengezwi likaSomandla, njengezwi lokukhuluma, njengezwi likaNkulunkulu
umsindo wempi: lapho zimi, zehlisa amaphiko azo.
1:25 Kwaba khona izwi emkhathini owawuphezu kwamakhanda azo, lapho
zema, zehlise amaphiko azo.
1:26 Ngaphezu komkhathi owawuphezu kwamakhanda azo kwakukhona okufana nen
isihlalo sobukhosi, ukubonakala kwetshe lesafire;
isihlalo sobukhosi sasinjengokubonakala komuntu phezu kwaso.
1:27 Futhi ngabona kufana nombala we-amber, njengokubukeka komlilo nxazonke
phakathi kwawo, kusukela kokungathi ukhalo lwakhe kuya phezulu, kusukela phezulu
ukubonakala kwezinkalo zakhe kuya phansi, ngabona sengathi kwakubonakala
yomlilo, inokukhanya nxazonke.
1:28 Njengokubonakala komchiza osefwini ngosuku lwemvula, kanjalo
kwakungukubonakala kokukhanya nxazonke. Lokhu kwakuyi-
ukubonakala komfanekiso wenkazimulo kaJehova. Futhi lapho ngikubona,
Ngawa ngobuso bami, ngezwa izwi lomuntu okhulumayo.