UHezekeli
2:1 Wathi kimi: "Ndodana yomuntu, yima ngezinyawo zakho, futhi ngizokhuluma
kuwe.
2:2 Futhi umoya wangena kimi lapho ekhuluma kimi, futhi wangibeka phezu kwami
ezinyaweni, ukuthi ngamuzwa okhuluma kimi.
2:3 Wathi kimi: “Ndodana yomuntu, ngiyakuthuma kubantwana bakwa-Israyeli;
esizweni esihlubukayo esingihlubukileyo, bona kanye labo
obaba baphambukile kimi kuze kube namuhla.
2:4 Ngoba bangabantwana abanezinhliziyo ezilukhuni futhi abanenhliziyo elukhuni. ngiyakuthuma ku
bona; uthi kubo: ‘Isho kanje iNkosi uJehova.
2:5 Futhi bona, noma belalela, noma benqaba, (ngoba
bayindlu edlubulundayo,) nokho bayokwazi ukuthi kade kwaba khona a
umprofethi phakathi kwabo.
2:6 Futhi wena, ndodana yomuntu, ungesabi kubo, futhi ungabesabi ngenxa yabo
amazwi, noma amakhakhasi nameva kukhona kuwe, futhi uhlala phakathi kwakho
nawofezela, ungawesabi amazwi abo, ungapheli amandla ngobuso babo;
nakuba beyindlu ehlubukayo.
2:7 Futhi uyokhuluma amazwi ami kubo, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi bayokuzwa, noma
noma beyakuyeka, ngokuba bahlubukile kakhulu.
2:8 Kepha wena, ndodana yomuntu, yizwa engikusho kuwe; Ungabi yisihlubuki
njengaleyo ndlu ehlubukayo; vula umlomo wakho, udle engikunika khona.
2:9 Futhi lapho ngibheka, bheka, isandla sathunyelwa kimi; bheka, umqulu we
kwakukhona incwadi phakathi kwawo;
2:10 Wasendlalela phambi kwami; futhi kwakulotshiwe ngaphakathi nangaphandle: futhi
kwakulotshwe kuyo izililo, nokulila, nosizi.