UHezekeli
27:1 Izwi likaJehova lafika kimi, lathi:
27:2 Manje, ndodana yomuntu, phakamisa isililo ngeTire.
27:3 Futhi uthi kulo iTire, O wena ohlezi ekungeneni kolwandle!
engumthengisi wabantu eziqhingini eziningi, isho kanje iNkosi
UNKULUNKULU; Wena Tire, wena ushilo, Ngimuhle ngokuphelele.
27:4 Imingcele yakho iphakathi kolwandle, abakhi bakho baye baphelela
ubuhle bakho.
27:5 Benze yonke imikhumbi yakho amapulangwe ngemisayipuresi yaseSeniri
bathatha imisedari eLebanoni ukuze bakwenzele izinsika.
27:6 Ngama-oki aseBashani benzile izigwedlo zakho; inkampani ye
Ama-Ashuri enzile izihlalo zakho ngezimpondo zendlovu eziphuma eziqhingini zase-Ashuri
iKhithimi.
27:7 Ilineni elicolekileyo lemifekethiso yaseGibhithe kwakuyilokho owasakaza
phuma kube useyili wakho; okuluhlaza nokububende okuvela eziqhingini zase-Elisha kwakuyilokho
eyakusibekela.
27:8 Abakhileyo eSidoni nase-Arvadi babengamatilosi akho;
ITire, elalikuwe, lalingabaqondisi bakho.
27:9 Abadala baseGebali nezihlakaniphi zakhona phakathi kwakho babe ngabakhandi bakho.
yonke imikhumbi yolwandle kanye namatilosi ayo yayikuwe ukuba ikudle
okuthengiswayo.
27:10 AbasePheresiya, naseLude, nasePhuthi babe sempini yakho, amadoda akho empi.
impi: baphanyeka kuwe isihlangu nesigqoko; babeka eyakho
ubuhle.
27:11 Amadoda ase-Arvadi nebutho lakho babe phezu kwezindonga zakho nxazonke, futhi
amaGamadi ayesemibhoshongweni yakho, alenga izihlangu zawo phezu kwakho
izindonga nxazonke; benze ubuhle bakho buphelele.
27:12 ITharishishi lalingumthengisi wakho ngenxa yobuningi bazo zonke izinhlobo
ingcebo; bahwebelana ngempahla yakho ngesiliva, nensimbi, nethini, nomthofu.
27:13 OJavani, noThubali, noMesheki babengabathengiselani bakho;
abantu nezitsha zethusi emakethe yakho.
27:14 Abendlu kaThogarma bahweba ngezimpahla zakho ngamahhashi kanye
abamahhashi neminyuzi.
27:15 Amadoda aseDedani ayengabathengi bakho; iziqhingi eziningi zaziyimpahla
isandla sakho: bakuletha njengesipho sezimpondo zendlovu nomsimbithi.
27:16 ISiriya lalingumthengisi wakho ngenxa yobuningi bempahla yakho
benza ezibukweni zakho ngesimaragidu, nokububende, nezindwangu
umsebenzi, nelineni elicolekileyo, namakhorali, ne-agathe.
27:17 UJuda nezwe lakwa-Israyeli babengabathengi bakho, bahweba
ukuthengisa kwakho ukolweni waseMiniti, nezinezi, nezinyosi, namafutha, nebhalisamu.
27:18 IDamaseku lalingumthengisi wakho ngobuningi bezinto ozenzile.
ngobuningi bayo yonke ingcebo; ewayinini laseHelboni, noboya obumhlophe.
27:19 ODani noJavani bahamba behamba ngempahla yakho, insimbi ekhazimulayo.
ikasiya* nekalamo* bekukuthenga kwakho.
27:20 IDedani lalingumthengisi wakho izingubo eziyigugu izinqola.
27:21 I-Arabiya nazo zonke izikhulu zaseKedari zahlala kuwe ngamawundlu.
nezinqama, nezimpongo, zazingabathengi bakho.
27:22 Abathengisi baseSheba naseRamah, babengabahwebi bakho
uzibambele ngezimpahla zakho ngeziqholo ezinhle zonke nangawo onke anqabileyo
amatshe, negolide.
27:23 iHarana, neKhane, ne-Edene, abathengisi baseSheba, nase-Ashuri, nase-Ashuri.
IKilimadi babengabathengisi bakho.
27:24 Laba babengabahwebi bakho ngazo zonke izinhlobo zezinto, izingubo eziluhlaza, futhi
ezifekethisiweyo, nasebhokisini lezingubo ezinothile, eziboshwe ngezintambo, futhi
ezenziwe ngemisedari phakathi kwempahla yakho.
27:25 Imikhumbi yaseTharishishi yahlabelela ngawe emakethe yakho, futhi
yagcwala, yakhazimula kakhulu phakathi kolwandle.
27:26 Abagwedli bakho bakungenise emanzini amakhulu, umoya wasempumalanga
waphula phakathi kwezilwandle.
27:27 Ingcebo yakho, nempahla yakho, impahla yakho, amatilosi akho, futhi
abashayeli bezindiza, abalungiseli bakho, nabathengi bempahla yakho, nabo bonke obakho
amadoda empi, akini, nakulo lonke iviyo lakho eliphakathi kwakho
phakathi kwakho, uyakuwa phakathi kolwandle ngosuku lwakho
incithakalo.
27:28 Amadlelo ayozamazama ngezwi lokukhala abashayeli bakho.
27:29 Futhi bonke abaphatha izigwedlo, amatilosi, futhi bonke abashayeli bezindiza
ulwandle, luyokwehla emikhunjini yabo, bayokuma emhlabathini;
27:30 Futhi bayokwenza ukuba izwi labo lizwakale ngokumelene nawe, futhi bayokhala
ngokubaba, bathele uthuli phezu kwamakhanda abo, bahuquzele
ngokwabo emlotheni:
27:31 Futhi bayokwenza impandla nempandla ngenxa yakho, futhi babhince kubo
indwangu yamasaka, futhi bayokukhalela ngomunyu wenhliziyo futhi
ukukhala okumunyu.
27:32 Futhi ekulileni kwabo bayokuphakamisela isililo, futhi
khalani ngawe, nithi: ‘Yimuphi umuzi onjengeTire, njengabachithwayo
phakathi kolwandle?
27:33 Lapho impahla yakho iphuma olwandle, wasuthisa abantu abaningi;
wacebisa amakhosi omhlaba ngobuningi bakho
ingcebo nempahla yakho.
27:34 Ngesikhathi lapho uyokwephulwa ulwandle ekujuleni kolwandle
ophuzisa impahla yakho nebandla lakho lonke phakathi kwakho
ukuwa.
27:35 Bonke abakhileyo eziqhingini bayomangala ngawe, futhi
amakhosi ayakuba nokwesaba okukhulu, anyakaze ebusweni bawo.
27:36 Abathengisi phakathi kwezizwe bayakuklolodela; uzakuba a
ukwesaba, njalo kakusayikuba khona.