UHezekeli
47:1 Wayesengibuyisela emnyango wendlu; futhi, bheka,
amanzi aphuma ngaphansi kombundu wendlu ngasempumalanga;
indawo engaphambili yendlu yayibheke empumalanga, amanzi efika
kusukela ngaphansi ohlangothini lokunene lwendlu, ohlangothini oluseningizimu
i-altare.
47:2 Wayesengikhipha endleleni yesango ngasenyakatho, futhi wangihola
ngendlela engaphandle ukuya esangweni elingaphandle ngendlela ebukekayo
ngasempumalanga; bheka, kwagobhoza amanzi ngakwesokunene.
47:3 Futhi lapho umuntu owayephethe intambo esandleni sakhe waphuma waya ngasempumalanga
yalinganisa izingalo eziyinkulungwane, yangidabulisa emanzini; i
amanzi ayefika emaqakaleni.
47:4 Wabuye walinganisa inkulungwane, wangidabulisa emanzini; i
amanzi ayefika emadolweni. Wabuye walinganisa inkulungwane, wangiletha
ngokusebenzisa; amanzi afika okhalweni.
47:5 Ngasemuva walinganisa inkulungwane; futhi kwakungumfula engangingakwazi
welani: ngokuba amanzi ayesenyukile, amanzi okubhukuda kuwo, umfula lowo
yayingedlulwa.
47:6 Wathi kimi, "Ndodana yomuntu, usubonile lokhu?" Wabe eseletha
kimi, wangibuyisela osebeni lomfula.
47:7 Manje lapho sengibuyile, bheka, osebeni lomfula zaziziningi kakhulu
imithi ngalapha nangalapha.
47:8 Wathi kimi, Lawa manzi aphumela ezweni lasempumalanga;
wehlele ehlane, ungene olwandle;
elwandle, amanzi ayakuphiliswa.
47:9 Futhi kuyokwenzeka, ukuthi konke okuphilayo, okunyakazayo,
nomaphi lapho eya khona imifula, kuyakuphila, kube khona a
izinhlanzi eziningi kakhulu, ngokuba lawa manzi ayakufika khona;
ngoba bayakuphiliswa; futhi konke kuyophila lapho umfula
uyeza.
47:10 Futhi kuyokwenzeka, ukuthi abadobi bayokuma phezu kwalo
i-Engedi kwaze kwaba se-Eneglayimi; bayakuba yindawo yokweneka amanetha;
izinhlanzi zabo ziyakuba ngezinhlobo zazo, njengezinhlanzi ezinkulu
ulwandle, oludlula abaningi.
47:11 Kodwa izindawo zalo ezinodaka kanye namaxhaphozi ayo ngeke kube
uphulukisiwe; ziyakunikelwa zibe usawoti.
47:12 Futhi ngasemfuleni osebeni lwawo, ngapha nangapha.
kuyakumila yonke imithi edliwayo, emaqabunga ayo angabuni, noma engabuni
isithelo sawo siyakudliwa, sithele isithelo esisha njengokwalokho
ezinyangeni zakhe, ngokuba amanzi azo aphuma endlini engcwele;
isithelo sawo sibe ngesokudla, namaqabunga awo abe ngawo
umuthi.
47:13 Itsho njalo iNkosi uJehova. Lokhu kuyakuba ngumkhawulo eniyakuwenza ngawo
ifa lezwe ngokwezizwe eziyishumi nambili zakwa-Israyeli;
ube nezingxenye ezimbili.
47:14 Futhi niyakuba ifa it, omunye kanye nomunye: mayelana okuyinto I
ngaphakamisa isandla sami ukulinika oyihlo;
liwele kini libe yifa.
47:15 Futhi lokhu kuyoba umngcele wezwe ohlangothini olusenyakatho, kusukela the
ulwandle olukhulu, ngendlela yaseHetiloni, ukuya eSedadi;
47:16 IHamati, neBerotha, neSibrayimi, eliphakathi komkhawulo waseDamaseku
umngcele waseHamati; iHazarihatikoni elingasogwini lwaseHaurani.
47:17 Futhi umngcele kusukela olwandle kuyoba eHazarenani, umngcele waseDamaseku.
nenyakatho ngasenyakatho, nomkhawulo waseHamati. Futhi lena inyakatho
ohlangothini.
47:18 Uhlangothi lwasempumalanga, kusukela eHawuran, futhi kusukela eDamaseku, futhi
kusukela kwaGileyadi, nasezweni lakwa-Israyeli ngaseJordani, kusukela emngceleni kuze kube
ulwandle lwasempumalanga. Lolu wuhlangothi lwasempumalanga.
47:19 Futhi ohlangothini lwaseningizimu ngaseningizimu, kusukela eTamari kuze kufike emanzini eMeriba
iKadeshi, umfula kuze kube selwandle olukhulu. Lolu luluhlangothi lwaseningizimu
eningizimu.
47:20 Futhi ohlangothini olusentshonalanga kuyoba uLwandle Olukhulu kusukela emngceleni, kuze kube umuntu
woza malungana neHamati. Lolu wuhlangothi lwasentshonalanga.
47:21 Niyakwahlukanisa leli zwe kini ngokwezizwe zakwa-Israyeli.
47:22 Futhi kuyokwenzeka, ukuthi uyakwaba ngenkatho
ifa kini, nelabafokazi abagogobeleyo phakathi kwenu, okuyinto
bayakuzala phakathi kwenu, bayakuba njengabokuzalwa kini
izwe phakathi kwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli; bayakuba nefa
nawe phakathi kwezizwe zakwa-Israyeli.
47:23 Kuyakuthi, esizweni umfokazi agogobele kuso,
lapho niyakumnika ifa lakhe, isho iNkosi uJehova.