IsAmbulo
18:1 Ngemva kwalezi zinto, ngabona enye ingelosi yehla ezulwini, futhi
amandla amakhulu; futhi umhlaba wakhanyiswa ngenkazimulo yakhe.
18:2 Futhi wamemeza ngezwi elinamandla, wathi: "IBhabhiloni Elikhulu."
iwile, yawa, yaba yindawo yokuhlala yamademoni, nenqaba
layo yonke imimoya engcolileyo, nendlwana yazo zonke izinyoni ezingcolileyo nezizondekayo.
18:3 Ngokuba izizwe zonke zinathe ewayinini lolaka lobufebe balo.
futhi amakhosi omhlaba aphingile naye, futhi
abathengisi bomhlaba banothile ngobuningi bawo
izibiliboco.
18:4 Ngase ngizwa elinye izwi livela ezulwini, lithi: Phuma kuye, my
abantu, ukuze ningahlanganyeli ezonweni zakhe, futhi ningamukeli kuzo
izinhlupho zakhe.
18:5 Ngoba izono zalo ziye zafinyelela ezulwini, futhi uNkulunkulu uye wamkhumbula
ububi.
18:6 Mvuzeni njengoba nje naye wakuvuza, futhi ngokuphindwe kabili kuye
ngokwemisebenzi yalo: endebeni eliyigcwalisileyo ligcwaliseni
kabili.
18:7 Yeka ukuthi uzidumise kangakanani, futhi waphila okumnandi, kakhulu
mnikeni inhlupheko losizi, ngoba lithi enhliziyweni yalo: Ngihlezi ngiyindlovukazi;
futhi angiyena umfelokazi, futhi ngeke ngibone usizi.
18:8 Ngakho ziyofika ngalusuku lunye izinhlupho zalo, ukufa, nokulila, futhi
indlala; uyakushiswa nokushiswa ngomlilo, ngokuba uJehova unamandla
iNkosi uNkulunkulu owahlulelayo.
18:9 Futhi amakhosi omhlaba, abaye benza ubufebe futhi baphila
okumnandi kanye naye, bayokulilela, futhi balile ngaye, lapho bona
izobona intuthu yokushiswa kwayo,
18:10 emi khatshana ngokwesaba ukuhlutshwa kwakhe, esithi: Maye, maye!
umuzi omkhulu iBhabhiloni, umuzi onamandla! ngokuba ngehora linye ukwahlulelwa kwakho
woza.
18:11 Futhi abathengisi bomhlaba bayokhala futhi balile phezu kwalo; ngoba akukho muntu
usathenga impahla yabo;
18:12 Impahla yegolide, nesiliva, namatshe ayigugu, namaparele,
nelineni elicolekileyo, nokububende, nosilika, nokubomvu, nazo zonke izingodo zakho;
nazo zonke izinhlobo zezitsha zophondo lwendlovu, nazo zonke izinhlobo zezinto eziyigugu kakhulu
ngokhuni, nangethusi, nangensimbi, nangetshe letsheba;
18:13 nesinamoni, nempepho, namafutha, nenhlaka, newayini, newayini.
amafutha, nempuphu ecolekileyo, nokolweni, nezinkomo, nezimvu, namahhashi, kanye
izinqola, nezigqila, nemiphefumulo yabantu.
18:14 Futhi izithelo ezifiswa umphefumulo wakho zisukile kuwe, futhi
zonke izinto ezikhazimulayo nezinhle zimukile kuwe, nawe
kawusayikubathola lakanye.
18:15 Abathengisi zalezi zinto, okuyinto bacebe ngaye, uyokuma
ukude ngokwesaba ukuhlushwa kwayo, ukukhala nokulila;
18:16 Bethi: "Maye, maye, umuzi omkhulu, owembethe ilineni elicolekileyo!
nokububende, nokubomvu, nokuvunule ngegolide, namatshe anenani, futhi
amaparele!
18:17 Ngoba ngehora elilodwa ingcebo enkulu kangaka ichithekile. Futhi wonke umphathi wemikhumbi,
nesixuku sonke semikhumbi, namatilosi, nabahweba olwandle;
wema kude,
18:18 Bamemeza, lapho bebona intuthu yokusha kwalo, bathi: "Uyini umuzi?"
njengalo muzi omkhulu!
18:19 Base bethela uthuli emakhanda abo, bakhala, belila.
bathi: “Maye, maye, umuzi omkhulu, lapho kwacetshiswa khona bonke ababenakho!
imikhumbi olwandle ngenxa yokubiza kwayo! ngoba ngehora linye yona
yenziwe incithakalo.
18:20 Thokoza ngayo, wena zulu, nani baphostoli abangcwele nabaprofethi. okwe
UNkulunkulu ukuphindisele kuye.
18:21 Ingelosi enamandla yafukula itshe elinjengelokusila elikhulu, yaliphonsa
elwandle, esithi: Kanjalo ngobudlova iBhabhiloni umuzi omkhulu
ziphonswe phansi, futhi ngeke zisatholakala.
18:22 Futhi izwi labashaya amahabhu, nabahlabeleli, futhi abashaya imitshingo, namacilongo.
akusayikuzwakala lakanye kuwe; futhi akukho ngcweti yanoma yini
ungubuqili, usazotholwa kuwe; kanye nomsindo a
itshe lokuchola alisayikuzwakala kuwe nakanye;
18:23 Futhi ukukhanya kwesibani ngeke kusakhanya kuwe; kanye ne
izwi lomyeni nelomlobokazi alisayikuzwakala nakanye
ngoba abathengisi bakho babengabakhulu bomhlaba; ngoba ngawe
ubuthakathi bakhohliswa izizwe zonke.
18:24 Futhi kuye kwatholakala igazi labaprofethi, nelabangcwele, futhi bonke
ababulawa emhlabeni.