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| 1. | Ilizwi le Nkosi lafika kimi lathi: |
| 2. | Ndodana yomuntu, tshono umzekeliso, ukhulume ngomfanekiso kuIsrayeli, |
| 3. | uthi: INkosi uJehova ithi: Ukhozi olukhulu olulempiko ezinkulu lensiba ezinde, lensiba ezinengi zemibala eminengi, lwafika eLebhanoni, lwathatha isihloko sesihlahla somsedari, |
| 4. | lwephula insaba zawo eziphezulu, lwazithatha lwazisa elizweni labathengi, lwazibeka emzini wabathengisi. |
| 5. | Lwaseluthatha inhlanyelo yalelolizwe, lwayihlanyela emhlabathini ovundileyo, lwayibeka emanzini amanengi. lwayigxumeka njengosaba lomdubu, |
| 6. | yahluma, yaba livini elinabayo, ingatsha zalo zaqonda phezulu okhozini, impande zalo zagxumeka. Laba livini, lakhupha ingatsha, lahluma amahlamvu. |
| 7. | Kodwa kwakukhona olunye ukhozi olukhulu, olulempiko ezinkulu lensiba ezinengi. Khangela, lelivini lanabisela impande zalo ngakulo, lakhuphela lengatsha zalo ngakulo, ukuze lulithelele amanzi. Lwalisiphuna lapho elalihlanyelwe khona; |
| 8. | lwalisa emhlabathini omuhle emanzini amanengi ukuze likhuphe ingatsha, lithele isithelo, libe livini elihle. |
| 9. | Wothi: INkosi uJehova ithi: Kambe ivini leli lizaphumelela yini? Ukhozi kaluyikusiphuna yini impande zalo, lwephule ingatsha zalo, ukuze wonke amahlamvu alo amatsha ahlumayo abune? Kakuyikudinga amandla labantu abanengi ukulisiphuna. |
| 10. | Nxa, khangela, selisitshuniwe, lizaphumelela yini? Kaliyikubuna yini nxa umoya wempumalanga ulibetha, libunele endaweni elakhula kiyo? |
| 11. | Laselifika ilizwi le Nkosi kimi lisithi: |
| 12. | Tshono ebantwini abahlamukayo, uthi: Kalazi yini ukuthi lezizinto zitshoni? Batshele: Khangela, inkosi yeBhabhiloni yafika eJerusalema, yathumba inkosi yayo leziphathamandla zayo, yabaletha eBhabhiloni. |
| 13. | Yathatha omunye wozalo lwesikhosini, yenza isivumelwano laye, yamfungisa. Yathumba amadoda amakhulu esizwe, |
| 14. | ukuze umbuso uzehlisele phansi, ungaziphakamisi, ukuthi ume ngokulondoloza isivumelwano sakhe. |
| 15. | Kodwa lowo wayivukela ngokuthuma izithunywa eGibhithe, ukuze bamnike amabhiza labantu abanengi. Uzaphumelela yini? Kambe umuntu owenza okunje angaphepha yini? Angasephula isivumelwano aphephe yini? |
| 16. | Kuphila kwami, kutsho iNkosi uJehova, isibili endaweni yenkosi eyambeka ukuthi abe yinkosi, osifungo sayo wasidelela, losivumelwano sayo wephula, uzakufa layo phakathi kweBhabhiloni. |
| 17. | UFaro lebutho lakhe elikhulu lexuku elikhulu kayikumsiza empini, lapho sekumiswe amadundulu, kwamiswa imiduli yokuvimbezela ukuze kubulawe abanengi. |
| 18. | Ngoba esidelele isifungo, ngokwephula isivumelwano, khangela, lanxa enike isandla sakhe, esenze zonke lezizinto, kayikuphunyuka. |
| 19. | Ngakho, itsho njalo iNkosi uJehova ithi: Kuphila kwami, isibili, isifungo sami asidelelayo, lesivumelwano sami asephulayo, ngizakwehlisela phezu kwekhanda lakhe. |
| 20. | Ngizaphosela imbule lami phezu kwakhe, ngimbambe ngalo, ngimuse eBhabhiloni, ngimgwebe khona ngokungathembeki kwakhe akwenzileyo kimi. |
| 21. | Wonke amaqhawe ebutho lakhe azakuwa ngenkemba, abaseleyo bachithachithelwe emimoyeni yonke. Lizakwazi ukuthi mina i Nkosi ngikhulumile. |
| 22. | INkosi uJehova ithi: Mina uqobo ngizathatha isihlokwana esicolo somsedari omude, ngisigxumeke. Ngizakwephula ihlumela ogatsheni olusengqongeni, ngilihlanyele phezulu entabeni ende, |
| 23. | ngilihlanyele engqongeni yentaba koIsrayeli, likhuphe ingatsha, lithele izithelo, libe ngumsedari omuhle; inyoni zenhlobo zonke zizalala ngaphansi kwawo, zilale emthunzini wengatsha zawo. |
| 24. | Zonke izihlahla zeganga zizakwazi ukuthi mina Nkosi ngiyawisa isihlahla eside, ngikhulise isihlahla esifitshane, ngomise isihlahla esiluhlaza, ngihlumise esomileyo. Mina Nkosi ngikhulumile, ngizakukwenza. |
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