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| 1. | Ngomnyaka wesibili, ngosuku lwamatshumi amabili lanye lwenyanga yesikhombisa, ilizwi le Nkosi lafika ngoHagayi umprofethi |
| 2. | lisithi: Tshela uZerubhabheli indodana kaSalatiyeli umbusi wakoJuda, loJoshuwa indodana kaJehozadaki umpristi omkhulu, labo bonke abantu abaseleyo, |
| 3. | ithi: Ngubani osekhona phakathi kwenu owabona lindlu ebuhleni bayo bakuqala? Kambe injani khathesi? Kayisize emehlweni enu yini? |
| 4. | Kodwa qina, wena Zerubhabheli, kutsho i Nkosi, ume isibindi lawe Joshuwa, ndodana kaJehozadaki, mpristi omkhulu; qinani lani lonke, bantu belizwe. Sebenzani, ngoba mina ngilani, kutsho i Nkosi yamabandla, |
| 5. | njengokuthembisa kwami engakwenza kini ekuphumeni kwenu eGibhithe. Umoya wami uhlala phakathi kwenu, lingesabi. |
| 6. | Ngoba i Nkosi yamabandla ithi: Kuseyisikhatshana nje ngibuye nginyikinye futhi amazulu lomhlaba, ulwandle lomhlabathi owomileyo; |
| 7. | ngizanyikinya izizwe zonke ukuze inotho yazo ifike lapha, igcwalise indlu le ngobuhle, kutsho i Nkosi yamabandla. |
| 8. | Isiliva singesami legolide ngelami, kutsho i Nkosi yamabandla. |
| 9. | Ubuhle bokucina balindlu buzakuba bukhulu kulobokuqala, kutsho i Nkosi yamabandla; lakulindawo ngizanika ukuthula. |
| 10. | Ngosuku lwamatshumi amabili lane, lwenyanga yesificamunwemunye, emnyakeni wesibili kaDariyusi, ilizwi le Nkosi lafika kuHagayi umprofethi |
| 11. | lisithi: I Nkosi yamabandla ithi: Ake ubabuze abapristi lumbuzo uthi: |
| 12. | Uba umuntu ethwele inyama engcwele ngesembatho sakhe, athinte ngesembatho sakhe isinkwa, loba isitshwala, loba iwayini, loba amafutha, loba okunye ukudla, kuzakuba ngcwele yini? Abapristi baphendula bathi: Hatshi. |
| 13. | Wasesithi uHagayi: Uba umuntu ongcoliswe yisidumbu ethintana lalezizinto, ziyangcola yini? Abapristi bamphendula bathi: Yebo, ziyangcola. |
| 14. | Khona uHagayi waphendula wathi: Banjalo lababantu sinjalo lesisizwe phambi kwami, kutsho i Nkosi, futhi unjalo wonke umsebenzi wezandla zabo, lalokho abakusondeza lapha kungcolile. |
| 15. | Ake licabange ngokwenzakayo kusukela ngaphambili kuze kube lamhlanje; kungakabekwa ilitshe phezu kwelinye ethempelini le Nkosi, |
| 16. | kwakunjani kini? Lapho umuntu esiya enqwabeni yezilinganiso ezingamatshumi amabili zamabele, wathola itshumi nje; lalapho esiya esikhamelweni sewayini ukukha imbiza ezingamatshumi amahlanu, wathola amatshumi amabili nje. |
| 17. | Ngalitshaya kanye layo yonke imisebenzi yenu ngokutshisa langengumane langesiqhotho; kanti kaliphendukelanga kimi, kutsho i Nkosi. |
| 18. | Ake licabange kuhle kusukela lamuhla, kusukela kulolusuku lwamatshumi amabili lane, enyangeni yesificamunwemunye, kusukela esukwini lokubekwa kwezisekelo zethempeli; cabangani kuhle. |
| 19. | Inhlanyelo isesesilulwini yini? Ivini lomkhiwa lepomegranati* lomhlwathi, lokhu kungatheli yini? Kusukela lamuhla ngizalibusisa. |
| 20. | Ilizwi le Nkosi lafika ngokwesibili kuHagayi, ngosuku lwamatshumi amabili lane enyangeni, |
| 21. | lathi: Tshela uZerubhabheli umbusi wakoJuda uthi: Sengizanyikinya amazulu lomhlaba, |
| 22. | ngigenqule isihlalo sobukhosi semibuso, ngichithe amandla emibuso yezizwe, ngigenqule izinqola labakhweli baze amabhiza labagadi bawo azakuwa, lowo lalowo awe ngenkemba yomfowabo. |
| 23. | Ngalolosuku, kutsho i Nkosi yamabandla, ngizakuthatha, wena Zerubhabheli, inceku yami, indodana kaSalatiyeli, ngikwenze ube njengendandatho elophawu yodumo; ngoba nguwe engikukhethileyo, kutsho i Nkosi yamabandla. |
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