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1. | Ngomnyaka wokufa kwenkosi uUziya ngabona iNkosi ihlezi esihlalweni sobukhosi esiphezulu lesiphakemeyo, lemiphetho yesembatho sayo yagcwalisa ithempeli. |
2. | Amaserafi* ayemi ngaphezu kwayo; impiko eziyisithupha, impiko eziyisithupha zalelo lalelo; ngezimbili lagubuzela ubuso balo, langezimbili lagubuzela inyawo zalo, langezimbili laphapha. |
3. | Lelinye lamemeza kwelinye lathi: Ingcwele, ingcwele, ingcwele i Nkosi yamabandla; umhlaba wonke ugcwele inkazimulo yayo. |
4. | Insika zomnyango zasezinyikinyeka ngenxa yelizwi lomemezayo, lendlu yagcwala intuthu. |
5. | Ngasengisithi: Maye kimi, ngoba ngiyabhubha! Ngoba ngingumuntu wendebe ezingcolileyo, futhi ngihlala phakathi kwabantu bendebe ezingcolileyo; ngoba amehlo ami abonile iNkosi, uJehova wamabandla. |
6. | Kwasekuphaphela kimi elinye lamaserafi lilelahle elivuthayo esandleni salo elalilithethe ngodlawu elathini. |
7. | Lathinta umlomo wami, lathi: Khangela, lokhu kuzithintile indebe zakho; ngakho ububi bakho bususiwe, lesono sakho senzelwe inhlawulo lokuthula. |
8. | Ngasengisizwa ilizwi leNkosi lisithi: Ngizathuma bani? Njalo ngubani ozasiyela? Ngasengisithi: Khangela, ngi lapha, thuma mina! |
9. | Yasisithi: Hamba, uthi kulababantu: Zwanini lizwe, kodwa kaliyikuqedisisa; njalo bonani libone, kodwa kaliyikubonisisa. |
10. | Yenza inhliziyo yalababantu ikhuluphale, wenze indlebe zabo zibe nzima, uvale amehlo abo, hlezi babone ngamehlo abo, bezwe ngendlebe zabo, baqedisise ngenhliziyo zabo, baphenduke, abesebasilisa. |
11. | Ngasengisithi: Koze kube nini, Nkosi? Yasisithi: Kuze kuchitheke imizi ingabi lamhlali, lezindlu zingabi lamuntu, lelizwe lichitheke lithi nya, |
12. | le Nkosi ibasusele khatshana abantu, njalo kube lokutshiywa okukhulu phakathi kwelizwe. |
13. | Kodwa ingxenye eyodwa etshumini isezakuba kulo, izaphenduka, ibe ngeyokutshiswa, njengomtherebhinti* lanjengesihlahla se-okhi*, okuthi emva kokuganyulwa kube lesidindi kuso; ngokunjalo inzalo engcwele izakuba yisidindi salo. |
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