Hez 17 - Ndebele Bible (iBhayibhili Elingcwele) 1978

Umfanekiso wokhozi levini

1Ilizwi leNkosi lafika kimi lathi:

2Ndoda, tshono umzekeliso, ukhulume ngomfanekiso kuIsrayeli,

3uthi: INkosi uNkulunkulu ithi:

Ukhozi olukhulu olulempiko ezinkulu lensiba ezinde,

lensiba ezinengi zemibala eminengi,

lwafika eLebanoni, lwathatha isihloko sesihlahla somkusu,

4lwephula insaba zawo eziphezulu,

lwazithatha lwazisa elizweni labathengi,

lwazibeka emzini wabathengisi.

5Lwaseluthatha inhlanyelo yalelolizwe,

lwayihlanyela emhlabathini ovundileyo,

lwayibeka ngasemanzini amanengi.

Lwayigxumeka njengosaba lomdubu,

6yahluma, yaba livini elinabayo,

ingatsha zalo zaqonda phezulu okhozini,

impande zalo zagxumeka.

Laba livini, lakhupha ingatsha,

lahluma amahlamvu.

7Kodwa kwakukhona olunye ukhozi olukhulu,

olulempiko ezinkulu lensiba ezinengi.

Lelivini lanabisela impande zalo ngakulo,

lakhuphela lengatsha zalo ngakulo,

ukuba lulithelele amanzi.

Lwalisiphuna lapho lalihlanyelwe khona,

8lwalisa emhlabathini omuhle ngasemanzini amanengi

ukuba likhuphe ingatsha,

lithele isithelo, libe livini elihle.

9Wothi: INkosi uNkulunkulu ithi:

Kambe ivini leli lizaphumelela na?

Ukhozi kaluyikusiphuna impande zalo, lwaphule ingatsha zalo,

ukuba wonke amahlamvu alo amatsha ahlumayo abune na?

Kakuyikudinga amandla labantu abanengi ukulisiphuna.

10Nxa selisitshuniwe, lizaphumelela na?

Kaliyikubuna yini nxa umoya wasempumalanga ulibetha,

libunele endaweni elakhula kiyo na?

11Laselifika ilizwi leNkosi kimi lisithi:

12Tshono ebantwini abahlamukayo, uthi: Kalazi yini ukuba lezizinto zitshoni na? Batshele ukuba inkosi yaseBabiloni yafika eJerusalema, yathumba inkosi yalo lezikhulu zalo, yabaletha eBabiloni.2 Kho 24:15–20; 2 Lan 36:10–13

13Yathatha omunye wozalo lwesikhosini, yenza isivumelwano laye, yamfungisa. Yathumba amadoda amakhulu esizwe,

14ukuze umbuso uzehlisele phansi, ungaziphakamisi, ukuba ume ngokulondoloza isivumelwano sakhe.

15Kodwa lowo wayivukela ngokuthuma izithunywa eGibithe, ukuba bamnike amabhiza lempi enkulu. Uzaphumelela na? Kambe umuntu owenza okunje angaphepha na? Angasaphula isivumelwano aphephe na?

16Ngiyazifunga, kutsho iNkosi uNkulunkulu, impela uzafela eBabiloni lapho kuhlala khona inkosi eyambeka ukuba abe yinkosi, asideleleyo isifungo sayo, waphula isivumelwano sayo.

17UFaro lempi yakhe enkulu lexuku elikhulu kayikumsiza empini, lapho sekumiswe amadundulu, kwamiswa imiduli yokuvimbezela ukuba kubulawe abanengi.

18Ngoba esidelele isifungo, waphula isivumelwano, wazithoba, kodwa wenza zonke lezizinto, kayikuphunyuka.

19Ngalokho, iNkosi uNkulunkulu ithi: Ngiyazifunga, impela isifungo sami asidelelayo, lesivumelwano sami asaphulayo, ngizakukwehlisela kuye.

20Ngizaphosela imbule lami phezu kwakhe, ngimbambe ngalo, ngimuse eBabiloni, ngimthonisise khona ngokungathembeki kwakhe akwenzileyo kimi.

21Wonke amaqhawe empi yakhe azabulawa empini, abaseleyo bachithachithelwe emimoyeni yonke. Lizakwazi ukuthi mina Nkosi ngikhulumile.

22INkosi uNkulunkulu ithi:

Mina uqobo ngizathatha isihlokwana esicolo somkusu omude,

ngisigxumeke.

Ngizakwaphula ihlumela ogatsheni olusengqongeni,

ngilihlanyele phezulu entabeni ende,

23ngilihlanyele engqongeni yentaba koIsrayeli,

likhuphe ingatsha, lithele izithelo,

libe ngumkusu omuhle;

inyoni zenhlobo zonke zizalala ngaphansi kwawo,

zilale emthunzini wengatsha zawo.

24Zonke izihlahla zeganga zizakwazi

ukuba mina Nkosi ngiyawisa isihlahla eside,

ngikhulise isihlahla esifitshane,

ngomise isihlahla esiluhlaza,

ngihlumise esomileyo.

Mina Nkosi ngikhulumile, ngizakukwenza.