Siege of Jerusalem Acted Out

¹“Wena ndodana yomuntu, zithathele isitini, usibeke phambi kwakho, uqophe kuso umuzi, iJerusalema,

²uwuvimbezele, wakhe inqaba ngakuwo, uwunqwabele iduli, umise amakamu ngakuwo, ubeke ngakuwo nxazonke izinqama zokungqubuza.

³Zithathele ucwecwe lwensimbi, ulubeke lube ludonga lwensimbi phakathi kwakho nomuzi, uqondise ubuso bakho kuwo, wona uvinjezelwe, uvinjezelwe nguwe. Lokhu kuyakuba yisibonakaliso kuyo indlu yakwa-Israyeli.

⁴“Futhi lala ngohlangothi lwakho lwasokhohlo, ubeke ukona kuka-Israyeli phezu kwalo; ngokomumo wezinsuku zokulala kwakho ngalo uyakuthwala ukona kwabo.

⁵Ngokuba ngikunqumele iminyaka yokona kwabo ukuba ibe ngumumo wezinsuku, zingamakhulu amathathu namashumi ayisishiyagalolunye, bese wuthwala ukona kwendlu yakwa-Israyeli.

⁶“Nxa usuziqedile lezi, uyakulala ngohlangothi lwakho lokunene, uthwale ukona kwendlu yakwaJuda, ngikunqumele izinsuku ezingamashumi amane, yilolo nalolo suku lube ngumnyaka.

⁷Uyakubhekisa ubuso bakho kukho ukuvinjezelwa kweJerusalema, ingalo yakho yambuliwe, uprofethe ngalo.

⁸Bheka, ngifaka amagoda phezu kwakho, awuyikuphenduka uhlangothi ngohlangothi, uze uqede izinsuku zokuvimbezela kwakho.

⁹“Futhi zithathele ukolweni, nebhali, nobhontshisi, nembumba, nonyaluthi, nesipelite, ukubeke esitsheni sibe sinye, uzenzele isinkwa ngakho ngokomumo wezinsuku oyakulala ngazo ngohlangothi lwakho, izinsuku ezingamakhulu amathathu namashumi ayisishiyagalolunye, usidle.

¹⁰Ukudla kwakho oyakukudla kuyakuba ngesilinganiso, amashekeli angamashumi amabili ngosuku, ukudle izikhathi ngezikhathi.

¹¹Namanzi uyakuwaphuza ngesilinganiso, inxenye yesithupha yehini, uphuze izikhathi ngezikhathi.

¹²Uyakukudla kungathi amaqebelengwane ebhali, uwenze phambi kwabo ngendle ephuma kumuntu.”

¹³Wathi uJehova: “Kanjalo nabantwana bakwa-Israyeli bayakusidla isinkwa sabo singcolile phakathi kwezizwe engiyakubaxoshela kuzo.”

¹⁴Ngase ngithi: “O Nkosi Jehova, bheka, umphefumulo wami awuzange ungcoliswe, ngokuba kusukela ebusheni bami kuze kube manje angidlanga okuzifeleyo nokudweshuliweyo, nenyama enengekayo ayingenanga emlonyeni wami.”

¹⁵Wathi kimi: “Bheka, ngikunike umquba esikhundleni sendle yomuntu; uyakusenza isinkwa sakho phezu kwawo.”

¹⁶Wathi futhi kimi: “Ndodana yomuntu, bheka, ngiyakwaphula uzime lwesinkwa eJerusalema, badle isinkwa ngesilinganiso ngokwesaba, baphuze amanzi ngesilinganiso ngokumangala

¹⁷ukuba baswele isinkwa namanzi, bamangale omunye nomunye, babune ebubini babo.