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¹“Wo kubantwana abahlubukileyo,” usho uJehova, “abenza iziluleko, kungengezami nokho, nabenza isivumelwano, kungengesomoya wami kodwa, ukuze bengeze isono esonweni,

²abahamba ukuba behlele eGibithe, bengacelanga emlonyeni wami, baziqinise emandleni kaFaro, baphephele emthunzini waseGibithe!

³Ngalokho amandla kaFaro ayakuba ngamahloni kini, ukuphephela kwenu emthunzini waseGibithe kube ngukudumala kini.

⁴Ngokuba noma izikhulu zakhe ziseSowani, nezithunywa zakhe zifinyelela eHanesi,

⁵bonke bayakuba namahloni ngabantu abangenakubasiza, abangenansizakalo nanzuzo, kepha bengamahloni nehlazo kuphela.”

⁶Isiprofetho ngezilwane zaseNingizimu. Badabula izwe losizi nelokuhlupheka, lapha kuvela khona ibhubesi nebhubesikazi, ibululu nenyoka endizayo, bethwala imfuyo yabo emihlane yezimbongolo nengcebo yabo phezu kwamalunda amakamela bakuyise kubantu abangenansizakalo.

⁷IGibithe lisiza ngeze nangento engelutho; ngalokho ngilibize ngokuthi iRahabi elihlezi lithule.

⁸Manje hamba ukulobe phambi kwabo esibhebheni, ukubhale encwadini ukuba kube ngubufakazi besikhathi esizayo kuze kube phakade.

⁹Bangabantwana abahlubukileyo, abantwana abaqamba amanga, abantwana abangathandi ukuzwa umthetho kaJehova,

¹⁰abathi kubaboni: “Ningabe nisabona,” nakubaprofethi: “Ningasiprofetheli okuqinisileyo, kepha khulumani kithina okuthophayo, niprofethe inkohliso;

¹¹phambukani endleleni, nichezuke emkhondweni, nimdedisele kithi oNgcwele ka-Israyeli.”

¹²Ngalokho usho kanje oNgcwele ka-Israyeli, uthi: “Njengokuba nilidelela leli zwi, nethemba kukho ukucindezela nakukho okuphambeneyo, nencike kukho,

¹³ngalokho lobu bubi buyakuba njengokomfantu lapho sekuzakuwa, kuvokomele ogangeni oluphakemeyo, ukudilika kwalo kufike ngokuzumayo ngokuphazima kweso.

¹⁴Luyabhidlizwa njengokuphahlazwa kwesitsha sombumbi, esichotshozwa singahawukelwa, kungabe kusatholakala phakathi kwezihlephu nodengezi lokuthatha umlilo eziko, nolokucakula amanzi emgodini.”

¹⁵Ngokuba yasho njalo iNkosi uJehova, oNgcwele ka-Israyeli, yathi: “Niyakusindiswa ngokuphenduka nangokuphumula, amandla enu abe ngukuthula nangokwethemba; kepha anithandanga.

¹⁶Kodwa nasho nathi: ‘Qha, siyakubaleka ngamahhashi,’ ngalokho niyakubaleka: ‘Sikhwele anejubane,’ ngalokho abanixoshayo bayakuba nejubane.

¹⁷Inkulungwane iyakubaleka ngokusongela koyedwa; ngokusongela kwaba yisihlanu niyakubaleka, nize nishiywe njengensika esiqongweni sentaba nanjengebhanela phezu kwegquma.”

¹⁸Ngalokho uJehova uyakulindela ukuba abe nomusa kini; nangalokhu uyakuphakama ukuba abe nesihe kini, ngokuba uJehova unguNkulunkulu wokwahlulela; babusisiwe bonke abamhlalelayo.

¹⁹Ngokuba wena sizwe esakhe eSiyoni eJerusalema ungabe usakhala nokukhala; uyakuba nomusa impela kuwe ngezwi lokudazuluka kwakho; lapho elizwa, uyakuphendula.

²⁰Noma iNkosi iyakukunika isinkwa sosizi namanzi okuhlupheka, abafundisi bakho abasayikucasha, kodwa amehlo akho ayakubabona abafundisi bakho,

²¹nezindlebe zakho ziyakuzwa izwi emva kwakho, lithi: “Nansi indlela; hambani ngayo,” noma niphambuka ngakwesokunene, noma niphambuka ngakwesokhohlo.

²²Niyakujivaza okunamekiweyo kwezithombe zenu ezibaziweyo zesiliva nesimbozo sezithombe zenu ezibunjiweyo zegolide; uyakuzihlakaza njengokungcolileyo, uthi kukho: “Suka lapha.”

²³Uyakunika imbewu yakho oyakuyihlwanyela emhlabathini imvula, aveze nesinkwa ezithelweni zomhlabathi oyakuvunda, uthele kakhulu; ngalolo suku izinkomo zakho ziyakuklaba emadlelweni abanzi.

²⁴Izinkabi nezimbongolo ezilima umhlabathi ziyakudla ukudla okuyolisiweyo, okweliweyo ngefosholo nangembenge.

²⁵Kuzo zonke izintaba eziphakemeyo nakuwo onke amagquma amade kuyakuba khona imifula nemifudlana yamanzi ngosuku lokuhlaba okukhulu, lapho kuyakuwa imibhoshongo.

²⁶Futhi ukukhanya kwenyanga kuyakuba njengokukhanya kwelanga, nokukhanya kwelanga kuyakuphindwa kasikhombisa njengokukhanya kwezimini eziyisikhombisa ngosuku uJehova abopha ngalo amanxeba abantu bakhe, aphulukise izilonda zemivimbo yabo.

²⁷Bheka, igama likaJehova livela kude, livutha ngolaka lwakhe, linzima ngamafu; izindebe zakhe zigcwele intukuthelo, nolimi lwakhe lunjengomlilo oqothulayo;

²⁸ukuphefumula kwakhe kunjengomfula okhukhulayo, uze ufinyelele entanyeni, ukuhlunga izizwe ngesihlungo sokubhubhisa; itomu elidukisayo liyakuba semihlathini yezizwe.

²⁹Niyakuhlabelela njengasebusuku lapho kugujwa umkhosi, nithokoze ngenhliziyo njengalokhu kuhanjwa ngemitshingo kuyiwe entabeni kaJehova kulo iDwala lika-Israyeli.

³⁰UJehova uyakulizwakalisa izwi lakhe elidumileyo, abonakalise ukwehla kwengalo yakhe ngokuvutha kolaka lwakhe, nangelangabi lomlilo oqothulayo, ngesivunguvungu, nangesiphepho, nangesichotho.

³¹Ngokuba ngezwi likaJehova i-Asiriya liyakushaywa luvalo, lapho elishaya ngenduku.

³²Kuyakuthi njalo lapho induku enqunyiweyo idlula, uJehova ayibeka phezu kwalo, kube ngezigubhu nangamahabhu, alwe nalo ngengalo enikiniweyo.

³³Indawo yokushisela kade yahlelwa, yebo, yalungiselwa nenkosi; uyenze yajula, yaba banzi; igoqo layo lingumlilo nezinkuni eziningi, nokuphefumula kukaJehova kunjengomfula wesibabule; kuyayokhela.