Revelation 8

¹Kuthe ukuba liluvule uphawu lwesikhombisa, kwathi du ezulwini kungathi inxenye yehora.

²Ngase ngibona izingelosi eziyisikhombisa zimi phambi kukaNkulunkulu, zanikwa amacilongo ayisikhombisa.

³Kwase kufika enye ingelosi, yema ngase-altare inesitsha segolide sempepho, yanikwa impepho eningi ukuba iyelekele emikhulekweni yabangcwele bonke phezu kwe-altare legolide eliphambi kwesihlalo sobukhosi.

⁴Kwase kwenyuka esandleni sengelosi umusi wempepho nemikhuleko yabangcwele phambi kukaNkulunkulu.

⁵Ingelosi yayisithabatha isitsha sempepho, yasigcwalisa ngomlilo wase-altare, yasiphonsa emhlabeni; kwase kuba khona ukuduma, namazwi, nemibani, nokuzamazama komhlaba.

⁶Izingelosi eziyisikhombisa ezazinamacilongo ayisikhombisa zazilungiselela ukubetha.

⁷Eyokuqala yayisibetha; kwase kuba khona isichotho nomlilo kuxutshaniswe negazi, kwaphonswa emhlabeni; okwesithathu komhlaba kwasha kwaqothuka, nokwesithathu kwemithi kwasha kwaqothuka, nabo bonke utshani obuluhlaza basha baqothuka.

⁸Ingelosi yesibili yayisibetha; kwangathi intaba enkulu ivutha umlilo, yaphonswa elwandle; okwesithathu kolwandle kwaba yigazi,

⁹kwafa okwesithathu kokudaliweyo okwakuselwandle okuphilayo, nokwesithathu kwemikhumbi kwabhujiswa.

¹⁰Ingelosi yesithathu yayisibetha; kwase kuwa ezulwini inkanyezi enkulu ivuthisa okwesibani, yawela phezu kokwesithathu kwemifula naphezu kwemithombo yamanzi.

¹¹Igama lenkanyezi lithiwa uMhlonyane. Okwesithathu kwamanzi kwaba ngumhlonyane, nabaningi kubantu bafa ngamanzi, ngokuba enziwa ababa.

¹²Ingelosi yesine yayisibetha; kwashaywa okwesithathu kwelanga, nokwesithathu kwenyanga, nokwesithathu kwezinkanyezi, ukuze okwesithathu kwakho kufiphazwe, nemini ingakhanyi okwesithathu kwayo, nobusuku ngokunjalo.

¹³Ngase ngibona, ngezwa ukhozi lundiza emkhathini wezulu, lumemeza ngezwi elikhulu, luthi: “Maye, maye, maye kwabakhileyo emhlabeni ngokunye ukukhala kwecilongo lezingelosi ezintathu ezisezakubetha!”