Hezekeli 3

¹Wayesethi kimi: “Ndodana yomuntu, yidla okufumanayo, udle lo mqulu, uye ukhulume kuyo indlu yakwa-Israyeli.”

²Ngavula umlomo wami, wangidlisa umqulu.

³Wathi kimi: “Ndodana yomuntu, sidlise isisu sakho, ugcwalise izibilini zakho ngalo mqulu engikunika wona.” Ngase ngiwudla, wawumnandi emlonyeni wami njengezinyosi.

⁴Wayesethi kimi: “Ndodana yomuntu, hamba uye endlini yakwa-Israyeli, ukhulume kuyo ngamazwi ami.

⁵Ngokuba awuthunywa kubantu abankulumo yabo ilukhuni nolimi lwabo lungaqondakali, kepha endlini yakwa-Israyeli,

⁶kungekubantu abaningi abankulumo yabo ilukhuni nolimi lwabo lungaqondakali, ongawezwa amazwi abo. Impela uma bengikuthume kubo, bona babeyakukuzwa.

⁷Kepha indlu yakwa-Israyeli kayiyikukuzwa, ngokuba ayingizwa mina, lokhu indlu yakwa-Israyeli inebunzi elilukhuni nenhliziyo enqala.

⁸Bheka, ngenze ubuso bakho bube lukhuni njengobuso babo, nebunzi lakho libe nqala njengamabunzi abo.

⁹Ngenze ibunzi lakho njengedayimani, elilukhuni kunensengetsha; ungabesabi, ungapheli amandla ngobuso babo, noma beyindlu ehlubukayo.”

¹⁰Futhi wathi kimi: “Ndodana yomuntu, onke amazwi ami engiyakuwakhuluma kuwe wamukele enhliziyweni yakho, uzwe ngezindlebe zakho.

¹¹Hamba uye kubathunjwa, kubantwana babantu bakho, ukhulume kubo, uthi kubo: ‘Isho njalo iNkosi uJehova,’ noma bezwa noma benganaki.”

¹²Wayesengiphakamisa uMoya, ngezwa emva kwami izwi lokuduma okukhulu, lathi: “Mayibusiswe inkazimulo kaJehova endaweni yakhe;”

¹³nomsindo wamaphiko ezidalwa athintanayo, nomsindo wamasondo eceleni kwazo, umsindo wokukhulu ukuduma.

¹⁴UMoya wayesengiphakamisa, wangisusa; ngahamba nginomunyu ngokufutheka komoya wami; isandla sikaJehova saba namandla phezu kwami.

¹⁵Ngafika kubathunjwa ngaseTheli Abibi ababehlezi ngasemfuleni iKhebari, lapho babehlala khona; ngahlala khona phakathi kwabo izinsuku eziyisikhombisa ngimangele.

¹⁶Kwathi ekugcineni kwezinsuku eziyisikhombisa izwi likaJehova lafika kimi, lathi:

¹⁷“Ndodana yomuntu, ngikwenze umlindi kuyo indlu yakwa-Israyeli; ngalokho yizwa izwi emlonyeni wami, ungixwayisele bona.

¹⁸Lapho ngithi komubi: ‘Uyakufa nokufa,’ bese wungamxwayisi, ungakhulumi ukumxwayisa omubi ngendlela yakhe ukuba umsindise, yena lowo omubi uyakufela ezonweni zakhe, kepha igazi lakhe ngiyakulibiza esandleni sakho.

¹⁹Kepha wena, uma umxwayisa omubi, angaze abuya ebubini bakhe nasendleleni yakhe embi, uyakufela ezonweni zakhe, kepha wena uwophulile umphefumulo wakho.

²⁰“Lapho olungileyo ephenduka ekulungeni kwakhe, enze okubi, ngibeke isikhubekiso phambi kwakhe, uyakufa. Uma ungamxwayisanga, uyakufela ezonweni zakhe, nezenzo zakhe ezilungileyo azenzileyo aziyikukhunjulwa, kepha igazi lakhe ngiyakulibiza esandleni sakho.

²¹Kepha uma umxwayisa olungileyo ukuba olungileyo angoni, abese engoni, uyakuphila nokuphila, ngokuba exwayile; wena-ke uwophulile umphefumulo wakho.”

²²Isandla sikaJehova saba phezu kwami lapho, wathi kimi: “Suka, uphume uye ethafeni, ngiyakukhuluma nawe khona.”

²³Ngasuka, ngaphuma ngaya ethafeni; bheka, inkazimulo kaJehova yayimi khona njengenkazimulo engayibona ngasemfuleni iKhebari, ngawa ngobuso bami.

²⁴UMoya wayesengena kimi, wangimisa ngezinyawo zami, wakhuluma kimi, wathi kimi: “Hamba uzivalele endlini yakho.

²⁵Kepha wena ndodana yomuntu, bheka, bayakufaka amagoda kuwe, bakubophe ngawo; awuyikuphumela phakathi kwabo.

²⁶Ngiyakunamathelisa ulimi lwakho olwangeni lwakho ukuba ube yisimungulu, ungabi ngumuntu obayalayo, ngokuba bayindlu ehlubukayo.

²⁷Kepha lapho ngikhuluma nawe, ngiyakuwuvula umlomo wakho, wena uthi kubo: ‘Isho njalo iNkosi uJehova.’ Ozwayo makezwe, onganakiyo kayeke, ngokuba bayindlu ehlubukayo.