Hezekeli 35

¹Izwi likaJehova lafika kimi, lathi:

²“Ndodana yomuntu, bhekisa ubuso bakho ngasentabeni yaseSeyiri, uprofethe ngayo,

³uthi kuyo: ‘Isho kanje iNkosi uJehova, ithi: Bheka, ngimelene nawe ntaba yaseSeyiri; ngiyakwelulela kuwe isandla sami, ngikwenze incithakalo nokuyize.

⁴Ngiyakwenza imizi yakho ibe yihlane, wena ube yincithakalo, wazi ukuthi nginguJehova.

⁵“ ‘Ngokuba unobutha obuphakade, futhi unikele abantwana bakwa-Israyeli osikweni lwenkemba ngesikhathi sesigemegeme sabo, ngesikhathi sokuphela kokubi,

⁶ngalokho, kuphila kwami, isho iNkosi uJehova, ngiyakwenza ube yigazi, igazi likuxoshe; ngokuba ungazondanga igazi, igazi liyakukulandela.

⁷Ngiyakwenza intaba yaseSeyiri ibe yincithakalo nokuyize, nginqume kuyo odlulayo nobuyayo.

⁸Ngiyakugcwalisa izintaba zayo ngababuleweyo bayo, abagwazwe ngenkemba bawa emagqumeni akho, nasezigodini zakho, nakuyo yonke imifula yakho.

⁹Ngiyakukwenza incithakalo ephakade, imizi yakho ingabe isahlalwa, nazi ukuthi nginguJehova.

¹⁰“ ‘Ngokuba wathi: “Lezi zizwe ezimbili nalawa mazwe amabili kuyakuba ngokwami, sidle ifa lakho,” noma uJehova ebelapho,

¹¹ngalokho, kuphila kwami, isho iNkosi uJehova, ngiyakwenza njengolaka lwakho nanjengomhawu wakho obafele wona ngokubazonda kwakho, ngizazise kubo, lapho ngikwahlulela.

¹²Uyakwazi ukuthi nginguJehova; ngizwile zonke izithuko zakho ozikhulume ngezintaba zakwa-Israyeli ngokuthi: “Yincithakalo; siphiwe zona ukuba sizidle.”

¹³Nizikhulisile kimi ngomlomo wenu, nandisile amazwi enu kimi; mina ngiwezwile.

¹⁴Isho kanje iNkosi uJehova, ithi: Lapho uthokoza umhlaba wonke, ngiyakukwenza incithakalo.

¹⁵Njengokuthokoza kwakho ngefa lendlu yakwa-Israyeli, ngokuba ibiyincithakalo, kanjalo ngiyakwenza kuwe: uyakuba yincithakalo, ntaba yaseSeyiri, naye wonke u-Edomi, yebo, wonke wakhe, bazi ukuthi nginguJehova.’ ”