Hezekeli 47

¹Wayesengibuyisela emnyango wendlu; bheka, amanzi aphuma phansi kombundu wendlu ngasempumalanga, ngokuba ubuso bendlu babungasempumalanga; amanzi ehla evela phansi, ohlangothini lokunene lwendlu, ngaseningizimu kwe-altare.

²Wayesengiphumisa ngendlela yesango ngasenyakatho, wangizungezisa ngendlela engaphandle esangweni elingaphandle, elibheke endleleni yasempumalanga; bheka, kwampompoza amanzi ohlangothini lokunene.

³Lapho umuntu esephuma, eya ngasempumalanga, enomucu wokulinganisa esandleni sakhe, walinganisa izingalo eziyinkulungwane, wangidabulisa emanzini, amanzi efinyelela emaqakaleni.

⁴Wabuye walinganisa inkulungwane, wangidabulisa emanzini, amanzi efinyelela emadolweni. Walinganisa futhi inkulungwane, wangidabulisa, amanzi efinyelela okhalweni.

⁵Wayesebuye walinganisa inkulungwane; kwakungumfula engingenakuwudabula, ngokuba amanzi ayekhulile, angamanzi okuhlamba, angumfula ongenakudatshulwa.

⁶Wathi kimi: “Ndodana yomuntu, usubonile na?” Wayesengihambisa, wangibuyisela osebeni lomfula.

⁷Sengibuyile, bheka, kwakukhona imithi eminingi kakhulu osebeni lomfula, ngalapha nangalapha.

⁸Wayesethi kimi: “Lawa manzi aphumela esifundeni sasempumalanga, ehlele e-Araba, aye elwandle, aye elwandle lana aphunyisiweyo, kuphiliswe amanzi alo.

⁹Kuyakuthi konke okuphilayo okuswebezelayo kuphile ezindaweni zonke lapho ifika khona leyo mifula emibili, kube yizinhlanzi eziningi kakhulu, ngokuba esefike khona lawa manzi, awolwandle ayakuphiliswa, kuphile konke, lapho umfula ufika khona.

¹⁰Kuyakuthi kume kuwo abadobi kusukela e-Eni Gedi kuze kube se-Enegelayimi, kube ngokokwenekwa kwamanetha; kuyakuba khona izinhlanzi ngezinhlobo zazo njengezinhlanzi zoLwandle Olukhulu, zibe ziningi kakhulu.

¹¹Kepha amaxhaphozi alo nezimbuku zalo akuyikuphiliswa; kuyakunikelwa kube ngusawoti.

¹²Ngasemfuleni osebeni lwawo ngalapha nangalapha kuyakumila yonke imithi edliwayo emaqabunga ayo angayikubuna, nezithelo zayo zingayikuphela; iyakuthela ezintsha izinyanga zonke, ngokuba amanzi ayo avela endlini engcwele; izithelo zayo ziyakuba ngukudla, amaqabunga ayo abe ngawokuphilisa.”

¹³Isho kanje iNkosi uJehova, ithi: “Nanku umkhawulo eniyakwahlukanisa ngawo ifa lezwe ngokwezizwe eziyishumi nambili zakwa-Israyeli, uJosefa abe nezabelo ezimbili.

¹⁴Niyakulidla, kube yilowo nalowo, ngokuba ngasiphakamisa isandla sami ukulinika oyihlo; leli zwe liyakuba yifa lenu.

¹⁵“Nanku umkhawulo wezwe: ohlangothini lwasenyakatho, kusukela eLwandle Olukhulu ngendlela yaseHetiloni kuze kube sekuyeni eSedadi,

¹⁶naseHamati, naseBerotha, naseSibirayimi eliphakathi komkhawulo waseDamaseku nomkhawulo waseHamati, naseHaseri eliphakathi elingasemkhawulweni waseHawurana.

¹⁷Umkhawulo osuka elwandle uyakuba yiHasari Enani ngasemkhawulweni waseDamaseku, nasenyakatho ngasenyakatho umkhawulo uyiHamati. Lolu luluhlangothi lwasenyakatho.

¹⁸“Uhlangothi lwasempumalanga, kusukela phakathi kweHawurana neDamaseku, naphakathi kwelakwaGileyadi nezwe lakwa-Israyeli, luyakuba yiJordani; lusukela kulo mkhawulo, luze lube selwandle lwasempumalanga naseTamari. Lolu luluhlangothi lwasempumalanga.

¹⁹“Uhlangothi lwaseningizimu ngaseningizimu luyakusukela eTamari, luze lube semanzini aseMeribati Kadeshi nasemfudlaneni ngaseLwandle Olukhulu. Lolu luluhlangothi lwaseningizimu ngaseningizimu.

²⁰“Uhlangothi lwasentshonalanga luyakuba luLwandle Olukhulu, kusukela emkhawulweni kuze kuqondane nokuya eHamati. Lolu luluhlangothi lwasentshonalanga.

²¹“Niyakuzahlukanisela leli zwe ngokwezizwe zakwa-Israyeli.

²²Kuyakuthi nilahlukanise ngenkatho, libe yifa lenu nelabafokazi abagogobala phakathi kwenu nabazele abantwana phakathi kwenu. Bona bayakuba njengabokuzalwa ekhaya phakathi kwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli, badle kanye nani ifa phakathi kwezizwe zakwa-Israyeli.

²³Kuyakuthi esizweni lapho umfokazi egogobele khona, nimnike lapho ifa lakhe, isho iNkosi uJehova.