UHezekeli 33
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Hezekeli 33
Ukushaywa kwecilongo
1Izwi likaJehova lafika kimi, lathi:
2Ndodana yomuntu, khuluma kubantwana babantu bakini uthi kibo: Uba ngiletha inkemba phezu kwelizwe, uba abantu belizwe bethatha indoda emkhawulweni wabo, bambeke umlindi wabo;
3Lapho ebona inkemba iza phezu kwelizwe, avuthele icilongo, axwayise abantu;
4Ngakho yilowo nalowo olizwa ukukhala kwecilongo, angaxwayi; uma kufika inkemba, imsuse, igazi lakhe liyakuba sekhanda lakhe.
5Wezwa ukukhala kwecilongo, akaxwayisanga; igazi lakhe liyakuba phezu kwakhe. Kepha omxwayisayo uyakusindisa umphefumulo wakhe.
6Kepha uma umlindi ebona inkemba iza, angalivutheli icilongo, abantu bengaxwayiswa; uma kufika inkemba, isuse omunye kubo, ususiwe ebubini bakhe; kodwa igazi lakhe ngizalibiza esandleni somlindi.
7Ngakho wena, ndodana yomuntu, ngakubeka umlindi wendlu ka-Israyeli; ngakho-ke kumelwe uzwe izwi eliphuma emlonyeni wami futhi ubaxwayise ngokusuka kimi.
8Uma ngithi komubi: ‘O mubi, niyakufa nokufa; uma ungakhulumi ukumxwayisa omubi endleleni yakhe, lowo omubi uyakufa ngobubi bakhe; kodwa igazi lakhe ngiyakulibiza esandleni sakho.
9Kepha uma umxwayisa omubi endleleni yakhe ukuba abuye kuyo; uma engabuyi endleleni yakhe, uyakufa ebubini bakhe; kodwa uwusindisile umphefumulo wakho.
10Ngakho-ke, ndodana yomuntu, khuluma kuyo indlu kaIsrayeli; Nisho kanje, nithi: “Uma iziphambeko zethu nezono zethu ziphezu kwethu, sibuna ngenxa yazo, siyakuphila kanjani na?
11Wothi kubo: Kuphila kwami, isho iNkosi uJehova, kangithokozi ngokufa komubi; kodwa ukuthi omubi aphenduke endleleni yakhe nokuphila. Ngoba lizafelani lina ndlu kaIsrayeli?
12Ngakho-ke, ndodana yomuntu, yisho kubantwana babantu bakini ukuthi: Ukulunga kolungileyo akuyikumsindisa ngosuku lwesiphambeko sakhe; ngobubi bakhe; futhi olungileyo ngeke akwazi ukuphila ngokulunga kwakhe ngosuku ona ngalo.
13Uma ngithi kolungileyo uyakuphila isibili; uma ethembela ekulungeni kwakhe, enze ukungalungi, konke ukulunga kwakhe akuyikukhunjulwa; kepha ngenxa yobubi bakhe abenzileyo, uyakufa ngabo.
14Futhi lapho ngithi komubi: Impela niyakufa; uma ephenduka esonweni sakhe, enze ukulunga nokulunga;
15Uma omubi ebuyisela isibambiso, abuyisele lokho akuphangayo, ahambe ngezimiso zokuphila, angoni; uyakuphila impela, akayikufa.
16Kakukho nesisodwa sezono zakhe abonileyo esiyakukhulunywa ngaye; uyakuphila impela.
17Kodwa abantwana babantu bakini bathi: Indlela yeNkosi kayilingani, kodwa indlela yabo kayilingani.
18Lapho olungileyo ephenduka ekulungeni kwakhe futhi enze ukungalungi, naye uyokufa ngenxa yalokho.
19Kepha uma omubi ephenduka ebubini bakhe, enze ukulunga nokulunga, uyakuphila ngakho.
20Kodwa lina lithi: Indlela yeNkosi kayilingani. O ndlu ka-Israyeli, ngizokwahlulela, kube yilowo nalowo ngokwezindlela zakhe.
21Kwathi ngomnyaka weshumi nambili wokudingiswa kwethu, ngenyanga yeshumi, ngolwesihlanu lwenyanga, kwafika kimi owaphunyuka eJerusalema, wathi: “Umuzi unqotshiwe.
22Isandla sikaJehova sasiphezu kwami kusihlwa, bengakafiki abakhululwayo; wavula umlomo wami, waze weza kimi ekuseni; umlomo wami wavuleka, angibange ngisaba yisimungulu.
23Izwi likaJehova lafika kimi, lathi:
24Ndodana yomuntu, abahlala kulawo manxiwa ezwe lakwa-Israyeli bakhuluma bathi: U-Abrahama wayemunye, wadla ifa lezwe; kodwa thina sibaningi; izwe linikezwe thina njengefa.
25Ngakho-ke yithi kubo: Itsho njalo iNkosi uJehova; Nidla okunegazi, niphakamisele amehlo enu ezithombeni zenu, nichitha igazi; futhi niyakudla ifa lezwe na?
26Nimi phezu kwenkemba yenu, nenza izinengiso, ningcolisa, kube yilowo nalowo umfazi womakhelwane wakhe; futhi niyakudla ifa lezwe na?
27Yisho kanje kubo, uthi: ‘Isho kanje iNkosi uJehova, ithi: Kuphila kwami, labo abasezincithakalweni bayakuwa ngenkemba, nosendle ngiyakumnika izilo ukuba adliwe, abasezinqabeni nasemigedeni bayakudabula isifo.
28Ngokuba ngiyakwenza izwe libe yihlane, nobukhosi bamandla alo buphele; futhi izintaba zakwa-Israyeli ziyoba ihlane ukuze kungabikho muntu odabula kuzo.
29Bayakwazi ukuthi nginguJehova, lapho sengichithe izwe ngenxa yazo zonke izinengiso zabo abazenzileyo.
30“Wena ndodana yomuntu, abantwana babantu bakini basakhuluma ngawe ezindongeni naseminyango yezindlu, bakhuluma omunye komunye, kube yilowo nalowo kumfowabo, bathi: ‘Wozani nizwe ukuthi liyini izwi. OkukaJehova kuphume.
31Beza kuwe njengokuza kwabantu, bahlale phambi kwakho njengabantu bami, bezwe amazwi akho, kepha bangawenzi; ngoba ngomlomo wabo batshengisa uthando olukhulu, kodwa inhliziyo yabo ilandela ukuhaha kwabo.
32Bheka, kubo unjengehubo elimnandi kakhulu, onomsindo omnandi, obetha kahle ugubhu; ngokuba bayawezwa amazwi akho, kepha abawenzi.
33Futhi lapho lokhu kwenzeka, bheka, kuyofika, khona-ke bayokwazi ukuthi kwakukhona umprofethi phakathi kwabo.
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