Ubuze bokwenza isivumelwano leGibhithe

30Maye ebantwaneni abahlamukayo!a itsho iNkosi, ukuthi benze icebob, kodwa elingeyisilo elami, lokuthi bembese ngesembesoc, kodwa esingesiso somoya wami, ukuze bengezelele isono phezu kwesonod. 2 Abahamba ukwehlela eGibhithee, njalo bengabuzanga umlomo wamif, ukuze baziqinise emandleni kaFaro, bathembele emthunzini weGibhithe!g 3 Ngakho amandla kaFaro azakuba lihlazo kini, lokuthembelah emthunzini weGibhithei kube yikuyangeka. 4 Ngoba iziphathamandla zakhe zaziseZowanij lezithunywa zakhek zafika eHanesil. 5 Bonke izabayangisam ngabantu ababengelakubasizan, bangabi luncedo njalo bangabi yinzuzo, kodwa babe luyangiso njalo babe lihlazo.

6 Umthwaloo wezilo zeningizimup. Elizweni lokucindezelwaq lembandezelor, lapho okuvela khona ibhongo lesilwanes, ibululutu lenyoka ephaphayo elokutshisavw, bathwala inotho yabox emhlana wamathole abobabhemiy, lokuligugu kwabo phezu kwamalunda amakamelaz, bekusa ebantwini abangelasizoa. 7 Ngoba amaGibhitheb azasiza ngeze langokungelalutho; ngakho ngakhala ngalokhu ngathi: Amandla abo yikuhlala bathulec.

8 Khathesi hamba, ukubhaled phambi kwabo esibhebheni, ukulobe ngokugubha egwalwenie, ukuze kube khona kuze kube lusuku lokucina, kuze kube nininini, kuze kube phakade. 9 Ngoba bangabantu abavukelayof, abantwana abaqamba amanga, abantwana abangathandi ukuzwa umlayo weNkosi; 10 abathi kubaboni: Lingabonig; lakubakhangeli: Lingasikhangeleli izinto eziqondileyoh; khulumani kithi izinto ezibutshelezii, likhangele izinkohliso; 11 phumani endleleni, liphambuke lisuke emkhondweni, lisuse oNgcwele kaIsrayeli phambi kwethu. 12 Ngakho utsho njalo oNgcwele kaIsrayeli uthi: Ngoba lidelele lelilizwi, lathembela kucindezelo lokuphambeneyoj, labambelela kukho. 13 Ngakho lobububi buzakuba kini njengomkenke osuzakuwa, ukhukhumala emdulini omude, okudilika kwawo kuhle kufikek masinyazanalm. 14 Yebo, uzawephulan njengokwephulwa kwembiza yababumbi ephahaziweyo; kayikuyekelao, ukuze kungatholakali ezicucwini zayo udengezip lokokha umlilo ezikoq, kumbe ukukha amanzi emthonjenir. 15 Ngoba itsho njalo iNkosi uJehova, oNgcwele kaIsrayeli: Ngokuphenduka lokuphumula lizasindiswas; ngokuthulat langokwethemba kuzakuba ngamandla enu; kodwa kalifunangau. 16 Kodwa lathi: Hatshi, ngoba sizabaleka ngamabhizav; ngakho-ke lizabaleka; njalo: Sizagadaw amabhiza alejubanex; ngakho-ke abalixotshayo bazakuba lejubane. 17 Inkulungwane eyodway izabaleka ngokukhalima koyedwa; ngokukhalima kwabahlanu lizabaleka, lize lisale njengensika phezu kwengqonga yentaba, lanjengesibonisoz phezu koqaqa.

Isithembiso sikaNkulunkulu ebantwini bakhe

18 Ngakho-ke iNkosi izalindaa, ukuze ibe lomusa kini, ngakho-ke izaphakanyiswab ukuthi ibe lesihawu kini; ngoba iNkosi inguNkulunkulu wesahlulelo; babusisiwe bonke abalindela kuyoc.

19 Ngoba abantu bazahlala eZiyoni eJerusalemad; kaliyikukhala lokukhala inyembezi; izakuba lomusa omkhulu kuwe elizwini lokukhala kwakho; lapho ilizwa izakuphendula. 20 Loba iNkosi ilinika isinkwa sosizie lamanzi okuhluphekaf, kanti abafundisi bakho kabasayikususelwa engonsinig, kodwa amehlo akho azabona abafundisi bakho. 21 Lendlebe zakho zizakuzwa ilizwi emva kwakho lisithi: Le yiyo indlela, hambani ngayoh, lapho liphambukela ngakwesokunene lalapho liphambukela ngakwesokhohloi. 22 Lizangcolisa lokuhuqiweyoj kwezithombe zakho ezibaziweyok zesiliva, lokunanyekiweyo kwezithombe zakho zegolide ezibunjwe ngokuncibilikisal; lizihlakaze njengelembu losesikhathinim, lithi kuzo: Phumani!n 23 Khona izanika izulu lenhlanyelo yakho ozayihlanyela emhlabathini, lesinkwa sesivuno somhlaba; uzavunda ucicime. Ngalolosukuo izifuyo zenu zizakudla emadlelweni abanzip; 24 lezinkabiq labobabhemi abatshar okulima umhlabathis kuzakudla umncantshat, oweliweyo ngefotsholo langefologwe. 25 Laphezu kwayo yonke intaba endeu laphezu kwalo lonke uqaqa oluphakemeyov kuzakuba lemifula lezifudlana zamanziw ngosuku lokubulawa okukhulu, lapho kusiwa imiphotshongox. 26 Futhi ukukhanyay kwenyanga kuzakuba njengokukhanya kwelanga, lokukhanya kwelanga kuphindwe kasikhombisaz, njengokukhanya kwensuku eziyisikhombisa, mhla iNkosi ibopha ukwephuka kwabantu bayo, ipholisaa umvimvinya wesilonda sabo.

Ukunqotshwa kweAsiriya

27 Khangela, ibizo leNkosi livela khatshana, livutha ulaka lwayo, lomthwalo unzima; indebe zayo zigcwele intukuthelo, lolimi lwayo lunjengomlilo oqothulayo; 28 lokuphefumula kwayob kunjengesifula esiphuphumayo size sifike phakathi kwentamoc, ukuhlungula izizwe ngesihlungulo sobuzed; njalo kuzakuba letomue eliduhisayo emihlathini yabantu. 29 Lizakuba lengoma, njengeyobusuku bokwehlukaniswa komkhosi, lokuthokoza kwenhliziyo, njengohamba lomhubhef esiya entabeni yeNkosig, eDwaleni lakoIsrayeli. 30 INkosi izazwakalisa-ke ilizwi layo elilodumo, ibonakalise ukwehla kwengalo yayoh, ngentukuthelo yolaka, lelangabi lomlilo oqothulayoi, isivunguvungu, lezulu lesiphephoj, lesiqhothokl. 31 Ngoba ngelizwi leNkosim amaAsiriya azaphahlazwan, itshaya ngendukuo. 32 Kuzakuthi loba ngaphi okwedlula khona induku emisiweyo, iNkosi eyibeka phezu kwayo, kube ngezigubhup langamachachoq, langezimpi zokunyikinyar ilwe labo. 33 Ngoba iThofethis yahlelwa endulo, layo yamiselwa inkosit; yayenza yatshona, yaba banzi, inqumbi yayo ingumlilo lenkuni ezinengiu; ukuphefumula kweNkosi kuyayithungelav njengesifula sesolufa*.