Ezekiel 28
1 The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,
Ilizwi leNkosi laselifika kimi futhi lisithi:
2 "Son of man, tell the prince of Tyre, 'Thus says the LORD: "Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said, 'I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas'; yet you are man, and not God, though you set your heart as the heart of God—
Ndodana yomuntu, tshono kusiphathamandla seTire: Itsho njalo iNkosi uJehova: Ngoba inhliziyo yakho iziphakamisile, njalo utshilo ukuthi: Mina nginguNkulunkulu, ngihlezi esihlalweni sikaNkulunkulu enhliziyweni yezinlwandle; kanti wena ungumuntu, hatshi-ke uNkulunkulu, lanxa umisa inhliziyo yakho njengenhliziyo kaNkulunkulu.
3 look, you are wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that is hidden from you;
Khangela, uhlakaniphile kuloDaniyeli; kakulamfihlo abangayifihla kuwe.
4 by your wisdom and by your understanding you have gotten yourself riches, and have gotten gold and silver into your treasures;
Ngenhlakanipho yakho langokuqedisisa kwakho uzenzele inotho, wabuthela igolide lesiliva kokuligugu kwakho.
5 by your great wisdom and by your traffic you have increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches"—
Ngobukhulu benhlakanipho yakho ekuthengiselaneni kwakho wandisile inotho yakho; lenhliziyo yakho iphakeme ngenxa yenotho yakho.
6 therefore thus says the LORD: "Because you have set your heart as the heart of God,
Ngakho itsho njalo iNkosi uJehova: Ngoba usumise inhliziyo yakho njengenhliziyo kaNkulunkulu,
7 therefore, look, I will bring strangers on you, the terrible of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom, and they shall defile your brightness.
ngakho, khangela, ngizaletha abezizwe phezu kwakho, abesabekayo bezizwe; abazahwatsha izinkemba zabo bemelene lobuhle benhlakanipho yakho, bangcolise inkazimulo yakho.
8 They shall bring you down to the pit; and you shall die the death of those who are slain, in the heart of the seas.
Bazakwehlisela phansi egodini, ufe izimfa zalabo ababulawelwa enhliziyweni yezinlwandle.
9 Will you yet say before him who kills you, 'I am a god'? But you are a man, and not a god, in the hand of him who wounds you.
Usezakutsho yini phambi kwabakubulalayo: NginguNkulunkulu? Kanti ungumuntu, hatshi-ke uNkulunkulu, esandleni salowo okugwazayo.
10 You shall die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it," says the LORD.'"
Uzakufa izimfa zongasokanga ngesandla sabezizwe; ngoba mina ngikhulumile, itsho iNkosi uJehova.
11 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Ilizwi leNkosi lafika kimi futhi lisithi:
12 "Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and tell him, 'Thus says the LORD: "You seal up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
Ndodana yomuntu, phakamisa isililo ngenkosi yeTire, uthi kiyo: Itsho njalo iNkosi uJehova: Wena uphawule okupheleleyo, ugcwele inhlakanipho, uphelele ngobuhle.
13 You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, emerald, chrysolite, onyx, jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and beryl. Gold work of tambourines and of pipes was in you. In the day that you were created they were prepared.
WawuseEdeni, isivande sikaNkulunkulu; lonke ilitshe eliligugu laliyisimbombozo sakho, isardiyusi, itopazi, lendayimana, ibherule, i-onikse, lejaspi, isafire, i-emeraldi, lerubi, legolide; umsebenzi wezigujana zakho lemihlanga yakho wawukuwe; ngosuku owadalwa ngalo walungiswa.
14 You were the anointed cherub who covers: and I set you, so that you were on the holy mountain of God; you have walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
Wena ulikherubhi eligcotshiweyo elisibekelayo, njalo ngikumisile; wawuphezu kwentaba engcwele kaNkulunkulu; wahamba usiya le lale phakathi kwamatshe omlilo.
15 You were perfect in your ways from the day that you were created, until unrighteousness was found in you.
Wawuphelele ezindleleni zakho kusukela osukwini owadalwa ngalo kwaze kwatholakala ububi kuwe.
16 By the abundance of your traffic they filled the midst of you with violence, and you have sinned: therefore I have cast you as profane out of the mountain of God; and I have destroyed you, covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
Ngobunengi bokuthengiselana kwakho sebegcwalise ingaphakathi yakho ngodlakela, wasusona. Ngakho ngizakulahla njengongcolisiweyo usuke entabeni kaNkulunkulu, ngikuchithe, wena kherubhi elisibekelayo, usuke phakathi kwamatshe umlilo.
17 Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; you have corrupted your wisdom by reason of your brightness: I have cast you to the ground; I have laid you before kings, that they may see you.
Inhliziyo yakho yaziphakamisa ngenxa yobuhle bakho; wonakalise inhlakanipho yakho ngenxa yenkazimulo yakho. Ngizakuphosela emhlabathini; ngizakumisa phambi kwamakhosi ukuze akubone.
18 By the multitude of your iniquities, in the unrighteousness of your traffic, you have profaned your sanctuaries; therefore have I brought forth a fire from the midst of you; it has devoured you, and I have turned you to ashes on the earth in the sight of all those who see you.
Ngobunengi beziphambeko zakho, ngobubi bokuthengiselana kwakho, ungcolise indawo zakho ezingcwele; ngakho ngizakhupha umlilo ngaphakathi kwakho, wona uzakuqeda, ngikwenze ube ngumlotha emhlabathini emehlweni abo bonke abakubonayo.
19 All those who know you among the peoples shall be astonished at you: you have become a terror, and you shall nevermore have any being."'"
Bonke abakwaziyo phakathi kwezizwe bazamangala kakhulu ngawe; uzakuba yizesabiso, kawusayikuba khona kuze kube nininini.
20 The word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Ilizwi leNkosi lafika kimi futhi, lisithi:
21 "Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against it,
Ndodana yomuntu, misa ubuso bakho bumelene leSidoni, uprofethe ngayo,
22 and say, 'Thus says the LORD: "Look, I am against you, Sidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of you;" and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her.
uthi: Itsho njalo iNkosi uJehova: Khangela, ngimelene lawe, wena Sidoni, ngizadunyiswa phakathi kwakho. Njalo bazakwazi ukuthi ngiyiNkosi lapho sengenze izahlulelo phakathi kwayo, ngangcweliswa kiyo.
23 For I will send pestilence into her, and blood into her streets; and the wounded shall fall in the midst of her, with the sword on her on every side; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Ngoba ngizathumela umatshayabhuqe wesifo kiyo, legazi ezitaladeni zayo; labalimeleyo bazakuwa phakathi kwayo ngenkemba phezu kwayo inhlangothi zonke. Njalo bazakwazi ukuthi ngiyiNkosi.
24 "'There shall be no more a pricking brier to the house of Israel, nor a hurting thorn of any that are around them, that scorned them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.'
Njalo kakusayikuba khona kuyo indlu yakoIsrayeli ukhula oluhlabayo kumbe ameva azwisa ubuhlungu kuvela kubo bonke ababahanqileyo ababadelelayo. Njalo bazakwazi ukuthi ngiyiNkosi uJehova.
25 "Thus says the LORD: 'When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the nations, then shall they dwell in their own land which I gave to my servant Jacob.
Itsho njalo iNkosi uJehova: Nxa sengibuthe indlu kaIsrayeli ivela ezizweni abahlakazwe kizo, ngangcweliswa kubo emehlweni ezizwe, kulapho bezahlala elizweni labo engalinika inceku yami uJakobe.
26 They shall dwell securely in it; yes, they shall build houses, and plant vineyards, and shall dwell securely, when I have executed judgments on all those who do them despite all around them; and they shall know that I am the LORD their God.'"
Njalo bazahlala kilo belondolozekile, bakhe izindlu, bahlanyele izivini; yebo, bazahlala belondolozekile nxa sengenze izahlulelo phezu kwabo bonke ababadelelayo inhlangothi zonke. Lapho bazakwazi ukuthi ngiyiNkosi uNkulunkulu wabo.
