UHezekheli 19

1 “Qhinqani isililo ngamakhosana ako-Israyeli

and you(m. s.) to lift: loud dirge to(wards) leader Israel

2 lithi: ‘Yeka isilwanekazi esasingunyoko phakathi kwezilwane! Salala phansi phakathi kwezilwane ezisakhulayo sondla imidlwane yaso.

and to say what? mother your lioness between: among lion to stretch in/on/with midst lion to multiply whelp her

3 Sakhulisa omunye wemidlwane yaso waba yisilwane esilamandla wafunda ukudabula okubanjelwe ukudliwa, wadla labantu.

and to ascend: establish one from whelp her lion to be and to learn: learn to/for to tear prey man to eat

4 Izizwe zezwa ngawo wasuthiywa egodini lazo. Zawuhola ngezingwegwe zawusa elizweni laseGibhithe.

and to hear: hear to(wards) him nation in/on/with pit: grave their to capture and to come (in): bring him in/on/with hook to(wards) land: country/planet Egypt

5 Kwathi sibona ithemba laso lingagcwalisekanga, ithemba laso lingasekho, sathatha omunye wemidlwane yaso sawenza waba yisilwane esilamandla.

and to see: see for to wait: hope to perish hope her and to take: take one from whelp her lion to set: make him

6 Wanyonyoba phakathi kwezilwane ngoba wawuyisilwane esilamandla. Wafunda ukudabula okubanjelwe ukudliwa, wadla labantu.

and to go: walk in/on/with midst lion lion to be and to learn: learn to/for to tear prey man to eat

7 Wadiliza izinqaba zabo wachitha lamadolobho abo. Ilizwe kanye labo bonke ababekulo bathuthumeliswa yikubhonga kwawo.

and to know widow his and city their to destroy and be desolate land: country/planet and fullness her from voice: sound roaring his

8 Izizwe zawuvukela, zivela ezindaweni eziwuzingelezileyo. Zendlala amambule azo phezu kwawo wawela egodini labo.

and to give: put upon him nation around: side from province and to spread upon him net their in/on/with pit: grave their to capture

9 Bawudonsela ekhejini ngezingwegwe bawusa enkosini yaseBhabhiloni. Bawufaka entolongweni, ngakho ukubhonga kwawo akuzwakalanga futhi ezintabeni zako-Israyeli.

and to give: put him in/on/with cage in/on/with hook and to come (in): bring him to(wards) king Babylon to come (in): bring him in/on/with stronghold because not to hear: hear voice his still to(wards) mountain: mount Israel

10 Unyoko wayenjengevini elihlanyelwe ngasemanzini esivinini sakho; sasithela izithelo njalo silezingatsha ezinengi ngenxa yamanzi amanengi.

mother your like/as vine in/on/with blood your upon water to transplant be fruitful and thickly branched to be from water many

11 Ingatsha zaso zaziqinile zifanele intonga yombusi. Sasiphakeme siphezulu le ngaphezu kwamahlamvu aminyeneyo, sibonakala ngobude baso langezingatsha zaso ezinengi.

and to be to/for her tribe: stick strength to(wards) tribe: staff to rule and to exult height his upon between cord and to see: see in/on/with height his in/on/with abundance branch his

12 Kodwa sasitshunwa ngokuthukuthela saphoselwa phansi. Umoya wasempumalanga wasomisa, izithelo zaso zaqhululwa; ingatsha zaso eziqinileyo zabuna umlilo wazitshisa.

and to uproot in/on/with rage to/for land: soil to throw and spirit: breath [the] east to wither fruit her to tear and to wither tribe: stick strength her fire to eat him

13 Khathesi sesihlanyelwe enkangala, elizweni elitshisayo lelomileyo.

and now to transplant in/on/with wilderness in/on/with land: country/planet dryness and thirst

14 Umlilo umemetheke usuka kolunye lwezingatsha ezinkulu, watshisa izithelo zaso. Akulagatsha oluqinileyo oluseleyo kuso olufanele intonga yombusi.’ Lesi yisililo njalo sizasetshenziswa njengesililo.”

and to come out: issue fire from tribe: stick alone: pole her fruit her to eat and not to be in/on/with her tribe: stick strength tribe: staff to/for to rule dirge he/she/it and to be to/for dirge