UHezekheli 38
1 Ilizwi leNkosi laselifika kimi lisithi:
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
2 Ndodana yomuntu, misa ubuso bakho bumelene loGogi, ilizwe likaMagogi, isiphathamandla esiyinhloko yeMesheki leThubhali, uprofethe umelene laye,
Son of man, set your face against Gog, and the land of Magog, Rhos, prince of Mesoch and Thobel, and prophesy against him,
3 uthi: Itsho njalo iNkosi uJehova: Khangela, ngimelene lawe, wena Gogi isiphathamandla esiyinhloko yeMesheki leThubhali.
and say to him, Thus says the Lord God; Behold, I am against you, Rhos prince of Mesoch and Thobel:
4 Njalo ngizakuphendula, ngifake izingwegwe emihlathini yakho, ngikukhuphe wena lebutho lakho lonke, amabhiza labagadi bamabhiza, bonke begqoke bephelele, ixuku elikhulu elilomhawu lesihlangu, bonke bephethe izinkemba.
and I will gather you, and all your host, horses and horsemen, all wearing breastplates, with a great multitude, shields and helmets and swords:
5 IPerisiya, iEthiyophiya, lePuti ilabo; bonke belesihlangu lengowane.
Persians, and Ethiopians, and Libyans; all with helmets and shields.
6 IGomeri lamaviyo ayo wonke, indlu kaTogarima ezinhlangothini zenyakatho, lamaviyo ayo wonke; abantu abanengi kanye lawe.
Gomer, and all belonging to him; the house of Thorgama, from the end of the north, and all belonging to him; and many nations with you.
7 Lunga, uzilungisele, wena lexuku lakho lonke elibuthene kuwe, ube ngumgcini wabo.
Be you prepared, prepare yourself, you, and all your multitude that is assembled with you, and you shall be to me for a guard.
8 Emva kwensuku ezinengi uzahanjelwa; ekucineni kweminyaka uzakuza elizweni elabuyiswa enkembeni, elabuthwa ezizweni ezinengi, ngasezintabeni zakoIsrayeli, ezaziyincithakalo njalonjalo. Kodwa selikhutshwe emazweni, njalo bazahlala bevikelekile bonke.
He shall be prepared after many days, and he shall come at the end of years, and shall come to a land that is brought back from the sword, when [the people] are gathered from many nations against the land of Israel, which was entirely desolate: and he is come forth out of the nations, and they shall all dwell securely.
9 Khona uzakwenyuka, uze njengesiphepho, ube njengeyezi lokusibekela umhlaba, wena, lawo wonke amaviyo akho, labantu abanengi kanye lawe.
And you shall go up as rain, and shall arrive as a cloud to cover the land, and there shall be you, and all that are about you, and many nations with you.
10 Itsho njalo iNkosi uJehova: Kuzakuthi-ke ngalolosuku kuvele izinto enhliziyweni yakho, unakane icebo elibi,
Thus says the Lord God; It shall also come to pass in that day, that thoughts shall come up into your heart, and you shall devise evil devices.
11 uthi: Ngizakwenyukela elizweni lemizi engabiyelwanga; ngizakuya kwabalokuthula, abahlezi bevikelekile, bonke behlezi bengelamduli, bengelamgoqo lezivalo,
And you shall say, I will go up to the rejected land; I will come upon them that are at ease in tranquillity, and dwelling in peace, all inhabiting a land in which there is no wall, nor bars, nor have they doors;
12 ukuphanga impango, lokubamba okubanjiweyo; ukuphendulela isandla sakho phezu kwezindawo ezingamanxiwa esezihlalwa, laphezu kwabantu ababuthwe ezizweni, abazuze izifuyo lempahla, abahlala enkabeni yelizwe.
to seize plunder, and to take their spoil; to turn my hands against the desolate land that is [now] inhabited, and against a nation that is gathered from many nations, that have acquired property, dwelling in the midst of the land.
13 IShebha, leDedani, labathengiselani beTarshishi, lazo zonke izilwane zayo ezintsha, kuzakuthi kuwe: Ufike yini ukuzaphanga impango? Ixuku lakho ulibuthanisele ukubamba okubanjiweyo yini, ukususa isiliva legolide, ukuthatha izifuyo lempahla, ukuphanga impango enkulu yini?
Sabba, and Daedan, and Carthaginian merchants, and all their villages shall say to you, You are come for plunder to take a prey, and to get spoils: you have gathered your multitude to take silver and gold, to carry off property, to take spoils.
14 Ngakho, profetha, ndodana yomuntu, uthi kuGogi: Itsho njalo iNkosi uJehova: Ngalolosuku, mhla abantu bami uIsrayeli behlezi ngokuvikeleka, kawuyikukwazi yini?
Therefore prophesy, son of man, and say to Gog, Thus says the Lord; Will you not arise in that day, when my people Israel are dwelling securely,
15 Khona uzakuza uvele endaweni yakho, ezinhlangothini zenyakatho, wena, labantu abanengi kanye lawe, bonke begade amabhiza, ixuku elikhulu, lebutho elilamandla.
and come out of your place from the farthest north, and many nations with you? all of them mounted on horses, a great gathering, and a large force?
16 Njalo uzakwenyuka umelane labantu bami uIsrayeli, njengeyezi elisibekela umhlaba. Kuzakwenzeka ekucineni kwezinsuku, ngikuse umelane lelizwe lami, ukuze izizwe zingazi, lapho ngizangcweliswa kuwe, wena Gogi, phambi kwamehlo azo.
And you shall come up upon my people Israel as a cloud to cover the land; it shall come to pass in the last days, that I will bring you up upon my land, that all the nations may know me, when I am sanctified in you before them.
17 Itsho njalo iNkosi uJehova: Unguwe yini engakhuluma ngaye ensukwini zasendulo ngesandla sezinceku zami abaprofethi bakoIsrayeli, abaprofetha ngalezonsuku okweminyaka eminengi ukuthi ngizakuletha umelane labo?
Thus says the Lord God, to Gog; You are [he] concerning whom I spoke in former times, by the hand of my servants the prophets of Israel, in those days and years, that I would bring you up against them.
18 Kuzakuthi-ke ngalolosuku mhla uGogi ezakuza ukumelana lelizwe lakoIsrayeli, itsho iNkosi uJehova, ulaka lwami luvuke ebusweni bami.
And it shall come to pass in that day, in the day when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, says the Lord God,
19 Ngoba ebukhweleni bami lemlilweni wolaka lwami ngathi: Isibili ngalolosuku kuzakuba khona ukuzamazama okukhulu elizweni lakoIsrayeli.
[that] my wrath and my jealousy shall arise, I have spoken in the fire of mine anger, verily in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
20 Ukuze kuthuthumele ebukhoneni bami izinhlanzi zolwandle, lenyoni zamazulu, lenyamazana zeganga, lazo zonke izinto ezihuquzelayo, ezihuquzela emhlabathini, labo bonke abantu abasebusweni bomhlaba, lezintaba zizawiselwa phansi, lamawa azawela phansi, lawo wonke umduli uwele emhlabathini.
and the fish of the sea shall quake at the presence of the Lord, and the birds of the sky and the wild beasts of the field, and all the reptiles that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are on the face of the earth; and the mountains shall be tore, and the valleys shall fall, and every wall on the land shall fall.
21 Njalo ngizabiza inkemba imelane laye kuzo zonke izintaba zami, itsho iNkosi uJehova; inkemba yalowo lalowomuntu izamelana lomfowabo.
And I will summon against it even every fear, says the Lord: the sword of [every] man shall be against his brother.
22 Futhi ngizamehlulela ngomatshayabhuqe wesifo langegazi; nginise phezu kwakhe, laphezu kwamaxuku akhe, laphezu kwezizwe ezinengi ezilaye, izulu elikhukhulayo, lamatshe esiqhotho, umlilo, lesolufa.
And I will judge him with pestilence, and blood, and sweeping rain, and hailstones; and I will rain upon him fire and brimstone, and upon all that are with him, and upon many nations with him.
23 Ngalokho ngizazikhulisa ngizingcwelise, ngaziwe phambi kwamehlo ezizwe ezinengi; khona bazakwazi ukuthi ngiyiNkosi.
And I will be magnified, and sanctified, and glorified; and I will be known in the presence of many nations, and they shall know that I am the Lord.
