UHezekheli 38
1 Ilizwi leNkosi laselifika kimi lisithi:
And there is a word of YHWH 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 toward Gog, of the land of Magog, chief prince of [[or prince of Rosh, ]] Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy concerning him,
3 uthi: Itsho njalo iNkosi uJehova: Khangela, ngimelene lawe, wena Gogi isiphathamandla esiyinhloko yeMesheki leThubhali.
and you have said, Thus says Lord YHWH: Behold, I [am] against you, O Gog, Chief prince of [[or prince of Rosh, ]] Meshech and Tubal,
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 have turned you back, And I have put hooks in your jaws, And have brought you out, and all your force, Horses and horsemen, All of them clothed in perfection, A numerous assembly, [with] buckler and shield, All of them handling swords.
5 IPerisiya, iEthiyophiya, lePuti ilabo; bonke belesihlangu lengowane.
Persia, Cush, and Phut, with them, All of them [with] shield and helmet.
6 IGomeri lamaviyo ayo wonke, indlu kaTogarima ezinhlangothini zenyakatho, lamaviyo ayo wonke; abantu abanengi kanye lawe.
Gomer and all its bands, The house of Togarmah [from] the sides of the north, And all its bands, many peoples with you,
7 Lunga, uzilungisele, wena lexuku lakho lonke elibuthene kuwe, ube ngumgcini wabo.
Be prepared, indeed, prepare yourself, You and all your assemblies who are assembled to you, And you have been for a watch for them.
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.
After many days you are appointed, In the latter end of the years you come into a land brought back from sword—Gathered out of many peoples, On mountains of Israel, That have been for a continuous ruin, And it has been brought out from the peoples, And all of them have dwelt safely.
9 Khona uzakwenyuka, uze njengesiphepho, ube njengeyezi lokusibekela umhlaba, wena, lawo wonke amaviyo akho, labantu abanengi kanye lawe.
And you have gone up—you come in as desolation, You are as a cloud to cover the land, You and all your bands, and many peoples with you.
10 Itsho njalo iNkosi uJehova: Kuzakuthi-ke ngalolosuku kuvele izinto enhliziyweni yakho, unakane icebo elibi,
Thus said Lord YHWH: And it has come to pass in that day, Things come up on your heart, And you have thought an evil thought,
11 uthi: Ngizakwenyukela elizweni lemizi engabiyelwanga; ngizakuya kwabalokuthula, abahlezi bevikelekile, bonke behlezi bengelamduli, bengelamgoqo lezivalo,
And you have said: I go up over a land of open places, I go to those at rest, dwelling confidently, All of them are dwelling without walls, And they have no bar and doors—
12 ukuphanga impango, lokubamba okubanjiweyo; ukuphendulela isandla sakho phezu kwezindawo ezingamanxiwa esezihlalwa, laphezu kwabantu ababuthwe ezizweni, abazuze izifuyo lempahla, abahlala enkabeni yelizwe.
To take a spoil, and to take a prey, To turn back your hand on inhabited ruins, And on a people gathered out of nations, Making livestock and substance, Dwelling on a high part 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?
Sheba, and Dedan, and merchants of Tarshish, And all its young lions say to you, Are you coming to take spoil? Have you assembled your assembly to take prey? To carry away silver and gold? To take away livestock and substance? To take a great spoil?
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 you have said to Gog, Thus said Lord YHWH: In that day, in the dwelling of My people Israel safely, Do you not know?
15 Khona uzakuza uvele endaweni yakho, ezinhlangothini zenyakatho, wena, labantu abanengi kanye lawe, bonke begade amabhiza, ixuku elikhulu, lebutho elilamandla.
And you have come in out of your place, From the sides of the north, You and many peoples with you, Riding on horses—all of them, A great assembly, and a numerous 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 have come up against My people Israel, As a cloud to cover the land, It is in the latter end of the days, And I have brought you in against My land, In order that the nations may know Me, In My being sanctified in you before their eyes, O Gog.
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 said Lord YHWH: Are you he of whom I spoke in former days, By the hand of My servants, prophets of Israel, Who were prophesying [for] years in those days, To bring you in against them?
18 Kuzakuthi-ke ngalolosuku mhla uGogi ezakuza ukumelana lelizwe lakoIsrayeli, itsho iNkosi uJehova, ulaka lwami luvuke ebusweni bami.
And it has come to pass in that day, In the day of the coming in of Gog against the land of Israel, A declaration of Lord YHWH, My fury comes up in My face,
19 Ngoba ebukhweleni bami lemlilweni wolaka lwami ngathi: Isibili ngalolosuku kuzakuba khona ukuzamazama okukhulu elizweni lakoIsrayeli.
And in My zeal, in the fire of My wrath, I have spoken: Is there not a great rushing on the land of Israel in that day?
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 rushed from My presence have fishes of the sea, And the bird of the heavens, And the beast of the field, And every creeping thing that is creeping on the ground, And all men who [are] on the face of the ground, And the mountains have been thrown down, And the ascents have fallen, And every wall falls to the earth.
21 Njalo ngizabiza inkemba imelane laye kuzo zonke izintaba zami, itsho iNkosi uJehova; inkemba yalowo lalowomuntu izamelana lomfowabo.
And I have called for a sword against him throughout all My mountains, A declaration of Lord YHWH, The sword of each is 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 have judged him with pestilence and with blood, And an overflowing rain and hailstones, I rain fire and brimstone on him, and on his bands, And on many peoples who [are] with him.
23 Ngalokho ngizazikhulisa ngizingcwelise, ngaziwe phambi kwamehlo ezizwe ezinengi; khona bazakwazi ukuthi ngiyiNkosi.
And I have magnified Myself, and sanctified Myself, And I have been known before the eyes of many nations, And they have known that I [am] YHWH!”
