UHezekheli 6
1 Ilizwi leNkosi laselifika kimi lisithi:
The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
2 Ndodana yomuntu, khangelisa ubuso bakho ngasezintabeni zakoIsrayeli, uprofethe umelene lazo.
“Son of man, set your face against the mountains of Israel and prophesy to them.
3 Uthi: Lina zintaba zakoIsrayeli, zwanini ilizwi leNkosi uJehova. Itsho njalo iNkosi uJehova ezintabeni, lemaqaqeni, ezifuleni, lezihotsheni: Khangelani, mina ngizakwehlisela phezu kwenu inkemba, ngichithe indawo zenu eziphakemeyo.
Say, 'Mountains of Israel, listen to the word of the Lord Yahweh! The Lord Yahweh says this to the mountains and to the hills, to the streambeds, and to the valleys: Behold! I am bringing a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places.
4 Lamalathi enu azachithwa, lamalathi enu elanga aphahlazwe, lababuleweyo benu ngibaphosele phansi phambi kwezithombe zenu.
Then your altars will become desolate and your pillars will be destroyed, and I will throw down your dead in front of their idols.
5 Ngibeke izidumbu zabantwana bakoIsrayeli phambi kwezithombe zabo, ngihlakaze amathambo enu inhlangothi zonke zamalathi enu.
I will lay the dead bodies of the people of Israel before their idols, and scatter your bones around your altars.
6 Kuzo zonke indawo zenu zokuhlala imizi izachithwa, lendawo eziphakemeyo zibe ngamanxiwa, ukuze amalathi enu achithwe abe ngamanxiwa, lezithombe zenu ziphahlazwe ziphele, lamalathi enu elanga aqunywe, lemisebenzi yenu itshabalaliswe.
Everywhere you live, cities will be laid waste and the high places ruined, so that your altars will be laid waste and made desolate. Then they will be broken and disappear, your pillars will be cut down and your works will be wiped away.
7 Lababuleweyo bazakuwa phakathi kwenu, njalo lizakwazi ukuthi ngiyiNkosi.
The dead will fall down in your midst and you will know that I am Yahweh.
8 Kodwa ngizatshiya insali ukuze libe labanye abazaphepha inkemba phakathi kwezizwe lapho lizahlakazekela emazweni.
But I will preserve a remnant among you, and there will be some who escape the sword among the nations, when you are scattered throughout the countries.
9 Labaphunyukileyo benu bazangikhumbula phakathi kwezizwe lapho abathunjelwe khona; ngoba ngidabukile ngenxa yenhliziyo yabo ephingayo, esukileyo kimi, langamehlo abo aphingayo elandela izithombe zabo. Njalo bazazenyanya ngobubi ababenzileyo kuwo wonke amanyala abo.
Then those who escape will think of me among the nations where they will be held captive, that I was grieved by their promiscuous heart that turned away from me, and by their eyes that whored after their idols. Then they will show loathing on their face for the wickedness which they have committed with all their abominations.
10 Njalo bazakwazi ukuthi ngiyiNkosi; kangikhulumanga ngeze ukuthi ngizakwenza lokho okubi kubo.
So they will know that I am Yahweh. It was for a reason that I said I would bring this evil to them.
11 Itsho njalo iNkosi uJehova: Tshaya ngesandla sakho, utshaye phansi ngonyawo lwakho, uthi: Maye ngenxa yawo wonke amanyala amabi endlu yakoIsrayeli! ngoba bazakuwa ngenkemba, ngendlala, langomatshayabhuqe wesifo.
The Lord Yahweh says this: Clap your hands and stomp your foot! Say, 'Alas!' because of all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! For they will fall by sword, famine, and plague.
12 Okhatshana uzakufa ngomatshayabhuqe wesifo, loseduze uzakuwa ngenkemba, loseleyo wavinjezelwa uzakufa yindlala. Ngokunjalo ngizaphelelisa ukufutheka kwami phezu kwabo.
The one far away will die by plague, and the one who is near will fall by the sword. Those who remain and survive will die by famine. In this way I will accomplish my fury against them.
13 Khona lizakwazi ukuthi ngiyiNkosi, lapho ababuleweyo babo sebephakathi kwezithombe zabo behanqe amalathi abo, phezu kwalo lonke uqaqa olude, ezingqongeni zonke zezintaba, langaphansi kwaso sonke isihlahla esiluhlaza, langaphansi kwalo lonke i-okhi eliqatha, indawo ababenikela khona iphunga elimnandi kuzo zonke izithombe zabo.
Then you will know that I am Yahweh, when their dead lie among their idols, around their altars, on every high hill—on all the mountain peaks, and under every flourishing tree and thick oak—the places where they burned incense to all their idols.
14 Ngokunjalo ngizakwelulela isandla sami phezu kwabo, ngenze ilizwe libe lunxiwa, yebo, libe lunxiwa kulenkangala ngaseDibila, kuzo zonke izindawo zabo zokuhlala. Khona bezakwazi ukuthi ngiyiNkosi.
I will strike with my hand and make the land desolate and a waste, from the wilderness to Diblah, throughout all the places where they live. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.”
