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Ukuhlanjululwa Ezonweni
1 “Ngalelolanga umthombo uzavulelwa indlu kaDavida labakhileyo eJerusalema, ukubahlanza izono lokungcola.
2 Ngalelolanga ngizawasusa amabizo ezithombe elizweni ukuze zingakhunjulwa njalo,” kutsho uThixo uSomandla. “Ngizabasusa abaphrofethi kanye lomoya wokungcola phakathi kwelizwe. 3 Nxa ezabe elokhu ekhona ophrofethayo, uyise lonina abamzalayo bazakuthi kuye, ‘Kumele ufe ngoba usukhulume amanga ngegama likaThixo.’ Uzakuthi ephrofitha abazali bakhe ngokwabo bazamgwaza.
4 Ngalelolanga ngulowo lalowo umphrofethi uzaba lamanhloni ngombono wakhe wokuphrofetha. Akayikwembatha isivunulo somphrofethi esoboya ezama ukukhohlisa. 5 Uzakuthi, ‘Kangisuye umphrofethi, ngingumlimi; umhlabathi uyilapho okulokuphila kwami kusukela ebutsheni bami’ 6 Aluba ebuzwa kuthiwe, ‘Ngawani amanxeba la asemzimbeni wakho?’ Uzaphendula athi, ‘Ngamanxeba engawazuza endlini yabangane bami.’
Umelusi Utshayiwe, Izimvu Zahlakazwa
7 Vuka, wena nkemba, vukela umelusi wami,
uvukele umuntu osekhwapheni lami!”
kutsho uThixo uSomandla.
“Tshaya umelusi,
izimvu zizahlakazeka,
njalo ngizaphendula isandla sami ngitshaye ezincinyane.
8 Kulolonke ilizwe,” kutsho uThixo,
“ezimbili kwezintathu zizatshaywa zife;
kodwa ingxenye yesithathu izasala kulo.
9 Le ingxenye yesithathu ngizayifaka emlilweni;
ngizabancibilikisa ngibacenge njengesiliva
ngibahlolisise njengegolide.
Bazalibiza ibizo lami,
lami ngizabaphendula;
ngizakuthi, ‘Bangabantu bami,’
labo bazakuthi, ‘UThixo unguNkulunkulu wethu.’ ”