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Ukwahlulelwa KweJerusalema Lelizwe LakoJuda

1Khangelani khathesi UThixo,uThixo uSomandlausezasusa eJerusalema lelizweni lakoJudaokufunekayo losizo:konke ukudla lamanzi,2iqhawe lebutho,umahluleli lomphrofethi,isangoma lomuntu omdala,3induna yebutho labangamatshumi amahlanulamadoda ayizikhulu,umeluleki, ingcitshi yemisebenzi,lesanuse esihlakaniphileyo.
4“Ngizakwenza abafana babeyizikhulu zabo;abantwana nje bazababusa.”
5Abantu bazancindezelana,umuntu avukele umuntu,umakhelwane avukele umakhelwane.Abatsha bazavukela abadala,abeyisekayo bavukele abahlonitshwa.
6Indoda izabamba omunye wabafowaboemzini kayise ithi,“Ulesembatho, woba ngumkhokheli wethu,inqwaba yamanxiwa leizakuba ngaphansi kombuso wakho.”7Kodwa ngalolosuku uzakhala athi,“Angilamasiza.Endlini yami akulakudla loba izigqoko;ungangenzi umkhokheli wabantu.”
8IJerusalema liyadiyazela,uJuda uyawa;amazwi abo lezenzo zabo kuphambene loThixo,kweyisa ubukhosi bakhe.9Ukukhangeleka kobuso babo kufakaza kubi ngabo;babukisa izono zabo njengeSodoma;kabazifihli.Maye kubo!Bazilethele incithakalo phezu kwabo.
10Tshela abalungileyo ukuthi kuzakuba kuhle kubo,ngoba bazakholisa izithelo zezenzo zabo.11Maye kwababi!Incithakalo isiphezu kwabo!Bazaphindiselwangalokho izandla zabo ezikwenzileyo.
12Abatsha bancindezela abantu bami,abesifazane bayababusa.Awu, bantu bami, abakhokheli benu bayaliduhisa;bayaliphambula endleleni.
13UThixo uphakama ukuba afakaze indaba yakhe,uyasukuma ukuba ahlulele abantu.14UThixo uqalisa ukwahlulelaabadala labakhokheli babantu esithi,“Yini elitshabalalise isivini sami;elikuthumbe kubayanga kusezindlini zenu.15Litshoni ngokuchoboza abantu bamilangokuchola ubuso babayanga?”kutsho iNkosi, uThixo uSomandla.
16UThixo uthi,“Abesifazane baseZiyoni bayaziphakamisa,bahamba belule izintamo,behuga ngamehlo abo,begwenxeka ngamanyathelo amancane,izigqizo zikhencezela enqagaleni zabo.17Ngakho-ke uThixo uzakwenza amakhandaabesifazane baseZiyoni abe lezilonda;uThixo uzakwenzaisikhumba samakhanda abo siphuceke.”18Ngalolosuku uThixo uzahluthuna imiceciso yabo: amasongo, imincwazi, lemigaxo yentanyeni19amacici, izigqizo lezimbombozo,20amaqhiye, izigetsho lamabhanti; amambodlela amakha lezintebe,21indandatho ezilophawu lamasongo empumulo,22izembatho ezinhle lezingubo lezigqoko, izikhwama23lezibuko, lezigqoko zelineni, imiqhele lamaveli.24Endaweni yephunga elimnandikuzakuba lomnuko omubi;endaweni yebhanti kuzakuba legoda,endaweni yenwele ezilungiswe kuhlekuzakuba lempabanga,endaweni yezigqoko ezinhlekuzakuba ngamasaka,endaweni yobuhle, kuzakuba lihlazo.25Amadoda akini azakuwa ngenkemba,kanjalo lamabutho akini empini.26Amasango aseZiyoni azakhala alile,kuthi yona ihlale phansi ichithekile.