1 Ngonyaka wesithandathu, ngosuku lwesihlanu kwinyanga yesithandathu, ndandihleli endlwini yam, amadoda amakhulu akwaJuda ethe qwelele phambi kwam, ndaza ndonganyelwa ngamandla eNkosi *uNdikhoyo.
2 Ndajonga, ndaza ndabona into efana nomntu. Yayingathi ngumlilo ukusuka esinqeni kuhle; ukunyuka yayiqaqambe okwesinyithi esitshe sada sabomvu.
3 Yolula loo nto yayingathi sisandla, yandithi hlasi ngesihlwitha. UMoya wanditsho ndaphakathi komhlaba nezulu, ndaza ngokombono kaThixo ndasiwa eJerusalem kwisango elingentla yeyona nkundla iphakathi apho kwakumi *isithixo esasixhokonxa ikhwele likaNdikhoyo.
4 Apho phambi kwam ndabona ubuqaqawuli boThixo kaSirayeli obufana nqwa nobuya ndabuboniswa ethafeni.
5 INkosi yathi kum: “Mntundini, khangela ngasentla.” Ndaza ndajonga, ndabona isithixo esixhokonxa ikhwele likaNdikhoyo simi kufuphi neqonga lamadini ngakwisango langentla.
6 INkosi yathi kum: “Mntundini, uyayibona into abayenzayo – intlondi eyenziwa yindlu kaSirayeli apha, izinto eziza kundigxotha kwisibingelelo sam esisodwa? Kanti ke useza kubona nawona manyundululu.”
7 Yaza yandibeka esangweni lenkundla. Ndajonga ndabona umngxuma eludongeni.
8 Yathi ke kum: “Mntundini, ngoku ke gqobhoza eludongeni.” Nam ke ndagqobhoza, ndaza ndabona umnyango apho.
9 Yathi kum: “Ngena ubone amanyundululu abawenzayo apha.”
10 Ndaza ke ndangena, ndajonga, ndabona eludongeni kukrolwe imifanekiso yezilo ezirhubuluzayo nezilwanyana ezinezothe nazo zonke izithixo ezisuke zanqulwa yindlu kaSirayeli.
11 Phambi kwazo kwakumi amashumi asixhenxe amadoda amakhulu endlu kaSirayeli, phakathi kwawo kukho uYazaniya unyana kaShafan. Nganye kuwo yayiphethe isitya esinesiqholo, kuso kunyuka umsi.
12 Yathi kum iNkosi: “Mntundini, ukubonile okwenziwa ngamadoda amakhulu endlu kaSirayeli emnyameni? Yileyo naleyo isegumbini lesithixo sayo. Athi: ‘UNdikhoyo akasiboni; uNdikhoyo ulilahlile eli lizwe.’ ”
13 INkosi iqhube yathi: “Uza kubabona besenza izinto ezinezothe ngaphezu kwezi.”
14 Indise kwisango elingentla lendlu kaNdikhoyo, ndaza ndabona abafazi behleli bezilele isithixo uTamuzi.
15 Ithe kum: “Uyayibona le nto, mntundini? Useza kubona amanyundululu angaphezu kwala.”
16 Ngoku indingenise phakathi kweyona nkundla yendlu kaNdikhoyo. Ngakwisango phakathi kweqonga nendawo yokuhamba kwakukho malunga namashumi amabini anesihlanu amadoda. Ayeyifulathele indlu kaNdikhoyo, ejonge empumalanga, equbuda kwilanga lasempuma.
17 Ithe kum: “Ukubonile oku, mntundini? Ngathi indlu kaJuda ayanelanga ngala manyundululu iwenzayo, ngoku izalise ilizwe lonke ngogonyamelo, indixhokonxa ngakumbi ukuze ndibe nomsindo. Babone ke aba bantu: nâbo bewangawangisa ngamasebe omdiliya ngasezimpumlweni zabo!
18 Ngokwenene andiyi kuba nalusizi, ndingayi kubasindisa; baza kuthi shu yingqumbo yam. Nokuba sebede batsho ngenzwinini yesikhalo andiyi kuphulaphula.”