Udaniyeli 7:4-18 Ibhayibheli Elingcwele (ZUL59)

4. “Esokuqala sasinjengengonyama, sinamaphiko okhozi; ngabheka aze ahluthwa amaphiko aso, saphakanyiswa emhlabeni, samiswa ngezinyawo ezimbili njengomuntu, sanikwa inhliziyo yomuntu.

5. “Bheka, esinye isilo, esesibili, sinjengebhere,* samiswa ngolunye uhlangothi, izimbambo ezintathu zisemlonyeni waso phakathi kwamazinyo aso; kwathiwa kuso: ‘Vuka, udle inyama eningi.’

6. “Emva kwalokho ngabona; bheka, esinye, sinjengengwe, sinamaphiko amane enyoni emhlane; isilo sasinamakhanda amane, sanikwa ukubusa.

7. “Emva kwalokho ngabona emibonweni ebusuku; bheka, isilo sesine, esesabekayo, sinamandla, siqinile kakhulu; sasinamazinyo amakhulu ensimbi, sadla, saphula, sanyathela okuseleyo ngezinyawo zaso; sahlukile kuzo zonke izilo ezazingaphambi kwaso; sasinezimpondo eziyishumi.

8. “Ngabuka izimpondo; bheka, kwavela phakathi kwazo olunye uphondo, oluncane, okungaphambi kwalo ezintathu zezimpondo zokuqala zasimbulwa; futhi bheka, kulolo phondo kwakukhona amehlo anjengamehlo omuntu, nomlomo okhuluma izinto ezinkulu.

9. “Ngisabheka,kwabekwa izihlalo zobukhosi,kwahlala omdala wezinsuku;izambatho zakhe zazimhlophe njengeqhwa,izinwele zekhanda lakhe zinjengoboya bezimvu obuhlanzekileyo;isihlalo sakhe sobukhosi sasingamalangabi omlilo,amasondo aso engumlilo ovuthayo.

10. Umnonjana womlilo wavela,waphuma phambi kwakhe;izinkulungwane zenkulungwane zazimkhonza,nezinkulungwane eziyishumi zezinkulungwane eziyishumizazimi ngaphambi kwakhe;kwahlala abahluleli,izincwadi zavulwa.

11. “Ngabheka ngaleso sikhathi ngenxa yenhlokomo yamazwi amakhulu akhulunywa luphondo; ngabheka saze sahlatshwa isilo, wachithwa umzimba waso, sanikelwa ukuba sishiswe ngomlilo.

12. Kepha ezinye izilo, ukubusa kwazo kwasuswa, kodwa ukuphila kwazo kwelulwa isikhathi nenkathi.

13. “Ngabona emibonweni ebusuku; bheka, kwafika namafu ezulu onjengendodana yomuntu; yafika komdala wezinsuku, yasondezwa phambi kwakhe.

14. Yanikwa ukubusa, nobukhosi, nombuso, ukuze bonke abantu, nezizwe, nezilimi bayikhonze; ukubusa kwayo kungukubusa okuphakade okungayikudlula, nombuso wayo yiwo ongayikuchithwa.

15. “Mina Daniyeli, umoya wami wakhathazeka edokodweni lawo, nemibono yekhanda lami yangihlupha.

16. Ngasondela komunye wababemi khona, ngabuza kuye iqiniso lakho konke lokhu. Wangitshela, wangazisa incazelo yezindaba.

17. ‘Lezo zilo ezinkulu ezine zingamakhosi amane ayakuvela emhlabeni.

18. Kepha abangcwele boPhezukonke bayakwamukeliswa umbuso, umbuso ube ngowabo kuze kube phakade, yebo, kuze kube phakade naphakade.’

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