1. Kwathi ngomnyaka wamashumi amathathu ngenyanga yesine ngolwesihlanu, ngiphakathi kwabathunjwa ngasemfuleni iKhebari, lavuleka izulu, ngabona imibono ngoNkulunkulu.
2. Ngolwesihlanu lwenyanga ngomnyaka wesihlanu wokuthunjwa kukaJehoyakini
3. izwi likaJehova lafika kuHezekeli umpristi, indodana kaBuzi, ezweni lamaKaledi ngasemfuleni iKhebari. Isandla sikaJehova sasiphezu kwakhe lapho.
4. Ngabona, bheka, kwavela umoya wesivunguvungu enyakatho, ifu elikhulu elinomlilo ovuthayo nokukhanya nxazonke zalo, kuphuma phakathi kwalo kungathi ithusi elikhazimulayo, kuvela emlilweni.
5. Phakathi kwakho kwaphuma umfanekiso wezidalwa ezine, nesimo sazo sasiyilesi: zafana nabantu,
6. kepha yileso naleso sasinobuso obune, futhi sasinamaphiko amane;
7. imilenze yazo yayiqondile, amathe ezinyawo zazo ayenjengamathe ezinyawo zethole; zazimenyezela njengethusi eliphucuziweyo.
8. Zazinezandla zomuntu phansi kwamaphiko azo ezinhlangothini zazo zozine. Ubuso namaphiko alezi ezine kwakunje:
9. amaphiko azo ayehlangene, elinye nelinye; aziphendukanga ekuhambeni kwazo, yileso naleso sahamba ngokuqonda kobuso baso.
10. Isimo sobuso bazo sasingubuso bomuntu, zozine zinobuso bengonyama ngakwesokunene, zozine zinobuso benkomo ngakwesokhohlo, zozine zinobuso bokhozi futhi.
11. Babunjalo ubuso bazo. Amaphiko azo ayahlukene phezulu; kuleso naleso amabili ayehlangene, elinye nelinye; amabili ayembesa imizimba yazo.
12. Zahamba zonke ngokuqonda kobuso bazo, zaya khona, lapho umoya wayethanda ukuya khona, aziphendukanga ekuhambeni kwazo.
13. Isimo sezidalwa sasinjengamalahle omlilo avutha njengezibani, ahambahamba phakathi kwezidalwa; umlilo wamenyezela, nasemlilweni kwaphuma unyazi.
14. Izidalwa zagijima, zabuya njengombani.
15. Ngisabuka izidalwa, bheka, nanto isondo emhlabathini eceleni kwezidalwa, kuleso naleso sazo zozine.
16. Ukubonakala kwamasondo nokwenziwa kwawo kwakunjengekrisolithe,* nezimo zawo omane zaziyintonye. Ukubonakala kwawo nokwenziwa kwawo kwakunjengokuba kukhona isondo phakathi kwesondo.
17. Ekuhambeni kwawo aya ezinhlangothini zozine; awaphendukanga ekuhambeni kwawo.