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6 Ngomnyaka okwahlongakala ngawo iKosi u-Uziya,+ ngabona uJehova ahlezi esihlalweni sobukhosi esiphakemeko+ nomphetho wesambatho sakhe uzele ithempeli. 2 Amaserafu bewambhodile; ngalinye lineempiko ezisithandathu. Ngalinye ligubuzese ubuso balo ngeempiko ezimbili bese ligubuzese iinyawo ngezimbili, iserafu ngalinye beliphapha ngeempiko ezimbili.
3 Elinye belirhuwelela elinye lithi:
“Ucwengile, ucwengile, ucwengile uJehova wamabutho.+
Loke iphasi lizele iphazimulwakhe.”
4 Amagoseni weminyango asikinyeka nawezwa itjhada lokurhuwelela* nendlu yazala intuthu.+
5 Nje-ke ngathi: “Maye! Kimi
Nginjengofileko,*
Ngombana ngimumuntu onomlomo osilapheleko,
Begodu ngihlala hlangana nabantu abakhuluma izinto ezisilapheleko;+
Ngombana amehlwami abone iKosi, uJehova wamabutho ngokwakhe!”
6 Khonokho, elinye lamaserafu laphapha leza kimi, liphethe ilahle elivuthako+ elilithethe ngedlawu e-aldareni.+ 7 Lathinta umlomami bese lathi:
“Qala! Lokhu kuthinte umlomakho.
Umlandwakho ususiwe,
Nesono sakho silitjalelwe.”
8 Nje-ke ngezwa ilizwi lakaJehova lithi: “Ngizokuthuma ubani begodu ngubani ozosiyela?”+ Ngathi: “Nangu mina! Thuma mina!”+
9 Waphendula wathi, “Khamba, uthi ebantwinaba:
‘Nizokuzwa ngokubuyelelweko,
Kodwana angekhe nizwisise;
Nizokubona ngokubuyelelweko,
Kodwana angekhe nifumane ilwazi.’+
10 Yenza ihliziyo yabantwaba iqine,*+
Yenza iindlebe zabo zingezwa,+
Vala amehlwabo,
Bona bangaboni ngamehlwabo
Bangezwa nangeendlebe zabo,
Bona iinhliziyo zabo zingazwisisi
Begodu bangabuyeli kimi balapheke.”+
11 Yeke ngathi: “Bekube kunini Jehova?” Yena wathi:
“Bekube kulapho amadorobho agirika aba marubhi kungasanasakhamuzi
Nezindlu zingasanabantu
Nenarha itjhatjalalisiwe ingasanalitho;+
12 Bekube kulapho uJehova aqotha khona abantu+
Nobujamo benarha elahliweko buthuwelela.
13 “Kodwana kuzabe kusesenabantu abambalwa* abahlala enarheni leyo begodu izokubuye itjhiswe, njengomuthi omkhulu nanjenge-owuku, ngemva kokuthi iquntiwe izokutjhiya isidindi, imbewu ecwengileko izokuba* sidindi sayo.”