ISityhilelo Esiya KuYohane
17 Enye yeengelosi ezisixhenxe ezaziphethe izitya ezisixhenxe+ yeza kum, yathi: “Yiza ndikubonise isigwebo sikanongogo* omkhulu ohlala phezu kwamanzi amaninzi,+ 2 abaye baziphatha kakubi ngesondo*+ naye ookumkani bomhlaba, baza abemi bomhlaba banxiliswa yiwayini yokuziphatha kakubi kwakhe ngesondo.”*+
3 Yandifunqula ngamandla omoya yandisa entlango. Ndabona umfazi ehleli phezu kwerhamncwa elibomvu krwe, ligcwele amagama anyelisayo. Lalineentloko ezisixhenxe neempondo ezilishumi. 4 Lo mfazi wayenxibe iimpahla ezimsobo*+ nezibomvu krwe. Wayehombe ngegolide, ngamatye axabisekileyo nangeeperile,+ yaye wayephethe indebe egcwele izinto ezenyanyekayo nezimdaka zokuziphatha kakubi kwakhe ngesondo.* 5 Ebunzini lakhe kwakubhalwe igama elingaziwayo elithi: “IBhabhiloni Enkulu, umama wabafazi abathengisa ngomzimba+ nowezinto ezenyanyekayo zomhlaba.”+ 6 Ndambona lo mfazi ukuba unxilile ligazi labangcwele naligazi lamangqina kaYesu.+
Ndathi ndakumbona ndamangaliswa kakhulu. 7 Ngoko ingelosi yathi kum: “Kutheni umangalisiwe nje? Ndiza kukuxelela le nto ingaziwayo ngalo mfazi+ nangerhamncwa alikhweleyo, elineentloko ezisixhenxe neempondo ezilishumi:+ 8 Irhamncwa owalibonayo lalikho, laza laphinda alabikho, kodwa sele liza kunyuka liphume emngxunyeni ongenasiphelo.*+ Liza kutshatyalaliswa. Abemi bomhlaba abanamagama angabhalwanga kumsongo wobomi+ ukususela ekusekweni kwehlabathi, baza kumangaliswa xa bebona irhamncwa elalikho laza alabikho, kodwa eliseza kubakho.
9 “Le nto ifuna ingqondo yesilumko: Iintloko ezisixhenxe+ zimela iintaba ezisixhenxe ahleli phezu kwazo umfazi. 10 Kukho ookumkani abasixhenxe: abahlanu bawile, omnye ukho, omnye akakafiki, kodwa xa efika umele ahlale ixesha elifutshane. 11 Irhamncwa elalikho laza alabikho,+ likwangukumkani wesibhozo, kodwa liphuma kwaba basixhenxe, ibe liza kutshatyalaliswa.
12 “Iimpondo ezilishumi ozibonileyo zimela ookumkani abalishumi abangekafumani bukumkani, kodwa bayalifumana igunya lokuba ngookumkani okwexeshana* kunye nerhamncwa. 13 Aba kumkani bacinga into enye, ngoko banika irhamncwa amandla negunya labo. 14 Baza kulwa neMvana,*+ kodwa kuba iyiNkosi yeenkosi noKumkani wookumkani,+ iMvana iza* kuboyisa.+ Nabo babiziweyo nabakhethiweyo, nabathembekileyo abakunye nayo baza kuboyisa.”+
15 Le ngelosi yathi kum: “Amanzi owabonileyo, ahleli kuwo umfazi othengisa ngomzimba,* amela izizwana, izihlwele, iintlanga neelwimi.+ 16 Iimpondo ezilishumi+ ozibonileyo, nerhamncwa,+ baza kumcaphukela lo mfazi uthengisa ngomzimba,*+ yaye baza kumxuthela zonke izinto zakhe, bamshiye eze. Baza kuyitya inyama yakhe baze bamtshise aphele ngomlilo.+ 17 Kuba uThixo wenze iintliziyo zabo ukuba zenze izinto ezicingwa nguye,+ benze le nto inye bayicingayo, le yokunika irhamncwa ubukumkani babo,+ ide yenzeke into eyathethwa nguThixo. 18 Umfazi+ ombonileyo yena umela isixeko esikhulu esinobukumkani obulawula ookumkani bomhlaba.”