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17 Enye yeengilozi ezilikhomba ebezinezitja ezilikhomba+ yeza kimi yathi: “Iza, ngizokutjengisa isahlulelo sengwadla ekulu ehlezi phezu kwamanzi amanengi,+ 2 leyo amakhosi wephasi aziphethe kumbi nayo ngokomseme,*+ edakise nabantu abahlala ephasini ngewayini layo lokuziphatha kumbi ngokomseme.”*+
3 Yangithatha ngamandla wommoya yangisa emmangweni. Ngabona umfazi ahlezi esibandaneni esibomvu be! Ebesizele amagama ahlambalazako begodu sineenhloko ezilikhomba neempondo ezilitjhumi. 4 Umfazi lo bekambethe isambatho esisipiridzana+ nesibomvu be! Bekazikghabise ngegolide namatje aligugu namaparele,+ esandleni sakhe bekaphethe ikapho yegolide ezele izinto ezinyenyisako nezinto ezisilapheleko zokuziphatha kwakhe kumbi ngokomseme.* 5 Epandlakhe bekutlolwe igama eliyifihlakalo elithi: “IBhabhiloni eliKhulu, unina weengwadla+ nezinto ezinyenyisako zephasi.”+ 6 Ngabona ukuthi umfazi lo udakwe ziingazi zabacwengileko neengazi zabofakazi bakaJesu.+
Ngathi nangimbonako, ngarareka khulu. 7 Nje-ke ingilozi yathi kimi: “Kubayini urarekile? Ngizokutjela ifihlo yomfazi lo+ neyesibandana esimthweleko esineenhloko ezilikhomba neempondo ezilitjhumi:+ 8 Isibandana osibonileko besikhona kodwana asisekho nanyana kunjalo sesizokuphuma emgodini onganamkhawulo,+ sizokutjhinga ekutjhatjalalisweni. Labo abahlala ephasini, labo amagamabo angakatlolwa emsongweni wokuphila+ kusukela ekuthonyisweni kwephasi, bazokurareka nababona isibandana ebesikhona kodwana esingasekho nanyana kunjalo siba khona godu.
9 “Lokhu kutlhoga ingqondo ehlakaniphileko: Iinhloko ezilikhomba+ zitjho iintaba ezilikhomba, lapho umfazi ahlezi khona phezulu. 10 Kunamakhosi alikhomba: Amahlanu awile, yinye ikhona, enye ayikafiki kodwana nayifikako, izokuhlala isikhatjhana. 11 Isibandana ebesikhona kodwana esingasekho+ naso siyikosi yobunane kodwana sivela emakhosini alikhomba, begodu sitjhinga ekutjhatjalalisweni.
12 “Iimpondo ezilitjhumi owazibonako zitjho amakhosi alitjhumi angakabi ukufumana umbuso kodwana afumana amandla wobukhosi i-iri linye akunye nesibandana. 13 Anomcabango munye, yeke anikela amandla nelawulo lawo esibandaneni. 14 Amakhosi lawo azokulwa neMvana+ ngebanga lokuthi iMbusi wababusi neKosi yamakhosi,+ iMvana izobahlula.+ Godu labo abanayo ababiziweko, abakhethiweko nabathembekileko bazokwenza okufanako.”+
15 Yathi kimi: “Amanzi owabonileko, lapho ingwadla ihlezi khona, atjho abantu neenqubuthu neentjhaba namalimi.+ 16 Iimpondo ezilitjhumi+ ozibonileko nesibandana,+ zizoyihloya ingwadla+ ziyitjhabalalise beziyihlubulise begodu zizokudla inyamayo ngokupheleleko ziyitjhise ngomlilo.+ 17 Ngombana uZimu ukufake eenhliziyweni zabo ukuthi benze ngokomcabangwakhe,+ iye, bona benze ngokuvumelana nomcabangwakhe ngokuthi banikele isibandana umbuso,+ bekube kulapho amezwi kaZimu sekazalisekile. 18 Umfazi+ ombonileko utjho idorobho elikhulu elinombuso phezu kwamakhosi wephasi.”