Revelation 17
1 Kwase kufika enye yezingelosi eziyisikhombisa ezazinezitsha eziyisikhombisa, yakhuluma nami, yathi kimi: “Woza lapha; Ngiyakukukhombisa ukwahlulelwa kwesifebe esikhulu esihlezi phezu kwamanzi amaningi;
2 amakhosi omhlaba aphinge nayo, nabakhileyo emhlabeni badakwa ngewayini lobufebe bayo.
3 Yangiyisa ehlane ngikuMoya; ngabona owesifazane ehlezi phezu kwesilo esibomvu, sigcwele amagama enhlamba, sinamakhanda ayisikhombisa nezimpondo eziyishumi.
4 Owesifazane wayevunule okububende nokubomvu, ehlotshiswe ngegolide namatshe anenani namaparele, enendebe yegolide esandleni sakhe, igcwele amanyala nokungcola kokuphinga kwakhe;
5 Ebunzini lakhe kwakulotshwe igama eliyimfihlakalo, iBhabhiloni ENKULU, UNINA WEZIFEBE NOWAZINYANYAYO ZOMHLABA.
6 Ngabona owesifazane edakwe yigazi labangcwele, negazi labafakazi bakaJesu;
7 Yathi kimi ingelosi: “Umangala ngani na? Ngizokutshela imfihlakalo yowesifazane, neyesilo esimthwele, esinamakhanda ayisikhombisa nezimpondo eziyishumi.
8 Isilo owasibonayo sasikhona, kodwa asisekho; bayakwenyuka bephuma kwalasha, baye ekubhujisweni; bayakumangala abahlezi emhlabeni, abamagama abo angalotshwanga encwadini yokuphila kusukela ekusekelweni komhlaba, lapho bebona isilo esasikhona, ayikho, kanti nokho ikhona.
9 Nansi ingqondo enokuhlakanipha. Amakhanda ayisikhombisa ayizintaba eziyisikhombisa owesifazane ehlezi phezu kwazo.
10 Futhi angamakhosi ayisikhombisa: ayisihlanu asewile, enye ikhona, enye ayikafiki; njalo nxa isifikile, izahlala isikhashana.
11 Nesilo esasikhona, kepha esingasekho, singesesishiyagalombili, kepha siphuma kweziyisikhombisa, siya ekubhujisweni.
12 Izimpondo eziyishumi ozibonile zingamakhosi ayishumi angakawamukeli umbuso; kodwa amukele amandla njengamakhosi ihora linye kanye nesilo.
13 Lawa anomqondo munye, futhi anika isilo amandla awo namandla awo.
14 Laba bayakulwa neWundlu, kepha iWundlu liyakubanqoba, ngokuba liyiNkosi yamakhosi, neNkosi yamakhosi;
15 Yathi kimi: “Amanzi owawabonayo, lapho sihlezi khona isifebe, ayizizwe, nezixuku, nezizwe, nezilimi.
16 Izimpondo eziyishumi owazibonayo nesilo, lezi ziyakusizonda isifebe, zisenze incithakalo, zibe nqunu, zidle inyama yaso, zisishise ngomlilo.
17 Ngokuba uNkulunkulu ukufakile ezinhliziyweni zazo ukuba zenze intando yakhe, zibe munye, zinike isilo umbuso wazo, aze agcwaliseke amazwi kaNkulunkulu.
18 Nowesifazane ombonileyo ungumuzi omkhulu obusa amakhosi omhlaba.