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16 Ngezwa ilizwi elikhulu livela endaweni ecwengileko lithi eengilozini ezilikhomba: “Khambani, nithululele izitja ezilikhomba zelaka lakaZimu ephasini.”
2 Yokuthoma yakhamba, yathululela isitja sayo ephasini. Iinlonda ezibuhlungu nezibhibhidlhako zehlela abantu abanetshwayo lesibandana nabalotjha umfanekiswaso.
3 Yesibili yathululela isitja sayo elwandle. Laba njengeengazi zomuntu ofileko, zoke iimbunjwa* eziphilako elwandle zafa.
4 Yesithathu yathululela isitja sayo emilanjeni nemithonjeni yamanzi. Yaba ziingazi. 5 Ngezwa ingilozi ebeyiphezu kwamanzi ithi: “Wena okhona nogade akhona, othembekileko, ulungile ngombana ukhuphe izahlulelwezi, 6 ngombana bathulule iingazi zabacwengileko nabaphorofidi, begodu ubaseze iingazi; lokho kubafanele.” 7 Ngezwa i-aldara lithi: “Kwamambala, Jehova Zimu, Mninimandla woke, izahlulelo zakho ziliqiniso begodu zilungile.”
8 Yesine yathululela isitja sayo elangeni, ilanga lanikelwa bona lirhabule abantu ngomlilo. 9 Abantu barhabulwa ngomtjhiso omkhulu, kodwana bathuka ibizo lakaZimu, olawula iimbethwezi, akhenge batjhuguluke bamnikele iphazimulo.
10 Yesihlanu yathululela isitja sayo esihlalweni sobukhosi sesibandana. Umbuswaso waba mnyama, bathoma ukuluma amalimabo ngebanga leenhlungu, 11 kodwana bathuka uZimu wezulwini ngebanga leenhlungu zabo neenlonda zabo, akhenge batjhuguluke emisebenzinabo.
12 Yesithandathu yathululela isitja sayo emlanjeni omkhulu iYufrathe, amanzawo oma bona kulungiselelwe amakhosi avela epumalanga indlela.
13 Ngabona amezwi amathathu aphefumulelweko* asilapheleko afana neenrhwarhwa aphuma emlonyeni wedragoni nemlonyeni wesibandana nemlonyeni wabaphorofidi bamala. 14 Eqinisweni, mamezwi aphefumulelwe madimoni, enza iimbonakaliso, ayaphuma atjhinge emakhosini wephasi loke, bona awabuthele ndawonye epini yelanga elikhulu lakaZimu uMninimandla woke.
15 “Qalani! Ngiza njengesela. Uyathaba ohlala aphapheme begodu ambethe izambatho zakhe zangaphandle, ukuze angakhambi hlubule nabantu babone ihlazo lakhe.”
16 Ababuthelela ndawonye endaweni ngesiHebheru ebizwa ngokuthi yi-Arimagedoni.*
17 Yekhomba yathululela isitja sayo emmoyeni. Khonokho kwazwakala ilizwi elikhulu endaweni ecwengileko livela esihlalweni sobukhosi, lithi: “Sekwenzekile!” 18 Kwaba nokuphazima kombani, amezwi nemidumo, kwaba nokusikinyeka kwephasi okukhulu okungakhenge khekwenzeke solo kwaba nomuntu ephasini, kwaba kusikinyeka kwephasi okunamandla nokukhulu khulu. 19 Idorobho elikhulu lahlukana laba ziingcenye ezintathu, kwawa amadorobho weentjhaba; iBhabhiloni eliKhulu lakhunjulwa phambi kwakaZimu, bona alinikele ikapho yewayini yetukuthelo lelaka lakhe. 20 Godu zoke iinhlengele zabaleka, begodu iintaba akhenge zifumaneke. 21 Nje-ke isinanja esikhulu, ngasinye esingalingana netalende,* sawela phezu kwabantu sivela ezulwini, begodu abantu bathuka uZimu ngebanga lesibetho sesinanja, ngombana isibethweso besisikhulu ngokurarako.