Bofakazi lababili
1Ngase nginikwa umhlanga lowawufana nendvuku yekulinganisa, ngatjelwa naku: “Sukuma ulinganise lithempeli laNkulunkulu, nelilati, nalabo labakhonta kulo. 2Kodvwa ungasilinganisi sibuya lesingephandle kwalelithempeli, ngobe siniketwe betive labayakuwugcobagcoba lomuti longcwele tinyanga letingema-42. 3Bofakazi bami lababili labembetse emasaka ngiyawubanika emandla ekuphrofetha emalanga layi-1 260.”
4Labofakazi lababili bayimincumo lemibili, netibane letimbili letime embikweNkhosi yemhlaba. 5Nakukhona lotama kubalimata, kutawuphuma umlilo emlonyeni wabo utishise uticedze tonkhe leto titsa tabo; nangabe-ke kukhona lotama kubalimata, nakanjani uyawubulawa. 6Laba banemandla ekuvala litulu kutsi lingani ngesikhatsi sekuphrofetha kwabo. Banemandla etikwemanti kutsi bawagucule abe yingati. Banemandla futsi ekushaya umhlaba ngako konkhe kuhlupheka nome kukangaki, kuye njengekutsandza kwabo.
7Nase bacedze kufakaza, silo lesiphuma emgodzini longenamkhawulo siyawulwa nabo, sibehlule, sibabulale. 8Tidvumbu tabo tiyawulala esitaladini selidolobha lelikhulu lelibitwa ngekufanekisa kutsi yiSodoma neGibhithe, lapho iNkhosi yabo yabetselwa khona. 9Kuyawuphela emalanga lamatsatfu nesigamu seloku bantfu bemindeni, netive, netilimi batibuka letidvumbu bangavumi kutsi tingcwatjwe. 10Bantfu labahlala emhlabeni bayawukutsakasela kufa kwabo labo bofakazi. Bayawugubha imikhosi, bephane netipho, ngobe phela labaphrofethi lababili bese babahluphile emhlabeni. 11Kodvwa emvakwemalanga lamatsatfu nesigamu umoya wekuphila lophuma kuNkulunkulu wangena kubo, basukuma, bema ngetinyawo; bonkhe labakubona loku befikelwa kwesaba lokukhulu. 12Base beva livi lelikhulu liphuma ezulwini litsi kubo: “Yenyukani nite la!” Tatiloku tibabuka titsa tabo, nabenyuka ngelifu baya ezulwini. 13Ngaso leso sikhatsi kwaba khona kutamatama lokukhulu kwemhlaba, incenye yelishumi yelidolobha yabhidlika. Kwafa bantfu lababeti-7 000 kuloko kutamatama, laba labanye batfutfumela badvumisa Nkulunkulu welizulu.
14Maye wesibili sewendlulile, kodvwa masinyane maye wesitsatfu sewutawufika.
Licilongo lesikhombisa liyashaywa
15Ingilosi yesikhombisa yashaya licilongo layo, kwase kuba nemisindvo lemikhulu kakhulu ezulwini itsi: “Umbuso walomhlaba sengumbuso weNkhosi yetfu, naKhristu wakhe; iyawubusa kuze kube phakadze naphakadze!” 16Emalunga langema-24 labehleti etihlalweni tawo tebukhosi embikwaNkulunkulu, awa phansi ngebuso, akhuleka kuNkulunkulu, 17atsi:
“Siyakubonga, Nkhosi Nkulunkulu,
Somandla, lokhona, nalabekhona,
ngekutsi utsatse emandla akho lamakhulu, wabusa.
18Tive tatfukutsela,
kepha kwefika lulaka lwakho
kanye nesikhatsi sekwehlulelwa kwalabafile.
Kwefika nekuniketwa imivuzo
etisebentini takho,
nakubaphrofethi kanye nakulabangcwele,
nakulabo labesaba libito lakho,
kulabakhulu nakulabancane.
Kwefika nekubhujiswa
kwebabhubhisi bemhlaba.”
19Kwavuleka lithempeli laNkulunkulu ezulwini, kwabonakala libhokisi lesivumelwane lingekhatsi kwelithempeli lakhe. Kwaba nemibane, nemisindvo lemikhulu, nekudvuma, nekutamatama kwemhlaba, nesangcotfo lesikhulu.
