Baba Vanoratidza Jeremia Matengu Maviri eMaonde
Matengu maviri emaonde akaiswa pamberi petemberi. Maonde akanaka ndivo vakatapwa vakatoendeswa kuBhabhironi — avo Baba vedu vachasimazve, vachivapa mwoyo wokuvaziva. Akaipa ndiZedhekia navaya vachiri muJerusarema vaifunga kuti vakanga vapukunyuka.
24 1Baba vedu vakandiratidza matengu maviri emaonde akanga akaiswa pamberi petemberi yaBaba vedu—mushure mokunge Nebhukadhinezari mambo weBhabhironi atapa Jekonia mwanakomana waJehoyakimu, mambo weJudha, pamwe chete nemachinda eJudha, mhizha, navapfuri vesimbi, achivabvisa kuJerusarema achienda kuBhabhironi. 2Dengu rimwe raiva nemaonde akanaka kwazvo, akaibva pakutanga; rimwe raiva nemaonde akanga akaipa zvokusagona kudyiwa.
3Ipapo Baba vedu vakandibvunza, “Uri kuoneiko, Jeremia?” Ndakati, “Maonde, akanaka akanaka kwazvo, akaipa akaipa zvokusagona kudyiwa.”
4Ipapo shoko raBaba vedu rakasvika kwandiri, richiti:
5“Izvi ndizvo zvinotaura Baba vedu vaIsraeri: Semaonde aya akanaka, saizvozvo ndichatarira savakanaka vatapwa veJudha vandakatuma kubva pano kunyika yavaBhabhironi.
6“Ndichaisa meso angu pavari kuti vaitirwe zvakanaka, ndichavadzosazve kunyika ino; ndichavavaka, kwete kuvaputsa, ndichavasima, kwete kuvadzura. 7Ndichavapa mwoyo wokuti vandizive saBaba; vachava vana vangu, ini ndiri Baba vavo, nokuti vachadzokera kwandiri nomwoyo wavo wose.”
8“Asi semaonde akaipa, akaora zvokusagona kudyiwa—ndizvo zvinotaura Baba vedu—saizvozvo ndichaita Zedhekia mambo weJudha, machinda ake, navakasara veJerusarema, vakasara pano kana kuIjipiti.
9“Ndichavaita chinhu chinotyisa, njodzi, chinonyadzisa, chiseko, chinyombo, nechituko kumaumambo ose epanyika, kwose kwandinovadzingira. 10Ndichatuma munondo, nzara, nedenda kuzorwa navo kusvikira vapera panyika yandakavapa ivo namadzibaba avo.”