Owaziwayo Ungekazalwa
UYuda uwaphula umnqophiso, ebheke ekuthinjweni, kodwa ngoYeremiya uBawo wethu uhlala ethetha ithemba phezu kwabantwana bakhe—ikamva, uthando olungenasiphelo, nentliziyo esayilangazelela unyana owabhadulayo.
1 1Amazwi kaYeremiya unyana kaHilekiya, omnye wababingeleli baseAnatoti ezweni lakwaBhenjamin. 2Lafika ilizwi likaBawo wethu kuye ngemihla kaYosiya unyana ka-Amon, ukumkani wakwaYuda, ngomnyaka weshumi elinantathu wolawulo lwakhe. 3Lafika kananjalo ngemihla kaYehoyakim unyana kaYosiya, ukumkani wakwaYuda, lada laya kuthi ga ngomnyaka weshumi elinanye kaZedekiya unyana kaYosiya, ukumkani wakwaYuda, kwada kwaba kukufuduselwa kweYerusalem ngenyanga yesihlanu. 4Lafika ilizwi likaBawo wethu kum, lisithi:
5“Ndandikwazi ungekabunjwa esizalweni, ndaza ndakungcwalisa ungekazalwa; ndakumisa ube ngumprofeti kweentlanga.”
6Ndathi: “Owu, Nkosi yam, Bawo! Andikwazi ukuthetha, kuba ndiseyinkwenkwe nje.”
7Kodwa uBawo wethu wathi kum: “Musa ukuthi, ‘Ndiseselula nje,’ kuba uya kuya kuwo onke amazwe endikuthuma kuwo, uthethe konke endikuwisela umthetho ngako. 8Musa ukoyika bona, kuba ndinawe ukuba ndikuhlangule, utsho uBawo.”
9Waza uBawo wethu wolula isandla sakhe, wachukumisa umlomo wam, waza uBawo wethu wathi kum: “Khangela, ndiwabekile amazwi am emlonyeni wakho. 10Khangela, ndikumisile namhlanje phezu kweentlanga naphezu kwezikumkani, ukuba unyothule, udilize, utshabalalise, ugungxule, wakhe, utyale.”
11Lafika ilizwi likaBawo wethu kum, lisithi: “Ubona ntoni na, Yeremiya?” Ndathi: “Ndibona isebe lomthi we-amangile.”
12Waza uBawo wethu wathi kum: “Ubone kakuhle, kuba ndiyaliphaphela ilizwi lam ukuba ndilizalisekise.” a a v12 Igama elithi "umthi we-amangile" nelithi "ukuphaphela" aphantse afane kanye kanye elwimini lomprofeti — ngumdlalo wamagama obonisa ukuba uBawo wethu uphaphele kakuhle ilizwi lakhe ukuze alizalisekise.
13Lafika ilizwi likaBawo wethu kum okwesibini, lisithi: “Ubona ntoni na?” Ndathi: “Ndibona imbiza ebilayo, ityekele ngasentla.”
14Waza uBawo wethu wathi kum: “Ngasentla buya kuqhambuka ububi phezu kwabo bonke abemi kweli lizwe. 15Kuba ndiza kubiza zonke imizalwane yezikumkani zangasentla, utsho uBawo; ziya kuza, ngulowo amisa itrone yakhe ekungeneni kwamasango aseYerusalem, zichasene nazo zonke iindonga zayo ngeenxa zonke nayo yonke imizi yakwaYuda. 16Ndaye ndiya kuthetha izigwebo zam ngokuchasene nabo ngenxa yabo bonke ububi babo bokundishiya mna, bokuqhumisela kthixo bambi nokuqubuda kwizithixo abazenze ngezandla zabo.”
17“Ngoko ke zilungiselele, ume ubaxelele konke endikuwisela umthetho ngako. Musa ukunkwantya phambi kwabo, hleze ndikunkwantyise phambi kwabo. 18Khangela, namhlanje ndikwenze umzi onqatyisiweyo, intsika yesinyithi, iindonga zobhedu ngokuchasene nelo zwe liphela: ookumkani bakwaYuda, abathetheli, ababingeleli, nabantu balo. 19Baya kulwa nawe, kodwa abayi kukoyisa; kuba ndinawe ukuba ndikuhlangule, utsho uBawo.”
