UYeremiya ubuza ngobulungisa bukaBawo wakhe

UYeremiya ubuza kuBawo wakhe ngokuphandle ukuba kutheni na abakhohlisayo bephila ngoxolo. Impendulo ayiniki ngcaciso, koko umhlaba onzima ngaphambili: ukuba abahamba ngeenyawo bekudinisa, wothini na ngamahashe — kananjalo nosapho lwakho ngokwalo lukuchasile. UBawo wethu uyalilela ilizwe awalinikelayo.

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Ulilungisa wena, Bawo wam, xa ndisibeka isimangalo sam phambi kwakho; kodwa ndifuna ukuthetha nawe ngezigwebo zakho. Yini na ukuba indlela yabangendawo ibe nempumelelo? Yini na ukuba bonke abakhohlisayo baphile ngoxolo? Wabatyala, baza bagxila iingcambu; bayahluma, bavelisa iziqhamo. Usondele emlonyeni wabo, kodwa ukho kude ezintliziyweni zabo. Kodwa wena, Bawo wam, uyandazi; uyandibona, uvavanya intliziyo yam kuwe. Barhole njengezimvu zokuxhelwa, ubabeke bucala ngomhla wokuxhelwa. Koda kube nini na ilizwe likhedame, notyani bentsimi nganye bome? Ngenxa yobubi babemi balo, iinyamakazi neentaka zikhukuliselwe— kuba abantu bathi: “Akayi kukubona oko kuya kusehlela.”

UBawo uphendula uYeremiya

Ukuba ubaleke nezigidimi ngeenyawo, zaza zakudinisa, uya kukhuphisana njani na namahashe? Ukuba uthi ukhubeke ezweni loxolo, wothini na ematyholweni aseYordan? Kuba nkqu nabazalwana bakho nendlu kayihlo—nkqu nabo bakungcatshile; nkqu nabo bakhala ngezwi elikhulu bekuchasa wena. Musa ukubathemba, nangona bethetha amazwi amnandi kuwe. Ndiyishiyile indlu yam, ndililahlile ilifa lam; intanda yentliziyo yam ndiyinikele ezandleni zeentshaba zayo. ^a Ilifa lam liye laba kum njengengonyama ehlathini; liye labharhula kum, ngako oko ndiye ndalichasa. Ilifa lam lingaba lixhalanga elinamabala kum na, kujikelezwe ngamaxhalanga echasene nalo ngeenxa zonke? Hambani, nihlanganise onke amarhamncwa asendle; niwazise ukuba adle. Abalusi abaninzi basonakalisile isidiliya sam; basinyathela phantsi isabelo sam; basiguqula isabelo sam esimnandi saba yintlango esenkangala. Balenze laba yinkangala; liyinkangala, likhedame phambi kwam. Lonke ilizwe libhuqiwe, kodwa akukho namnye okuthathela entliziyweni. Phezu kwawo onke amaqhayini asentlango kufike abachithi, kuba ikrele lam lidla kususela kwelinye icala lelizwe kuse kwelinye; akukho namnye ogcinakeleyo. Bahlwayele ingqolowa, kodwa bavuna imithana enameva; bazidinisa ngelize. Danani ngenxa yesivuno senu, ngenxa yomsindo wam ovuthayo.

Utsho uBawo wethu ukuthi: Ngokubhekisele kubo bonke abamelwane bam abangendawo, abathimba ilifa endalinika abantu bam amaSirayeli—ndiya kubanyothula emhlabeni wabo, ndiyinyothule nendlu kaYuda phakathi kwabo. Kuthi emva kokubanyothula, ndibuye ndibenzele imfesane, ndibuyise elowo elifeni lakhe, elowo ezweni lakhe.

Ukuba bathi bafunde ngokwenene iindlela zabantu bam—bafunge ngegama lam, besithi: “Ehleli nje uBawo wenu,” njengoko babefundisa abantu bam ukufunga ngoBhahali—baya kwakhiwa phakathi kwabantu bam. Kodwa uhlanga olungaphulaphuliyo, nokuba luluphi na, ndiya kulunyothula ngokupheleleyo ndilutshabalalise, utsho uBawo wenu.