UJeremiya 13 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

13 ¹Utsho uBawo wethu kum ukuthi: “Hamba, uzithengele umbhinqo welinen, uwubhinqe esinqeni sakho, kodwa uze ungawuchukumisi emanzini.”

²Ndawuthenga ke umbhinqo, njengoko uBawo wethu watshoyo, ndawubhinqa esinqeni sam.

³Lafika kum ilizwi likaBawo wethu okwesibini, lisithi:

⁴“Thabatha umbhinqo owuthengileyo, lowo usesinqeni sakho, uvuke, uye emEfrati, uwufihle emqhokrweni weliwa.”

⁵Ndaya ke, ndawufihla ngasemEfrati, njengoko uBawo wethu wandiwisela umthetho.

⁶Emva kweemini ezininzi uBawo wethu wathi kum: “Vuka, uye emEfrati, uthabathe umbhinqo endakuxelela ukuba uwufihle khona.”

⁷Ndaya ke emEfrati, ndawumba umbhinqo, ndathabatha apho ndandiwufihle khona. Kodwa wawusonakele, ungenamsebenzi.

⁸Lafika kum ilizwi likaBawo wethu, lisithi:

⁹“Utsho uBawo wethu ukuthi: Ndiya kubonakalisa ngokunjalo iqhayiya lakwaYuda, neqhayiya elikhulu laseYerusalem. ¹⁰Aba bantu abangendawo, abangawaphulaphuliyo amazwi am, belandela iintliziyo zabo ezinenkani, besukela thixo bambi ukuba babakhonze, babanqula, baya kuba njengalo mbhinqo—ongenamsebenzi. ¹¹Kuba njengokuba umbhinqo unamathele esinqeni sendoda, ndandiwanamathelisile kum ngokunjalo onke amaSirayeli nawo onke amaYuda, utsho uBawo wethu, ukuze abe ngabantu bam, abe ludumo, nendumiso, nobungangamsha—kodwa abavuma kuphulaphula.

Zonke izimbiza zizele sisigwebo

¹²“Ngoko ke yithi kubo: Utsho uBawo wamaSirayeli ukuthi: Zonke izimbiza zifanelwe kukuzaliswa yiwayini. Baya kuphendula bathi: ‘Asazi na ukuba zonke izimbiza zifanelwe kukuzaliswa yiwayini?’ ¹³Wandule ke uthi kubo: Utsho uBawo wethu ukuthi: Ndiza kubazalisa ngokunxila bonke abahleli kweli lizwe—ookumkani abahleli etroneni kaDavide, nababingeleli, nabaprofeti, nabo bonke abahleli eYerusalem. ¹⁴Ndibaqhekezelane omnye komnye, abazali nabantwana ngokufanayo, utsho uBawo wethu. Akuyi kubakho lufefe, nakuxolela, nanceba, oku kuya kundinqanda ekubatshabalaliseni.”

Vani phambi kokuba kuhle ubumnyama

¹⁵Phulaphulani, nibeke iindlebe; musani ukuzikhukhumalisa, kuba uthethile uBawo wethu. ¹⁶Mnikeni uBawo wenu uzuko phambi kokuba azise ubumnyama, phambi kokuba iinyawo zenu zikhubeke ezintabeni ezihlwayelayo; niya kulindela ukukhanya, kodwa yena uya kukwenza isithokothoko, akwenze ubumnyama obupheleleyo. ¹⁷Kodwa ukuba anithanga niphulaphule, ndiya kulila esitheni ngenxa yeqhayiya lenu; amehlo am aya kulila ngokukrakra, ehla iinyembezi, ngenxa yokuba umhlambi kaBawo wethu uthinjiwe. ¹⁸Yithi kukumkani nakukumkanikazi: Zithobeni, nihlale phantsi, kuba isithsaba senu esizukileyo siwile entloko. ¹⁹Imizi yelasezantsi ivaliwe, kungekho uyivulayo. Onke amaYuda athinjiwe, afuduselwe aphela. ²⁰Phakamisani amehlo enu, nibone abo bevela entla. Uphi na umhlambi owawunikwe wona, umhlambi wakho omhle? ²¹Uya kuthini na xa uBawo wethu amisa abo wena ngokwakho wawubaqeqeshile njengamanqophisana akho ukuba babe ngabalawuli bakho? Akuyi kubanjwa yinimba na njengomfazi onenimba? ²²Ukuba uthe wazibuza wathi: “Kungani na ezi zinto zindehlele?” —kungenxa yobukhulu bobugwenxa bakho le nto zityhilwe izidwaba zakho, waza wonakaliswa. ²³Angatshintsha na umKushi isikhumba sakhe, nehlosi amatshatshazi alo? Khona ukuze nani nenze okulungileyo—nina baqheliseleyo ukwenza okubi. ^a a v23 IKushi yayililizwe elingezantsi kweYiputa ngaselwizini olungasentla iNile, kummandla waseSudan nase-Itiyopiya wanamhlanje.

²⁴Ndiya kunichithachitha njengomququ ophetshethwa ngumoya wasentlango. ²⁵Lelo isabelo sakho, isahlulo endisimisele wena, utsho uBawo wethu, ngenxa yokuba undilibele, wakholosa ngobuxoki. ²⁶“Ngoko ke mna ngokwam ndiya kuzitsala izidwaba zakho zisuke phezu kobuso bakho, ze bubonakale ubunqunu bakho. ²⁷Ukukrexeza kwakho, ukukhonya kwakho ngenkanuko, ubuhenyu bakho obungenazintloni— ezindulini nasezindle ndiwabonile amasikizi akho. Yeha kuwe, Yerusalem! Koda kube nini na ungekahlambuluki?”