NoMoses noSamuweli
Akukho namnye, nokuba nguMoses okanye uSamuweli, obenokukubuyisela umva oku, utsho uBawo wethu. UYeremiya uyaphuka phantsi koku, eqalekisa ukuzalwa kwakhe, ebuza ukuba uBawo wakhe akabanga na ngumlanjana owomayo. Impendulo inemiqathango: buya, uthethe oko kuxabisekileyo, wenziwe udonga lobhedu.
15 1Waza uBawo wethu wathi kum: “Nokuba uMoses noSamuweli bebenokuma phambi kwam, intliziyo yam ibingayi kujikela kolu bantu. Bandulule basuke phambi kwam; mabahambe.” 2Kuya kuthi xa bekubuza besithi: “Siya kuphi na?” uthi kubo: “Utsho ukuthi uBawo wethu: abokufa, mabaye ekufeni; abekrele, mabaye ekreleni; abendlala, mabaye endlaleni; abokuthinjwa, mabaye ekuthinjweni.”
3“Ndiya kumisela iintlobo ezine zabatshabalalisi phezu kwabo, utsho uBawo wethu: ikrele lokubulala, izinja zokukrwiqiliza, iintaka zezulu namarhamncwa omhlaba ukuba zidle zitshabalalise. 4Ndiya kubenza into yokufeketha ezikumkanini zonke zomhlaba, ngenxa kaManase unyana kaHezekiya, ukumkani wakwaYuda, ngenxa yoko wakwenzayo eYerusalem.”
5“Kaloku ngubani na oya kuba nenceba kuwe, Yerusalem? Ngubani oya kulila ngenxa yakho? Ngubani oya kuthi nokuma abuze ukuba uphila njani na? 6Undicekisile, utsho uBawo wethu; uhlala ubuyela umva. Ngoko ke ndasolula isandla sam ngakuwe, ndakutshabalalisa— ndidiniwe kukuzohlwaya. 7Ndibele ngomnyazi wokwela emasangweni elizwe. Ndibahluthile; ndibatshabalalisile abantu bam, kuba bengavumanga kubuya ezindleleni zabo. a a v7 Ukwela: umlimi wayephosa phezulu ingqolowa ebhuliweyo ukuze umoya uphephethe umququ ongento yanto, kushiyeke ingqolowa kuphela. 8Abahlolokazi babo baba baninzi ngaphezu kwentlabathi yeelwandle. Phezu koonina bamadodana ndazisa umtshabalalisi emini enkulu; ngesiquphe ndawisa ingcutheko nonkwantyiso phezu kwakhe. 9Lowo wazala abasixhenxe uyatyhafa; uphuma umphefumlo wakhe. Ilanga lakhe litshonile kusesemini; udanile uhlazisiwe. Abaseleyo kubo ndiya kubanikela ekreleni phambi kweentshaba zabo, utsho uBawo wethu.”
UYeremiya Ukhala Enentlungu
10Yeha mna, mama, ngokundizala kwakho—indoda yembambano neyengxabano kulo lonke ilizwe! Andibolekisanga, andibolekanga nokuboleka, kodwa wonke umntu uyandiqalekisa.
11Wathi uBawo wethu: “Ndiya kukuhlangula ngokulungileyo; ndiya kwenza ukuba utshaba lukubongoze ngexesha lenkxwaleko nembandezelo.” 12Ngaba ukho na onokwaphula isinyithi—isinyithi sasentla—nobhedu? 13“Ubutyebi bakho nobuncwane bakho ndiya kubunikela ukuba buphangwe ngelize, ngenxa yazo zonke izono zakho kuwo wonke ummandla wakho. 14Ndiya kukwenza ukhonze iintshaba zakho kwilizwe ongalaziyo, kuba umlilo uvuthe emsindweni wam; uya kutsha ngakuwe.”
15Uyazi wena, Bawo; ndikhumbule undinyamekele, undiphindezele kwabandisukelayo. Yiba nomonde kum, ungandisusi; yazi ukuba ngenxa yakho ndithwala ingcikivo. 16Amazwi akho afunyanwa, ndawadla, aza amazwi akho aba luvuyo lwam nemihlali yentliziyo yam, kuba ndibizwa ngegama lakho, Bawo wemikhosi yasezulwini. 17Andizange ndihlale ebhlanganweni yabonwabayo, andizange ndivuye; ngenxa yesandla sakho ndahlala ndedwa, kuba undizalise ngomsindo oshushu. 18Yini na ukuba intlungu yam ingapheli nenxeba lam lingabi nakuphiliswa, lingavumi ukuphiliswa? Uya kuba njengomlanjana okhohlisayo kum, njengamanzi aphelayo na?
19Ngako oko utsho uBawo wethu: Ukuba uyabuya, ndiya kukubuyisa ume phambi kwam. Ukuba uthe wakhupha into enqabileyo, kungekhona engento yanto, uya kuba ngumlomo wam. Bona baya kuguqukela kuwe, kodwa wena uze ungaguquki uye kubo. 20Ndiya kukwenza ube ludonga olunqatyisiweyo lobhedu kwaba bantu; baya kulwa nawe, kodwa abayi kukoyisa, kuba ndinawe ukuze ndikusindise ndikuhlangule, utsho uBawo wethu. 21“Ndiya kukuhlangula esandleni sabangendawo, ndikukhulule esandleni sabangenanceba.”
