UBawo Uyala uYeremiya Ukuba Angatshati
UBawo wethu uxelela uYeremiya ukuba angazeki mfazi, angangeni endlwini yesijwili, angangeni nasendlwini yetheko — ubomi bakhe ngokwabo buba ngumqondiso wokuba intuthuzelo eqhelekileyo iyaphela. Xa bebuza ukuba bone ngantoni na, ubaxelela ngokuphandle. Ngaphaya kokuthinjwa, kukho ukubuyela ekhaya okukhulu kunokuphuma kweYiputa.
16 1Lafika kum ilizwi likaBawo wethu, lisithi:
2“Uze ungazeki mfazi, ungabi noonyana neentombi kule ndawo.”
3Kuba utsho uBawo wethu ngoonyana neentombi ezelwe apha, nangoonina ababazalayo, nangooyise ababazalayo kweli lizwe, esithi:
4Baya kufa zizifo ezibulalayo, bengenasililo, bengangcwatywa, benjengelindle emhlabeni. Ikrele nendlala ziya kubagqibela; izidumbu zabo ziya kuba kukudla kweentaka zezulu namarhamncwa omhlaba.
5Utsho uBawo wethu ukuthi: Ungangeni endlwini yesijwili, ungayi kwenza isijwili okanye ukubenzela isimbonono, kuba ndilususile uxolo lwam kwaba bantu, utsho uBawo wethu—inceba yam nemfesane yam. 6Baya kufa abakhulu nabancinane kweli lizwe, bengangcwatywa; akukho bani ubenzele isijwili, azicente, enze mpandla ngenxa yabo. a a v6 Ukuzicenta nokwenza impandla entloko yayiyimiqondiso yemveli yesijwili kwaSirayeli wamandulo. 7Akukho bani oqhekeza isonka nabo bakhedamileyo ukuze ababathuthuzele ngenxa yabafileyo, okanye abanike indebe yentuthuzelo ngenxa kayise okanye unina. b b v7 “Indebe yentuthuzelo” yayisisiselo esasabelwana ngaso neentsapho ezikhedamileyo emva kokungcwatywa; apha nkqu nale ntuthuzelo iqhelekileyo inqunyulwe.
8Ungangeni nendlu yetheko ukuba uhlale nabo, udle usele. 9Utsho uBawo wemikhosi yezulu, uBawo kaSirayeli, ukuthi: Phambi kwamehlo enu, ngemihla yenu, ndiya kuthulisa kule ndawo isandi sovuyo nemihlali, amazwi omyeni nawomtshakazi.
10Kuya kuthi, xa uwathetha onke la mazwi kwaba bantu, bathi kuwe: ‘Yini na ukuba uBawo wethu athethe obu bubi bukhulu bonke ngokuchasene nathi? Buyintoni na ubugwenxa bethu, sono sini na esone ngaso kuBawo wethu?’
11Uze uthi kubo: Kungenxa yokuba ooyihlo bandishiya, utsho uBawo wethu, balandela thixo bambi, babakhonza babaqubudela, bandishiya, abawugcinanga umyalelo wam.
12Nina nenze okubi ngaphezu kooyihlo, elowo elandela iinkani zentliziyo yakhe engendawo, ningandiphulaphuli. 13Ngako oko ndiya kuniphosa niphume kweli lizwe, nise kwelo lizwe eningalaziyo nina nooyihlo, nikhonze khona thixo bambi imini nobusuku, ngokuba andiyi kunibabala.
14“Yabona, iyeza imihla,” utsho uBawo wethu, “ekungayi kuthiwa ngayo: ‘Ehleli nje uBawo wethu, owanyusa uSirayeli ezweni laseYiputa,’
15kodwa kothiwa: ‘Ehleli nje uBawo wethu, owabanyusa oonyana bakaSirayeli ezweni lasentla, nasemazweni onke abebagxothele kuwo.’ Kuba ndiya kubabuyisela ezweni labo endalinika ooyise. c c v15 Isithembiso sokubuyela ekhaya esikhulu ngaphezu kokuhlangulwa eYiputa—uBawo wethu ebutha abantwana bakhe bebuya kulo lonke ilizwe abebachithele kulo.
16“Yabona, ndithuma ababambisi beentlanzi abaninzi, utsho uBawo wethu; baya kubabamba. Emva koko ndithumele abazingeli abaninzi, abaya kubazingela kuyo yonke intaba, nakuyo yonke induli, nasezingoxweni zamawa. 17Kuba amehlo am asezindleleni zabo zonke; aziyi kufihlakala ebusweni bam, nobugwenxa babo abuyi kufihlakala emehlweni am. 18Kuqala ndiya kubuyisela ubugwenxa babo nesono sabo kabini—ngenxa yokuba benze inqambi ilizwe lam ngezidumbu zezithixo zabo ezilisikizi, balizalisa ilifa lam ngezinto zabo ezinezothe.”
19Bawo, mandla am nemboniselo yam, ndawo yam yokusabela ngemini yembandezelo—iintlanga ziya kuza kuwe zivela eziphelweni zomhlaba, zithi: “Oobawo bethu abazuzanga nto yimbi ngaphandle kobuxoki, izinto ezililize ezingento yanto. 20Umntu angazenzela na oothixo? Kanti aba asingoothixo!”
21“Ngenxa yoko, yabona—ngeli xesha ndiya kubazisa; ndiya kubazisa isandla sam namandla am, baze bazi ukuba igama lam nguBawo.”
