UJeremiya 17 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

17 ¹Isono sakwaYuda sikroliwe ngosiba lwentsimbi, sibhalwe ngencam yedayimani elucwecweni lwentliziyo yabo nasempondweni zesibingelelo sabo,

²“ngexa abantwana babo bezikhumbula izibingelelo zabo nooAshera babo ecaleni lemithi eluhlaza ezindulini eziphakamileyo. ^a a v2 OoAshera bebengamajacu akhroliweyo emiswayo ekukhonzweni kuka-Ashera, uthixokazi wokuchuma wamaKanan. ³Ntaba yam esendle, ubutyebi bakho nobuncwane bakho bonke ndobunikela bube ngamaxhoba, nezinganga zakho, ngenxa yesono esikuwo wonke ummandla wakho. ⁴Ngesandla sakho wolahlekelwa lilifa endakunika lona, ndikwenze ukhonze iintshaba zakho kwilizwe ongalaziyo, kuba uphembe umlilo emsindweni wam oya kuvutha ngonaphakade.

⁵Utsho uBawo wethu ukuthi: Uqalekisiwe lowo ukholosa ngomntu nje, oxhomekeke emandleni omntu, ontliziyo yakhe isuka kum. ⁶Woba njengetyholo enkangala elingafumani qabu nokuba liyeza, elihleli ezindaweni ezomileyo zentlango, ezweni lofele lamatye apho kungekho mntu uhlala khona. ⁷Kodwa unoyolo lowo ukholosa ngam, onkoloseko lwakhe lukum. ⁸Woba njengomthi otyalwe ngasemanzini, othuma iingcambu zawo ngasemlanjeni. Awuyi koyika xa kufika ubushushu; amagqabi awo ahleli eluhlaza. Awuyi koxakwa ngomnyaka wembalela, awuyi kuyeka ukuvelisa isiqhamo. ⁹Intliziyo iyakhohlisa ngaphezu kwayo yonke into, kananjalo ayinakuphiliswa—ngubani na onokuyiqonda? ¹⁰Mna, Bawo wakho, ndiphenga intliziyo, ndivavanye ingqondo, ukuze ndimbuyisele umntu ngamnye ngokweendlela zakhe, ngokufanele izenzo zakhe. ¹¹Njengesikhwatsha esichamsela amaqanda esingawazalanga kunjalo lowo uzuza ubutyebi ngokungalunganga. Phakathi kobomi bakhe ubutyebi buya kumshiya, ekugqibeleni abe sisidenge.”

¹²Itrone ezukileyo, ephakanyiswe kwasekuqaleni, yindawo yengcwele yethu. ¹³Bawo wethu, themba lakwaSirayeli, bonke abakushiyayo baya kudaniswa. Abo basuka kuwe baya kubhalwa eluthulini, ngokuba bamshiyile uBawo wethu, umthombo wamanzi aphilileyo.

¹⁴Ndiphilise, Bawo, ndophiliswa; ndisindise, ndosindiswa, kuba nguwe endikudumisayo. ¹⁵Khangela, bahleli besithi kum: “Liphi na ilizwi likaThixo? Malize ngoku!” ¹⁶Kodwa mna andiyibalekanga into yokuba ngumalusi emsebenzini wakho, andiyinqwenelanga nemini yencithakalo. Wena uyakwazi okuphume emlonyeni wam; kwakuthe tye phambi kwakho. ¹⁷Musa ukuba luloyiko kum; wena ulisithe lam ngemini yentlekele. ¹⁸Mabadaniswe abandisukelayo, kungabi ndim; mabaphulwe, kungabi ndim. Bazisele imini yentlekele; baphule ngentshabalalo ephindiweyo.

UBawo Ubiza Ukuthembeka NgeSabatha

¹⁹Oko uBawo wethu wakuthetha kum: Yiya ume eSangweni laBantu, apho bangena baphuma khona ookumkani bakwaYuda, nakuwo onke amasango aseYerusalem,

²⁰uthi kubo: Live ilizwi likaBawo wethu, nina kumkani bakwaYuda, nani maYuda onke, nani nonke bemi baseYerusalem bangena ngala masango. ²¹Utsho uBawo wethu: Zigcineni imiphefumlo yenu—ningathwali mthwalo ngeSabatha, ningawungenisi ngamasango aseYerusalem. ²²Ningathwali mthwalo niwukhuphe ezindlwini zenu ngeSabatha, ningenzi namsebenzi, niyingcwalise iSabatha, njengoko ndabawisela umthetho ooyihlo. ²³Kodwa abaphulaphulanga, abayibekanga indlebe; baziqinisa iintamo zabo, besala ukuva nokwamkela isohlwayo. ²⁴Kodwa ukuba nithe nandiphulaphula ngokwenene, utsho uBawo wethu, ningangenisi mthwalo ngamasango alo mzi ngeSabatha, niyingcwalise iSabatha, ningenzi namsebenzi ngayo, ²⁵khona ookumkani nabathetheli abahlala etroneni kaDavide baya kungena ngamasango alo mzi, bekhwele iinqwelo zokulwa namahashe—bona, namaphakathi abo, namadoda akwaYuda, nabemi baseYerusalem—yaye lo mzi uya kuhlala umiwe ngonaphakade. ²⁶Abantu baya kuza bevela emizini yakwaYuda, nakwimimandla ejikeleze iYerusalem, nasezweni lakwaBhenjamin, nasezihlanjeni, nasezindulini, nakwelasezantsi, bephethe amadini anyukayo, nemibingelelo, neminikelo yokudla, nesiqhumiso, nemibingelelo yombulelo, besiza endlwini kaBawo wethu. ²⁷Kodwa ukuba anithanga nindiphulaphule—niyingcwalise iSabatha, ningangenisi mthwalo ngamasango aseYerusalem ngeSabatha—ndiya kuphemba umlilo emasangweni ayo ongacimekiyo, odle izindlu zobukhosi zaseYerusalem.