UBawo wethu Uyaliqhekeza Ihlala
Ngelizwi likaBawo wethu uYeremiya uthabatha amadoda amakhulu awase emfuleni apho abantwana babetshiswe khona, awubize ngokutsha ngokuba nguMfula wokubulawa, aze aqhekeze ihlala lodongwe phambi kwabo. Ngokungafaniyo nesitya sombumbi, eli alinakubunjwa kwakhona. Abuyele nalo entendelezweni yendlu kaBawo wethu.
19 1Utsho uBawo wethu ukuthi: Hamba uye kuthenga ihlala lodongwe lombumbi, uthabathe amanye amadoda amakhulu abantu, namanye amadoda amakhulu ababingeleli, 2uphume uye emfuleni woonyana bakaHinom, osekungeneni kweSango lezidengesi, uvakalise khona amazwi endiwathethayo kuwe. a a v2 Isidengesi liqhekeza lembiza yodongwe eyaphukileyo; isango lathiywa ngezidengesi ezazilahlwa kufuphi.
3Uthi: Live ilizwi likaBawo wethu, nina kumkani bakwaYuda nani bemi baseYerusalem. Utsho uBawo wethu wemikhosi yasezulwini, uBawo wakwaSirayeli ukuthi: Khangela, ndiza kuzisa ububi obukhulu kangaka kule ndawo, kangangokuba iindlebe zabo bonke abaya kuva ziya kumkwazela. 4Ngokuba bandishiyile, bayenza ngeyasemzini le ndawo, beqhumisela apha koothixo bambi ababengabazi bona, nooyise, nookumkani bakwaYuda, nangokuba bayizalisa le ndawo ligazi elingenatyala. 5Bakha iziganga zikaBhahali, ukuze batshise oonyana babo emlilweni babe ngamadini anyukayo kuBhahali—into endingazange ndiyiwise mthetho, ndayiwisa, ingazange ingene nasengqondweni yam. 6Ngoko ke khangela, kuza imihla, utsho uBawo wethu, apho le ndawo ingabi sabizwa ngokuba yiTofeti, nokuba ngumfula woonyana bakaHinom, kodwa ibizwe ngokuba nguMfula wokubulawa. 7Kule ndawo ndolithulula icebo lakwaYuda neYerusalem, ndibawise ngekrele phambi kweentshaba zabo, ngesandla sabo bafuna ubomi babo. Izidumbu zabo ndozinika iintaka zezulu namarhamncwa omhlaba ukuba zibe kukudla kwazo. b b v7 Igama elithi "ndithulule" apha livakala ngathi ligama lehlala lodongwe uYeremiya awayeliphethe—ihlala elithululiweyo libonisa amacebo athululiweyo akwaYuda. 8Ndowenza lo mzi ube ngummangaliso, nento okwenziwa umsondlo ngayo; bonke abadlulayo kuwo baya kumangaliswa, benze umsondlo ngenxa yamanxeba awo onke. 9Ndiya kubenza badle inyama yoonyana babo neyeentombi zabo, elowo adle inyama yommelwane wakhe, ngexesha lokungqinga, nelobandezelo abaya kubaxakelisa ngalo iintshaba zabo nabo bafuna ubomi babo.
10Wandule ke ulityumze ihlala phambi kwamadoda ahamba nawe,
11uthi kuwo: Utsho uBawo wethu wemikhosi yasezulwini ukuthi: Ndiya kubaqhekeza ngokunjalo aba bantu nalo mzi, njengokuba kuqhekezwa impahla yombumbi engenakubuya ilungiswe. Baya kungcwaba eTofeti, kuba akukho ndawo yimbi yokungcwaba. 12Ndenjenjalo kule ndawo nabemi bayo, utsho uBawo wethu—ndiwenze lo mzi ube njengeTofeti. 13Izindlu zaseYerusalem, nezindlu zookumkani bakwaYuda, ziya kwenziwa iinqambi njengeTofeti—zonke izindlu ekwaqhunyiselwa phezu kwazo, phezu kweendlu zazo, kuwo wonke umkhosi wasezulwini, ekwathululelwa phezu kwazo iminikelo ethululwayo koothixo bambi.
14Weza uYeremiya evela eTofeti, apho wayethunywe nguBawo wethu ukuba aprofete khona, wema entendelezweni yendlu kaBawo wethu, wathi kubo bonke abantu:
15Utsho uBawo wethu wemikhosi yasezulwini, uBawo wethu wakwaSirayeli ukuthi: Khangela, ndiza kuzisa phezu kwalo mzi nemizana yawo yonke bonke ububi endabuthethayo ngokuchasene nawo, ngokuba benza lukhuni intamo yabo, bala ukuva amazwi am.
