UJeremiya 23 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

23 ¹Yeha kubalusi abatshabalalisayo, baphangalalise izimvu zedlelo lam!’ utsho uBawo wethu. ²Ngoko ke utsho uBawo wethu wakwaSirayeli ngabalusi ababelusa abantu bam: ‘Niwuphangalalisile umhlambi wam, nawugxotha, anawunyamekela. Ngoku ke ndiya kububuza kuni ububi enibenzileyo, utsho uBawo wethu. ³Ndandule ke ndiwabuthe amasalela omhlambi wam kuwo onke amazwe endawagxothela kuwo, ndiwabuyisele edlelweni lawo, aqhame ande. ⁴Ndiya kuwamisela abalusi abaya kuwalusa; awasayi koyika, awasayi kunkwantya, kungabikho nanye engekhoyo kuwo, utsho uBawo wethu. ⁵Khangela, iyeza imihla, utsho uBawo wethu, xa ndiya kumvelisela uDavide iSebe elilungisa, aza alawule njengokumkani, enze ngobulumko, aphumeze okusesikweni nobulungisa ezweni. ⁶Ngemihla yakhe uYuda uya kusindiswa, aze uSirayeli ahlale ekholosile. Yaye eli ligama aya kubizwa ngalo: UNdikhoyo uBulungisa Bethu.’

⁷“Ngoko ke iyeza imihla, utsho uBawo wethu, abangasayi kuba sathi ngayo: ‘Ehleli nje uBawo wakho, owabakhuphayo abantu bakwaSirayeli ezweni laseYiputa,’ ⁸kodwa besithi: ‘Ehleli nje uBawo wakho, owabanyusayo wababuyisa inzala yendlu kaSirayeli kwilizwe lasentla nakuwo onke amazwe abebagxothele kuwo.’ Baze ke bahlale emhlabeni wabo.”

uBawo utyhila abaprofeti bobuxoki

⁹Ngabaprofeti: Intliziyo yam yaphukile; athuthumela onke amathambo am. Ndinjengendoda enxilileyo, njengomntu oxakwe yiwayini, ngenxa kaBawo wethu namazwi akhe angcwele. ¹⁰Kuba ilizwe lizele ngabakrexezi; ngenxa yesishwabulo ilizwe liyazila, omile amadlelo asentlango. Iindlela zabo zingendawo, yaye amandla abo bawasebenzisa ngobubi.

¹¹“Kokubini umprofeti nombingeleli abangamhloneliyo uThixo; kwa endlwini yam ndibufumene ububi babo, utsho uBawo wethu. ¹²Ngenxa yoko indlela yabo iya kuba kubo njengeendlela ezityibilikayo ebumnyameni, apho baya kuqhutyelwa khona, bawe; kuba ndiya kuzisa intlekele phezu kwabo ngomnyaka wokuhlwaywa kwabo, utsho uBawo wethu. ¹³Kubaprofeti baseSamari ndabona into elisikizi: baprofeta ngoBhahali, balahlekisa abantu bam amaSirayeli. ¹⁴Kodwa phakathi kwabaprofeti baseYerusalem ndibone into ekhwankqisayo: bayakrexeza, baphila ngobuxoki, baxhasa izandla zabenzi-bobubi, ukuze kungabikho namnye obuyayo ebubini bakhe. Bonke baye kum banjengeSodom, abemi bayo banjengeGomora.’

¹⁵Ngoko ke utsho uBawo wethu wemikhosi yasezulwini ngabaprofeti: Ndiya kubadlisa ukudla okukrakra, ndibaseze amanzi anetyhefu, kuba ukungahloneli Thixo kusasazeke kulo lonke ilizwe kuphuma kubaprofeti baseYerusalem.’

¹⁶Utsho uBawo wethu wemikhosi yasezulwini: Musani ukubaphulaphula abaprofeti abaprofetayo kuni; banizalisa ngethemba lobuxoki, bethetha imibono ephuma ezingqondweni zabo, engaphumiyo emlonyeni wam. ¹⁷Bahlala besithi kwabo abalicekisayo ilizwi lam: ‘Noba noxolo,’ nakuye wonke olandela ngenkani intliziyo yakhe bathi: ‘Akukho ntlekele iya kunihlela.’”

¹⁸Kuba ngubani na kubo omiyo egquguleni likaBawo wethu ukuze abone, eve ilizwi lakhe? Ngubani obeke indlebe elizwini lakhe, waliphulaphula? ¹⁹Khangela, isaqhwithi sikaBawo wethu siphumile ngomsindo, inkanyamba ejikajikayo; siya kuqhushumba phezu kweentloko zabangendawo. ²⁰Umsindo kaBawo wethu awuyi kubuya ude akuphumeze ngokupheleleyo iinjongo zentliziyo yakhe. Ngemihla ezayo niya kukuqonda ngokucacileyo.

²¹“Andibathumanga aba baprofeti, kodwa bona bagidima; andithethanga kubo, kanti baprofeta. ²²Kodwa ukuba babemi egquguleni lam, ngebewavakalisile amazwi am ebantwini bam, baza bababuyisa endleleni yabo embi nasebubini bezenzo zabo. ²³Ndinguye na uBawo wenu osondelayo kuphela, utsho uBawo wethu, ndingenguye uBawo wenu okude nokunjalo? ²⁴Ukho na umntu onokuzifihla ezindaweni ezisitheleyo ndingenakumbona? utsho uBawo wethu. Andilizalisi na izulu nomhlaba? utsho uBawo wethu.

²⁵“Ndivile abaprofeti abaprofetayo ubuxoki egameni lam, besithi: ‘Ndiphuphile! Ndiphuphile!’ ²⁶Koda kube nini na ubuxoki buzalisa iintliziyo zabaprofeti abaprofetayo inkohliso yeentliziyo zabo? ²⁷Baceba ukwenza abantu bam balilibale igama lam ngamaphupha abawaxelelana wona, njengokuba ooyise balilibalela uBhahali igama lam. ²⁸Umprofeti onephupha makalibalise, kodwa lowo unelizwi lam makalithethe ngokuthembeka ilizwi lam. Uyintoni umququ xa uthelekiswa nengqolowa? utsho uBawo wethu. ²⁹Ilizwi lam alinjengomlilo na, utsho uBawo wethu, nanjengesando esivikiva iliwa?

³⁰“Ngako oko, yabona, ndichasene nabaprofeti, utsho uBawo wethu, abeba amazwi am omnye komnye. ³¹Yabona, ndichasene nabaprofeti, utsho uBawo wethu, abanyakazisa iilwimi zabo kanti besithi: ‘Uthethile uThixo.’ ³²Ndichasene nabo baprofeta amaphupha obuxoki, utsho uBawo wethu; bawabalisa, balahlekise abantu bam ngobuxoki babo nokuqhayisa kwabo okugasileyo. Andizange ndibathume, andizange ndibawisele mthetho, yaye abenzeli konke okulungileyo aba bantu, utsho uBawo wethu.

Nina Ningumthwalo

³³“Xa aba bantu, okanye umprofeti, okanye umbingeleli, bebuza besithi: ‘Uyintoni na umthwalo kaBawo wethu?’ uze uthi kubo: ‘Ningumthwalo nina! Ndiya kunilahla, utsho uBawo wethu.’ ^a a v33 Igama elithetha “isiprofeto” likwathetha “umthwalo.” Abantu bafuna isigidimi; uBawo wethu uphendula ngelithi ukungathembeki kwabo kokwabo kungumthwalo aya kuwubeka phantsi. ³⁴Umprofeti, okanye umbingeleli, okanye umntu othi: ‘Umthwalo kaBawo wethu,’ ndiya kumohlwaya loo mntu nekhaya lakhe. ³⁵Elowo kuni makathi kummelwane wakhe nakumzalwana wakhe: ‘Uphendule wathini na uBawo wethu?’ okanye ‘Uthethe wathini na uBawo wethu?’ ³⁶Kodwa ningabuyi nithethe ‘umthwalo kaBawo wethu,’ kuba ilizwi lomntu ngamnye libe ngumthwalo wakhe; niwajikile amazwi kaBawo wethu ophilayo, wemikhosi yasezulwini. ³⁷Uze uthi kumprofeti: ‘Uphendule wathini na kuwe uBawo wethu?’ okanye ‘Uthethe wathini na uBawo wethu?’ ³⁸Kodwa ukuba nithi: ‘Umthwalo kaBawo wethu,’ ngoko utsho uBawo wethu ukuthi: Ngenxa yokuba niwathethile la mazwi, ‘Umthwalo kaBawo wethu,’ nangona ndathumela ilizwi ndanixelela ndisithi, ‘Ningatsho ukuthi, Umthwalo kaBawo wethu,’ ³⁹ngako oko, yabonani, inene ndiya kuniphakamisa njengomthwalo, ndinilahlele kude nobuso bam—nina naloo mzi endawunika nina nooyihlo. ⁴⁰Ndaza ndiya kuzisa phezu kwenu ihlazo elingunaphakade, nokucukucezeka okungapheliyo okungasayi kulityalwa naphakade.”