UJeremiya 25 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

25 ¹Ilizwi elafika kuYeremiya ngabantu bonke bakwaYuda, ngomnyaka wesine kaYehoyakim unyana kaYosiya, ukumkani wakwaYuda—nguwo lowo umnyaka wokuqala kaNebhukadenetsare ukumkani waseBhabhilon. ²UYeremiya umprofeti walithetha eli lizwi ebantwini bonke bakwaYuda nakubo bonke abahleli eJerusalem, wathi: ³Kususela ngomnyaka weshumi elinantathu kaYosiya unyana ka-Amon ukumkani wakwaYuda kuza kuthi ga namhlanje, le minyaka ingamashumi amabini anesithathu, ilizwi likaBawo wethu lifikile kum; ndathetha ndathetha kuni, kodwa anandiphulaphula. ⁴UBawo wethu waphinda waphinda wathumela kuni bonke abakhonzi bakhe abaprofeti, kodwa anaphulaphula naza nabeke indlebe.

⁵Bathi: “Buyani ngoku, elowo endleleni yakhe embi nasezintweni zakhe ezibi, nihlale ezweni uBawo wethu awalinika nina nooyihlo, kususela kwakudala ukuya kuwo onke amaphakade. ⁶Musani ukulandela thixo bambi ukuba nikhonze, nibanqule; ningandiqumbisi ngomsebenzi wezandla zenu, ukuze ndinganenzi bubi.”

⁷Kodwa anandiphulaphula, utsho uBawo wethu, ngako oko nandiqumbisa ngomsebenzi wezandla zenu, naba bubi kuni ngokwenu.

⁸Ngako oko utsho uBawo wemikhosi ukuthi: Ngenxa enokuba ningawaphulaphulanga amazwi am, ⁹ndiya kubizela zonke izizwe ezingasentla, utsho uBawo wethu, noNebhukadenetsare ukumkani waseBhabhilon, umkhonzi wam. Ndiya kubazisa babhekise kweli lizwe, nakwabahleli kulo, nasezizweni zonke ezingeenxa zonke, ndibatshabalalise, ndizenze ummangaliso, into yentsini, amanxuwa angunaphakade. ¹⁰Ndiya kunqamla phakathi kwabo isandi sovuyo nesandi sovuyo, isandi somyeni nesandi somtshakazi, isandi samatye okusila nokukhanya kwesibane. ¹¹Eli lizwe liphela loba ngumwewe nenkangala, zize ezi zizwe zikhonze ukumkani waseBhabhilon iminyaka engamashumi asixhenxe.

¹²Kuthi ke, yakuba iphelile iminyaka engamashumi asixhenxe, ndimohlwaye ukumkani waseBhabhilon, naso eso sizwe, nelizwe lamaKaledi, ngenxa yetyala labo—utsho uBawo wethu—ndilenze inkangala engunaphakade. ¹³Ndiya kuzisa kwelo lizwe onke amazwi endiwathethayo ngalo, onke abhaliweyo kule ncwadi, awathi uYeremiya waprofeta ngazo zonke iintlanga. ¹⁴Zizo nazo iintlanga ezininzi nookumkani abakhulu abaya kubafaka ebukhobokeni; ndiya kubuyisela kubo ngokwezenzo zabo, nomsebenzi wezandla zabo.

Indebe Yengqumbo KaBawo Wethu

¹⁵Utsho uBawo wethu wamaSirayeli kum ukuthi: Yithabathe esandleni sam le ndebe yewayini yengqumbo, uya kuziseza zonke iintlanga endikuthuma kuzo. ^a a v15 Indebe yengqumbo ezimelwe kukuyisela iintlanga yindebe awayithabathayo uYesu endaweni yethu—“Bawo, ukuba uyavuma, susa le ndebe kum” (Luka 22:42)—ukuze abo bakholosa ngaye bangaze bayisele. ¹⁶Baya kusela, bagxadazele, baphambane ingqondo, ngenxa yokuba ndithumela ikrele phakathi kwabo.

¹⁷Ndathabatha indebe esandleni sikaBawo wethu, ndoziseza zonke iintlanga awandithuma kuzo: ¹⁸iJerusalem, nemizi yakwaYuda, nookumkani bayo, nabathetheli bayo—ukuba ibe ngumwewe, ummangaliso, into yentsini, nesiqalekiso, njengoko injalo namhlanje; ¹⁹uFaro ukumkani waseYiputa, nabakhonzi bakhe, nabathetheli bakhe, nabantu bakhe bonke, ²⁰nabantu bonke abaxutyweyo; nookumkani bonke belizwe lakwa-Utse; nookumkani bonke belizwe lamaFilisti—iAshkelon, neGaza, ne-Ekron, namasalela aseAshdode; ²¹amaEdom, namaMowabhi, noonyana baka-Amon; ²²nookumkani bonke baseTire, nookumkani bonke baseTsidon, nookumkani bezizwe zasolwandle ngaphesheya kolwandle; ²³uDedan, namaTema, noBhuzi, nabo bonke abachebi iinwele emacaleni ezimbombo zabo; ^b b v23 Ukucheba iinwele emacaleni ezimbombo zentloko yayisisiko elaliyingxelo yezinye izizwe zasentlango yakwa-Arabhi. ²⁴nookumkani bonke bakwa-Arabhi nabantu abaxutyweyo abahleli entlango; ²⁵nookumkani bonke bakwaZimri, nookumkani bonke bakwaElam, nookumkani bonke bamaMedi; ²⁶nookumkani bonke abangasentla, abakufuphi nabakude, elowo ngelandelayo, nazo zonke izikumkani zehlabathi eziphezu kobuso bomhlaba—baya kuthi emveni kwabo ukumkani waseSheshaki asele. ^c c v26 ISheshaki ligama lefihlo eliyichaza iBhabhilon, elenziwa ngokuguqula iindawo zoonobumba bayo—yindlela yokuchaza isohlwayo esizayo saseBhabhilon ngaphandle kokuba uyixele ngokucacileyo.

²⁷Yithi kubo: Utsho uBawo wemikhosi, uBawo wamaSirayeli, ukuthi: Selani, ninxile, nihlanze, niwe, ningabi sabuya nivuke, ngenxa yokuba ndithumela ikrele phakathi kwenu. ²⁸Ke ukuba bathe bala ukuyithabatha indebe esandleni sakho ukuba basele, yithi kubo: “Utsho uBawo wemikhosi ukuthi: Nize nisele nokusela! ²⁹Niyabona, ndiyaqala ukuzisa ububi kuloo mzi ubizwa ngegama lam. Niya kuba ningohlwaywa kuphele na? Aniyi kuba ningohlwaywa. Kuba ndibiza ikrele ukuba lichasane nabo bonke abemi behlabathi, utsho uBawo wemikhosi.”

³⁰“Prophesela onke la mazwi uwabhekise kubo, uthi kubo: “UBawo wethu ubharhula esezulwini eliphezulu, aliphumise ilizwi lakhe esekhayeni lakhe elingcwele; ubharhula kakhulu echasene nomhlambi wakhe, edanduluka njengabaxovula iidiliya, echasene nabo bonke abahleli ehlabathini.” ³¹Ukubharhula kuya kufikelela ezingcontsini zehlabathi, kuba uBawo wethu unezibheno nezizwe; uya kungena ematyaleni nenyama yonke, abangendawo ubanikele ekreleni, utsho uBawo wethu.”

³²Utsho uBawo wemikhosi ukuthi: Niyabona, ububi buqhenqetha busuka kolunye uhlanga busiya kolunye—uqhwithela olukhulu luvela ezingontsini zehlabathi.

³³Ngaloo mini ababuleweyo bakaBawo wethu baya kulala bethabathela esinye isiphelo sehlabathi besa kwesinye—bengaziliwanga, bengabuthwanga, bengangcwatywanga, njengomgquba phezu komhlaba.

³⁴Bhombolozani, nina balusi, nikhale; qengqelekani eluthulini, nina zinkosi zomhlambi! Kuba ifikile imihla yokuxhelwa kwenu; niya kuwa niqhekeke njengesitya esinqabileyo. ³⁵Abalusi abayi kuba nandawo yokusabela, zingabi nandlela yokubaleka izikhulu zomhlambi. ³⁶Phulaphulani—isikhalo sabalusi, isililo sezikhulu zomhlambi! Kuba uBawo wethu ulibhuqa idlelo labo, ³⁷namadlelo anoxolo azolisiwe ngenxa yomsindo ovuthayo kaBawo wethu. ³⁸Njengengonyama ushiye umngxuma wakhe, kuba ilizwe labo libe senkangala ngenxa yokubhuqwa ngekrele lomcinezeli, nangenxa yomsindo ovuthayo kaBawo wethu.