UBawo wethu uThumela iLizwi lakhe kwaYuda
UYeremiya uthetha entendelezweni yendlu kaBawo wethu esithi le ndlu inokuphela njengeShilo, baza ababingeleli nabaprofeti bambamba befuna ukuba abulawe. Akakuthambisi — guqukani, aze uBawo wenu azohlwaye. Izikhulu namadoda amakhulu ayamsindisa, nangona uUriya wabulawa ngawo kanye loo mazwi.
26 1Ekuqaleni kokulawula kukaYehoyakim unyana kaYosiya kwaYuda, lafika eli lizwi livela kuBawo wethu:
2Utsho uBawo wethu ukuthi: Yima entendelezweni yendlu yam, uxelele yonke imizi yakwaYuda eza kunqula khona onke amazwi endikuwisela umthetho ngawo ukuba uwathethe; uze unganqumli nto. 3Mhlawumbi baya kuphulaphula, baze elowo abuye endleleni yakhe embi; ndandule ukuzohlwaya ngobubi endibacebela bona ngenxa yezenzo zabo ezibi. 4Uze uthi kubo: Utsho uBawo wethu ukuthi: Ukuba anithanga niphulaphule kum, nihambe ngomthetho wam endiwubekayo phambi kwenu, 5nize niphulaphule abakhonzi bam abaprofeti, endibathuma kuni, ndibuya ndibathuma, kodwa anaphulaphula; 6ndoyenza le ndlu ibe njengeShilo, nalo mzi ndiwenze sisiqalekiso kuzo zonke izizwe zomhlaba. a a v6 IShilo yayiyindawo apho yayimi khona ingcwele kaBawo wethu ngaxa lithile, yada yatshatyalaliswa yashiywa — isilumkiso sokuba itempile eseYerusalem ingaphela ngokunjalo.
7Ababingeleli nabaprofeti nabantu bonke bamva uYeremiya ewathetha la mazwi endlwini kaBawo wethu. 8Wathi uYeremiya akugqiba ukuthetha konke uBawo wethu amwisele umthetho ngako ukuba akuthethe ebantwini bonke, bambamba ababingeleli nabaprofeti nabantu bonke, bedanduluka besithi: “Inene uya kufa! 9Yini na ukuba uprofete egameni likaBawo wethu, usithi, ‘Le ndlu iya kuba njengeShilo, nalo mzi uya kuba yinxuwa, ungabi namntu uhleli kuwo’?” Bonke abantu bamrhawula uYeremiya endlwini kaBawo wethu.
10Bakukuva oku, abathetheli bakwaYuda benyuka besuka endlwini yokumkani, baya endlwini kaBawo wethu, bahlala ekungeneni kweSango eliTsha lendlu kaBawo wethu. 11Baza ababingeleli nabaprofeti bathi kubathetheli nasebantwini bonke: “Le ndoda inetyala lokuba ife; iprofete ngokuchasene nalo mzi, njengoko nikuvile ngokwenu.”
12UYeremiya wathi kubathetheli bonke nasebantwini: “UBawo wethu wandithuma ukuba ndiprofete ngokuchasene nale ndlu nalo mzi konke oku nikuvile. 13Ngoko lungisani iindlela zenu nezenzo zenu, niphulaphule izwi likaBawo wenu, aze uBawo wenu azohlwaye ngobubi awabuthetha ngokuchasene nani. 14Kodwa nantsi mna, ndisesandleni senu. Yenzani kum njengoko kulungileyo nangokuthe tye emehlweni enu. 15Kodwa yazini ngokuqinisekileyo ukuba, ukuba nithe nandibulala, nizizisela igazi elingenatyala phezu kwenu, naphezu kwalo mzi nabemi balo — kuba inene uBawo wethu wandithuma kuni ukuba ndithethe onke la mazwi ezindlebeni zenu.”
16Baza abathetheli nabantu bonke bathi kubabingeleli nabaprofeti: “Le ndoda ayinatyala lokuba ife, kuba ithethe kuthi egameni likaBawo wethu.”
17Awathi amanye amadoda amakhulu elizwe esuka, athi kwibandla lonke labantu:
18“UMika waseMoresheti waprofeta ngexa uHezekiya walawula kwaYuda, wathi ebantwini bonke bakwaYuda: ‘Utsho uBawo wethu wemikhosi yasezulwini ukuthi: IZiyon iya kulinywa njengentsimi, iYerusalem ibe ngamanxuwa, nentaba yetempile ibe yingcongolo enamahlathi.’”
19Wambulala na uHezekiya ukumkani wakwaYuda nawo wonke amaYuda? Akamoyikanga na uBawo wethu, wafuna ububele bakhe, waza uBawo wethu wazohlwaya ngobubi abethe uya kubenza ngokuchasene nabo? Thina siya kuzizisela ububi obukhulu.
20Kwaye kwakukho enye indoda eyayiprofeta egameni likaBawo wethu, nguUriya unyana kaShemaya waseKiriyati-yeharim. Yaprofeta ngokuchasene nalo mzi neli lizwe ngamazwi anjengawakaYeremiya. 21Wathi ukumkani uYehoyakim, namagorha akhe onke, nabathetheli bonke bakuva amazwi akhe, ukumkani wafuna ukumbulala. Weva u-Uriya, woyika, wabaleka, wasabela eYiputa. 22Waza ukumkani uYehoyakim wathuma amadoda eYiputa — uElenatan unyana ka-Akebhore, namanye kunye naye. 23Bamkhupha u-Uriya eYiputa, bamsa kukumkani uYehoyakim, owambulala ngekrele, wawuphosa umzimba wakhe emangcwabeni abantu abaqhelekileyo.
24Kodwa u-Ahikam unyana kaShafan wamxhasa uYeremiya, ngoko akanikelwanga ebantwini ukuba abulawe.
