UBawo Umtyhila Umprofeti Woxoko
UHananiya uvakalisa ekuhleni ukuba idyokhwe yaseBhabhilon iya kwaphuka phakathi kweminyaka emibini, aze aqhawule intonga yedyokhwe kaYeremiya ukungqina oko. UYeremiya uphendula athi, Amen, aze abuye nedyokhwe yentsimbi kaBawo wethu endaweni yeyomthi, amxelele uHananiya ukuba uya kufa ngenxa yokufundisa abantu ukuba bakholose ngobuxoki. Uyafa nyhani.
28 1Ngaloo mnyaka, ekuqaleni kolawulo lukaZedekiya ukumkani wakwaYuda, ngomnyaka wesine, ngenyanga yesihlanu, umprofeti uHananiya unyana ka-Azure waseGibheyon wandixelela endlwini kaBawo wethu, phambi kwababingeleli nabantu bonke, wathi: 2“Utsho uNdikhoyo wemikhosi yasezulwini, uThixo wakwaSirayeli, ukuthi: Ndiyaphulile idyokhwe yokumkani waseBhabhilon. 3Phakathi kweminyaka emibini ndiya kubuyisela kule ndawo zonke iimpahla zendlu kaNdikhoyo awazithabathayo apha uNebhukadenetsare ukumkani waseBhabhilon, wazisa eBhabhilon. 4UYekoniya unyana kaYehoyakim, ukumkani wakwaYuda, nabo bonke abathinjwa bakwaYuda abafuduselwa eBhabhilon, ndiya kubabuyisa apha, utsho uNdikhoyo, kuba ndiya kuyaphula idyokhwe yokumkani waseBhabhilon.”
5Waphendula uYeremiya umprofeti kuHananiya umprofeti phambi kwababingeleli nabantu bonke ababemi endlwini kaBawo wethu. 6Wathi umprofeti uYeremiya: “Amen! Makenjenjalo uBawo wethu. Makawaqinise amazwi owaprofetileyo, ngokubuyisela iimpahla zendlu kaBawo wethu nabo bonke abathinjwa bevela eBhabhilon kule ndawo. 7Kodwa khawuve ngoku eli lizwi ndilithethayo kuwe nakubo bonke aba bantu: 8Abaprofeti ababengaphambi kwethu kudala baprofeta imfazwe, nentlekele, nendyikitya yokufa, ngokuchasene nezizwe ezininzi nezikumkani ezikhulu. 9Umprofeti oprofeta uxolo ubonakala ukuba uthunywe nguBawo wethu ngenene kuphela xa lithe lazaliseka ilizwi lakhe.”
10Waza uHananiya umprofeti wayithabatha idyokhwe entanyeni kaYeremiya umprofeti, wayaphula, 11Wathi uHananiya ebantwini bonke: “Utsho uNdikhoyo ukuthi: Ndiya kuyaphula ngokunjalo idyokhwe kaNebhukadenetsare ukumkani waseBhabhilon entanyeni yazo zonke izizwe phakathi kweminyaka emibini.” Wemka ke umprofeti uYeremiya.
12Emva kokuba uHananiya eyaphule idyokhwe entanyeni kaYeremiya umprofeti, lafika ilizwi likaBawo wethu kuYeremiya, lisithi:
13“Hamba uye kuthi kuHananiya: Utsho uBawo wethu ukuthi: Imivalo yomthi uyaphulile, kodwa uya kwenza eyesinyithi. 14Kuba utsho uBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini, uBawo wethu wakwaSirayeli, ukuthi: Ndibeke idyokhwe yesinyithi ezintanyeni zazo zonke ezi zizwe ukuba zikhonze uNebhukadenetsare ukumkani waseBhabhilon, zaye ziya kumkhonza. Kananjalo ndimnikile neenyamakazi zasendle.”
15“Wathi uYeremiya umprofeti kuHananiya umprofeti: ‘Phulaphula, Hananiya! UBawo wethu akakuthumanga; uwenze aba bantu bakholosa ngobuxoki.’”
16“Ngako oko utsho uBawo wethu: Ndikususa ebusweni bomhlaba kulo mnyaka; uya kufa ngenxa yokuba ushumayele ukukreqa kuBawo wethu.”
17Wafa ke uHananiya umprofeti ngawo kanye loo mnyaka, ngenyanga yesixhenxe.
