UBawo wethu Ubhalela Usapho Lwakhe Olusekuthinjweni

Incwadi kaYeremiya eya kwabo sele befudusiwe iphethe ilizwi likaBawo wethu: zinzani eBhabhilon, nakhe, nizeke, niwuthandazele umzi, kuba kumele kudlule iminyaka engamashumi asixhenxe. Idinga lekamva nethemba lithethwa kubantu abaxelelwa ukuba bazinze, bangalindeli ukuhlangulwa.

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Nanga amazwi encwadi awayithumelayo uYeremiya umprofeti, eseJerusalem, waya kuwo amadoda amakhulu aseleyo abathinjwa, nababingeleli, nabaprofeti, nakubo bonke abantu awabafudusayo uNebhukadenetsare eJerusalem, wabaqhubela eBhabhilon. Emveni kokuba ukumkani uYekoniya, nokumkanikazi unina, nabathetheli bakomkhulu, nezikhulu zakwaYuda naseJerusalem, nabasebenzi besandla nabakhandi bezinyithi baphume eJerusalem. Wayithumela ngesandla sikaElasa unyana kaShafan, nelikaGemariya unyana kaHilekiya, awabathumayo uZedekiya ukumkani wakwaYuda, baya kukumkani uNebhukadenetsare eBhabhilon, isithi:

Utsho uBawo wethu wemikhosi, uBawo wethu wakwaSirayeli, kubo bonke abathinjwa endabathumayo eJerusalem, baya eBhabhilon: “Yakhani izindlu, nihlale kuzo; tyalani amasimi, nidle iziqhamo zawo. Zekani; nizale oonyana neentombi. Zekelani oonyana benu abafazi, neentombi zenu nizinike amadoda, ukuze nazo zizale oonyana neentombi. Yandani apho, ningabi mbalwa. Funani uxolo lomzi endanithinjela kuwo, niwuthandazele kum, kuba eluxolweni lwawo niya kufumana uxolo lwenu.” Utsho uBawo wethu wemikhosi, uBawo wethu wakwaSirayeli, ukuthi: Maze bangakhohlisi abaprofeti benu nabavumisi abaphakathi kwenu; ningawaphulaphuli amaphupha abawaphuphayo. Baprofeta ubuxoki kuni ngegama lam; andibathumanga, utsho uBawo wenu. Kuba utsho uBawo wenu: Yakuzaliseka iminyaka engamashumi asixhenxe yaseBhabhilon, ndoza kuni, ndilizalisekise kuni ilizwi lam elilungileyo lokuba ndinibuyisele apha. Kuba ndiyawazi amacebo endiwacebele nina, utsho uBawo wenu—amacebo oxolo, kungekhona obubi, okuninika ikamva nethemba. “Niya kwandula nindibize, nize kum, nithandaze kum, ndiya kuniva. Niya kundifuna, nindifumane, xa nithe naquqela kum ngentliziyo yenu yonke. Niya kundifumana, utsho uBawo wenu. Ndoluphucula ukuthinjwa kwenu, ndinihlanganise ezintlangeni zonke, nasezindaweni zonke endaniqhubela kuzo, utsho uBawo wenu, ndinibuyisele apho ndaninthinjela khona.”

Ngenxa yokuba nithe, “UBawo wethu usivelisele abaprofeti eBhabhilon,”

utsho ke uBawo wenu ngokumkani ohleli etroneni kaDavide, nangabo bonke abantu abahleli kulo mzi—abazalwana benu abangathinjwanga kunye nani,

utsho uBawo wethu wemikhosi, ukuthi: Yabonani, ndithuma phakathi kwabo ikrele, nendlala, nesibetho, ndibenze babe njengamakhiwane onakeleyo, angenakudliwa kukonakala kwawo. Ndobasukela ngekrele, nangendlala, nangesibetho, ndibenze babe yinto yokufeketha ezikumkanini zonke zehlabathi—isiqalekiso, nenxowa, nengcikivo, nesingcikivo ezintlangeni zonke endabaqhubela kuzo, ngokuba bengawaphulaphulanga amazwi am, utsho uBawo wenu—awathunyelwayo kaninzi ngesandla sabakhonzi bam abaprofeti—kodwa anavuma ukuphulaphula, utsho uBawo wenu.

Ngoko ke phulaphulani ilizwi likaBawo wenu, nina nonke bathinjwa endanithumayo eJerusalem, naya eBhabhilon. Utsho uBawo wethu wemikhosi, uBawo wethu wakwaSirayeli, ngoAhabhi unyana kaKolaya, nangoZedekiya unyana kaMahaseya, abaprofetayo ubuxoki kuni ngegama lam: Yabonani, ndobanikela esandleni sikaNebhukadenetsare ukumkani waseBhabhilon, oya kubabulala phambi kwamehlo enu. Kubo bothabatha bonke abathinjwa bakwaYuda abaseBhabhilon isiqalekiso, besithi: “UBawo wethu makakwenze njengoZedekiya nanjengoAhabhi, awabosayo ngomlilo ukumkani waseBhabhilon,” ngenxa yokuba benza ubudenge kwaSirayeli: bekrexeza nabafazi babamelwane babo, bethetha ubuxoki ngegama lam, endingabawiselanga mthetho ngabo. Ndiyazi, ndililo ingqina, utsho uBawo wenu.

UBawo wethu Umkhalimela uShemaya

Yithi kuShemaya waseNehelam:

Utsho uBawo wethu wemikhosi, uBawo wethu wakwaSirayeli, ukuthi: Ngegama lakho uthumele iincwadi kubo bonke abantu abaseJerusalem, nakuTsefaniya unyana kaMahaseya umbingeleli, nababingeleli bonke, usithi:

“UNdikhoyo ukwenze umbingeleli esikhundleni sikaYehoyada umbingeleli, ukuba ube ngumbusi endlwini kaNdikhoyo phezu kwayo yonke indoda ephambeneyo ezenza umprofeti, ukuze uyifake kwisikhamba nakwisinyithi sentamo.” Kungani na ke ukuba ungamkhalimeli uYeremiya waseAnatoti, ozenzayo umprofeti kuni? Kuba uthumele kuthi eBhabhilon, esithi: “Kuya kuba lixesha elide. Yakhani izindlu, nihlale kuzo; tyalani amasimi, nidle iziqhamo zawo.”

UTsefaniya umbingeleli wayilesa le ncwadi ezindlebeni zikaYeremiya umprofeti. Laza lafika ilizwi likaBawo wethu kuYeremiya, lisithi:

Thumela kubo bonke abathinjwa, usithi: Utsho uBawo wenu ngoShemaya waseNehelam: Ngenxa yokuba uShemaya eprofetile kuni, endingamthumanga, waza wanenza nakholwa bubuxoki, ngoko utsho uBawo wenu: Yabonani, ndomohlwaya uShemaya waseNehelam nembewu yakhe. Akayi kubakho namnye wakhe oya kuhlala phakathi kwaba bantu, nokubona okulungileyo endiya kukwenzela abantu bam, utsho uBawo wenu, kuba eshumayele ukreqo ngakum.