UJeremiya 4 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

4 ¹“Ukuba uthe wabuya, Sirayeli,” utsho uBawo wethu, “khawubuyele kum. Ukuba uthe wazisusa izinto zakho ezizizikizi phambi kwam, ungaphambuki, ²ukuba uthe wafunga, usithi: ‘Uhleli nje uBawo wethu,’ ngenyaniso, ngokusesikweni, nangobulungisa, ziya kuzisikelela ngaye iintlanga, ziqhayise ngaye.”

³Kuba utsho uBawo wethu ebantwini bakwaYuda naseYerusalem, ukuthi: Qhekezani umhlaba wenu ongalinywanga, ningahlwayeli phakathi kwemithana enameva. ⁴Zalusani kuBawo wethu; nisuse inyama yokwaluswa yentliziyo yenu, bantu bakwaYuda nani bemi baseYerusalem—kungenjalo umsindo wam uya kuqhambuka njengomlilo, uvuthe kungabikho bani ucimayo, ngenxa yobubi bezenzo zenu.

Intlekele Evela Entla

⁵“Kuxeleni kwaYuda, nikuvakalise eYerusalem, nithi: ‘Vuthelani isigodlo kulo lonke ilizwe!’ Memezani nisithi: ‘Hlanganisanani, sibalekele kwimizi enqatyisiweyo!’ ⁶Phakamisani umqondiso ngaseZiyon! Balekelani nizuze ukhuseleko, ningalibazisi! Kuba ndiza kuzisa ububi obuvela entla, ukutshabalala okukhulu.”

⁷Inyukile ingonyama ivela etyholweni layo; umtshabalalisi weentlanga usendleleni. Umkile endaweni yakhe ukuze enze ilizwe lakho libe senkangala; imizi yakho ibe ngamanxuwa, kungasali bani uhlala kuyo. ⁸Ngoko bhinqani ezirhwexayo, nenze isijwili, nibhomboloze, kuba ukuvutha komsindo kaBawo wethu akubuyanga kuthi.

⁹“Ngaloo mini,” utsho uBawo wethu, “ukumkani nezikhulu zakhe baya kuphelelwa sisibindi; ababingeleli baya kumangaliswa, bakhwankqiswe abaprofeti.”

¹⁰Ndaza ndathi: “Owu, Nkosi Bawo! Inene ubakhohlisile aba bantu neYerusalem, usithi: ‘Niya kuba noxolo’—kanti ikrele selifikile emqaleni wethu.”

¹¹“Ngelo xesha aba bantu neYerusalem baya kuxelwa, kuthiwe: Umoya otshisayo ovela eluqhayini lwasentlango uvuthuza ngakwintombi yabantu bam—ungezukwela, ungezukuhlungula. ¹²Umoya onamandla ngaphezu koku uza ngokomyalelo wam. Ngoku ndibavakalisela izigwebo zam.”

¹³Khangela! Utshaba luyasondela njengamafu, iinqwelo zakhe zinjengomoya ovuthuzayo; amahashe akhe anamendu ngaphezu kwamaxhalanga. Yeha thina—siphanzile! ¹⁴Yerusalem, hlamba ububi entliziyweni yakho, ukuze usindiswe. Koda kube nini na iingcinga zakho ezingendawo zihleli ngaphakathi kuwe? ¹⁵Kuba kukho izwi elivakalisayo livela kwaDan, limemeza ububi busuka ezintabeni zakwaEfrayim.

¹⁶Baqononondiseni iintlanga, nikuvakalise eYerusalem: “Abangqingi beza bevela ezweni elikude; bahlaba umkhosi ngakwimizi yakwaYuda. ¹⁷Bayingqinga njengabalindi abagcina intsimi, kuba indivukele,” utsho uBawo wethu. ¹⁸Iindlela zakho nezenzo zakho zizise oku phezu kwakho. Kuko oku ukusindeka kwakho, ewe, kukrakra kakhulu, kuba kuhlaba kude kufike entliziyweni yakho.

Umprofeti Ulilela Abantu Bakhe

¹⁹Umbilini wam, umbilini wam! Ndiyazibhijabhija ziintlungu. Owu, iindonga zentliziyo yam! Intliziyo yam iyagquma ngaphakathi kum; andinako ukuthi cwaka, kuba ndivile isandi sesigodlo, ukuhlatywa komkhosi wemfazwe. ²⁰Kuvakaliswa ububi phezu kobubi, kuba lonke ilizwe lichithiwe. Ngephanyazo iintente zam zichithiwe, izigubungelo zeentente zam ngomzuzwana. ²¹Koda kube nini na ndibona ibhanile yemfazwe, ndisiva isandi sesigodlo?

²²“Kuba abantu bam bazizidenge; abandazi. Bangabantwana abangenangqondo, abangenakuqonda. Bachule ekwenzeni okubi, kodwa abakwazi ukwenza okulungileyo.”

²³Ndakhangela ehlabathini, laza lasenyanyeni, laselubala; ndakhangela nasemazulwini, kwaza ukukhanya kwawo kwaphela. ²⁴Ndakhangela ezintabeni, zaza zanyikima; zonke iinduli zazamazama. ²⁵Ndakhangela, kwaye kwakungekho mntu nokuba mnye; zonke iintaka zezulu zazibalekile. ²⁶Ndakhangela, nelizwe elichumileyo lalisenkangala; yonke imizi yalo ingamanxuwa phambi koBawo wethu, phambi kokuvutha komsindo wakhe.

²⁷Kuba utsho uBawo wethu ukuthi: Lonke ilizwe liya kuba senkangala, kanti andiyi kuligqibela liphele. ²⁸Ngenxa yoku umhlaba uya kwenza isijwili, aza amazulu ngaphezulu abe mnyama, kuba ndithethile, ndigqibile; andiyi kuzohlwaya, yaye andiyi kubuya kuko.

²⁹Ngesandi sabamahashe nabatoli yonke imizi iyabaleka. Babalekele ematyholweni, benyuke emaweni; yonke imizi ishiyiwe, kungekho mntu uhlala kuyo. ³⁰Ke wena, ochithiweyo, yintoni oyenzayo, uzambathisa iingubo ezibomvu, uzihombisa ngezihombo zegolide, uqaba amehlo akho? Uzenza mhle ngelize. Izithandwa zakho ziyakudela wena; zifuna ukukubulala. ³¹Kuba ndeva isikhalo esinjengesomfazi onenimba, intlungu enjengeyozala kwakhe izibulo—isikhalo sentombi yaseZiyon, ephefuzela, eselula izandla zakhe: “Yeha kum! Ndiyafa phambi kwababulali.” ^a a v31 “Intombi yaseZiyon” ligama lemibongo elithetha iYerusalem.