UJeremiya 40 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

40 ¹Ilizwi elafikayo kuYeremiya livela kuBawo wethu emva kokuba uNebhuzaradan, umthetheli wabasiki, emkhululile eRama, akuba emthabathile ekhonkxiwe phakathi kwawo onke amabanjwa aseYerusalem nakwaYuda, abefuduselwa eBhabhilon. ²Umthetheli wabasiki wamthabatha uYeremiya, wathi kuye: “UThixo wakho uthethe obu bubi ngale ndawo. ^a a v2 La mazwi aphuma kumthetheli waseBhabhilon, ngengoabo bakaThixo — ngoko umbiza uNdikhoyo njengoThixo wezigwebo, kodwa hayi njengoBawo; obo busondelelwano bobabantwana bakaThixo. ³UNdikhoyo wazisa oku, wenza kanye njengoko watshoyo, ngenxa yokuba nonke nonile kuNdikhoyo, aningamphulaphulanga — ngoko kwenzeke kuni oku. ⁴Khangela, namhlanje ndiyakukhulula emixokelelwaneni esezandleni zakho. Ukuba kulungile ukuba uze nam eBhabhilon, yiza — ndokugcina; ukuba akunjalo, musa ukuza: nali lonke ilizwe liphambi kwakho; yiya apho kulungileyo nalapho kuthe tye emehlweni akho.” ⁵Engekemki uYeremiya, uNebhuzaradan wathi: “Buyela kuGedaliya unyana ka-Ahikam, unyana kaShafan, lowo ukumkani waseBhabhilon ammise phezu kwemizi yakwaYuda — uhlale naye phakathi kwabantu, nokuba uye nokuba uye apho kuthe tye emehlweni akho.” Umthetheli wabasiki wamnika ukudla nesipho, wamndulula.

⁶UYeremiya waya kuGedaliya unyana ka-Ahikam eMizpa, wahlala naye phakathi kwabantu abaseleyo ezweni.

UGedaliya Uhlanganisa Amasalela

⁷Bathi bonke abathetheli bemikhosi eyayisemaphandleni, bona namadoda abo, bakuva ukuba ukumkani waseBhabhilon ummise uGedaliya unyana ka-Ahikam phezu kwelizwe, wamwisela umthetho ngamadoda, nabafazi, nabantwana — amahlwempu elizwe angazanga afuduselwe eBhabhilon. ⁸Bafika kuGedaliya eMizpa: uIshmayeli unyana kaNethaniya, noYohanan noYonatan oonyana bakaKareha, noSeraya unyana kaTanhumeti, noonyana baka-Efayi waseNetofa, noYezaniya unyana womMahakati — bona namadoda abo. ⁹UGedaliya unyana ka-Ahikam, unyana kaShafan, wafunga kubo nakumadoda abo, wathi: “Musani ukoyika ukukhonza amaKaledi. Hlalani ezweni, nikhonze ukumkani waseBhabhilon, nolunga. ^b b v9 NgesiHebhere: amaKaledi — asetyenziswa apha ukubhekisa kubaphathi namajoni aseBhabhilon. ¹⁰Mna ke ndohlala eMizpa, ndinimele phambi kwamaKaledi aya kuza kuthi. Kodwa nina buthani iwayini, neziqhamo zasehlotyeni, neoli, nizifumbe ezityeni zenu, nihlale emizini eniyithimbileyo.”

¹¹Kananjalo onke amaYuda awayekwaMowabhi, nakoonyana baka-Amon, nakwa-Edom, nakuwo onke amazwe, akuva ukuba ukumkani waseBhabhilon ushiye amasalela kwaYuda, nokuba umise phezu kwawo uGedaliya unyana ka-Ahikam, unyana kaShafan, ¹²onke amaYuda abuya kuyo yonke indawo awayechithakalele kuyo, afika kuGedaliya eMizpa kwaYuda, abutha iwayini neziqhamo zasehlotyeni ezininzi kunene.

¹³UYohanan unyana kaKareha, nabo bonke abathetheli bemikhosi eyayisemaphandleni, bafika kuGedaliya eMizpa, ¹⁴bathi kuye: “Awazi na ukuba uBhahalis, ukumkani woonyana baka-Amon, umthume uIshmayeli unyana kaNethaniya ukuba akubulale?” Kodwa uGedaliya unyana ka-Ahikam akabakholwanga.

¹⁵UYohanan unyana kaKareha wandula wathetha noGedaliya ngasese eMizpa, wathi: “Makandihambe ndiye kumbulala uIshmayeli unyana kaNethaniya — akukho mntu uya kwazi. Yini na ukuba amthabathe umphefumlo wakho, achithachithe onke amaYuda ahlanganisana kuwe, aze afe amasalela akwaYuda?”

¹⁶Kodwa uGedaliya unyana ka-Ahikam wathi kuYohanan unyana kaKareha: “Musa ukuyenza le nto; uxoka ngoIshmayeli.”