Isilumkiso sikaBawo wethu: Hlalani Ezweni
Abathetheli bafunga ukuthobela nokuphi na impendulo eya kufika, bacele uYeremiya ukuba athandaze. Emva kweentsuku ezilishumi, lafika ilizwi likaBawo wethu: hlalani, nityalwe, nikhuselwe; ukuba niya eYiputa, ikrele nendlala eniyoyikayo iya kunilandela khona. Babesele begqibile kakade.
42 1Baza ke bonke abathetheli bemikhosi, kunye noYohanan unyana kaKareha, noYezaniya unyana kaHoshaya, nabantu bonke, bethabathela komncinane base komkhulu, basondela, 2bathi kuYeremiya umprofeti: “Sicela usive isikhungo sethu: sithandazele kuBawo wakho, ngenxa yala masalela onke—kuba sisele sibambalwa kwabaninzi, njengoko ubona, 3ukuze uBawo wakho asibonise indlela esiya kuhamba ngayo, nento esiya kuyenza.”
4Wathi uYeremiya umprofeti kubo: “Ndinivile. Ndiya kuthandaza kuBawo wenu njengoko nicelayo, ndinixelele konke akuphendulayo uBawo wenu, ndingafihli nto.”
5Bathi kuYeremiya: “UBawo wethu makabe lingqina eliyinyaniso nelithembekileyo elichasene nathi ukuba asenzi ngako konke akuthumela ngako uBawo wakho ukuba usixelele. 6Nokuba kokulungileyo nokuba kokubi, siya kuliphulaphula izwi likaBawo wethu, esikuthuma kuye, ukuze kusilungele ekuliphulaphuleni kwethu izwi likaBawo wethu.”
7Ekupheleni kweentsuku ezilishumi, lafika ilizwi likaBawo wethu kuYeremiya. 8Wambiza ke uYohanan unyana kaKareha, nabathetheli bonke ababenaye, nabantu bonke, bethabathela komncinane base komkhulu,
9wathi: “Utsho uBawo wethu wakwaSirayeli, enandithuma kuye ukuba ndibeke phambi kwakhe isikhungo senu:
10Ukuba ngokwenene nihlala kweli lizwe, ndiya kunakha, ndingadilizi; ndinityale, ndinganyothuli—kuba ndizohlwaya ngobubi endanenzela bona.
11Musani ukoyika ukumkani waseBhabhilon, enimoyikayo ngoku. Musani ukumoyika, utsho uBawo wethu, kuba ndinani ukuba ndinisindise, ndinihlangule esandleni sakhe.
12Ndiya kunenzela imfesane, ukuze ukumkani waseBhabhilon anenzele imfesane, anibuyisele ezweni lenu.
13Ke ukuba nithi, ‘Asiyi kuhlala kweli lizwe,’ ningaliphulaphuli izwi likaBawo wenu, 14nisithi, ‘Hayi, siya kuya eYiputa, apho singayi kubona mfazwe, singayi kuva sigodlo, singayi kulambela sonka, sihlale khona,’ 15yivani ngoko ilizwi likaBawo wethu, masalela akwaYuda. Utsho uBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini, uBawo wakwaSirayeli ukuthi: Ukuba nigqibe ekubeni niye eYiputa ukuba nihlale khona, 16ikrele enilesabayo loniqabela eYiputa, nendlala eninxunguphala yiyo yoninamathela ide iye nani eYiputa, nife khona. 17Bonke abagqibe ekubeni bahlale eYiputa baya kufa likrele, yindlala, nasisibetho; akukho namnye uya kusinda okanye asabe kubo bubi endibazisela bona.
18Utsho uBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini, uBawo wakwaSirayeli ukuthi: Njengoko umsindo wam nengqumbo yam yathululwayo phezu kwabemi baseYerusalem, yoba njalo ingqumbo yam ukuthululeka kuni, xa nithe nangena eYiputa. Noba yinto yesiqalekiso, nommangaliso, nento yentsini, nesicukucezo, aniyi kuphinda niyibone le ndawo.”
19“UBawo wethu uthethile kuni, masalela akwaYuda: Musani ukuya eYiputa. Yazini ngokuqinisekileyo ukuba ndiyanilumkisa namhlanje. 20Nizikhohlisile ngegunya lobomi benu, kuba nandithuma kuBawo wenu, nisithi, ‘Sithandazele kuBawo wethu; konke akuthethayo, sixelele siya kukwenza.’ 21Namhlanje ndinixelele, kodwa anililiphulaphulanga izwi likaBawo wenu kuyo yonke into anithume ngayo ukuba ndinixelele. 22Ngoko yazini ngokuqinisekileyo ukuba niya kufa likrele, yindlala, nasisibetho, kuloo ndawo nithanda ukuhlala kuyo.”
