Amasalela Abalekela eYiputa
UYohanan nabanye bathi uYeremiya uxoka, bekhanyela ukuba uBawo wethu umthumile, baze batyhole uBharuki, bathabathe onke amasalela baye eYiputa, uYeremiya ephakathi kwabo. ETahpanhes ungcwaba amatye apho kuya kuma khona itrone kaNebhukadenetsare. Ingozi ababeyibalekela iza emva kwabo.
43 1Kwathi, akugqiba uYeremiya ukubaxelela bonke abantu onke amazwi kaBawo wabo—onke amazwi awamthumela ngawo uBawo wabo ukuba awathethe kubo. 2UAzariya unyana kaHoshaya, noYohanan unyana kaKareha, nawo onke amadoda anekratshi bathetha noYeremiya, bathi: “Uyaxoka! UBawo wethu akakuthumanga ukuba uthi: ‘Musani ukuya kuhlala eYiputa.’ 3Hayi, nguBharuki unyana kaNeriya okuvuselela nxamnye nathi, ukuze asinikele emaBhabhiloni ukuba asibulale okanye asifudusele eBhabhilon.”
4Wenjenjalo uYohanan unyana kaKareha, nabathetheli bonke bemikhosi, nabantu bonke, akaliphulaphula ilizwi likaBawo wethu lokuba bahlale ezweni lakwaYuda. 5Wathi uYohanan unyana kaKareha nabathetheli bonke bemikhosi bawathabatha onke amasalela akwaYuda ababebuyile kuzo zonke iintlanga ababephangalalisele kuzo, ukuba bahlale ezweni lakwaYuda. 6amadoda, nabafazi, nabantwana, neentombi zokumkani, nabo bonke uNebhuzaradan umthetheli wabasiki abebashiye noGedaliya unyana ka-Ahikam, unyana kaShafan, kwanoYeremiya umprofeti noBharuki unyana kaNeriya. 7Bangena ke eYiputa, bengaliphulaphulanga ilizwi likaBawo wethu, bada bafika eTahpanhes.
8Lafika ke ilizwi likaBawo wethu kuYeremiya eTahpanhes, lisithi:
9“Thabatha amatye amakhulu ngesandla sakho, uwangcwabe eludongweni, kuloo dontsi lezitena esekungeneni endlwini kaFaro eTahpanhes, bekhangele amadoda akwaYuda. 10Wandule ke ubaxelele, uthi: ‘Utsho uBawo wethu wemikhosi, uBawo wethu wamaSirayeli, ukuthi: Yabona, ndithuma ndibize umkhonzi wam uNebhukadenetsare ukumkani waseBhabhilon, ndoyimisa itrone yakhe phezu kwala matye ndiwangcwabe apha, aze olule phezu kwawo iwunduwundu lakhe lokumkani. 11Uya kuza ayibethe iYiputa: ukufa kwabamiselwe ukufa, ukuthinjwa kwabamiselwe ukuthinjwa, ikrele kwabamiselwe ikrele. 12Ndiya kuzithungela ngomlilo izindlu zoothixo baseYiputa; uNebhukadenetsare uya kuzitshisa, azithimbe. Uya kulithi jize ilizwe laseYiputa njengomalusi ethi jize ngengubo yakhe, aphume apho engenzakalanga. 13Uya kuziqhekeza izimiso zamatye zaseHeliopolisi ezweni laseYiputa, azitshise ngomlilo izindlu zoothixo baseYiputa.’” a a v13 Apha igama elithi “Bhete-shemeshe” (“indlu yelanga”) ngumzi waseYiputa awawubiza amaGrike ngokuba yiHeliopolisi, umbindi wonqulo-langa lwaseYiputa — ingengowona mzi unegama elinjalo kwaYuda.
