Ilizwi loKhathalelo ngoBharuki
Ilizwi elifutshane langasese kuBharuki, odiniweyo kukubhala engafumani kuphumla. Akaxelelwa ukuba usizi lwakhe luncinane. Uxelelwa ukuba uBawo wethu uncothula oko wakutyalayo, ngoko uBharuki makangazifuneli izinto ezinkulu; ubomi bakhe kuko akugcinayo.
45 1Ilizwi awalithethayo uYeremiya umprofeti kuBharuki unyana kaNeriya, xa wabhala la mazwi encwadini emlonyeni kaYeremiya, ngomnyaka wesine kaYehoyakim unyana kaYosiya, ukumkani wakwaYuda: 2Utsho uBawo wethu wakwaSirayeli kuwe, Bharuki, ukuthi:
3Wathi: ‘Yeha kum! Kuba uBawo wethu wongezelele usizi entlungwini yam; ndiphelelwe ngamandla kukuncwina, andifumani kuphumla.’
4Yitsho kuye: Utsho uBawo wethu ukuthi: Oko ndikwakhileyo ndikuchitha, oko ndikutyalileyo ndikuncothula—kulo lonke eli lizwe. 5Wena ke—ingaba uzifunela izinto ezinkulu na? Musa. Ndiza kuzisa ububi phezu kwayo yonke inyama, utsho uBawo wethu, kodwa naphi na apho uya khona, ndiya kukunika umphefumlo wakho ube lixhoba. a a v5 “Umphefumlo wakho ube lixhoba” yayisisaci sasemfazweni: kwimbubhiso ezayo uBharuki wayeya kusinda engenanto ngaphandle kobomi bakhe—kwaye oko ngokwako yaba sisipho uBawo wethu awathembisa ukusigcina.