UJeremiya 5 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

5 ¹“Hamba-hamba ezitratweni zaseJerusalem, khangela ngoku uqwalasele! Phengulula ezinkundleni zayo— ukuba ungafumane mntu mnye, omnye owenza okusesikweni efuna inyaniso, ndiya kuyixolela. ²Nokuba bathi: ‘Ehleli nje uBawo wethu,’ bafunga ubuxoki.”

³Bawo, amehlo akho akalufuni na unyaniseko? Wababetha, kodwa abeva buhlungu; wabagqibela, kodwa bala ukwamkela uqeqesho. Bazenza lukhuni ubuso babo ngaphezu kweliwa; bala ukuguquka. ⁴Ndaza ndathi: ‘Aba ngamahlwempu kuphela; bazizidenge, kuba bengayazi indlela kaBawo wethu, amasiko okusesikweni kaYise.’ ⁵Ndiya kuya kwabakhulu ndithethe nabo, kuba inene bayayazi indlela kaBawo wethu, amasiko okusesikweni kaYise.’ Kodwa nabo, bonke, babeyaphule idyokhwe; babeziqhawule izintya. ⁶Ngako oko ingonyama evela ehlathini iya kubaxabela, ingcuka yasentlango iya kubaqwenga. Ihlosi lilele lilinde imizi yabo; wonke ophuma kuyo uya kuqwengwa—kuba zininzi izikreqo zabo, ukubhekela kwabo akunakubalwa.

⁷“Ndingakuxolelela ni na? Abantwana bakho bandilahlile, bafunga abo bangengothixo. Ndabahluthisa, kodwa bakrexeza, bagcwala ezindlwini zamahenyukazi. ⁸Babenjengamahashe atyebileyo anobukhwele, elowo ekhonya umfazi wommelwane wakhe.’ ⁹Andisayi kubohlwaya na ngenxa yezi zinto? utsho uBawo wethu. Andisayi kuziphindezelela na kuhlanga olunjengolu? ¹⁰Nyukani ngemikrozo yezidiliya zayo nitshabalalise, kodwa ningagqibeli ngokupheleleyo; susani amasebe ayo, kuba engengakaBawo wethu. ¹¹Kuba indlu kaSirayeli nendlu kaYuda zisuke zaba ngabatshinizi kum ngokupheleleyo, utsho uBawo wethu.”

¹²Bathethe ubuxoki ngoBawo wethu; bathi: ‘Akayi kwenza nto! Akuyi kufika ntlekele phezu kwethu; asiyi kubona krele nendlala.’ ¹³Abaprofeti bangumoya nje; ilizwi alikho kubo. Ngako oko makwenziwe njalo kubo!

¹⁴Ngako oko utsho uBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini: Ngenxa yokuba nithethe eli lizwi, ndiwenza amazwi am emlonyeni wakho abe ngumlilo, naba bantu babe ziinkuni, uze ubadle. ¹⁵Yabona, ndiza kuzisa phezu kwenu uhlanga oluvela kude, ndlu kaSirayeli, utsho uBawo wethu—uhlanga olunamandla, uhlanga lwamandulo, uhlanga eningalwaziyo ulwimi lwalo, ningekuqondi nokuthetha kwalo. ¹⁶“Umphongolo wabo unjengengcwaba elivulekileyo; bonke bangamagorha anobukroti. ¹⁷Baya kusidla isivuno senu nesonka senu; baya kubadla oonyana benu neentombi zenu; baya kuyidla impahla yenu emfutshane neenkomo zenu; baya kuyidla imidiliya yenu nemikhiwane yenu. Ngekrele baya kuyidiliza imizi yenu enqatyisiweyo enithembele kuyo.”

¹⁸Kodwa nkqu nangaloo mihla, utsho uBawo wethu, andiyi kunigqibela ngokupheleleyo. ¹⁹Kuya kuthi xa bebuza besithi: ‘Kutheni uBawo wethu esenza zonke ezi zinto kuthi?’ uze uthi kubo: ‘Njengoko nindilahlile, nakhonza oothixo basemzini ezweni lenu, ngokunjalo niya kukhonza abasemzini ezweni elingelolenu.’

²⁰“Kuxeleni oku endlwini kaYakobi; nikuvakalise kwaYuda: ²¹Yivani oku, nina bantu banobudenge, bangenangqondo, eninamehlo kodwa ningaboni, eninendlebe kodwa ningeva:” ²²Anindoyiki na? utsho uBawo wethu. Aningcangcazeli na phambi kwam? Ndamisa intlabathi ukuba ibe ngumda wolwandle, ummiselo ongunaphakade ongenakugqithwa. Nangona amaza enyakazela, akanakweyisa; nangona egquma, akanakuwela ngaphesheya kwawo. ²³Kodwa aba bantu banentliziyo eneenkani nemvukelo; baphambukile, bahamba ngeyabo indlela. ²⁴Abatsho entliziyweni yabo besithi, ‘Masimoyike uBawo wethu, onika imvula—ethambisayo nevuthisayo ngexesha layo— osigcinela iiveki ezimiselweyo zokuvuna.’ ²⁵“Ubugwenxa benu buzisusile ezi ntsikelelo, nezono zenu zinivimbile okulungileyo. ²⁶Kuba phakathi kwabantu bam kufunyanwa amadoda angendawo; balalele njengabathiyeli beentaka abalindeleyo; bamisa umgibe, ngabantu ke ababambayo. ²⁷Njengehoko ezele ziintaka, izindlu zabo zizele yinkohliso; ngenxa yoko bakhulile, baba zizityebi. ²⁸Batyebile, baqaqambile; baphuphuma izenzo ezingendawo. Abalimeli ityala lenkedama, ukuze iphumelele, namalungelo abasweleyo abawagcini.” ²⁹Andiyi kubohlwaya na ngenxa yezi zinto? utsho uBawo wethu. Andiyi kuziphindezela na eluhlangeni olunjengolu? ³⁰“Into eyothusayo nemasikizi yenzekile ezweni: ³¹abaprofeti baprofeta ubuxoki, ababingeleli balawula ngegunya labo; baye abantu bam bekuthanda oko. Kodwa niya kuthini na xa kufika ukuphela?”