UJeremiya 51 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

51 ¹Utsho uBawo wethu ukuthi: Ndivusa umoya womonakalisi ngokuchasene neBhabhilon nabemi abahleli eLebhi-kamayi. ^a a v1 ILebhi-kamayi ligama elifihliweyo lamaKaledi (iBhabhilon), lenziwe ngokuguqula oonobumba balo bebhekisa ngasemva — indlela efihlakeleyo yokubiza ubukhosi obusesigwebeni. ²Ndiya kuthuma abeli eBhabhilon, baze bayele, baliphungule ilizwe layo, kuba baya kuyingenela ngeenxa zonke ngemini yentlekele. ³Intoli mayingasigobi isaphetha sayo, ingazixhobisi ngezikrweqe zayo. Musani ukubacongela abafana bayo; wunikeleni entshabalalweni wonke umkhosi wayo. ⁴Baya kuwa bebuleweyo ezweni lamaKaledi, behlatyiwe ezitratweni zayo.

⁵Kuba uSirayeli noYuda abashiywanga nguBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini—nangona ilizwe labo lizele tyala sisono esichasene nOyiNgcwele kaSirayeli. ⁶Sabani niphume phakathi kweBhabhilon; elowo makawusindise umphefumlo wakhe! Ningatshatyalaliswa esonweni sayo, kuba eli lixesha lempindezelo kaBawo wethu; uyibuyekeza ngokwezenzo zayo. ⁷IBhabhilon yayiyindebe yegolide esandleni sikaBawo wethu, ilinxilisa lonke ihlabathi. Iintlanga zayisela iwayini layo; ngenxa yoko iintlanga zabhuda. ⁸Ngequbuliso iBhabhilon iwile yatyumka. Yibhombolozeleni! Yiziseleni amafutha ngenxa yentlungu yayo; mhlawumbi ingaphila. ⁹Besifuna ukuyiphilisa iBhabhilon, kodwa ayaphiliseka. Yishiyeni, sihambe, elowo aye ezweni lakowabo, kuba isigwebo sayo sifikelela ezulwini, sinyuke siye esibhakabhakeni. ¹⁰UBawo wethu usigwebele; yizani, masivakalise eZiyon umsebenzi kaBawo wethu. ¹¹Lolani iintolo! Zalisani iziqhuma! UBawo wethu uwuvusile umoya wookumkani bamaMedi, kuba injongo yakhe ngokuchasene neBhabhilon kukuyitshabalalisa, kuba le yimpindezelo kaBawo wethu—impindezelo ngenxa yetempile yakhe. ¹²Phakamisani ibhanile ngokuchasene neendonga zeBhabhilon; yomelezani ulindo, nimise abalindi, nilalele—kuba uBawo wethu ukucebile nokukwenza oko wakuthethayo ngokuchasene nabemi baseBhabhilon. ¹³Wena uhlala ngasemanzini amaninzi, unobutyebi obuninzi, isiphelo sakho sifikile, usinga lobomi bakho lunqanyuliwe.

¹⁴UBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini uzifungile yena ngokwakhe, wathi: “Inene ndiya kukuzalisa ngabantu abaninzi ngangeenkumbi, baze bakhwaze ngentsholo yokulwa phezu kwakho.”

¹⁵Walenza ihlabathi ngamandla akhe; walimisa ilimiweyo ngobulumko bakhe, waza walitwabulula izulu ngengqiqo yakhe. ¹⁶Xa eduduma, amanzi asemazulwini ayagquma; wenza inkungu inyuke ukusuka eziphelweni zehlabathi. Wenzela imvula umbane, awukhuphe umoya kwizindlu zakhe zobuncwane. ¹⁷Wonke umntu uligeza ongenakwazi; wonke umnyibilikisi wegolide uhlazekile ngumfanekiso wakhe, kuba imifanekiso yakhe etyhidiweyo bubuxoki—akukho mphefumlo kuyo. ¹⁸Ayinto yakonto, yintlekisa; ngexesha lokuhlawulelwa kwayo iya kutshabalala. ¹⁹Isabelo sikaYakobi asifani nezi zinto, kuba enguMenzi wezinto zonke, yaye uSirayeli yisizwe selifa lakhe; igama lakhe nguBawo wemikhosi yasemazulwini.

²⁰“Wena uyisando sam semfazwe, isixhobo sam sokulwa: ngawe ndiyaphula iintlanga, ngawe ndiyatshabalalisa izikumkani, ²¹ngawe ndiyaphula ihashe nomkhweli walo, ngawe ndiyaphula inqwelo yokulwa nomqhubi wayo, ²²ngawe ndiyaphula indoda nomfazi, ngawe ndiyaphula ixhego nenkwenkwe, ngawe ndiyaphula umfana nentombi, ²³ngawe ndiyaphula umalusi nomhlambi wakhe, ngawe ndiyaphula umlimi neenkabi zakhe zokulima, ngawe ndiyaphula abalawuli namagosa.”

²⁴“Kodwa ndiya kubuyekeza iBhabhilon, nabo bonke abemi bakwaBhabhilon, phambi kwamehlo enu, ngenxa yabo bonke ububi abenzayo eZiyon,” utsho uBawo wethu. ²⁵“Khangela, ndichasene nawe, ntaba etshabalalisayo,” utsho uBawo wethu, “wena otshabalalisa ihlabathi lonke. Ndiya kusolula isandla sam ngakuwe, ndikuqengqele phantsi emaweni, ndikwenze intaba etshileyo. ²⁶Akuyi kuthatyathwa litye kuwe libe lilitye lembombo, nelitye lesiseko, kuba uya kuba senkangala ngonaphakade,” utsho uBawo wethu.

²⁷Phakamisani ibhanile ezweni! Vuthelani ixilongo phakathi kweentlanga! Hlanganisani iintlanga zichasane naye; bizani ngokuchasene naye izikumkani zaseArarati, neMinni, neAshkenazi. Misani umphathi-mkhosi ochasene naye; nyusani amahashe njengeenkumbi ezinoboya obuvukileyo. ²⁸Hlanganisani iintlanga zichasane naye—ookumkani bamaMedi, abalawuli babo namagosa abo onke, nelizwe ngalinye eliphantsi kombuso wabo. ²⁹Ilizwe liyangcangcazela, lithuthumela, kuba iinjongo zikaBawo wethu ngakwiBhabhilon zimi ngokuqinileyo—ukwenza ilizwe laseBhabhilon libe senkangala, kungabikho namnye ohlala khona. ³⁰Amagorha aseBhabhilon ayekile ukulwa; abhacele ezinqabeni zawo. Amandla awo aphelile; aye afana nabafazi. Izindlu zayo zitshisiwe; imivalo yamasango ayo yaphukile. ³¹Umgijimi ugidimela omnye umgijimi, umthunywa ahlangabeze omnye umthunywa, ukuxelela ukumkani waseBhabhilon ukuba umzi wakhe uthinjwe uphela, ³²amazibuko omlambo abanjiwe, amaxhaphozi atshisiwe ngomlilo, namajoni aphakuzela luvalo.

³³Kuba utsho uBawo wemikhosi yasemazulwini ukuthi: Intombi yaseBhabhilon yisanda ngexesha lokunyhashwa; kungekudala kufika ixesha layo lokuvuna.

³⁴“UNebhukadenetsare ukumkani waseBhabhilon undidlile, undityunyuzile; undishiye ndisisitya esingenanto. Undiginye njengerhamncwa, wasizalisa isisu sakhe ngezinto zam ezinqabileyo, wandula wandihlanza. ³⁵Ugonyamelo olwenziwe kum nakwinyama yam malube phezu kweBhabhilon,” utsho ummi waseZiyon. “Igazi lam malibe phezu kwabemi bakwaBhabhilon,” itsho iYerusalem.

³⁶Ngako oko utsho uBawo wethu ukuthi: Khangela, ndiya kuwuthethelela umbandela wakho, ndikuphindezelele. Ndiya kulomisa ulwandle lwayo, ndiwomise umthombo wayo. ³⁷IBhabhilon iya kuba yimfumba yamanxuwa, nendawo yokuhlala kwezimpungutye, nento yommangaliso nentsini, kungahlali mntu kuyo. ³⁸Bebonke babharhula njengeengonyama ezintsha, bagquma njengamathole eengonyama. ³⁹Ngexa beshushu yiwayini, ndiya kubeka phambi kwabo isidlo, ndibanxilise, ukuze badlale—baze balale ubuthongo obungunaphakade, bangavuki, utsho uBawo wethu.

⁴⁰“Ndiya kubehlisela phantsi njengeemvana ezisiwa ekuxhelweni, njengeenkunzi zezimvu neebhokhwe. ⁴¹Hayi indlela ethinjwe ngayo iShoyeki, yabanjwa indumiso yehlabathi lonke! Hayi ukuba ngummangaliso kweBhabhilon phakathi kweentlanga! ^b b v41 IShoyeki ligama elifihlakeleyo leBhabhilon, elicacisa into yokuba kutheni omabini la magama evela kwesi sahluko. ⁴²Ulwandle lunyukile phezu kweBhabhilon; igutyungelwe ngamaza alo abharhulayo. ⁴³Imizi yayo ibe ngummangaliso, ilizwe elomileyo elisenkangala, ilizwe ekungahlali mntu kulo, ekungadluli mntu kulo.

⁴⁴“Ndiya kumohlwaya uBheli eBhabhilon, ndimenze ahlanze oko akuginyileyo. Iintlanga aziyi kuba sasiphithizela zisiya kuye, nodonga lweBhabhilon luya kuwa. ^c c v44 UBheli wayengoyena thixo mkhulu waseBhabhilon. UBawo wethu usihluba sonke isithixo esi oko sasisithi sikuphethe. ⁴⁵Phumani kuyo, bantwana bam! Makasindise elowo umphefumlo wakhe ekuvutheni komsindo kaBawo wethu! ⁴⁶Ningatyhafi ningoyiki ngenxa yehlebo elivakala ezweni—kuvakala ihlebo ngomnyaka omnye, lize elinye ngowulandelayo, kukho ugonyamelo ezweni, umlawuli echasene nomlawuli. ⁴⁷Ngako oko, yabona, kuza imihla endiya kuzohlwaya ngayo izithixo zeBhabhilon. Lonke ilizwe layo liya kudaniswa, kuwe ababuleweyo bayo bonke phakathi kwayo. ⁴⁸Lize izulu nehlabathi nazo zonke izinto ezikuzo zimemelele ngovuyo ngenxa yeBhabhilon, kuba abonakalisi baya kuza kuyo bevela entla,” utsho uBawo wethu.

⁴⁹IBhabhilon imelwe kukuwa ngenxa yababuleweyo bakwaSirayeli, kanye njengokuba ababuleweyo behlabathi lonke bawa ngenxa yeBhabhilon. ⁵⁰Nina basindileyo ekreleni, hambani, ningalibali! Khumbulani uBawo wethu nikude, iYerusalem mayivele ezintliziyweni zenu. ⁵¹“Sidanisiwe, kuba sive ingcikivo; ihlazo ligubungele ubuso bethu, ngenxa yokuba abasemzini bangenile ezindaweni ezingcwele zendlu kaBawo wethu.

⁵²Ngako oko, yabona, kuza imihla,” utsho uBawo wethu, “endiya kuzohlwaya ngayo izithixo zayo, kuthi ezweni layo lonke abangxwelerhiweyo bancwine. ⁵³Nokuba iBhabhilon ithe yakhwela ezulwini, yayiqinisa imboniselo yayo ephakamileyo, baya kuza kuyo abonakalisi bevela kum,” utsho uBawo wethu.

⁵⁴Phulaphulani—isikhalo sivela eBhabhilon, isandi sentshabalalo enkulu sivela ezweni lamaBhabhilon! ⁵⁵Kuba uBawo wethu uyayibhuqa iBhabhilon, elithulisa izwi layo elikhulu. Amaza abo abharhula njengamanzi amaninzi; kudume isandi sezwi labo. ⁵⁶Kuba umonakalisi ufikile kuyo, kuyo iBhabhilon; amagorha ayo athinjiwe, izaphetha zawo zaphukile, kuba uBawo wethu uyabuyekeza—inene uya kubuyekeza ngokupheleleyo.

⁵⁷“Ndiya kubanxilisa amaphakathi ayo nezilumko zayo, amabamba ayo, nabathetheli, namagorha; baya kulala ubuthongo obungunaphakade, bangaphinde bavuke,” utsho uKumkani, ogama lakhe linguBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini.

⁵⁸Utsho uBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini ukuthi: Udonga olubanzi lwaseBhabhilon luya kudilizelwa phantsi, namasango ayo aphakamileyo aya kutshiswa ngomlilo. Izizwe zibulalekela ilize, iintlanga zizidinisa ngenxa yomlilo kuphela.

⁵⁹UYeremiya umprofeti wamnika lo myalelo uSeraya unyana kaNeriya, unyana kaMahaseya, xa waya noZedekiya ukumkani wakwaYuda eBhabhilon ngomnyaka wakhe wesine. USeraya wayengumphathi weendawo zokuhlala. ⁶⁰UYeremiya wayebhale encwadini enye bonke ububi obuya kuza phezu kweBhabhilon—onke la mazwi abhalwe ngeBhabhilon. ⁶¹UYeremiya wathi kuSeraya: “Xa ufika eBhabhilon, uqiniseke ukuba uyawalesa ngokuvakalayo onke la mazwi, ⁶²uze uthi: ‘Owu Bawo wethu, wena uthethile ngale ndawo—ukuba uyinqumle ukuze kungabikho nto ihlala kuyo, nokuba ngumntu, nokuba yinkomo, koko ibe senkangala ngonaphakade.’ ⁶³Xa ugqibile ukulesa le ncwadi, bophelela ilitye kuyo, uyiphose embindini woMlambo iEfrati, ⁶⁴uze uthi: ‘Ngokunjalo iBhabhilon iya kutshona ingaphinde iphakame, ngenxa yobubi endibuzisayo phezu kwayo; baya kutyhafa abantu bayo.’” Aphela apha amazwi kaYeremiya.