UJeremiya 6 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

6 ¹“Zisindiseni, nina bantwana bakaBhenjamin, niphume eYerusalem! Vuthelani isigodlo eTekowa, niphakamise umqondiso phezu kweBhete-hakerem, kuba kusondela intlekele ivela entla, intshabalaliso enkulu. ²Intombi yeZiyon entle neyethamsileyo — ndiya kuyitshabalalisa. ³Abalusi nemihlambi yabo baya kuyifikela; baya kumisa iintente zabo ngeenxa zonke kuyo, elowo alusa isahlulo sakhe.”

⁴Lungiselelani imfazwe kuyo! Yizani, siyihlasele emini enkulu! Kodwa yeha kuthi, kuba imini iyaphela, namathunzi angokuhlwa aba made. ⁵Yizani, siyihlasele ebusuku, siyitshabalalise iinqaba zayo!

⁶Kuba utsho uBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini ukuthi: Gawulani imithi yayo, nakhe udonga lokungqinga iYerusalem. Lo mzi umelwe kukohlwaywa; akukho nto ngaphakathi kuwo ngaphandle kocinezelo. ⁷“Njengoko iqula ligcina amanzi awo ekrozile, ngokunjalo yona igcina inkohlakalo yayo ikrozile. Ugonyamelo nentshabalaliso kuyavakala ngaphakathi kuyo; izifo namanxeba ahlala ephambi kwam. ⁸Khawulunyukiswe, Yerusalem, hleze ndikujikele ndikruqukile, ndikwenze uba yinkangala, ilizwe elingahlalwa mntu.”

⁹Utsho uBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini ukuthi: Baya kubhikica amasalela akwaSirayeli njengokubhikicwa komdiliya ngokucokisekileyo. Buyisela isandla sakho phezu kwamasebe kwakhona, njengalowo ubutha iidiliya.

¹⁰“Ndingathetha kubani ndilumkise, ukuze baphulaphule? Iindlebe zabo zivalekile, ngoko abanako ukuva. Ilizwi likaBawo wethu lisikizi kubo; abayoliswa lilo.

¹¹Kodwa ndizele ngumsindo kaBawo wethu; ndidiniwe kukuwubamba ngaphakathi. Wugalele phezu kwabantwana abasesitratweni, phezu kwamadodana ahlangene ndawonye; bobabini indoda nomfazi baya kuthatyathwa, oselekhulile nalowo usemdala kakhulu.” ¹²Izindlu zabo ziya kunikwa abanye, amasimi abo nabafazi babo kunye, kuba ndiya kolula isandla sam phezu kwabahleli kweli lizwe, utsho uBawo wethu. ¹³Kuba bethabathela komncinane base komkhulu, bonke banabela inzuzo embi; bethabathela kumprofeti base kumbingeleli, bonke benza inkohliso. ¹⁴Baliphilisa inxeba labantu bakowethu ngokungathi alinzima. Bathi: “Luxolo, luxolo,” kanti alukho uxolo. ¹⁵Baye badana na ngenxa yezinto zabo ezilisikizi abazenzileyo? Hayi, babengenazintloni nakanye; bebengakwazi nokuba neentloni. Ngoko ke baya kuwa phakathi kwabawileyo; baya kuwiswa phantsi ekubohlwayeni kwam, utsho uBawo wethu.

¹⁶Utsho uBawo wethu ukuthi: Yimani emaweni eendlela, nikhangele; buzani iindlela zamandulo, apho ikhona indlela elungileyo, nihambe ngayo, nize nifumane ukuphumla kwemiphefumlo yenu. Kodwa bathi: “Asiyi kuhamba ngayo.” ¹⁷Ndamisa ababoniseli phezu kwenu ndathi: “Phulaphulani isandi sesigodlo!” Kodwa bathi: “Asiyi kuphulaphula.” ¹⁸“Ngoko ke yivani, nina zizwe; qaphelani, nina mangqina, into eya kubehlela. ¹⁹Phulaphula, hlabathi: ndizisa intlekele phezu kwaba bantu, isiqhamo samacebo abo, kuba bengawaphulaphulanga amazwi am, balucekisa umyalelo wam. ²⁰Ndisikhathaleleni na isiqhumiso esivela eShebha, nekalamo evumba limnandi evela ezweni elikude? Amadini akho atshiswayo akamkelekanga; imibingelelo yakho ayindikholisi.”

²¹Ngoko ke utsho uBawo wethu ukuthi: Ndiya kubeka izikhubekiso phambi kwaba bantu. Abazali nabantwana ngokufanayo baya kukhubeka kuzo; abamelwane nabahlobo baya kutshabalala.

²²Utsho uBawo wethu ukuthi: Khangela, kuza umkhosi uvela ezweni lasentla; isizwe esikhulu siyavuswa sivela eziphelweni zehlabathi. ²³Baphethe isaphetha nomkhonto; banobungcwangu, abananceba. Isandi sabo sigquma njengolwandle besakhwela emahasheni, bakhelele imfazwe ngakuwe, ntombi yaseZiyon.

²⁴Sivile iindaba zabo, zaza izandla zethu zadangala. Inkxwaleko isibambile thina, intlungu enjengeyomfazi ozalayo. ²⁵Musani ukuphumela emasimini, ningahambi nasezindleleni, kuba utshaba lunekrele, noloyiko lukho ngeenxa zonke. ²⁶Ntombi yabantu bam, nxiba iingubo zokuzila, uziqikaqike eluthuthwini; zila ngesijwili esikrakra njengokungathi kungonyana okuphela kwakhe, kuba ngesiquphe umonakalisi uya kusihlela.

²⁷“Ndikwenze umvavanyi wezinyithi phakathi kwabantu bam, ukuze uqwalasele uze uvavanye iindlela zabo. ²⁸Bonke bangabavukeli abaneenkani, behamba besasaza intlebendwane. Balubhedu nentsimbi; bonke bayonakalisa. ²⁹Imifutho ivuthela ngamandla ukuze itshise umthofu ngomlilo, kodwa ukunyibilikiswa akuncedi; abangendawo abasuswa. ³⁰Babizwa ngokuba yisilivere ecekisiweyo, kuba uBawo wethu ebacekisile.”