UJeremiya 7 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

7 ¹Ilizwi elafika kuYeremiya livela kuBawo wethu:

²Yima esangweni lendlu kaBawo wethu, uvakalise khona, uthi: Phulaphulani ilizwi likaBawo wethu, nina nonke bakwaYuda, ningena ngala masango ukuze ninqule. ³Utsho uBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini, uBawo wethu wakwaSirayeli, ukuthi: Lungisani iindlela zenu nezenzo zenu, ndize ndinihlalise kule ndawo.

⁴Ningawakholosi la mazwi enkohliso, athi: ‘Yitempile kaBawo wethu! Yitempile kaBawo wethu! Yitempile kaBawo wethu!’ ⁵Ukuba ngenene niyaziguqula iindlela zenu nezenzo zenu, nenze ngenene ubulungisa phakathi komnye nomnye, ⁶ukuba anixini owasemzini, nenkedama, nomhlolokazi, ningaliphalazi igazi elingenatyala kule ndawo, ningabalandeli thixo bambi ukuze nizenzele ububi, ⁷ndoza ke ndinihlalise kule ndawo, kweli lizwe ndabanika ooyihlo kwasephakadeni, kude kuse ephakadeni. ⁸Kodwa niyabona—nikholosa ngamazwi enkohliso angento yanto. ⁹Niya kuba, niya kubulala, nikrexeze, nifunge ubuxoki, ninikele imibingelelo kuBhahali, nilandele thixo bambi eningabaziyo, ¹⁰nize nime phambi kwam kule ndlu ethwele igama lam, nithi: ‘Sikhululekile!’—kodwa niqhubeke nisenza zonke ezi zinto zimasikizi? ¹¹Le ndlu ithwele igama lam sele ibe ngumqolomba wezihange emehlweni enu na? Mna ngokwam ndikubonile oku, utsho uBawo wethu.

¹²Yiyani ngoku kule ndawo yam eyayiseShilo, apho ndabeka khona igama lam kuqala, nibone oko ndakwenzayo kuyo ngenxa yobubi babantu bam amaSirayeli. ¹³Ngoku, ngokuba nenze konke oku, utsho uBawo wethu—ndathetha kuni izihlandlo ngezihlandlo, kodwa aniphulaphulanga; ndanibiza, kodwa aniphendulanga,

¹⁴ngako oko ndiya kuyenza kule ndlu ibizwa ngegama lam, enikholosa ngayo, nakule ndawo ndaninika yona nina nooyihlo, njengoko ndayenzayo eShilo. ¹⁵Ndoniphosa phambi kwam, njengoko ndabaphosa bonke abazalwana benu, bonke oonyana bakaEfrayim. ^a a v15 UEfrayim sisifinyezo sobukumkani basemantla bukaSirayeli, obuthi iAsiriya yabuthimbela ekuthinjweni malunga ne-722 ngaphambi koKrestu.

¹⁶Wena—musa ukubathandazela aba bantu; ungabaphakamiseli isikhalo nasithandazo; ungandibongozi, ngokuba andiyi kukuphulaphula. ¹⁷Awuboni na izinto abazenzayo emizini yakwaYuda nasezitratweni zaseYerusalem? ¹⁸Abantwana babutha iinkuni, ooyise baphembe umlilo, abafazi baxovule intlama ukuze benze amaqebengwana okumkanikazi wasezulwini; bathululela iminikelo yokusela kubo thixo bambi ukuze bandiqumbise. ^b b v18 Ukumkanikazi wasezulwini wayenguthixokazi wobuhedeni wenzala owayenqulwa kwimimandla yasempumalanga yakudala — iintsapho zazinikela unqulo lwasekhaya kuye endaweni kaBawo wethu. ¹⁹Kanti ndim na lo bamqumbisa? utsho uBawo wethu. Asingabo na bona ngokwabo, kube lihlazo kubo?

²⁰Ngoko utsho uBawo oyiNkosi: umsindo wam noburhalarhume bam buya kuphalala kule ndawo—phezu kwabantu nezinto eziphilayo, phezu kwemithi yentsimi neziqhamo zomhlaba—buvuthe, bungacinywa.

²¹Utsho uBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini, uBawo wethu wakwaSirayeli, ukuthi: Yongezani amadini enu anyukayo kweminye imibingelelo yenu, niyidle nina ngokwenu inyama! ²²Kuba ngemini endabakhuphayo ooyihlo ezweni laseYiputa, andizange ndithethe nabo kuphela, okanye ndibawisele umthetho ngamadini anyukayo nemibingelelo. ²³Nantsi into endabawisela umthetho ngayo: Phulaphulani izwi lam, ndize ndibe nguBawo wenu, nibe ngabantwana bam. Hambani ngokupheleleyo ngendlela endiniwisela umthetho ngayo, ukuze kulunge kuni.

²⁴Kodwa abevanga, abayibekanga nendlebe; bahamba ngamacebo abo, iintliziyo zabo ezingendawo zinentamo elukhuni, baya ngomva, abaya phambili. ²⁵Kuselokwemini ooyihlo baphuma eYiputa kwada kwaba ngoku, ndanithumela bonke abakhonzi bam abaprofeti, izihlandlo ngezihlandlo, imihla ngemihla. ²⁶Kanti abandiphulaphulanga, abandibekanga ndlebe, koko baba nentamo elukhuni, benza okubi ngaphezu kooyihlo.

²⁷Woba uthetha kubo onke la mazwi, kodwa abayi kukuphulaphula; wobabiza, kodwa abayi kukuphendula.

²⁸Yitsho kubo: Olu luhlanga olungaphulaphulanga izwi likaBawo wethu, lungasamkelanga nesohlwayo; inyaniso iphelile, inqanyulwe emlonyeni wabo. ²⁹Nqumla iinwele zakho, uziphose, ulile ezindulini ezihlwempuzekileyo, kuba uBawo wethu usicekisile, wasishiya isizukulwana somsindo wakhe.

Intili Yokubulawa

³⁰UYuda wenze okubi emehlweni am, utsho uBawo wethu. Bazibeke izithixo zabo ezimasikizi kule ndlu ithwele igama lam, bayenza inqambi. ³¹Bakhe iziganga zikaTofete entilini yoonyana bakaHinom ukuze batshise oonyana babo neentombi zabo emlilweni—into endingazange ndibawisele mthetho ngayo, kungazange kuthi qatha nasentliziyweni yam. ^c c v31 UTofete yayiyindawo esentilini yoonyana bakaHinom ngasezantsi kweYerusalem apho abantwana babebingelelwa khona; le ntili yaza kamva yavelisa igama elithi ‘iGehena.’ ³²Ngoko iimini zisiza, utsho uBawo wethu, apho ingasayi kubizwa ngokuba yiTofete okanye yintili yoonyana bakaHinom, koko ibizwe ngokuba yiNtili Yokubulawa; baya kungcwaba eTofete kude kungasweleki ndawo. ³³Izidumbu zaba bantu ziya kuba kukudla kweentaka zezulu nokwamarhamncwa omhlaba, kungabikho bani uziphekuzayo. ³⁴Ndiya kuyithulisa emizini yakwaYuda nasezitratweni zaseYerusalem isandi sovuyo nemihlali, izwi lomyeni nomtshakazi, kuba ilizwe liya kuba yinkangala.