Umthombo Weenyembezi

UYeremiya unqwenela ukuba angalila angayeki, okanye emke kwaphela, kuba abamelwane nabazalwana benze ubuxoki baba sisakhono. UBawo wethu uthi ilizwe liya kuphungulwa lichithwe. Nto inye efanele ukuqhayiswa ngayo kukumazi yena — uthando oluthembekileyo, okusesikweni, ubulungisa, oko akuvuyelayo ngokwenene.

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Akwaba intloko yam ibingumthombo wamanzi, namehlo am engumthombo weenyembezi, ukuze ndilile imini nobusuku ngenxa yababuleweyo bentombi yabantu bam! Akwaba bendinendawo yokulala yabahambi entlango, ukuze ndibashiye abantu bam ndimke kubo! Kuba bonke bangabakrexezi, iqela labangcatshi.

Bagobe ulwimi lwabo njengesaphetha; ubuxoki, kungekhona ukuthembeka, bomelele ezweni. Basuka ebubini baye ebubini, yaye abandazi, utsho uBawo wethu.

Wonke umntu makalumkele ummelwane wakhe, angakholosi namnye umzalwana; kuba wonke umzalwana ungumgculeli, naye wonke ummelwane uhamba ehleba.

Wonke umntu ukhohlisa ummelwane wakhe, akukho namnye othetha inyaniso; baziqeqeshe iilwimi zabo ukuthetha ubuxoki, bezidinisa ngokwenza okungalungileyo. Uhleli phakathi kwenkohliso; ngenkohliso yabo bayala ukundazi, utsho uBawo wethu.

Ngenxa yoko utsho uBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini ukuthi: Ndiza kubanyibilikisa ndibalinge, ngokuba ndingathini na, ngenxa yentombi yabantu bam? Ulwimi lwabo lutolo olubulalayo; luthetha inkohliso. Ngomlomo wakhe elowo uthetha uxolo kummelwane wakhe, kodwa entliziyweni yakhe umlalela. Andiyi kubohlwaya na ngenxa yezi zinto? utsho uBawo wethu. Umphefumlo wam awuyi kuziphindezela na kuhlanga olunjengolu? “Ndiya kulila ndenze isijwili ngeentaba, ndiphakamise isimbonono ngamadlelo asentlango, kuba abhuqiwe kungabikho bani udlulayo, nokukhonya kweenkomo akuvakali. Kuthabathela ezintakeni zezulu kuse emarhamncweni, zonke zisabile zemka. Ndiya kuyenza iYerusalem imfumba yamanxuwa, umngxuma weempungutye; ndiyenze imizi yakwaYuda ibe yinkangala, engenabemi.”

Ngubani na osisilumko oya kukuqonda oku? Ngubani lowo athethe kuye umlomo kaBawo wethu, ukuba akutyhile ukuba kungani na ukutshabalala kwelizwe, litshe njengentlango, kungadluli mntu kulo?

Watsho uBawo wethu ukuthi: Kungokuba bawushiya umyalelo wam, endabawunikayo, abaliphulaphula ilizwi lam, abahamba ngawo, basuka balandela iintliziyo zabo ngeenkani, baya emva kooBhahali, njengoko babafundisayo ooyise, Ngenxa yoko utsho uBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini, uBawo wethu wakwaSirayeli ukuthi: Ndiza kubadlisa aba bantu ukutya okukrakra, ndibaseze amanzi enyongo. Ndiya kubachithachitha phakathi kweentlanga abangazange bazazi bona nooyise, ndithumele ikrele emva kwabo, ndide ndibatshabalalise.

Utsho uBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini ukuthi: Gqalani! Bizani abafazi abachule ukwenza isijwili; nithumele kubo abantu abazi ukwenza isimbonono. Mabakhawuleze baphakamise isililo ngathi, ukuze amehlo ethu ampompoze iinyembezi neenkophe zethu ziqukuqele amanzi.

Kuba isandi sesililo sivakele eZiyon: Hayi, ukubhuqwa kwethu! Sidaniswe kunene, ngokuba silishiyile ilizwe, ngokuba bayidilizile imizi yethu. Ngoku liveni ilizwi likaBawo wethu, nina bafazi; iindlebe zenu mazamkele ilizwi lomlomo wakhe. Zifundiseni iintombi zenu isililo, elowo ummelwane wakhe isimbonono. Kaloku ukufa kunyuke kwangena ngeefestile zethu; kungenile ezibhotweni zethu, kunqumla abantwana ezitratweni namadodana ezinkundleni.

Thetha: Utsho uBawo wethu ukuthi: Izidumbu zabantu ziya kuwa njengomgquba endle, njengezithungu zengqolowa ezishiywe emva komvuni, kungabikho bani uziqokelelayo.

Utsho uBawo wethu ukuthi: Isilumko masingaqhayisi ngobulumko baso, onamandla angaqhayisi ngamandla akhe, isityebi masingaqhayisi ngobutyebi baso; kodwa lowo uqhayisayo makaqhayise ngale nto: ukuba uyandiqonda andazi mna—ukuba ndinguBawo wenu, owenza inceba, nesigwebo, nobulungisa emhlabeni; kuba ndiziyolisa ngezi zinto, utsho uBawo wethu.

Yabona, iza imihla, utsho uBawo wethu, endiya kubohlwaya ngayo bonke abalukileyo enyameni kuphela. iYiputa, uYuda, uEdom, oonyana baka-Amon, uMowabhi, nabo bonke abacheba iinwele zabo zasemacaleni entloko, abahleli entlango. Kuba zonke ezi ntlanga azalukanga, yaye yonke indlu kaSirayeli inentliziyo elukhuni.