UJeremiya 1

1 ¹Amazwi kaJeremiya indodana kaHilikiya, omunye wabapristi base-Anathothi ezweni lakwaBhenjamini. ²Izwi likaBaba wethu lafika kuye ezinsukwini zikaJosiya indodana ka-Amoni, inkosi yakwaJuda, ngonyaka weshumi nantathu wokubusa kwakhe. ³Lafika futhi ezinsukwini zikaJehoyakimi indodana kaJosiya, inkosi yakwaJuda, kwaze kwaba ngonyaka weshumi nanye kaZedekiya indodana kaJosiya, inkosi yakwaJuda, kwaze kwaba yikuthunjwa kweJerusalema ngenyanga yesihlanu. ⁴Izwi likaBaba wethu lafika kimi, lithi:

⁵“Ngingakakubumbi esiswini ngangikwazi, futhi ungakazalwa ngakwahlukanisa; ngakubeka umprofethi ezizweni.”

⁶Ngathi: “Awu, Nkosi Baba! Angikwazi ukukhuluma, ngokuba ngingumfana nje.”

⁷Kodwa uBaba wethu wathi kimi: “Ungasho ukuthi, ‘Ngisemncane nje,’ ngokuba uyakuya kuyo yonke indawo engikuthuma kuyo, ukhulume konke engikuyala khona. ⁸Ungabesabi, ngokuba nginawe ukuba ngikukhulule, kusho uBaba.”

⁹UBaba wethu waseselula isandla sakhe, wathinta umlomo wami, uBaba wethu wathi kimi: “Bheka, ngifake amazwi ami emlonyeni wakho. ¹⁰Bheka, ngikubekile namuhla phezu kwezizwe naphezu kwemibuso, ukusiphula nokudiliza, ukubhubhisa nokuwisa, ukwakha nokutshala.”

¹¹Izwi likaBaba wethu lafika kimi: “Ubonani, Jeremiya?” Ngathi: “Ngibona igatsha lesihlahla se-alimondi.”

¹²UBaba wethu wasethi kimi: “Ubone kahle, ngokuba ngiyaliqapha izwi lami ukuba ngiligcwalise.” ^a a v12 “Isihlahla se-alimondi” “nokuqapha” kuzwakala kucishe kufane ncamashi olimini lomprofethi — ukudlala ngamazwi okukhombisa ukuthi uBaba wethu uphapheme ngokugcwele phezu kwezwi lakhe ukuze alifeze.

¹³Izwi likaBaba wethu lafika kimi okwesibili: “Ubonani?” Ngathi: “Ngibona ibhodwe elibilayo, libheke kude nenyakatho.”

¹⁴UBaba wethu wasethi kimi: “Enyakatho kuyakuqhamuka inhlekelele phezu kwabo bonke abahlala ezweni. ¹⁵Sengizobiza yonke imindeni yemibuso yasenyakatho, kusho uBaba; ziyakuza, kube yilowo nalowo abeke isihlalo sakhe sobukhosi ekungeneni kwamasango aseJerusalema, zimelane nazo zonke izindonga zayo ezizungezile nayo yonke imizi yakwaJuda. ¹⁶Ngiyakumemezela izahlulelo zami ngokumelene nabo ngenxa yabo bonke ububi babo bokushiya mina, bokushisela abanye onkulunkulu iminikelo nokukhothamela izithombe abazenzile ngezandla zabo.”

¹⁷“Manje zilungiselele, usukume ubatshele konke engikuyala khona. Ungethuki phambi kwabo, funa ngikwethuse phambi kwabo. ¹⁸Bheka, namuhla ngikwenza umuzi obiyelwe ngezindonga, insika yensimbi, izindonga zethusi, ukuba umelane nezwe lonke: amakhosi akwaJuda, izikhulu, abapristi, nabantu bayo. ¹⁹Ziyakulwa nawe kodwa zingakwehluli; nginawe ukuba ngikukhulule, kusho uBaba.”