Izithombe Ezifile, uBaba Ophilayo
Izithombe zibekwa eceleni kukaBaba ophilayo: ukhuni olugawuliwe olubethelwe lume ukuze lungawi, oluthwalwayo ngoba alukwazi ukuhamba. Yena wadala umhlaba futhi uyaduma phezu kwawo. Bese idolobha liyabopha impahla yalo liya ekuthunjweni, futhi uJeremiya ucela ukuba alungiswe ngobulungisa, hhayi ngolaka.
10 1Yizwani izwi uBaba wethu alikhuluma kini, nina bendlu yakwa-Israyeli.
2Nakhu okushiwo uBaba wethu, uthi: Ningayifundi indlela yezizwe, ningazesabi izibonakaliso ezisezulwini, nakuba izizwe zizesaba.
3Ngokuba amasiko ezizwe ayize: umuntu ugawula umuthi ehlathini, ingcweti iwubaze ngethuluzi layo. 4Bawuhlobisa ngesiliva negolide; bawuqinise ngesando nezipikili ukuze ungawi. 5Njengesithombe sokwethusa izinyoni ensimini yamakhukhamba, izithombe zabo azikwazi ukukhuluma; kumelwe zithwalwe, ngokuba azikwazi ukuhamba. Ningazesabi, ngokuba azikwazi ukwenza okubi, futhi azinamandla okwenza okuhle.
6Akekho onjengawe, Baba wethu; wena umkhulu, negama lakho likhulu ngamandla. 7Ngubani ongekwesabe, wena Nkosi yezizwe? Lokhu kukufanele, ngokuba phakathi kwabo bonke abahlakaniphileyo bezizwe nasemibusweni yabo yonke akekho onjengawe. 8Bonke bayiziphukuphuku neziwula; imfundiso yabo ivela ezithombeni eziyize—akuyilutho ngaphandle kokhuni. 9Isiliva elikhandiweyo lilethwa livela eTharshishi, negolide livela e-Ufazi, lenziwe yizingcweti nabakhandi begolide; izingubo zazo zumbala oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka nobubende—konke kungumsebenzi wezandla ezinekhono. 10Kodwa uBaba wethu unguye oyiqiniso; unguBaba ophilayo neNkosi yaphakade. Entukuthelweni yakhe umhlaba uyazamazama, nezizwe azikwazi ukumelana nolaka lwakhe.
11Nitshele bona nithi: “Onkulunkulu abangawenzanga amazulu nomhlaba bayakubhujiswa emhlabeni naphansi kwamazulu.” 12Nguye owenza umhlaba ngamandla akhe, owamisa izwe ngokuhlakanipha kwakhe, owelula amazulu ngokuqonda kwakhe. 13Lapho eduma, amanzi asemazulwini ayahlokoma; wenza inkungu ikhuphuke emikhawulweni yomhlaba. Wenza umbani ube ngowemvula, akhiphe umoya ezinqolobaneni zakhe. 14Wonke umuntu uyisiphukuphuku, akanalwazi; wonke umkhandi wegolide uyangiswa yizithombe zakhe, ngokuba izithombe zakhe ezibunjiweyo zingamanga, futhi akukho mphefumulo kuzo. 15Ziyize, ziyinhlekisa; ngesikhathi sokujeziswa kwazo ziyakubhubha. 16ISabelo sikaJakobe asinjengalezi, ngokuba nguye owabumba zonke izinto, no-Israyeli uyisizwe sefa lakhe; uBaba wamabutho asezulwini yigama lakhe. a a v16 Elithi “ISabelo sikaJakobe” yisiqu sikaNkulunkulu, limbiza njengengcebo yeqiniso nefa elingelabantu bakhe.
Ukuthunjwa Okuzayo
17Qoqa umthwalo wakho phansi, wena ohlala uvinjezelwe.
18Ngokuba nakhu okushiwo uBaba wethu: Bheka, ngalesi sikhathi ngiyabaphonsa ngaphandle abakhileyo kuleli zwe, ngibehlisele usizi ukuze baluzwe.
19Maye kimi ngenxa yenxeba lami! Ukulimala kwami kubuhlungu kakhulu. Kodwa ngathi: “Impela lokhu kuwukugula kwami, kumelwe ngikuthwale.” 20Itende lami libhujisiwe, zonke izintambo zami ziqamukile. Abantwana bami bangishiyile, abasekho; akusekho osele ongamisa itende lami futhi, noma ukulungisa amakhethini ami. 21Ngokuba abelusi sebeyiziphukuphuku, abamfunanga uBaba wethu; ngalokho abaphumelelanga, nawo wonke umhlambi wabo uhlakazekile. 22Lalela! Umbiko uyeza— isiyaluyalu esikhulu esivela ezweni lasenyakatho—ukwenza amadolobha akwaJuda abe yihlane, indawo yokuhlala yezimpungushe. 23Ngiyazi, Baba wethu, ukuthi indlela yomuntu akuyona eyakhe; akekho ohambayo ongaqondisa izinyathelo zakhe.
Umkhuleko kaJeremiya Ocela Umusa
24Ngilungise, Baba wethu, kodwa ngokwahlulela okulungileyo—hhayi ngentukuthelo yakho, funa ungenze ngibe yize. 25Thululela ulaka lwakho phezu kwezizwe ezingakwaziyo, naphezu kwabantu abangalibizi igama lakho; ngokuba bamdlile uJakobe—bamdla bamqeda—baliphundla idlelo lakhe.
