Ngisho noMose noSamuweli
Ngisho noMose noma uSamuweli babengeke bakuguqule lokhu, kusho uBaba wethu. UJeremiya uyaphuka ngaphansi kwakho, aqalekise ukuzalwa kwakhe, abuze ukuthi uBaba wakhe usephenduke umfudlana owomayo yini. Impendulo inombandela: buyela, ukhulume okuyigugu, wenziwe udonga lwethusi.
15 1UBaba wethu wase engitshela: “Ngisho noma uMose noSamuweli bebengema phambi kwami, inhliziyo yami ibingeke iphendukele kulesi sizwe. Basuse phambi kwami; mabahambe.” 2Lapho bekubuza bathi, “Siya ngaphi na?” wobatshela uthi, “Nakho lokhu uBaba wethu akushoyo: abamiselwe ukufa, baye ekufeni; abamiselwe inkemba, baye enkembeni; abamiselwe indlala, baye endlaleni; abamiselwe ukuthunjwa, baye ekuthunjweni.”
3“Ngiyakumisela izinhlobo ezine zababhubhisi ukuba bamelane nabo, kusho uBaba wethu: inkemba ukuba ibulale, izinja ukuba zihudule, izinyoni zezulu nezilwane zomhlaba ukuba kudle kubhubhise. 4Ngiyakubenza babe yinto eyesabekayo kuyo yonke imibuso yomhlaba, ngenxa kaManase indodana kaHezekiya, inkosi yakwaJuda, ngalokho akwenza eJerusalema.”
5“Ngokuba ngubani oyakuba nesihawu kuwe, Jerusalema? Ngubani oyakukulilela? Ngubani oyakuze eme abuze ukuthi unjani? 6Ungalile, kusho uBaba wethu; ulokhu ubuyela emuva. Ngakho ngiyelule isandla sami ukumelana nawe ngakubhubhisa— sengikhathele ukudabuka. 7Ngibahlungile ngemfologo yokwela emasangweni elizwe. Ngibemukile abantwana babo; ngisibhubhisile isizwe sami, ngokuba abavumanga ukuphenduka ezindleleni zabo. a a v7 Ukwela: umlimi wayephonsa emoyeni okusanhlamvu okubhuliwe ukuze umoya uphephule amakhoba angasizi lutho, kusale okusanhlamvu kuphela. 8Abafelokazi babo banda ngaphezu kwesihlabathi solwandle. Ngehlisela umbhubhisi phezu konina wezinsizwa emini enkulu; ngokuzumayo ngenza usizi nokwesaba kwehlela phezu kwakhe. 9Lowo owazala abayisikhombisa uyaphela amandla; uphefumula okokugcina. Ilanga lakhe lishonile kusesemini; uyangabazeka futhi uyahlazeka. Abaseleyo kubo ngiyakubanikela enkembeni phambi kwezitha zabo, kusho uBaba wethu.”
UJeremiya ukhala ngosizi
10Maye kimi, mame, ngokuba wangizala—umuntu wokubanga nokuxabana ezweni lonke! Angibolekisanga, futhi angibolekanga, kodwa bonke bayangiqalekisa.
11UBaba wethu wathi: “Ngiyakukukhulula kube kuhle; ngiyakwenza isitha sikuncenge ngezikhathi zenhlupheko nezosizi.” 12Kukhona yini ongephule insimbi—insimbi yasenyakatho—nethusi? 13“Ingcebo yakho namagugu akho ngiyakukunikela kube yimpango, ngaphandle kwenani, ngenxa yazo zonke izono zakho kuwo wonke umngcele wakho. 14Ngiyakukwenza ukhonze izitha zakho ezweni ongalaziyo, ngokuba umlilo uvuthela entukuthelweni yami; uyakukushisa.”
15Uyazi wena, Baba wami; ngikhumbule unginakekele, ungiphindiselele kubo abangizingelayo. Ngibekezelele, ungangisusi; yazi ukuthi ngenxa yakho ngithwala ihlazo. 16Amazwi akho atholakala, ngawadla, amazwi akho aba yintokozo yami nenjabulo yenhliziyo yami, ngokuba ngibizwa ngegama lakho, wena Baba wamabutho asezulwini. 17Angihlalanga esixukwini sabajabulayo, angithokozanga; ngenxa yesandla sakho ngahlala ngedwa, ngokuba wawungigcwalise ngentukuthelo. 18Kungani ubuhlungu bami bungapheli nenxeba lami lingelapheki, linqaba ukuphola? Uyakuba kimi njengomfudlana okhohlisayo yini, njengamanzi ashiyayo?
19Ngakho usho kanje uBaba wethu: Uma ubuya, ngiyakukubuyisa ukuba ume phambi kwami. Uma ukhipha okuyigugu, hhayi okungasizi lutho, uyakuba ngumlomo wami. Bona bayakuphendukela kuwe, kodwa wena akumelwe ubaphendukele. 20Ngiyakukwenza ube ngudonga oluqinisiweyo lwethusi kulesi sizwe; bayakulwa nawe kodwa abayikukwahlula, ngokuba nginawe ukuba ngikusindise ngikukhulule, kusho uBaba wethu. 21“Ngiyakukukhulula esandleni sababi ngikuhlenge ekubanjweni kwabanonya.”
