UJeremiya 26

26 ¹Ekuqaleni kombuso kaJehoyakimi indodana kaJosiya phezu kukaJuda, kwafika leli zwi elivela kuBaba wethu:

²Nakhu okushiwo nguBaba wethu: Yima egcekeni lendlu yami, utshele wonke amadolobha akwaJuda eza ukuzokhuleka khona onke amazwi engikuyala ukuba uwakhulume; ungagodli lutho. ³Mhlawumbe bayakulalela, yilowo nalowo aphenduke endleleni yakhe embi; khona ngiyakuphenduka enhlosweni yami mayelana nenhlekelele engibahlosele yona ngenxa yobubi bezenzo zabo. ⁴Uyakubatshela: Nakhu okushiwo nguBaba wethu: Uma ningangilaleli, ukuba nihambe ngomthetho wami engiwubeke phambi kwenu, ⁵nokulalela izinceku zami abaprofethi, engibathuma kini njalonjalo—kodwa anizange nilalele, ⁶khona ngiyakwenza le ndlu ibe njengaseShilo, naleli dolobha libe yisiqalekiso ezizweni zonke zomhlaba. ^a a v6 IShilo kwakuyindawo lapho kwake kwama khona indlu engcwele kaBaba wethu, yaze yabhidlizwa yalahlwa — isixwayiso sokuthi ithempeli eliseJerusalema lingaphelela ngokufanayo.

⁷Abapristi nabaprofethi nabantu bonke bamuzwa uJeremiya ekhuluma la mazwi endlini kaBaba wethu. ⁸Kwathi uJeremiya eseqedile ukukhuluma konke uBaba wethu amyale ngakho ukuba akutshele bonke abantu, abapristi nabaprofethi nabantu bonke bambamba, bememeza bathi: “Ngempela uyakufa! ⁹Uprofethelani egameni likaBaba wethu, uthi, ‘Le ndlu iyakuba njengaseShilo, naleli dolobha liyakuba yihlane, lingahlali muntu’?” Bonke abantu babuthana bazungeza uJeremiya endlini kaBaba wethu.

¹⁰Izikhulu zakwaJuda zithe zikuzwa lokhu, zenyuka zivela endlini yenkosi zaya endlini kaBaba wethu, zahlala emnyango weSango Elisha lendlu kaBaba wethu. ¹¹Khona abapristi nabaprofethi bathi ezikhulwini nakubo bonke abantu: “Lo muntu ufanelwe ukufa; uprofethe ebhekise kuleli dolobha, njengoba nizizwele.”

¹²UJeremiya wathi kuzo zonke izikhulu nakubo bonke abantu: “UBaba wethu ungithumile ukuba ngiprofethe ebhekise kule ndlu nakuleli dolobha konke enikuzwile. ¹³Ngakho lungisani izindlela zenu nezenzo zenu, nilalele izwi likaBaba wenu, uBaba wenu uyakuphenduka enhlekeleleni ayimemezele ngakini. ¹⁴Kodwa nangu mina, ngisezandleni zenu. Yenzani kimi lokho enibona kukuhle kulungile kini. ¹⁵Kodwa yazini ngempela: uma ningibulala, niyakuzehlisela igazi elingenacala, phezu kwenu naphezu kwaleli dolobha naphezu kwabakhileyo kulo—ngokuba uBaba wethu ungithume ngempela kini ukuba ngikhulume wonke la mazwi ezindlebeni zenu.”

¹⁶Khona izikhulu nabantu bonke bathi kubapristi nakubaprofethi: “Lo muntu akafanelwe ukugwetshelwa ukufa, ngokuba ukhulume kithi egameni likaBaba wethu.”

¹⁷Abanye babadala bezwe basukuma bathi kulo lonke ibandla labantu:

¹⁸“UMika waseMoresheti waprofetha ngezinsuku zombuso kaHezekiya phezu kukaJuda, wathi kubo bonke abantu bakwaJuda: ‘Nakhu okushiwo nguBaba wamabutho asezulwini: IZiyoni iyakulinywa njengensimu, iJerusalema libe ngamanxiwa, intaba yethempeli ibe yizindawo eziphakeme ezinamahlathi.’”

¹⁹Kanti uHezekiya inkosi yakwaJuda noJuda wonke bambulala yini? Akamesabanga yini uBaba wethu, wafuna umusa wakhe, waze uBaba wethu waphenduka enhlekeleleni ayeyisongele ngakubo? Thina sesizozehlisela inhlekelele enkulu.

²⁰Manje kwakukhona enye indoda eyayiprofetha egameni likaBaba wethu, u-Uriya indodana kaShemaya waseKiriyati Jeyarimi. Waprofetha ebhekise kuleli dolobha nakuleli zwe ngamazwi afana nalawo kaJeremiya. ²¹Kwathi inkosi uJehoyakimi namaqhawe ayo onke nezikhulu zonke bezwa amazwi akhe, inkosi yafuna ukumbulala. U-Uriya wakuzwa, wesaba, wabaleka, waphephela eGibhithe. ²²Khona inkosi uJehoyakimi yathuma amadoda eGibhithe—u-Elinathani indodana ka-Akbori namanye amadoda kanye naye. ²³Bamkhipha u-Uriya eGibhithe bamletha enkosini uJehoyakimi, eyambulala ngenkemba, yaphonsa isidumbu sakhe emathuneni abantukazana.

²⁴Kodwa u-Ahikamu indodana kaShafani wamseka uJeremiya, ngakho akanikelwanga ezandleni zabantu ukuba abulawe.