UJeremiya 27

27 ¹Kwathi uZedekiya indodana kaJosiya eqala ukubusa njengenkosi yakwaJuda, kweza leli zwi kuJeremiya livela kuBaba wethu:

²Yilokhu uBaba wethu akusho kimi: Zenzele imichilo nezinti zejoka, ukufake entanyeni yakho. ³Bese uthumela izwi emakhosini akwa-Edomi, akwaMowabi, akwa-Amoni, aseThire, nawaseSidoni ngezithunywa ezize eJerusalema kuZedekiya inkosi yakwaJuda.

⁴Uwayale ukuba atshele amakhosi awo: Yilokhu akushoyo uBaba wamabutho asezulwini: “Yisho lokhu emakhosini enu: ⁵Mina ngqo ngenza umhlaba, kanye nabantu nezilwane ezisebusweni bawo, ngamandla ami amakhulu nangengalo yami eyeluliwe, futhi ngiwunika noma ngubani okulungele kimi. ⁶Manje sengiwanikele onke la mazwe kuNebukadinesari inkosi yaseBhabhiloni, inceku yami; ngisho nezilwane zasendle ngizinikele yena ukuba zimkhonze. ⁷Zonke izizwe ziyomkhonza, yena, indodana yakhe, nomzukulu wakhe, kuze kufike isikhathi sezwe lakhe; khona-ke izizwe eziningi namakhosi amakhulu ayomenza ukuba awakhonze.”

⁸Kodwa isizwe noma umbuso ongeke umkhonze uNebukadinesari inkosi yaseBhabhiloni noma ongeke ubeke intamo yawo ngaphansi kwejoka lakhe, leso sizwe ngiyosijezisa ngenkemba, ngendlala, nangesifo, kusho uBaba wethu, kuze ngibaqede ngesandla sakhe. ⁹“Ngakho ningalaleli abaphrofethi benu, izangoma, abaphuphi, izanusi, noma abathakathi, abanitshela ukuthi, ‘Ngeke niyikhonze inkosi yaseBhabhiloni.’ ¹⁰Baniphrofethela amanga, benithumela kude nezwe lenu; ngiyonixosha, nife. ¹¹Kodwa isizwe esiletha intamo yaso ngaphansi kwejoka lenkosi yaseBhabhiloni sisikhonze, ngiyosiyeka ezweni laso, kusho uBaba wethu, ukuba silisebenze sihlale kulo.”

¹²Ngakhuluma wona la mazwi kuZedekiya inkosi yakwaJuda: Bekani izintamo zenu ngaphansi kwejoka lenkosi yaseBhabhiloni, nikhonze yena nabantu bakhe, niphile. ¹³Kungani wena nabantu bakho kumele nife ngenkemba, ngendlala, nangesifo, njengoba uBaba wethu eshilo ngesizwe esingeke sikhonze inkosi yaseBhabhiloni?

¹⁴Ningabalaleli abaphrofethi abanitshela ukuthi, ‘Ngeke niyikhonze inkosi yaseBhabhiloni,’ ngokuba baniphrofethela amanga. ¹⁵Angibathumanga, kusho uBaba wethu, kodwa baphrofetha amanga egameni lami, ngakho ngiyonixosha nibhubhe—nina nabaphrofethi abaniphrofethelayo.

¹⁶Ngase ngitshela abapristi nabo bonke laba bantu: Yilokhu akushoyo uBaba wethu: Ningabalaleli abaphrofethi benu abaphrofetha bethi, ‘Bhekani, izitsha zendlu kaBaba wethu zizobuyiselwa maduze zivela eBhabhiloni’—baniphrofethela amanga. ¹⁷Ningabalaleli. Khonzani inkosi yaseBhabhiloni niphile. Kungani nivumela ukuba leli dolobha libe yincithakalo?

¹⁸Kodwa uma bengabaphrofethi, nezwi likaBaba wethu linabo, mabancenge uBaba wamabutho asezulwini ukuba izitsha ezisele endlini yakhe, indlu yenkosi yakwaJuda, naseJerusalema zingayi eBhabhiloni. ¹⁹Ngokuba yilokhu akushoyo uBaba wamabutho asezulwini ngezinsika, ngoLwandle, ngezisekelo, nangezinye izitsha ezisele kuleli dolobha, ^a a v19 Lapha “uLwandle” akulona ichibi lamanzi kodwa ngumgqomo omkhulu wethusi owawumi egcekeni lethempeli, owawusetshenziswa abapristi ukugeza.

²⁰ezingathathwanga uNebukadinesari inkosi yaseBhabhiloni ngesikhathi ethumbela uJekoniya indodana kaJehoyakimi, inkosi yakwaJuda, eJerusalema eya eBhabhiloni, kanye nazo zonke izikhulu zakwaJuda nezaseJerusalema,

²¹yebo, yilokhu akushoyo uBaba wamabutho asezulwini ngezitsha ezisele endlini kaBaba wethu, indlu yenkosi yakwaJuda, naseJerusalema:

²²Ziyothwalelwa eBhabhiloni zihlale khona kuze kufike usuku engizozilanda ngalo, kusho uBaba wethu. Khona-ke ngiyozikhuphula ngizibuyisele kule ndawo.