UJeremiya 33

33 ¹Izwi likaBaba wethu lafika kuJeremiya okwesibili, esaboshiwe egcekeni labalindi: ²Usho kanje uBaba wethu—umenzi womhlaba, owubumbayo ukuze awumise—uBaba wethu yigama lakhe:

³Ngibize, ngiyakuphendula, ngikutshele izinto ezinkulu, ezifihlakeleyo ongazaziyo.

⁴Ngokuba uBaba wethu wakwa-Israyeli usho kanje ngezindlu zalo muzi nangezindlu zamakhosi akwaJuda, ezidiliziweyo ukuze kuvikelwe imibundu yokuvimbezela nenkemba:

⁵Beza ukuyokulwa namaBabiloni, kodwa bazogcwalisa lezi zindlu ngezidumbu zabantu engabashaya phansi ngentukuthelo nangolaka, ngokuba ngabufihla ubuso bami kulo muzi ngenxa yabo bonke ububi babo. ⁶Bheka, ngiyakulethela lo muzi ukuphulukiswa nempilo; ngiyakubaphulukisa abantu bami, ngibambulele ukuthula okuchichimayo nokuhlala njalo kanye nokwethembeka. ⁷Ngiyakubuyisa inhlanhla yakwaJuda nenhlanhla yakwa-Israyeli, ngibakhe kabusha njengakuqala. ⁸Ngiyakubahlanza emacaleni abo onke abawona kimi, ngithethelele wonke amacala abo abawona bengihlubuka. ⁹Lo muzi uyakuba kimi yigama lenjabulo, lokudunyiswa, nelenkazimulo phambi kwazo zonke izizwe zomhlaba ezizwa konke okuhle engikwenzela bona. Ziyakwesaba zithuthumele ngenxa yakho konke okuhle nokuthula engikulethela kona.

¹⁰Usho kanje uBaba wethu: Kule ndawo enithi ichithekile, engenamuntu nasilwane, emizini yakwaJuda nasezitaladini zaseJerusalema, elele iyincithakalo engenamuntu, engenasakhamuzi, engenasilwane, kuyakuphinde kuzwakale. ¹¹izwi lenjabulo nezwi lentokozo, izwi lomyeni nezwi likamakoti, izwi labaletha iminikelo yokubonga endlini kaBaba wethu, bethi, ‘Bongani uBaba wamabutho asezulwini, ngokuba ulungile; uthando lwakhe lwesivumelwano lumi kuze kube phakade.’ Ngokuba ngiyakubuyisa inhlanhla yezwe njengakuqala, kusho uBaba wethu.

¹²Usho kanje uBaba wamabutho asezulwini: Futhi, kule ndawo echithekileyo—engenabantu nezilwane—nakuyo yonke imizi yayo, abelusi bayakuphumuza imihlambi yabo emadlelweni. ¹³Emizini yezwe lezintaba, iShefela, iNegevi, izwe lakwaBhenjamini, nasendaweni ezungeze iJerusalema, nasemizini yakwaJuda, imihlambi iyakuphinde idlule ngaphansi kwezandla zalowo oyibalayo, kusho uBaba wethu. ^a a v13 IShefela: amagquma aphansi asentshonalanga yakwaJuda, phakathi kwamagquma amaphakathi nethafa laselwandle.

¹⁴Bheka, izinsuku ziyeza, kusho uBaba wethu, lapho ngiyakugcwalisa khona isithembiso esihle engasenza kuyo indlu yakwa-Israyeli nakuyo indlu yakwaJuda. ¹⁵Ngalezo zinsuku nangaleso sikhathi ngiyakumilisela uDavide iGatsha elilungileyo, uyakwenza ubulungiswa nokulunga ezweni. ^b b v15 IGatsha: isibizo sikaMesiya senkosi elungileyo eyethenjisiweyo eyakuvela osendweni lukaDavide. ¹⁶Ngalezo zinsuku uJuda uyakusindiswa, iJerusalema lihlale livikelekile. Yileli igama eliyakubizwa ngalo: ‘UBaba wethu ukulunga kwethu.’

¹⁷Ngokuba usho kanje uBaba wethu: UDavide akasoze aswele umuntu ohlezi esihlalweni sobukhosi sendlu yakwa-Israyeli. ¹⁸Abapristi abangamaLevi abasoze baswela umuntu phambi kwami onikela ngeminikelo yokushiswa, oshisa iminikelo yempuphu, owenza imihlatshelo, njalonjalo.

¹⁹Izwi likaBaba wethu lafika kuJeremiya:

²⁰Usho kanje uBaba wethu: Uma ningasephula isivumelwano sami nemini nesivumelwano sami nobusuku, ukuze imini nobusuku kungabe kusafika ngesikhathi saso esimisiweyo, ²¹khona-ke nesivumelwano sami noDavide inceku yami singaphuka futhi—angabi khona umntwana wakhe oyakubusa esihlalweni sakhe sobukhosi—kanye nesivumelwano sami nabapristi abangamaLevi abangikhonzayo. ²²Njengoba izinkanyezi zezulu zingenakubalwa, nesihlabathi solwandle singenakulinganiswa, kanjalo ngiyakuyandisa inzalo kaDavide inceku yami namaLevi angikhonzayo.

²³Izwi likaBaba wethu lafika kuJeremiya:

²⁴Awukuqaphelanga yini lokho abantu abakushoyo, bethi: ‘Imindeni emibili uBaba wethu ayikhethayo, useyilahlile’? Badelela abantu bami, kangangokuba kubo bengasabukwa njengesizwe. ²⁵Usho kanje uBaba wethu: Uma ngingazange ngimise isivumelwano sami nemini nobusuku, nemithetho emisiweyo yezulu nomhlaba, ²⁶khona-ke bengiyakuyilahla inzalo kaJakobe nekaDavide inceku yami, ngenqabe ukuthatha kusendo lwakhe ababusi phezu kwenzalo ka-Abhrahama, neka-Isaka, nekaJakobe. Kodwa ngiyakubuyisa inhlanhla yabo, ngibe nesihawu kubo.