UJeremiya 48

48 ¹Mayelana noMowabi. Nakhu akushoyo uBaba wamabutho asezulwini, uBaba wethu wakwa-Israyeli: Maye kuNebo—libhujisiwe! IKiriyathayimi lihlaziswe lathunjwa; inqaba ihlaziswe yaphihlizwa. ²Udumo lukaMowabi aluseko. EHeshbhoni baceba okubi ngaye: “Wozani, asimnqamule angabe esaba yisizwe!” Nawe futhi, Madimeni, uyothuliswa; inkemba iyokuxosha. ^a a v2 Igama ledolobha iHeshbhoni lizwakala njengelithi “baceba” — ukudlala ngamazwi okuhlosiwe: le ndawo iba yindawo yalolo cebo okwaqanjwa ngalo igama layo. ³Izwi! Ukukhala okuvela eHoronayimi: “Incithakalo nokubhujiswa okukhulu!” ⁴UMowabi wephukile; abantwana bakhe bakhalile. ⁵Ngokuba emqanseni wase-Luhithi bakhuphuka bekhala kabuhlungu; ngokuba ekwehleni kweHoronayimi bezwile ukukhala okubuhlungu kokubhujiswa. ⁶Balekani! Sindisani imiphefumulo yenu, nibe njengesihlahla esisehlane! ⁷Ngenxa yokuthi wethembela emisebenzini yakho nasengcebweni yakho, nawe uyothunjwa; uKhemoshi uyoya ekudingisweni kanye nabapristi bakhe nezikhulu zakhe ndawonye. ^b b v7 UKhemoshi wayengunkulunkulu wesizwe saseMowabi; lesi siprofetho simemezela ukuthi ngisho nonkulunkulu waseMowabi uyothwalwa ayiswe ekudingisweni, engakwazi ukusindisa abantu bakhe. ⁸Umchithi uyokuza phezu kwawo wonke amadolobha, kungabikho dolobha eliyophunyuka; isigodi siyobhubha nethafa liyochithwa, njengoba uBaba wethu eshilo. ⁹Nikani uMowabi amaphiko, ngokuba kufanele andize ahambe; amadolobha akhe ayoba yincithakalo, kungabikho ohlala kuwo. ¹⁰Uqalekisiwe lowo owenza umsebenzi kaBaba wethu ngobudedengu, uqalekisiwe futhi lowo ogodla inkemba yakhe egazini. ¹¹UMowabi ubelokhu enokuthula kusukela ebusheni bakhe, ehlezi phezu kwezibi zakhe; akazange athululwe esuka kwesinye isitsha eye kwesinye, futhi akazange aye ekudingisweni. Ngakho ukunambitheka kwakhe kusasele kuye, nephunga lakhe alishintshanga. ¹²Ngakho-ke, izinsuku ziyeza, kusho uBaba wethu, lapho ngiyothumela kuye abathululi abayomthulula; bayokwenza izitsha zakhe zibe ze baphahlaze izimbiza zakhe. ¹³Khona-ke uMowabi uyoba namahloni ngoKhemoshi, njengoba indlu yakwa-Israyeli yaba namahloni ngeBhethele, ithemba layo. ¹⁴Ningasho kanjani ukuthi, “Singamaqhawe, amadoda anamandla empini”? ¹⁵UMowabi uchithiwe; amadolobha akhe agajelwe, nezinsizwa zakhe ezinhle kakhulu zehlele ekuhlatshweni, kusho iNkosi— nguBaba wamabutho asezulwini igama lakhe. ¹⁶Inhlekelele kaMowabi isisondele, nengozi yakhe isheshisa ngokushesha. ¹⁷Mlileleni, nina nonke enimzungezile, nonke enilaziyo igama lakhe; thini, “Yeka ukwaphulwa kwentonga enamandla, udondolo olukhazimulayo!” ¹⁸Yehla enkazimulweni yakho uhlale emhlabathini owomile, we mhlali waseDibhoni! Ngokuba umchithi kaMowabi ukhuphukele kuwe; usezichithile izinqaba zakho. ¹⁹Yima eceleni komgwaqo ubheke, we mhlali wase-Aroweri! Buza obalekayo nophunyukayo; thi, “Kwenzekeni?” ²⁰UMowabi uhlaziswe, ngokuba uphihliziwe. Lilani nikhale! Kubikeni ngase-Arinoni, ukuthi uMowabi uchithiwe. ²¹Ukwahlulela kufikile phezu kwethafa eliphakeme—phezu kweHoloni, neJahaza, neMefahati, ²²neDibhoni, neNebo, neBeti-dibhilathayimi, ²³neKiriyathayimi, neBeti-gamuli, neBeti-meyoni, ²⁴neKheriyoti, neBhozira, nawo wonke amadolobha ezwe laseMowabi, akude naseduze. ²⁵Uphondo lukaMowabi lunqunyiwe, nengalo yakhe yaphuliwe, kusho uBaba wethu. ²⁶Mdakise, ngokuba wamelana noBaba wethu; ngakho uMowabi uyozibhuqa ebuhlanzweni bakhe, naye uyoba yinhlekisa. ²⁷U-Israyeli wayengeyona yini inhlekisa kuwe? Wabanjwa yini phakathi kwamasela, ukuba njalo nxa ukhuluma ngaye unikine ikhanda lakho? ²⁸Shiyani amadolobha nihlale phakathi kwamadwala, nina bahlali baseMowabi! Yibani njengejuba elakha isidleke emlonyeni wesihosha. ²⁹Sizwile ngokuzidla kukaMowabi— uziqhenya kakhulu— ngokuziphakamisa kwakhe, ukuzidla kwakhe, ubuqhosha bakhe, nokuzikhukhumeza kwenhliziyo yakhe. ³⁰Ngiyakwazi ukudelela kwakhe, kusho uBaba wethu; ukuqhosha kwakhe kungamanga, nezenzo zakhe zingamanga. ³¹Ngakho ngiyamlilela uMowabi; wonke uMowabi ngiyamkhalela; ngibubulela amadoda aseKiri-heresi. ³²Ngikukhalela ngaphezu kweJazeri, we muvini waseSibhima! Amagatsha akho edlulela ngaphesheya kolwandle, afinyelela kuze kube solwandle lwaseJazeri; phezu kwezithelo zakho zasehlobo nokuvuna kwakho kwamagilebhisi umchithi uwele. ³³Intokozo nenjabulo kususiwe ezweni lezivande laseMowabi; ngenze iwayini laphela ezikhamweni zewayini; akekho onyathela ngokumemeza. Ukumemeza akusikho ukumemeza kwenjabulo. ³⁴Kusukela ekukhaleni kweHeshbhoni kuze kufike e-Eleyale, kuze kube seJahazi baphakamisa izwi labo, kusukela eZowari kuze kube seHoronayimi nase-Eglati-shelishiya; ngokuba ngisho namanzi aseNimrimi aseyincithakalo. ³⁵Ngiyoqeda eMowabi, kusho uBaba wethu, lowo onikela umhlatshelo endaweni ephakeme ashisele unkulunkulu wakhe impepho. ³⁶Ngakho inhliziyo yami iyabubula ngoMowabi njengemitshingo; inhliziyo yami iyabubula njengemitshingo ngamadoda aseKiri-heresi; ngakho ingcebo abayizuzayo iphelile. ³⁷Ngokuba onke amakhanda aphuciwe nazo zonke izilevu zigundiwe; kuzo zonke izandla kukhona imisiko, nasekhalweni kugqokwe izingubo zokulila. ³⁸Ophahleni lwazo zonke izindlu zaseMowabi nasezigcawini zakhe akukho lutho ngaphandle kokulila, ngokuba ngimphihlizile uMowabi njengembiza engafunwa muntu, kusho uBaba wethu. ³⁹Yeka ukuphihlizeka kwakhe! Yeka ukulila kwabo! Yeka ukufulathela kukaMowabi enamahloni! Ngakho uMowabi usuyinto yokuhlekwa nokwesabeka kubo bonke abamzungezile. ⁴⁰Ngokuba nakhu okushiwo nguBaba wethu: Bheka, othile uyondiza njengokhozi aneke amaphiko akhe phezu kukaMowabi. ⁴¹Amadolobha athunjiwe nezinqaba zabanjwa. Ngalolo suku inhliziyo yamaqhawe kaMowabi iyoba njengenhliziyo yowesifazane osebuhlungwini bokubeletha. ⁴²UMowabi uyobhujiswa angabe esaba yisizwe, ngokuba wamelana noBaba wethu. ⁴³Uvalo, umgodi, nogibe kuphezu kwakho, we mhlali waseMowabi! kusho uBaba wethu. ⁴⁴Obalekela uvalo uyowela emgodini, nokhuphuka aphume emgodini uyobanjwa ogibeni; ngokuba ngiyokwehlisela phezu kukaMowabi unyaka wokujeziswa kwakhe, kusho uBaba wethu. ⁴⁵Emthunzini waseHeshbhoni ababalekayo bema, bekhathele; ngokuba umlilo uphumile eHeshbhoni, ilangabi liphuma endlini kaSihoni. Liqede ibunzi likaMowabi, ukhakhayi lwamadodana omsindo. ⁴⁶Maye kuwe, we Mowabi! Abantu bakaKhemoshi babhujisiwe, ngokuba amadodana akho athathwa ayiswa ekuthunjweni namadodakazi akho ekudingisweni. ⁴⁷Nokho ngiyobuyisa inhlanhla kaMowabi ezinsukwini zokugcina, kusho uBaba wethu. Lapha kuphela ukwahlulelwa kukaMowabi.