UJeremiya 6

6 ¹"Balekelani ekuphephaleni, nina bantwana bakwaBhenjamini, niphume eJerusalema! Vuthelani icilongo eThekhowa, niphakamise uphawu phezu kweBeti Hakheremi, ngokuba inhlekelele isondela ivela enyakatho, incithakalo enkulu. ²Indodakazi yaseZiyoni enhle nethambile—ngizayibhubhisa. ³Abelusi nemihlambi yabo bazakuza bamelane naye; bazakugxumeka amatende abo emaceleni akhe, kube yilowo nalowo elusa esakhe isabelo."

⁴Lungiselelani impi ukumelana naye! Wozani, asimhlaseleni emini! Kodwa maye kithi, ngokuba usuku luyaphela nezithunzi zakusihlwa seziyanaba. ⁵Wozani, asimhlaseleni ebusuku sidilize izinqaba zakhe!

⁶Ngokuba uBaba wamabutho asezulwini uthi: Gawulani izihlahla zakhe nakhe idundulu lokuvimbezela eJerusalema. Leli dolobha kumele lijeziswe; akukho lutho ngaphakathi kulo ngaphandle kwencindezelo. ⁷"Njengomthombo ogcina amanzi awo ehlanzekile, kanjalo yena ugcina ububi bakhe buhlala bumusha. Udlame nencithakalo kuyazwakala ngaphakathi kuye; ukugula namanxeba kuhlezi kuphambi kwami. ⁸Yamukela isexwayiso, Jerusalema, funa ngifulathele kuwe ngokunengeka ngikwenze incithakalo, izwe okungahlali muntu kulo."

⁹UBaba wamabutho asezulwini uthi: Bazakukhothoza insali ka-Israyeli njengoba umvini ukhothozwa uphele nya. Buyisela isandla sakho emagatsheni futhi, njengalowo okha amagilebhisi.

¹⁰"Ngingakhuluma nobani ngimxwayise, ukuze balalele? Izindlebe zabo zivaliwe, ngakho abakwazi ukuzwa. Izwi likaBaba wethu liyabacasula; abathokozi ngalo.

¹¹Kodwa mina ngigcwele ulaka lukaBaba wethu; sengidiniwe ukululuthiya. Luthululele phezu kwabantwana abasesitaladini, naphezu kwabantu abasha ababuthene ndawonye; kuzathathwa kokubili indoda nomfazi, abadala kanye nasebekhulile kakhulu." ¹²Izindlu zabo zizanikezelwa kwabanye, amasimu abo nabafazi babo kanyekanye, ngokuba ngizakwelula isandla sami ngimelane nabahlala ezweni, kusho uBaba wethu. ¹³Ngokuba kusukela komncane kuze kube komkhulu, bonke bahahela inzuzo engalungile; kusukela kumphrofethi kuze kube kumpristi, bonke benza inkohliso. ¹⁴Belapha inxeba labantu bami ngokungathi alinzima. Bathi, 'Ukuthula, ukuthula,' kanti akukho kuthula. ¹⁵Baba namahloni yini ngokuziphatha kwabo okunengekayo? Cha, ababanga namahloni nhlobo; babengazi nokuba badle amahloni. Ngakho bazakuwa phakathi kwabawileyo; bazakwehliswa mhla ngibajezisa, kusho uBaba wethu.

¹⁶Usho kanje uBaba wethu: Yimani emahlanganweni ezindlela nibheke; buzani ngemikhondo yasendulo, lapho indlela enhle ikhona, nihambe ngayo, khona nizakuthola ukuphumula kwemiphefumulo yenu. Kodwa bathi, 'Asiyikuhamba ngayo.' ¹⁷Ngabeka abalindi phezu kwenu ngathi, 'Lalelani umsindo wecilongo!' Kodwa bathi, 'Asiyikulalela.' ¹⁸"Ngalokho yizwani, nina zizwe; qaphelani, nina bafakazi, lokho okuzakwenzeka kubo. ¹⁹Lalela, mhlaba: Ngiletha inhlekelele phezu kwalaba bantu, isithelo samacebo abo siqu, ngokuba bengawalalelanga amazwi ami futhi beyilahlile imfundiso yami. ²⁰Nginandaba yini ngempepho evela eShebha noma umhlanga omnandi ovela ezweni elikude? Iminikelo yenu yokushiswa ayemukeleki; imihlatshelo yenu ayingithokozisi."

²¹Ngakho usho kanje uBaba wethu: Ngizakubeka izikhubekiso phambi kwalaba bantu. Abazali kanye nabantwana bazakukhutshwa yizo; omakhelwane nabangane bazakubhubha.

²²Usho kanje uBaba wethu: Bheka, impi iyeza ivela ezweni lasenyakatho; isizwe esikhulu siyavuswa sivela emikhawulweni yomhlaba. ²³Baphethe umnsalo nomkhonto; banonya futhi abanamusa. Umsindo wabo uhlokoma njengolwandle lapho begibele amahhashi, behlelwe ngokwempi bemelene nawe, ndodakazi yaseZiyoni.

²⁴Siwuzwile umbiko ngabo, izandla zethu seziyethe. Usizi lusibambile thina, ubuhlungu obunjengobowesifazane osebelethayo. ²⁵Ningaphumeli emasimini ningahambi ezindleleni, ngokuba isitha sinenkemba, futhi uvalo lusezinhlangothini zonke. ²⁶Ndodakazi yabantu bami, yembatha izembatho zokulila uzigiqe emlotheni; lila ngokukhala okubuhlungu njengokulilela indodana eyodwa, ngokuba ngokuzuma umbhubhisi uzakwehlela phezu kwethu.

²⁷"Ngikwenze umhloli wezinsimbi phakathi kwabantu bami, ukuze ubuke futhi uhlole izindlela zabo. ²⁸Bonke bangabahlubuki abalukhuni, behambahamba besabalalisa ukunyundela. Bayithusi nensimbi; bonke benza ngokonakala. ²⁹Imifutho ivuthela ngamandla ukuze kushiswe umthofu ngomlilo, kodwa ukucwengwa akusizi lutho; ababi abasuswa. ³⁰Babizwa ngokuthi yisiliva elilahliweyo, ngokuba uBaba wethu usebalahlile."