UJeremiya 9

9 ¹O, sengathi ikhanda lami belingaba ngumthombo wamanzi, namehlo ami abe ngumthombo wezinyembezi, ukuze ngikhale imini nobusuku ngenxa yababuleweyo bendodakazi yabantu bami! ²O, sengathi benginendawo yokulala yezihambi ehlane, ukuze ngishiye abantu bami ngisuke kubo! Ngokuba bonke bayizifebe, iqembu labakhapheli.

³Bagobisa ulimi lwabo njengomnsalo; amanga, hhayi ukwethembeka, abe namandla ezweni. Basuka ebubini baye ebubini, abangazi mina, kusho uBaba wethu.

⁴Yilowo nalowo makaqaphele umakhelwane wakhe, angathembi kunoma yimuphi umfowabo; ngokuba wonke umfowabo ungumkhohlisi, nawo wonke umakhelwane uhambahamba enyundela.

⁵Yilowo nalowo ukhohlisa umakhelwane wakhe, akakho okhuluma iqiniso; baqeqeshe izilimi zabo ukukhuluma amanga, bazikhandla ngokwenza okubi. ⁶Uhlala phakathi kwenkohliso; ngenkohliso yabo bayala ukungazi mina, kusho uBaba wethu.

⁷Ngakho-ke yikho lokhu akushoyo uBaba wamabutho asezulwini: Bheka, sengizobacwenga ngibavivinye, ngokuba ngingenzenjani okunye, ngenxa yendodakazi yabantu bami? ⁸Ulimi lwabo lungumcibisholo obulalayo; lukhuluma inkohliso. Ngomlomo wakhe yilowo nalowo ukhuluma ukuthula kumakhelwane wakhe, kodwa enhliziyweni yakhe umcathamela. ⁹Angiyikubajezisa yini ngalezi zinto? kusho uBaba wethu. Angiyikwehlisela yini ukwahlulela esizweni esinjengalesi? ¹⁰“Ngizokhala ngilile ngenxa yezintaba, ngiphakamise isililo ngamadlelo asehlane, ngokuba achithekile kangangokuba kungadluli muntu, nokubhonsa kwezinkomo akuzwakali. Kusukela ezinyonini zezulu kuze kube sezilwaneni, konke kubalekile kwahamba. ¹¹Ngizokwenza iJerusalema ibe yinqwaba yezincithakalo, isikhundla sezimpungushe; futhi ngizokwenza imizi yakwaJuda ibe yincithakalo, engenamuntu owakhileyo.”

¹²Ngubani ohlakaniphile ngokwanele ukuqonda lokhu? Umlomo kaBaba wethu ukhulume kubani, ukuze achaze ukuthi kungani izwe lichithakele, lisha njengehlane, kungekho odlula kulo?

¹³UBaba wethu uthi: Ngenxa yokuba bashiya umthetho wami, engabanika wona, abalilalela izwi lami futhi abahambanga ngalo, ¹⁴kodwa balandela inkani yezinhliziyo zabo, baya emva kwawoBhali, njengokuba oyise babafundisa. ¹⁵Ngakho uBaba wamabutho asezulwini, uBaba wethu wakwa-Israyeli, uthi: Bheka, ngizokudlisa lesi sizwe ukudla okubabayo, ngibanike amanzi anobuthi ukuba baphuze. ¹⁶Ngizobahlakaza phakathi kwezizwe bona noyise abangazange bazazi, ngithumele inkemba emva kwabo ngize ngibaqede.

¹⁷Yikho lokhu akushoyo uBaba wamabutho asezulwini: Qaphelani! Bizani abesifazane abanekhono lokulila; thumelani kwabazi ukwenza isililo. ¹⁸Mabasheshe baphakamise isililo phezu kwethu, ukuze amehlo ethu agobhoze izinyembezi, nezinkophe zethu zimpompoze amanzi.

¹⁹Ngokuba umsindo wesililo uzwakala eZiyoni: Yeka ukuchithakala kwethu! Sijabhile kakhulu, ngokuba sishiye izwe, ngokuba badilizile izindlu zethu. ²⁰Manje zwanini izwi likaBaba wethu, nina besifazane; izindlebe zenu mazamukele izwi lomlomo wakhe. Fundisani amadodakazi enu isililo, yilowo nalowo afundise umakhelwane wakhe isililo. ²¹Ngokuba ukufa kungenile ngamafasitela ethu; kungenile ezigodlweni zethu, kunquma abantwana ezitaladini nezinsizwa ezinkundleni.

²²Khuluma uthi: Yikho lokhu akushoyo uBaba wethu: Izidumbu zabantu ziyokuwa njengomquba endle, njengezithungu zokudla ezishiywe emva komvuni, kungekho oziqoqayo.

²³Yikho lokhu akushoyo uBaba wethu: Ohlakaniphile makangaziqhayisi ngokuhlakanipha kwakhe, onamandla makangaziqhayisi ngamandla akhe, ocebile makangaziqhayisi ngengcebo yakhe; ²⁴kodwa oziqhayisayo makaziqhayise ngalokhu: ukuthi uyaqonda futhi uyangazi mina—ukuthi nginguBaba wenu, owenza ngothando oluthembekileyo, nangobulungiswa, nangokulunga emhlabeni; ngokuba ngithokoza ngalezi zinto, kusho uBaba wethu.

²⁵Bheka, izinsuku ziyeza, kusho uBaba wethu, lapho ngiyokubajezisa khona bonke abasokwe enyameni kuphela. ²⁶iGibhithe, uJuda, u-Edomi, abantwana bakwa-Amoni, uMowabi, nabo bonke abaphuca izinwele zasemaceleni ekhanda labo nabahlala ehlane. Ngokuba zonke lezi zizwe azisokile, nayo yonke indlu yakwa-Israyeli inezinhliziyo ezilukhuni.