UJeremiya

32 Leli lilizwi likaJehova elafika kuJeremiya ngomnyaka wetshumi wokubusa kukaZedekhiya inkosi yakoJuda. Kwakungumnyaka wesi-18 wokubusa kukaNebhukhadinezari.*+ 2 Ngalesosikhathi amabutho enkosi yeBhabhiloni ayevimbezele iJerusalema futhi umphrofethi uJeremiya wayevalelwe egumeni labalindi+ esigodlweni senkosi* yakoJuda. 3 UZedekhiya inkosi yakoJuda wayevalele uJeremiya+ esithi, “Kungani uphrofetha izinto ezinje? Uthi, ‘Nanku okutshiwo nguJehova: “Ngizanikela idolobho leli esandleni senkosi yeBhabhiloni njalo izalithumba.+ 4 UZedekhiya inkosi yakoJuda kasoze aphunyuke ezandleni zamaKhaledi. Uzanikelwa enkosini yeBhabhiloni loba sekutheni futhi uzayibona ngawakhe, bakhulume bekhangelene.”’+ 5 UJehova uthi, ‘Inkosi yeBhabhiloni izathatha uZedekhiya imhambise eBhabhiloni, njalo uzahlala khona ngize ngibone engingakwenza ngaye. Lanxa liqhubeka lisilwa lamaKhaledi alisoze linqobe.’”+

6 UJeremiya wathi: “Ilizwi likaJehova lifike kimi lathi, 7 ‘UHanameli indodana kaShalumi umfowabo kayihlo uzafika kuwe athi: “Thenga insimu yami ese-Anathothi+ ngoba nguwe owokuqala olelungelo lokuyithenga.”’”*+

8 UHanameli indodana yomfowabo kababa wafika kimi egumeni labalindi, njengoba nje uJehova wayetshilo. Wathi kimi: “Ngicela uthenge insimu yami ese-Anathothi elizweni lakoBhenjamini ngoba ulelungelo lokuyithenga* ibe ngeyakho. Yikho yithenge.” Ngathi ngisizwa lokhu ngahle ngazi ukuthi leli kwakulilizwi elivela kuJehova.

9 Ngakho ngayithenga insimu le eyayise-Anathothi kuHanameli indodana yomfowabo kababa. Ngamlinganisela imali yakhe+ yaba ngamashekheli* ayisikhombisa lenhlamvu zesiliva ezilitshumi. 10 Ngayifaka esikalini ngayilinganisa, ngasengiyibhala phansi encwadini yesivumelwano sokuthengiselana.+ Ngavala incwadi le ngayifaka uphawu ngasengibiza abantu ukuthi bazofakaza.+ 11 Ngathatha incwadi yesivumelwano sokuthengiselana eyayivaliwe yafakwa uphawu, njengoba nje umthetho wawusithi kumele kwenziwe njalo. Ngathatha laleyo eyayingafakwanga uphawu, 12 ngayinika uBharukhi+ indodana kaNeriya+ indodana kaMahaseyiya, phambi kukaHanameli indodana yomfowabo kababa, labofakazi ababesayine incwadi yesivumelwano sokuthengiselana, laphambi kwawo wonke amaJuda ayehlezi egumeni labalindi.+

13 Ngakhuluma loBharukhi phambi kwabo ngathi: 14 “Nanku okutshiwo nguJehova wamabutho, uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli: ‘Thatha incwadi lezi, incwadi yesivumelwano sokuthengiselana evalwe yafakwa uphawu, laleyo engafakwanga uphawu, uzifake embizeni yomdaka ukuze zihlale isikhathi eside.’ 15 UJehova wamabutho, uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli uthi, ‘Abantu bazaphinda bathenge izindlu lendawo lamasimu amagilebisi elizweni leli.’”+

16 Ngathi senginike uBharukhi indodana kaNeriya incwadi yesivumelwano sokuthengiselana, ngathandaza kuJehova ngathi: 17 “Awu Jehova Nkosi Enkulu! Nguwe owenza amazulu lomhlaba ngamandla akho amakhulu+ langengalo yakho eyeluliweyo. Wena akulalutho olukumangalisayo. 18 Wenzela izinkulungwane zabantu umusa omkhulu* kodwa ujezise amadodana ngenxa yezono zaboyise.+ UnguNkulunkulu weqiniso, umkhulu futhi ulamandla, njalo ubizwa ngokuthi unguJehova wamabutho. 19 Inhloso yakho iyamangalisa,* lezenzo zakho zitshengisa ukuthi ulamandla.+ Amehlo akho abona konke okwenziwa ngabantu+ ukuze unike ngamunye lokho okufanele izindlela zakhe lezenzo zakhe.+ 20 Wenza izimangaliso lezibonakaliso elizweni leGibhithe, ezilokhu zikhunjulwa kuze kube lamuhla. Wenza ibizo lakho laziwa ko-Israyeli lakubo bonke abantu,+ njengoba kunjalo lamuhla. 21 Wakhipha abantu bakho elizweni leGibhithe ngezibonakaliso langezimangaliso. Wabakhulula ngesandla sakho esilamandla langengalo eyeluliweyo kanye lezenzo ezesabekayo.+

22 “Ngemva kwesikhathi wabanika ilizwe owathembisa okhokho babo+ ukuthi uzabanika lona, ilizwe eligeleza uchago loluju.+ 23 Bafika kulo balithatha laba ngelabo kodwa abazange balilalele ilizwi lakho loba balandele umthetho wakho. Abazange benze lokukodwa owawubalaye ukuthi bakwenze, yikho ubehlisele wonke umonakalo lo.+ 24 Abantu sebehlasele idolobho balivimbezela befuna ukulithumba.+ Lizanqotshwa ngamaKhaledi loba sekutheni ngoba alihlasela ngenkemba+ njalo kulendlala lesifo esitshabalalisayo.+ Konke owakukhulumayo sekwenzakele njengoba ubona. 25 Idolobho leli lizanikelwa ezandleni zamaKhaledi loba sekutheni. Kodwa wena Nkosi Enkulu Jehova uthe kimi, ‘Thenga insimu ngemali ubize abantu bakufakazele.’”

26 Ngalesosikhathi ilizwi likaJehova lafika kuJeremiya lathi: 27 “Mina nginguJehova, uNkulunkulu wabantu bonke. Kambe kukhona okungangehlula? 28 Ngakho nanku okutshiwo nguJehova, ‘Ngizanikela idolobho leli kumaKhaledi lasesandleni sikaNebhukhadinezari inkosi yeBhabhiloni. Uzalinqoba+ 29 futhi amaKhaledi ahlasela idolobho leli azangena alithungele ngomlilo litshe.+ Azatshisa lezindlu abantu ababenikela imihlatshelo kuBhali bephezu kwazo ephahleni, benikela langeminikelo yokunathwayo kwabanye onkulunkulu befuna ukungithukuthelisa.’+

30 “‘Abantu bako-Israyeli labakoJuda benze okubi kuphela phambi kwami kusukela ebutsheni babo.+ Abako-Israyeli baqhubeka bengithukuthelisa ngezinto abazenzayo,’ kutsho uJehova. 31 ‘Phela abantu bedolobho leli bebengithukuthelisa bevusa ulaka lwami kusukela ngelanga abakha ngalo idolobho leli kuze kube lamuhla.+ Yikho kumele lisuswe phambi kwamehlo ami,+ 32 ngenxa yazo zonke izinto ezimbi ezenziwa ngabantu bako-Israyeli labakoJuda. Bonke nje, amakhosi,+ labakhokheli,+ labaphristi, labaphrofethi,+ labantu bakoJuda kanye lezakhamizi zeJerusalema bangithukuthelisile. 33 Bangifulathele abazange bangikhangele.+ Lanxa bengibafundisa kanenginengi* abazange bangilalele ngibalaya.+ 34 Bafake izithombe zabo ezenyanyekayo endlini ebizwa ngebizo lami ukuze bayingcolise.+ 35 Phezu kwalokho bakhele uBhali izindawo eziphakemeyo* esigodini sendodana kaHinomi,*+ ukuze batshisele khona amadodana lamadodakazi abo emlilweni, besenzela uMolekhi imihlatshelo.+ Into le abayenzayo angizange ngibatshele ukuthi bayenze,+ ayizange ifike enhliziyweni yami* ngoba iyenyanyeka futhi yenza abakoJuda bone.’

36 “Nanku okutshiwo nguJehova uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli mayelana ledolobho leli elikhuluma ngalo lisithi lizanikelwa esandleni senkosi yeBhabhiloni ilihlasele ngenkemba, lihlaselwe yindlala kanye lesifo esitshabalalisayo, 37 ‘Ngizabaqoqa bevela emazweni wonke engangibachithachithele kuwo ngesikhathi ngibathukuthelele kakhulu lolaka lwami luvutha ngenxa yabo,+ njalo ngizabaphendukisa endaweni le bahlale kuyo bevikelekile.+ 38 Bazakuba ngabantu bami, mina ngibe nguNkulunkulu wabo.+ 39 Ngizabenza babe nhliziyonye,+ bahambe ngendlela eyodwa ukuze bahlale bengesaba, bathole izibusiso bona labantwababo.+ 40 Ngizakwenza labo isivumelwano esingapheliyo,+ esokuthi angisoze ngiyekele ukubenzela okuhle.+ Ngizabenza bangesabe ukuze bangangitshiyi.+ 41 Ngizathokoza ngabo ngibenzele okuhle+ futhi ngizabahlanyela elizweni leli bahlale kulo kokuphela.+ Lokhu ngizakwenza ngenhliziyo yami yonke langomphefumulo* wami wonke.’”

42 “UJehova uthi, ‘Njengoba nje ngehlisela abantu laba wonke umonakalo lo, ngizabanika konke okuhle engibathembisa khona.+ 43 Abantu bazaphinda bathenge amasimu elizweni leli+ lanxa lina lisithi: “Ilizwe leli seliyinkangala engelamuntu loba inyamazana futhi selinikelwe kumaKhaledi.”’

44 “‘Amasimu azathengwa ngemali, kubhalwe izivumelwano zokuthengiselana zivalwe zifakwe uphawu. Kuzabuya abantu bezokufakazela lokhu bevela elizweni lakoBhenjamini,+ lasezindaweni ezigombolozele iJerusalema, lasemadolobheni akoJuda,+ lasemadolobheni asezintabeni, lasemadolobheni asezindaweni eziphansi,+ lasemadolobheni aseningizimu ngoba ngizaletha abathunjiweyo babo,’+ kutsho uJehova.”