UJeremiya
15 UJehova wathi kimi: “Lanxa uMosi loSamuyeli bebengama phambi kwami+ bengingasoze ngibazwele abantu laba. Baxotshe phambi kwami, kabahambe. 2 Nxa bangakubuza bathi, ‘Manje siyengaphi?’ wena ubaphendule uthi, ‘Nanku okutshiwo nguJehova:
“Ozabulawa ngumkhuhlane otshabalalisayo kabulawe yiwo!
Ozabulawa yinkemba kabulawe yinkemba!+
Lozabulawa yindlala kabulawe yindlala!
Lalowo ozathunjwa kathunjwe!”’+
3 “UJehova uthi, ‘Ngizabehlisela inhlupho ezine,*+ inkemba ezababulala, lezinja ezizahudula izidumbu zabo kanye lenyoni lenyamazana zeganga ezizabadla zibaqede.+ 4 Ngizabehlisela umonakalo ozakwenza ukuthi yonke imibuso yomhlaba yesabe+ ngenxa yalokho uManase indodana kaHezekhiya inkosi yakoJuda ayekwenza eJerusalema.+
5 Ngubani ozakuba lesihawu kuwe Jerusalema?
Ngubani ozakuzwela?
Ngubani ozakuma abuze ukuthi unjani?’
Yikho ngizakwelula isandla sami ngikutshabalalise,+
Ngoba sengidiniwe ngokukuzwela.
7 Ngizabaphosela emoyeni ngefologwe yokwela emagedini edolobho.
Ngizabulala abantwababo.+
Abantu bami ngizabatshabalalisa
Ngoba abafuni ukutshiya izindlela zabo.+
8 Abafelokazi bazakuba banengi kuletshebetshebe yolwandle.
Ngizakwenza izitha zibahlasele emini libalele, zihlasele omama lamadodana abo.
Ngizabehlisela ukwesaba okukhulu belibele.
9 Owesifazana obezele amadodana ayisikhombisa kaselamandla,
Wehluleka ngitsho lokuphefumula.
Ilanga limtshonele emini,
Useyangekile, inhloni zimphethe.’
‘Abalutshwana abaseleyo
Ngizabanikela ezitheni zabo zibahlasele ngenkemba,’ kutsho uJehova.”+
10 Maye kimi mama ngoba wangizala!+
Sengingumuntu ohlala esilwa njalo exabana labantu bonke elizweni.
Angilasikwelede somuntu futhi angibolekanga lutho emuntwini,
Kodwa bonke bayangithethisa.
11 UJehova wathi: “Ngizakuncedisa loba sekutheni,
Ngikukhulule nxa usuphakathi kobunzima,
Ngesikhathi usukhathazekile ngenxa yesitha esikuhlaselayo.
12 Ukhona yini ongephula insimbi ibe yizicucu,
Insimbi yenyakatho loba ikhopha?
13 Ngizakwenza ukuthi izitha zithumbe impahla yakho lamagugu akho.+
Angisoze ngiwathengise kodwa azathunjwa ngenxa yazo zonke izono owazenza kulo lonke ilizwe lakho.
14 Ngizawanika izitha zakho
Ziwathathe zihambe lawo elizweni ongalaziyo,+
Ngoba ulaka lwami luyavutha.
Luzavutha phezu kwenu.”+
Ungangiyekeli ngitshabalala ngoba wena uyaphuza ukuthukuthela.
Khumbula ukuthi ngiyathukwa ngenxa yakho.+
16 Amazwi akho atholakala ngawadla;+
Ilizwi lakho lenza inhliziyo yami yagubhazela ngentokozo,
Ngoba ngibizwa ngebizo lakho, awu Jehova Nkulunkulu wamabutho.
17 Angihlali labantu abathanda injabulo ngizithokozise labo.+
18 Kungani ubuhlungu engibuzwayo bungapheli lenxeba lami lingapholi?
Inxeba lami alelapheki.
Kambe lina lizakuba ngumthombo wamanzi ongagobhoziyo yini,
Okungelamuntu ongawuthemba?
19 Ngakho uJehova uthi:
“Nxa ungaphenduka kimi, ngizakwamukela,
Njalo uzakuma phambi kwami.
Nxa ungehlukanisa okuligugu kulokho okungelancedo,
Uzakuba ngumlomo* wami.
Bazaphenduka baze kuwe,
Kodwa wena awusoze uye kubo.”
20 “Sengikwenze waba ngumduli wekhopha ebantwini laba.+
Bazakulwa lawe sibili,
Kodwa abasoze bakunqobe,+
Ngoba ngilawe ukuze ngikukhulule njalo ngikusindise,” kutsho uJehova.
21 “Ngizakukhulula esandleni sabantu abenza okubi,
Ngikusindise ebantwini abalesihluku.”