Jeremiya
37 Sedekiya+ indvodzana yaJosaya wabekwa kutsi abe yinkhosi yakaJuda, abekwa nguNebukhadnezari* inkhosi yaseBhabhulona. Wabusa esikhundleni saKhoniya*+ indvodzana yaJehoyakimu. 2 Kodvwa Sedekiya netinceku takhe kanye nebantfu bakulelive abazange bawalalele emavi aJehova lawasho asebentisa umphrofethi Jeremiya.
3 INkhosi Sedekiya yatfuma Jukhali+ indvodzana yaShelemiya kanye naZefaniya+ indvodzana yaMaseya umphristi kutsi baye kumphrofethi Jeremiya, bafike batsi: “Sicela usithantazele kuJehova Nkulunkulu wetfu.” 4 Jeremiya bekahamba akhululekile emkhatsini webantfu, ngobe bekasengakavalelwa ejele.+ 5 Ngaleso sikhatsi, emaKhaledi bekavimbetele iJerusalema, kodvwa ayekela kuyihlasela nakeva kutsi libutfo laFaro liyeta lisuka eGibhithe.+ 6 Ngemuva kwaloko, Jehova wakhuluma nemphrofethi Jeremiya watsi: 7 “Jehova Nkulunkulu wema-Israyeli utsi: ‘Nine titfunywa tenkhosi yakaJuda, naku lokufanele niyitjele kona inkhosi yenu njengobe initfume kutsi nitobuta kimi: “Libutfo laFaro lelitonisita litawujika libuyele eveni lalo, eGibhithe.+ 8 EmaKhaledi atawubuya ahlasele lelidolobha, alincobe futsi alishise ngemlilo.”+ 9 Naku Jehova lakushoko: “Ningatiyengi nitsi: ‘EmaKhaledi ngeke asabuya,’ ngobe angeke ahlale angabuyi. 10 Ngisho nobe bekungatsiwa niyalehlula lonkhe lelibutfo lemaKhaledi lelilwa nani futsi kusale emasotja lalimele nje kuphela, bekatawuphuma emathendeni awo ashise lelidolobha ngemlilo.”’”+
11 Ngesikhatsi libutfo lemaKhaledi seliyekele kuhlasela iJerusalema ngenca yelibutfo laFaro,+ 12 Jeremiya wasuka eJerusalema waya eveni lakaBhenjamini+ kuze ayotfola sabelo sakhe emkhatsini webantfu bakubo. 13 Kodvwa watsi umphrofethi Jeremiya nakefika eGedeni lakaBhenjamini, umphatsi wabogadzi lobekutsiwa nguJiriya indvodzana yaShelemiya indvodzana yaHananiya, wambamba futsi watsi: “Wena uyasihlamuka, uya kumaKhaledi!” 14 Kepha Jeremiya watsi: “Cha, akusinjalo! Anginihlamuki, futsi angiyi kumaKhaledi.” Kodvwa Jiriya akazange amlalele. Esikhundleni saloko, wambopha futsi wamyisa etindvuneni. 15 Letindvuna tamtfukutselela kakhulu Jeremiya,+ ngako tamshaya futsi tamvalela*+ endlini yaJehonathani longumabhalane, lebeseyentiwe lijele. 16 Jeremiya wafakwa ejele lelisemgodzini,* wavalelwa esitokisini futsi wahlala lapho emalanga lamanyenti.
17 INkhosi Sedekiya yabese itsi akalandvwe, futsi yambuta imibuto ngasense esigodlweni*+ sayo, yatsi: “Kukhona yini Jehova lakushito?” Jeremiya watsi: “Yebo kukhona!” futsi wachubeka watsi: “Wena utawunikelwa esandleni senkhosi yaseBhabhulona!”+
18 Jeremiya wakhuluma neNkhosi Sedekiya watsi: “Kukhona yini lokubi lengikwentile kuwe nasetincekwini takho kanye nakulabantfu, kutsi ungaze ungifake ejele? 19 Nyalo sebaphi labaphrofethi bakho lebebaphrofetha kuwe batsi: ‘Inkhosi yaseBhabhulona angeke ikuhlasele futsi nalelive angeke ilihlasele’?+ 20 Awu nkhosi yami, mane ungilalele nkhosi. Ngicela umane ulalele nasi sicelo sami: Ungangibuyiseli endlini yaJehonathani+ longumabhalane, ngobe ngitawufela lapho.”+ 21 Ngako iNkhosi Sedekiya yakhipha umyalo wekutsi Jeremiya akagcinwe eBaleni Labogadzi,+ futsi onkhe malanga bekanikwa sinkhwa lesiyindingilizi lebesilandvwa esitaladini sebabhaki,+ kwaze kwaba ngulapho sekute sinkhwa edolobheni.+ Jeremiya wachubeka ahleli eBaleni Labogadzi.