Jeremiya
39 Nebukhadnezari* inkhosi yaseBhabhulona kanye nalo lonkhe libutfo lakhe befika eJerusalema futsi bayivimbetela ngenyanga yesi-10, emnyakeni wesi-9 wekubusa kweNkhosi Sedekiya yakaJuda.+
2 Ngelilanga lesi-9 enyangeni yesine, emnyakeni wesi-11 wekubusa kwaSedekiya, lelibutfo labhidlita lubondza langena ngekhatsi kulelidolobha.+ 3 Tonkhe tindvuna tenkhosi yaseBhabhulona tangena ngekhatsi futsi tahlala eGedeni Lelisekhatsi Nendzawo.+ Letindvuna bekuboNegali-sareseri umSamgari, naNebo-Sasekhimi umRabusarisi,* naNegali-sareseri umRabumagi,* kanye nato tonkhe letinye tindvuna tenkhosi yaseBhabhulona.
4 Ngesikhatsi Sedekiya inkhosi yakaJuda nawo onkhe emasotja akhe batibona, babaleka,+ futsi baphuma kulelidolobha ebusuku babaleka babheka ngasengadzeni yenkhosi. Baphuma ngeligede lelisemkhatsini wetindvonga letimbili futsi bachubeka babaleka ngendlela leya e-Arabha.+ 5 Kodvwa libutfo lemaKhaledi labagijimisa futsi lakhandza Sedekiya endzaweni lelugwadvule yaseJerikho.+ Lelibutfo lambamba futsi lamyisa eNkhosini Nebukhadnezari* yaseBhabhulona eRibla,+ eveni laseHamathi,+ lapho yakhipha khona sigwebo sakhe. 6 Khona lapho eRibla, inkhosi yaseBhabhulona yabulala emadvodzana aSedekiya embikwakhe, yaphindze yabulala nabo bonkhe bantfu bakaJuda labahloniphekile.+ 7 Ngemuva kwaloko yakupuluta emehlo aSedekiya, yabese imbopha ngetinketane telitfusi kuze imyise eBhabhulona.+
8 EmaKhaledi abese ashisa sigodlo* senkhosi kanye netindlu tebantfu,+ futsi abhidlita lubondza lwaseJerusalema.+ 9 Nebuzaradani+ loyindvuna yabogadzi watsatsa bantfu lebebasele kulelidolobha wayobatfumba eBhabhulona, watsatsa nalabo lebebatinikele kuye, kanye nanobe ngubani lobekasele.
10 Kodvwa Nebuzaradani loyindvuna yabogadzi wabashiya kaJuda labanye bantfu lebebaphuye kakhulu, lokungulabo lebebete lutfo. Ngalelolanga wabanika emasimu emagilebisi kanye nendzawo labatayilima.*+
11 Nebukhadnezari* inkhosi yaseBhabhulona wanika Nebuzaradani indvuna yabogadzi nangu umyalo macondzana naJeremiya: 12 “Mtsatse umnakekele, ungacali umlimate, futsi ubomnika nobe yini layicelako.”+
13 Ngako Nebuzaradani indvuna yabogadzi, naNebushazbani umRabusarisi,* naNegali-sareseri umRabumagi* kanye nato tonkhe tikhulu tenkhosi yaseBhabhulona, tatfuma emadvodza 14 kutsi ayolandza Jeremiya eBaleni Labogadzi+ futsi ammikise kuGedaliya+ indvodzana ya-Ahikamu+ indvodzana yaShafani+ kuze ahlale endlini yakhe. Ngako Jeremiya wahlala emkhatsini webantfu bakubo.
15 Ngalesikhatsi Jeremiya asevalelwe eBaleni Labogadzi,+ Jehova wakhuluma naye watsi: 16 “Hamba uye ku-Ebedi-meleki+ umTopiya ufike utsi kuye: ‘Naku lokushiwo nguJehova wemabutfo longuNkulunkulu wema-Israyeli: “Sengiyakwenta loko lengatsi ngitakwenta kulelidolobha, ngesikhatsi ngitsi ngitaliletsela inhlekelele hhayi lokuhle, futsi loko utakubona ngalelolanga.”’
17 “‘Kodvwa ngalelolanga ngitakukhulula futsi angeke unikelwe kulamadvodza lowesabako,’ kusho Jehova.”
18 “‘Ngitakuphephisa futsi angeke ubulawe ngenkemba. Utawusindza+ ngobe wetsembela kimi,’+ kusho Jehova.”