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| 1. | Nanti ilizwi le Nkosi elafika kuJeremiya umprofethi ngezizwe. |
| 2. | Mayelana leGibhithe. Ngebutho likaFaro Neko inkosi yeGibhithe, elalisemfuleni iYufrathi, eKarikemishi, alitshayayo uNebukadinezari inkosi yeBhabhiloni ngomnyaka wesine wokubusa kukaJehoyakhimi indodana kaJosiya, inkosi yakoJuda, ilizwi lathi: |
| 3. | Lungisani amahawu lezihlangu ezinkulu, liye empini. |
| 4. | Bophelani amabhiza, ligade lina bagadi bamabhiza. Lisuke lime, lithwele ingowane zenu, lilole imikhonto yenu, ligqoke amabhatshi enu ensimbi. |
| 5. | Ngibonani? Sebephele amandla, babuyele emuva. Lamaqhawe abo ayehlulwa, ayabaleka, kawanyemukuli emuva; lokwesaba kusenhlangothini zonke, kutsho i Nkosi. |
| 6. | Olejubane kalakubaleka, leqhawe kalilakuphunyuka; ngenyakatho eceleni komfula iYufrathi bakhubekile, bawa. |
| 7. | Ngubani lo okhukhumala njengeNile, njengemifula elamanzi aqubukayo? |
| 8. | IGibhithe likhukhumala njengeNile, njengemifula elamanzi aqubukayo. Lithi: Ngizakhukhumala, ngiwusibekele umhlaba, ngichithe imizi kanye labahlala kiyo. |
| 9. | Qhubekelani phambili, lina mabhiza, liye phambili njengabahlanyayo, lina zinqola. Kawaphume amaqhawe, amadoda eEtiyopiya lePuti aphatha izihlangu, lamadoda eLudi akwazi ukubamba lokugobisa idandili. |
| 10. | Lolosuku lusuku lwe Nkosi, i Nkosi yamabandla, losuku lwempindiselo ukuze iziphindisele ezitheni zayo. Inkemba izakudla isuthe, yeneliswe ligazi labo. Ngoba iNkosi, i Nkosi yamabandla, izakwenza umhlatshelo elizweni lenyakatho emfuleni iYufrathi. |
| 11. | Yehlela eGileyadi, uyethatha ibhalisamu*, ntombi emsulwa, ndodakazi yeGibhithe. Lokhu eyakho yonke iyize, ngoba kawusili. |
| 12. | Izizwe zizwile ngehlazo lakho, lomhlaba ugcwele ukukhala kwakho; ngoba iqhawe likhutshwa ngelinye iqhawe, awele phansi womabili. |
| 13. | Ilizwi le Nkosi eyalikhuluma kuJeremiya umprofethi ngokuza kukaNebukadinezari inkosi yeBhabhiloni ukutshaya ilizwe leGibhithe, lathi: |
| 14. | Memezelani eGibhithe, lizwakalise eMigidoli, limemeze eMemfisi leTahafanesi, lithi: Sukumani, lime, lizilungiselele, ngoba umkhonto uzakudla inhlangothi zonke zenu. |
| 15. | Ubalekeleni uApisi? Kayimanga ngani linkunzi yakho? Kungoba i Nkosi yayilahla phansi. |
| 16. | Abanengi benu bakhubeka bawa, bakhulumisana besithi: Vukani, sibuyele ebantwini bakithi, lelizweni esazalelwa kilo, ngenxa yenkemba yomchithi. |
| 17. | Bizani uFaro inkosi yeGibhithe ngokuthi: Ngumsindo okhutha ithuba. Wekele isikhathi esimisiweyo sedlula. |
| 18. | Ngifunga ngami uqobo, kutsho iNkosi, mina engiyi Nkosi yamabandla. NjengeThabhori phakathi kwezintaba lanjengeKharmeli phansi kolwandle uzafika othile. |
| 19. | Zilungiseleni umthwalo wokuthunjwa, lina beGibhithe. Ngoba iMemfisi izakuba yinkangala, lonxiwa olungahlalwa muntu. |
| 20. | IGibhithe lilithokazi elihle, kodwa isibawu esivela enyakatho sesifikile kulo. |
| 21. | Lamabutho alo aqatshiweyo akhona phakathi kwalo anjengamathole anonileyo; abuyela emuva, abaleka kanyekanye, kawemanga, ngoba usuku lokuhlupheka kwawo luwehlele, isikhathi sempindiselo yawo. |
| 22. | Liyahotshoza njengenyoka ebalekayo; ngoba izitha zalo ziyeza zilibutho, ziphethe amahloka njengabantu abagamulayo izihlahla. |
| 23. | Zizagamula amahlathi alo, kutsho i Nkosi, lanxa engangeneki, ngoba zinengi okwedlula isikhonyane, kazilakubalwa. |
| 24. | AmaGibhithe azayangeka, azanikelwa ezandleni zabantu abavela enyakatho. |
| 25. | I Nkosi yamabandla, uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli, ithi: Khangela, ngizatshaya uAmoni weNo, loFaro, leGibhithe kanye labonkulunkulu babo, lamakhosi alo, yebo uFaro kanye labamthembayo. |
| 26. | Ngizabanikela ezandleni zalabo ababazingelayo, esandleni sikaNebukadinezari inkosi yeBhabhiloni lenduna zakhe, emva kwalokho iGibhithe lakhiwe futhi njengensukwini zendulo, kutsho i Nkosi. |
| 27. | Kodwa ungesabi, wena Jakobe nceku yami, ungatshaywa luvalo, wena Israyeli, ngoba khangela, ngizakukhulula usekhatshana, lenzalo yakho elizweni lokuthunjwa kwayo. UJakobe uzabuya aphumule, ahlale kuhle, angethuswa muntu. |
| 28. | Ungesabi, wena Jakobe nceku yami, kutsho i Nkosi, ngoba ngilawe. Ngizachitha ngokupheleleyo zonke izizwe engikuxotshele kuzo, kodwa wena kangiyikukuqeda ngokupheleleyo. Ngizakukhuza ngokufaneleyo, kangiyikukuyekela. |
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