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| 1. | Ilizwi le Nkosi elafika kuJeremiya mayelana lokubalela kwelanga lathi: |
| 2. | UJuda uyalila, lemizi yakhe idangele, abantu bakhe bahlezi phansi bayakhala, lokukhala kweJerusalema kuyezwakala. |
| 3. | Iziphathamandla zakhe zithuma inceku zazo ukuze ziyekukha amanzi, zifika emithonjeni, kodwa kazitholi manzi, zibuyele inkonxa zazo zingelalutho, zilenhloni, zidanile, zimbomboza amakhanda. |
| 4. | Ngenxa yokuthi umhlaba womile, ngoba kungekho izulu elizweni, abalimi balenhloni, bambomboza amakhanda abo. |
| 5. | Lezimpala ziyazala ziwatshiye egangeni amathole azo, ngoba kungelatshani. |
| 6. | Labobabhemi beganga bayema emadundulwini angelalutho, baphembele umoya njengamakhanka, lamehlo abo afiphale, ngoba kungelatshani. |
| 7. | Loba izono zethu zisilahla, sebenza, wena Nkosi, ngenxa yebizo lakho; ngoba sihlamukile kanengi, sonile kuwe. |
| 8. | Wena themba likaIsrayeli, mkhululi wakhe ngesikhathi sokuhlupheka, yini ukuthi ube njengowezizweni, ube njengesihambi esiphambukela eceleni ukuhlala okobusuku? |
| 9. | Yini ukuthi ube njengomuntu odidekileyo, njengeqhawe el ingelakusindisa. Kanti, Nkosi, uphakathi kwethu, lebizo lakho libizwa phezu kwethu; ungasitshiyi. |
| 10. | I Nkosi ithi ngalababantu: Bayakuthanda ukuzula kanje, kabazinqandanga inyawo zabo. Ngalokho i Nkosi kayibemukeli, khathesi izakhumbula ububi babo, ibaphindisele ngezono zabo. |
| 11. | I Nkosi yathi kimi: Ungakhulekeli lababantu ukuthi baphiwe okuhle. |
| 12. | Loba bezila ukudla, kangiyikuzwa ukukhala kwabo; loba benikela umnikelo wokutshiswa lomnikelo wokudla, kangiyikuthokoza ngabo; kodwa ngizabaqeda ngenkemba langendlala langomatshayabhuqe wesifo. |
| 13. | Ngasengisithi: Hawu, Nkosi Jehova! Khangela, abaprofethi babatshela bathi: Kaliyikubona inkemba, kaliyikufikelwa yindlala, kodwa ngizalinika ukuthula kulindawo. |
| 14. | I Nkosi yathi kimi: Abaprofethi baprofetha amanga ngebizo lami. Kangibathumanga, kangibalayanga, kangikhulumanga kibo; baprofetha kini imibono yamanga, lokuvumisa okuyize, lenkohliso yengqondo zabo. |
| 15. | Ngalokho-ke i Nkosi ithi mayelana labaprofethi abaprofetha ngebizo lami, bona ngingabathumanga, abathi: Inkemba lendlala kakuyikufika kulelilizwe. Labobaprofethi bazaqedwa ngenkemba lendlala; |
| 16. | kuthi abantu abaprofetha kibo baphoselwe endleleni zeJerusalema, bebulewe yindlala lenkemba, kungasekho muntu wokubangcwaba, bona labomkabo, lamadodana abo lamadodakazi abo. Ngoba ngizakwehlisela ububi babo phezu kwabo. |
| 17. | Uzakutsho lelilizwi kibo elokuthi: Amehlo ami kawehlise inyembezi ebusuku lemini zingakhawuli, ngoba intombi emsulwa, indodakazi yabantu bami, ilimele kakhulu, balinyazwe yikutshaywa okubi. |
| 18. | Uba ngiphumela ngaphandle, khangela, kugcwele khona ababulewe ngenkemba. Uba ngingena emzini, khangela, abantu ababulawa yindlala. Abaprofethi labapristi bahamba besenza umsebenzi wabo, kodwa bengazi ukuthi benzani. |
| 19. | Usumlahlile isibili uJuda yini, leZiyoni iyakunenga? Usitshayeleni singabi lakusiliswa? Salindela ukuthula, kodwa kakuvelanga okuhle. Sahlalela isikhathi sokwelatshwa, kodwa khangela, kwavela ukwesaba. |
| 20. | Siyakuvuma ukona kwethu, Nkosi, lobubi babobaba, ngoba sonile kuwe. |
| 21. | Ungasixotshi, ngenxa yebizo lakho, ungaseyisi isihlalo sobukhosi bakho; sikhumbule, ungasephuli isivumelwano osenze lathi. |
| 22. | Kambe bakhona yini phakathi konkulunkulu bamanga bezizwe abanganisa izulu? Kumbe amazulu angehlisa izihlambo yini? Hatshi! Angithi nguwe kuphela, Nkosi, Nkulunkulu wethu? Thina sithembela kuwe, ngoba nguwe ozenzayo zonke lezizinto. |
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