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| 1. | Ilizwi le Nkosi elafika kuJeremiya lathi: |
| 2. | Suka, wehlele endlini yombumbi wembiza, ngizakutshela amazwi ami khona. |
| 3. | Ngasengisehlela endlini yombumbi wembiza, khangela-ke wenza umsebenzi wakhe ngevili lokubumba. |
| 4. | Imbiza ayeyibumba ngebumba yonakala ezandleni zakhe; waseyidiliza, wenza enye imbiza njengokubona kwakhe. |
| 5. | Laselifika ilizwi le Nkosi kimi lisithi: |
| 6. | Wena ndlu kaIsrayeli, ngingeze ngenza kini lokho okwenziweyo ngumbumbi wembiza yini? kutsho i Nkosi. Khangela, njengebumba esandleni sombumbi wembiza, lani linjalo esandleni sami, lina ndlu kaIsrayeli. |
| 7. | Ngokucwayiza kwelihlo ngizakhuluma ngesizwe langombuso ukuthi ngizakusiphuna, ngikudilize, ngikuchithe, |
| 8. | uba lesosizwe engikhulume ngaso sitshiya ububi baso, ngizazisola ngokubi ebengisithi ngizabenza kiso. |
| 9. | Ngokucwayiza kwelihlo ngizakhuluma ngesizwe langombuso ukuthi ngizakwakha ngikumise. |
| 10. | Uba lesosizwe sisenza okubi phambi kwami, singalaleli ilizwi lami, ngizazisola ngokuhle ebengisithi ngizakwenza kiso. |
| 11. | Ngakho-ke tshono ebantwini bakoJuda lakwabakhileyo eJerusalema ukuthi: I Nkosi ithi: Khangelani, ngilibumbela okubi, ngenza ugobe ngani. Tshiyani ububi benu bonke, lilungise indlela zenu lezenzo zenu. |
| 12. | Kodwa bona bathi: Lokho kakusizi lutho. Sizalandela awethu amacebo, sonke senze ngenkani yenhliziyo zethu ezimbi. |
| 13. | Ngakho-ke i Nkosi ithi: Buzani phakathi kwezizwe, ukuthi ngubani owake wezwa okunjengalokhu? Intombi emsulwa yakoIsrayeli yenzile into eyesabekayo. |
| 14. | Iliqhwa elikhithikayo lingazitshiya yini ingqonga zeLebhanoni, lamanzi aqandayo ageleza ezintabeni azakutsha? |
| 15. | Kodwa abantu bami bangikhohliwe, batshisela onkulunkulu bamanga impepha; bakhubeka endleleni zabo, emigwaqweni yasendulo, baphambukela ezindledlaneni, kabahambanga ngemigwago; |
| 16. | benza ilizwe labo laba ngelesabekayo lento yokuncifelwa kuze kube nininini; bonke abedlula khona bayethuka, banikina amakhanda abo. |
| 17. | Njengomoya wempumalanga ngizabachitha phambi kwezitha zabo, ngizabafulathela, bangaboni ubuso bami, ngosuku lokuchitheka kwabo. |
| 18. | Basebesithi: Wozani simenzele ugobe uJeremiya; ngoba kuzabe kulokhu kukhona abapristi ukusifundisa, labahlakaniphileyo ukuseluleka, labaprofethi ukutshumayela ilizwi. Wozani simtshaye ngolimi, singananzi wonke amazwi akhe. |
| 19. | Ngizwisisa, Nkosi, uzwe lokho izitha zami ezikukhulumayo ngami. |
| 20. | Okuhle kuyaphindiselwa ngokubi yini? Ngoba bangigebhele umgodi. Khumbula ukuthi ngema phambi kwakho ukubakhulumela okuhle ukuthinta ulaka lwakho kibo. |
| 21. | Ngalokho-ke nikela abantwana babo endlaleni, ubanikele ekubulaweni ngenkemba; abafazi babo balahlekelwe ngabantwana, babe ngabafelokazi, lamadoda abo abulawe ngumkhuhlane, lamajaha abo atshaywe ngenkemba empini. |
| 22. | Kakuzwakale ukukhala endlini zabo, lapho bejunywa libutho. Ngoba bengigebhele umgodi ukungibamba, bazithiya ngomjibila inyawo zami. |
| 23. | Kanti, wena Nkosi, uyawazi amacebo abo okungibulala. Ungathetheleli ububi babo, lezono zabo ungazicitshi phambi kwakho. Kodwa kabawe phambi kwakho, ubavukele wena ngesikhathi sokuthukuthela kwakho. |
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