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1. | Ilizwi le Nkosi elafika kuJeremiya lathi: |
2. | I Nkosi, uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli, ithi: Bhala encwadini wonke amazwi engiwakhulume kuwe. |
3. | Ngoba khangela, insuku ziyeza, lapho ngizabuyisa abantu bami uIsrayeli loJuda, kutsho i Nkosi. Ngizababuyisela elizweni engalinika oyise, libe ngelabo. |
4. | La ngamazwi i Nkosi eyawakhuluma ngoIsrayeli loJuda, |
5. | yathi: Sizwile ilizwi lokwethuka, lelokwesaba, lelokuswela ukuthula. |
6. | Ake libuze lizwe, kumbe indoda ingazala umntwana yini? Pho-ke, kungani ngibona wonke amadoda ebambe inkalo zawo njengowesifazana ohelelwayo? Kungani ubuso bonke bunyukumele? |
7. | Maye! lukhulu lolosuku, kalukho olunye olunjengalo. Kuyisikhathi sokuhlupheka kukaJakobe, kanti uzakhululwa kukho. |
8. | Kuzakuthi ngalolosuku, kutsho i Nkosi yamabandla, ngilephule ijogwe entanyeni zabo, ngiqamule izibopho zabo, kabasayikusebenzela abezizwe, |
9. | kodwa bazasebenzela mina Nkosi, uNkulunkulu wabo, loDavida inkosi yabo engizabavusela yena. |
10. | Ngakho-ke ungesabi, wena Jakobe, nceku yami; ungatshaywa luvalo, wena Israyeli, kutsho i Nkosi; ngoba khangela, ngizakukhulula endaweni ekhatshana, lenzalo yakho elizweni lokuthunjwa kwayo. UJakobe uzabuya aphumule, ahlale kuhle, angethuswa muntu. |
11. | Ngoba mina ngilawe ukukukhulula, kutsho i Nkosi. Ngoba ngizachitha ngokupheleleyo zonke izizwe engikuhlakazele phakathi kwazo, kodwa wena kangiyikukubhubhisa ngokupheleleyo; ngizakukhuza ngokufaneleyo, kangiyikukuyekela. |
12. | I Nkosi ithi: Ukulimala kwakho kakwelapheki, lesilonda sakho sibi. |
13. | Kakho onanzelela amanxeba akho, kakulamuthi ozakwelapha ukuthi usile. |
14. | Zonke izithandwa zakho zikukhohliwe, kazisakudingi. Ngoba ngikutshayile njengesitha, ngokutshaya okulolunya, ngoba icala lakho likhulu, lezono zakho zandile. |
15. | Ukhalelani ngokulimala kwakho? Ubuhlungu bakho kabelapheki. Ngoba ukona kwakho kukhulu, lezono zakho zandile. Ngikwenzile lokhu kuwe. |
16. | Ngalokho-ke bonke abakudlayo bazakudliwa, lezitha zakho zonke zizathunjwa, labakuphangayo bazaphangwa, labo bonke abakwemukayo bazakwemukwa. |
17. | Ngoba ngizabuyisa ukusila kwakho, ngelaphe amanxeba akho, kutsho i Nkosi. Ngoba bakubize ngokuthi: Ungolahliweyo, yiZiyoni, kakulamuntu oyidingayo. |
18. | I Nkosi ithi: Khangela, ngizabuyisa abantwana bakoJakobe, ngihawukele wonke amakhaya abo. Yonke imizi izakwakhiwa futhi endaweni yayo, lazo zonke indlu zakhiwe njengakuqala. |
19. | Kuzaphuma kubo ingoma zokubonga, lokumemeza kwabathokozayo. Ngizabandisa babebanengi, bazahlonitshwa, bangabi balutshwana. |
20. | Abantwana babo bazakuba njengakuqala, lenhlangano yabo izakuma phambi kwami; ngizabatshaya bonke ababacindezelayo. |
21. | Isiphathamandla sabo sizakuba ngomunye wabo, lombusi wabo uzavela phakathi kwabo; ngizamsondeza, asondele kimi, ngoba ngubani ongaba lesibindi sokusondela kimi? kutsho i Nkosi. |
22. | Lizakuba ngabantu bami, lami ngibe nguNkulunkulu wenu. |
23. | Khangelani ulaka lwe Nkosi lunjengesivunguzane, luphumile, lunjengesiphepho esivunguzayo, luzakwehlela phezu kwababi. |
24. | Ulaka oluvuthayo lwe Nkosi kaluyikudeda, ize iphelelise izifiso zenhliziyo yayo. Ensukwini zokuphela lizakuqedisisa lokhu. |
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