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| 1. | Ilizwi le Nkosi elafika kuJeremiya ensukwini zikaJehoyakhimi indodana kaJosiya, inkosi yakoJuda, lathi: |
| 2. | Yana endlini yamaRekabi, ukhulume lawo, uwalethe ethempelini uwangenise kwenye indlu yalo, ubusuwanika iwayini ukuze anathe. |
| 3. | Ngasengithatha uJahazaniya indodana kaJeremiya, indodana kaHabaziniya, labafowabo, lawo wonke amadodana akhe, lendlu yonke yamaRekabi. |
| 4. | Ngabaletha ethempelini, ngabangenisa endlini yamadodana kaHanani indodana kaIgidaliya, umuntu kaNkulunkulu, eyayiseduze lendlu yeziphathamandla, ngaphezu kwendlu kaMahaseya indodana kaShaluma umlindisango. |
| 5. | Ngasengibeka phambi kwamaRekabi izimbiza ezigcwele iwayini, kanye lezinkezo, ngathi kibo: Nathani nanti iwayini. |
| 6. | Kodwa baphendula bathi: Kasilinathi iwayini, ngoba uJonadabi indodana kaRekabi, ubaba, wasilaya wathi: Lingalinathi iwayini lina labantwana benu kuze kube nininini, |
| 7. | lingakhi izindlu, lingahlanyeli inhlanyelo, lingabi lazivini; kodwa lihlale emathenteni insuku zenu zonke ukuze lihlale insuku ezinengi elizweni elihlezi kilo. |
| 8. | Salilalela ilizwi likaJonadabi indodana kaRekabi, ubaba, kukho konke asilaya ngakho, ukuthi singanathi iwayini insuku zethu zonke thina labomkethu lamadodana ethu lamadodakazi ethu, |
| 9. | lokuthi singakhi izindlu zokuhlala; kasilazivini lamasimu, kasihlanyeli inhlanyelo, |
| 10. | kodwa sihlala emathenteni, senze konke lokho ubaba uJonadabi asilaya khona. |
| 11. | Kodwa kwathi lapho uNebukadinezari inkosi yeBhabhiloni ifika ukuhlasela ilizwe, sathi: Asihambeni siye eJerusalema, sibalekele ibutho lamaKhaladiya lebutho lamaSiriya. Sesihlala eJerusalema. |
| 12. | Laselifika ilizwi le Nkosi kuJeremiya lisithi: |
| 13. | I Nkosi yamabandla, uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli ithi: Hamba uyetshela abantu bakoJuda labakhileyo eJerusalema ukuthi: Kaliyikuvuma ukulaywa lokulalela amazwi ami yini? kutsho i Nkosi. |
| 14. | Ugciniwe umlayo uJonadabi indodana kaRekabi awunika amadodana akhe wokuthi anganathi iwayini; kuze kube lamuhla kawalinathi, ngoba awulalele umlayo kayise. Lami ngikhulumile kini ngivuke ngovivi ngikhuluma, kodwa kalingilalelanga. |
| 15. | Ngithume kini zonke inceku zami abaprofethi, ngivuke ngovivi ngithuma, ngisithi: Phendukani lonke endleleni yenu embi, lenze izenzo zenu zibe zinhle, lingalandeli abanye onkulunkulu ukuthi libakhonze, ukuze lihlale elizweni engalinika lina laboyihlo. Kodwa kalingilalelanga, kalingizwanga. |
| 16. | Amadodana kaJonadabi indodana kaRekabi awugcinile umlayo uyise awanika wona, kodwa lababantu kabangilalelanga. |
| 17. | Ngakho-ke i Nkosi, uNkulunkulu wamabandla, uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli, ithi: Khangela, ngizakwehlisela phezu kwabakoJuda laphezu kwabakhileyo bonke eJerusalema konke okubi engikukhulume ngabo; ngoba ngikhulumile kibo, kabangilalelanga, ngibabizile, kodwa kabasabelanga. |
| 18. | UJeremiya wathi endlini yamaRekabi: I Nkosi yamabandla, uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli, ithi: Ngenxa yokuthi lilalele umlayo kaJonadabi uyihlo, lagcina yonke imilayo yakhe, lenza njengokulilaya kwakhe. |
| 19. | Ngakho-ke i Nkosi yamabandla, uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli, ithi: UJonadabi indodana kaRekabi kayikuswela umuntu ozakuma phambi kwami insuku zonke. |
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