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| 1. | Gijimani, lizulazule ezindleleni zeJerusalema, lizibonele; licinge emagumeni ayo, libone ukuthi lingathola umuntu owenza ukulunga, odinga iqiniso, ukuze ngiyithethelele. |
| 2. | Loba besithi: Kuphila kukaJehova; kanti bafunga amanga nje. |
| 3. | Nkosi, amehlo akho kawathandi ukubona iqiniso yini? Wena ubatshayile, kodwa kabezwanga ubuhlungu; ubaqothule, kodwa bala ukulaywa. Benza inhliziyo zabo zaba lukhuni kulelitshe, bala ukuphenduka. |
| 4. | Ngasengisithi: Laba bangabayanga nje, ayiziphukuphuku; ngoba kabayazi indlela ye Nkosi lomlayo kaNkulunkulu wabo. |
| 5. | Sengizakuya kwabakhulu, ngikhulume labo, ngoba bona bayayazi indlela ye Nkosi lomlayo kaNkulunkulu wabo. Kodwa labo babelephulile ijogwe, baqamula izibopho. |
| 6. | Ngakho-ke isilwane sasehlathini sizabatshaya, babhujiswe yimpisi yasenkangala, lengwe iyicathamele imizi yabo, bonke abaphuma kiyo bazabanjwa; ngoba iziphambeko zabo zinengi, lokuhlehlela kwabo emuva kwandile. |
| 7. | Ngingakuthethelela njani ngalokhu na? Abantwana bakho bangitshiyile, bafunga ngabangeyisibo onkulunkulu. Sengibasuthisile kodwa bafeba, baminyana endlini yesifebe. |
| 8. | Babenjengamabhiza anonileyo akhwelayo, omunye lomunye ekhalela umfazi kamakhelwane wakhe. |
| 9. | Kangiyikubajezisa ngenxa yezinto lezi yini? kutsho i Nkosi; kangiyikuphindisela esizweni esinje yini? |
| 10. | Ngenani emavinini alo liwachithe, kodwa lingawaqedi ngokupheleleyo; susani ingatsha zalo, ngoba kazisizo ze Nkosi. |
| 11. | Indlu kaIsrayeli lendlu kaJuda zingikhohlisile ngokupheleleyo, kutsho i Nkosi. |
| 12. | Bayiphikile i Nkosi, bathi: Kayilamsebenzi. Kakuyikusehlela okubi, kasiyikubona inkemba lendlala. |
| 13. | Abaprofethi bazakuba ngumoya nje, kabalalo ilizwi. Kuzakwenziwa njalo kibo! |
| 14. | Ngakho-ke i Nkosi, uNkulunkulu wamabandla, ithi: Khangela, njengoba batsho njalo, ngizakwenza amazwi ami emlonyeni wakho abe ngumlilo, lalabobantu babe zinkuni, umlilo ubaqede. |
| 15. | Khangela, ngizakulethela isizwe esivela khatshana, wena ndlu kaIsrayeli, kutsho i Nkosi. Yisizwe esilamandla, yisizwe esidala, yisizwe ongalwaziyo ulimi lwaso, longayikuzwa lokho esikukhulumayo. |
| 16. | Abatshoki baso bayesabeka, bonke bangamaqhawe. |
| 17. | Bazakudla amabele akho lokudla kwakho, badle amadodana akho lamadodakazi akho, badle izimvu zakho lenkomo zakho, badle amavini akho lemikhiwa yakho; lemizi yakho ebiyelweyo othembela kiyo, bazayichitha. |
| 18. | Kodwa langalezonsuku kangiyikuliqeda ngokupheleleyo, kutsho i Nkosi. |
| 19. | Kuzakuthi lapho abakini besithi: I Nkosi, uNkulunkulu wethu, yenzeleni zonke lezizinto kithi? uzakuthi kibo: Njengoba lingihlamukele, lakhonza abanye onkulunkulu elizweni lakini, lizasebenzela abantu bezizwe elizweni elingeyisilo elenu. |
| 20. | Memezani lokhu endlini kaJakobe, likutshumayele lakoJuda ukuthi: |
| 21. | Zwanini lokhu, lina bantu abayizithutha labayiziphukuphuku, elilamehlo kodwa lingaboni, elilendlebe kodwa lingezwa. |
| 22. | Kalingesabi yini? kutsho i Nkosi. Kalithuthumeli phambi kwami yini? Ngabeka itshebetshebe laba ngumngcele wolwandle, umngcele oqinileyo olungelakuwudlula; lanxa amagagasi etshayana angaweqe, lanxa ehlokoma, kawalakudlula phezu kwalo. |
| 23. | Kodwa lababantu balenhliziyo elukhuni ehlamukayo, baphambukile, bangitshiya. |
| 24. | Kabatsho enhliziyweni zabo ukuthi: Asiyesabe i Nkosi uNkulunkulu wethu, esinika izulu ngesikhathi salo, ehlobo lentwasa, isimisele amaviki akhethelwe isivuno. |
| 25. | Ububi benu buvimbele konke lokhu, lezono zenu zilivalela okuhle. |
| 26. | Ngoba phakathi kwabantu bami kukhona abantu ababi, abacathamayo njengabathiyi becathamele inyoni, bathiya abantu ngemijibila yabo. |
| 27. | Njengesitsha sigcwele inyoni, indlu zabo zigcwele inkohliso; ngalokhu-ke sebebakhulu banothile, |
| 28. | bakhuluphele; kabalamkhawulo ekwenzeni kwabo okubi, kabameli ukulunga lezintandane ukuze ziphumelele, kabavikeli amalungelo abaswelayo. |
| 29. | Kangiyikubatshaya ngalezizinto yini? kutsho i Nkosi. Kangiyikuphindisela esizweni esinje yini? |
| 30. | Okumangalisayo lokwesabekayo kwenzakele elizweni; |
| 31. | abaprofethi baprofetha amanga, labapristi babusa ngokululeka kwabaprofethi; abantu bami bayakuthanda lokhu. Kodwa lizakwenza njani ekupheleni? |
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