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1. | I Nkosi ithi: Khangela, ngizavusela iBhabhiloni labakhileyo eKhaladiya umoya ochithayo, |
2. | ngithume eBhabhiloni abelayo, bazakuyela, bathulule ilizwe layo, lapho betheleka phezu kwayo bevela inhlangothi zonke ngosuku lokuhlupheka. |
3. | Otshokayo kagobise idandili lakhe, kungasukumi muntu ogqoke ibhatshi lakhe lensimbi. Lingawayekeli amajaha ayo, lilitshabalalise ibutho layo lonke. |
4. | Bazakuwa befelwe elizweni lamaKhaladiya, bagwazwe endleleni zayo. |
5. | Ngoba uIsrayeli loJuda kabalahlwanga nguNkulunkulu wabo, i Nkosi yamabandla; kodwa ilizwe lamaKhaladiya lilecala koNgcwele kaIsrayeli. |
6. | Balekani eBhabhiloni, lizisindise lonke. Lingaqedwa ekutshayweni kwayo, ngoba lesi yisikhathi sempindiselo ye Nkosi, iyayiphindisela. |
7. | IBhabhiloni yayiyinkezo yegolide esandleni se Nkosi, eyayidakisa umhlaba wonke; izizwe zanatha iwayini layo, ngakho zahlanya. |
8. | IBhabhiloni isiwile masinyane, yachitheka; ikhaleleni, liyidingele umuthi wezilonda, mhlawumbe ingasila. |
9. | Abezizwe bakhona bathi: Besizayelapha iBhabhiloni, kodwa kayelatshwanga; itshiyeni, asihambeni sonke siye emazweni akithi; ngoba isigwebo sayo sifinyelele emazulwini, siphakanyisiwe kwaze kwafika emkhathini. |
10. | I Nkosi isitshengisile ukuthi thina siqondile; wozani, silandise eZiyoni umsebenzi we Nkosi uNkulunkulu wethu. |
11. | Lolani imitshoko, lithathe izihlangu. I Nkosi ivusile umoya wamakhosi amaMede, ngoba ilecebo lokuyichitha iBhabhiloni, ngoba lokho kuyimpindiselo ye Nkosi, impindiselo yethempeli layo. |
12. | Misani isiboniso emidulini yeBhabhiloni, liqinise ukulinda, libeke abalindi, licathame, ngoba i Nkosi isikumisile, futhi izakwenza lokho ekukhulume ngabakhileyo eBhabhiloni. |
13. | Wena muzi ohlala emanzini amanengi, olenotho enengi, ukuphela kwakho sekufikile, isilinganiso somhawu wakho. |
14. | I Nkosi yamabandla ifungile ngayo uqobo yathi: Isibili ngizakugcwalisa ngabantu, babe ngangentethe, bazahlaba umkhosi wokunqoba ngawe. |
15. | UNkulunkulu wawenza umhlaba ngamandla akhe, walimisa ilizwe ngokuhlakanipha kwakhe, langokuqedisisa kwakhe wendlala amazulu. |
16. | Lapho ekhupha ilizwi lakhe, amanzi ayahlokoma emazulwini, uyakhupha inkungu emikhawulweni yomhlaba, enze imibane iphazime lapho lisina, akhuphe umoya eziphaleni zakhe. |
17. | Bonke abantu bayizithutha, kabalakwazi; wonke umkhandi uyangiswa yizithombe zakhe, ngoba izithombe zakhe ezibunjiweyo ziyinkohliso, kazilamphefumulo. |
18. | Ziyize nje, zingumsebenzi wenkohliso, ngesikhathi sempindiselo yazo zizabhubha. |
19. | UNkulunkulu kaJakobe kanjengazo; ngoba yena nguye owadala zonke izinto, uIsrayeli yisizwe asikhethayo; yi Nkosi yamabandla ibizo lakhe. |
20. | Wena Bhabhiloni uyisando sami lezikhali zami zempi; ngizakwephula izizwe ngawe, ngichithe imibuso, |
21. | ngiphahlaze ngawe ibhiza lomgadi walo, lenqola lomkhweli wayo, |
22. | ngiphahlaze ngawe amadoda labesifazana, amaxhegu labatsha, ijaha lentombi emsulwa, |
23. | ngiphahlaze ngawe umelusi lomhlambi wakhe, umlimi lenkabi zakhe, ababusi lenduna zebutho. |
24. | Ngizayiphindisela iBhabhiloni labo bonke abakhileyo eKhaladiya okubi kwabo konke abakwenzileyo eZiyoni phambi kwenu, kutsho i Nkosi. |
25. | Khangela, ngimelana lawe, wena ntaba echithayo, kutsho i Nkosi, echitha umhlaba wonke; ngizaphakamisela isandla sami kuwe, ngikugiqe ezintabeni, ngikwenze ube yintaba etshisiweyo. |
26. | Kakuyikuthathwa ilitshe kuwe elengonsi, lelitshe lesisekelo; kodwa uzakuba yinkangala kuze kube nininini, kutsho i Nkosi. |
27. | Misani isiboniso emhlabeni, livuthele uphondo phakathi kwezizwe, lilungisele izizwe ukumelana leBhabhiloni, liyibizele imibuso ukumelana layo, iArarathi leMini leAshikenazi; liyibekele umlawuli wempi, likhuphe amabhiza abe njengomtshitshi wentethe. |
28. | Lungisani izizwe ukumelana layo, amakhosi amaMede lenduna zayo lababusi bayo, lelizwe lonke elibuswa yiwo. |
29. | Ilizwe liyathuthumela, liqhaqhazele, ngoba icebo le Nkosi limelana leBhabhiloni, ukuze yenze ilizwe leBhabhiloni libe yinkangala engelamuntu. |
30. | Amaqhawe eBhabhiloni ayekele ukulwa, ahlezi enqabeni zawo, amandla awo aphelile, asenjengabesifazana; indlu zayo ziyatsha, lemigoqo yamasango ayo yephukile. |
31. | Isigijimi siyagijima sihlangane lesinye, umbiki uhlangana lombiki, ukutshela inkosi yeBhabhiloni ukuthi umuzi wayo unqotshiwe inhlangothi zonke, |
32. | amazibuko asethethwe, lezinqaba zitshisiwe ngomlilo, amadoda empi ethukile. |
33. | Ngoba i Nkosi yamabandla, uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli, ithi: IBhabhiloni injengebala lokubhulela ngesikhathi sokunyathelwa kwayo; kuseyisikhatshana nje isikhathi sokuvunwa kwayo sizafika. |
34. | UNebukadinezari inkosi yeBhabhiloni usidlile, usiqedile; wasenza saba yimbiza engelalutho, wasiginya njengomgobho, usuthi ngokumnandi kwethu, wasitsaka. |
35. | Ububi obukhulu obenziwe kimi lenyameni yami bube phezu kweBhabhiloni, kabatsho njalo abeZiyoni. Ngokuhlupheka kwethu babe lomlandu abeKhaladiya, kabatsho njalo abeJerusalema. |
36. | Ngakho-ke i Nkosi ithi: Khangela, ngizalumela udaba lwenu, ngiliphindisele; ngizakomisa ulwandle lwayo, ngomise lomthombo wayo. |
37. | IBhabhiloni izakuba lunxiwa oludilikileyo, lendawo yamakhanka, into eyesabekayo leyokuncifelwa, kungabi khona ohlala khona. |
38. | Abantu bayo bazabhonga njengamabhongo ezilwane, bakhale njengemidlwane yezilwane. |
39. | Lapho sebebukhali, ngizabenzela idili, ngibadakise baze baqaleke, balale ubuthongo obulaphakade, bangaphindi bavuke, kutsho i Nkosi. |
40. | Ngizabaletha ekuhlatshweni njengamawundlu, njengezinqama lezimpongo. |
41. | Yeka ukubanjwa kweBhabhiloni edumileyo emhlabeni wonke! Yeka iBhabhiloni esiphenduke yaba yinto eyesabekayo phakathi kwezizwe! |
42. | Ulwandle lufikile eBhabhiloni, yasibekelwa ngamagagasi alo ahlokomayo. |
43. | Imizi yayo isingamanxiwa, ilizwe elomileyo lenkangala, ilizwe elingahlalwa muntu, okungadluli kulo indodana yomuntu. |
44. | Ngizamtshaya unkulunkulu uBeli eBhabhiloni, ngikhuphe emlonyeni wakhe lokho akuginyileyo. Izizwe kazisayikubekelela ziye kuye. Umduli weBhabhiloni uwile. |
45. | Phumani phakathi kwayo, bantu bami, lizikhulule lonke elakeni olwesabekayo lwe Nkosi. |
46. | Inhliziyo zenu kazingakhathali, lingesabi umbiko ozwakala elizweni, ngoba kufika umbiko ngomunye umnyaka, besekufika omunye umbiko ngomnyaka olandelayo, ukuthi kukhona isihluku elizweni, lombusi avukele umbusi. |
47. | Ngalokho-ke khangela, insuku ziyeza, lapho ngizakwenza isigwebo phezu kwezithombe ezibaziweyo zeBhabhiloni; ilizwe lonke layo lizayangeka, bonke ababuleweyo baye bawele phakathi kwayo. |
48. | Kuthi-ke amazulu lomhlaba, lakho konke okukukho, kuhlabele ngentokozo ngeBhabhiloni, ngoba abachithi bazayifikela bevela enyakatho, kutsho i Nkosi. |
49. | IBhabhiloni imele ukuwa ngenxa yabafileyo bakoIsrayeli, njengoba ngeBhabhiloni abantu babulawa emhlabeni wonke. |
50. | Lina eliphephileyo ekufeni, hambani, lingemi. Khumbulani i Nkosi lisekhatshana, leJerusalema ibe semkhumbulweni wenu. |
51. | Siyangekile ngoba sizwile ihlazo; ubuso bethu bulenhloni, ngoba abezizwe sebefikile ezindaweni ezingcwele zethempeli. |
52. | Ngakho khangela, insuku ziyeza, kutsho i Nkosi, lapho ngizakwenza isigwebo phezu kwezithombe ezibaziweyo zeBhabhiloni, labagwaziweyo babubule elizweni layo lonke. |
53. | Loba iBhabhiloni ingaphakamela emazulwini, loba ingaqinisa amadundulu ayo aqinileyo, kodwa abachithi bayo bazayifikela bevela kimi, kutsho i Nkosi. |
54. | Zwanini, ukukhala kuvela eBhabhiloni, umsindo wokuchitheka okukhulu uvela elizweni lamaKhaladiya. |
55. | Ngoba i Nkosi iyayichitha iBhabhiloni, iyayithulisa ilizwi layo elilamandla. Amagagasi ayo ayahlokoma njengamanzi amanengi, lomsindo wokuhlokoma kwawo uyezwakala. |
56. | Ngoba umchithi uyehlela phezu kweBhabhiloni; amaqhawe ayo ayabanjwa, lamadandili awo ayephulwa. Ngoba i Nkosi inguNkulunkulu onika umvuzo, izawukhokha umvuzo isibili. |
57. | Ngizadakisa iziphathamandla zayo lezihlakaniphi zayo, ababusi bayo, lenduna zamabutho ayo, lamaqhawe ayo; bazalala ubuthongo obulaphakade, bangavuki, kutsho iNkosi, eyi Nkosi yamabandla. |
58. | I Nkosi yamabandla ithi: Umduli obanzi weBhabhiloni uzabhidlizwa, lamasango ayo aphakemeyo atshiswe ngomlilo. Abantu basebenzela ize, lomsebenzi wezizwe uphelela emlilweni. |
59. | Ilizwi likaJeremiya umprofethi alaya ngalo uSeraya indodana kaNeriya, kaMahaseya, ekuhambeni kwakhe loZedekhiya inkosi yakoJuda, ukuya eBhabhiloni emnyakeni wesine wokubusa kwakhe. USeraya wayeyisikhulu sezindawo zokuphumula. |
60. | UJeremiya wabhala encwadini konke okubi okuzakwehlela iBhabhiloni, wonke lamazwi abhaliweyo ngeBhabhiloni. |
61. | UJeremiya wathi kuSeraya: Lapho usufikile eBhabhiloni, ubone ukuthi uyawafunda wonke lamazwi, |
62. | uthi: Wena Nkosi, ukhulumile ngalindawo ukuthi uzayichitha, ukuze kungabi khona okuhlala kiyo, umuntu loba inyamazana, ibe yinkangala kuze kube nininini. |
63. | Kuthi lapho usuqedile ukuyifunda lincwadi, ubophele ilitshe kuyo, uyiphosele emfuleni iYufrathi, |
64. | uthi: IBhabhiloni izatshona, ingabe isavela futhi, ngenxa yokubi, engizayehlisela khona. Aphelela lapha amazwi kaJeremiya. |
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