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| 1. | Ilizwi lwe Nkosi lafika kuJeremiya lathi: |
| 2. | Mana emnyango wethempeli, utshumayele lapho lelilizwi uthi: Zwanini ilizwi le Nkosi, lina lonke bantu bakoJuda, abangena kuliminyango ukukhonza i Nkosi. |
| 3. | I Nkosi yamabandla, uNkulunkulu wakoIsrayeli, ithi: Lungisani indlela zenu lezenzo zenu. Khona ngizaliyekela ukuthi lihlale kulindawo. |
| 4. | Lingathembi amazwi la akhohlisayo okuthi: Leli lithempeli le Nkosi, ithempeli le Nkosi, ithempeli le Nkosi. |
| 5. | Ngoba uba lilungisa indlela zenu lezenzo zenu isibili, uba lisenza ukulunga isibili phakathi kwenu, |
| 6. | uba lingacindezeli owezizweni, lentandane, lomfelokazi, lingachithi igazi elingelacala, lingakhonzi abanye onkulunkulu ukuze lizilimaze ngalokho, |
| 7. | ngizaliyekela ukuthi lihlale kulindawo, elizweni engalinika oyihlo benu kusukela endulo kuze kube nininini. |
| 8. | Khangelani, lithemba amazwi akhohlisayo angelakusiza. |
| 9. | Lizakweba, libulale, lifebe, lifunge amanga, litshisele uBhali impepha, likhonze abanye onkulunkulu elingabaziyo, |
| 10. | beselisiza ukuthi lime phambi kwami kulindlu lapho ibizo lami elidunyiselwa khona, lithi: Sikhululwe! Kodwa liqhubeke ukwenza zonke lezizinengiso. |
| 11. | Lindlu, lapho ibizo lami elidunyiselwa khona, isiphenduke yaba lubhalu lwabaphangi emehlweni enu yini? Khangelani, mina uqobo sengikubonile lokho, kutsho i Nkosi. |
| 12. | Yanini endaweni yami yeShilo, indawo yokuqala lapho ibizo lami eladunyiselwa khona, libone ukuthi ngenzani kiyo ngenxa yobubi babantu bami bakoIsrayeli. |
| 13. | Ngakho-ke, kutsho i Nkosi, ngoba lenzile zonke lezizinto, lingalalelanga lapho ngikhuluma lani ngivuke ngovivi, lapho ngilibiza kalingiphendulanga, |
| 14. | ngizakwenza kulindlu lapho ibizo lami elidunyiselwa khona, elithemba kiyo, lakulindawo engayinika oyihlo kanye lani, lokho engakwenza eShilo. |
| 15. | Ngizalixotsha phambi kwami njengalokho ngaxotsha bonke abafowenu, inzalo yonke yakoEfrayimi. |
| 16. | Wena-ke, Jeremiya, ungabakhulekeli lababantu, ungaphakamisi ilizwi lakho ukuze ubakhulekele, ungangincengi, ngoba kangiyikukuzwa. |
| 17. | Kawukuboni yini lokho abakwenza emizini yakoJuda lendleleni zeJerusalema? |
| 18. | Abantwana batheza inkuni, oyise baphembe umlilo, abesifazana baxove inhlama, ukuze benzele indlovukazi yamazulu amaqebelengwana, bathululele abanye onkulunkulu iminikelo yokunathwayo, ukuze bangicunule. |
| 19. | Kodwa yimi abangicunulayo yini? kutsho i Nkosi. Kayisibo yini ukuthi baziyangise? |
| 20. | Ngakho-ke iNkosi uJehova ithi: Khangela, ukuthukuthela kwami lolaka lwami kuzakwehlela kulindawo, phezu kwabantu lenyamazana, laphezu kwezihlahla zeganga lezithelo zomhlabathi. Kuzakutsha, kungacitsheki. |
| 21. | I Nkosi yamabandla, uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli, ithi: Fakani iminikelo yenu yokutshiswa emihlatshelweni yenu, lidle inyama uba kuyisifiso senu. |
| 22. | Kodwa kangibalayanga oyihlo ngendaba zeminikelo yokutshiswa lemihlatshelo mhla ngibakhupha elizweni leGibhithe. |
| 23. | Kodwa ngabalaya lokhu kuphela ngathi: Lalelani ilizwi lami, ngizakuba nguNkulunkulu wenu, lina libe ngabantu bami, lihambe ngezindlela engililaya zona, ukuze kulilungele. |
| 24. | Kodwa kabezwanga, kabalalelanga: bahamba ngamacebo abo langenkani yenhliziyo zabo ezimbi, bahlehlela emuva, kabayanga phambili. |
| 25. | Kusukela esukwini oyihlo abaphuma ngalo elizweni leGibhithe kuze kube lamuhla, ngithume kibo zonke inceku zami abaprofethi, insuku ngensuku ngivuka ngovivi ngithuma. |
| 26. | Kodwa kabangizwanga, kabalalelanga, baba lenkani; benza okubi kulabokhokho babo. |
| 27. | Ngakho uzakhuluma wonke lamazwi kibo, kodwa kabayikukulalela; uzababiza, kodwa kabayikukusabela. |
| 28. | Uzakuthi kibo: Yiso lesisizwe esingalalelanga ilizwi le Nkosi, uNkulunkulu waso, esingavumanga ukulaywa; leqiniso liphelile, laqunywa lisuke emlonyeni waso. |
| 29. | Gelani inwele zenu, lizilahle, lina bantu beJerusalema; lilile emadundulwini angelalutho; ngoba i Nkosi isalile yasilahla isizukulwana esivuse ulaka lwayo. |
| 30. | Abantu bakoJuda benzile okubi phambi kwami; babekile izinengiso zabo endlini lapho ibizo lami elidunyiselwa khona, ukuze bayingcolise, kutsho i Nkosi. |
| 31. | Bakhile indawo ephakemeyo yokukhonzela eTofethi, esesihotsheni sendodana kaHinomu, ukuze batshise amadodana lamadodakazi abo ngomlilo, into engingabalayanga yona lengingacabanganga ngayo. |
| 32. | Ngalokho khangela, insuku ziyeza lapho indawo ingasayikubizwa ngokuthi yiTofethi, loba isihotsha sendodana kaHinomu, kodwa izakuthiwa yisihotsha sokubulala; ngoba abafileyo bazangcwatshwa eTofethi, ngoba ingasekho enye indawo. |
| 33. | Kuthi izidumbu zalababantu zibe yikudla kwenyoni zamazulu, lenyamazana zeganga, kungekho ozazethusa. |
| 34. | Ngizaqeda emizini yakoJuda lezindleleni zeJerusalema umsindo wenjabulo lowentokozo, lelizwi lomyeni lelomakoti, ngoba ilizwe lizachitheka. |
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