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1. | Ilizwi le Nkosi yamabandla lafika kimi lisithi: |
2. | I Nkosi yamabandla ithi: Ngilobukhwele ngeZiyoni, ubukhwele obuvuthayo kakhulu. |
3. | I Nkosi ithi: Ngizabuyela eZiyoni, ngihlale phakathi kweJerusalema, leJerusalema izakuthiwa ngumuzi othembekileyo, lentaba ye Nkosi yamabandla izakuthiwa yintaba engcwele. |
4. | I Nkosi yamabandla ithi: Amaxhegu lezalukazi bazahlala futhi endleleni zeJerusalema, ngulowo lalowo ephethe udondolo ngenxa yokuluphala. |
5. | Lezindlela zomuzi zizagcwala abafana lamankazana bedlala kizo. |
6. | I Nkosi yamabandla ithi: Uba kumangalisa emehlweni alabo abaseleyo balababantu kulezinsuku, kuzamangalisa yini lemehlweni ami yini? |
7. | Khangela, ngizakhulula abantu bami elizweni lapho eliphuma khona lalapho elitshona khona ilanga, |
8. | ngibalethe ukuze bahlale phakathi kweJerusalema, babe ngabantu bami, lami ngibe nguNkulunkulu wabo ngeqiniso langokulunga. |
9. | I Nkosi yamabandla ithi: Qungani isibindi, lina elizwa kulezinsuku amazwi avela kubaprofethi, ababekhona kusukela esikhathini sokubekwa kwesisekelo sethempeli lami, ukuze lakhiwe. |
10. | Ngoba ngaphambi kwalezonsuku kwakungelakuqatshwa umuntu lokwenyamazana, kungekho lokuvikelwa ezitheni kwabasebenzayo. Ngoba wonke umuntu ngamxega lomfowabo. |
11. | Kodwa khathesi kangisayikubaphatha abaseleyo balababantu njengensukwini zakuqala, kutsho i Nkosi yamabandla. |
12. | Ngoba kuzahlanyelwa ngokuthula, ivini lizathela izithelo zalo lomhlabathi wandise inala yawo, lamazulu ehlise amazolo awo; ngizabanika abaseleyo balababantu zonke lezizinto. |
13. | Njengoba beliyisiqathekiso phakathi kwezizwe, wena Juda lawe Israyeli, ngakho ngizalikhulula libe yisibusiso. Lingesabi, kodwa manini isibindi. |
14. | I Nkosi yamabandla ithi: Njengoba ngazimisela ukwenza okubi kini ekungithukutheliseni kwaboyihlo, ngingaliyekelanga, kutsho i Nkosi yamabandla, |
15. | ngakho-ke ngizimisele kulezinsuku ukwenza okulungileyo eJerusalema lakoJuda; lingesabi. |
16. | Nanzi izinto elizazenza. Khulumani iqiniso omunye komunye; lahlulele ngokuqotho langokuqonda enkundleni; |
17. | lingenzelani amacebo amabi enhliziyweni zenu; lingathandi izifungo zamanga; ngoba ngiyazizonda zonke lezizinto, kutsho i Nkosi. |
18. | Ilizwi le Nkosi yamabandla lafika kimi lisithi: |
19. | I Nkosi yamabandla ithi: Ukuzila ukudla kwenyanga yesine, lenyanga yesihlanu, lenyanga yesikhombisa, lenyanga yetshumi, kuzakuba yizikhathi zentokozo lezokuthaba lezikhathi ezimisiweyo zenjabulo koJuda. Ngakho-ke thandani iqiniso lokuthula. |
20. | I Nkosi yamabandla ithi: Izizwe labantu abakhe imizi emikhulu bazafika, |
21. | kuthi abakhileyo komunye umuzi baye kwabakhe komunye, bathi: Asihle sihambeni, siyedinga i Nkosi yamabandla, sicele umusa wayo; siyahamba khathesi. |
22. | Abantu abanengi lezizwe ezilamandla zizakuza ukuyidinga i Nkosi yamabandla eJerusalema lokucela umusa wayo. |
23. | I Nkosi yamabandla ithi: Ngalezonsuku abantu abalitshumi abavela ezizweni zezindimi zonke bazabamba umJuda ngesembatho sakhe, bathi kuye: Sizahamba lawe ngoba sesizwile ukuthi uNkulunkulu ukini. |
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