“Yizwa lokhu wena ndlu kaJakobe, obizwa ngegama lika-Israyeli, ovela okhalo lukaJuda, ofunga igama likaSimakade, nobiza uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli kungengaqiniso nakulunga.
UJeremiya 5:2 - IsiZulu 2020 Noma bangathi: ‘Sifunga phambi kukaSimakade,’ nokho bafunga amanga.” IBHAYIBHELI ELINGCWELE Noma bethi: ‘Kuphila kukaJehova,’ nokho bafunga amanga.” Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024 Noma bengathi: Kuphila kukaJehova! impela bafunga amanga. |
“Yizwa lokhu wena ndlu kaJakobe, obizwa ngegama lika-Israyeli, ovela okhalo lukaJuda, ofunga igama likaSimakade, nobiza uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli kungengaqiniso nakulunga.
Uyakufunga ngeqiniso, ngobulungiswa, nangokulunga, uthi: ‘Ngifunga phambi kukaSimakade,’ izizwe ziyakuzibusisa ngaye, zizishaye isifuba ngaye.”
Ngakho-ke yizwani izwi likaSimakade nina nonke baJuda enihlala eGibhithe: ‘Bheka, ngifunga igama lami elikhulu,’ kusho uSimakade, ‘ukuthi igama lami alisayukubizwa muntu wakwaJuda ezweni lonke eGibhithe, athi: “Ngifunga ngiyagomela phambi kukaSimakade.”
“ ‘Niyokweba yini, nibulale, niphinge, nifunge amanga, nishisele uBhali impepho, nilandele abanye onkulunkulu eningabaziyo na?
Sengathi ngabe nginendawo yokulala izihambi ehlane, ukuze ngibashiye abantu bami, ngisuke kubo, ngokuba bonke bayiziphingi, iqembu lamaqili.
Bakhuluma amazwi nje, bafunga amanga, benza isivumelwano; bese kuqubuka ukwehlulela njengesithombo esinobuthi emiseleni yamasimu.
“Nakuba wena Israyeli ufeba, uJuda makangabi nacala; ungayi eGiligali, ungakhuphukeli eBhethi Aveni, ungafungi ngokuphila kukaSimakade.
“ ‘Aniyukwenza isifungo samanga ngegama lami; nize nihlambalaze igama likaNkulunkulu; nginguSimakade.
nabakhothama ophahleni bekhuleka kulo ibandla lasezulwini, nabakhothamela ukufunga kuSimakade bebe befunga nakuMalkhamu,
“Ngiyakusondela kini ukuzokwehlulela. Ngiyakushesha ngifakaze ngimelane nabalumbi, iziphingi, abafunga amanga, nababamba umholo womqashwa ngokungafanele, bacindezele abafelokazi nezintandane, babaphathe kabi abafokazi, futhi nami bangangesabi,” kusho uSimakade Wamabandla.
izifebe, abesilisa abalalanayo, abathumba abantu, abaqambimanga, abafunga amanga, nanoma yikuphi okunye okuphambene nemfundiso elungileyo;
abanesimo sokumesaba uNkulunkulu, kodwa bewaphika amandla okukholwa; labo-ke wobagwema.
Bavuma ukuthi bayamazi uNkulunkulu, kepha bayamphika ngemisebenzi yabo, bangabenyanyekayo, abangalaleli, abangalungele lutho oluhle abangalwenza.