UJeremiya 12 - iBhayibhili Elingcwele 1978

Ukusola kukaJeremiya

¹ Ulungile, wena Nkosi, loba ngisola kuwe; kanti ngizabeka ukusola kwami phambi kwakho. Kungani indlela yababi iphumelela na? Kungani bephumelela bonke ababi?

² Uyabahlanyela wena, bamile, bakhule, bathele izithelo, bathanda ukukhuluma ngawe, kanti inhliziyo zabo zikhatshana lawe.

³ Kodwa, wena Nkosi, uyangazi, uyangibona, uyahlola inhliziyo yami ukuba injani kuwe. Bakhuphe njengezimvu zokuhlatshwa, ubalungisele usuku lokuhlatshwa.

⁴ Koze kube nini ilizwe likhala, lotshani bonke beganga bubuna na? Ngenxa yobubi balabo abakhileyo khona inyamazana lenyoni ziyabhubha, ngoba abantu bathi: INkosi kayiyikubona esikwenzayo.

⁵ Uba ugijimile ngenyawo labantu, bakudinisa, uzancintanisana njani lamabhiza na? Uba ungaqinanga elizweni elilokuthula, uzakwenza njani emahlathini aseJordani na?

⁶ Ngoba abafowenu kanye lendlu kayihlo labo bakukhohlisile, bakuzingela; ungabathembi, loba bekhuluma amazwi amnandi kuwe.

Usizi lweNkosi

⁷ INkosi ithi: Ngiyitshiyile indlu yami, ngibalahlile abantu bami; nginikele othandekayo wami ezandleni zezitha zakhe.

⁸ Abantu bami kimi sebenjengesilwane ehlathini, bayangibhongela, ngakho ngiyabazonda.

⁹ Ilizwe lami linjengenyoni elamabalabala na? Inyoni ezilesihluku ziyayihlasela inxa zonke na? Wozani, lina zilo, wozani, lonke ukuba lidle,

¹⁰ Abelusi abanengi basichithile isivini sami, basinyathezela phansi isabelo sami, isabelo sami esihle basenza saba yinkangala engelalutho.

¹¹ Basenzile saba yinkangala, sichithekile, siyakhala kimi; ilizwe lonke lichithekile, kodwa kakulamuntu ozihlupha ngakho.

¹² Abaphangi bafikile phezu kwawo wonke amadundulu angelalutho asenkangala, ngoba umkhonto weNkosi uyadla kusukela komunye umkhawulo welizwe kusiya komunye, kakho olokuthula.

¹³ Bahlanyele amabele, bavuna ameva, bazidinise ngokusebenza, kodwa kabazuzanga lutho. Bazakuba lenhloni ngezivuno zabo, ngenxa yolaka oluvuthayo lweNkosi.

¹⁴ INkosi ithi mayelana labo bonke omakhelwana ababi abalihlaselayo ilizwe engilinike abantu bami bakoIsrayeli ukuba libe yilizwe labo: Ngizakubasiphuna elizweni labo, ngiyisiphune indlu yakoJuda, ngiyisuse phakathi kwabo.

¹⁵ Ngemva kokubasiphuna kwami, ngizabuya ngibe lesihawu kubo, ngibabuyise futhi kube yilowo lalowo endaweni yakhe lelizweni lakibo.

¹⁶ Kuzakuthi uba bezazifunda kuhle indlela zabantu bami, bafunge ibizo lami bathi: Ngifunga iNkosi; njengalokho bafundisa abantu bami ukufunga uBali, bazakwakha phakathi kwabantu bami.

¹⁷ Kodwa lesosizwe esingalaleliyo ngizasisiphuna impela, ngisibhubhise, kutsho iNkosi.