UJeremiya 19 - iBhayibhili Elingcwele 1978

Inqayi efileyo

¹ INkosi yathi: Hamba uyethenga inqayi; uthathe abanye abadala babantu labanye abapristi abadala,

² uye esihotsheni seBeni‐Hinomu eSangweni leziNdengezi, utshumayele khona amazwi engikutshela wona.

³ Uzakuthi: Zwanini ilizwi leNkosi, lina makhosi akoJuda labakhileyo eJerusalema. INkosi yamabandla, uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli, ithi: Khangelani, ngizaletha okubi okukhulu kulindawo, kuthi labo bonke abakuzwayo kubabande indlebe.

⁴ Ngoba abantu bangitshiyile, bayingcolisa lindawo ngokutshisela kiyo impepha kwabanye onkulunkulu abangabaziyo bona labokhokho babo kanye lamakhosi akoJuda; futhi bayigcwalisa lindawo ngegazi labangelacala,

⁵ bakha izindawo eziphakemeyo zikaBali ukutshisa amadodana abo ngomlilo abe ngumnikelo wokutshiswa kuBali, into engingabalayanga yona ngayimisa, lengafikanga engqondweni yami.

⁶ Ngakhoke insuku ziyeza, kutsho iNkosi, lapho lindawo ingasayikuthiwa yiTofethi, loba isihotsha seBeni‐Hinomu, kodwa izathiwa yisiHotsha sokuBulala.

⁷ Ngizakuchitha kulindawo amacebo akoJuda laweJerusalema, ngenze ukuba abantu babo babulawe empini phambi kwezitha zabo, langesandla salabo ababazingelayo; nginike izidumbu zabo zibe yikudla kwenyoni zaphezulu lenyamazana zeganga.

⁸ Ngenze lumuzi ube yinto eyesabekayo, into yokuncifelwa; bonke abadlula khona bazatshaqeka, bancife ngenxa yazo zonke inhlupheko zawo.

⁹ Ngizakubenza badle inyama yamadodana leyamadodakazi abo; bonke bazakudla inyama yabomakhelwana babo ngesikhathi sokuvinjezelwa lesokuhlupheka okuzalethwa yizitha zabo lalabo ababazingelayo.

¹⁰ Ubusuyibulala inqayi phambi kwamadoda ohamba lawo;

¹¹ ubususithi kibo: INkosi yamabandla ithi: Ngokunjalo ngizabulala lababantu lalumuzi, njengalokho umuntu ebulala imbiza yombumbi, ingaphindi ilungiswe futhi. Abantu bazangcwatshela eTofethi, ngoba kungasekho enye indawo lapho bengangcwatshelwa khona.

¹² Ngizakwenza njalo kulindawo lakubo abakhileyo kiyo, ngenze lumuzi ufanane leTofethi, kutsho iNkosi.

¹³ Izindlu zaseJerusalema lezamakhosi akoJuda, zonke izindlu okwatshiselwa phezu kwazo impepha kuzo zonke inkanyezi, okwachithelwa kuzo leminikelo yokuthululwa kwabanye onkulunkulu, zizangcoliswa njengendawo yaseTofethi.

¹⁴ Wabuyake uJeremiya evela eTofethi, lapho iNkosi yayimthume ukutshumayela khona, wema egumeni lendlu yeNkosi, wathi ebantwini bonke:

¹⁵ INkosi yamabandla, uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli, ithi: Khangelani, ngizakwehlisela kulumuzi lakuyo yonke imizana yawo konke okubi engikutshiloyo, ngoba balenkani, bala ukuzwa amazwi ami.