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UJeremiya 51 - iBhayibhili Elingcwele 1978


INkosi iyahlulela iBabiloni

1 INkosi ithi: Ngizavusela iBabiloni labakhileyo eKaladiya umoya ochithayo,

2 ngithumele eBabiloni abelayo, bazakulela, bathulule ilizwe lalo, lapho betheleka phezu kwalo bevela inxa zonke ngosuku lokuhlupheka.

3 Otshokayo kangawutshoki umtshoko wakhe, kungasukumi muntu ogqoke ibhatshi lakhe lensimbi. Lingaziyekeli insizwa zalo, liyiqede nya impi yalo yonke.

4 Bazakuwa befelwe elizweni lamaKaladiya, bagwazwe endleleni zalo.

5 Ngoba uIsrayeli loJuda kabalahlwanga nguNkulunkulu wabo, iNkosi yamabandla; kodwa ilizwe lamaKaladiya lilecala koNgcwele kaIsrayeli.

6 Balekani eBabiloni, lizisilise lonke. Lingaqedwa ekutshayweni kwalo, ngoba lesi yisikhathi sokuphindisela kweNkosi, iyaliphindisela.

7 IBabiloni laliyinkezo yegolide esandleni seNkosi, eyayidakisa umhlaba wonke; izizwe zanatha iwayini lalo, ngakho zahlanya.

8 IBabiloni seliwile masinyane, lachitheka; likhaleleni, lilidingele umuthi wezilonda, mhlawumbe lingasila.

9 Abezizwe bakhona bathi: Besizakulelapha iBabiloni, kodwa kalelatshwanga; litshiyeni, asihambeni sonke siye emazweni akithi; ngoba ukwahlulelwa kwalo kufinyelele ezulwini, kuphakanyisiwe kwaze kwafika emkhathini.

10 INkosi isitshengisile ukuba thina siqondile; wozani, silandise eZiyone umsebenzi weNkosi uNkulunkulu wethu.

11 Lolani imitshoko, lithathe izihlangu. INkosi ivusile umoya wamakhosi amaMede, ngoba ilecebo lokulichitha iBabiloni, ngoba lokho kuyimpindiselo yeNkosi, impindiselo yethempeli layo.

12 Misani uphawu lwempi ngasemidulini yaseBabiloni, liqinise ukulinda, libeke abalindi, licathame, ngoba iNkosi isikumisile, futhi izakukwenza lokho ekukhulume ngabakhileyo eBabiloni.

13 Wena muzi ohlala ngasemanzini amanengi, olenotho enengi, ukuphela kwakho sekufikile, kuqunyiwe ukuphila kwakho.

14 INkosi yamabandla izifungile uqobo yathi: Impela ngizakukugcwalisa ngabantu, babe ngangentethe, bazahlaba umkhosi wokunqoba ngawe.

15 UNkulunkulu wawenza umhlaba ngamandla akhe, walimisa ilizwe ngokuhlakanipha kwakhe, langokuqedisisa kwakhe walendlala iphezulu.

16 Lapho ekhupha ilizwi lakhe, amanzi ayahlokoma phezulu, uyakhupha inkungu emikhawulweni yomhlaba, enze imibane iphazime lapho lisina, akhuphe umoya eziphaleni zakhe.

17 Bonke abantu bayizithutha, kabalakwazi; wonke umkhandi uyangiswa yizithombe zakhe, ngoba izithombe zakhe ziyinkohliso, kazilamphefumulo.

18 Ziyize nje, zingumsebenzi wenkohliso, ngesikhathi sokutshaywa kwazo zizabhubha.

19 UNkulunkulu kaJakobe kanjengazo; ngoba yena nguye owadala zonke izinto, isizwe sakoIsrayeli yiso asikhethayo; yiNkosi yamabandla ibizo lakhe.

20 Wena Babiloni uyisando sami lezikhali zami zokulwa; ngizakwephula izizwe ngawe, ngichithe imibuso,

21 ngiphahlaze ngawe ibhiza lomgadi walo, lenqola yokulwa lomkhweli wayo,

22 ngiphahlaze ngawe amadoda labesifazana, amaxhegu labatsha, insizwa lezintombi,

23 ngiphahlaze ngawe umalusi lomhlambi wakhe, umlimi lenkabi zakhe, ababusi lezinduna zempi.

24 Ngizaliphindisela iBabiloni labo bonke abakhileyo eKaladiya okubi kwabo konke abakwenzileyo eZiyone phambi kwenu, kutsho iNkosi.

25 Ngimelana lawe, wena ntaba echithayo, kutsho iNkosi, echitha wonke umhlaba; ngizaphakamisela isandla sami kuwe, ngikugiqe ezintabeni, ngikwenze ube yintaba etshisiweyo.

26 Kakuyikuthathwa ilitshe kuwe elengonsi, lelitshe lesisekelo; kodwa uzakuba yinkangala kuze kube nininini, kutsho iNkosi.

27 Misani uphawu lwempi emhlabeni, litshaye uphondo phakathi kwezizwe, lilungisele izizwe ukulwa leBabiloni, lilibizele imibuso ukulwa lalo, iArarati leMini leAshikenazi; lilibekele umlawuli wempi, likhuphe amabhiza abe njengomtshitshi wentethe.

28 Lungisani izizwe ukulwa lalo, amakhosi amaMede lezinduna zalo lababusi balo, lalo lonke ilizwe elibuswa yiwo.

29 Ilizwe liyathuthumela, liqhaqhazele, ngoba icebo leNkosi limelana leBabiloni, ukuba yenze ilizwe leBabiloni libe yinkangala engelamuntu.

30 Amaqhawe aseBabiloni ayekele ukulwa, ahlezi enqabeni zawo, amandla awo aphelile, asenjengabesifazana; izindlu zalo ziyatsha, lemigoqo yamasango alo yephukile.

31 Isigijimi siyagijima sihlangane lesinye, umbiki wezindaba uhlangana lombiki wezindaba, ukutshela inkosi yaseBabiloni ukuthi umuzi wayo unqotshiwe inxa zonke,

32 amazibuko asethethwe, lezinqaba zitshisiwe ngomlilo, amadoda empi ethukile.

33 Ngoba iNkosi yamabandla, uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli, ithi: IBabiloni linjengesiza sokubhulela ngesikhathi sokunyathelwa kwalo; kuseyisikhatshana nje isikhathi sokuvunwa kwalo sizakufika.

34 UNebukadineza inkosi yaseBabiloni usidlile, usiqedile; wasenza saba yimbiza engelalutho, wasiginya njengomgobho, usuthi ngokumnandi kwethu, wasitsaka.

35 Ububi obukhulu obenziwe kithi bube phezu kweBabiloni, kabatsho njalo abaseZiyone. Ngokuhlupheka kwethu babe lomlandu abaseKaladiya, kabatsho njalo abaseJerusalema.

36 Ngakhoke iNkosi ithi: Ngizayimela indaba yenu, ngiliphindisele; ngizakomisa ulwandle lwalo, ngomise lomthombo walo.

37 IBabiloni lizakuba lunxiwa oludilikileyo, lendawo yamakhanka, into eyesabekayo leyokuncifelwa, kungabi khona ohlala khona.

38 Abantu balo bazabhonga njengezilwane, bakhale njengemidlwane yezilwane.

39 Lapho sebebukhali, ngizabenzela idili, ngibadakise baze baqaleke, balale ubuthongo obungapheliyo, bangaphindi bavuke, kutsho iNkosi.

40 Ngizabaletha ekuhlatshweni njengamawundlu, njengezinqama lezimpongo.

41 Yeka ukubanjwa kweBabiloni elidumileyo emhlabeni wonke! Yeka iBabiloni eseliphenduke laba yinto eyesabekayo phakathi kwezizwe!

42 Ulwandle lufikile eBabiloni, lwasibekelwa ngamavinqo alo ahlokomayo.

43 Imizi yalo isingamanxiwa, ilizwe elomileyo lenkangala, ilizwe elingahlalwa muntu, okungadluli kulo umuntu.

44 Ngizamtshaya unkulunkulu uBeli eBabiloni, ngikhuphe emlonyeni wakhe lokho akuginyileyo. Izizwe kazisayikubekelela ziye kuye. Umduli waseBabiloni uwile.

45 Phumani phakathi kwalo, bantu bami, lizikhulule lonke olakeni olwesabekayo lweNkosi.

46 Inhliziyo zenu kazingakhathali, lingesabi umbiko ozwakala elizweni, lapho kufika umbiko ngomunye umnyaka, besekufika omunye umbiko ngomnyaka olandelayo, ukuthi kukhona isihluku elizweni, lombusi avukele umbusi.

47 Ngalokhoke insuku ziyeza, lapho ngizatshaya izithombe zeBabiloni; ilizwe lonke lalo lizayangeka, bonke ababuleweyo balo bawele phakathi kwalo.

48 Kuthike izulu lomhlaba, lakho konke okukukho, kuhlabele ngokuthokoza ngeBabiloni, ngoba abachithi bazalifikela bevela enyakatho, kutsho iNkosi.

49 IBabiloni limele ukuwa ngenxa yabafileyo bakoIsrayeli, njengokuba ngeBabiloni abantu babulawa emhlabeni wonke.

50 Lina eliphephileyo ekufeni, hambani, lingemi. Khumbulani iNkosi lisekhatshana, leJerusalema libe semkhumbulweni wenu.

51 Siyangekile ngoba sizwile ihlazo; ubuso bethu bulenhloni, ngoba abezizwe sebefikile ezindaweni ezingcwele zethempeli.

52 Ngakhoke insuku ziyeza, kutsho iNkosi, lapho ngizatshaya izithombe zeBabiloni, labagwaziweyo babubule kulo lonke ilizwe lalo.

53 Loba iBabiloni lingaphakamela ezulwini, loba lingaqinisa amadundulu alo aqinileyo, kodwa abachithi balo bazalifikela bevela kimi, kutsho iNkosi.

54 Zwanini, ukukhala kuvela eBabiloni, umsindo wokuchitheka okukhulu uvela elizweni lamaKaladiya.

55 Ngoba iNkosi iyalichitha iBabiloni, iyalithulisa ilizwi lalo elilamandla. Amavinqo alo ayahlokoma njengamanzi amanengi, lomsindo wokuhlokoma kwawo uyezwakala.

56 Ngoba umchithi uyehlela phezu kweBabiloni; amaqhawe alo ayabanjwa, lamadandili awo ayephulwa. Ngoba iNkosi inguNkulunkulu onika umvuzo, izakuwukhokha umvuzo impela.

57 Ngizadakisa izikhulu zalo lezihlakaniphi zalo, ababusi balo, lezinduna zamabutho alo, lamaqhawe alo; bazalala ubuthongo obungapheliyo, bangavuki, kutsho iNkosi, eyiNkosi yamabandla.

58 INkosi yamabandla ithi: Umduli obanzi waseBabiloni uzabhidlizwa, lamasango alo aphakemeyo atshiswe ngomlilo. Abantu basebenzela ize, lomsebenzi wezizwe uphelela emlilweni.

59 Ilizwi likaJeremiya umprofethi alaya ngalo uSeraya indodana kaNeriya, kaMahaseya, ekuhambeni kwakhe loZedekiya inkosi yakoJuda, ukuya eBabiloni emnyakeni wesine wokubusa kwakhe. USeraya wayeyisikhulu sezindawo zokuphumula.

60 UJeremiya waloba encwadini konke okubi okuzakwehlela iBabiloni, wonke lamazwi alotshiweyo ngeBabiloni.

61 UJeremiya wathi kuSeraya: Lapho usufikile eBabiloni, ubone ukuthi uyawafunda wonke lamazwi,

62 uthi: Wena Nkosi, ukhulumile ngalindawo ukuthi uzayichitha, ukuze kungabi khona okuhlala kiyo, umuntu loba inyamazana, ibe yinkangala kuze kube nininini.

63 Kuthi lapho usuqedile ukuyifunda lincwadi, ubophele ilitshe kuyo, uyiphosele emfuleni iYufrathi,

64 uthi: IBabiloni lizatshona, lingabe lisavela futhi, ngenxa yokubi engizalehlisela khona. Aphelela lapha amazwi kaJeremiya.

Bible Society of Zimbabwe 1978

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