UJeremiya 37 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

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¹ UZedekiya indodana kaJosiya wabusa esikhundleni sikaKhoniya indodana kaJehoyakimi owabekwa inkosi ezweni lakwaJuda uNebukadinesari, inkosi yaseBabele.

² Kepha yena nezinceku zakhe nabantu bezwe abawalalelanga amazwi kaJehova awakhuluma ngomprofethi uJeremiya.

³ Inkosi uZedekiya yathuma uJehukali indodana kaShelemiya noZefaniya indodana kaMahaseya umpristi kuJeremiya umprofethi ukuthi: “Sikhulekele kuJehova uNkulunkulu wethu.”

⁴ UJeremiya wayesengena ephuma phakathi kwabantu, ngokuba abamfakanga etilongweni.

⁵ Impi kaFaro yaphuma eGibithe; kwathi amaKaledi avimbezela iJerusalema ezwa umbiko kubo, asuka eJerusalema.

⁶ Izwi likaJehova lafika kuJeremiya umprofethi, lathi:

⁷ Usho kanje uJehova uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, uthi: ‘Nakhu eniyakukusho enkosini yakwaJuda othumele kimi ukubuza kimi; bheka, impi kaFaro eyaphuma ukunisiza iyakubuyela ezweni layo eGibithe;

⁸ AmaKaledi ayakubuya alwe nalo muzi, awuthathe, awushise ngomlilo.

⁹ Usho kanje uJehova, uthi: Ningazikhohlisi, nithi: AmaKaledi ayakusishiya nokusishiya, ngokuba awayikumuka.

¹⁰ Ngoba noma benilichithe lonke ibutho lamaKaledi alwa nani, kwasala abalimele phakathi kwabo, nokho bebeyakuma, kube yilowo nalowo etendeni lakhe, awushise lo muzi ngomlilo.

¹¹ Kwathi lapho impi yamaKaledi iphuma eJerusalema ngenxa yokwesaba impi kaFaro,

¹² UJeremiya wayesesuka eJerusalema waya ezweni lakwaBenjamini, azehlukanise khona phakathi kwabantu.

¹³ Kwathi esesangweni lakwaBenjamini, kwakukhona induna yabalindi, igama layo lingu-Iriya indodana kaShelemiya kaHananiya; yambamba umprofethi uJeremiya, yathi: “Niwela kumaKaledi.

¹⁴ UJeremiya wasesithi: Lokhu kungamanga; angihlubukeli kumaKaledi. Kodwa akazange amlalele, ngakho u-Iriya wamthatha uJeremiya wamyisa ezikhulwini.

¹⁵ Izikhulu zamthukuthelela uJeremiya, zamehlula, zamfaka etilongweni endlini kaJonathani umbhali, ngokuba zayenza itilongo.

¹⁶ Lapho uJeremiya engena emthonjeni nasezindlini zamakamelo, uJeremiya ehlala khona izinsuku eziningi;

¹⁷ Inkosi uZedekhiya yasithuma yamkhupha; inkosi yambuza ngasese endlini yayo, yathi: “Likhona izwi elivela kuJehova na? Wathi uJeremiya: “Kukhona, ngokuba wathi, uyakunikelwa esandleni senkosi yaseBabele.

¹⁸ Ngaphezu kwalokho, uJeremiya wathi enkosini uZedekiya: “Ngone ngani wena noma ezincekwini zakho noma kulaba bantu ukuthi ungifake etilongweni na?

¹⁹ Baphi-ke abaprofethi benu ababeprofetha kini, bathi: Inkosi yaseBabele ayiyikunehlela nina naleli zwe?

²⁰ Ngakho-ke, lalela, nkosi yami, nkosi; ukunxusa kwami makwamukeleke emehlweni akho; ukuze ungangivumeli ngibuyele endlini kaJonathani umbhali, ukuze ngingafele khona.

²¹ Inkosi uZedekhiya yasilaya ukuthi bamngenise uJeremiya egcekeni letilongo, bamnike ucezu lwesinkwa esiphuma esigcawini sababhaki, size siphele sonke isinkwa emzini. Ngakho uJeremiya wahlala egcekeni letilongo.