UJeremiya 51 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

Jeremiya 51

¹ Usho kanje uJehova; Bheka, ngiyakuvusa umoya obhubhisayo phezu kweBabele, nakulabo abangivukelayo;

² futhi ngiyothumela izikhonkwane eBhabhiloni eziyoyivuthela futhi yenze izwe lalo libe yize; ngoba ngosuku lwenhlupheko bazamelana layo nxazonke.

³ Umcibisholo makawunsabe umnsalo phezu kocibishelayo, noziphakamisayo emibukweni yakhe; futhi akazihawukeli izinsizwa zawo; bhubhisa yonke impi yalo ngesiqalekiso esichithayo.

⁴ Kanjalo ababuleweyo bayakuwa ezweni lamaKaledi, nabagwaziweyo ezitaladini zalo.

⁵ Ngokuba u-Israyeli noJuda abashiywanga nguNkulunkulu wabo, uJehova Sebawoti; nakuba izwe labo laligcwele isono koNgcwele ka-Israyeli.

⁶ Balekani eBabele, nisindise, kube yilowo nalowo umphefumulo wakhe; ngoba kuyisikhathi sempindiselo kaJehova; uzayibuyisela kuye.

⁷ IBhabhiloni laliyindebe yegolide esandleni sikaJehova owadakisa umhlaba wonke; izizwe zaphuza iwayini lakhe; ngalokho izizwe ziyahlanya.

⁸ IBhabhiloni lawa ngokuzumayo, lachithwa; mkhaleleni; thatha amafutha ezinhlungwini zakhe, uma kunjalo, angasinda.

⁹ Besiyakuphulukisa iBabele, kepha aliphulukisanga; mshiyeni, sihambe, yilowo nalowo aye ezweni lakubo, ngokuba ukwahlulelwa kwalo kufinyelele ezulwini, kukhuphukele ezulwini.

¹⁰ UJehova waveza ukulunga kwethu; wozani simemezele eSiyoni umsebenzi kaJehova uNkulunkulu wethu.

¹¹ Khanyisa imicibisholo; qoqa izihlangu; uJehova wavusa umoya wamakhosi amaMede, ngokuba icebo lakhe limelene neBabele ukulichitha; ngokuba lokhu kuyimpindiselo kaJehova, impindiselo yethempeli lakhe.

¹² Misani ibhanela phezu kwezingange zaseBabele, niqinise abalindi, nimise abalindi, nilungise abaqamekeli, ngokuba uJehova ukucabangile, wenza lokho akukhulumayo kwabakhileyo eBabele.

¹³ Wena ohlala emanzini amanengi, inotho yengcebo, sekufikile ukuphela kwakho, lesilinganiso sokuhaha kwakho.

¹⁴ UJehova Sebawoti wafunga ngaye, wathi: “Impela ngiyakukugcwalisa ngabantu njengangezinkumbi; futhi bayophakamisa ukukhala ngokumelene nawe.

¹⁵ Wenza umhlaba ngamandla akhe, walimisa izwe ngokuhlakanipha kwakhe, weneka izulu ngokuqonda kwakhe.

¹⁶ Lapho ezwakalisa izwi lakhe, kukhona amanzi amaningi esibhakabhakeni; wakhuphula izinkungu emikhawulweni yomhlaba;

¹⁷ Wonke umuntu uyazidla ngokwazi kwakhe; bonke abakhandi bajabhiswa ngesithombe esibaziweyo, ngokuba izithombe zabo ezibunjiweyo zingamanga, nomoya awukho kuzo.

¹⁸ Ziyize, umsebenzi wenkohliso; ngesikhathi sokuhanjelwa kwazo ziyakubhubha.

¹⁹ Oyisabelo sikaJakobe akafani nazo; ngokuba unguMbumbi wazo zonke izinto, u-Israyeli uyisizwe sefa lakhe; nguJehova Sebawoti igama lakhe.

²⁰ Wena uyizembe lami nezikhali zami zokulwa, ngokuba ngiyakuphahlaza izizwe ngawe, ngichithe imibuso ngawe;

²¹ Ngiyakuchoboza ngawe ihhashi nomgibeli walo; ngiyakuchoboza ngawe inqola nomgadi wayo;

²² Ngawe ngiyakuchoboza owesilisa nowesifazane; ngichoboza ngawe abadala nabasha; ngiyakuchoboza ngawe izinsizwa nentombi;

²³ Ngiyakuchoboza umalusi nomhlambi wakhe kanye nawe; ngiyakuchoboza ngawe umlimi nezinkabi zakhe ezimbili; ngiyakuchoboza ngawe ababusi nababusi.

²⁴ Futhi ngizobuyisela iBhabhiloni nabo bonke abakhileyo eKalideya ngakho konke okubi kwabo abakwenzile eSiyoni phambi kwamehlo enu,” kusho uJehova.

²⁵ “Bheka, nginakho ngawe wena ntaba eyincithakalo,” usho uJehova, “wena ochitha umhlaba wonke; ngizokwelulela isandla sami kuwe ngikugingqe emadwaleni ngikwenze intaba eshisiwe.

²⁶ Abayikuthatha kuwe itshe legumbi noma itshe lesisekelo; kepha uyakuba yihlane kuze kube phakade,” usho uJehova.

²⁷ Misani ibhanela ezweni, nibethe icilongo phakathi kwezizwe, nilungisele izizwe ukulwa nalo, nibizele kulo imibuso yase-Ararati, neMini, ne-Ashikenazi; bekani induna phezu kwayo; okwenza amahhashi akhuphuke njengezibungu.

²⁸ Lungisani izizwe ngokumelene nalo, amakhosi amaMede, izikhulu zawo, nazo zonke izikhulu zawo, nalo lonke izwe lombuso wakhe.

²⁹ Izwe liyothuthumela futhi lilile, ngoba yonke inhloso kaJehova iyofezwa ngokumelene neBhabhiloni ukwenza izwe laseBhabhiloni libe yihlane elingenamuntu.

³⁰ Amaqhawe aseBabele ayeka ukulwa, ahlala ezinqabeni zawo; amandla abo aphela; baba njengabesifazane; ashisa izindlu zakhe; imigoqo yakhe iphukile.

³¹ Esinye isigijimi siyakuhlangana nesinye, nesithunywa sihlangane nesinye, ukwazisa inkosi yaseBabele ukuthi umuzi wayo uthathiwe nganxanye,

³² Amaphaseji amiswa, imihlanga yavutha umlilo, namaqhawe esaba.

³³ Ngokuba usho kanje uJehova Sebawoti, uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, uthi: Indodakazi yaseBabele injengesibuya, sekuyisikhathi sokuyibhula; kuseyisikhashana, kufike isikhathi sokuvuna kwayo.

³⁴ UNebukadinesari, inkosi yaseBabele, wangidla, wangichoboza, wangenza isitsha esingenalutho, wangidla njengodrako, wagcwalisa isisu sakhe ngezibiliboco zami, wangixosha.

³⁵ Ubudlova obenziwa kimi nenyama yami buseBabele, abakhileyo eZiyoni bayakusho; negazi lami phezu kwabakhileyo eKaledi, iJerusalema liyakusho.

³⁶ Ngalokho usho kanje uJehova, uthi: “Bheka, ngiyakulwela indaba yakho, ngikuphindisele; ngiyomisa izilwandle zalo, ngomise nemithombo yalo.

³⁷ IBhabhele liyakuba yizinqwaba, indawo yokuhlala izimpungushe, nesimangaliso, nokunyenyeza, kungahlali ohlala khona.

³⁸ Babhonga kanyekanye njengamabhubesi, baklabalasa njengamawundlu ezingonyama.

³⁹ Ekushiseni kwabo ngiyakubenzela amadili, ngibadakise, ukuze bajabule, balale ubuthongo obuphakade, bangavuki,” usho uJehova.

⁴⁰ Ngiyakubehlisela ekuhlatshweni njengamawundlu, njengezinqama nezimpongo.

⁴¹ Yathathwa kanjani iSesagi! nodumo lomhlaba wonke luyamangala! yeka ukuthi iBabiloni libe yisimangaliso kanjani phakathi kwezizwe!

⁴² Ulwandle lunyukile phezu kweBabiloni, lisitshekelwe ngamaza alo amaningi.

⁴³ Imizi yakhe iyihlane, izwe elomileyo nehlane, izwe okungahlali muntu kulo, kungekho ndodana yomuntu edabula kulo.

⁴⁴ Ngiyakuhambela uBeli eBabele, ngikhiphe emlonyeni wakhe akugwinyile; izizwe azisayikubuthanela kuye; yebo, udonga lwaseBabele luyakuwa.

⁴⁵ Bantu bami, phumani kulo futhi nisindise, kube yilowo nalowo umphefumulo wakhe olakeni lukaJehova.

⁴⁶ Futhi ukuze inhliziyo yenu ingapheli futhi nesabe imibiko eyozwakala ezweni; kuyofika inzwabethi kokubili unyaka owodwa, futhi ngemva kwalokho ngomunye unyaka kuzofika umbiko nobudlova ezweni, umbusi emelene nombusi.

⁴⁷ Ngalokho bheka, izinsuku ziyeza lapho ngiyakwahlulela khona izithombe ezibaziweyo zaseBabele; izwe lakhe lonke liyakuba namahloni, bonke ababuleweyo bakhe bawe phakathi kwalo.

⁴⁸ Khona izulu nomhlaba nakho konke okukukho kuyakujabula ngeBabele, ngokuba abachithi bayakufika kulo bevela enyakatho,” usho uJehova.

⁴⁹ Njengalokho iBabele liwisa ababuleweyo bakwa-Israyeli, kanjalo ababuleweyo bomhlaba wonke bayakuwa eBabele.

⁵⁰ Nina eniphunyukileyo enkembeni, hambani, ningami; cabangani ngoJehova nisekude, iJerusalema likhuphuke emicabangweni yenu.

⁵¹ Sijabhile, ngokuba sizwe inhlamba; amahloni asibekela ubuso bethu, ngokuba abezizwe bangenile ezindaweni ezingcwele zendlu kaJehova.

⁵² “Ngakho-ke, bheka, izinsuku ziyeza,” usho uJehova, “lapho ngiyakwahlulela izithombe zalo ezibaziweyo, ezweni lonke lalo abalimeleyo babubule.

⁵³ Noma iBabele likhuphukela ezulwini, noma liqinisa indawo ephakeme yamandla alo, nokho abachithi balo bayakufika phezu kwalo bevela kimi,” usho uJehova.

⁵⁴ Kuvela umsindo wokumemeza ovela eBhabhiloni, nokubhujiswa okukhulu okuvela ezweni lamaKaledi.

⁵⁵ Ngokuba uJehova waliphanga iBabele, wachitha kulo izwi elikhulu; lapho amaza alo ehlokoma njengamanzi amakhulu, kuzwakale umsindo wezwi lawo.

⁵⁶ Ngokuba umchithi walifikela, yebo, phezu kweBabele, namaqhawe alo athunjwa, kwaphulwa yonke iminsalo yawo; ngoba uJehova, uNkulunkulu wembuyekezo, uyobuyisela ngokuqinisekile.

⁵⁷ Ngiyakudakisa izikhulu zayo nezihlakaniphi zayo, nezikhulu zayo, nezikhulu zayo, namaqhawe ayo; bayolala ubuthongo obuphakade, bangavuki,” isho iNkosi egama layo linguJehova Sebawoti.

⁵⁸ Usho kanje uJehova Sebawoti, uthi: “Izindonga ezibanzi zaseBabele ziyakubhidlizwa nokubhidlizwa, amasango alo aphakeme ashiswe ngomlilo; abantu bayakukhandlekela ize, nabantu emlilweni, badinwe.

⁵⁹ Izwi umprofethi uJeremiya ayala ngalo uSeraya, indodana kaNeriya, indodana kaMahaseya, lapho ehamba noSedekiya, inkosi yakwaJuda, eBhabhiloni ngomnyaka wesine wokubusa kwakhe. LoSeraya wayeyisikhulu esithule.

⁶⁰ UJeremiya waloba zonke izinto ezimbi ezazizakwehlela iBabele encwadini, onke lawa mazwi alotshiwe ngeBabele.

⁶¹ UJeremiya wathi kuSeraya: “Uma ufika eBabele, ubone, ufunde onke lawa mazwi;

⁶² Uzakuthi: O Jehova, wena ukhulumile ngalendawo ukuyiqeda, ukuthi kungasala muntu kuyo, kungabi khona muntu kumbe isilwane, kodwa ukuthi ibe yinkangala kuze kube nininini.

⁶³ Lapho usuqedile ukufunda le ncwadi, kumelwe ubophe itshe kuyo, uyiphonse phakathi nomfula u-Ewufrathe.

⁶⁴ Futhi kumelwe uthi: Kanjalo iBabiloni liyocwila futhi lingaphumi ebubini engizolehlisela phezu kwalo; futhi bazokhathala. Kuze kube manje amazwi kaJeremiya.