Jeremiya 52 - Siswati 1996 Bible

Kuwa kweJerusalema

¹ Sedekiya abeneminyaka lengema-21 budzala nakabekwa kuba yinkhosi, wabusela eJerusalema iminyaka leli-11. Libito lenina bekunguHamutali, indvodzakati yaJeremiya, waseLibna.

² Wenta lokubi emehlweni aSimakadze, njengobe naJehoyakimu abentile.

³ Kwabangelwa yintfukutselo yaSimakadze lokutsi kwenteke loku eJerusalema nakaJuda, kwaze kwatsi ekugcineni wabasusa ebukhoneni bakhe. Sedekiya wase uyayivukela inkhosi yaseBhabhulona.

⁴ Kwatsi ngemnyaka wemfica wekubusa kwaSedekiya, ngelilanga lelishumi, enyangeni yelishumi, Nebukhadnezari, inkhosi yaseBhabhulona, washuca wayawuhlasela iJerusalema kanye nawo onkhe emabutfo ayo. Bemisa ngephandle kwelidolobha, bakha tivimbetelo letatilitungeleta lonkhe.

⁵ Lelidolobha lahlala livinjetelwe kwaze kwaba ngumnyaka weli-11 wekubusa kwenkhosi Sedekiya.

⁶ Kwatsi ngelilanga lemfica lenyanga yesine, indlala lapha edolobheni yase imatima kangangekutsi kwase kute nekudla kwalabantfu labebangakudla.

⁷ Lubondza-ke lwalelidolobha lwase luyafohlwa, imphi yonkhe yesuka yabaleka. Besuka edolobheni ebusuku, baphuma ngelisango lelisemkhatsini wetibondza letimbili letiseceleni kwengadze yenkhosi, lite nome emaBhabhulona abelitungeletile lelidolobha. Babaleka babhekisa emabombo ngase-Arabha,

⁸ kodvwa emabutfo aseBhabhulona acosha inkhosi Sedekiya, aze ayikhandza etsafeni laseJerikho. Onkhe emasotja aSedekiya esuswa kuye asakatwa,

⁹ yena wabe sewuyatfunjwa. Watfunjwa wayiswa enkhosini yaseBhabhulona eRibla, eveni laseHamathi, lapho yefike yakhipha sigwebo sayo kuye.

¹⁰ Khona lapho eRibla inkhosi yaseBhabhulona ngulapho yabulalela khona emadvodzana aSedekiya embikwemehlo akhe, abukile, yaphindze futsi yabulalela khona tonkhe tindvuna takaJuda.

¹¹ Yase ikupuluta emehlo aSedekiya, yambopha ngetinketane telitfusi, yamtsatsa yamyisa eBhabhulona lapho yefika yamvalela ejele kwaze kwaba lilanga lakhe lekufa.

Kubhujiswa kwelithempeli

¹² Kwatsi elangeni lelishumi lenyanga yesihlanu ngemnyaka weli-19 wekubusa kwaNebukhadnezari, inkhosi yaseBhabhulona, Nebuzaradani, indvuna yabomahlalesangweni leyayikhonta inkhosi yaseBhabhulona, yefika eJerusalema.

¹³ Walumeka umlilo ethempelini laSimakadze nasesigodlweni senkhosi, nakuto tonkhe tindlu taseJerusalema; tonkhe letatibalulekile watishisa.

¹⁴ Yonkhe-ke imphi yaseBhabhulona, leyayingaphansi kwendvuna yemphi yabomahlalesangweni, yabhidlita tonkhe tibondza letatitungeleta iJerusalema.

¹⁵ Nebuzaradani indvuna yabomahlalesangweni, watfumba labanye balababemphofu kakhulu nalabo labebasasele edolobheni, kanye nalabebasele betingcweti, nalabo lababehlubuke baya enkhosini yaseBhabhulona, wabayisa ekutfunjweni.

¹⁶ Kodvwa Nebuzaradani wabashiya labanye labebamphofu kakhulu balelo live, kuze batewulima tivini nemasimi.

¹⁷ BaseBhabhulona bafohlota tinsika telitfusi, netincodlana, kanye nelibhavu lelitfusi, lokwakusethempelini laSimakadze, betfwala lonkhe litfusi baya nalo eBhabhulona.

¹⁸ Batsatsa ngisho nemabhodo, nemafosholo, netijubantsambo, netitja tekunyenyeta, netingwembe, nato tonkhe tintfo telitfusi letatisetjentiswa enkhonzweni yelithempeli.

¹⁹ Indvuna yabomahlalesangweni yatsatsa imigezelo, netitja tekushisela imphepho, netitja tekunyenyeta, nemabhodo, netintsi tetibane, netingwembe, netitja teminikelo yetinatfo, nako konkhe lokwakwentiwe ngegolide lecengekile nome ngesiliva lecengekile.

²⁰ Litfusi laletinsika letimbili, nalelibhavu kanye naletinkunzi letatili-12 letatingaphansi kwalo, naletincodlana letatakhiwe yinkhosi Solomoni, atakhele lithempeli laSimakadze, kwakungetulu kwekukalwa.

²¹ Iyinye yaletinsika yayingemamitha labengaba siphohlongo kuphakama, nemamitha labengaba sihlanu nesigamu kuyitungeleta, yayingimino lemine bucinsi, ingumhume lapha ekhatsi.

²² Lengcongwane yaletinsika iyinye yayingaba ngemamitha lamabili nesigamu kuphakama, yayihlotjiswe ngesiviliya nangemahananandza elitfusi layitungeletile. Nalena lenye insika nalamahananandza yayifanana nayo yekucala.

²³ Kwakunemahananandza langema-96 ngakulolunye luhlangotsi, asawonkhe emahananandza labengetulu kwalesiviliya lesitungeletile abelikhulu.

Bantfu bakaJuda batfunjwa bayiswe eBhabhulona

²⁴ Indvuna yabomahlalesangweni yatfumba boSeraya, umPhristi Lomkhulu, naZefaniya, umphristi longaphansi kwakhe ngesikhundla, kanye nebagcini beminyango labatsatfu.

²⁵ Kulabo lababesesedolobheni watsatsa indvuna leyayiphetse emadvodza emphi. Watsatsa nebeluleki benkhosi lababesikhombisa namabhalane wendvuna yekubutsekisa bantfu balelove, kanye nemadvodza labengema-60 labetfolakele edolobheni.

²⁶ Nebuzaradani, indvuna yabomahlalesangweni, wabatsatsa bonkhe wayawubetfula enkhosini yaseBhabhulona, eRibla.

²⁷ Lapho eRibla, eveni laseHamathi, inkhosi yafike yababulalela khona. Ngako Juda waya ekutfunjweni, khashane nelive lakhe.

²⁸ Leli-ke linani lebantfu labatfunjwa nguNebukhadnezari wabayisa ekudzingisweni: Ngemnyaka wesikhombisa kwaba ngemaJuda lati-3 023;

²⁹ ngemyaka waNebukhadnezari weli-18 kwaba bantfu labangema-832 lababephuma eJerusalema.

³⁰ Ngemnyaka wakhe wema-23 kwaba ngemaJuda langema-745 layiswa nguNebuzaradani, indvuna yabomahlalesangweni, ekudzingisweni. Sebabonkhe kwakubantfu labati-4 600.

Kukhululwa kwaJehoyakhini ejele

³¹ Ngemnyaka wema-37 wekudzingiswa kwaJehoyakhini, inkhosi yakaJuda, ngemnyaka lapho Evili Merodaki abekwa khona waba yinkhosi yaseBhabhulona, wakhulula Jehoyakhini, inkhosi yakaJuda, wamkhipha ejele mhla ingema-25 enyangeni yeli-12.

³² Wakhuluma kahle naye, wabe sewumnika sihlalo lesihloniphekile, lesingetulu kwelamanye emakhosi labenaye lapha eBhabhulona.

³³ Ngako Jehoyakhini wababeka eceleni labomfengeni bakhe basejele, kusukela ngalelo langa abedla etafuleni lenkhosi njalo nje, imphilo yakhe yonkhe.

³⁴ Onkhe emalanga inkhosi yaseBhabhulona yayinika Jehoyakhini imbasha nalokunye lekwakusabelo sakhe lesimile semihla ngemihla, yingci nasaphila, kwadzimate kwaba lilanga lakhe lekufa.