2 Hlonipha uyihlo lonyoko; lo ngumlayo wokuqala olesithembiso
2 “Hlonipha uyihlo lonyoko,” okungumlayo wakuqala olesithembiso,
Hlonipha uyihlo lonyoko, ukuze zibe zinengi insuku zokuhamba kwakho elizweni ekunika lona iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho.
Uba umuntu ethuka uyise loba unina, ukukhanya kwakhe kuzakucitshwa.
UJeremiya wathi endlini yamaRekabi: INkosi yamabandla, uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli, ithi: Ngenxa yokuba lilalele umlayo kaJonadabi ukhokho wenu, lagcina yonke imilayo yakhe, lenza njengokulilaya kwakhe,
lingakhi izindlu, lingahlanyeli inhlanyelo, lingabi lazivini; kodwa lihlale emathenteni insuku zenu zonke ukuba lihlale insuku ezinengi elizweni elihlezi kilo.
Phakathi kwakho abazali benziwa inhlekisa, owezizweni uyacindezela phakathi kwakho, koniwe intandane lomfelwakazi.
INkosi yamabandla ithi kubapristi: Indodana iyamhlonipha uyise, lenceku iyayihlonipha inkosi yayo. Uba mina nginguyihlo, kungaphi ukuhlonitshwa kwami na? Uba ngiyinkosi, kungaphi ukwesatshwa kwami na? Lina, bapristi, liyalidelela ibizo lami, kodwa lithi: Silidelele kanjani ibizo lakho na?
Phanini bonke okubafaneleyo; thelani umthelo kofanele umthelo, limkhokhelele ofanele inkokhelo, limhloniphe ofanele inhlonipho, limdumise ofanele ukudunyiswa.
sokuthi kuze kube kuhle kuwe, usile isikhathi eside emhlabeni.
Kaqalekiswe odumaza uyise lonina. Bonke abantu bazakuthi: Ameni.
Hlonipha uyihlo lonyoko, njengokukulaya kweNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho, ukuba uphile isikhathi eside, lokuba kukulungele elizweni iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho ekunika lona.
Uba umfelwakazi elabantwana loba abantwana bomntanakhe, kabafunde kuqala ukuhlonipha indlu yakwabo, benzele abazali babo okufaneleyo; ngoba lokhu kuyabongeka phambi kukaNkulunkulu.