8 Khangelani, lithemba amazwi akhohlisayo angelakusiza.
8 Kodwa khangelani, lina lithemba amazwi akhohlisayo angasizi lutho.
Ngoba lithe: Senzile isivumelwano lokufa, silesivumelwano lendawo yabafileyo; ngakho lapho inhlupheko ezikhukhulayo zidlula, kaziyikusehlela, ngoba senzile amanga abe yisiphephelo sethu, sacatsha ngaphansi kwenkohliso.
abathi kubaboni: Lingabe lisabona; lakubaprofethi: Lingatshumayeli kithi okuqondileyo; kodwa khulumani kithi izinto ezimnandi, lamanga athokozisayo,
Kakho omangala ngendlela eqondileyo, kakho oya emthethweni ngendlela eqotho. Bathemba okuyize, bakhulume amanga, bamitha kubi, bazale ububi.
Lokhu yikho ukuphela kwakho, lesabelo engikukhethele sona, kutsho iNkosi; ngoba ungikhohliwe, wathemba onkulunkulu bamanga.
Koze kube nini amanga ekhona enhliziyweni zabaprofethi abatshumayela amanga, betshumayela inkohliso zenhliziyo zabo,
Ngimelana lalabo abaxoxa amaphupho amanga, baduhise abantu bami ngamanga abo langokuwalazela kwabo, ngingabathumanga, ngabalaya; ngakho kababasizi ngalutho lababantu, kutsho iNkosi.
Umprofethi uJeremiya wasesithi kumprofethi uHananiya: Zwana, Hananiya, iNkosi kayikuthumanga, kodwa wenze lababantu ukuba bathembe amanga.
Ngasengisithi: Hawu, Nkosi Nkulunkulu! ubakhohlisile impela lababantu kanye leJerusalema ngokuthi: Lizakuba lokuthula; kanti impi isiphezu kwabo.
abaprofethi batshumayela amanga, labapristi babusa ngokululeka kwabaprofethi; abantu bami bayakuthanda lokhu. Kodwa lizakwenza njani ekupheleni na?
Lingathembi amazwi la akhohlisayo okuthi: Leli lithempeli leNkosi, ithempeli leNkosi, ithempeli leNkosi.
Ngalokhuke omkabo ngizabanika abanye, lamasimu abo ngiwanike abanqobi, ngoba kusukela kwabancinyane kuze kufike kwabakhulu bonke bayizihwaba zenzuzo embi, labaprofethi labapristi bonke bayakhohlisa.