UYeremiya 1:1 Amazwi kaYeremiya unyana kaHilekiya, wakubabingeleli ababephakathi eAnatoti, ezweni lakwaBhenjamin; 1:2 elafika kuye ilizwi likaYehova ngemihla kaYosiya unyana ka-Amon ukumkani wakwaYuda, ngomnyaka weshumi elinesithathu wobukumkani bakhe. 1:3 Kwafika nangemihla kaYehoyakim unyana kaYosiya, ukumkani wakwaYuda. kwada kwaba sekupheleni komnyaka weshumi elinamnye kaZedekiya unyana kaYosiya, ukumkani waseAsiriya elakwaYuda, kwasa ekufuduselweni kweYerusalem ngenyanga yesihlanu. 1:4 Kwafika ilizwi likaYehova kum, lisithi, 1:5 Ndingekakubumbi esizalweni, bendikwazi; nangaphambi kokuba ufike Ndakungcwalisa esibelekweni, ndakumisa waba ngumprofeti ezintlangeni. 1:6 Ndathi, Kwowu, Nkosi Yehova! yabona, andikwazi ukuthetha, ngokuba ndingumntwana. 1:7 Wathi uYehova kum, Musa ukuthi, Ndingumntwana: ngokuba ùya kuya konke endikuthuma kona, ukwenze konke endikuwisela umthetho ngako thetha. 1:8 Musa ukoyika ebusweni babo; ngokuba ndinawe ukuba ndikuhlangule, utsho iNkosi. 1:9 Wasolula uYehova isandla sakhe, wachukumisa umlomo wam. Kwaye uYehova Wathi kum, Yabona, ndibeke amazwi am emlonyeni wakho. 1:10 Khangela, ndikwenza namhla umveleli weentlanga nezikumkani, ukuze kuncothula, nokudiliza, nokutshabalalisa, nokudiliza, nokuba kwakha; nokutyala. 1:11 Kwafika ilizwi likaYehova kum, lisithi, Yeremiya, into oyibonayo wena? Ndathi, Ndibona intonga yomthi wom-amangile. 1:12 Wathi uYehova kum, Ubone walungisa; ilizwi lokuyenza. 1:13 Kwafika ilizwi likaYehova kum ngokwesibini, lisithi, Yintoni na? uyabona? Ndathi, Ndibona imbiza evuthayo; ubuso bayo buso ngasemntla. 1:14 Wathi ke uYehova kum, Kuya kuphuma ububi, buphume entla phezu kwabemi bonke belizwe. 1:15 Ngokuba, yabona, ndiya kubiza yonke imizalwane yezikumkani zasentla; utsho uYehova; kwaye baya kuza, kwaye baya kumisa elowo owakhe itrone ekungeneni kwamasango eYerusalem, naphezu kwayo yonke itrone neendonga zayo ngeenxa zonke, nemizi yonke yakwaYuda. 1:16 Kwaye ndiza kuthetha izigwebo zam kubo bonke abo bandishiyile, baqhumisela kwabanye oothixo, baqubuda kwizenzo zezandla zabo. 1:17 Ke wena, bhinqa amanqe akho, usukume, uthethe kubo bonke musa ukuqhiphuka umbilini ebusweni babo, hleze ndidane wena phambi kwabo. 1:18 Ngokuba, uyabona, ndikwenze namhla umzi onqatyisiweyo, wasisinyithi; iintsika, neendonga zobhedu kulo lonke ilizwe, kookumkani basezweni amaYuda nabathetheli bakhe, nababingeleli bakhe, nababingeleli bakhe ngokuchasene nabantu belizwe. 1:19 Baya kulwa nawe; kodwa abayi koyisa wena; ngokuba ndinawe, utsho uYehova, ukuze ndikuhlangule.