UYeremiya
10:1 Liveni ilizwi alithethayo kuni uYehova, ndlu kaSirayeli;
10:2 Utsho uYehova ukuthi, Musani ukufunda indlela yeentlanga, ningabikho
bothuswa yimiqondiso yezulu; ngokuba ziqhiphuke umbilini iintlanga ngabo.
10:3 Kuba amasiko ezizwe ayinto yanto; kuba umntu ugawula umthi kuwo
ihlathi, umsebenzi wezandla zengcibi, ngezembe.
10:4 Ihonjiswe ngesilivere nangegolide; babethelela ngezikhonkwane kwaye
ngezando, ukuze zingashukumi.
10:5 Zithe tye njengesundu, azithethi;
zithwalwe, ngokuba zingenakuhamba. Musani ukuboyika; kuba abanakwenza
ububi, kananjalo ukwenza okulungileyo akukho kubo.
10:6 Akukho unjengawe, Yehova; umkhulu, kwaye
likhulu ngobugorha igama lakho.
10:7 Ngubani na ongekhe akoyike, Kumkani weentlanga? ngokuba kuya kwenziwa kuwe
ngenxa enokuba phakathi kwezilumko zonke zeentlanga, naphakathi
zonke izikumkani zabo akukho unjengawe.
10:8 Bazizityhakala bonke bephela, baziziyatha;
amampunge.
10:9 Isilivere echetyiweyo iziswa ivela eTarshishe, negolide yaseUfazi;
umsebenzi wengcibi, owezandla zomseki: eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka kunye
zimfusa iimpahla zabo, zonke ziphela zingumsebenzi wengcibi.
10:10 Kodwa uYehova nguThixo, inyaniso, nguThixo ophilileyo, ngonaphakade
Liyanyikima ihlabathi ngoburhalarhume bakhe, zingabikho iintlanga
ekwaziyo ukumelana nengqumbo yakhe.
10:11 Notsho kubo ukuthi, Oothixo abangalenzanga izulu
Ehlabathini baya kudaka ehlabathini, naphantsi kwaloo nto
amazulu.
10:12 Ke yena ngulowenza ihlabathi ngamandla akhe, ulizinzisile elimiweyo;
ngobulumko bakhe, waneka izulu ngengqondo yakhe.
10:13 Kwakubon' ukuba kukho isithonga sokwenza kwakhe ingxolo yamanzi, ingxolo yamanzi ehlabathini
Amazulu, unyusa amafu esiphelweni sehlabathi
umhlaba; Wenza imibane ngemvula, awukhuphe umoya
kobuncwane bakhe.
10:14 Uba sisityhakala wonke umntu, engenakwazi; udaniswa wonke umnyibilikisi wegolide
umfanekiso oqingqiweyo; ngokuba umfanekiso wakhe otyhidiweyo bubuxoki, awukho
umoya kubo.
10:15 Zingamampunge ezo zinto, sisenzo sokugxekwa, ngexesha lokuvelelwa kwazo
ziya kutshabalala.
10:16 Akanjengazo yena uSahlulelo sikaYakobi, ngokuba nguMbumbi weento zonke yena
izinto; uSirayeli intonga yelifa lakhe; nguYehova wemikhosi
igama lakhe.
10:17 Hlanganisa iimpahla zakho, uphume ezweni, wena mmi onqatyisiweyo;
10:18 Ngokuba utsho uYehova ukuthi, Yabona, ndiya kubasawula abemi belizwe.
ilizwe ngoku nje, ndibabandezele, ukuba balifumane.
10:19 Athi ke mna, ngenxa yokwaphuka kwam! Libuhlungu inxeba lam; ke mna ndathi, Inyaniso, ligazi eli
intlungu, kwaye kufuneka ndiyithwale.
10:20 Intente yam ibhuqiwe, neentambo zam zonke ziqhawukile, oonyana bam baqhawuke
uphumile kum, ababa sabakho; akukho unokusolula kwam
ndibuye ndimise intente, ndimise amalengalenga am.
10:21 Kuba abalusi baba zizityhakala, abamquqelanga uYehova.
ngako oko abayi kuba nampumelelo, nemihlambi yabo yonke iya kuba njalo
uthe saa.
10:22 Yabonani, iyeza ingxokozelo yesithonga, nengxokozelo enkulu ephuma elunxwemeni.
ukuze imizi yakwaYuda ibe ngamanxuwa, ibe yimiqolomba
iidragons.
10:23 Ndiyazi, Yehova, ukuba ayikhona emntwini indlela yakhe;
ohamba eqinisela ukunyathela kwakhe.
10:24 Ndithethise, Yehova, kodwa kube ngokwesiko; kungabi ngomsindo wakho, hleze nawe
nditshitshise.
10:25 Phalaza ubushushu bakho phezu kweentlanga ezingakwaziyo, naphezu kwabo;
imizalwane engalinquliyo igama lakho; ngokuba imdlile uYakobi;
Wamdla, wamdlile, walenza laba senkangala ikriwa lakhe.