UYeremiya
14:1 Into eyafikayo kuYeremiya, ililizwi likaYehova, ngendawo yokunqumka kwemvula.
14:2 UYuda wenza isijwili, namasango alo athe matshamatsha; zimnyama emehlweni
umhlaba; kuyenyuka ukukhala kweYerusalem.
14:3 Iingangamsha zabo zithuma abaphantsi bazo emanzini, zafika
emingxunyeni, akafumana manzi; babuya zilambatha izitya zabo;
badanile, beneentloni, begqubuthele intloko.
14:4 Ngenxa yokuba umhlaba uqhekezekile, kuba kungabangakho mvula emhlabeni
abalimi badanile, bagqubuthele intloko.
14:5 Ewe, nemazi yexhama iyazala endle, iyishiye ithole, ngokuba ikhona
kwakungekho ngca.
14:6 Ke amaesile asendle emi ezigangeni, abefefe
umoya onjengeedragoni; aphelile amehlo, ngokuba kungekho luhlaza.
14:7 Ukuba ubugwenxa bethu bungqina ngathi, Yehova, yenza ngenxa yakho
ngenxa yegama lakhe; kuba kuninzi ukuphamba kwethu; sonile kuwe.
14:8 Themba likaSirayeli, Msindisi wakhe ngexesha lembandezelo!
woba njengomphambukeli kweli lizwe, ube njengomhambi lowo
Uyaphambuka na, ukuba alale ubusuku?
14:9 Yini na ukuba ube njengendoda esuke yathi nka, ube njengegorha elingenako?
ugcine? ukanti uphakathi kwethu, Yehova;
igama musa ukusishiya.
14:10 Utsho uYehova kwaba bantu ukuthi, Benjenje ukuthanda ukubhadula;
iinyawo zabo abazinqandanga; uYehova akakholiswa ngabo
bona; kungoku uya kubukhumbula ubugwenxa babo, azivelele izono zabo.
14:11 Wathi uYehova kum, Musa ukubathandazela aba bantu, ukuba kulunge kubo.
14:12 Xa bazila ukudla, andiyi kukuva ukuhlahlamba kwabo; naxa banikela idini elinyukayo
Idini elinyukayo, nomnikelo wokudla, andiyi kukholiswa ngawo; ke ndiya kudla
ngekrele, nangendlala, nangendyikitya yokufa.
14:13 Ndathi, Kwowu, Nkosi Yehova! yabonani, abaprofeti bathi kubo, Niya kuthi
aniliboni ikrele, nendlala aniyi kuba nayo; kodwa ndiya kukunika
uxolo oluqinisekisiweyo kule ndawo.
14:14 Wathi uYehova kum, Abaprofeti baprofeta ubuxoki egameni lam;
andibathumanga, andibawiselanga mthetho, andithethanga kubo;
baniprofetela umbono obuxoki, nokuvumisa, nento engento
yinkohliso yentliziyo yabo.
14:15 Ngako oko, utsho uYehova ngokusingisele kubaprofeti abaprofetayo
Àbathi, Ikrele nandlala, aziyi kubathuma
ube kweli lizwe; Baya kudliwa likrele nayindlala abo baprofeti.
14:16 Naba bantu, baprofetela bona, baya kukhutshelwa ngaphandle ezitratweni zelizwe
IYerusalem ngenxa yendlala nekrele; kwaye abayi kuba nanto
ukuze bangcwatywe bona, nabafazi babo, noonyana babo, neentombi zabo;
ngokuba ndiya kuthulula ububi babo phezu kwabo.
14:17 Uze uthethe kubo eli lizwi; Amehlo am makajonge phantsi
ngeenyembezi ubusuku nemini, zingaphezi; ngenxa yentombi
yaphulwe ngolwaphulo olukhulu, intombi yabantu bam
isibetho esibuhlungu.
14:18 Ukuba ndithe ndaphuma ndaya emaphandleni, nabo ababuleweyo likrele; kwaye
ukuba ndithe ndangena kuwo umzi, nabo abafa yindlala;
ewe, umprofeti kwanombingeleli batyhutyha ilizwe abalaziyo
hayi.
14:19 Umcekise kwaphela na uYuda? Udimele na iZiyon umphefumlo wakho? kutheni na
Usibethe, kungabikho kuphiliswa? sasilindele uxolo,
kwaye akukho nto ilungileyo; sithembe ixesha lokuphiliswa, nanko ikukudandatheka;
14:20 Siyakwazi, Yehova, okungendawo kwethu, ubugwenxa boobawo;
ngokuba sonile kuwe.
14:21 Ngenxa yegama lakho, musa ukusigiba; ungayihlazisi itrone yakho.
Khumbula, ungawaphuli umnqophiso wakho nathi.
14:22 Phakathi kothixo abangento beentlanga, bakho na abanganisa imvula? okanye
Izulu linganika na imvula? Asinguwe na, Yehova Thixo wethu? ke ngoko
sothembela kuwe; ngokuba uzenzile wena zonke ezo zinto.