UYeremiya
19:1 Utsho uYehova ukuthi, Yiya uthabathe ingqayi yodongwe yombumbi, uthabathe
amadoda amakhulu abantu, namadoda amakhulu ababingeleli;
19:2 uphume uye emfuleni wakwaBhen-hinom, ngasekungeneni
wesango lasempumalanga, umemeze khona amazwi endiya kuwathetha kuwe;
19:3 uthi, Liveni ilizwi likaYehova, nina bokumkani bakwaYuda, nani bemi.
eYerusalem; Utsho uYehova wemikhosi, uThixo kaSirayeli, ukuthi; Khangela, mna
uya kuyizisela ububi le ndawo, obuya kuthi wayiva iindlebe zabo
iya kubetha.
19:4 ngenxa enokuba bendishiyile mna, bayenza abasemzini le ndawo, baba nayo
baqhumisela khona thixweni bambi, ababengengabo, bona nabo
ooyise nookumkani bakwaYuda bayazazi, bayizalisa le ndawo
ngegazi labamsulwa;
19:5 Bamakhela uBhahali iziganga, ukuze babatshise ngazo oonyana babo
umlilo wamadini anyukayo kuBhahali, endingabawiselanga mthetho ngawo, endingathethanga ngawo;
ayizange ithi qatha engqondweni yam.
19:6 Ngako oko, yabonani, kuza imihla, utsho uYehova, eya kuthi le ndawo
Akuyi kuba sathiwa yiTofete, nomfula wakwaBhen-hinom;
intlambo yokuxhela.
19:7 Ndiya kulitshitshisa icebo lakwaYuda neYerusalem kule ndawo;
ndibawise ngekrele phambi kweentshaba zabo
izandla zabafuna umphefumlo wabo; nezidumbu zabo ndozinikela
zibe kukudla kweentaka zezulu nokwamarhamncwa elizwe.
19:8 Ndiya kuwenza lo mzi ube senkangala nomsondlo; yonke loo nto
odlulayo uya kumangaliswa abe ngumsondlo ngenxa yezibetho zonke
ngayo.
19:9 Ndiya kubadlisa inyama yoonyana babo, nenyama yabo
ziya kudla iintombi zabo, elowo adle inyama yommelwane wakhe;
ungqingo noxinaniso, ezinalo iintshaba zabo, nabalungxameleyo
ubomi babo buya kubacudisa.
19:10 Uze uyiqhekeze intsuba phambi kwamehlo amadoda ahamba nawo
wena,
19:11 uthi kubo, Utsho uYehova wemikhosi ukuthi; Nam ndiya kwenjenjalo
baqhekeze aba bantu nalo mzi, njengokuqhekezwa kwesitya sombumbi
baya kubangcwabela eTofete kude kube sekupheleni
akukho ndawo yakungcwaba.
19:12 Ndiya kwenjenjalo ke kule ndawo, utsho uYehova, nakubemi bayo
uwenze lo mzi ube njengeTofete;
19:13 Kwaye izindlu zaseYerusalem, nezindlu zookumkani bakwaYuda, ziya
zoba yinqambi njengeTofete, ngenxa yezindlu zonke eziphezu kwazo
baqhumisela kuwo wonke umkhosi wezulu, baba nawo
bathulula iminikelo ethululwayo thixweni bambi.
19:14 Wabuya uYeremiya eTofete, apho uYehova wayemthumele khona
profeta; wema entendelezweni yendlu kaYehova; wathi kubo bonke
abantu,
19:15 Utsho uYehova wemikhosi, uThixo kaSirayeli, ukuthi; uyabona, ndiya kuzisa;
phezu kwalo mzi, naphezu kwemizi yawo yonke, bonke ububi endinabo
bathetha ngawo, ngenxa yokuba bezenza lukhuni iintamo zabo;
ndingaweva amazwi am.