UYeremiya 40:1 Ilizwi elafikayo kuYeremiya, livela kuYehova, emva koNebhuzaradan ukumkani Umthetheli wabasiki wamndulula eRama, ekumthabathileni kwakhe ekhonkxiwe ngemixokelelwane phakathi kwabo bonke abathinjwa iYerusalem nakwaYuda, abathinjwa basiwa eBhabheli. 40:2 Umthetheli wabasiki wamthabatha ke uYeremiya, wathi kuye, Yehova UThixo wakho wathetha obu bubi ngale ndawo. 40:3 UYehova wabufikisa, wenza njengoko wakuthethayo; ngokuba nonile kuYehova, analiphulaphula izwi lakhe; ngenxa yoko le nto inifikele. 40:4 Kaloku ke yabona, ndiyayicombulula namhla imixokelelwane leyo usenyongweni isandla sakho. Ukuba kuthe kwalunga emehlweni akho ukuya nam eBhabheli, yiza; kodwa ukuba kubi emehlweni akho yiza nam eBhabheli, yeka; uyabona, ilizwe lonke liphambi kwakho; apho kuthe kwabonakala kulungile emehlweni akho ukuba uye apho, yiya khona. 40:5 Uthe ke engekabuyi, wathi, Buyela nakuGedaliya unyana ka-Ahikam, unyana kaShafan, owenzileyo ukumkani waseBhabheli Uze ube ngumlawuli wemizi yakwaYuda, uhlale naye phakathi kwabantu; hamba uye apho kuthe tye emehlweni akho. Ngoko umphathi wamnika ukudla nomvuzo, wamndulula ke. 40:6 UYeremiya waya kuGedaliya unyana ka-Ahikam eMizpa; wahlala naye phakathi kwabantu ababesele elizweni. 40:7 Ke kaloku, bakubon' ukuba bonke abathetheli bemikhosi abasendle, bathe bakutshona beva bona namadoda abo ukuba ukumkani waseBhabheli umenze uGedaliya ukumkani unyana ka-Ahikam, irhuluneli yelizwe, wayemisele amadoda kuye abafazi, nabantwana, nabazizisweli belizwe, kwabangengabo bathinjelwe eBhabheli; 40:8 Beza ke kuGedaliya eMizpa, inguIshmayeli unyana kaNetaniya; noYohanan noYonatan oonyana bakaKareha, noSeraya unyana ka uTanumete noonyana bakaEfayi waseNetofa, noYezaniya unyana kumaMahaka, bona namadoda abo. 40:9 UGedaliya unyana ka-Ahikam, unyana kaShafan, wabafungela nabo amadoda abo, esithi, Musani ukoyika ukuwakhonza amaKaledi; hlalani kweli lizwe; nikhonze ukumkani waseBhabheli, konilungela. 40:10 Mna ke, yabona, ndihlala eMizpa, ndikhonze amaKaledi, awabatshabalalisayo. kodwa nina, hlathani iwayini, neziqhamo zasehlotyeni, neoli; nizibeke ezityeni zenu, nihlale emizini yenu ithathiwe. 40:11 KwanamaYuda onke abekuMowabhi, naphakathi koonyana baka-Amon. nakwaEdom, nakumazwe onke, beva ukuba ukumkani welizwe IBhabhiloni yayishiye amasalela akwaYuda, yaye wayewamisele phezu kwawo uGedaliya unyana ka-Ahikam, unyana kaShafan; 40:12 Abuya ke amaYuda onke ezindaweni zonke abegxothelwe kuzo; weza ezweni lakwaYuda kuGedaliya eMizpa, bahlanganisana ndawonye iwayini kunye neziqhamo zasehlotyeni kakhulu. 40:13 noYohanan unyana kaKareha, nabathetheli bonke bezimpi ababesemasimini beza kuGedaliya eMizpa. 40:14 bathi kuye, Uyazi na kodwa ukuba uBhahalis ukumkani waseBhabheli? Ngaba oonyana baka-Amon bathumele uIshmayeli unyana kaNetaniya ukuba akubulale? Kodwa UGedaliya unyana ka-Ahikam akakholwa ngabo. 40:15 UYohanan unyana kaKareha wathetha kuGedaliya eMizpa ngasese, wathi, esithi, Khawundiyeke ndiye ndimbulale uIshmayeli unyana kaYe akuyi kwazi bani oko; yini na ukuba akubulale? achithachitheke onke amaYuda ahlanganisene kuwe, aphele amasalela akwaYuda aya kutshabalala? 40:16 Wathi uGedaliya unyana ka-Ahikam kuYohanan unyana kaKareha, uze ungayenzi loo nto; kuba uthetha ubuxoki ngoIshmayeli.