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.