Jeremiya
1:1 Amazwi kaJeremiya indodana kaHilikiya, wabapristi ababephakathi
i-Anathoti ezweni lakwaBenjamini:
1:2 izwi likaJehova lafika kuye ezinsukwini zikaJosiya, indodana ka-Amoni
inkosi yakwaJuda, ngomnyaka weshumi nantathu wokubusa kwakhe.
1:3 Lafika nasemihleni kaJehoyakimi indodana kaJosiya, inkosi yakwaJuda.
kwaze kwaba sekupheleni komnyaka weshumi nanye kaSedekiya indodana kaJosiya, inkosi
uJuda, kwaze kwaba sekuthunjweni kweJerusalema ngenyanga yesihlanu.
1:4 Izwi likaJehova lafika kimi, lathi:
1:5 Ngaphambi kokuba ngikubumbe esiswini ngakwazi; futhi ungakafiki
Ngakungcwelisa kwasesiswini, ngakubeka umprofethi
ezizweni.
1:6 Ngase ngithi: "Awu, Nkosi Jehova! bheka, angikwazi ukukhuluma, ngokuba ngingumntwana.
" 1:7 Kodwa uJehova wathi kimi: "Ungasho ukuthi, 'Ngingumntwana,' ngoba uzoya
konke engizakuthuma khona, lakho konke engikuyala ngakho
khuluma.
1:8 Ungesabi ubuso babo, ngokuba mina nginawe, ukuze ngikukhulule
iNkosi.
1:9 Khona-ke uJehova welula isandla sakhe, futhi wathinta umlomo wami. Futhi uJehova
wathi kimi: Bheka, ngibekile amazwi ami emlonyeni wakho.
1:10 Bheka, ngikubeke namuhla phezu kwezizwe naphezu kwemibuso, ukuze
sisiphula, nokudiliza, nokuchitha, nokudiliza, nokwakha;
nokutshala.
" 1:11 Futhi izwi likaJehova lafika kimi, lathi: "Jeremiya, okubonayo
wena? Ngasengisithi: Ngibona induku yesihlahla se-alimondi.
" 1:12 Khona-ke uJehova wathi kimi: "Ubone kahle, ngoba ngizosheshisa yami."
izwi lokukwenza.
1:13 Izwi likaJehova lafika kimi ngokwesibili, lathi: "Ini
uyabona? Ngathi: “Ngibona imbiza eshisayo; nobuso bayo bukhona
ngasenyakatho.
1:14 Khona-ke uJehova wathi kimi: "Enyakatho, okubi kuyovela
phezu kwabo bonke abakhileyo ezweni.
1:15 Ngokuba bhekani, ngiyakubiza yonke imindeni yemibuso yasenyakatho,
usho uJehova; futhi bayofika, futhi bayobeka ngamunye okwakhe
isihlalo sobukhosi ekungeneni kwamasango eJerusalema, laphezu kwawo wonke
izingange zalo nxazonke, nakuyo yonke imizi yakwaJuda.
1:16 Futhi ngizokhuluma izahlulelo zami ngokumelene nabo ngokuthinta zonke zabo
ububi, abangidelile, bashisela abanye impepho
onkulunkulu, bakhuleka emisebenzini yezandla zabo.
1:17 Ngakho, bopha izinkalo zakho, futhi usukume, futhi ukhulume kubo bonke
engikuyala ngakho; ungapheli amandla ngobuso babo, funa ngijabhise
phambi kwabo.
1:18 Ngoba bheka, Ngikwenze namuhla ube umuzi ovikelwe nensimbi
insika, nezindonga zethusi ngokumelene nezwe lonke, emakhosini ase
uJuda, ngokumelene nezikhulu zakhe, ngokumelene nabapristi bakhe, futhi
ngokumelene nabantu bezwe.
1:19 Futhi bayokulwa nawe; kodwa kabayikunqoba
wena; ngokuba mina nginawe,” usho uJehova, “ukuba ngikukhulule.