Jeremiya
9:1 Sengathi ikhanda lami libe ngamanzi, namehlo ami abe ngumthombo wezinyembezi, ukuba ngibe
bangakhalela ababuleweyo bendodakazi yabantu bami imini nobusuku!
9:2 Sengathi nginendawo yokulala izihambi ehlane; Zengi
angase ashiye abantu bami, asuke kubo! ngoba bonke bayiziphingi, an
umhlangano wamadoda akhohlisayo.
9:3 Futhi bagoba ulimi lwabo like umnsalo amanga, kodwa abekho
amaqhawe eqiniso emhlabeni; ngoba basuka kokubi baye
okubi, futhi abangazi, usho uJehova.
9:4 Qaphelani, kube yilowo nalowo kumakhelwane wakhe, ningethembi kunoma yimuphi
umfowabo: ngokuba wonke umzalwane uyakuqila, nabo bonke umakhelwane
uzohamba nabahlebi.
9:5 Futhi bayokhohlisa, kube yilowo nalowo umakhelwane wakhe, futhi ngeke akhulume
iqiniso: bafundise ulimi lwabo ukukhuluma amanga, bazidinise
ukwenza okubi.
9:6 Indawo yakho yokuhlala iphakathi kwenkohliso; ngenkohliso bayala
ukungazi mina,” usho uJehova.
9:7 Ngakho-ke, usho kanje uJehova Sebawoti: Bheka, Ngizobancibilikisa, futhi
zizame; ngoba ngingenzani ngendodakazi yabantu bami?
9:8 Ulimi lwabo lunjengomcibisholo wokudubula; likhuluma inkohliso: omunye uyakhuluma
ngokuthula kumakhelwane wakhe ngomlomo wakhe, kepha ubeka okwakhe enhliziyweni
linda.
9:9 Angiyikubahambela ngenxa yalezi zinto? usho uJehova;
umphefumulo uphindiselwe esizweni esinjengalesi?
9:10 Ngoba izintaba ngiyothatha ukukhala nokulila, futhi ngenxa
izindawo zokuhlala zasehlane isililo, ngokuba zishisiwe;
ukuze kungabikho ongadlula kuzo; futhi abantu abanakuzwa izwi lika
izinkomo; izinyoni zezulu nezilwane zibalekile; bona
abasekho.
9:11 Futhi ngiyokwenza iJerusalema inqwaba, futhi umhume amadragoni; futhi ngizokwenza
imizi yakwaJuda iyincithakalo, ingenamuntu.
9:12 Ngubani indoda ehlakaniphile, ukuze baqonde lokhu? futhi ubani lowo kuye
umlomo kaJehova ukhulumile, ukuze akumemezele, ukuthi izwe liyini
liyabhubha, lishiswe njengehlane, kungadabula muntu kulo, na?
9:13 Futhi uJehova wathi: "Ngenxa yokuthi bawushiyile umthetho wami engiwubeka phambi kwabo
labo, kabalilalelanga ilizwi lami, kabahambanga ngalo;
9:14 Kodwa baye bahamba ngokuzindla kwenhliziyo yabo, futhi ngemva kwalokho
oBali, ababafundisa wona oyise;
9:15 Ngakho, usho kanje uJehova Sebawoti, uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli: Bhekani, mina
uyobondla, yebo lababantu, umhlonyane, futhi ubanike amanzi
inyongo ukuphuza.
9:16 Ngiyobahlakazela phakathi kwabezizwe, labo noma labo
obaba bazi; ngiyakuthuma inkemba emva kwabo, ngize ngiyiqede
waziqeda.
9:17 Usho kanje uJehova Sebawoti, uthi: 'Bhekani, nibize ukulila
abesifazane, ukuze beze; nithumele kubizwe abesifazana abahlakaniphileyo, ukuze bazuze
woza:
9:18 Futhi mabaphuthume, futhi bathathe isililo ngathi, ukuze amehlo ethu angase
zehla izinyembezi, nezinkophe zethu ziphuma amanzi.
9:19 Ngoba izwi lokulila lizwakele livela eZiyoni: "Yeka ukuphangwa kwethu! singa
sijabhile kakhulu, ngokuba silishiyile izwe ngenxa yethu
izindawo zokuhlala zisixoshile.
9:20 Nokho, zwanini izwi likaJehova nina besifazane, futhi ake izindlebe zenu zamukele izwi
izwi lomlomo wakhe, nifundise amadodakazi enu ukulila, kube yilowo nalowo
isililo sikamakhelwane.
9:21 Ngokuba ukufa kwenyukele emafasiteleni ethu, kungene ezindlini zethu zobukhosi.
ukunquma abantwana ngaphandle, nezinsizwa ngaphandle
imigwaqo.
9:22 Khuluma, Usho kanje uJehova, uthi: Ngisho nezidumbu zabantu ziyowa njengomquba
phezu kwensimu, nanjengesandla ngemva komvuni, kungekho noyedwa
lizawabutha.
9:23 Usho kanje uJehova: "Ohlakaniphileyo makangazigabisi ngokuhlakanipha kwakhe, noma
iqhawe lingazibongi ngamandla alo, nocebileyo makangazigabisi ngawakhe
ingcebo:
9:24 Kodwa lowo oziqhayisayo makazibonge ngalokhu, ukuthi uyakuqonda futhi
liyangazi ukuthi nginguJehova owenza umusa nokwahlulela;
nokulunga emhlabeni, ngokuba ngiyathokoza ngalokho,” usho kanje
iNkosi.
9:25 Bheka, izinsuku ziyeza, kusho uJehova, lapho ngiyojezisa bonke labo
asokwa nabangasokile;
9:26 IGibithe, noJuda, no-Edomi, nabantwana bakwa-Amoni, noMowabi, kanye nabo bonke.
abasemajukujukwini, abahlala ehlane kubo bonke
lezi zizwe azisokile, nayo yonke indlu ka-Israyeli ayisokile
ongasokile enhliziyweni.