Jeremiya 12:1 Ulungile wena Jehova, lapho ngimangalelana nawe; kepha mangikhulume nawe. izahlulelo zakho. Kungani indlela yababi iphumelela? babusiswani bonke abakhohlisayo? 12:2 Ubatshalile, yebo, banezimpande; bayakhula, yebo, bayakhula. thela isithelo; useduze emlonyeni wabo, ukude labo izintambo. 12:3 Kodwa wena, O Jehova, uyangazi; kuwe: bakhiphe njengezimvu zokuhlatshwa, ulungise bona ngosuku lokuhlatshwa. 12:4 Kuyoze kube nini izwe lilila, futhi imifino yonke yasendle ibune, ngoba ububi babakhileyo kuwo? izilwane ziyadliwa, futhi izinyoni; ngoba bathi: Kayikubona ukuphela kwethu. 12:5 Uma uke wagijima nabezinyawo, futhi baye bakhathala wena, ke kanjani Ungabambana namahhashi na? futhi uma kusezweni lokuthula, lapho uthembile, bakukhathazile, uzokwenza kanjani ekuvuvukeni yaseJordani? 12:6 Ngoba ngisho abafowenu, kanye nendlu kayihlo, nabo baye benza ngokukhohlisa nawe; yebo, babizile isixuku emva kwakho; ungakholwa yibo, noma bekhuluma amazwi amahle kuwe. 12:7 Ngiyishiyile indlu yami, ngilishiyile ifa lami; Nginike i othandiweyo womphefumulo wami esandleni sezitha zakhe. 12:8 Ifa lami kimi linjengengonyama ehlathini; kumemeza ngokumelene mina: ngalokho ngiyakuzonda. 12:9 Ifa lami kimi linjengenyoni enamabala, izinyoni nxazonke ngokumelene naye; wozani niqoqe zonke izilwane zasendle, nize shwabadela. 12:10 Abefundisi abaningi basichithile isivini sami, baye banyathela isabelo sami ngaphansi kwezinyawo, isabelo sami esithandekayo senziwe ihlane eliyincithakalo. 12:11 Balenzile incithakalo, futhi njengoba incithakalo uyalila kimi. i izwe lonke lenziwe incithakalo, ngokuba akakho okubeka enhliziyweni. 12:12 Abaphangi bafikile kuzo zonke izindawo eziphakemeyo ehlane inkemba kaJehova iyakudla kusukela komunye umkhawulo wezwe kuze kube komunye umkhawulo wezwe: akukho nyama eyoba nokuthula. 12:13 Bahlwanyele ukolweni, kodwa bayovuna ameva ubuhlungu, kepha abayikusiza; bayakuba namahloni ngenzuzo yenu ngenxa yolaka oluvuthayo lukaJehova. 12:14 Usho kanje uJehova ngabo bonke omakhelwane bami ababi, abathinta ithempeli ifa engalinika abantu bami u-Israyeli ifa; Bhekani, mina iyobasiphula ezweni labo, bayikhiphe kuyo indlu yakwaJuda phakathi kwazo. 12:15 Futhi kuyokwenzeka, ngemva kokuba ngibasiphule ngiyokwenza buya, ube lesihawu kubo, ubabuyise, bonke umuntu efeni lakhe, yilowo nalowo ezweni lakhe. 12:16 Futhi kuyokwenzeka, uma bayofunda ngenkuthalo izindlela zami abantu, ukufunga ngegama lami, ukuthi: Kuphila kukaJehova; njengoba bafundisa abantu bami ukufunga uBhali; khona-ke bayakwakhiwa phakathi kwabantu bami. 12:17 Kodwa uma bengeke balalele, Mina ngiyosiphula futhi ngibhubhise lokho isizwe, usho uJehova.