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.