Jeremiya
48:1 NgoMowabi, usho kanje uJehova Sebawoti, uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli: Maye kuwe
Nebo! ngokuba liphangiwe; iKiriyatayimi lijabhile, lithathiwe, iMisgabi likhona
ejabhile futhi ethukile.
48:2 Ngeke kusaba khona ukudunyiswa kwaMowabi, eHeshiboni bacebe okubi
ngokumelene nalo; wozani silinqume lingabi yisizwe. Nawe futhi
uyakunqunywa, Madmen; inkemba iyakukusukela.
48:3 Izwi lokukhala liyovela eHoronayimi, ukuphanga nokukhulu
ukubhujiswa.
48:4 UMowabi ubhujisiwe; abancane bakhe bezwakele ukukhala.
48:5 Ngoba ekukhuphukeni kweLuhith, ukukhala njalo; ngoba ku
ehla eHoronayimi izitha zizwile ukukhala kwencithakalo.
48:6 Balekani, nisindise ukuphila kwenu, futhi nibe njengenhlabathi ehlane.
48:7 Ngoba uthembele emisebenzini yakho nengcebo yakho
naye uyakuthunjwa, uKemoshi aphume, aye ekuthunjweni kanye neyakhe
abapristi nezikhulu zakhe kanyekanye.
48:8 Futhi umchithi uyofika phezu kwemizi yonke, futhi akukho muzi oyophunyuka.
isigodi siyakushabalala, ithafa lichithwe njengalokhu
uJehova ukhulumile.
48:9 Nikeza amaphiko kuMowabi, ukuze abaleke futhi abaleke, ngenxa yemizi
liyakuba yincithakalo, kungabikho ohlala kulo.
48:10 Uqalekisiwe owenza umsebenzi kaJehova ngenkohliso, futhi makaqalekiswe
ogodla inkemba yakhe egazini.
48:11 UMowabi ubelokhu enethezekile kwasebusheni bakhe, futhi uhlezi phezu kwesele sakhe.
futhi akazange athululelwe esitsheni ngesitsha, futhi akahambanga
ekuthunjweni; ngalokho ukunambitha kwakhe kwahlala kuye, nephunga lakhe lisekhona
akushintshiwe.
48:12 Ngakho, bheka, izinsuku ziyeza, kusho uJehova, engiyozithumela kubo
abazulazulayo, abamdukisayo, bamthulule eyakhe
izitsha, bahlephule amagabha abo.
48:13 UMowabi uyakuba namahloni ngoKemoshi, njengalokho indlu yakwa-Israyeli yaba namahloni.
eBhetheli ithemba labo.
48:14 Nisho kanjani ukuthi: 'Singamadoda anamandla futhi anamandla empi?
48:15 UMowabi uphangiwe, futhi wakhuphuka emizini yakhe, kanye nezinsizwa zakhe ezikhethiwe
behlele ekuhlatshweni, isho iNkosi egama layo linguJehova
labasokhaya.
48:16 Inhlekelele kaMowabi iseduze ukuza, futhi ukuhlupheka kwakhe kuyashesha.
48:17 Nonke nina enimzungezile, lusizi ngaye; nani nonke enalaziyo igama lakhe.
anothi: Yeka ukwaphulwa kodondolo oluqinile, nenduku enhle!
48:18 Wena ndodakazi ohlala eDiboni, yehla enkazimulweni yakho, futhi uhlale
ekomeni; ngokuba umchithi kaMowabi uyakufikela phezu kwakho, yena
chitha izinqaba zakho.
48:19 O enakhileyo e-Aroweri, yima ngasendleleni, futhi uhlole. buza obalekayo.
nophunyukayo, athi: “Kwenzekani na?
48:20 UMowabi ujabhile; ngokuba libhidliziwe; hhewulani nikhale; yitsheleni
i-Arinoni, ukuthi uMowabi uyachithwa,
48:21 Futhi ukwahlulela kufike phezu kwezwe ethafeni; phezu kweHoloni, naphezu
iJahaza, neMefahati,
48:22 naseDiboni, naseNebo, naseBeti-Dibilatayimi,
48:23 naseKiriyatayimi, naseBeti-Gamuli, naseBethmeyoni,
48:24 Futhi phezu kweKeriyoti, futhi phezu Bozira, futhi phezu kwayo yonke imizi yezwe
kwaMowabi, kude noma eduze.
48:25 Uphondo lukaMowabi linqunyiwe, futhi ingalo yakhe iphukile, kusho uJehova.
48:26 Mdakiseni, ngokuba uzikhukhumezile kuJehova; uMowabi.
uyakuhuquza ebuhlanzweni bakhe, abe yinhlekiso naye.
48:27 Ngoba u-Israyeli wayengeyena yini inhlekisa kuwe? wafunyanwa phakathi kwamasela na? okwe
selokhu ukhulume ngaye, weqa ngokujabula.
48:28 O nina abahlala kwaMowabi, shiyani imizi, nihlale edwaleni, futhi nibe
njengejuba elakha isidleke salo emaceleni omlomo womgodi.
48:29 Sizwile ngokuzidla kukaMowabi, (uyazidla kakhulu) ngokuphakama kwakhe.
nokuzidla kwakhe, nokuzidla kwakhe, nokuzidla kwenhliziyo yakhe.
48:30 Ngiyayazi intukuthelo yakhe, kusho uJehova; kodwa akuyikuba njalo; amanga akhe ngeke
akwenzeki kanjalo.
48:31 Ngakho ngiyohewula ngoMowabi, futhi ngiyokhala ngoMowabi wonke. okwami
inhliziyo iyakulilela amadoda aseKiriheresi.
48:32 Ngizakukhalela wena mvini waseSibima ngokukhala kweJazeri;
izitshalo zawela ulwandle, zafinyelela olwandle lwaseJazeri;
umchithi uwile phezu kwezithelo zakho zasehlobo nasekuvunweni kwemivini yakho.
48:33 Futhi injabulo nokujabula kususiwe ensimini enothile, futhi kusukela the
izwe lakwaMowabi; ngenze ukuba liphele iwayini ezikhamweni zewayini;
bayakunyathela ngokumemeza; ukumemeza kwabo akuyikuba ngukumemeza.
48:34 Kusukela ekukhaleni kwaseHeshiboni kuze kufike e-Elale, naseJahazi,
balizwakalisa izwi labo, kusukela eSowari kwaze kwaba seHoronayimi njengethokazi lenkomo
iminyaka emithathu, ngokuba namanzi aseNimrimi ayakuba yincithakalo.
48:35 Futhi ngiyokwenza ukuba kuphele kwaMowabi, kusho uJehova, lowo
onikela ezindaweni eziphakemeyo, nalowo oshisela onkulunkulu bakhe impepho.
48:36 Ngakho inhliziyo yami izokhala ngoMowabi njengemitshingo, futhi inhliziyo yami
liyakukhala njengemitshingo kumadoda aseKirheresi, ngokuba ingcebo leyo
azizuzile zibhubhile.
48:37 Ngoba wonke amakhanda kuyoba impandla, futhi zonke izilevu igundiwe: phezu kwabo bonke
izandla ziyakuba yizisika, nasezinkalweni indwangu yesaka.
48:38 Kuyakuba khona isililo ngokuvamile phezu kwazo zonke izindlu zakwaMowabi, futhi
ezitaladini zakhe, ngokuba ngimaphulile uMowabi njengesitsha esiphakathi kwawo
akukho ntokozo,” usho uJehova.
48:39 Bayohhewula, bathi: "Yeka kanjani idiliziwe! uMowabi uliphendule kanjani
ngibuye ngamahloni! kanjalo uMowabi uyakuba yinhlekiso nencithakalo kubo bonke
ngaye.
48:40 Ngoba itsho njalo iNkosi. Bheka, uyondiza njengokhozi, futhi ngeke
welula amaphiko akhe phezu kukaMowabi.
48:41 IKeriyoti ithathwe, futhi izinqaba eziqinile bayamangala, futhi abanamandla
izinhliziyo zamadoda kwaMowabi ngalolo suku ziyakuba njengenhliziyo yowesifazane phakathi kwakhe
imihelo.
48:42 Futhi uMowabi uyobhujiswa ekubeni isizwe, ngoba uye
waziphakamisa kuJehova.
48:43 Ukwesaba, nomgodi, nogibe, kuyakuba phezu kwakho, O owakhileyo ezweni.
Mowabi,” usho uJehova.
48:44 Obalekela ukwesaba uyowela emgodini; futhi yena lokho
okhuphuka egodini uyakubanjwa ogibeni, ngokuba ngiyakumletha
phezu kwalo, phezu kukaMowabi, umnyaka wokuhanjelwa kwabo, usho uJehova.
48:45 Ababalekayo bema ngaphansi komthunzi weHeshiboni ngenxa yempi.
kepha umlilo uyakuphuma eHeshiboni, nelangabi phakathi
likaSihoni, lidle ikona likaMowabi, nokhakhayi
kwabaxokozelayo.
48:46 Maye kuwe Mowabi! abantu bakwaKemoshi babhubha ngenxa yamadodana akho
bathunjiwe, namadodakazi akho ethunjiwe.
48:47 Nokho ngiyakubuyisa ukuthunjwa kukaMowabi ngezinsuku ezizayo,” usho kanje.
iNkosi. Kuze kube manje ukwahlulelwa kukaMowabi.