Somiso lesesabekako
1Leli livi laSimakadze kuJeremiya macondzana nesomiso, utsi:
2“Juda uyalila,
emadolobha akhe ayajanqula
akhalela live,
yebo, kukhala kuqubuka eJerusalema.
3Bahlonishwa batfumela tisebenti tabo
kutsi tiyewubakhelela emanti;
tiya etitibeni temanti kodvwa tikhandze kute emanti.
Tibuya netimbita tato temanti tingenalutfo,
tijabhile futsi tiphelelwe litsemba.
4Umhlabatsi sewugatukile,
ngobe kute imvula eveni:
Balimi bayajabha,
bambonye buso babo.
5Ngisho nenyamatane esikhotseni
ilahla lizinyane layo lelisandza kutalwa,
ngobe kute luhlata.
6Timbongolo tesiganga tima
emadvundvwini lagagadzekile etintsaba
tikhefutele njengetimphungutja;
atisaboni nasemehlweni ngenca yekweswela luhlata.”
7Nome tono tetfu tisilahla ngelicala,
awu Simakadze, mane wente lutfo ngenca yeLibito lakho.
Ngobe kuhlubuka kwetfu kukhulu, sonile kuwe.
8Awu, Tsemba la-Israyeli,
Msindzisi wakhe ngetikhatsi telusizi,
wentelani kuba njengemfokati eveni,
nanjengesihambi lesihlala busuku bunye nje?
9Wentelani kufanana nemuntfu lomangele,
ube njengelisotja lelite emandla ekusindzisa?
Awu Simakadze,
wena usemkhatsini wetfu,
tsine sibitwa ngeLibito lakho, ungasilahli!
10Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze ngalesive, utsi:
“Bakutsandza kakhulu kuzulazula;
abatibambi tinyawo tabo.
Ngako Simakadze akabemukeli,
nyalo sewutabukhumbula nebubi babo,
abajezisele tono tabo.”
11Ngako Simakadze wakhuluma kimi, watsi: “Ungakuthandazeli kuphumelela kwalabantfu. 12Nome bangazila, ngingeke ngikulalele kukhala kwabo; nome banganikela ngeminikelo yekushiswa nangeminikelo yalokutinhlavu, ngingeke ngibemukele. Esikhundleni saloko ngitababhubhisa ngenkemba, nangendlala, nangesifo lesibulalanako.”
13Kodvwa ngatsi: “Awu Nkhosi Simakadze, baphrofethi balibala kubatjela, batsi: ‘Ningeke niyibone inkemba nome nihlushwe yindlala. Impela, ngiyakuninika kuthula lokungeke kuphele kulendzawo.’ ”
14Simakadze wakhuluma kimi, watsi: “Baphrofethi baphrofetha emanga ngelibito lami. Angikabatfumi, futsi angikabatjeli, kantsi futsi angikakhulumi kubo. Baphrofetha kini imibono lengemanga, babhule, bakhonte tithico, bashumayele nenkhohliso yetingcondvo tabo. 15Ngako-ke, naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze ngalabaphrofethi labaphrofetha ngelibito lami, utsi: Angizange sengibatfume, noko batsi: ‘Kute inkemba nome indlala letalitsinta lelive.’ Bona labo baphrofethi bayawubhubha ngenkemba nangendlala. 16Labantfu labaphrofetha kubo bayawulahlelwa etitaladini taseJerusalema ngenca yendlala nenkemba. Kuyawubate namunye loyawubangcwaba, bona kanye nebafati babo, nemadvodzana nemadvodzakati abo. Ngiyawutfululela kubo inhlekelele lebafanele.
17“Khuluma lamavi kubo utsi:
“ ‘Emehlo ami akagobhote tinyembeti busuku nemini, angakhawuli;
ngobe indvodzakati yami leyintfombi sibili, sive sami,
igwazwe linceba lelibi,
yalinyatwa kakhulu.
18Nangingena eveni,
ngibona labo lababulewe ngenkemba;
nangingena edolobheni,
ngibona umonakalo lobangwe yindlala.
Umphrofethi nemphristi bahambe kanyekanye,
baya eveni labangalati.’ ”
Sive sincenga Simakadze
19Sewumlahle kokuphela yini Juda?
Umbukela phansi yini Siyoni?
Usishayelani sive
singete sakhona kuphiliswa nje?
Sasetsemba kutsi kutawuba nekuthula nenhlalakahle,
kodvwa kute nakunye lokuhle lokusehlele.
Setsemba sikhatsi sekuphiliswa,
kodvwa kwaba nekutfutfumela kuphela.
20Awu Simakadze,
siyabuvuma bubi betfu
kanye nelicala labobabe betfu;
impela sonile kuwe.
21Ngenca yeLibito lakho ungasibukeli phansi,
ungasenteli phansi sihlalo sakho
sebukhosi bakho lobukhulu.
Khumbula sivumelwane sakho
lowasenta natsi, ungasephuli.
22Sikhona yini sona sinye setithico tebetive
letingenamsebenti lesiletsa imvula?
Tona tibhakabhaka ngekwato tiyatehlisa yini
tihlambi temvula?
Cha, nguwe, lowenta loko, Simakadze Nkulunkulu wetfu.
Ngako-ke litsemba letfu likuwe,
ngobe nguwe lowenta konkhe loku.
