Jeremiya usendlini yembumbi
1Leli livi lelefika kuJeremiya liphuma kuSimakadze, litsi: 2“Yehlela endlini yembumbi, ngulapho-ke lapho ngitakunikela khona umlayeto wami.” 3Ngako-ke ngehlela endlini yembumbi, ngamkhandza enta umsebenti wakhe esondvweni. 4Kodvwa imbita labeyibumba ngelibumba yonakala etandleni takhe, ngako lombumbi wase ubumba lenye inhlobo yembita, kwaya ngekubona kwemehlo akhe kutsi ufuna ibe njani.
5Livi laSimakadze lase liyefika kimi, latsi: 6“Awu, wenandlu yaka-Israyeli, ngingete ngenta yini kini njengaloku kwenta lombumbi?” kusho Simakadze. “Njengelibumba etandleni tembumbi, ninjalo nani esandleni sami, ninendlu yaka-Israyeli. 7Nome ngangusiphi sikhatsi nangimemetela kutsi sive nome umbuso utawuzushunwa, ubhidlitwe uze ubhubhe, 8nangabe futsi leso sive lengisecwayisile siphendvuka ebubini baso, ngiyawube sengiyasiyekela, ngingabe ngisasehlisela leso sehlakalo lebesengisilungisele sona. 9Futsi-ke nangabe ngalesinye sikhatsi sengimemetela kutsi sive nome umbuso utakwakhiwa usime kahle, 10nase sibuye senta bubi emehlweni ami, sangete sangilalela mine, ngiyawube sengiyasiyekela ngingabe ngisasentela loko lokuhle lebesengikulungisele sona.
11“Manje-ke khuluma kulabantfu bakaJuda nakulabo labakhile eJerusalema, utsi: ‘Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze, utsi: Bukani la, ngilungiselela kunehlisela inhlekelele, nginibumbele luzungu. Ngako-ke phendvukani etindleleni tenu letimbi, ngulowo nalowo wenu aphendvuke, nitigucule tindlela tenu netento tenu.’ 12Kodvwa bayawuphendvula batsi: ‘Akunamsebenti. Sitatichubekela ngemasu etfu, ngulowo nalowo wetfu utatichubekela ngenkhani yenhlitiyo yakhe lembi.’ ”
Sive silahla Simakadze
13Ngako-ke naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze, utsi:
“Butani kuletinye tive nitsi:
‘Ngubani lowake weva ngentfo lenje?’
Intfo leyesabeka kakhulu yentiwe
yiNtfombi lengu-Israyeli.
14Sitfwatfwa saseLebanoni sake sanyamalala yini
emawukeleni ayo langemadvwala?
Emanti awo lapholile,
latiyalu tawo tikhashane,
ake ema yini angete ageleta?
15Noko sive sami singilahlile mine;
satfuncisa imphepho etithicweni letingenamsebenti,
letabakhubatelisa etindleleni tabo
nasemikhondvweni yakadzeni.
Tabahambisa ngetindlela letijubako
nangemigwaco lengakakhiwa kahle.
16Live labo liyawusala likhala libhungane,
libe yintfo yekuba yinhlekisa;
bonkhe labendlulako bayawumangala
banikine tinhloko.
17Njengemoya wasemphumalanga,
ngiyawubasakata embikwetitsa tabo;
ngiyawubafulatsela,
ngingabheki ngakubo,
ngelilanga lesehlakalo sabo.”
Luzungu lwekubulala Jeremiya
18Batsi: “Wotani sente lisu ngaJeremiya, ngobe imfundziso yemtsetfo lefundziswa baphristi ngeke ize iphele, naleteluleko tetihlakaniphi, nalelivi leliphuma kubaphrofethi. Ngako buyani simhlasele ngemagama etfu, singayinaki yonkhe lentfo layishoko.”
19Awu Simakadze, ngiyacela ungilalele!
Vani kutsi batsini, bahluphi bami!
20Kufanele yini kutsi lokuhle kukhokhelwe ngalokubi?
Noko bangimbele umgodzi.
Khumbula kutsi ngema embikwakho
ngabancengela kuwe kutsi ngincandze
lulaka lwakho kubo.
21Ngako-ke nikela bantfwababo endlaleni,
banikele emandleni enkemba.
Yenta bafati babo bemukwe bantfwababo
babe bafelokati,
emadvodza abo akabulawe ngesifo lesibulalanako,
emajaha abo ajutjwe ngenkemba emphini.
22Akuvakale kukhala emakhaya abo,
ngesikhatsi nawutfumela bahlaseli kubo,
ngobe bangimbele umgodzi wekungigcumukisela,
bangibekele tingibe tekungigila.
23Awu Simakadze,
kodvwa wena uyawati onkhe lamasu abo labafuna
kungibulala ngawo.
Ungawatsetseleli lamacala abo,
futsi-ke ungacali utesule leto tono tabo embikwakho.
Abaketulwe embikwakho,
bavukele ngesikhatsi sentfukutselo yakho.
