Bugu ya Jeremia
1Haya ndi mafhungo a Jeremia, ṅwana wa Hilikia, muṅwe wa vhotshifhe vha Anathotho shangoni ḽa Benyamini. 2Ipfi ḽa Muṋe washu ḽo ḓa khae nga ṅwaha wa 13 wa muvhuso wa Josiasi ṅwana wa Amoni khosi ya Juda, 3na musi hu tshi vhusa Jehoyakimu ṅwana wa Josiasi khosi ya Juda, u swika nga ṅwedzi wa vhuṱanu wa ṅwaha wa 11 wa muvhuso wa Tsedekia ṅwana wa Josiasi khosi ya Juda, musi vhathu vha Jerusalema vha tshi iswa vhuthubwani.
U vhidzwa ha Jeremia
4Ipfi ḽa Muṋe washu ḽo ḓa ha nṋe ḽa ri,
5“Ndi sa athu u vhumba muvhilini wa mme au
ndo vha ndo dzula ndo u nanga;
ndo u nangela mushumo wanga u sa athu bebwa;
ndo u khetha uri u yo ḓivhadza dzitshakha
zwine nda zwi funa.”
6Nṋe nda ri, “Yawee, Muṋe wa zwoṱhe Muṋe washu, a thi koni u amba, hufha ndi tshee muṱuku.”
7Huno Muṋe washu a mmbudza a ri, “U songo ri u kha ḓi vha muṱuku. Wo fanela u ya kha muṅwe na muṅwe ane nda u ruma khae, wa amba zwoṱhe zwe nda u vhudza. 8U songo vhuya wa vha ofha, Nṋe ndi na iwe, ndi ḓo u lamukisa. Ho amba Nṋe Yahavee!”
9Ndi hone Muṋe washu a tshi onyolosa tshanḓa tshawe, a kwama mulomo wanga, a ri, “Zwino ndo longa maipfi anga mulomoni wau. 10Vhona, ṋamusi ndo u vhea uri u lange dzitshakha na mivhuso; u ḓo tupula, wa pwashekanya, wa lozwa, wa thutha; u ḓo fhaṱa, wa ṱavha.”
Mabono mavhili
11Ipfi ḽa Muṋe washu ḽo ḓa ha nṋe ḽa ri, “Jeremia, u khou vhona mini?” Nṋe nda fhindula nda ri, “Ndi khou vhona davhi ḽa muri u no pfi Mulindi.”
12Muṋe washu a mmbudza a ri, “Wo zwi vhona zwavhuḓi. Ndo lindela u khunyeledza zwe nda amba.”
13Ipfi ḽa Muṋe washu ḽa dovha ḽa ḓa kha nṋe ḽa ri, “U khou vhona mini?” Nṋe nda fhindula nda ri, “Ndi khou vhona khali i vhilaho i tshi bva devhula yo tshingamela ngeno.”
14Muṋe washu a mmbudza a ri, “Hu ḓo ḓa khombo i tshi bva devhula ya shululelwa kha vhoṱhe vha tshilaho fhano shangoni. 15Ndi ḓo ṱuwa ndi tshi vhidza tshakha dzoṱhe dza mivhuso ya devhula. Mahosi adzo a ḓo ḓa a imisa khuluṋoni dzao mafhoroni a khoro dza Jerusalema, na u mona na mitsheṱo yawo, na miḓini yoṱhe ya Juda. 16Ndi ḓo haṱula vhathu vhanga nge vha tshinya nga u mpfuralela, nge vha fhisela miṅwe midzimu zwioro, vha luvha zwifanyiso zwe vha vhumba nga zwanḓa zwavho. 17Iwe ḓilugise! Takuwa u yo vha vhudza zwoṱhe zwine nda u vhudza. U songo vha ofha; arali wa vha ofha, Nṋe ndi ḓo u dzhenisa nyofho vha tshi zwi vhona. 18Ṋamusi ndo u ita muḓi wo tangwaho nga mitsheṱo, ndo u ita phuphu ya tsimbi, ndo u ita luvhondo lwa musinaseṱha lune lwa ḓo kunda shango ḽoṱhe – mahosi a Juda na vhahulwane vhalwo na vhotshifhe vhalwo na vhathu vha shango. 19Vha ḓo lwa na iwe vha si u kunde, ngauri Nṋe ndi na iwe, ndi ḓo u lamulela. Ho amba Nṋe Yahavee.”