Isilumkiso sikaNdikhoyo
1Lavakala kum ilizwi *likaNdikhoyo lisithi: 2“Uze ungakhe uzeke mfazi, uzale oonyana neentombi kule ndawo. 3Ngokusingisele koonyana neentombi zalapha, kunye noonina nooyise babo, utsho uNdikhoyo ukuthi: 4‘Baza kufa zizifo ezibulalayo, bangazilelwa, bangangcwatywa nokungcwatywa. Izidumbu zabo ziya kudunduluza emadlelweni okwamalongwe. Baza kufa likrele okanye yindlala, baxholwe ziintaka, badliwe nangamarhamncwa.’ ”
5Ewe, utsho uNdikhoyo kum ukuthi: “Ungaze ungene kumzi apho kuqhutywa isiko lokuzila. Ungazileli okanye ukhuze namnye umntu. Kaloku ndilususile kwaba bantu uxolo lwam; andisayi kuba nanceba nabubele kubo.” Lowo ngumlomo kaNdikhoyo. 6“Abaphakamileyo nabaphantsi baza kufa ngokufanayo. Abayi kulilelwa, bengazi kungcwatywa nokungcwatywa. Akukho mntu uya kuziqaphula noya kucheba intloko ngenxa yabo. 7Akukho bani oya kumnika ukutya evelana naye oswelekelweyo, nditsho nokuba selebhujelwe ngunina okanye uyise. Ewe, akayi kusezwa nethontsi eli.
8“Uze ungangeni kumzi onesidlo, ungahlali phantsi utye usele kunye nabo.” 9Kaloku utsho uNdikhoyo onamandla onke, uThixo kaSirayeli, ukuthi: “Ndiza kuyiphelisa loo ntswahla yemigcobo neziyolo, nditsho ilizwi lomtshakazi nelomyeni. Oko nokubona ngawenu amehlo kule mihla yenu.
10“Wakuba uwavakalisile onke la mazwi, abantu baza kubhekisa kuwe besithi: ‘Kungani na ukuba uNdikhoyo asimisele intlekele engaka? Buyini na ubugwenxa bethu? Siyini na isono sethu esimone ngaso uNdikhoyo uThixo wethu?’ 11Uze wena ubaphendule uthi: ‘Kungenxa yokuba ooyihlo-mkhulu bandishiya, balandela oothixo basemzini, babakhonza, baqubuda kubo. Mna bandifulathela, abawuthobela umyalelo wam.’ Lowo ngumlomo kaNdikhoyo. 12‘Kodwa nina niziphethe kakubi nabadlula ookhokho benu: nako elowo elandela ukuqaqadeka kwentliziyo yakhe ekhohlakeleyo endaweni yokuba andiphulaphule mna. 13Ndiza kunikhupha kulo mhlaba, ndinise kwilizwe eningalaziyo nina kunye nooyihlo. Apho nonqula *thixo bambi imini nobusuku, kuba andiyi kunisizela konke mna.’ ”
Ukubuya ekuthinjweni
14Nguwo lo umlomo *kaNdikhoyo: “Inene, iyeza imihla ekungayi kuba safungwa kuthiwe: ‘Ekho nje uNdikhoyo owakhulula amaSirayeli eJiputa.’ 15Koko baza kuthi: ‘Ekho nje uNdikhoyo owakhulula amaSirayeli kumhlaba wangasentla nakwamanye amazwe awayewagxothele kuwo.’ Ndiza kuwabuyisela kowawo umhlaba endawunika ooyise-mkhulu.”
Isohlwayo
16Nguwo lo umlomo *kaNdikhoyo: “Niyabona, ndiza kuthumela abalobi beentlanzi abaninzi, baze kubambisa aba bantu, emva koko ndithumele abazingeli abaninzi babazingele kuzo zonke iinduli nakuzo zonke iintaba, nasezimfanteni zamawa. 17Ndiyayibona into abayenzayo; akukho nto isitheleyo kum; ndiyabubona bonke ubugwenxa babo. 18Kuqala ndobabuyekeza ngokuphinda-phindiweyo ngenxa yobugwenxa babo nesono sabo, kuba baxabhele umhlaba olilifa lam ngoonomgogwana bezithixo zabo ezingamasikizi alizothe.”
Ithemba likaJeremiya
19*Ndikhoyo, mandla am, nqaba yam,
mkhuseli wam ngamaxesha eembandezelo,
ziya kuza kuwe iintlanga,
zivela eziphelweni zehlabathi,
zifike zithi:
“Inene, oobawo babebambelele kwizinto zobuxoki,
bekhonza oothixo abangamampunge, abangancedi lutho.”
20Kakade umntu angazenzela uthixo?
Hayi bo! Into enjalo ayinakuze ibe nguThixo.
21Ke ngoko uNdikhoyo uthi:
“Niyabona, ngesi sihlandlo ndiza kubafundisa,
ndibazise amandla am nokomelela kwam,
bandazi ukuba ndinguNdikhoyo igama lam.”
