OJeremiya noHananiya
1Kwathi ngawona lowo mnyaka ekuqaleni kokubusa kukaSedekiya inkosi yakwaJuda ngomnyaka wesine, ngenyanga yesihlanu, uHananiya indodana ka-Azuri, umprofethi waseGibeyoni, wakhuluma kimi endlini kaJehova phambi kwabapristi nabantu bonke, wathi: 2“Usho kanje uJehova Sebawoti, uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, uthi: ‘Ngilaphulile ijoka lenkosi yaseBabele. 3Ingakapheli iminyaka emibili ngiyakubuyisela kule ndawo zonke izitsha zendlu kaJehova azithatha kule ndawo uNebukadinesari, inkosi yaseBabele, waziyisa eBabele, 4ngibuyisele kule ndawo futhi uJekoniya indodana kaJehoyakimi, inkosi yakwaJuda, nabo bonke abathunjwa bakwaJuda abaya eBabele,’ usho uJehova, ‘ngokuba ngiyakulaphula ijoka lenkosi yaseBabele.’ ”
5Kepha umprofethi uJeremiya wathi kumprofethi uHananiya phambi kwabapristi, nabantu bonke ababemi endaweni kaJehova, 6yebo, umprofethi uJeremiya wathi: “Amen, makenze njalo uJehova, awaqinise amazwi akho owaprofethayo, kubuyiswe izitsha zendlu kaJehova nabo bonke abathunjwa eBabele, kulethwe kule ndawo. 7Kepha mawuzwe leli zwi engilikhuluma ezindlebeni zakho nasezindlebeni zabantu bonke ngokuthi: 8Abaprofethi ababengaphambi kwami nangaphambi kwakho kusukela endulo baprofetha ngamazwe amaningi nangemibuso eminingi, ngezimpi, nangokubi, nangesifo. 9Umprofethi oprofetha ngokuthula uyakwaziwa, lapho seligcwalisiwe izwi lomprofethi, uma engumprofethi uJehova amthumileyo impela.”
10Umprofethi uHananiya wayeselisusa ijoka entanyeni yomprofethi uJeremiya, walaphula. 11UHananiya wayesesho phambi kwabo bonke abantu, wathi: “Usho kanje uJehova, uthi: ‘Kanjalo ngiyakulaphula ijoka likaNebukadinesari, inkosi yaseBabele ingakapheli iminyaka emibili entanyeni yezizwe zonke.’ ” Kepha umprofethi uJeremiya wahamba indlela yakhe.
12Lase lifika izwi likaJehova kuJeremiya, uHananiya umprofethi eselaphulile ijoka entanyeni yomprofethi uJeremiya, lithi: 13“Hamba usho kuHananiya, uthi: ‘Usho kanje uJehova, uthi: Uwaphulile amajoka omuthi, kepha uyakwenza amajoka ensimbi esikhundleni sawo. 14Ngokuba usho kanje uJehova Sebawoti, uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, uthi: Ngibeke ijoka lensimbi entanyeni yazo zonke lezi zizwe ukuba zimkhonze uNebukadinesari inkosi yaseBabele; yebo, ziyakumkhonza; futhi ngimnike nezilwane zasendle.’ ”
15Wayesethi umprofethi uJeremiya kuHananiya umprofethi: “Mawuzwe, Hananiya; uJehova kakuthumanga, kepha wena wenza laba bantu ukuba bethembe amanga. 16Ngalokho usho kanje uJehova, uthi: ‘Bheka, ngiyakukuxosha ebusweni bomhlaba, ufe nonyaka, ngokuba ukhulume ukuhlubuka kuJehova.’ ”
17Wafa-ke uHananiya umprofethi ngawona lowo mnyaka ngenyanga yesikhombisa.
