UJeremiya 43:1-13
43 UJeremiya wathi eseqedile ukutshela bonke abantu wonke amazwi la avela kuJehova uNkulunkulu wabo, esebatshele konke uJehova uNkulunkulu wabo ayemthume ukuthi abatshele khona,
2 u-Azariya indodana kaHoshaya, loJohanani+ indodana kaKhareya, lawo wonke amadoda azikhukhumezayo athi kuJeremiya: “Ukhuluma amanga! UJehova uNkulunkulu wethu kakuthumanga ukuthi uzositshela ukuthi singayihlala eGibhithe.
3 Kodwa uBharukhi+ indodana kaNeriya, nguye othe usitshele konke lokhu ukuze sinikelwe kumaKhaledi asibulale, kumbe asithumbe asihambise eBhabhiloni.”+
4 Ngakho uJohanani indodana kaKhareya lazo zonke izinduna zamabutho kanye labantu bonke abalilalelanga ilizwi likaJehova elokuthi bahlale elizweni lakoJuda.
5 Kodwa uJohanani indodana kaKhareya lazo zonke izinduna zamabutho bathatha bonke abantu bakoJuda ababesele, labo ababebuye bazohlala elizweni lakoJuda bevela kuzo zonke izizwe ababesabalele kuzo.+
6 Bathatha amadoda, labesifazana, labantwana, lamadodakazi enkosi kanye labantu bonke ababetshiywe nguNebhuzaradani+ induna yabalindi kuGedaliya+ indodana ka-Ahikhamu+ indodana kaShafani.+ Bathatha loJeremiya umphrofethi loBharukhi indodana kaNeriya.
7 Abalilalelanga ilizwi likaJehova kodwa baya elizweni leGibhithe, bahamba baze bayafika eThahaphanesi.+
8 Ilizwi likaJehova laselifika kuJeremiya eThahaphanesi lathi:
9 “Thatha amatshe amakhulu uwafihle esitubhini sezitina esisemnyango wendlu kaFaro eThahaphanesi, ubusuwavala ngodaka. Wenze lokhu abantu bakoJuda bekhangele,
10 ubususithi kubo, ‘UJehova wamabutho, uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli uthi: “Ngizabiza inceku yami uNebhukhadinezari* inkosi yaseBhabhiloni+ njalo ngizabeka isihlalo sayo sobukhosi phezu kwamatshe la engiwafihlileyo. Izafaka itende layo lesikhosini phezu kwawo.+
11 UNebhukhadinezari uzabuya azohlasela ilizwe leGibhithe.+ Loba ngubani okumele abulawe yisifo esitshabalalisayo uzabulawa yiso, loba ngubani okumele athunjwe uzathunjwa, njalo loba ngubani okumele abulawe ngenkemba uzabulawa ngenkemba.+
12 Ngizathungela izindlu zabonkulunkulu* beGibhithe ngomlilo.+ UNebhukhadinezari uzatshisa izindlu zabo abathumbe. Uzazithandela ngelizwe leGibhithe angathi ngumelusi ezithandela ngesembatho sakhe futhi uzasuka lapho ahambe ngokuthula.*
13 Uzadiliza izinsika zeBhethi-shemeshi* eziselizweni leGibhithe futhi atshise izindlu zabonkulunkulu* beGibhithe ngomlilo.”’”
Amabala angaphansi
^ NgesiHebheru, “uNebhukhadirezari.” Le ngenye indlela ibizo lakhe elibhalwa ngayo.
^ Kumbe, “amathempeli abonkulunkulu.”
^ Kumbe, “engalimalanga.”
^ Kumbe, “zendlu yelanga; zethempeli lelanga.” Lapha kutshiwo iHeliyopholisi.
^ Kumbe, “amathempeli abonkulunkulu.”
