Jeremiya 38:1-28
38 BoShefathiya indvodzana yaMathani, naGedaliya indvodzana yaPhashuri, naJukhali+ indvodzana yaShelemiya kanye naPhashuri+ indvodzana yaMalkhiya beva ngalesikhatsi Jeremiya akhuluma nabo bonkhe bantfu, atsi:
2 “Naku Jehova lakushoko: ‘Umuntfu lotawuhlala kulelidolobha utawubulawa ngenkemba, abulawe yindlala kanye nesifo lesibulalako.+ Kodvwa loyo lotatinikela* kumaKhaledi utawuchubeka aphila, aphephise nekuphila kwakhe.’+
3 Jehova utsi: ‘Lelidolobha litawunikelwa ebutfweni lenkhosi yaseBhabhulona futsi italincoba.’”+
4 Tindvuna takhuluma nenkhosi Sedekiya tatsi: “Sicela ubulale lomuntfu,+ ngobe letintfo latishoko tiwacedza emandla* emasotja lasele kulelidolobha, futsi tibacedza emandla bonkhe labantfu. Lomuntfu akasifuneli lokuhle lesive, kepha ufuna sehlelwe yinhlekelele.”
5 INkhosi Sedekiya yaphendvula yatsi: “Bonani kutsi nimenta njani, ngobe kute inkhosi lengakwenta kuze inivimbe.”
6 Ngako batsatsa Jeremiya bamfaka emtfonjeni waMalkhiya indvodzana yenkhosi, futsi bamehlisa ngetintsambo. Lomtfombo bewuseBaleni Labogadzi.+ Bekute emanti kuwo kodvwa bekuneludzaka kuphela, ngako Jeremiya wabisha.
7 Ebedi-meleki+ lobekangumTopiya futsi ayindvuna* esigodlweni* senkhosi weva kutsi bebafake Jeremiya emtfonjeni. Ngaleso sikhatsi inkhosi beyihleti eGedeni lakaBhenjamini,+
8 ngako Ebedi-meleki waphuma esigodlweni* wayokhuluma nenkhosi, wafike watsi:
9 “Awu nkhosi yami, lamadvodza ente intfo lembi kakhulu kumphrofethi Jeremiya! Amjikijele emtfonjeni futsi utawubulawa yindlala ngobe sekute sinkhwa kulelidolobha.”+
10 Ngako inkhosi yabese ikhuluma na-Ebedi-meleki umTopiya yatsi: “Tsatsa emadvodza langu-30 futsi nihambe niyokhipha umphrofethi Jeremiya kulomtfombo asengakafi.”
11 Ebedi-meleki watsatsa lamadvodza waya nawo esigodlweni* senkhosi, endzaweni lengephansi kwalapho kugcinwa khona umcebo.+ Bafike batsatsa emanikiniki kanye netidvwedvwe, futsi bakwehlisela kulomtfombo ngetintsambo kwaya kuJeremiya.
12 Ngemuva kwaloko, Ebedi-meleki umTopiya wakhuluma naJeremiya watsi: “Ngicela ufake lamanikiniki naletidvwedvwe emakhwapheni akho kuze letintsambo tingakulimati.” Jeremiya wenta kanjalo,
13 futsi bamdvonsa ngaletintsambo, bamkhipha kulomtfombo. Jeremiya wachubeka ahleli eBaleni Labogadzi.+
14 INkhosi Sedekiya yatsi akulandvwe umphrofethi Jeremiya ete kuyo egedeni lesitsatfu lelisendlini yaJehova. Inkhosi yase ikhuluma naJeremiya itsi: “Kunentfo lengifuna kukubuta yona. Ngicela ungangifihleli lutfo.”
15 Jeremiya wabese ukhuluma naSedekiya watsi: “Nangingakhuluma, wena utangibulala. Nangingakweluleka, wena angeke ungilalele.”
16 Ngako iNkhosi Sedekiya yafunga kuJeremiya ngasense yatsi: “Ngifunga Jehova Nkulunkulu lophilako, loyo losinike kuphila. Angeke ngikubulale futsi angeke ngikunikele esandleni salamadvodza lafuna kukubulala.”
17 Jeremiya wabese ukhuluma naSedekiya watsi: “Naku lokushiwo nguJehova Nkulunkulu wemabutfo, longuNkulunkulu wema-Israyeli: ‘Nangabe utinikela* etindvuneni tenkhosi yaseBhabhulona angeke ubulawe, nalelidolobha angeke lishiswe futsi wena kanye nemndeni wakho nitawuchubeka niphila.+
18 Kodvwa nangabe ungatinikeli* etindvuneni tenkhosi yaseBhabhulona, lelidolobha litawunikelwa kumaKhaledi, atalishisa ngemlilo+ futsi wena angeke uphunyule esandleni sawo.’”+
19 INkhosi Sedekiya yabese itsi kuJeremiya: “Ngesaba emaJuda langihlamukile aya kumaKhaledi, ngobe nakungenteka nginikelwe kuwo angangiphatsa kabi.”
20 Kodvwa Jeremiya watsi: “Angeke unikelwe kuwo. Ngicela ulalele lelivi laJehova lengikutjela lona, nawenta njalo tintfo titakuhambela kahle futsi utawuchubeka uphila.
21 Kodvwa nangabe ungeke utinikele,* kutawenteka naku Jehova langikhombise kona:
22 Bonkhe bafati labasele esigodlweni* senkhosi yakaJuda batawuletfwa etindvuneni tenkhosi yaseBhabhulona,+ futsi batsi:
‘Lamadvodza lowetsembile* akukhohlisile futsi akwehlulile.+
Ente kutsi ubishe eludzakeni.
Nyalo sewakushiyile.’
23 “Bonkhe bafati bakho nemadvodzana akho batawumikiswa kumaKhaledi, futsi nawe angeke uphunyule kuwo, kodvwa utawutsatfwa yinkhosi yaseBhabhulona,+ nalelidolobha litawushiswa ngemlilo ngenca yakho.”+
24 Sedekiya wabese utsi kuJeremiya: “Ungatjeli muntfu ngaloku lebesikhuluma ngako, ngale kwaloko utawufa.
25 Nakwenteka letindvuna tiva kutsi ngikhulume nawe futsi tite kuwe tifike titsi: ‘Sicela usitjele kutsi utsiteni enkhosini. Ungasifihleli lutfo, futsi angeke sikubulale.+ Itsiteni inkhosi kuwe?’
26 ubotiphendvula utsi: ‘Bengicela inkhosi kutsi ingangibuyiseli endlini yaJehonathani kuze ngingafeli khona.’”+
27 Ngekuhamba kwesikhatsi, tonkhe letindvuna teta kuJeremiya futsi tamhloma imibuto. Watitjela konkhe loko inkhosi beyitsite akusho. Letindvuna tabese tiyayekela kumbuta ngobe kute ngisho namunye lobekevile ngesikhatsi Jeremiya akhuluma nenkhosi.
28 Jeremiya wachubeka ahleli eBaleni Labogadzi+ kwaze kwaba lilanga iJerusalema leyancotjwa ngalo; abesolo akhona lapho ngesikhatsi iJerusalema incotjwa.+
Imibhalo lengentansi
^ NgesiHebheru kutsi, “lotakuya.”
^ NgesiHebheru kutsi, “tenta tandla tibe butsakatsaka.”
^ NgesiHebheru kutsi, “angumtsenwa.” Fundza Tinchazelo Temagama.
^ Nobe “endlini.”
^ Nobe “endlini.”
^ Nobe “endlini.”
^ NgesiHebheru kutsi, “uya.”
^ NgesiHebheru kutsi, “ungeke uye.”
^ NgesiHebheru kutsi, “uye.”
^ NgesiHebheru kutsi, “Lamadvodza lonekuthula nawo.”
^ Nobe “endlini.”
