Yeremiya 1:1-19
1 La ngamazwi kaYeremiya* unyana kaHilekiya, omnye wababingeleli baseAnatoti+ kwilizwe lakwaBhenjamin.
2 Ilizwi likaYehova lafika kuye ngemihla kaYosiya+ unyana ka-Amon,+ ukumkani wakwaYuda, ngonyaka we-13 wokulawula kwakhe.
3 Lafika nangemihla kaYehoyakim+ unyana kaYosiya ukumkani wakwaYuda, de kwasekupheleni konyaka we-11 kaZedekiya+ unyana kaYosiya ukumkani wakwaYuda. Laqhubeka lifika de kwathinjwa iYerusalem ngenyanga yesihlanu.+
4 Ilizwi likaYehova lafika kum, lisithi:
5 “Ndakwazi* ngaphambi kokuba ndikubumbe esiswini,+Ndakukhethela ukwenza umsebenzi ongcwele ngaphambi kokuba uzalwe.*+
Ndakwenza umprofeti ezintlangeni.”
6 Kodwa ndathi: “Awu, Nkosi enguMongami Yehova!
Andikwazi kuthetha,+ kuba ndiyinkwenkwe nje.”*+
7 UYehova wathi kum:
“Sukuthi, ‘Ndiyinkwenkwe nje.’
Kuba umele uye kubo bonke abantu endikuthuma kubo,Uthethe yonke into endikuyalela yona.+
8 Sukoyika indlela ababonakala ngayo,+Kuba ‘ndinawe ukuze ndikusindise,’+ utsho uYehova.”
9 Emva koko, uYehova wolula isandla sakhe wachukumisa umlomo wam.+ UYehova waphinda wathi: “Amazwi am ndiwabeke emlonyeni wakho.+
10 Uyabona, ndikunika igunya namhlanje lokuba ube phezu kweentlanga naphezu kwezizwe, ukuba uncothule yaye udilize, utshabalalise yaye uchithe, wakhe yaye utyale.”+
11 Laphinda lafika kum ilizwi likaYehova lisithi: “Ubona ntoni Yeremiya?” Mna ndathi: “Ndibona isebe lomthi wom-amangile.”*
12 UYehova wathi kum: “Ubone kakuhle, kuba ndihlala ndithe qwa ukuze ndiyenze into endiyithethileyo.”
13 Ilizwi likaYehova lafika okwesibini kum lisithi: “Ubona ntoni?” Mna ndathi: “Ndibona imbiza* ebilayo* esemlilweni, ibe umlomo wayo ufulathele elasemntla.”
14 UYehova wathi kum:
“Intlekele iza kuphuma emntlaIze kubo bonke abemi belizwe.+
15 ‘Kuba ndibiza zonke iintsapho zezizwe zasemntla,’ utsho uYehova,+‘Ibe ziza kuza; ngasinye sazo siza kubeka itrone yasoEzigeyithini zaseYerusalem,+Zihlasele zonke iindonga zayo, macala onkeNazo zonke izixeko zakwaYuda.+
16 Ndiza kubagweba ngenxa yabo bonke ububi babo,Kuba bandishiyile,+Yaye baqhumisa imibingelelo kwabanye oothixo+Ibe baqubuda kwizinto abazenze ngezandla zabo.’+
17 Wena ke ufanele ulungele umsebenzi,*Yaye umele uphakame uze uthethe kubo yonke into endikuyalela yona.
Sukungcangcazela ngenxa yabo,+Ukuze ndingakoyikisi phambi kwabo.
18 Kuba namhlanje ndikwenze isixeko esikhuselekileyo,Intsika yentsimbi neendonga zekopolo ukuze umelane nelizwe lonke,+Ookumkani bakwaYuda, iinkosana zelizwe,Ababingeleli belizwe nabantu balo.+
19 Nakanjani na baza kulwa nawe,Kodwa abazukukoyisa,Kuba ‘ndinawe,+ ukuze ndikusindise,’” utsho uYehova.
Umbhalo osemazantsi
^ Ekusenokwenzeka uthetha ukuthi “UYehova Uyaphakamisa.”
^ Okanye “Ndakukhetha.”
^ Ngokoqobo, “ngaphambi kokuba uphume esibelekweni.”
^ Okanye “ndisemncinci.”
^ Ngokoqobo, “isebe lomthi okwenza uthi qwa.”
^ Okanye “imbiza enomlomo omkhulu.”
^ Ngokoqobo, “evuthelwayo,” nto leyo ebonisa umlilo ophenjwayo.
^ Ngokoqobo, “ubhinqe esinqeni sakho.”
