Jeremiah 3 (BONCB)
1 “Indoda ingehlukana lomkayoayitshiye endele kwenye indoda,kufanele imbuyise futhi na?Kambe ilizwe lingeke langcoliswa kakhulukazi na?Kodwa wena usuphile njengesifebe esilezithandwa ezinengi,kambe khathesi ungabuyela kimi na?”kutsho UTHIXO. 2 “Khangela emiqolweni elugwadule ubone.Kungaphi lapho ongazange udlwangululwe khona?Emigwaqweni wahlala ulindele izithandwa,wahlala njengomhambuma enkangala.Ulingcolisile ilizwe ngobufebe bakholangobubi bakho. 3 Ngalokho imikhizo imisiwe,lezulu lentwasa kalinanga.Ikanti wena uziphethe okwesifebe,awulanhloni. 4 Kawungibizanga khathesi nje wathi,‘Baba, mngane wami kusukela ebutsheni bami, 5 uzahlala uzondile kokuphela na?Ulaka lwakho luzaqhubeka kokuphela na?’Le yindlela okhuluma ngayo,kodwa wenza konke okubi ongakwenza.” 6 Ekubuseni kwenkosi uJosiya, UTHIXO wathi kimi, “Ukubonile yini okwenziwe ngu-Israyeli ongathembekanga? Usekhwele phezu kwamaqaqa wonke aphakemeyo langaphansi kwezihlahla zonke eziluhlaza wafebela khona. 7 Ngacabanga ukuthi emva kokuba esenze konke lokhu uzaphinda eze kimi, kodwa kabuyanga, lodadewabo ongathembekanga uJuda wakubona lokho. 8 U-Israyeli ongathembekanga ngamnika incwadi yakhe yesehlukaniso ngamxotsha ngenxa yobufebe bakhe bonke. Kodwa ngabona ukuthi udadewabo ongathembekanga, uJuda, kesabanga, laye wasuka wayafeba. 9 Ngenxa yokuthi ububi buka-Israyeli babungatsho lutho kuye, wangcolisa ilizwe wakhonza amatshe lezihlahla. 10 Kukho konke lokhu, udadewabo ongathembekanga uJuda kabuyelanga kimi ngenhliziyo yakhe yonke, kodwa ngokuzenzisa nje kuphela,” kutsho UTHIXO. 11 UTHIXO wathi kimi, “U-Israyeli ongathembekanga ungcono kuloJuda ongelaqiniso. 12 Hamba, uyememezela ilizwi leli ngasenyakatho:‘Phenduka Israyeli ongathembekanga,’ kutsho UTHIXO,‘Kangisayikukuhwaqela futhi,ngoba ngilesihawu,’ kutsho UTHIXO.‘Kangiyikuthukuthela kokuphela. 13 Vuma icala lakho nje kuphela,wahlamukela UTHIXO uNkulunkulu wakho,uzihlakazelele kubonkulunkulu bezizweningaphansi kwezihlahla zonke eziluhlaza,njalo kawaze wangilalela,’ ”kutsho UTHIXO. 14 “Phendukani, bantu abangathembekanga,” kutsho UTHIXO, “ngoba ngingumyeni wenu. Ngizalikhetha, oyedwa edolobheni lababili emulini ngililethe eZiyoni. 15 Lapho-ke ngizalinika abelusi abathandwa yimi, abazalikhokhela ngokwazi langokuqedisisa. 16 Ngalezonsuku, ubunengi benu sebande kakhulu elizweni,” kutsho UTHIXO, “abantu kabasayikuthi, ‘Ibhokisi lesivumelwano SIKATHIXO.’ Kaliyikufika emicabangweni yabo kumbe likhunjulwe; kaliyikudingakala, njalo akuyikwenziwa elinye futhi. 17 Ngalesosikhathi iJerusalema bazalibiza ngokuthi yisiHlalo Sobukhosi SIKATHIXO, njalo izizwe zonke zizabuthana eJerusalema ukuba zihloniphe ibizo LIKATHIXO. Kabasayikulandela inkani yezinhliziyo zabo ezimbi. 18 Ngalezonsuku indlu kaJuda izahlangana leka-Israyeli, njalo ndawonye, zivela elizweni elisenyakatho, zizakuza elizweni engalinika okhokho benu ukuba libe yilifa labo. 19 Mina ngokwami ngathi,‘Kade ngingathaba kakhuluukuliphatha njengamadodana,ngilinike ilizwe elifunekayo,ilifa elihle kakhulu ezizweni zonke.’Bengicabanga ukuthi lizangibiza ngokuthi ‘Baba’njalo lingaphambuki ekungilandeleni. 20 Kodwa njengowesifazane ongathembekanga kumkakhe,ubungathembekanga kimi wena ndlu ka-Israyeli,”kutsho UTHIXO. 21 Ilizwi liyezwakala emiqolweni elugwadule,ukukhala lokuncenga kwabantu bako-Israyeli,ngoba izindlela zabo bazonilebakhohlwa LOTHIXO uNkulunkulu wabo. 22 “Phendukani, bantu abangathembekanga,ngizalelapha ukungathembeki kwenu.” “Yebo, sizakuza kuwe,ngoba UNGUTHIXO uNkulunkulu wethu. 23 Impela umsindo wokukhonza izithombe emaqaqenilasezintabeni uyinkohliso,ngempela KUTHIXO uNkulunkulu wethukulensindiso ka-Israyeli. 24 Kusukela ebutsheni bethu onkulunkulu abalihlazobadlile izithelo zamandla abobaba,imihlambi yezimvu zabo leyezinkomo zabo,amadodana abo lamadodakazi abo. 25 Kasilaleni phansi silenhloni,siphathwe lihlazo lethu.Ngoba sonile KUTHIXO uNkulunkulu wethu,thina sonke kanye labokhokho bethu;kusukela ebutsheni bethu kuze kube lamhla,kasimlalelanga UTHIXO uNkulunkulu wethu.”