Jeremiah 9 (BONCB)

1 Awu, sengathi ngabe ikhanda lami lingumthombo wamanzi,lamehlo ami angumthombo wezinyembezi!Kade ngizakhala emini lebusukungikhalela abantu bami ababuleweyo. 2 Awu, sengathi ngabe enkangalangilendawo engahlala izihambi,ukuba ngisuke ebantwini bamingisuke kubo,ngoba bonke bayizifebe,ixuku labantu abangathembekanga. 3 “Benza izindimi zabo zilungenjengesavutha ukuba batshoke amanga,ukuthi bayanqoba elizweniakusikho ngeqiniso.Basuka kokunye ukona baye kokunye;kabangamukeli,”kutsho UTHIXO. 4 “Qaphela abangane bakho,ungabathembi abafowenu.Ngoba wonke umfowenu ungumkhohlisi,njalo wonke umngane ungumhlebi. 5 Umngane ukhohlisa umngane,njalo kakho okhuluma iqiniso.Sebafundisa izindimi zabo ukuqamba amanga,bayazidinisa ngokona. 6 Lihlala phakathi kwenkohliso,ngenkohliso yabo bayala ukungamukela,”kutsho UTHIXO. 7 Ngakho UTHIXO uSomandla uthi:“Khangelani, ngizabacolisa ngibahlole,ngoba kuyini okunye engingakwenzangenxa yesono sabantu bami? 8 Ulimi lwabo lungumtshoko olobuthi,lukhuluma inkohliso.Lowo lalowo ukhuluma kuhle kubomakhelwane bakhe,kodwa enhliziyweni zabo bebathiya ngemijibila. 9 Kakufanele ngibajezisele lokhu na?”kubuza UTHIXO.“Kakufanele ngiphindiseleesizweni esinjengalesi na?” 10 Ngizakhala ngililele izintabangibuye ngililele lamadlelo asenkangala.Atshabalele njalo kakho ohambela kuwo,lokubhonsa kwezinkomo akuzwakali.Izinyoni zasemoyeni sezibalekile,lezinyamazana kazisekho. 11 “IJerusalema ngizalenza libe yinqumbi yonxiwa,isikhundla samakhanka,njalo ngizawadiliza amadolobho akoJudaukuze kungabikhona ohlala kuwo.” 12 Nguphi umuntu ohlakaniphileyo ukuba akuzwisise lokhu? Ngubani ofundiswe NGUTHIXO ongakuchaza? Kungani ilizwe litshabalalisiwe lachithwa njengenkangala ukuze kungadluli muntu kulo? 13 UTHIXO wathi, “Kungenxa yokuthi sebelahle umthetho wami engababekela wona; kabangilalelanga, lomthetho wami kabawulandelanga. 14 Esikhundleni salokho, bona balandele ubulukhuni bezinhliziyo zabo; balandele oBhali, njengokufundiswa kwabo ngoyise.” 15 Ngakho-ke, UTHIXO uSomandla, uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli uthi: “Khangelani, abantu laba ngizabadlisa ukudla okubabayo ngibanathise lamanzi alobuthi. 16 Ngizabahlakazela ezizweni bona kanye laboyise abangazange bazazi, njalo ngizabalandela ngenkemba ngize ngibaqede du.” 17 UTHIXO uSomandla uthi:“Cabangani khathesi! Bizani abesifazane abalilayo beze,libize labo abalobuciko obumangalisayo. 18 Kabeze ngokuphangisa,bazesililela amehlo ethu aze ehlise inyembezilempophoma zamanzi zigeleze,ziphuma enkopheni zethu.” 19 Ilizwi lokukhala liyezwakala livela eZiyoni:“Yeka kunganani ukuchithakala kwethu!Yeka ubukhulu behlazo lethu!Kumele sisuke elizweni lethungoba izindlu zethu zidiliziwe.” 20 Khathesi, lina abesifazane, zwanini ilizwi LIKATHIXO,vulani indlebe zenu lizwe amazwi omlomo wakhe.Fundisani amadodakazi enu ukulila,lifundisane amazwi okukhala. 21 Ukufa kukhwele kwangena ngamafastela ethu,njalo kungenile lasezinqabeni zethu,sekususe abantwana emigwaqwenikanye lamajaha ezindaweni zikazulu. 22 Tshono uthi, UTHIXO uthi,“ ‘izidumbu zabafileyo zizalalanjengezibi egangeni,njengamabele aqunywe ngemva kovunayo,okungekho ozawabutha.’ ” 23 UTHIXO uthi:“Ohlakaniphileyo kangazincomi ngokuhlakanipha kwakhe,loba indoda elamandla izincome ngamandla ayo,loba indoda enothileyo izincome ngenotho yayo, 24 kodwa lowo ozincomayo,kazincome ngokuthi uyaqedisisa njalo uyangazi,ukuthi mina NGINGUTHIXO, osebenzisa umusa,imfanelo lokulunga emhlabeni,ngoba lezizinto ziyangithokozisa,”kutsho UTHIXO. 25 UTHIXO uthi, “Insuku ziyeza, lapho engizabajezisa khona bonke abasoke enyameni kuphela, 26 iGibhithe, loJuda, lo-Edomi, lo-Amoni loMowabi labo bonke abahlala enkangala ezindaweni ezikhatshana. Ngoba izizwe zonke lezi kazisokanga, njalo lendlu yonke ka-Israyeli kayisokanga enhliziyweni.”

Jeremiah 9 (BONCB)

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