UGWA­LO LO­MPRO­FE­THI

UJE­RE­MI­YA

Ubi­zo lu­ka­Je­re­mi­ya

1Ama­zwi ka­Je­re­mi­ya, indo­da­na ka­Hi­li­khi­ya wa­ba­pri­stia aba­be­seA­na­tho­thi eli­zwe­ni la­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni;b

2 okwa­fi­ka ku­ye ili­zwi le­Nko­si ensu­kwi­ni zi­ka­Jo­si­yac indo­da­na kaA­mo­ni, inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da, ngo­mnya­ka we­tshu­mi la­nta­thu wo­ku­bu­sa kwa­khe.d

3 La­fi­ka fu­thi ensu­kwi­ni zi­ka­Je­ho­ya­khi­mi indo­da­na ka­Jo­si­ya, inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da,e kwa­ze kwa­ba se­ku­phe­le­ni ko­mnya­ka we­tshu­mi la­nyef ka­Ze­de­khi­ya indo­da­na ka­Jo­si­ya,g inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da, kwa­ze kwa­ba se­ku­thu­njwe­ni kwe­Je­ru­sa­le­mah enya­nge­ni ye­si­hla­nu.ij

4 Kwa­se­ku­fi­ka ki­mi ili­zwi le­Nko­si li­si­thi:

5 Ngi­nga­ka­ku­bu­mbi esi­swi­nik nga­kwa­zi,l nja­lo unga­ka­phu­mi esi­za­lwe­nim nga­kwe­hlu­ka­ni­sa;n nga­ku­be­ka wa­ba ngu­mpro­fe­thio ezi­zwe­ni.p

6 Nga­se­ngi­si­thi: Ha­wu Nko­si Je­ho­va! Kha­nge­la, angi­kwa­zi uku­khu­lu­ma,q ngo­ba ngi­ngu­mntwa­na.r

7 Ko­dwa iNko­si ya­thi ki­mi: Unga­tsho uku­thi: Ngi­ngu­mntwa­na; ngo­ba uza­ku­ya ku­bo bo­nke engi­ku­thu­ma ku­bo, la­kho ko­nke engi­ku­la­ya kho­na uza­ku­khu­lu­ma.s

8 Unge­sa­bi ubu­so ba­bo,tu ngo­ba mi­na ngi­la­wevwx uku­ko­phu­la,y itsho iNko­si.

9 INko­si ya­si­se­lu­la isa­ndla sa­yo,z ya­thi­nta umlo­mo wa­mi;a iNko­si ya­si­si­thi ki­mi: Kha­nge­la, ngi­be­ki­le ama­zwi ami emlo­nye­ni wa­kho.b

10 Bo­na, ngi­ku­be­ki­le la­mu­hla phe­zu kwe­zi­zwe la­phe­zu kwe­mi­bu­so,c uku­si­phu­na, lo­ku­di­li­za, lo­ku­bhu­bhi­sa, lo­ku­pho­se­la pha­nsi, ukwa­kha, lo­ku­hla­nye­la.d

11 Ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­se­li­fi­ka ki­mi li­si­thi: Ubo­na­ni, Je­re­mi­ya? Nga­se­ngi­si­thi: Ngi­bo­na uswa­zi lwe­si­hla­hla se-a­li­mo­ndi*.e

12 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ki­mi: Ubo­ne ku­hle, ngo­ba ngi­za­li­nda ili­zwi la­mi uku­ze ngi­le­nze.

13 Nja­lo ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­fi­ka ki­mi ngo­kwe­si­bi­li li­si­thi: Ubo­na­ni? Nga­se­ngi­si­thi: Ngi­bo­na imbi­zaf ebi­la­yo,g nja­lo ubu­so ba­yo bu­nga­se­nya­ka­tho.h

14 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ki­mi: Oku­bi ku­za­qu­tshu­lwa ku­ve­la enya­ka­thoi phe­zu kwa­bo bo­nke aba­khi­le­yo be­li­zwe.

15 Ngo­ba kha­nge­la, ngi­bi­za insa­pho zo­nke ze­mi­bu­soj ye­nya­ka­tho,k itsho iNko­si; nja­lo zi­za­fi­ka, zi­mi­se nga­si­nye isi­hla­lo sa­lo so­bu­kho­si e­ku­nge­neni kwa­ma­sa­ngo eJe­ru­sa­le­ma,l zi­me­le­ne le­mi­du­li ya­yo yo­nke inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke, zi­me­le­ne le­mi­zi yo­nke ya­ko­Ju­da.

16 Ngi­za­khu­lu­ma izi­gwe­bo za­mi zi­me­le­ne la­bo nge­nxa ya­bo bo­nke ubu­bi ba­bo,m aba­ngi­de­li­le­yo,no ba­tshi­se­la aba­nye onku­lu­nku­lu impe­pha,pq ba­kho­nza imi­se­be­nzi ye­za­ndla za­bo.r

17 We­na-ke, bo­pha ukha­lo lwa­kho,s usu­ku­me, ukhu­lu­me ki­bo ko­nke mi­na engi­ku­la­ya kho­na.t Unge­thu­ki nge­nxa yo­bu­so ba­bo,u hle­zi ngi­kwe­thu­se pha­mbi kwa­bo.

18 Ngo­ba kha­nge­la, mi­na ngi­ku­be­ki­le la­mu­hlav ube ngu­mu­zi ovi­ke­lwe­yo,wx nja­lo ube yi­nsi­ka ye­nsi­mbi,y nja­lo ube yi­mi­du­li ye­thu­si,z uku­me­la­na le­li­zwe lo­nke, uku­me­la­na la­ma­kho­si ako­Ju­da, uku­me­la­na le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­yo, uku­me­la­na la­ba­pri­sti ba­yo, lo­ku­me­la­na la­ba­ntu be­li­zwe.

19 Nja­lo ba­za­ku­lwa be­me­le­ne la­we; ko­dwa ka­ba­yi­ku­kwe­hlu­la;a ngo­ba ngi­la­we, itsho iNko­si, uku­ko­phu­la.bc

Uku­hla­mu­ka ku­kaI­sra­ye­li

2La­se­li­fi­ka ki­mi ili­zwi le­Nko­si li­si­thi:

2 Ha­mba uye­me­me­ze­la endle­be­ni ze­Je­ru­sa­le­ma usi­thi: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Ngi­ya­ku­khu­mbu­la, umu­sa wo­bu­tsha ba­kho,a utha­ndo lo­ku­ga­nwa kwa­kho,b uku­ngi­la­nde­la kwa­kho enka­nga­la,c eli­zwe­ni e­li­nga­hla­nye­lwa­nga.d

3 UI­sra­ye­li wa­ye­yi­bu­ngcwe­le eNko­si­ni,e izi­the­lo zo­ku­qa­la ze­si­vu­no sa­yo;f bo­nke aba­mu­dla­yo ba­za­ku­ba le­ca­la,g ubu­bi bu­za­be­hle­la,h itsho iNko­si.

4 Zwa­ni­ni ili­zwi le­Nko­si, ndlu ka­Ja­ko­be, le­nse­ndo zo­nke ze­ndlu kaI­sra­ye­li.

5 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Yi­bu­bi ba­ni oyi­hlo aba­bu­tho­la ki­mi, uku­ze ba­ye kha­tsha­na la­mi,i ba­la­nde­lej oku­yi­ze,k ba­be yi­ze?lm

6 Nja­lo ka­ba­tsho­ngo uku­thi: Inga­phi iNko­si eya­se­nyu­sa eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the,n eya­si­kho­khe­la enka­nga­la,o eli­zwe­ni eli­la­ma­gwa­du­lep le­li­le­mi­go­di,q eli­zwe­nir lo­ko­ma,s le­le­thu­nzi lo­ku­fa,t eli­zwe­ni umu­ntu anga­li­da­bu­la­nga, la­la­pho oku­nga­hla­la­nga mu­ntu kho­na?

7 Nja­lo nga­li­le­tha eli­zwe­ni eli­vu­ndi­le­yo,u uku­ze li­dle izi­the­lo za­lo lo­ku­hle kwa­lo;v ko­dwa se­li­nge­ni­le la­li­ngco­li­sa ili­zwe la­mi, le­nza ili­fa la­mi la­ba yi­si­ne­ngi­so.w

8 Aba­pri­sti ka­ba­tsho­ngo uku­thi: Inga­phi iNko­si? La­la­bo aba­pha­tha umla­yo ka­ba­nga­za­nga;x la­ba­bu­si ba­pha­mbu­ka be­me­le­ne la­mi;y la­ba­pro­fe­thi ba­pro­fe­tha ngo­Bha­li,z ba­la­nde­la izi­nto e­zi­nga­si­zi­yo.a

9 Nga­kho ngi­se­za­phi­ki­sa­na la­we,b itsho iNko­si, nja­lo ngi­za­phi­ki­sa­na la­ba­ntwa­na ba­ba­ntwa­na be­nu.c

10 Ngo­ba dlu­le­la­ni ezi­hle­nge­nid ze­Khi­thi­mie li­bo­ne, li­thu­me­le e­Ke­da­ri,f li­na­ka­ne ku­hle, li­bo­ne uku­thi ku­kho­na into enje­nga­le yi­ni?

11 Isi­zwe sa­ke sa­ntshi­ntsha yi­ni onku­lu­nku­lu ba­so,g aba­nge­yi­si­bo onku­lu­nku­lu?h Ko­dwa aba­ntu ba­mi ba­ntshi­ntshi­le uDu­mo lwa­boi ngalo­kho o­ku­nga­si­zi lu­tho.j

12 Ma­nga­la­ni ka­khu­lu, ma­zu­lu,k nga­lo­khu, le­thu­ke, li­chi­the­ke ka­khu­lu, itsho iNko­si.

13 Ngo­ba aba­ntu ba­mi be­nzi­le izi­nto ezi­mbi ezi­mbi­li; ba­ngi­de­li­lelm mi­na mtho­mbono wa­ma­nzi aphi­la­yo,p uku­thi ba­zi­ge­bhe­le izi­kho­ngo­ze­lo, izi­kho­ngo­ze­lo ezi­da­bu­ki­le­yo, ezi­nge­gci­ne ma­nzi.

14 UI­sra­ye­li uyi­si­gqi­li yi­ni?q ku­mbe esi­ze­lwe ekha­ya yi­ni?r Ku­nga­ni wa­ba yi­mpa­ngo?

15 Ama­bho­ngo ezi­lwa­ne abho­nge­le phe­zu kwa­khe,s akhu­pha ili­zwi la­wo, enza ili­zwe la­khe la­ba yi­nci­tha­ka­lo;t imi­zi ya­khe itshi­si­weu inge­la­mhla­li.vw

16 Fu­thi aba­ntwa­na be­No­fix le­Tha­ha­pha­ne­siy ba­dle­le enka­nda ya­kho.

17 Ka­wu­ze­nze­la­nga lo­khu yi­ni,z ngo­ku­thi ude­le iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho,a nge­si­kha­thi iku­kho­khe­la endle­le­ni?b

18 Kha­the­si-ke ula­ni le­ndle­la ye­Gi­bhi­the,c uku­thi una­the ama­nzi eSi­ho­ri?d Fu­thi ula­ni le­ndle­la yeA­si­ri­ya,e uku­thi una­the ama­nzi omfu­la?f

19 Ubu­bi ba­kho bu­za­ku­la­ya,g lo­ku­hle­hle­la kwa­kho nyo­va­ne ku­za­ku­khu­za.h Nga­kho ya­zi ubo­ne uku­thi ku­bi nja­lo ku­bu­hlu­ngui uku­thi uyi­de­li­le iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho,j lo­ku­thi uku­nge­sa­ba ka­ku­kho ku­we, itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­va wa­ma­ba­ndla.

20 Ngo­ba kwa­se­ndu­lo nge­phu­la ijo­gwe la­kho,k nga­qa­mu­la izi­bo­pho za­kho;l wa­su­si­thi: Ka­ngi­yi­ku­kho­nza; ko­dwa phe­zu kwa­lo lo­nke uqa­qa olu­pha­ke­me­yo la­nga­pha­nsi kwa­so so­nke isi­hla­hla esi­lu­hla­zamn wa­zu­la­zu­lao nje­nge­si­fe­be.pq

21 Ku­be ka­nti mi­na nga­ku­hla­nye­la,r uli­vi­ni eli­hle,s inhla­nye­lo ethe­mbe­ki­le­yo ngo­ku­phe­le­le­yo. Pho, usu­phe­ndu­ke nja­ni wa­ba lu­ga­tsha olo­na­ke­le­yo lwe­vi­ni le­mzi­ni ki­mi?t

22 Ngo­ba la­nxa uge­zau nge­so­da*,v uzi­tha­the­le ise­pa ene­ngi,w ka­nti ubu­bi ba­kho bu­be li­cha­tha pha­mbi kwa­mi,x itsho iNko­si uJe­ho­va.

23 Unga­tsho nja­ni uku­thi: Ka­ngi­ngco­la­nga,y ka­ngi­la­nde­la­nga oBha­li? Bo­na indle­la ya­kho esi­go­di­ni,z wa­zi uku­thi we­nze­ni, ka­me­la eli­si­ka­zi eli­le­ju­ba­nea eli­zu­la­zu­la e­zi­ndle­leni za­lo.b

24 Ungu­ba­bhe­mi we­ga­ngacd o­we­jwa­ye­le inka­nga­la, o­phe­mbe­la umo­ya enka­nu­kwe­ni ye­nhli­zi­yo ya­khe.e Ngu­ba­ni onga­mvi­mbe­la e­nka­nu­kwe­ni ya­khe?f Bo­nke aba­mdi­nga­yo ka­ba­yi­ku­zi­di­ni­sa; nge­nya­nga ya­khe ba­za­mtho­la.g

25 Nqa­nda unya­wo lwa­kho eku­nga­bi­ni ngo­lu­nge­la­si­ca­thu­lo,h lo­mphi­mbo wa­kho eko­me­ni;i ko­dwa we­na wa­thi:j Ka­ku­la­the­mba;k ha­tshi; ngo­ba nga­tha­nda abe­mzi­ni,l nja­lo ngi­za­ba­la­nde­la.

26 Nje­nge­se­la li­le­nhlo­ni la­pho se­li­ba­nji­we, ngo­ku­nja­lo indlu kaI­sra­ye­li ile­nhlo­ni, bo­na, ama­kho­si abo, izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­bo, la­ba­pri­sti ba­bo, la­ba­pro­fe­thi ba­bo,m

27 be­si­thi esi­go­dwe­ni: We­na ungu­ba­ba; le­li­tshe­ni:n We­na wa­ngi­za­la. Ngo­ba ba­phe­ndu­le­le umhla­na ki­mi, ha­tshi-ke ubu­so; ko­dwa nge­si­kha­thio so­ku­hlu­phe­ka kwa­bo ba­za­ku­thi: Su­ku­ma, usi­si­ndi­se!p

28 Ko­dwa ba­nga­phi onku­lu­nku­lu ba­kho oze­nze­le bo­na?q Ka­ba­su­ku­me uba be­nga­ku­si­ndi­sar nge­si­kha­thi so­bu­bi ba­kho;s ngo­ba nje­nge­na­ni le­mi­zi ya­kho ba­nga­ko onku­lu­nku­lu ba­kho, Ju­da.t

29 Li­phi­ki­sa­ne­la­ni la­mi? Lo­nke li­pha­mbe­ki­le ki­mi,u itsho iNko­si.

30 Ngi­ba­tsha­yi­le aba­ntwa­na be­nuv nge­ze; ka­be­mu­ke­la­nga uku­qo­ndi­swa; inke­mba ye­nu iba­dli­le aba­pro­fe­thi be­nu,w nje­nge­si­lwa­ne esi­chi­tha­yo.

31 We­na si­zu­ku­lwa­na,x li­na bo­na­ni ili­zwi le­Nko­si. Be­ngi­yi­nka­nga­la yi­ni kuI­sra­ye­li?y ili­zwe lo­bu­mnya­ma obu­nzi­ma yi­ni? Ba­tsho­lo­ni aba­ntu ba­mi uku­thi: Si­zu­la­zu­li­le;z ka­si­sa­yi­ku­za ku­we?

32 Into­mbi inga­zi­kho­hlwa yi­ni izi­ce­ci­so za­yo, ku­mbe uma­ko­ti ama­bha­nti akhe?a Ka­nti aba­ntu ba­mi ba­ngi­kho­hli­we insu­ku ezi­nge­la­na­ni.b

33 Ku­nga­ni ulu­ngi­sa indle­la ya­kho eku­di­nge­ni utha­ndo?c Nga­kho uba­fu­ndi­si­le la­bo aba­bi izi­ndle­la za­kho.d

34 Le­zi­gqo­kwe­ni za­kho ku­tho­la­ka­la iga­zi le­mi­phe­fu­mu­lo ya­ba­ya­nga aba­nge­la­ca­la;e ka­wu­ba­tho­la­nga be­fo­hle­la pha­ka­thi, ko­dwa phe­zu kwa­kho ko­nke lo­khu.

35 Ka­nti we­na uthi: Ngo­ba ka­ngi­la­ca­la, isi­bi­li intu­ku­the­lo ya­khe iza­phe­ndu­ka isu­ke ki­mi. Kha­nge­la, ngi­za­kwe­hlu­le­la­na la­we,f ngo­ba uthi: Ka­ngo­na­nga.g

36 Ku­nga­ni uzu­la­zu­la ka­nga­kah uku­ntshi­ntsha indle­la ya­kho?i Uza­ya­ngi­swa yi­Gi­bhi­the la­yo,j nje­ngo­ba wa­ya­ngi­swa yiA­si­ri­ya.k

37 Ye­bo, uza­phu­ma usu­ka la­pha, le­za­ndla za­kho zi­phe­zu kwe­kha­nda la­kho,l ngo­ba iNko­si iwa­li­le ama­the­mba akho, nja­lo ka­wu­yi­ku­phu­me­le­la nga­wo.

3Ku­thi­wa: Uba indo­da ila­hla umka­yo,a asu­ke ku­yo, abe ngo­we­nye indo­da, iza­bu­ye­la ku­ye fu­thi yi­ni?b Le­lo­li­zwe be­li­nga­yi­ku­ngco­li­swa ka­khu­lu yi­ni?c Ka­nti we­na ufe­bi­le le­zi­tha­ndwa ezi­ne­ngi;d ko­dwa bu­ye­la ki­mi,e itsho iNko­si.

2 Pha­ka­mi­se­la ame­hlo akho ema­du­ndu­lwi­ni,f ubo­ne; ku­nga­phi la­pho onga­la­lwa­nga kho­na? Ezi­ndle­le­ni wa­ba­hla­le­la,g nje­ngo­mA­ra­bhi­ya enka­nga­la; nja­lo uli­ngco­li­si­le ili­zwe ngo­bu­fe­be ba­kho la­nge­nko­hla­ka­lo ya­kho.h

3 Nga­kho izi­hla­mbo zi­go­dli­we;i nja­lo la­li­nge­kho izu­lu la­nge­mu­va;j nja­lo wa­ba le­bu­nzi le­wu­le,k wa­la uku­ba le­nhlo­ni.l

4 Ka­wu­yi­ku­thi ku­su­ke­la kha­the­si ukha­le yi­ni ki­mi uthi: Ba­ba, ungu­me­lu­le­kim wo­bu­tsha ba­mi?n

5 Ye­na uzalu­gci­na yi­ni ula­ka lwa­khe pha­ka­de?o Uzalu­lo­ndo­lo­za ku­ze ku­be se­ku­ci­ne­ni yi­ni? Kha­nge­la, ukhu­lu­mi­le, we­nza izi­nto ezi­mbi, uphu­me­le­le.

UI­sra­ye­li lo­Ju­da ba­ce­lwa uku­phe­ndu­ka

6 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ki­mi ensu­kwi­ni zi­ka­Jo­si­ya inko­si: Ubo­ni­le yi­ni lo­kho uI­sra­ye­li ohle­hle­le nyo­va­ne akwe­nzi­le­yo?p Ye­na wa­ya ku­yo yo­nke inta­ba epha­ke­me­yo, la­nga­pha­nsi kwa­so so­nke isi­hla­hla esi­lu­hla­za,q wa­phi­nge­la kho­na.r

7 Nga­se­ngi­si­thi ese­ze­nzi­le zo­nke le­zi­zi­nto:s Bu­ye­la ki­mi;t ko­dwa ka­bu­ye­la­nga. Lo­da­de­wa­bo onga­the­mbe­ka­ngau uJu­da waku­bo­na lo­kho.v

8 Nga­se­ngi­bo­na, la­pho nge­nxa ya­zo zo­nke imba­nge­law uI­sra­ye­li ohle­hle­la nyo­va­ne aphi­nga nga­zo,x nga­mxo­tsha nga­mni­kay incwa­di ye­se­hlu­ka­ni­so,z uku­thi uda­de­wa­bo onga­the­mbe­ka­nga, uJu­da, ke­sa­ba­nga,a ko­dwa la­ye wa­ya­fe­ba.b

9 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi nge­nxa ye­ndu­me­la yo­ku­fe­ba kwa­khe wa­ngco­li­sa ili­zwe,c wa­phi­nga la­ma­tshe le­zi­hla­hla.d

10 Ku­be ka­nti ku­kho ko­nke lo­khu uda­de­wa­bo onga­the­mbe­ka­nga, uJu­da, ka­bu­ye­la­nga ki­mi nge­nhli­zi­yo ya­khe yo­nke,ef ko­dwa nge­nko­hli­so, itsho iNko­si.

11 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ki­mi: UI­sra­ye­li ohle­hle­la nyo­va­neg uzi­lu­ngi­si­seh ku­lo­Ju­da okho­hli­sa­yo.i

12 Ha­mba uye­me­me­ze­la la­ma­zwi nga­se­nya­ka­thoj uthi: Phe­ndu­ka,k Isra­ye­li ohle­hle­la nyo­va­ne,l itsho iNko­si. Ka­ngi­yi­kwe­nza ula­ka lwa­mi lwe­hle­le phe­zu kwa­kho,m ngo­ba ngi­le­si­ha­wu,n itsho iNko­si, nja­lo ka­ngi­yi­ku­gci­na ula­ka lwa­mi ku­ze ku­be pha­ka­de.o

13 Ya­zi ku­phe­la isi­pha­mbe­ko sa­kho uku­thi upha­mbe­ki­le ume­le­ne le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho,p wa­hla­ka­za izi­ndle­la za­khoq kwa­be­zi­zwe­nir nga­pha­nsi kwa­so so­nke isi­hla­hla esi­lu­hla­za,s nja­lo ka­wu­la­le­la­nga ili­zwi la­mi,t itsho iNko­si.

14 Phe­ndu­ka­ni,u ba­ntwa­na aba­hle­hle­la nyo­va­ne,v itsho iNko­si, ngo­ba mi­na ngi­li­ga­ni­le; nja­lo ngi­za­li­tha­tha,w abe mu­nye emzi­ni,x la­ba­bi­li ku­lo use­ndo, ngi­li­le­the eZi­yo­ni.y

15 Nja­lo ngi­za­li­ni­kaz abe­lu­si nje­ngo­kwe­nhli­zi­yo ya­mi,a aba­za­le­lu­sa ngo­lwa­zi lo­ku­qe­di­si­sa.b

16 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke la­pho se­la­ndi­le la­ba ba­ne­ngi eli­zwe­ni, nga­le­zo­nsu­ku, itsho iNko­si, ka­ba­sa­yi­ku­thi: Umtsho­ko­tsho we­si­vu­me­lwa­no se­Nko­si; nja­lo ka­wu­yi­ku­fi­ka enhli­zi­ywe­ni, nja­lo ka­ba­yi­ku­wu­khu­mbu­la, fu­thi ka­ba­yi­kuwu­ha­mbe­la, ku­nga­bu­yi kwe­nzi­we fu­thi.

17 Nga­le­so­si­kha­thi ba­za­bi­za iJe­ru­sa­le­ma ngo­ku­thi yi­si­hla­lo so­bu­kho­si se­Nko­si; le­zi­zwe zo­nke zi­za­bu­tha­ni­swa ku­yo,c nge­bi­zo le­Nko­si,d eJe­ru­sa­le­ma; fu­thi ka­zi­sa­yi­ku­la­nde­la inka­ni ye­nhli­zi­yo ya­zo embi.e

18 Nga­le­zo­nsu­ku indlu ya­ko­Ju­da iza­ku­ya ku­yo indlu ya­koI­sra­ye­li,f zi­phu­me ka­nye­ka­nye eli­zwe­ni le­nya­ka­tho,g zi­ze eli­zwe­ni enga­li­ni­ka oyi­hlo li­be yi­li­fa la­bo.h

19 Ko­dwa mi­na nga­thi: Ngi­za­ku­be­ka nja­ni pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntwa­na, ngi­ku­ni­ke ili­zwe eli­lo­yi­se­ka­yo, ili­fa eli­hle ka­khu­lu le­zi­zwe. Nga­se­ngi­si­thi: Uza­ngi­bi­zai ngo­ku­thi: Ba­ba; nja­lo unga­pha­mbu­ki eku­ngi­la­nde­le­ni.

20 Isi­bi­li, nje­ngo­mfa­zi unga­the­mbe­ka­nga ku­mka­khe,j ngo­ku­nja­lo ka­li­the­mbe­ka­nga ki­mi,kl li­na ndlu kaI­sra­ye­li, itsho iNko­si.

21 Ili­zwi le­zwa­ka­la ema­du­ndu­lwi­ni,m uku­kha­la lo­ku­nce­nga kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li,n ngo­ba be­pha­mbu­le indle­la ya­bo, ba­yi­kho­hlwa iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo.o

22 Phe­ndu­ka­ni, li­na ba­ntwa­na aba­hle­hle­la nyo­va­ne;p ngi­za­kwe­la­phaq uku­hle­hle­la nyo­va­ne kwe­nu.r Kha­nge­la, thi­na si­ye­za ku­we, ngo­ba uyi­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu.

23 Isi­bi­li ku­yi­ze uku­the­mbe­la ku­si­ndi­so olu­ve­la ema­qa­qe­ni, le­bu­ne­ngini be­zi­nta­ba.s Isi­bi­li lu­se­Nko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu usi­ndi­so lu­kaI­sra­ye­li.t

24 Ngo­ba ihla­zo li­wu­qe­di­leu umtshi­ka­tshi­ka wa­bo­ba­ba ku­su­ke­la ebu­tshe­ni be­thu,v izi­mvu za­bo le­nko­mo za­bo, ama­do­da­na abo la­ma­do­da­ka­zi abo.

25 Si­la­la pha­nsi ehla­zwe­ni le­thu, le­nhlo­ni ze­thu zi­si­mbo­zi­le;w ngo­ba so­ni­le eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu,x thi­na la­bo­ba­ba, ku­su­ke­la ebu­tshe­ni be­thu ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hla,y nja­lo ka­si­la­le­la­nga ili­zwi le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu.z

4Uba uphe­ndu­ka, Isra­ye­li, itsho iNko­si, phe­ndu­ke­la ki­mi;a nja­lo uba usu­sa pha­mbi kwa­mi izi­ne­ngi­so za­kho, ka­wu­yi­ku­pha­mbu­ka.b

2 Fu­thi uza­fu­nga:c Ku­phi­la ku­ka­Je­ho­va,d nge­qi­ni­so,e ngo­kwa­hlu­le­la, la­ngo­ku­lu­nga;f le­zi­zwe zi­za­zi­bu­si­sa ku­yo,g la­ku­yo zi­zi­nco­me.h

3 Ngo­ba itsho nja­lo iNko­si ku­ma­do­da ako­Ju­da le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma: Qha­tha­nii ingqa­tho ye­nu,j li­nga­hla­nye­li pha­ka­thi kwa­me­va.k

4 Zi­so­ke­le­ni eNko­si­ni,l li­su­se ama­jwa­bu enhli­zi­yo ye­nu, ma­do­da ako­Ju­da la­ba­hla­li be­Je­ru­sa­le­ma; hle­zi ula­ka lwa­mi lu­phu­me nje­ngo­mli­lo,m lu­tshi­se, ku­nga­bi kho­na onga­lu­ci­tsha, nge­nxa yo­bu­bi be­ze­nzo ze­nu.no

Ili­zwe la­ko­Ju­da li­za­hla­se­lwa

5 Bi­ka­ni ko­Ju­da, li­zwa­ka­li­se eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, li­thi: Vu­the­la­ni upho­ndo eli­zwe­ni;p kla­ba­la­la­ni ngo­ku­gcwe­le­yo li­thi: Bu­tha­na­ni,q si­nge­ne emi­zi­ni ebi­ye­lwe­yo.r

6 Mi­sa­ni upha­wu nga­se­Zi­yo­ni,s ba­le­ka­ni, li­nge­mi; ngo­ba ngi­za­le­tha ubu­bi bu­ve­la enya­ka­tho,t lo­kwe­phu­ka oku­khu­lu.

7 Isi­lwa­ne se­se­nyu­ki­le si­phu­ma ehla­thi­ni la­so,u lo­mchi­thi we­zi­zwe usu­ki­le, uphu­mi­le enda­we­ni ya­khe uku­ze ule­nze ili­zwe la­kho inci­tha­ka­lo;v imi­zi ya­kho iza­ku­ba nga­ma­nxi­wa, inga­bi lo­mhla­li.w

8 Nge­nxa ya­lo­khu bhi­nca­ni ama­sa­ka,x li­la­ni li­qhi­nqe isi­li­lo; ngo­ba ula­ka lwe­Nko­si olu­vu­tha­yo ka­lu­phe­ndu­ka­nga lu­su­ka ki­thi.yz

9 Nja­lo ku­za­ku­thi nga­lo­lo­su­ku, itsho iNko­si, inhli­zi­yo ye­nko­si iza­phe­la, le­nhli­zi­yo ye­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla; la­ba­pri­sti ba­za­ma­nga­la ka­khu­lu, la­ba­pro­fe­thi ba­za­thi­thi­ba­la.a

10 Nga­se­ngi­si­thi: Ha­wu, Nko­si Je­ho­va! isi­bi­li uba­kho­hli­si­le lo­ku­ba­kho­hli­sa la­ba­ba­ntu le­Je­ru­sa­le­mab usi­thi: Li­za­ku­ba lo­ku­thu­la; ka­nti inke­mba ifi­nye­le­la emphe­fu­mu­lwe­ni.

11 Nga­le­so­si­kha­thi ku­za­ku­thi­wa ku­la­bo­ba­ntu la­ku­yo iJe­ru­sa­le­ma: Umo­ya otshi­sa­yoc wa­ma­du­ndu­lud enka­nga­la,e indle­la ye­ndo­da­ka­zi ya­ba­ntu ba­mi, unge­yi­si­wo wo­kwe­la nja­lo unge­yi­si­wo wo­ku­hla­mbu­lu­la.

12 Umo­ya ogcwe­le­yo ove­la ku­wo uza­ku­za ki­mi. Kha­the­si la­mi ngi­za­khu­lu­ma iza­hlu­le­lo zi­me­le­ne la­bo.

13 Kha­nge­la, uza­kwe­nyu­ka nje­nga­ma­ye­zi, le­nqo­la za­khe nje­nge­si­vu­ngu­za­ne;f ama­bhi­za akhe ale­si­qu­bu ku­le­zi­nko­zi.g Ma­ye ki­thi, ngo­ba si­chi­thi­we!h

14 Je­ru­sa­le­ma, hla­mbu­lu­la inhli­zi­yo ya­kho ku­phu­me inko­hla­ka­lo,i uku­ze usi­ndi­swe. Ko­ze ku­be ni­ni imi­ca­ba­ngo ya­kho emi­bi ihla­la pha­ka­thi kwa­kho?

15 Ngo­ba ili­zwi li­ya­me­me­zaj li­su­ka ko­Da­ni,k li­zwa­ka­li­sa uhlu­pho olu­ve­la enta­be­ni ya­koE­fra­yi­mi.l

16 Khu­mbu­za­ni izi­zwe, kha­nge­la­ni, li­zwa­ka­li­se li­me­le­ne le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma; ku­fi­ka aba­li­ndi be­ve­la eli­zwe­ni eli­kha­tsha­na,m ba­pha­ka­mi­sa ili­zwi la­bo be­me­le­ne le­mi­zi ya­ko­Ju­da.

17 Nje­nga­ba­li­ndi be­nsi­mu ba­me­le­ne la­yo inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke,n ngo­ba ingi­vu­ke­le, itsho iNko­si.

18 Indle­la ya­kho le­ze­nzo za­kho ku­kwe­nze­le le­zi­zi­nto;o lo­khu ku­yi­nko­hla­ka­lo ya­kho, ngo­ba ku­bu­hlu­ngu,p ngo­ba ku­fi­nye­le­la enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­kho.

19 Imi­bi­li­ni ya­mi, imi­bi­li­ni ya­mi!q Ngi­lo­bu­hlu­ngu e­mi­du­lini ye­nhli­zi­yo ya­mi. Inhli­zi­yo ya­mi ye­nza umsi­ndo pha­ka­thi kwa­mi;r ngi­nge­ke ngi­thu­le; ngo­ba we­na mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi, uzwi­le uku­kha­la ko­pho­ndo,s umkho­si we­mpi.t

20 Ku­ya­me­nye­ze­lwa inci­tha­ka­lo phe­zu kwe­nci­tha­ka­lo,u ngo­ba ili­zwe lo­nke li­chi­the­ki­le. Ama­the­nte ami ahle achi­thwa,v ama­khe­the­ni ami ngo­ku­cwa­yi­za kwe­li­hlo.w

21 Ko­ze ku­be ni­ni ngi­bo­na isi­bo­ni­so, ngi­zwe uku­kha­la ko­pho­ndo?x

22 Ngo­ba aba­ntu ba­mi ba­yi­zi­thu­tha, mi­na ka­ba­nga­zi;y ba­nga­ba­ntwa­na aba­yi­zi­phu­ku­phu­ku, ka­ba­la­ku­qe­di­si­sa; ba­hla­ka­ni­phe­le ukwe­nza oku­bi,z ko­dwa ukwe­nza oku­hle ka­ba­kwa­zi.

23 Nga­bo­na umhla­ba,a kha­nge­la-ke, wa­wu­nge­la­si­mo, unge­la­lu­tho;b le­ma­zu­lwi­ni, ko­dwa ka­ku­kho uku­kha­nya kwa­wo.c

24 Nga­bo­na izi­nta­ba,d kha­nge­la-ke, za­zi­nyi­ki­nye­ka, la­ma­qa­qa wo­nke aye­nya­ka­ze­la.

25 Nga­bo­na, kha­nge­la-ke, kwa­ku­nge­la­mu­ntu,e le­nyo­ni zo­nke za­ma­zu­luf zi­ba­le­ki­le.g

26 Nga­bo­na, kha­nge­la-ke, ili­zwe eli­vu­ndi­le­yo la­li­yi­nka­nga­la,h le­mi­zi ya­lo yo­nke ya­yi­di­li­zi­we pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si, pha­mbi ko­ku­vu­tha ko­la­ka lwa­yo.i

27 Ngo­ba itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Ili­zwe lo­nke li­za­ku­ba lu­nxi­wa, ko­dwa ka­ngi­yi­ku­qe­da ngo­ku­phe­le­le­yo.j

28 Nge­nxa ya­lo­khu umhla­ba uza­li­la,k la­ma­zu­lu aphe­zu­lu abe mnya­ma;lm nge­nxa yo­ku­thi ngi­khu­lu­mi­le, ngi­ku­hlo­si­le, nja­lo ka­ngi­yi­ku­zi­so­la,n nja­lo ka­ngi­yi­ku­bu­ye­la emu­va ngi­su­ka ku­kho.

29 Umu­zi wo­nke uza­ba­le­ka nge­nxa yo­msi­ndo wa­ba­ga­di ba­ma­bhi­za la­ba­tsho­ki nga­ma­da­ndi­li;o ba­za­nge­na ezi­xu­kwi­ni, ba­khwe­le ema­dwa­le­ni;p wo­nke umu­zi uza­tshi­ywa, nja­lo ku­nga­bi la­mu­ntu ohla­la ku­wo.q

30 We­na-ke oza­chi­the­ka,r uza­kwe­nza­ni? Lo­ba ugqo­ka oku­bo­mvu, lo­ba uzi­ce­ci­sa nge­zi­gqi­zo ze­go­li­de,s lo­ba uco­mba ame­hlo akho ngo­mphe­ndu­lo,t uze­nza ube mu­hle nge­ze, izi­tha­ndwa za­khou zi­za­ku­de­le­la,v zi­di­nga impi­lo ya­kho.

31 Ngo­ba ngi­zwi­le ili­zwi ku­nga­thi nge­lo­we­si­fa­za­na ohe­le­lwa­yo,w ubu­hlu­ngu obu­nje­ngo­be­le­tha umntwa­na oli­zi­bu­lo, ili­zwi le­ndo­da­ka­zi ye­Zi­yo­ni, ikhe­fu­ze­la, ise­lu­la iza­ndla za­yox isi­thi: Ma­ye-ke mi­na! Ngo­ba umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi uphe­le ama­ndla nge­nxa ya­ba­bu­la­li.y

Izo­no ze­Je­ru­sa­le­ma

5Ha­mba­ni li­ye le la­le ezi­ta­la­de­ni ze­Je­ru­sa­le­ma,a li­bo­ne kha­the­si, la­zi, li­di­nge ezi­nda­we­ni za­yo ezi­nga­ma­gce­ke, uba li­nga­tho­la umu­ntu,b uba ekho­na owe­nza isa­hlu­le­lo,c odi­nga iqi­ni­so; kho­na ngi­za­yi­the­the­le­la.d

2 Lo­ba-ke be­si­thi:e Ku­phi­la ku­ka­Je­ho­va;f ka­nti ba­fu­nga ama­nga.gh

3 Nko­si, ame­hlo akho ka­wa­kho eqi­ni­swe­ni yi­ni?i Uba­tsha­yi­le,jk ko­dwa ka­be­zwa­nga bu­hlu­ngu;l uba­qo­thu­le, ko­dwa ba­la ukwe­mu­ke­la uku­la­ywa.m Be­nzi­le ubu­so ba­bo bu­be lu­khu­ni ku­le­dwa­la,n ba­la uku­phe­ndu­ka.o

4 Mi­na nga­se­ngi­si­thi: Qi­ni­so, la­ba nga­ba­ya­nga, ba­yi­zi­thu­tha;p ngo­ba ka­ba­ya­zi indle­la ye­Nko­si,q isa­hlu­le­lo si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo.r

5 Mi­na ngi­za­ku­ya kwa­ba­khu­lu, ngi­khu­lu­me la­bo, ngo­ba bo­na ba­ya­ya­zi indle­la ye­Nko­si,s isa­hlu­le­lo si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo;t ko­dwa la­bo ka­nye­ka­nye ba­le­phu­li­le ijo­gwe,u ba­qa­mu­la izi­bo­pho.v

6 Nga­kho-ke isi­lwa­new esi­phu­ma ehla­thi­ni si­za­ba­bu­la­la,x impi­si ye­zi­nka­nga­la iba­chi­the,y ingwe ili­nde ime­le­ne le­mi­zi ya­bo;z wo­nke ophu­ma ki­yo uza­da­tshu­da­tshu­lwa; ngo­ba izi­pha­mbe­ko za­bo zi­ne­ngi, uku­hle­hle­la nyo­va­nea kwa­bo kwa­ndi­le.b

7 Ngi­nga­ku­the­the­le­la nja­ni nga­lo­khu?c Aba­ntwa­na ba­kho ba­ngi­de­li­le,d ba­fu­ngae nga­ba­nge­yi­si­bo onku­lu­nku­lu.f Se­ngi­ba­su­thi­si­le,g ba­se­be­fe­ba,h ba­bu­tha­na nga­ma­xu­ku endli­ni ye­zi­fe­be.i

8 Ba­benje­nga­ma­bhi­za asu­tha­yo eku­se­ni, ba­kho­nya,j omu­nye lo­mu­nye ku­mfa­zi ka­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khe.k

9 Ka­ngi­yi­ku­je­zi­sa yi­ni nge­nxa ya­le­zi­zi­nto?l itsho iNko­si; ku­mbe umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi ka­wu­yi­ku­phi­ndi­se­la yi­ni esi­zwe­ni esi­nje­nga­le­si?

10 Ye­nyu­ke­la­ni emi­du­li­ni ayo, li­chi­the,m ko­dwa li­nge­nzi isi­phe­tho esi­phe­le­le­yo;n su­sa­ni inga­tsha za­yo,o ngo­ba ka­zi­si­zo ze­Nko­si.

11 Ngo­ba indlu kaI­sra­ye­li le­ndlu ka­Ju­da ze­nze nge­nko­hli­so enku­lu zi­me­le­ne la­mi,p itsho iNko­si.

12 Ba­yi­phi­ki­le iNko­si,q ba­thi: Ka­yi­si­yo; nja­lo ubu­bi ka­bu­yi­ku­se­hle­la, fu­thi ka­si­yi­ku­bo­na inke­mba lo­ba indla­la.r

13 La­ba­pro­fe­thi ba­za­ku­ba ngu­mo­ya,s le­li­zwi ka­li­kho ku­bo; ku­za­kwe­nzi­wa nja­lo ki­bo!

14 Nga­lo­kho itsho nja­lo iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­ma­ba­ndla: Ngo­ba li­khu­lu­ma le­li­li­zwi, kha­nge­la, ngi­za­kwe­nza ama­zwi ami emlo­nye­ni wa­khot abe ngu­mli­lo,u la­la­ba­ba­ntu ba­be zi­nku­ni,v nja­lo uza­ba­qo­thu­la.

15 Kha­nge­la­ni, ngi­za­le­tha phe­zu kwe­nu isi­zwew esi­ve­la kha­tsha­na,x ndlu kaI­sra­ye­li, itsho iNko­si; yi­si­zwe esi­la­ma­ndla,y yi­si­zwe esi­da­la, isi­zwe onga­lwa­zi­yo uli­mi lwa­so,z lo­nga­yi­ku­zwa esi­ku­khu­lu­ma­yo.a

16 Isa­mba sa­so se­mi­tsho­kob si­nje­nge­ngcwa­ba eli­vu­le­ki­le­yo;c bo­nke ba­nga­ma­qha­we.

17 Nja­lo si­za­ku­dla isi­vu­no sa­kho lo­ku­dla kwa­kho;d si­za­ku­dla ama­do­da­na akho la­ma­do­da­ka­zi akho; si­za­ku­dla izi­mvu za­kho le­nko­mo za­kho; si­za­ku­dla ivi­ni la­kho lo­mkhi­wa wa­kho; le­mi­zi ya­kho ebi­ye­lwe­yoe othe­mbe­la ki­yo, si­za­yi­the­le­la ubu­ya­nga nge­nke­mba.

18 Ko­dwa la­nga­le­zo­nsu­ku, itsho iNko­si, ka­ngi­yi­kwe­nza isi­phe­tho esi­phe­le­le­yo ki­ni.f

19 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke la­pho li­si­thi: INko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu ye­nze­le­ni zo­nke le­zi­zi­nto ki­thi?g Kho­na uza­ku­tsho ku­bo uthi: Nje­ngo­ba li­ngi­de­li­le,h la­kho­nza onku­lu­nku­lu be­mzi­ni eli­zwe­ni la­ki­ni, ngo­ku­nja­lo li­za­kho­nza abe­zi­zwe eli­zwe­ni eli­nge­yi­si­lo le­nu.i

20 Me­me­ze­la­ni lo­khu endli­ni ka­Ja­ko­be, li­ku­zwa­ka­li­se ko­Ju­da, li­si­thi:

21 Zwa­ni­ni-ke lo­khu, li­na ba­ntu aba­yi­zi­thu­thajk la­ba­nge­la­ngqo­ndo,l eli­la­me­hlo, ko­dwa li­nga­bo­ni,m eli­le­ndle­be, ko­dwa li­nge­zwa.

22 Ka­li­nge­sa­bi yi­ni?n itsho iNko­si; ka­li­yi­ku­thu­thu­me­la pha­mbi kwa­mi yi­ni, enga­be­ka itshe­be­tshe­be la­ba ngu­mngce­le wo­lwa­ndleo nge­si­mi­so sa­pha­ka­dep olu­nge­le­dlu­le? La­nxa ama­ga­ga­si alo etsha­ya­naq ku­be ka­nti ange­nqo­be; la­nxa ehlo­ko­mar ku­be ka­nti ka­wa­yi­ku­dlu­la phe­zu kwa­wo.

23 Ko­dwa la­ba­ba­ntu ba­le­nhli­zi­yo evu­ke­la­yo le­phi­ka­yo;s ba­pha­mbu­ki­le, ba­ha­mba.

24 Fu­thi ka­ba­tsho enhli­zi­ywe­ni za­bo uku­thi: Ake se­sa­be iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu, eni­ka izu­lut la­ku­qa­lau le­la­mu­vav nge­si­kha­thi sa­lo, e­si­gci­ne­law ama­vi­ki ami­si­we­yo esi­vu­no.x

25 Izi­pha­mbe­ko ze­nu zi­pha­mbu­le le­zi­zi­nto,y le­zo­no ze­nu za­li­go­dle­la oku­hle.z

26 Ngo­ba pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntu ba­mi ku­tho­la­ka­la aba­kho­hla­ke­le­yo; ba­ca­the­mea nje­nga­ba­thi­ya inyo­ni; ba­be­ka umgi­be ochi­tha­yo, ba­ba­mbe aba­ntu.

27 Nje­nge­zo­ngo li­gcwe­le inyo­ni, zi­nja­lo izi­ndlu za­bo zi­gcwe­le inko­hli­so; nga­kho-ke se­be­ba­khu­lu, ba­no­thi­le.

28 Ba­zi­mu­ki­le,b ba­ncwa­ba, ye­bo, be­dlu­la imi­se­be­nzi yo­mu­bi; ka­ba­me­li uda­ba,c uda­ba lwe­zi­nta­nda­ne,d ku­be ka­nti ba­ya­phu­me­le­la;e le­lu­nge­lo la­ba­swe­la­yo ka­ba­la­hlu­le­li.

29 Ka­ngi­yi­kuba­je­zi­sa nga­le­zi­zi­nto yi­ni?f ku­tsho iNko­si. Umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi ka­wu­yi­ku­phi­ndi­se­la esi­zwe­ni esi­nje­nga­le­si yi­ni?

30 Okwe­thu­sa­yo lo­kwe­sa­be­ka­yo kwe­nza­ke­le eli­zwe­ni.g

31 Aba­pro­fe­thi ba­pro­fe­thah nga­ma­nga,i la­ba­pri­sti ba­bu­sa nge­za­ndla za­bo;j la­ba­ntu ba­mi ba­ku­tha­nda ku­nja­lo;k ko­dwa li­za­kwe­nza­ni eku­phe­le­ni kwa­kho?

Uku­bhu­ji­swa kwe­Je­ru­sa­le­ma

6Li­na ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni,a bu­tha­ne­la­ni uku­ba­le­ka li­phu­me pha­ka­thi kwe­Je­ru­sa­le­ma,b li­vu­the­le upho­ndoc eThe­kho­wa,d li­pha­ka­mi­se upha­wu lo­mli­loe eBe­ti-Ha­ke­re­mi:f ngo­ba ubu­bi bu­bo­na bu­se­nya­ka­tho,g le­nci­tha­ka­lo enku­lu.

2 Indo­da­ka­zi ye­Zi­yo­ni ngi­yi­fa­na­ni­se lowe­si­fa­za­na omu­hle obu­tha­ka­tha­ka.h

3 Abe­lu­si ba­za­fi­ka ku­ye le­mi­hla­mbi ya­bo;i ba­za­mi­sa ama­the­nte be­qo­nde­ne la­ye inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke,j be­lu­se ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo e­nda­weni ya­khe.k

4 Ze­hlu­ka­ni­se­le­ni impi li­me­le­ne la­yo;l su­ku­ma­ni, ka­se­nyu­ke emi­ni enku­lu.m Ma­ye ki­thi! ngo­ba ila­nga se­li­tha­mbe­me1n, ngo­ba ama­thu­nzi oku­hlwa ase­lu­le­ki­le.

5 Su­ku­ma­ni, se­nyu­ke ngo­bu­su­ku, si­di­li­ze izi­go­dlo za­yo.

6 Ngo­ba itsho nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla: Ga­mu­la­ni izi­hla­hla,o li­bu­the­le­le umdu­li wo­ku­vi­mbe­ze­la li­me­le­ne le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma.p Yi­wo lo umu­zi oza­je­zi­swa;q ku­lo­ci­nde­ze­lo ku­phe­la pha­ka­thi kwa­wo.

7 Nje­ngo­mtho­mbo umpo­mpo­za ama­nzi awo,r ngo­ku­nja­lo umpo­mpo­za inko­hla­ka­lo ya­wo; udla­ke­last le­nci­tha­ka­lo ku­zwa­ka­la ku­wo;u pha­mbi kwa­mi ku­le­nhlu­ngu la­ma­nxe­ba nja­lo­nja­lo.

8 La­ye­ka, Je­ru­sa­le­ma, hle­zi umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi we­hlu­ka­ne la­we;v hle­zi ngi­kwe­nze unxi­wa, ili­zwe eli­nga­hla­lwa­nga.w

9 Itsho nja­lo INko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla: Ba­za­yi­kho­tho­za lo­ku­yi­kho­tho­za insa­li kaI­sra­ye­li nje­nge­vi­ni;x bu­yi­se­la isa­ndla sa­kho ezi­tshe­ni nje­ngo­mvu­ni we­vi­ni.

10 Ngi­za­khu­lu­ma ku­ba­ni,y ngi­xwa­yi­se, uku­ze be­zwe? Kha­nge­la, indle­be ya­bo ka­yi­so­kwa­nga,z ka­ba­la­ku­la­le­la;a kha­nge­la, ili­zwi le­Nko­si li­li­hla­zo ki­bo,b ka­ba­tho­ko­zi nga­lo.

11 Nga­kho ngi­gcwe­le ula­ka lwe­Nko­si, ngi­kha­the­le yi­ku­zi­thi­ba.c Ngi­zaku­thu­lu­le­la phe­zu kwa­ba­ntwa­nad esi­ta­la­de­ni le­mhla­nga­nwe­nie wa­ma­ja­ha nda­wo­nye,fg ngo­ba le­ndo­da ka­nye lo­mfa­zi ba­za­tha­thwa,h omda­la ka­nye lo­gcwe­le izi­nsu­ku.i

12 Le­zi­ndlu za­bo zi­za­ni­ke­lwa kwa­ba­nye,jk ama­si­mu la­ba­fa­zi ka­nye­ka­nye;l ngo­ba ngi­za­kwe­lu­le­la isa­ndla sa­mi phe­zu kwa­ba­hla­li be­li­zwe, itsho iNko­si.

13 Ngo­ba ku­su­ke­la ko­mnci­nya­ne wa­bo ku­ze ku­fi­ke ko­mkhu­lu wa­bom bo­nke ba­yi­zi­hwa­ba ze­nzu­zo embi;n nja­lo ku­su­ke­la ko­mpro­fe­thi ku­ze ku­be ko­mpri­sti bo­nke be­nza nge­nko­hli­so.o

14 Ba­pho­li­sa ka­nca­ne inxe­ba la­ba­ntu ba­mi,p be­si­thi: Uku­thu­la, uku­thu­la;q la­pho ku­nge­kho uku­thu­la.r

15 Ba­ba le­nhlo­ni yi­ni la­pho be­se­nza isi­ne­ngi­so?s Ha­tshi, ka­ba­ba­nga la­nhlo­ni la­ka­nye,t fu­thi ka­ba­kwa­zi uku­ya­nge­ka. Nga­kho ba­za­ku­wa pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­wa­yo;u nge­si­kha­thi so­ku­ba­ha­mbe­la kwa­mi ba­za­khu­be­ka, itsho iNko­si.

16 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Ma­ni­ni ezi­ndle­le­ni, li­bo­ne, li­bu­ze nge­mi­kho­ndo ya­se­ndu­lo,v uku­thi inga­phi indle­la enhle, li­ha­mbe ku­yo, nja­lo li­za­zu­ze­law imi­phe­fu­mu­lo ye­nu uku­thu­la.x Ko­dwa ba­thi: Ka­si­yi­ku­ha­mba nga­yo.y

17 Fu­thi ngi­li­be­ke­le aba­li­ndi,z ngi­si­thi: La­le­la­ni uku­kha­laa ko­pho­ndo.b Ko­dwa ba­thi: Ka­si­yi­ku­la­le­la.

18 Nga­kho zwa­ni­ni, li­na zi­zwe, wa­zi, we­na ba­ndla, oku­pha­ka­thi kwa­bo.

19 Zwa­na, we­na mhla­ba;c kha­nge­la, ngi­za­le­tha ubu­bi phe­zu kwa­la­ba­ba­ntu, isi­the­lo se­mi­ca­ba­ngo ya­bo,d ngo­ba be­nga­la­le­la­nga ama­zwi ami, lo­mla­yo wa­mi, ko­dwa ba­wa­li­le.

20 Ize­la­ni ki­mie impe­phaf ive­la eShe­bha,g lo­mhla­nga ole­phu­nga eli­mna­ndi ove­la eli­zwe­ni eli­kha­tsha­na?h Imi­ni­ke­lo ye­nu yo­ku­tshi­swa ka­ye­mu­ke­le­ki,i le­mi­hla­tshe­lo ye­nu ka­yi­mna­ndi ki­mi.

21 Nga­kho itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Kha­nge­la, ngi­za­be­ka izi­khu­be­ki­so pha­mbi kwa­la­ba­ba­ntu,j nja­lo oyi­se la­ma­do­da­na ba­khu­be­ke ka­nye­ka­nye ku­zo, uma­khe­lwa­ne lo­mnga­ne wa­khe, ba­za­bhu­bha.

22 Itsho nja­lo INko­si: Kha­nge­la, aba­ntu ba­ye­za be­ve­lak eli­zwe­ni le­nya­ka­tho,l le­si­zwe esi­khu­lu si­za­vu­swa ezi­nhla­ngo­thi­ni zo­mhla­ba.m

23 Ba­za­ba­mba ida­ndi­li lo­mkho­nto;n ba­le­si­hlu­ku,o ka­ba­la­si­ha­wu;p ili­zwi la­bo li­hlo­ko­ma nje­ngo­lwa­ndle;q ba­ga­de ama­bhi­za, be­hle­li­we nje­nga­ba­ntu be­mpi be­me­le­ne la­we, ndo­da­ka­zi ye­Zi­yo­ni.

24 Si­yi­zwi­le indu­me­la ya­kho, iza­ndla ze­thu zi­ya­da­nga­la;r usi­zi lu­si­ba­mbi­le, ubu­hlu­ngu obu­nje­ngo­bo­we­si­fa­za­na obe­le­tha­yo.s

25 Li­nga­phu­mi li­ye ega­nge­ni, li­nga­ha­mbi endle­le­ni, ngo­ba ku­kho­na inke­mba ye­si­tha, ukwe­sa­ba inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke.t

26 We­na ndo­da­ka­zi ya­ba­ntu ba­mi, bhi­nca ama­sa­ka,u ubhu­qu­zev emlo­the­ni,w uze­nze­le isi­li­lo,x esi­nje­nge­sendo­da­na eyi­yo yo­dwa, uku­kha­la oku­ba­ba­yo ka­khu­lu;y ngo­ba umchi­thi uza­fi­ka ki­thi ma­si­nya­ne.

27 Ngi­ku­be­ki­le ube ngu­mpho­tsho­ngoz le­nqa­ba pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntu ba­mi,a uku­ze wa­zi uhlo­le indle­la ya­bo.b

28 Bo­nke ba­nga­ba­hla­mu­ki aba­le­nka­ni,c be­ha­mba be­hle­ba;d ba­li­thu­si le­nsi­mbi,e bo­nke ba­nga­bo­na­ka­li­si.f

29 Imvu­tho itshi­le, umnu­so usu­qe­dwe ngu­mli­lo;g umnci­bi­li­ki­si unci­bi­li­ki­se­la ize,h ngo­ba aba­bi ka­ba­khu­tshwa.i

30 Ba­za­ba­bi­za ngo­ku­thi ba­yi­si­li­va esi­la­hli­we­yo,j ngo­ba iNko­si iba­la­hli­le.

UJe­re­mi­ya utshu­ma­ye­la ethe­mpe­li­ni

7Ili­zwi ela­fi­ka ku­Je­re­mi­ya li­ve­la eNko­si­ni li­si­thi:

2 Ma­na esa­ngwe­ni le­ndlu ye­Nko­sia ume­me­ze­le kho­na le­li­li­zwi uthi: Zwa­ni­ni ili­zwi le­Nko­si, li­na bo­nke ba­ko­Ju­da, aba­nge­na ku­la­ma­sa­ngo ukuza­kho­nza iNko­si.

3 Itsho nja­lo INko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­koI­sra­ye­li: Lu­ngi­sa­ni indle­la ze­nu le­ze­nzo ze­nu,b kho­na ngi­za­le­nza uku­thi li­hla­le ku­li­nda­wo.c

4 Li­nga­the­mbi li­na ema­zwi­ni ama­ngad oku­thi: La ali­the­mpe­li le­Nko­si, ithe­mpe­li le­Nko­si, ithe­mpe­li le­Nko­si.

5 Ngo­ba uba li­lu­ngi­si­sa lo­ku­lu­ngi­sa izi­ndle­la ze­nu le­ze­nzo ze­nu;e uba li­se­nza lo­kwe­nza isa­hlu­le­lo pha­ka­thi ko­mu­ntu lo­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khe;f

6 li­nga­ci­nde­ze­lig owe­zi­zwe­ni,h inta­nda­ne,ij lo­mfe­lo­ka­zi, li­nga­chi­thi iga­zi eli­nge­la­ca­la ku­li­nda­wo;k fu­thi li­nga­la­nde­li aba­nye onku­lu­nku­lul uku­ze ku­be ku­bi ki­ni;m

7 kho­na ngi­za­le­nza uku­thi li­hla­le ku­li­nda­wo,no eli­zwe­nip enga­li­ni­ka oyi­hlo,q ku­su­ke­la endu­lo ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni.r

8 Kha­nge­la­ni, li­na li­the­mbe­las ema­zwi­ni ama­nga anga­si­zi lu­tho.t

9 Li­za­kwe­ba, li­bu­la­le, li­fe­be,u li­fu­nge ama­nga,v li­tshi­se­le uBha­li impe­pha,w li­la­nde­le aba­nye onku­lu­nku­lu eli­nga­ba­zi­yo yi­ni?x

10 Be­se­li­si­za li­me pha­mbi kwa­mi ku­li­ndlu, ebi­zwa nge­bi­zo la­mi, li­thi: Si­khu­lu­lwe uku­ze se­nze zo­nke le­zi­zi­ne­ngi­so.

11 Indlu le,y ebi­zwa nge­bi­zo la­mi, isi­be lu­bha­luz lwa­ba­pha­ngia eme­hlwe­ni enu yi­ni? Kha­nge­la­ni, mi­na se­ngi­bo­ni­le, itsho iNko­si.

12 Ngo­ba ya­ni­ni kha­the­si enda­we­ni ya­mib ese­Shi­lo,cd la­pho enga­mi­sa kho­na ibi­zo la­mi ku­qa­la,e li­bo­ne engi­kwe­nzi­le­yo ki­yo nge­nxa yo­bu­bi ba­ba­ntu ba­mi uI­sra­ye­li.f

13 Kha­the­si-ke, ngo­ba le­nzi­le yo­nke le imi­se­be­nzi, itsho iNko­si, nja­lo ngi­khu­lu­mi­le la­ni, ngi­vu­ka ngo­vi­vi ngi­khu­lu­ma,g ko­dwa ka­li­zwa­nga, nga­li­bi­za, ko­dwa ka­li­phe­ndu­la­nga;h

14 nga­kho ngi­za­kwe­nza ku­li­ndlu, ebi­zwa nge­bi­zo la­mi, eli­the­mba ki­yo, la­ku­nda­wo enga­yi­ni­ka li­na la­bo­yi­hlo,i nje­nga­lo­kho enga­kwe­nza eShi­lo.j

15 Nja­lo ngi­za­li­xo­tsha li­su­ke ebu­swe­ni ba­mi, nje­nga­lo­kho nga­xo­tsha bo­nke aba­fo­we­nu,k inza­lo yo­nke kaE­fra­yi­mi.l

16 Nga­kho we­na unga­ba­khu­le­ke­li la­ba­ba­ntu,mn unga­ba­pha­ka­mi­se­lio uku­kha­la lo­ba umkhu­le­ko,p unga­la­bhe­li ki­mi,q ngo­ba ka­ngi­yi­ku­ku­zwa.r

Aba­ko­Ju­da ba­du­mi­sa onku­lu­nku­lu ba­be­zi­zwe

17 Ka­wu­ku­bo­ni yi­ni aba­kwe­nza emi­zi­ni ya­ko­Ju­da le­zi­ta­la­de­ni ze­Je­ru­sa­le­ma?

18 Aba­ntwa­na ba­the­za inku­ni, la­bo­yi­se ba­phe­mbe umli­lo, la­be­si­fa­za­na ba­xo­ve inhla­ma,s uku­ze be­nze­le indlo­vu­ka­zi ya­ma­zu­lut ama­qe­be­le­ngwa­na,u ba­thu­lu­le­le aba­nye onku­lu­nku­lu imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­na­thwa­yo,vw uku­ze ba­ngi­thu­ku­the­li­se.x

19 Ba­thu­ku­the­li­sa mi­na yi­ni?y itsho iNko­si. Ka­ba­zenze­ni yi­niz ku­ze ku­sa­nga­ni­se­ke ubu­so ba­bo?a

20 Nga­kho itsho nja­lo iNko­si uJe­ho­va: Kha­nge­la, intu­ku­the­lo ya­mi lo­la­ka lwa­mi ku­za­thu­lu­le­lwa ku­li­nda­wo,b phe­zu ko­mu­ntu, la­phe­zu kwe­nya­ma­za­na,c la­phe­zu kwe­zi­hla­hla za­se­ndle, la­phe­zu kwe­si­the­lo so­mhla­ba­thi; nja­lo ku­za­ku­tsha, ku­nga­ci­tshwa.de

Aba­ko­Ju­da ba­za­tsha­ywa nge­nxa yo­ku­hla­mu­ka kwa­bo

21 Itsho nja­lo INko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li: Fa­ka­ni imi­ni­ke­lo ye­nu yo­ku­tshi­swa ka­nye le­mi­hla­tshe­lo ye­nu,f li­dle inya­ma.g

22 Ngo­ba ka­ngi­khu­lu­ma­nga ku­bo­yi­hlo,h nja­lo ka­ngi­ba­la­ya­nga ngo­su­ku enga­ba­khu­pha nga­lo eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the, ma­ye­la­na le­nda­ba ze­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swa ku­mbe imi­hla­tshe­lo.i

23 Ko­dwa nga­ba­la­ya le into ngi­si­thi: La­le­la­ni ili­zwi la­mi,jk nja­lo ngi­za­ku­ba ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­nu,l li­na-ke li­be nga­ba­ntu ba­mi; nja­lo ha­mba­ni nga­yo yo­nke indle­la engi­li­la­ya yo­na,m uku­ze ku­li­lu­nge­le.n

24 Ko­dwa ka­ba­la­le­la­nga, ka­ba­tho­ba­nga indle­be ya­bo;o ko­dwap ba­ha­mba nga­ma­ce­bo,q nge­nka­ni ye­nhli­zi­yo ya­bo embi,r ba­hle­hle­la nyo­va­ne,s ha­tshi-ke pha­mbi­li.

25 Ku­su­ke­la osu­kwi­ni oyi­hlo aba­phu­ma nga­lo eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the ku­ze ku­be yi­lo­lu­su­ku, ngi­thu­me ki­ni zo­nke ince­ku za­mi, aba­pro­fe­thi,t insu­ku nge­nsu­ku ngi­vu­ka ngo­vi­vi, ngi­thu­ma.uv

26 Ka­nti ka­ba­ngi­la­le­la­nga,w nja­lo ka­ba­be­ka­nga indle­be ya­bo,x ko­dwa be­nza inta­mo ya­bo ya­ba lu­khu­ni;y be­nza ku­bi ku­la­bo­yi­se.z

27 Nga­kho uza­khu­lu­ma wo­nke la­ma­zwi ki­bo,a ko­dwa ka­ba­yi­ku­ku­la­le­la; fu­thi uza­ba­bi­za,b ko­dwa ka­ba­yi­ku­ku­phe­ndu­la.

28 Nga­kho uza­ku­thi ki­bo: Le­si yi­si­zwe esi­nga­la­le­li ili­zwi le­Nko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­so, le­si­nge­mu­ke­li uku­la­ywa;c iqi­ni­so li­phe­li­le,d li­qu­nyi­we emlo­nye­ni wa­so.

29 Ge­lae inwe­le za­kho,f we­na Je­ru­sa­le­ma, uzi­la­hle, upha­ka­mi­se isi­li­lo ema­du­ndu­lwi­ni;g ngo­ba iNko­si isa­li­le ya­si­de­la isi­zu­ku­lwa­na so­la­ka lwa­yo.

30 Ngo­ba aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ju­da be­nzi­le ubu­bi eme­hlwe­ni ami, itsho iNko­si; ba­be­ki­le izi­ne­ngi­so za­bo endli­nih ebi­zwa nge­bi­zo la­mi,i uku­ze ba­yi­ngco­li­se.j

31 Ba­khi­le-ke inda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yok ze­To­fe­thi,l ezi­se­si­ho­tshe­ni se­ndo­da­na ka­Hi­no­mu,m uku­ze ba­tshi­se ama­do­da­na abo la­ma­do­da­ka­zi abo ngo­mli­lo;n engi­nga­ba­la­ya­nga kho­na,op lo­ku­nga­ve­la­nga enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­mi.

32 Nga­kho kha­nge­la, insu­ku zi­ye­za,q itsho iNko­si, la­pho enga­sa­yi­ku­bi­zwa ngo­ku­thi yi­To­fe­thi,r lo­ba isi­ho­tsha se­ndo­da­na ka­Hi­no­mu,s ko­dwa isi­ho­tsha so­ku­bu­la­la; ngo­ba ba­za­ngcwa­ba eTo­fe­thi, ku­ze ku­nga­bi la­nda­wo.t

33 Le­zi­du­mbu za­la­ba­ba­ntu zi­za­ku­ba yi­ku­dla kwe­nyo­ni za­ma­zu­lu,u le­ze­zi­nya­ma­za­na zo­mhla­ba, ku­nge­khov oza­ze­thu­sa.

34 Kho­na ngi­za­kwe­nzaw ku­phe­le emi­zi­ni ya­ko­Ju­dax le­zi­ta­la­de­ni ze­Je­ru­sa­le­ma ili­zwi le­nja­bu­lo,y le­li­zwi le­nto­ko­zo, ili­zwi lo­mye­ni,z le­li­zwi li­ka­ma­ko­ti, ngo­ba ili­zwe li­za­ku­ba lu­nxi­wa.a

8Nga­le­so­si­kha­thi, itsho iNko­si, ba­za­khu­pha ama­tha­mbo ama­kho­si ako­Ju­da,a la­ma­tha­mbo ezi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­yo, la­ma­tha­mbo aba­pri­sti, la­ma­tha­mbo aba­pro­fe­thi, la­ma­tha­mbo aba­hla­li be­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, ema­ngcwa­be­ni abo;

2 ba­we­ne­keb ela­nge­nic le­nya­nge­ni, la­ku­lo lo­nke ibu­tho la­ma­zu­lu,d aba­ku­tha­nda­yo, la­ba­ku­se­be­nze­la­yo, la­ba­ku­la­nde­la­yo, la­ba­ku­di­nga­yo, la­ba­ku­kho­nza­yo;ef ka­wa­yi­ku­bu­thwa,g ka­wa­yi­ku­ngcwa­tshwa;h aza­ku­ba nga­wo­mqu­ba phe­zu ko­bu­so bo­mhla­ba.i

3 Nja­lo uku­fa ku­za­khe­thwa ku­le­mpi­lo yi­yo yo­nke insa­li ya­ba­se­le­yo ba­lo­lu­sa­pho olu­bi,j ku­zo zo­nke inda­wo za­ba­se­le­yo la­pho engi­ba­xo­tshe­le kho­na,k itsho iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla.

Izo­no lo­ku­gwe­ba

4 Uza­ku­thi ki­bo fu­thi: Itsho nja­lo INko­si: Ba­za­ku­wal ba­nga­vu­ki yi­ni? Uza­pha­mbu­ka anga­phe­ndu­ki yi­ni?

5 Pho, ba­pha­mbu­ke­la­ni la­ba­ba­ntu eJe­ru­sa­le­ma ngo­ku­pha­mbu­kam oku­la­pha­ka­de?n Ba­ba­mbe­le­la enko­hli­swe­ni,o ba­ya­la uku­phe­ndu­ka.p

6 Ngi­la­le­le nge­zwa,q ka­ba­khu­lu­ma­nga ku­hle; ka­ku­la­mu­ntu ozi­so­la­yo ngo­bu­bi ba­khe esi­thi: Nge­nze­ni? Wo­nke uphe­ndu­ke­la emja­hwe­ni wa­kher nje­nge­bhi­za li­gi­ji­me­las empi­ni.t

7 Ye­bo inga­bu­za­ne ema­zu­lwi­ni li­ya­za­zi izi­kha­thi za­lo ezi­mi­si­we­yo;uv le­ju­ba le­he­muw le­nko­nja­ne ku­ya­gci­na isi­kha­thi so­ku­bu­ya kwa­kho;x ko­dwa aba­ntu ba­mi ka­ba­za­zi izi­mi­so ze­Nko­si.yz

8 Li­tsho nja­ni uku­thi: Si­hla­ka­ni­phi­le, lo­mla­yo we­Nko­si ula­thi?a Kha­nge­la­ni, isi­bi­li usi­ba lwa­ma­nga lwa­ba­bha­li lu­se­be­nze­la ize.b

9 Aba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo ba­ya­nge­ki­le,c be­sa­be ka­khu­lu ba­the­thwe;d kha­nge­la, ba­la­li­le ili­zwi le­Nko­si; pho ba­le­nhla­ka­ni­pho ba­ni?

10 Nga­kho omka­bo ngi­za­ba­ni­ka aba­nye,e ama­si­mu abo kwa­ba­za­ku­dla ili­fa labo; ngo­ba ku­su­ke­la ko­mnci­nya­ne ku­ze ku­fi­ke ko­mkhu­lu bo­nke ba­yi­zi­hwa­ba ze­nzu­zo embi, ku­su­ke­la ku­mpro­fe­thi ku­ze ku­be ku­mpri­sti wo­nke we­nza nge­nko­hli­so.

11 Ngo­ba ba­li­pho­li­se ka­nca­ne inxe­ba le­ndo­da­ka­zi ya­ba­ntu ba­mi, be­si­thi: Uku­thu­la, uku­thu­la! kho­na ku­nge­la­ku­thu­la.

12 Ba­ba le­nhlo­ni yi­ni la­pho se­be­nze ama­nya­la? Ha­tshi, ka­ba­ba­nga la­nhlo­ni la­ka­nye,f fu­thi ka­ba­kwa­zi uku­ya­nge­ka; nga­kho ba­za­ku­wa pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­wa­yo; nge­si­kha­thi so­ku­ha­nje­lwa kwa­bo ba­za­wi­se­lwa pha­nsi, itsho iNko­si.

13 Isi­bi­li ngi­za­ba­qe­da, itsho iNko­si; ka­ku­yi­ku­ba kho­nag izi­the­lo ze­vi­ni evi­ni­ni;hi nja­lo ka­ku­yi­ku­ba kho­na imi­khi­wa emkhi­we­ni,j le­hla­mvu li­za­bu­na;k le­ngi­ba­ni­ke kho­na ku­za­kwe­dlu­la ki­bo.

14 Si­hla­le­le­ni? Bu­tha­na­ni,l si­nge­ne emi­zi­ni evi­ke­lwe­yo,m si­thu­le kho­na;n ngo­ba iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu isi­thu­li­si­le, ya­si­na­thi­sa ama­nzi enyo­ngo,o ngo­ba so­ni­le eNko­si­ni.

15 Sa­li­nde­la uku­thu­la,p ko­dwa ka­ku­ba­nga lo­ku­hle; isi­kha­thi so­kwe­la­tshwa, ko­dwa kha­nge­la, lu­hlu­pho.q

16 Uku­thi­mu­la kwa­ma­bhi­za akhe kwe­zwa­ka­lar ku­su­ke­la ko­Da­ni;s ili­zwe lo­nke la­thu­thu­me­la emsi­ndwe­ni wo­ku­kho­nyat kwa­la­ma­ndla akhe;u ngo­ba afi­ki­le, adla ili­zwev lo­ku­gcwa­la kwa­lo, umu­zi la­ba­hla­la ki­wo.

17 Ngo­ba kha­nge­la­ni, ngi­thu­me­la pha­ka­thi kwe­nu izi­nyo­ka,w ama­bu­lu­lu,x ange­la­ku­lu­njwa, nja­lo aza­li­lu­ma,y itsho iNko­si.

UJe­re­mi­ya ukha­le­la ili­zwe la­ko­Ju­da

18 Uku­du­du­zwa kwa­mi ku­so­si­zi­ni, inhli­zi­yo ya­mi iphe­le­lwa nga­ma­ndla ki­mi.z

19 Kha­nge­la­ni, ili­zwi lo­ku­kha­la kwe­ndo­da­ka­zi ya­ba­ntu ba­mi li­ve­la eli­zwe­ni eli­kha­tsha­na.a INko­si ka­yi­kho eZi­yo­ni yi­ni? Inko­si ya­yo ka­yi­kho pha­ka­thi kwa­yo yi­ni?b Ba­ngi­cu­nu­le­le­ni nge­zi­tho­mbe za­bo ezi­ba­zi­we­yo,c ngo­ku­yi­ze kwa­be­zi­zwe?

20 Isi­vu­no si­dlu­li­le, ihlo­bo li­phe­li­le, ka­nti thi­na ka­si­si­ndi­swa­nga.

21 Ngo­kwe­phu­kad kwe­ndo­da­ka­zi ya­ba­ntu ba­mi nge­phu­ki­le;ef ngi­mnya­ma;g uku­ma­nga­la oku­khu­lu ku­ngi­ba­mbi­le.

22 Ka­ku­la­bha­li­sa­mu* yi­ni eGi­le­ya­di?h Ka­kho yi­ni ume­la­phi kho­na? Ngo­ba ku­nga­ni ku­nga­ve­li ukwe­la­tshwai kwe­ndo­da­ka­zi ya­ba­ntu ba­mi?j

9Ku­nga­thi nga­be ikha­nda la­mi li­nga­ma­nzi,a la­me­hlo ami umtho­mbo we­zi­nye­mbe­zi, uku­ze ngi­kha­le­le aba­bu­le­we­yo be­ndo­da­ka­zi ya­ba­ntu ba­mib emi­ni le­bu­su­ku!

2 Ku­nga­thi nga­be ngi­le­nda­wo yo­ku­la­la ye­zi­ha­mbic enka­nga­la, uku­ze ngi­tshi­ye aba­ntu ba­mi, ngi­su­ke ku­bo! Ngo­ba bo­nke ba­yi­zi­fe­be,d ixu­kue la­ba­kho­hli­sa­yo.f

3 Nja­lo ba­go­bi­sa uli­mi lwa­bo nje­nge­da­ndi­li la­bo be­se­nze­la ama­nga;g ko­dwa ka­ba­li­qi­ne­lih iqi­ni­so eli­zwe­ni;i ngo­ba ba­qhu­be­ka ku­su­ke­la ko­ku­bi ku­si­ya ko­ku­bi, mi­na-ke ka­ba­nga­zi,jk itsho iNko­si.

4 Qa­phe­la­ni, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo uma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khe,l li­nga­the­mbi la­wu­phi umfo­we­nu,m ngo­ba wo­nke umfo­we­nu uza­kho­hli­sa lo­ku­kho­hli­sa,n la­ye wo­nke uma­khe­lwa­ne uza­ha­mba ngo­ku­hle­ba.o

5 Nja­lo ba­za­kho­hli­sa, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo uma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khe, be­nga­khu­lu­mi iqi­ni­so; ba­lu­fu­ndi­si­le uli­mi lwa­bo uku­khu­lu­ma ama­nga, be­zi­di­ni­sa ngo­kwe­nza oku­bi.p

6 Inda­wo ya­kho yo­ku­hla­la ipha­ka­thi kwe­nko­hli­so; nge­nko­hli­so ba­ya­la uku­nga­zi,q itsho iNko­si.

7 Nga­kho itsho nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla: Kha­nge­la, ngi­za­ba­nci­bi­li­ki­sa,r ngi­ba­hlo­le;s ngo­ba ngi­za­kwe­nza nja­nit nge­nxa ye­ndo­da­ka­zi ya­ba­ntu ba­mi?u

8 Uli­mi lwa­bo lu­ngu­mtsho­ko wo­ku­bu­la­la,vw lu­khu­lu­ma inko­hli­so;x ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo ukhu­lu­ma uku­thu­la ngo­mlo­mo wa­khe ku­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khe,y ko­dwa nga­pha­ka­thi kwa­khe uya­mca­tha­me­la.z

9 Ka­ngi­yi­ku­ba­je­zi­sa yi­ni nge­nxa ya­le­zi­zi­nto?a itsho iNko­si; umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi ka­wu­yi­ku­phi­ndi­se­la yi­ni esi­zwe­ni esi­nje­nga­le­si?

10 Ngi­za­pha­ka­mi­sa uku­kha­la le­si­li­lo phe­zu kwe­zi­nta­ba, la­phe­zu kwe­zi­nda­wo zo­ku­hla­la ze­nka­nga­la ingo­ma yo­ku­li­la,bc ngo­ba ku­tshi­si­we,d oko­ku­thi ku­nge­kho odlu­la­yo; nja­lo ba­nge­zwa ili­zwi le­zi­fu­yo; ku­su­ke­la enyo­ni­ni za­ma­zu­lu ku­si­ya enya­ma­za­ne­nie ku­ba­le­ki­le, ku­ha­mbi­le.f

11 Ngi­za­ye­nza iJe­ru­sa­le­ma ibe zi­nqu­mbi,g umli­ndih we­mi­go­bho;i le­mi­zi ya­ko­Ju­da ngi­za­ye­nza ibe lu­nxi­wa, inga­bi la­mhla­li.

Ili­zwe li­ya­chi­the­ka la­ba­ntu ba­ya­kha­la

12 Ngu­ba­ni umu­ntu ohla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo onga­qe­di­si­sa lo­khu?j Nja­lo ngu­ba­ni umlo­mo we­Nko­si okhu­lu­me ku­ye, uku­ze aku­bi­ke? Ku­nga­ni ili­zwe li­bhu­bhi­le li­tshi­swe nje­nge­nka­nga­la,k ku­ze ku­nga­bi­kho odlu­la­yo?

13 INko­si ya­si­si­thi: Ngo­ba be­de­li­le umla­yo wa­mi enga­wu­be­ka pha­mbi kwa­bo,l nja­lo be­nga­li­la­le­la­nga ili­zwi la­mi, be­nga­ha­mba­nga nga­lo;

14 ko­dwa ba­la­nde­lam inka­ni ye­nhli­zi­yo ya­bo,n be­la­nde­la oBha­li, oyi­se aba­ba­fu­ndi­sa kho­na.o

15 Nga­lo­kho itsho nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li: Kha­nge­la, ngi­za­bo­ndlap la­ba­ba­ntu ngo­mhlo­nya­ne,q ngi­ba­na­thi­se ama­nzi enyo­ngo.r

16 Nja­lo ngi­za­ba­hla­ka­za pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwest aba­nga­za­nga ba­za­zi bo­na la­bo­yi­se,u ngi­thu­me inke­mba emva kwa­bo,vw ngi­ze ngi­ba­qe­de.

17 Itsho nja­lo INko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla: Qa­phe­la­ni, li­bi­ze abe­si­fa­za­na aba­li­la­yo uku­thi be­ze;x li­thu­me­le kwa­be­si­fa­za­na aba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo, uku­thi be­ze.

18 Ka­ba­pha­ngi­se, ba­si­pha­ka­mi­se­le isi­li­lo, uku­ze ame­hlo ethu ehli­se inye­mbe­zi,y le­nko­phe ze­thu zi­mpo­mpo­ze ama­nzi.

19 Ngo­ba ili­zwi lo­ku­li­la li­ye­zwa­ka­la li­phu­ma eZi­yo­ni li­si­thi: Ye­ka uku­chi­the­ka kwe­thu!z Si­le­nhlo­ni ka­khu­lu, ngo­ba si­li­tshi­yi­le ili­zwe, ngo­ba ba­bhi­dli­zi­le izi­nda­wo ze­thu zo­ku­hla­la.a

20 Ka­nti zwa­ni­ni ili­zwi le­Nko­si, li­na be­si­fa­za­na, le­ndle­be ze­nu zi­le­mu­ke­le ili­zwi lo­mlo­mo wa­yo; li­fu­ndi­se ama­do­da­ka­zi enu uku­qhi­nqa isi­li­lo, ku­be ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo uma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khe ingo­ma yo­ku­li­la.

21 Ngo­ba uku­fa kwe­nyu­ke­le ema­wi­ndi­ni ethu, kwa­nge­na ezi­go­dlwe­ni ze­thu, uku­qu­ma aba­ntwa­nab ezi­ta­la­de­ni,c ama­ja­had emi­da­nge­ni.e

22 Khu­lu­ma uthi: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Ngi­tsho isi­du­mbu so­mu­ntu si­za­ku­wa nje­nga­ma­lo­ngwe ebu­swe­ni be­nsi­mu,f la­nje­ngo­mzi­la wa­ma­be­le asi­ki­we­yo emva ko­mvu­ni,g nja­lo ku­nga­bi lo­bu­tha­yo.hi

Wo­nke umu­ntu ka­zi­bo­nge ngo­kwa­zi uNku­lu­nku­lu

23 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Ohla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo ka­nga­zi­nco­mi nge­nhla­ka­ni­pho ya­khe,jk le­qha­we li­nga­zi­nco­mi ngo­bu­qha­we ba­lo, isi­no­thi si­nga­zi­nco­mi nge­no­tho ya­so;

24 ko­dwa ozi­nco­ma­yo ka­zi­nco­me nga­lo­khu,lm uku­thi uya­qe­di­si­sa uya­nga­zi mi­na,n uku­thi ngi­yi­Nko­si ese­be­nzi­sa utha­ndo­lo­mu­sa, isa­hlu­le­lo, lo­ku­lu­nga emhla­be­ni; ngo­ba ku­le­zi­zi­nto ngi­ya­tho­ko­za,o itsho iNko­si.

25 Kha­nge­la, insu­ku zi­ye­za,p itsho iNko­si, uku­thi ngi­za­je­zi­sa bo­nkeq aba­so­ki­le­yo ejwa­bi­ni:r

26 IGi­bhi­the, lo­Ju­da, loE­do­ma, la­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­ni, lo­Mo­wa­bi,s la­bo bo­nke aba­pho­se­lwe engo­nsi­ni, aba­hla­la enka­nga­la; ngo­ba zo­nke izi­zwe ka­zi­so­kwa­nga, la­yo yo­nke indlu kaI­sra­ye­li ka­yi­so­kwa­nga enhli­zi­ywe­ni.t

Izi­tho­mbe zi­ngo­nku­lu­nku­lu ba­ma­nga; yi­Nko­si ku­phe­la engu­Nku­lu­nku­lu

10Zwa­ni­ni ili­zwi iNko­si eli­khu­lu­ma ki­ni, li­na ndlu kaI­sra­ye­li.

2 Itsho nja­lo INko­si: Li­nga­fu­ndi indle­la ya­ba­he­de­ni, li­nga­tsha­ywa lu­va­lo nge­zi­bo­na­ka­li­so za­ma­zu­lu,a nge­nxa yo­ku­thi aba­he­de­ni ba­ya­ze­sa­ba.

3 Ngo­ba imi­khu­ba ya­ba­ntu iyi­ze;b ngo­ba ku­ga­nyu­lwa isi­hla­hla ehla­thi­ni,c umse­be­nzi we­za­ndla ze­ngci­tshi, nge­hlo­ka.d

4 Ba­si­ce­ci­sa nge­si­li­va la­nge­go­li­de,e ba­si­qi­ni­sa nge­zi­pi­ki­li la­nge­za­ndo,fg uku­ze si­nga­za­ma­za­mi.

5 Zi­nje­nge­si­hla­hlah se­la­la,i ko­dwa ka­zi­khu­lu­mi;j ku­swe­le­ka zi­thwa­lwe,k ngo­ba zi­nge­ha­mbe; li­nga­ze­sa­bi, ngo­ba zi­nge­la­kwe­nza oku­bi, fu­thi ka­ku­kho ukwe­nza oku­hle ku­zo.l

6 Nje­ngo­ba ku­nge­kho onje­nga­we,m Nko­si; umkhu­lu, le­bi­zo la­kho li­khu­lu ngo­bu­qha­we.n

7 Ngu­ba­ni onge­kwe­sa­be,o we­na Nko­si ye­zi­zwe?p ngo­ba ku­ku­fa­ne­le. Ngo­ba pha­ka­thi kwa­bo bo­nke aba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo be­zi­zwe,q la­ku­yo yo­nke imi­bu­so ya­bo, ka­kho onje­nga­we.r

8 Ko­dwa ka­nye­ka­nye ba­nje­nge­zi­nya­ma­za­nas ba­yi­zi­phu­ku­phu­ku;t isi­go­do si­yi­mfu­ndi­so so­ku­yi­ze.u

9 Isi­li­va esi­kha­ndi­we­yov si­le­thwa si­ve­la eTa­rshi­shi,w le­go­li­de li­ve­la eU­fa­zi,x umse­be­nzi we­ngci­tshi,y lo­we­za­ndla zo­mkha­ndi we­go­li­de;z zi­lu­hla­za okwe­si­bha­ka­bha­ka lo­ku­yi­bu­be­nde izi­gqo­ko za­bo;a ko­nke ku­ngu­mse­be­nzi wa­ba­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo.b

10 Ko­dwa iNko­si ingu­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­qi­ni­so, ingu­Nku­lu­nku­lu ophi­la­yo le­nko­si ya­pha­ka­de.c Eku­thu­ku­the­le­ni kwa­yo umhla­ba uya­za­ma­za­ma, le­zi­zwe ka­zi­la­ku­lu­me­la ula­ka lwa­yo.

11 Li­za­ku­tsho nja­lo ku­bo: Onku­lu­nku­lu aba­nge­nza­nga ama­zu­lu lo­mhla­bad ba­za­bhu­bha ba­su­ke emhla­be­ni la­nga­pha­nsi kwa­la ama­zu­lu.e

12 Owe­nza umhla­ba nga­ma­ndla akhe,fg wa­mi­sa ili­zwe nge­nhla­ka­ni­pho ya­khe,h la­ngo­ku­qe­di­si­sa kwa­khe we­ndla­la ama­zu­lu.i

13 La­pho ekhu­pha ili­zwi,jk ku­le­nhlo­ko­mo ya­ma­nzi ema­zu­lwi­ni; we­nza inku­ngu ye­nyu­ke emkha­wu­lwe­ni wo­mhla­ba,lm we­nza imi­ba­nen le­zu­lu, akhu­phe umo­yao ezi­pha­le­ni za­khe.p

14 Wo­nke umu­ntu unje­nge­nya­ma­za­na elwa­zi­ni;q wo­nke umkha­ndi we­go­li­de uya­ngi­swa yi­si­tho­mbe esi­ba­zi­we­yo;r ngo­ba isi­tho­mbe sa­khe esi­bu­njwe ngo­ku­nci­bi­li­ki­sa si­yi­nko­hli­so,s nja­lo ka­ku­la­mphe­fu­mu­lo ku­zo.t

15 Zi­yi­ze,u umse­be­nzi we­zi­nko­hli­so; nge­si­kha­thi se­mpi­ndi­se­lo ya­zo zi­za­bhu­bha.v

16 Isa­be­lo si­ka­Ja­ko­be ka­si­nje­nga­zo,w ngo­ba ungu­mbu­mbi wa­kho ko­nke, loI­sra­ye­li uyi­nto­nga ye­li­fa la­khe;x iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla li­bi­zo la­yo.y

17 Qo­qa impa­hla ya­kho uyi­khu­phe eli­zwe­ni,z we­na mhla­li­ka­zi we­nqa­ba.a

18 Ngo­ba itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Kha­nge­la, ngi­za­ba­ji­ki­je­la nga­pha­ndle aba­hla­li be­li­zweb nga­le­si­si­kha­thi,c ngi­ba­ci­nde­ze­led uku­ze baku­tho­le.e

Uku­chi­the­ka kwe­la­ko­Ju­da

19 Ma­ye ki­mi nge­nxa yo­kwe­phu­ka kwa­mi!f Inxe­ba la­mi li­nzi­ma;g ko­dwa mi­na nga­thi: Isi­bi­li lo­khu yi­nhlu­phe­koh ya­mi engi­za­yi­thwa­la.i

20 Ithe­nte la­mi li­di­li­zi­we,j le­nta­mbo za­mi zo­nke zi­qa­mu­ki­le; aba­ntwa­na ba­mi ba­su­ki­le ki­mi, nja­lo ka­ba­kho;k ka­kho onge­lu­la ithe­nte la­mi fu­thi, ami­se ama­khe­the­ni ami.l

21 Ngo­ba abe­lu­sim se­be­nje­nge­nya­ma­za­na,n ka­ba­di­nga­nga iNko­si; nga­kho-ke ka­ba­phu­me­le­la­nga,o lo­mhla­mbi wa­bo wo­nke uhla­ka­ze­ki­le.

22 Kha­nge­la, umsi­ndo wo­mbi­ko ufi­ki­le,p lo­ku­za­ma­za­ma oku­khu­lu oku­ve­la eli­zwe­ni le­nya­ka­tho,q oku­za­kwe­nza imi­zi ya­ko­Ju­da ibe lu­nxi­wa,r inda­wo yo­ku­hla­la ye­mi­go­bho.s

23 Nko­si, ngi­ya­zi uku­thi indle­la yo­mu­ntu ka­yi­kho ku­ye;t ka­ku­kho emu­ntwi­ni oha­mba­yo uku­thi aqo­ndi­se uku­nya­the­la kwa­khe.u

24 Nko­si, ngi­la­ya, ko­dwa nge­sa­hlu­le­lo,v ha­tshi ola­ke­ni lwa­kho, hle­zi ungi­nci­phi­se.

25 Thu­lu­le­la ula­ka lwa­kho phe­zu kwa­ba­he­de­niw aba­nga­kwa­zi­yo,x la­phe­zu kwe­nse­ndo ezi­nga­bi­zi ibi­zo la­kho; ngo­ba ba­mdli­le uJa­ko­be,y ba­mgi­nya, ba­mqe­da,z ba­chi­tha inda­wo ya­khe yo­ku­hla­la.a

UJe­re­mi­ya le­si­vu­me­lwa­no

11Ili­zwi ela­fi­ka ku­Je­re­mi­ya li­ve­la eNko­si­ni, li­si­thi:

2 Zwa­ni­ni ama­zwia ale­si­si­vu­me­lwa­no,b li­khu­lu­me eba­ntwi­ni ba­ko­Ju­da la­ku­ba­hla­li be­Je­ru­sa­le­ma.

3 Nja­lo uthi ki­bo: Itsho nja­lo INko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li: Uqa­le­ki­si­we umu­ntu onga­la­le­li ama­zwi ale­si­si­vu­me­lwa­no,c

4 enga­wa­la­ye­la oyi­hlo ngo­su­ku engi­ba­khu­pha nga­lo eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the, esi­tha­ndwe­ni se­nsi­mbi,d ngi­si­thi: La­le­la­ni ili­zwi la­mi,e li­we­nze nje­nga­kho ko­nke engi­li­la­ya kho­na; nga­lo­kho li­za­ku­ba nga­ba­ntu ba­mi,f la­mi ngi­be ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­nu,

5 uku­ze ngi­mi­se isi­fu­ngo enga­si­fu­nga ku­bo­yi­hlog uku­thi ngi­ba­ni­ke ili­zwe eli­ge­le­za ucha­go lo­lu­ju, nje­nga­la­mu­hla.h Nga­se­ngi­phe­ndu­la nga­thi: Ame­ni, Nko­si.

6 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ki­mi: Me­me­ze­la wo­nke la­ma­zwi emi­zi­ni ya­ko­Ju­dai le­zi­ta­la­de­ni ze­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, usi­thi: Zwa­ni­ni ama­zwi ale­si­si­vu­me­lwa­no,j li­we­nze.kl

7 Ngo­ba nga­fa­ka­za lo­ku­fa­ka­za ku­bo­yi­hlo ngo­su­ku enga­ba­khu­phu­la nga­lo eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the, ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hla, ngi­vu­ka ngo­vi­vi ngi­fa­ka­za,m ngi­si­thi: La­le­la­ni ili­zwi la­mi.n

8 Ko­dwa ka­ba­la­le­la­nga,o ka­ba­be­ka­nga indle­be ya­bo, ko­dwa ba­ha­mba, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo ngo­bu­lu­khu­ni be­nhli­zi­yo ya­bo embi.p Nga­kho ngi­za­le­tha phe­zu kwa­bo wo­nke ama­zwi ale­si­si­vu­me­lwa­no,q enga­ba­la­ya uku­thi bawe­nze,r ko­dwa ka­bawe­nza­nga.

9 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ki­mi: Ku­tho­la­ke­le ugo­be pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntu ba­ko­Ju­da,s la­pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­hla­li be­Je­ru­sa­le­ma.

10 Se­be­bu­ye­le ezi­pha­mbe­kwe­ni za­bo­kho­kho ba­bo,t aba­la uku­zwa ili­zwi la­mi; bo­na ba­la­nde­la aba­nye onku­lu­nku­lu uku­ze ba­ba­kho­nze; indlu ya­koI­sra­ye­li le­ndlu ya­ko­Ju­da zi­se­phu­li­le isi­vu­me­lwa­no sa­mi enga­se­nza la­bo­yi­se.u

11 Nga­kho itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Kha­nge­la, ngi­za­le­tha oku­bi phe­zu kwa­bo, aba­nge­ke ba­phu­me ku­kho; la­pho be­kha­la ki­mi,v ka­ngi­yi­ku­be­zwa.

12 Kho­na imi­zi ya­ko­Ju­da la­ba­hla­li be­Je­ru­sa­le­ma be­za­ha­mba ba­kha­le ku­bo­nku­lu­nku­lu aba­ba­tshi­se­la impe­pha, ko­dwa ka­ba­yi­ku­ba­si­ndi­sa lo­ku­ba­si­ndi­sa nge­si­kha­thi so­bu­bi ba­bo.

13 Ngo­ba nje­nge­na­ni le­mi­zi ya­kho ba­benja­lo onku­lu­nku­lu ba­kho,w Ju­da, lanje­nge­na­ni le­zi­ta­la­da ze­Je­ru­sa­le­ma li­mi­si­le ama­la­thi ku­lo­khu oku­ya­ngi­sa­yo, ama­la­thi oku­tshi­se­la uBha­li impe­pha.

14 Nga­kho we­na unga­ba­khu­le­ke­li la­ba­ba­ntu,x fu­thi unga­ba­pha­ka­mi­se­li uku­kha­la ku­mbe umkhu­le­ko,y ngo­ba ka­ngi­yi­ku­zwa nge­si­kha­thi so­ku­kha­la kwa­bo ki­mi nge­nxa ye­nhlu­phe­ko ya­bo.z

15 Otha­nde­ka­yo wa­mia ula­nib endli­ni ya­mi, lo­khu enze ama­nya­la la­ba­ne­ngi,c le­nya­ma engcwe­le isi­ye­dlu­le ku­we yi­ni?d La­pho use­nza oku­bi, ku­la­pho utho­ko­za.e

16 INko­si ya­bi­za ibi­zo la­kho ngo­ku­thi: Isi­hla­hla so­mhlwa­thi esi­lu­hla­za esi­hle nge­zi­the­lo ezi­nhle;f ngo­msi­ndo we­nhlo­ko­mo enku­lu iza­si­thu­nge­la ngo­mli­lo,g le­nga­tsha za­so ze­phu­ke.h

17 Ngo­ba iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, eya­ku­hla­nye­la­yo,i ikhu­lu­mi­le oku­bi nga­we, nge­nxa yo­bu­bi be­ndlu ya­koI­sra­ye­li lo­be­ndlu ya­ko­Ju­da, aba­kwe­nzi­le­yo be­me­le­ne la­bo ngo­kwa­bo uku­ngi­cu­nu­la ngo­ku­tshi­se­la uBha­li impe­pha.j

Ice­bo lo­ku­bu­la­la uJe­re­mi­ya

18 INko­si ya­si­nga­zi­sa uku­thi nga­zi; wa­su­ngi­tshe­ngi­sa ize­nzo za­bo.

19 Ko­dwa mi­na nga­ngi­nje­nge­wu­ndlu ku­mbe inka­bi ku­si­wa eku­hla­tshwe­ni;k ngo­ba nga­ngi­nga­zi uku­thi ba­ce­ba ama­ce­bo be­me­le­ne la­mi,l be­si­thi: Asi­chi­the isi­hla­hla le­si­the­lo sa­so;m asi­mqu­me asu­ken eli­zwe­ni la­ba­phi­la­yo,o uku­ze ibi­zo la­khe li­nga­be li­sa­khu­nju­lwa.p

20 Ko­dwa, we­na Nko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, uma­hlu­le­li olu­ngi­le­yo, ohlo­la izi­nsoq le­nhli­zi­yo,rs ka­ngi­bo­ne impi­ndi­se­lo ya­kho ki­bo;t ngo­ba nge­mbu­le uda­ba lwa­mi ku­we.

21 Nga­kho itsho nja­lo iNko­si nga­ma­do­da eA­na­tho­thi,u adi­nga impi­lo ya­kho,v esi­thi: Unga­pro­fe­thi nge­bi­zo le­Nko­si,w uku­ze unga­fi nge­sa­ndla se­thu.x

22 Nga­kho itsho nja­lo INko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla: Kha­nge­la, ngi­za­wa­je­zi­sa; ama­ja­ha aza­ku­fa nge­nke­mba, ama­do­da­na awo la­ma­do­da­ka­zi awo aza­ku­fa nge­ndla­la,

23 nja­lo ka­ku­yi­ku­ba le­nsa­li ku­wo; ngo­ba ngi­za­le­tha oku­bi phe­zu kwa­ma­do­day eA­na­tho­thi,z ngo­mnya­ka we­mpi­ndi­se­lo ya­wo.ab

Uku­so­la ku­ka­Je­re­mi­ya

12Ulu­ngi­le we­na Nko­si,a la­pho ngi­phi­ki­sa­na la­we; ka­nti ngi­za­khu­lu­ma la­we nge­za­hlu­le­lo za­kho.b Ku­nga­ni indle­la ya­ba­kho­hla­ke­le­yo iphu­me­le­la?c be­hle­zi ku­hled bo­nke abe­nza inko­hli­so nge­nko­hli­so?e

2 Uba­hla­nye­le, ye­bo, ba­gxi­li­le impa­nde; ba­ya­qhu­be­ka, ye­bo, ba­the­le izi­the­lo; use­du­ze emlo­nye­ni wa­bo,f ka­nti ukha­tsha­na le­zi­nso za­bo.

3 Ko­dwa we­na, Nko­si, uya­nga­zi,g ungi­bo­ni­le, wa­hlo­la inhli­zi­yo ya­mi nga­ku­we.h Ba­hu­du­lei nje­nge­zi­mvu zo­ku­hla­tshwa,j ube­hlu­ka­ni­se­lek usu­ku lo­ku­hla­tshwa.l

4 Ko­ze ku­be ni­ni ili­zwe li­li­la,m lo­hla­za lwe­ga­nga lo­nke lu­bu­na? Nge­nxa yo­bu­bi ba­ba­khi­le­yo ku­lon izi­nya­ma­za­na le­nyo­ni zi­ya­bhu­bha;o ngo­ba ba­thi: Ka­yi­yi­ku­bo­na isi­phe­tho se­thu.

5 Uba ugi­ji­me la­be­zi­nya­wo, ba­ku­di­ni­sa, pho, unga­nci­nti­sa­na nja­ni la­ma­bhi­za?p Uba uthe­mbe­la eli­zwe­ni eli­lo­ku­thu­la, pho, uza­kwe­nza nja­ni eku­khu­khu­ma­le­ni kwe­Jo­da­ni?q

6 Ngo­ba ngi­tsho aba­fo­we­nu le­ndlu ka­yi­hlo,r ngi­tsho la­bo ba­ku­pha­tha nge­nko­hli­so,s ye­bo, bo­na ba­ya­me­me­za emva kwa­kho ngo­ku­gcwe­le­yo; unga­ba­kho­lwa,t lo­ba be­khu­lu­ma izi­nto ezi­nhle ku­we.

Usi­zi lwe­Nko­si

7 Ngi­yi­de­li­le indlu ya­mi, ngi­li­tshi­yi­le ili­fa la­mi;u ngi­ni­ke­le otha­ndi­we­yo wo­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi esa­ndle­ni se­zi­tha za­khe.

8 Ili­fa la­mi ki­mi li­nje­nge­si­lwa­ne ehla­thi­ni;v li­ngi­phu­mi­se­le ili­zwi; nga­kho-ke ngi­li­zo­ndi­le.

9 Ili­fa la­mi ki­mi linje­nge­nyo­ni ela­ma­ba­la­ba­la edla inya­ma,w inyo­ni ezi­dla inya­ma ziyi­ha­nqi­le zi­me­le­ne la­yo;x wo­za­ni, li­bu­the zo­nke izi­lo ze­ga­nga, li­zi­le­the uku­thi zi­dle.y

10 Abe­lu­si aba­ne­ngi ba­si­chi­thi­lez isi­vi­ni sa­mi,a ba­nya­the­le­le pha­nsi isa­be­lo sa­mi,b ba­se­nzi­le isa­be­lo sa­mi esi­lo­yi­se­ka­yo sa­ba yi­nka­nga­la elu­nxi­wa.

11 Ba­se­nze sa­ba lu­nxi­wa, si­li­le­la ki­mic si­lu­nxi­wa; ili­zwe lo­nke li­lu­nxi­wa, ngo­ba ka­ku­la­mu­ntu oku­be­ka enhli­zi­ywe­ni.d

12 Aba­chi­thi ba­fi­ki­le phe­zu kwa­wo wo­nke ama­du­ndu­lu enka­nga­la; ngo­ba inke­mba ye­Nko­si iza­ku­dla ku­su­ke­la komu­nye umkha­wu­lo we­li­zwe ku­si­ya komu­nye umkha­wu­lo we­li­zwe; ka­ku­la­ku­thu­la ku­yo yo­nke inya­ma.

13 Ba­hla­nye­le ingqo­lo­yi, ko­dwa ba­za­vu­na ame­va;e ba­zi­hlu­phe, ka­ba­yi­ku­zu­za;f nja­lo li­za­ku­ba le­nhlo­ni nge­zi­vu­no ze­nu,g nge­nxa yo­ku­vu­tha ko­la­ka lwe­Nko­si.h

14 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Ma­ye­la­na la­bo bo­nke oma­khe­lwa­ne ba­mi aba­bii aba­thi­nta ili­faj enge­nze isi­zwe sa­mi uI­sra­ye­li uku­thi si­dle ili­fa la­lo:k Kha­nge­la, ngi­za­ba­si­phu­na eli­zwe­ni la­bo, ngi­yi­si­phu­ne indlu ya­ko­Ju­da isu­ke pha­ka­thi kwa­bo.

15 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke emva ko­ku­ba­si­phu­na kwa­mi, ngi­za­bu­yal ngi­be le­si­ha­wu ku­bo,m ngi­ba­bu­yi­se,no ku­be ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo eli­fe­ni la­khe, la­ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo eli­zwe­ni la­khe.

16 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke uba be­za­zi­fu­nda ngo­ku­khu­tha­la izi­ndle­la za­ba­ntu ba­mi, uku­thi ba­fu­nge nge­bi­zo la­mi ba­thi: Ku­phi­la ku­ka­Je­ho­va;p nje­nga­lo­kho ba­fu­ndi­sa aba­ntu ba­mi uku­fu­nga ngo­Bha­li, kho­na be­za­kwa­khi­wa pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntu ba­mi.q

17 Ko­dwa uba be­nga­la­le­li, ngi­za­si­si­phu­na le­so­si­zwe, ngi­si­si­phu­ne ngi­si­bhu­bhi­se,r itsho iNko­si.

Umfa­ne­ki­so we­bha­nti le­le­mbu

13Itsho nja­lo INko­si ki­mi: Ha­mba uzi­the­nge­le ibha­nti le­le­mbua eli­co­le­ki­le­yo,b uli­fa­ke ekha­lwe­ni lwa­kho, unga­li­fa­ki ema­nzi­ni.

2 Nga­se­ngi­the­nga ibha­nti nje­ngo­kwe­li­zwi le­Nko­si, nga­li­fa­ka ekha­lwe­ni lwa­mi.c

3 Ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­se­li­fi­ka ki­mi ngo­kwe­si­bi­li li­si­thi:

4 Tha­tha ibha­nti oli­the­ngi­le­yo eli­so­kha­lwe­ni lwa­kho, usu­ku­me uye eYu­fra­thi, uli­fi­hle kho­na engo­xwe­ni ye­dwa­la.d

5 Nga­se­ngi­ha­mba, nga­li­fi­hla nga­se­Yu­fra­thi nje­ngo­ba iNko­si ingi­la­yi­le.

6 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi eku­phe­le­ni kwe­nsu­ku ezi­ne­ngi, iNko­si ya­si­si­thi ki­mi: Su­ku­ma, uye eYu­fra­thi, uye­tha­tha kho­na ibha­nti enga­ku­la­ya uku­thi uli­fi­hle kho­na.

7 Nga­se­ngi­si­ya eYu­fra­thi, nga­ge­bha, nga­li­tha­tha ibha­nti enda­we­ni la­pho enga­ngi­li­fi­hle kho­na; kha­nge­la-ke, ibha­nti la­lo­na­ke­le,e la­li­nga­sa­si­zi lu­tho.f

8 La­se­li­fi­ka ki­mi ili­zwi le­Nko­si li­si­thi:

9 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Nga­li­ndle­lag ngi­za­ko­na­ka­li­sah uku­zi­qhe­nya ku­ka­Ju­dai lo­ku­zi­qhe­nya oku­khu­lu kwe­Je­ru­sa­le­ma.

10 La­ba­ba­ntu aba­bi, aba­la uku­zwa ama­zwi ami, aba­ha­mba ngo­bu­lu­khu­ni be­nhli­zi­yo ya­bo,j be­la­nde­la aba­nye onku­lu­nku­lu uku­ba­kho­nza, lo­ku­ba­kho­tha­me­la, ba­za­ku­ba nje­nga­le­li­bha­nti eli­nga­si­zi lu­tho.k

11 Ngo­ba nje­ngo­ba ibha­nti li­na­ma­the­la okha­lwe­ni lo­mu­ntu, ngo­ku­nja­lo ngi­na­ma­the­li­se ki­mi indlu yo­nke ya­koI­sra­ye­li le­ndlu yo­nke ya­ko­Ju­da, itsho iNko­si; uku­ze ki­mi ba­be nga­ba­ntu,l le­bi­zo,mno le­ndu­mi­so,pqr le­nka­zi­mu­lo;s ko­dwa ka­ba­la­le­la­nga.

Umfa­ne­ki­so we­zi­mbi­za ezi­gcwa­li­swa nge­wa­yi­ni

12 Nga­kho uza­khu­lu­ma ki­bo le­li­li­zwi: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li: Yo­nke imbo­dle­lat iza­gcwa­li­swa nge­wa­yi­ni.u Nja­lo ba­za­ku­thi ku­we:v Isi­bi­li ka­si­kwa­zi yi­ni uku­thi yo­nke imbo­dle­la iza­gcwa­li­swa nge­wa­yi­ni?

13 Ubu­su­si­thi ki­bo: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Kha­nge­la, ngi­za­gcwa­li­sa bo­nke aba­khi­le­yo ba­le­li­li­zwe, la­ma­kho­si ahla­la esi­hla­lwe­ni so­bu­kho­si si­ka­Da­vi­da,w la­ba­pri­sti,x la­ba­pro­fe­thi,y la­bo bo­nke aba­hla­li be­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, ngo­ku­da­kwa.z

14 Nja­lo ngi­za­ba­pha­hla­za omu­nye ko­mu­nye,a la­bo­yi­se la­ma­do­da­na nda­wo­nye, itsho iNko­si; ka­ngi­yi­ku­ha­wu­ke­la, ka­ngi­yi­ku­ye­ke­la, ka­ngi­yi­ku­ba lo­mu­sa, uku­thi ngi­nga­ba­chi­thi.

Aba­ko­Ju­da ba­za­thu­njwa nge­nxa yo­ku­nga­phe­ndu­ki kwa­bo

15 Zwa­ni­ni, li­be­ke indle­be, li­nga­zi­qhe­nyi, ngo­ba iNko­si ikhu­lu­mi­le.

16 Ini­ke­ni iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu udu­mo,b inga­ka­le­thi ubu­mnya­ma,c le­nya­wo ze­nu zi­nga­ka­khu­be­ki ezi­nta­be­ni zo­ku­hwa­la­la, li­sa­li­nde­la uku­kha­nya,d ikwe­nze ku­be li­thu­nzi lo­ku­fa,e ikwe­nze ku­be ngu­mnya­ma onzi­ma.f

17 Ko­dwa uba li­nga­la­le­li, umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi uza­kha­la inye­mbe­zi enda­we­ni ze­nsi­tha nge­nxa yo­ku­zi­qhe­nya kwe­nu,g le­li­hlo la­mi li­za­kha­la inye­mbe­zi ka­bu­hlu­ngu,h le­hli­se inye­mbe­zi, ngo­ba umhla­mbi we­Nko­si uthu­nji­we.

18 Tsho­no enko­si­nii le­ndlo­vu­ka­zi­nijk uthi: Zi­tho­be­ni, hla­la­ni pha­nsi; ngo­ba imi­qhe­le ye­nu iza­we­la pha­nsi, umqhe­le wo­du­mo lwe­nu.l

19 Imi­zi ye­ni­ngi­zi­mu iza­va­lwa,m nja­lo ka­kho ozayi­vu­la; uJu­da uza­thu­njwa, ye­na wo­nke, uza­thu­njwa ngo­ku­phe­le­le­yo.

20 Pha­ka­mi­sa­ni ame­hlo enu, li­bo­ne la­bo aba­ve­la enya­ka­tho.n Unga­phi umhla­mbi owa­phi­wa wo­na, umhla­mbi wa­kho omu­hle?

21 Uza­ku­thi­ni uba ese­nza isi­je­zi­so phe­zu kwa­kho, ngo­ba we­na uba­fu­ndi­se uku­thi ba­be yi­zi­ndu­nao le­nhlo­ko phe­zu kwa­kho;p inhlu­ngu ka­zi­yi­ku­ku­ba­mba yi­ni nje­ngo­we­si­fa­za­na obe­le­tha­yo?q

22 Nja­lo uba usi­thi enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­kho: Ku­nga­ni le­zi­zi­nto ze­nza­ke­le ki­mi?r Nge­nxa yo­bu­ne­ngi bo­bu­bi ba­kho ama­lo­gwe akho embu­li­we,s le­zi­the­nde za­kho za­pha­thwa ngo­dla­ke­la.

23 UmE­thi­yo­phi­ya anga­si­phe­ndu­la yi­ni isi­khu­mba sa­khe, ku­mbe ingwe ama­ba­la ayo? Kho­na la­ni li­za­ku­ba la­kho ukwe­nza oku­hle ele­jwa­ye­le ukwe­nza oku­bi.t

24 Nga­kho ngi­za­ba­hla­ka­za nje­nga­ma­kho­ba edlu­li­swa ngo­mo­ya we­nka­nga­la.u

25 Le yi­nka­tho ya­kho, isa­be­lo se­zi­li­nga­ni­so za­kho ezi­ve­la ki­mi,v itsho iNko­si, ngo­ba ungi­kho­hli­we,w wa­the­mba ema­nge­ni.x

26 Nga­kho la­mi ngi­za­kwe­mbu­la ama­lo­gwe akho phe­zu ko­bu­so ba­kho,yz uku­ze ku­bo­na­ka­le ihla­zo la­kho.a

27 Ngi­bo­ni­le ubu­fe­be ba­kho, lo­ku­kho­nya kwa­kho,b inko­hla­ka­lo zo­ku­phi­nga kwa­kho, phe­zu kwa­ma­qa­qa ega­nge­ni, ama­nya­la akho.c Ma­ye ku­we, Je­ru­sa­le­ma! ka­wu­yi­ku­hla­mbu­lu­ka yi­ni?d Ku­se­za­dlu­la ni­ni?

Ili­zwi le­Nko­si ma­ye­la­na le­mba­le­la

14Ili­zwi le­Nko­si ela­fi­ka ku­Je­re­mi­ya ma­ye­la­na le­nda­ba ze­mba­le­la.

2 UJu­da uya­li­la, la­ma­sa­ngo akhe ada­nge­le; amnya­ma ku­ze ku­be se­mhla­ba­thi­ni, lo­ku­kha­la kwe­Je­ru­sa­le­ma kwe­nyu­ki­le.

3 Nja­lo izi­khu­lu za­khe zi­thu­ma aba­nci­nya­ne ba­zo ema­nzi­ni; ba­fi­ka emi­tho­nje­ni, ba­nga­tho­li ma­nzi; ba­bu­ye­le inko­nxa za­bo zi­nge­la­lu­tho, be­le­nhlo­ni, be­ya­nge­ki­le, be­mbo­mbo­ze ikha­nda la­bo.

4 Ngo­ba umhla­ba­thi uda­bu­ki­le, ngo­ba ku­nge­kho izu­lu eli­zwe­ni, aba­li­mi ba­le­nhlo­ni, ba­mbo­mbo­za ikha­nda la­bo.

5 Ye­bo impa­la la­yo iya­za­la ega­nge­ni, iku­tshi­ye, ngo­ba ku­nge­la­tsha­ni.

6 La­bo­ba­bhe­mi be­ga­nga ba­ye­ma ema­du­ndu­lwi­ni, ba­phe­mbe­le umo­yaa nje­nge­mi­go­bho;b ame­hlo abo aya­phe­la, ngo­ba ku­nge­la­tsha­ni.

7 La­nxa izo­no ze­thu zi­fa­ka­za zi­me­la­na la­thi, Nko­si, ye­nza nge­nxa ye­bi­zo la­khoc; ngo­ba uku­hle­hle­la nyo­va­ne kwe­thu ku­ne­ngid, so­ni­le ku­wee.

8 We­na the­mba li­kaI­sra­ye­li, uMsi­ndi­si wa­khe nge­si­kha­thi se­mba­nde­ze­lo, ku­nga­ni uza­ku­ba nje­ngo­we­zi­zwe­ni eli­zwe­nif, la­nje­nge­si­ha­mbi e­si­pha­mbu­ke­la ece­le­ni uku­la­la ubu­su­kug?

9 Ku­nga­ni uza­ku­ba nje­ngo­mu­ntu odi­de­ki­le­yo, nje­nge­qha­we e­li­nge­la­ku­si­ndi­sah. Ka­nti we­na upha­ka­thi kwe­thu, Nko­si, le­bi­zo la­kho li­bi­zwe phe­zu kwe­thui; unga­si­tshi­yij.

10 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si nga­la­ba­ba­ntu: Ngo­ku­nja­lo ba­tha­nda uku­zu­la, ka­ba­zi­nqa­nda­nga inya­wo za­bo; nga­kho iNko­si ka­yi­tho­ko­zi nga­bok, kha­the­si iza­khu­mbu­la ubu­bi ba­bo, izi­ha­mbe­le izo­no za­bol.

11 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ki­mi: Unga­khu­le­ke­li la­ba­ba­ntum ku­be ku­hlen.

12 La­pho be­zi­la uku­dla, ka­ngi­yi­ku­zwa uku­kha­la kwa­boo; la­la­pho be­ni­ke­la umni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa lo­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­dla, ka­ngi­yi­ku­tho­ko­za nga­bo; ko­dwa ngi­za­ba­qe­dap nge­nke­mbaq la­nge­ndla­la la­ngo­ma­tsha­ya­bhu­qe we­si­for.

13 Nga­se­ngi­si­thi: Ha­wu, Nko­si Je­ho­va! Kha­nge­la, aba­pro­fe­thi ba­thi ku­bo: Ka­li­yi­ku­bo­na inke­mba, ka­li­yi­ku­ba le­ndla­las, ko­dwa ngi­za­li­ni­ka uku­thu­la oku­qi­ni­se­ki­le­yo ku­li­nda­wot.

14 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ki­mi: Aba­pro­fe­thi ba­pro­fe­tha ama­nga nge­bi­zo la­miu. Ka­ngi­ba­thu­ma­nga, nja­lo ka­ngi­ba­la­ya­nga, nja­lo ka­ngi­khu­lu­ma­nga ki­bo; ba­pro­fe­tha ki­ni umbo­no wa­ma­ngav, lo­ku­hla­hlu­la, lo­ku­yi­zew, le­nko­hli­so ye­nhli­zi­yo ya­box.

15 Nga­kho itsho nja­lo iNko­si ma­ye­la­na la­ba­pro­fe­thi aba­pro­fe­tha ebi­zwe­ni la­mi, ngo­ba mi­na ngi­nga­ba­thu­ma­ngay, ka­nti ba­thiz: Inke­mba le­ndla­la ka­ku­yi­ku­ba kho­na ku­le­li­li­zwe: Nge­nke­mba la­nge­ndla­la la­bo­ba­pro­fe­thi ba­za­qe­dwaa.

16 La­ba­ntu, aba­pro­fe­tha ki­bo, ba­za­ku­ba nga­ba­pho­se­lwa ezi­ta­la­de­ni ze­Je­ru­sa­le­ma nge­nxa ye­ndla­la le­nke­mba; nja­lo ku­nge­kho oba­ngcwa­ba­yob, bo­na, omka­bo, la­ma­do­da­na abo, la­ma­do­da­ka­zi abo; ngo­ba ngi­za­thu­lu­le­la ubu­bi ba­bo phe­zu kwa­bo.

17 Nga­kho uza­ku­tsho le­li­li­zwi ki­bo elo­ku­thi: Ame­hlo ami ka­we­hli­se inye­mbe­zi ebu­su­ku le­mi­nic, zi­nga­kha­wu­lid, ngo­ba into­mbi emsu­lwa ya­ba­ntu ba­mi ye­phu­ki­le ngo­kwe­phu­ka oku­khu­lue, uku­tsha­ywa oku­bu­hlu­ngu ka­khu­luf.

18 Uba ngi­phu­me­la ema­pha­ndle­ni, kha­nge­la-ke, aba­bu­le­we nge­nke­mbag. Nja­lo uba ngi­nge­na emzi­ni, kha­nge­la-ke, aba­gu­la­yo nge­ndla­lah. Ye­bo, bo­ba­bi­li umpro­fe­thi lo­mpri­stii ba­bho­da­bho­daj eli­zwe­ni ko­dwa be­nga­zik.

19 Usu­ma­li­le isi­bi­li uJu­da yi­ni? Umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­kho une­ngwa yi­Zi­yo­ni yi­nil? Usi­tsha­ye­le­ni nja­lo si­nga­bi lo­kwe­la­tshwam? Sa­li­nde­la uku­thu­la, ko­dwa ka­ku­ba­nga lo­ku­hlen; le­si­kha­thi so­kwe­la­tshwa, ko­dwa kha­nge­la, uva­loo.

20 Si­ya­zi, Nko­si, uku­kho­hla­ka­la kwe­thu lo­bu­bi ba­bo­ba­ba, ngo­ba so­ni­le ku­wep.

21 Ungasi­de­le­li, nge­nxa ye­bi­zo la­khoq, unga­ya­ngi­si isi­hla­lo so­bu­kho­si so­du­mo lwa­kho; khu­mbu­la, unga­se­phu­li isi­vu­me­lwa­no sa­kho la­thir.

22 Ku­kho­na yi­ni pha­ka­this ko­ku­yi­ze kwa­be­zi­zwe oku­nga­ni­sa izu­lut? Ku­mbe ama­zu­lu anga­ni­ka izi­hla­mbo yi­niu? Aku­su­we yi­ni, Nko­si, Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thu? Nga­kho si­za­li­nde­la ku­wev; ngo­ba ngu­we owe­nze zo­nke le­zi­zi­ntow.

Uku­thu­ku­the­la kwe­Nko­si ngo­Ju­da

15INko­si ya­si­si­thi ki­mi: Lo­ba be­ku­mi pha­mbi kwa­mia oMo­zi­sibc lo­Sa­mu­we­li,de inhli­zi­yo ya­mi ibi­nge­be ku­la­ba­ba­ntu; ba­xo­tshe pha­mbi kwa­mi, ba­ye­ke­le ba­phu­me.

2 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke uba be­si­thi ku­we: Si­za­phu­ma si­ye nga­phi? Uza­ba­tshe­la-ke uthi: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Abo­ku­fa ba­ya eku­fe­ni,f la­be­nke­mba ba­ya enke­mbe­ni, la­be­ndla­la ba­ya endla­le­ni, la­bo­ku­thu­njwa ba­ya eku­thu­njwe­ni.

3 Ngo­ba ngi­za­ba­mi­se­la izi­nhlo­bo ezi­ne,g itsho iNko­si: Inke­mba yo­ku­bu­la­la, le­zi­nja zo­ku­do­nsa, le­nyo­ni za­ma­zu­luh le­zi­nya­ma­za­na zo­mhla­ba zo­ku­dla le­zo­ku­bhu­bhi­sa.

4 Ngi­za­ba­ni­ke­la ba­be yi­nto eye­sa­be­ka­yo ku­yo yo­nke imi­bu­so yo­mhla­ba, nge­nxa ka­Ma­na­se indo­da­na ka­He­ze­khi­ya, inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da,i nga­lo­kho akwe­nza eJe­ru­sa­le­ma.

5 Ngo­ba ngu­ba­ni oza­ku­ha­wu­ke­la, we­na Je­ru­sa­le­ma? nja­lo ngu­ba­ni oza­ku­li­le­la?j nja­lo ngu­ba­ni oza­pha­mbu­ke­la ece­le­ni uku­bu­za ngo­ku­thu­la kwa­kho?

6 We­na ungi­de­li­le,k itsho iNko­si, wa­bu­ye­la emu­va;l nga­kho ngi­za­kwe­lu­la isa­ndla sa­mi ngi­me­le­ne la­we, ngi­ku­chi­the; ngi­kha­the­le yi­ku­ha­wu­ke­la.m

7 Nja­lo ngi­za­be­lan ngo­lu­thi lo­kwe­la ema­sa­ngwe­ni eli­zwe;o ngi­za­be­mu­ka aba­ntwa­na,p ngi­bhu­bhi­se aba­ntu ba­mi; ka­ba­phe­ndu­ka­nga endle­le­ni za­bo.q

8 Aba­fe­lo­ka­zi ba­bo ba­ndi­le ki­mi ku­le­tshe­be­tshe­be lo­lwa­ndle.r Ngi­le­the phe­zu kwa­bo, phe­zu ku­ka­ni­na, ija­ha, umchi­thi emi­ni enku­lu;s ngi­wi­se­le phe­zu kwa­bo uva­lo le­ze­sa­bi­sot be­nga­na­nze­le­le.

9 Owa­za­la aba­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa use­kha­the­le;u use­phe­fu­mu­le oko­ku­ci­na;v ila­nga la­khe li­tsho­ne ku­se­se­mi­ni;w wa­ba le­nhlo­ni, wa­ya­nge­ka; le­nsa­li ya­bo ngi­za­yi­ni­ke­la enke­mbe­ni pha­mbi kwe­zi­tha za­bo, itsho iNko­si.

Uku­so­la ku­ka­Je­re­mi­ya

10 Ma­ye mi­na,x ma­ma, uku­thi ungi­ze­le, umu­ntu wo­ku­phi­ki­sa­na lo­mu­ntu wo­ku­xa­ba­na emhla­be­ni wo­nke! Ka­nge­bo­le­ki­sa­nga nge­nzu­zo,y fu­thi ka­ba­nge­bo­le­ki­sa­nga nge­nzu­zo, ka­nti ba­ya­ngi­thu­ka, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo wa­bo.

11 INko­si ya­thi: Isi­bi­li ku­za­ku­ba ku­hle nge­nsa­li ya­kho;z isi­bi­li ngi­za­ku­nce­nge­la esi­the­ni nge­si­kha­thi so­ku­bi la­nge­si­kha­thi so­si­zi.a

12 Insi­mbi inga­ye­phu­la yi­ni insi­mbi eve­la enya­ka­thob le­thu­si?c

13 Ino­tho ya­kho lo­ku­li­gu­gu kwa­kho ngi­za­ku­ni­ke­la ku­be yi­mpa­ngo,d ku­nge­la­nte­ngo,e la­nge­nxa ye­zo­no za­kho zo­nke, ngi­tsho emi­ngce­le­ni ya­kho yo­nke.f

14 Ngi­za­kwe­nza uku­thi u­dlu­le ka­nye le­zi­tha za­kho u­ye eli­zwe­ni ongala­zi­yo;g ngo­ba umli­lo uba­si­we ola­ke­ni lwa­mi;h uza­bhe­bha phe­zu kwe­nu.

15 We­na uya­zi, Nko­si;i ngi­khu­mbu­la,j ungi­ha­mbe­le, ungi­phi­ndi­se­le­le kwa­ba­ngi­zi­nge­la­yo;kl unga­ngi­su­si eku­be­ke­ze­le­ni kwa­kho; ya­zi uku­thim nge­nxa ya­kho ngi­thwe­le ihla­zo.n

16 Ama­zwi akho atho­la­ka­la nja­lo nga­wa­dla;o le­li­zwi la­kho ki­mi la­ba yi­nja­bu­lo nja­lo la­ba yi­nto­ko­zo ye­nhli­zi­yo ya­mi;p ngo­ba ibi­zo la­kho la­bi­zwa phe­zu kwa­mi, we­na Nko­si, Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­ma­ba­ndla.

17 Ka­ngi­hla­la­ngaq emhla­nga­nwe­ni wa­ba­hle­ka usu­lu,r ku­mbe ngi­ja­bu­le; nge­nxa ye­sa­ndla sa­kho nga­hla­la nge­dwa;s ngo­ba ungi­gcwa­li­se nge­ntu­ku­the­lo.

18 Ku­nga­ni ubu­hlu­ngu ba­mi bu­be kho­na nja­lo­nja­lo, le­nxe­ba la­mi li­nge­la­phe­ki,t li­sa­la uku­pho­la?u Isi­bi­li uza­ku­ba nje­ngo­mqa­mbi­ma­ngav ki­mi yi­ni, nje­nga­ma­nzi a­nga­the­mbe­ka­nga?w

19 Nga­kho itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Uba ubu­ya,x ngi­za­ku­bu­yi­sa, ume pha­mbi kwa­mi;yz nja­lo uba ukhu­pha oku­li­gu­gu ko­ku­nga­si­zi lu­tho, uza­ku­ba nje­ngo­mlo­mo wa­mi. Bo­na ka­ba­bu­ye­le ku­we, ko­dwa we­na unga­bu­ye­li ku­bo.

20 Ngo­ba ngi­za­kwe­nza ube ngu­mdu­li we­thu­si ovi­ke­lwe­yo ku­la­ba­ba­ntu;a nja­lo ba­za­ku­lwa be­me­le­ne la­we, ko­dwa ka­ba­yi­ku­kwe­hlu­la,b ngo­ba mi­na ngi­la­we uku­ku­si­ndi­sa lo­ku­ko­phu­la,c itsho iNko­si.

21 Ngi­za­ko­phu­la esa­ndle­ni sa­ba­bi,d ngi­ku­hle­nge esa­ndle­ni sa­ba­le­si­hlu­ku.e

INko­si iza­tsha­ya aba­ko­Ju­da

16Ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­se­li­fi­ka ki­mi li­si­thi:

2 Unga­zi­tha­the­li umfa­zi, nja­lo unga­bi la­ma­do­da­na ku­mbe ama­do­da­ka­zi ku­li­nda­wo.

3 Ngo­ba itsho nja­lo iNko­si ma­ye­la­na la­ma­do­da­na la­ma­ye­la­na la­ma­do­da­ka­zi aza­le­lwe ku­li­nda­wo, la­ma­ye­la­na la­bo­ni­na aba­wa­za­la­yo la­ma­ye­la­na la­bo­yi­se aba­wa­za­le­le ku­le­li­li­zwe:

4 Ba­za­ku­fa izi­mfa ze­mi­khu­hla­ne;a ka­ba­yi­ku­li­le­lwa,b fu­thi ka­ba­yi­ku­ngcwa­tshwa;c ba­za­ku­ba ngu­mqu­ba phe­zu ko­bu­so bo­mhla­ba;d nja­lo ba­za­qe­dwae yi­nke­mbaf la­yi­ndla­la;g le­zi­du­mbu za­bo zi­za­ku­ba yi­ku­dla kwe­zi­nyo­ni za­ma­zu­luh lo­kwe­nya­ma­za­na zo­mhla­ba.

5 Ngo­ba itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Unga­nge­ni endli­ni ye­si­li­lo,i unga­yi­ku­li­la, unga­ba­kha­le­li; ngo­ba ngi­ku­su­si­le uku­thu­la kwa­mi ku­la­ba­ba­ntu, itsho iNko­si, utha­ndo­lo­mu­sa le­zi­ha­wu.

6 Nja­lo aba­khu­lu la­ba­nci­nya­ne ba­za­ku­fa ku­le­li­li­zwe; ka­ba­yi­ku­ngcwa­tshwa,j ka­ba­yi­ku­ba­li­le­la,k ka­ba­yi­ku­zi­si­ka,l ka­ba­yi­ku­zi­phu­cam nge­nxa ya­bo.

7 Fu­thi ka­ba­yi­ku­ba­hle­phu­le­la isi­nkwa esi­li­lwe­ni, uku­ba­du­du­za nge­nxa yo­fi­le­yo; fu­thi ka­kho oza­ba­na­thi­sa inke­zo ye­zi­ndu­du­zo nge­nxa ka­yi­se la­nge­nxa ka­ni­na.

8 Nja­lo unga­nge­ni endli­ni ye­di­li, uku­hla­la la­bo, uku­dla lo­ku­na­tha.

9 Ngo­ba itsho nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li: Kha­nge­la­ni, ngi­za­kwe­nza uku­thi ku­phe­le ku­le inda­wo, eme­hlwe­ni enu,n le­nsu­kwi­ni ze­nu, ili­zwi le­nto­ko­zo, le­li­zwi le­nja­bu­lo, ili­zwi lo­mye­ni, le­li­zwi li­ka­ma­ko­ti.

10 Nja­lo ku­za­ku­thi la­pho utshe­la la­ba­ba­ntu wo­nke la­ma­zwi, ba­be­se­be­si­thi ku­we: INko­si ikhu­lu­me­la­ni ko­nke lo­khu oku­bi oku­khu­lu ime­le­ne la­thi,o nja­lo bu­yi­ni ubu­bi be­thu, nja­lo yi­si­phi iso­no se­thu esi­so­ni­le­yo si­me­le­ne le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu?

11 Kho­na uza­ku­thi ku­bo:p Nge­nxa yo­ku­thi oyi­hlo ba­ngi­de­li­le, itsho iNko­si, ba­la­nde­la aba­nye onku­lu­nku­lu,q ba­ba­se­be­nze­la, ba­ba­kho­nza, ba­ngi­de­la mi­na, ka­ba­gci­na­nga umla­yo wa­mi;

12 li­na-ke le­nze oku­bi ku­la­bo­yi­hlo;r ngo­ba kha­nge­la­ni, li­la­nde­la, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo ubu­lu­khu­ni be­nhli­zi­yo ya­khe embi,s uku­thi ba­nga­ngi­la­le­li.

13 Nga­kho ngi­za­li­pho­se­la nga­pha­ndle kwa­le­li­li­zwe,tu li­ye eli­zwe­ni eli­nga­la­zi­yo,v li­na la­bo­yi­hlo; la­pho-ke li­za­se­be­nze­la aba­nye onku­lu­nku­lu emi­ni le­bu­su­ku, ngo­ba ka­ngi­yi­ku­li­ni­ka umu­sa.

14 Nga­kho, kha­nge­la,w insu­ku zi­ye­za,x itsho iNko­si, la­pho ku­nga­sa­yi­ku­thi­wa: Ku­phi­la kwe­Nko­si,y eya­khu­phu­la aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the;

15 ko­dwa: Ku­phi­la kwe­Nko­si,z eya­khu­phu­la aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li eli­zwe­ni le­nya­ka­thoa la­ku­wo wo­nke ama­zwe eya­yi­ba­xo­tshe­le ki­wo; ngo­ba ngi­za­ba­bu­yi­sa fu­thi eli­zwe­ni la­ki­bo enga­li­ni­ka oyi­se.b

16 Kha­nge­la, ngi­za­thu­me­la ku­ba­go­li be­nhla­nzic aba­ne­ngi, itsho iNko­si, ba­be­se­be­ba­go­la; le­mva kwa­lo­kho ngi­za­thu­me­la ku­ba­zi­nge­li aba­ne­ngi, ba­ba­zi­nge­le be­ba­su­sa ku­yo yo­nke inta­ba, la­ku­lo lo­nke uqa­qa, la­se­zi­ngo­xwe­ni za­ma­dwa­la.d

17 Ngo­ba ame­hlo ami aphe­zu kwa­zo zo­nke izi­ndle­la za­bo;e ka­zi­fi­hla­ka­la­nga ebu­swe­ni ba­mi, lo­bu­bi ba­bo ka­bu­ca­tsha­nga pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo ami.f

18 Ku­qa­la-ke ngi­za­phi­ndi­se­la isi­pha­mbe­ko sa­bo le­so­no sa­bog ngo­ku­phi­ndi­we­yo,h ngo­ba be­ngco­li­se ili­zwe la­mi,i ba­gcwa­li­sa ili­fa la­mi nge­zi­du­mbu za­ma­nya­la abo le­zi­ne­ngi­so za­bo.

19 Nko­si, we­na ma­ndla ami, le­nqa­ba ya­mi,j le­si­phe­phe­lo sa­mi ngo­su­ku lwe­mba­nde­ze­lo,k abe­zi­zwe ba­za­fi­ka ku­we be­ve­la emi­kha­wu­lwe­ni yo­mhla­ba, ba­thi: Isi­bi­li oba­ba ba­dli­le ili­fa la­ma­nga, oku­yi­ze,l lo­ku­nge­kho inzu­zo ku­kho.mn

20 Umu­ntu anga­ze­nze­la onku­lu­nku­lu yi­ni, ka­nti ka­ba­yi­si­bo onku­lu­nku­lu?o

21 Nga­kho, kha­nge­la, ngi­za­be­nza ba­zi okwa­le­si­si­kha­thi,p ngi­za­be­nza ba­zi isa­ndla sa­mi lo­bu­qha­we ba­mi; ba­za­kwa­zi-ke uku­thi ibi­zo la­mi li­ngu­Je­ho­va.q

Iso­no sa­ko­Ju­da

17Iso­no sa­ko­Ju­da si­bha­li­we nge­phe­ni ye­nsi­mbi,a ngo­mci­jo we­nda­yi­ma­na;b si­bha­lwe ngo­ku­gu­jwa esi­bhe­bhe­ni se­nhli­zi­yo ya­bo,c le­zi­mpo­ndwe­nid za­ma­la­thi enu;ef

2 aba­ntwa­na ba­bo be­sa­khu­mbu­la ama­la­thi abog le­zi­xu­ku za­boh nga­se­zi­hla­hle­ni ezi­lu­hla­za phe­zu kwa­ma­qa­qa apha­ke­me­yo.i

3 We­na nta­ba ya­mi ese­ga­nge­ni,j ngi­za­ni­ke­la imfu­yo ya­kho la­kho ko­nke oku­li­gu­gu kwa­kho empa­ngwe­ni,k le­zi­nda­wo za­kho ezi­pha­ke­me­yo, nge­nxa ye­so­no ku­yo yo­nke imi­ngce­le ya­kho.

4 La­we, ngi­tsho ngo­kwa­kho, uza­ye­ke­la ili­fa la­kho enga­ku­ni­ka lo­na;l nja­lo ngi­za­kwe­nza use­be­nze­le izi­tha za­khom eli­zwe­ni onga­la­zi­yo;no ngo­ba usu­phe­mbe umli­lo eku­thu­ku­the­le­ni kwa­mi; uza­vu­tha ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni.

5 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Uqa­le­ki­si­we umu­ntu othe­mbe­la emu­ntwi­ni,p ese­nza inya­ma ibe yi­nga­lo ya­khe,q lo­nhli­zi­yo ya­khe ipha­mbu­ka eNko­si­ni.

6 Ngo­ba uza­ku­ba nje­nge­si­hla­hla­nya­na enka­nga­la,rs esi­nga­yi­ku­bo­na nxa oku­hle ku­si­za;t ko­dwa uza­hla­la e­zi­nda­weni ezo­mi­le­yo enka­nga­la, e­li­zweni le­tshwa­yi,u eli­nga­hla­lwa­yo.v

7 Ubu­si­si­we umu­ntu othe­mbe­la eNko­si­ni,w lo­the­mba la­khe li­yi­Nko­si.x

8 Ngo­ba uza­ku­ba nje­nge­si­hla­hla esi­hla­nye­lwe nga­se­ma­nzi­ni,y esi­na­bi­se­la impa­nde za­so nga­se­mfu­le­ni, esi­nge­sa­bi la­pho ku­fi­ka uku­tshi­sa, ko­dwa ihla­mvu la­so li­za­ku­ba lu­hla­za;z ka­si­kha­tha­ze­ki emnya­ke­ni wo­ku­ba­le­la, ka­si­ye­ke­li uku­the­la isi­the­lo.

9 Inhli­zi­yoa ile­nko­hli­so okwe­dlu­la ko­nke,b fu­thi imbi ka­khu­lu;c ngu­ba­ni onga­ya­zi?

10 Mi­na Nko­si ngi­hlo­la inhli­zi­yo,d ngi­li­nge izi­nso,e ngi­tsho uku­pha wo­nke umu­ntu nje­ngo­kwe­zi­ndle­la za­khe,f nje­ngo­kwe­si­the­lo se­ze­nzo za­khe.

11 Nje­nge­the­nde­le eli­fu­ka­me­la ama­qa­nda li­ngawa­cha­mu­se­li,g unja­lo lo­wo owe­nza ino­tho ko­dwa ha­tshi ngo­ku­lu­nga; uza­ku­tshi­yah pha­ka­thi kwe­nsu­ku za­khe,i le­ku­ci­ne­ni kwa­khe abe yi­si­thu­tha.j

12 Isi­hla­lo so­bu­kho­si esi­le­nka­zi­mu­lo, esi­pha­ka­nyi­si­we­yo kwa­se­ku­qa­le­ni, si­yi­nda­wo ye­ndlu ye­thu engcwe­le.

13 Nko­si, the­mba li­kaI­sra­ye­li,k bo­nke aba­ku­de­la­yo ba­za­ya­nge­ka;l la­ba­su­ka ki­mi ba­za­bha­lwa emhla­ba­thi­ni,m ngo­ba ba­yi­de­li­le iNko­si,no umtho­mbo wa­ma­nzi aphi­la­yo.p

14 Ngi­si­li­sa, Nko­si, nja­lo ngi­za­si­la;q ngi­si­ndi­sa, nja­lo ngi­za­si­ndi­swa; ngo­ba uyi­ndu­mi­so ya­mi.r

15 Kha­nge­la, ba­thi ki­mi: Li­nga­phi ili­zwi le­Nko­si?s Ka­li­ze kha­the­si!t

16 Ko­dwa mi­na ka­ngi­pha­ngi­sa­ngauv uku­thi ngi­nga­bi ngu­me­lu­siw emva kwa­kho; fu­thi ka­ngi­lu­fi­sa­nga usu­ku olwe­sa­be­ka­yo;x we­na uya­kwa­zi; okwa­phu­ma emlo­nye­ni wa­miy kwa­ku­pha­mbi ko­bu­so ba­kho.z

17 Unga­bi lu­va­lo ki­mi; we­na uyi­si­phe­phe­lo sa­mi osu­kwi­ni lo­bu­bi.a

18 Ka­ba­ya­nge­ke la­bo aba­ngi­zi­nge­la­yo,b ko­dwa mi­na ka­ngi­nga­ya­nge­ki,c ka­be­sa­be bo­na, ko­dwa mi­na ka­ngi­nge­sa­bi; be­hli­se­le usu­ku lo­bu­bi, ube­phu­led ngo­kwe­phu­la oku­phi­ndi­we­yo.e

Isa­ba­tha li­me­le uku­gci­nwa

19 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si ki­mi: Ha­mba uye­ku­ma esa­ngwe­ni la­ba­ntwa­na ba­ba­ntu, ange­na nga­lo ama­kho­si ako­Ju­da,f aphu­ma nga­lo, la­ku­wo wo­nke ama­sa­ngo eJe­ru­sa­le­ma,

20 ubu­su­si­thi ku­bo: Zwa­ni­ni ili­zwi le­Nko­si,g li­na ma­kho­si ako­Ju­da, lo­Ju­da wo­nke, la­bo bo­nke aba­hla­li be­Je­ru­sa­le­ma,h aba­nge­na nga­la ama­sa­ngo!

21 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Zi­qa­phe­le­ni, li­nga­thwa­li mthwa­lo ngo­su­ku lwe­sa­ba­tha,i ku­mbe liwu­nge­ni­se nga­ma­sa­ngo eJe­ru­sa­le­ma.

22 Fu­thi li­nga­khu­phi umthwa­lo ezi­ndli­ni ze­nu ngo­su­ku lwe­sa­ba­tha, li­nge­nzi lo­ba yi­wu­phi umse­be­nzi;j ko­dwa lu­ngcwe­li­se­ni usu­ku lwe­sa­ba­tha,k nje­nga­lo­khu nga­la­ya oyi­hlo.l

23 Ko­dwa ka­ba­la­le­la­nga, ka­ba­be­ka­nga indle­be ya­bo,m ko­dwa be­nza inta­mo ya­bo ya­ba lu­khu­ni uku­ze ba­nge­zwa,n lo­ku­ze ba­nge­mu­ke­li uku­la­ywa.o

24 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke uba li­na li­ngi­la­le­la lo­ku­ngi­la­le­la, itsho iNko­si, uku­thi li­nga­nge­ni­si mthwa­lo nga­ma­sa­ngo alu­mu­zi ngo­su­ku lwe­sa­ba­tha,p ko­dwa li­lu­ngcwe­li­se usu­ku lwe­sa­ba­tha,q uku­thi li­nge­nzi lo­ba yi­wu­phi umse­be­nzi nga­lo;

25 kho­na ku­za­nge­na nga­ma­sa­ngo alu­mu­zi ama­kho­si le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla aba­hla­la esi­hla­lwe­ni so­bu­kho­si si­ka­Da­vi­da,r be­ga­de izi­nqo­la la­ma­bhi­za,s wo­na le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­wo, aba­ntu ba­ko­Ju­da, la­ba­hla­li be­Je­ru­sa­le­ma; la­lu­mu­zi uza­hla­lwa ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni.

26 Ba­za­ku­za-ke be­ve­la emi­zi­ni ya­ko­Ju­da,t le­zi­nda­we­ni ezi­zi­nge­le­ze­le iJe­ru­sa­le­ma,uv le­li­zwe­ni la­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni,w le­gce­ke­ni,xyz le­zi­nta­be­ni,a la­se­za­nsi,bcd be­le­tha umni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa, lo­mhla­tshe­lo, lo­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­dla, le­nhla­ka, be­le­tha umhla­tshe­lo wo­ku­bo­nga,e endli­ni ye­Nko­si.

27 Ko­dwa uba li­nga­ngi­la­le­li, ukwe­nza usu­ku lwe­sa­ba­tha lu­be ngcwe­le,f uku­thi li­nga­thwa­li mthwa­log nxa li­nge­na nga­ma­sa­ngo eJe­ru­sa­le­ma ngo­su­ku lwe­sa­ba­tha, kho­na ngi­za­phe­mba umli­lo ema­sa­ngwe­ni ayo,h oza­qo­thu­la izi­go­dlo ze­Je­ru­sa­le­ma,i onga­yi­ku­ci­tshwa.j

UJe­re­mi­ya uya endli­ni yo­mbu­mbi

18Ili­zwi ela­fi­ka ku­Je­re­mi­ya li­ve­la eNko­si­ni li­si­thi:

2 Su­ku­ma, we­hle­le e­ndlini yo­mbu­mbi,a la­pho-ke ngi­za­ku­zwi­sa ama­zwi ami.

3 Nga­se­ngi­se­hle­la e­ndlini yo­mbu­mbi, kha­nge­la-ke wa­ye­se­nza umse­be­nzi ema­vi­li­ni.

4 Nja­lo imbi­za aye­ye­nza nge­bu­mba yo­na­ka­la esa­ndle­ni so­mbu­mbi;b wa­se­bu­ya we­nza nga­yo enye imbi­za nje­ngo­ba kwa­ku­qo­ndi­le eme­hlwe­ni ombu­mbi ukwe­nza.

5 Ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­se­li­fi­ka ki­mi li­si­thi:

6 Ndlu kaI­sra­ye­li, ngi­nge­ze nge­nza ki­ni nje­nga­lo umbu­mbi yi­ni?c itsho iNko­si. Kha­nge­la, nje­nge­bu­mba esa­ndle­ni so­mbu­mbi, li­nja­lo li­na esa­ndle­ni sa­mi,d li­na ndlu kaI­sra­ye­li.

7 Nge­si­kha­tsha­na ngi­za­khu­lu­ma nge­si­zwe la­ngo­mbu­soe uku­thi ngi­za­ku­si­phu­na, ngi­ku­di­li­ze, ngi­ku­chi­the;f

8 uba le­so­si­zwe engi­khu­lu­me ngi­me­le­ne la­so si­phe­ndu­ka ebu­bi­ni ba­so,g ngi­za­zi­so­la ngo­ku­bi ebe­ngi­ca­ba­nga uku­thi ngi­za­kwe­nza ki­so.h

9 Lange­si­kha­tsha­na ngi­za­khu­lu­ma nge­si­zwe la­ngo­mbu­so, ukwa­kha lo­kuku­hla­nye­la;i

10 uba ku­se­nza oku­bi eme­hlwe­ni ami, ku­nga­la­le­li ili­zwi la­mi, kho­na ngi­za­zi­so­la ngo­ku­hle ebe­ngi­si­thi ngi­za­kwe­nze­la oku­hle nga­kho.

11 Nga­kho kha­the­si ake ukhu­lu­me eba­ntwi­ni ba­ko­Ju­da la­kwa­ba­hla­li be­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, usi­thi: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Kha­nge­la­ni, ngi­li­bu­mbe­la oku­bi, ngi­li­ce­be­la ice­bo. Phe­ndu­ka­ni kha­the­si, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo endle­le­ni ya­khe embi,j le­nze indle­la ze­nu le­ze­nzo ze­nu zi­be zi­nhle.k

12 Ko­dwa ba­thi: Ka­ku­la­the­mba;l ko­dwa si­za­la­nde­la awe­thu ama­ce­bo, se­nze, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo inka­ni ye­nhli­zi­yo ya­khe embi.m

13 Nga­kho itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Bu­za­ni kha­the­si pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­he­de­ni,n ngu­ba­ni owa­ke we­zwa izi­nto ezi­nje? Into­mbi emsu­lwa ya­koI­sra­ye­li ye­nzi­le into eye­sa­be­ka­yo ka­khu­lu.o

14 Umu­ntu anga­tshi­ya yi­ni ili­qhwa eli­khi­thi­ki­le­yo le­Le­bha­no­ni e­li­ve­la edwa­le­ni le­ga­nga? Anga­tshi­ywap yi­ni ama­nzi aqa­nda­yo age­le­za eve­la kwe­zi­nye inda­wo?

15 Ko­dwa aba­ntu ba­mi ba­ngi­kho­hli­we,q ba­tshi­se­la oku­yi­zer impe­pha, ba­be­nza ba­khu­be­ka ezi­ndle­le­ni za­bo, e­mi­kho­ndwenis ya­se­ndu­lo,t uku­thi ba­ha­mbe ezi­ndle­dla­ne­ni, endle­le­ni enga­bu­the­le­lwa­nga;u

16 be­se­nza ili­zwe la­bo li­be lu­nxi­wa,v uku­nci­fe­lwaw nja­lo­nja­lo; wo­nke owe­dlu­la kho­na uza­ma­nga­la ka­khu­lu, ani­ki­ne ikha­nda la­khe.x

17 Ngi­za­ba­hla­ka­zay nje­ngo­mo­ya we­mpu­ma­la­nga pha­mbi kwe­si­tha;z ngi­za­ba­tshe­ngi­sa umhla­na, ha­tshi ubu­so, ngo­su­ku lwe­ngo­zi ya­bo.a

Aba­ntu be­nze­la uJe­re­mi­ya ugo­be

18 Ba­se­be­si­thi: Wo­za­ni si­mce­be­le ama­ce­bo uJe­re­mi­ya;b ngo­ba umthe­tho ka­wu­yi­ku­phe­lac ku­mpri­sti,d lo­kwe­lu­le­ka ko­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo, le­li­zwi ku­mpro­fe­thi.e Wo­za­ni si­mtsha­ye ngo­li­mi,f si­nga­na­nzi la­wa­phi ama­zwi akhe.

19 Ngi­na­ke­ke­la, Nko­si, ula­le­le ili­zwi la­ba­phi­ki­sa­na la­mi.g

20 Ku­ya­vu­zwa oku­bi esi­khu­ndle­ni so­ku­hle yi­ni?h ngo­ba ba­ge­bhe­lei umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi umgo­di.j Khu­mbu­la uku­thi nge­ma pha­mbi kwa­kho uku­ba­khu­lu­me­la oku­hle, uku­pha­mbu­la ula­ka lwa­kho ki­bo.

21 Nga­kho ni­ke­la aba­ntwa­na ba­bo endla­le­ni,k uba­ni­ke­le ema­ndle­ni enke­mba; la­ba­fa­zi ba­bo ba­la­hle­ke­lwe nga­ba­ntwa­na,l ba­be nga­ba­fe­lo­ka­zi, la­ma­do­da abo abu­la­we yi­ku­fa, ama­ja­ha abo atsha­ywe nge­nke­mba empi­ni.

22 Ka­ku­zwa­ka­le uku­kha­la endli­ni za­bo,m la­pho uza­hle ule­the ivi­yo phe­zu kwa­bo; ngo­ba be­ge­bhe umgo­di uku­ngi­ba­mba,n ba­fi­hle­la inya­wo za­mi imi­ji­bi­la.o

23 Ka­nti we­na, Nko­si, uya­wa­zi wo­nke ama­ce­bo abo be­me­le­ne la­mi ukungi­bu­la­la. Unga­the­the­le­lip isi­pha­mbe­ko sa­bo,qr le­so­no sa­bo unga­si­ci­tshi si­su­ke pha­mbi kwa­kho;s ko­dwa ka­ba­wi­swe pha­mbi kwa­kho, ba­na lo­kwe­nza la­bo nge­si­kha­thi so­ku­thu­ku­the­la kwa­kho.t

Inqa­yi efi­le­yo

19Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Ha­mba uye­the­ngaa isi­phi­sob so­mbu­mbi ese­bu­mba;c utha­the eba­da­le­ni ba­ba­ntud le­ba­da­le­ni ba­ba­pri­sti.e

2 Ubu­su­phu­ma uye esi­ho­tshe­ni se­ndo­da­na ka­Hi­no­muf esi­se­ku­nge­ne­ni kwe­sa­ngo lo­de­nge­zi, ume­me­ze­le kho­na ama­zwi engi­za­ku­tshe­la wo­na.

3 Uthi: Zwa­ni­ni ili­zwi le­Nko­si,g li­na ma­kho­si ako­Ju­da la­ni ba­khi­le­yo be­Je­ru­sa­le­ma:h Itsho nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li: Kha­nge­la­ni, ngi­za­le­tha oku­bi phe­zu kwa­li­nda­wo, oku­za­ku­thi lo­ba ngu­ba­ni oku­zwa­yo, indle­be za­khe zi­za­khe­nce­za.i

4 Nge­nxa yo­ku­thi ba­ngi­de­li­le,j ba­ye­nza li­nda­wo ya­ba nge­ya­be­zi­zwe, ba­tshi­se­la ki­yo impe­pha kwa­ba­nye onku­lu­nku­lu,k aba­nga­ba­za­nga bo­na la­bo­yi­se la­ma­kho­si ako­Ju­da; fu­thi ba­yi­gcwa­li­sa li­nda­wo nge­ga­zi la­ba­nge­la­ca­la.l

5 Fu­thi ba­kha izi­nda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yo zi­ka­Bha­li,m uku­tshi­sa ama­do­da­na abo ngo­mli­lo abe ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa ku­Bha­li,n engi­nga­ku­la­ya­nga, engi­nga­ku­khu­lu­ma­nga, oku­nga­ve­la­nga enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­mi.opq

6 Nga­kho kha­nge­la, insu­ku zi­ye­za,r itsho iNko­si, la­pho li­nda­wo inga­sa­yi­ku­bi­zwa ngo­ku­thi yi­To­fe­thi,s lo­ba isi­Ho­tsha se­ndo­da­na ka­Hi­no­mu,t ko­dwa isi­Ho­tsha so­ku­Bu­la­wa.

7 Nja­lo ngi­za­chi­tha ice­bo la­ko­Ju­da le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma ku­li­nda­wo,uv nge­nze uku­thi ba­we nge­nke­mba pha­mbi kwe­zi­tha za­bo,w la­nge­sa­ndla sa­ba­zi­nge­la impi­lo za­bo; ngi­ni­ke izi­du­mbu za­bo zi­be yi­ku­dla kwe­nyo­ni ze­zu­lu lo­kwe­nya­ma­za­na zo­mhla­ba.x

8 Nge­nze lu­mu­zi ube lu­nxi­wa,y lo­ko­ku­nci­fe­lwa; wo­nke owe­dlu­la ku­wo uza­ma­nga­la ka­khu­lu anci­fe nge­nxa ya­zo zo­nke inhlu­phe­ko za­wo.

9 Nja­lo ngi­za­be­nza ba­dle inya­ma ya­ma­do­da­na abo le­nya­ma ya­ma­do­da­ka­zi abo;z nja­lo ba­za­ku­dla ngu­lo­wo inya­ma ka­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khe eku­vi­nje­ze­lwe­ni le­ku­ci­nde­ze­lwe­ni,a ezi­za­ba­ci­nde­ze­la nga­kho izi­tha za­bo la­ba­di­nga impi­lo ya­bo.

10 Kho­na uza­pha­hla­zab isi­phi­so eme­hlwe­ni ama­do­da aha­mba la­we;c

11 ubu­su­si­thi ki­wo: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla:d Ngo­ku­nja­lo ngi­za­ba­pha­hla­za la­ba­ba­ntu la­lu­mu­zi,e nje­ngomu­ntu epha­hla­za imbi­za yo­mbu­mbi,f enge­bu­ye ilu­ngi­swe fu­thi; nja­lo ba­zaba­ngcwa­ba eTho­fe­thi, ngo­ba ku­nga­so­ze ku­be le­nda­wo yo­ku­ngcwa­ba.g

12 Ngi­za­kwe­nza nja­lo ku­li­nda­wo, itsho iNko­si, la­kwa­ba­khi­le­yo ba­yo, uku­thi nge­nze lu­mu­zi ube nje­nge­Tho­fe­thi.h

13 Nja­lo izi­ndlu ze­Je­ru­sa­le­ma le­zi­ndlu za­ma­kho­si ako­Ju­da zi­za­ngco­li­swa nje­nge­nda­wo ye­Tho­fe­thi,i nge­nxa ya­zo zo­nke izi­ndlu aba­tshi­se­la phe­zu kwe­mpa­hla za­zo impe­phajk ku­lo lo­nke ibu­tho la­ma­zu­lu,l ba­thu­lu­le­la aba­nye onku­lu­nku­lu imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­na­thwa­yo.m

14 Kho­na wa­bu­ya uJe­re­mi­ya eve­la eTo­fe­thi,n la­pho iNko­si eya­yi­mthu­me kho­na uku­pro­fe­tha, wa­se­si­ma egu­me­ni le­ndlu ye­Nko­si,o wa­thi eba­ntwi­ni bo­nke:

15 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li: Kha­nge­la­ni, ngi­za­kwe­hli­se­la ku­lu­mu­zi la­ku­yo yo­nke imi­za­na ya­wo ko­nke oku­bi engi­ku­tshi­lo­yo nga­wo, ngo­ba be­nze lu­khu­ni inta­mo ya­bo,p uku­ze ba­nge­zwa ama­zwi ami.q

UPa­shu­ri uya­qa­le­ki­swa

20Kwa­thi uPa­shu­ria umpri­sti, indo­da­na kaI­me­ri, umpri­sti,bc owa­ye­ngu­mbo­ni­si oyi­ndu­na endli­ni ye­Nko­si,d wa­mu­zwa uJe­re­mi­ya epro­fe­tha le­zi­zi­nto,

2 uPa­shu­ri wa­se­mtsha­ya uJe­re­mi­ya umpro­fe­thi, wa­mfa­ka esi­to­ki­si­nie esi­se­sa­ngwe­ni la­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni eli­nga­phe­zu­lu,f ela­li­nga­se­ndli­ni ye­Nko­si.

3 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ngo­su­ku olu­la­nde­la­yo, uPa­shu­ri wa­mkhu­pha uJe­re­mi­ya esi­to­ki­si­ni. UJe­re­mi­ya wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: INko­si ka­yi­bi­za­nga ibi­zo la­kho ngo­ku­thi uPa­shu­ri, ko­dwa uMa­go­ri-Mi­sa­bi­bi1.

4 Ngo­ba itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Kha­nge­la, ngi­za­kwe­nza ube yi­nto eye­sa­be­ka­yo ku­we uqo­bo,g la­ku­bo bo­nke aba­nga­ne ba­kho; nja­lo ba­za­ku­wa nge­nke­mba ye­zi­tha za­bo, la­me­hlo enu azaku­bo­na. Nja­lo ngi­za­ni­ke­la wo­nke uJu­da esa­ndle­ni se­nko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni, eza­ba­thu­mba iba­se eBha­bhi­lo­ni, iba­tsha­ye nge­nke­mba.

5 Fu­thi ngi­za­ni­ke­la yo­nkeh ino­tho ya­lu­mu­zi,i la­wo wo­nke umse­be­nzi wa­wo,j la­kho ko­nke oku­li­gu­gu kwa­wo,k la­zo zo­nke izi­pha­la za­ma­kho­si ako­Ju­da, ngi­ku­ni­ke­le esa­ndle­ni se­zi­tha za­bo, ezi­za­ku­pha­nga, zi­ku­tha­the, zi­ku­le­the eBha­bhi­lo­ni.l

6 La­we Pa­shu­ri, la­ni lo­nke ba­hla­li be­ndlu ya­kho, li­za­ku­ya eku­thu­njwe­ni; nja­lo uza­ku­ya eBha­bhi­lo­ni, ufe­le kho­na, ungcwa­tshe­lwe kho­na, we­na la­ba­nga­ne ba­kho bo­nke, opro­fe­the ki­bo ama­nga.m

Uku­so­la ku­ka­Je­re­mi­ya

7 Nko­si, wa­ngi­ye­nga,n nga­ye­nge­ka;o ula­ma­ndla ku­la­mi,p unqo­bi­le;q nga­ba yi­nhle­ki­sa lo­nke usu­ku,r bo­nke ba­ya­ngi­klo­lo­de­la.

8 Ngo­ba lo­ba ni­ni ngi­khu­lu­ma, ngi­ya­kha­la, ngi­me­me­ze udla­ke­la le­nci­tha­ka­lo;s ngo­ba ili­zwi le­Nko­sit se­li­be li­hla­zou le­nhle­ki­sa ki­mi usu­ku lo­nke.v

9 Nga­se­ngi­si­thi: Ka­ngi­yi­ku­yi­khu­mbu­la, ka­ngi­sa­yi­ku­khu­lu­ma nge­bi­zo la­yo; ko­dwa enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­mi ku­nje­ngo­mli­lo ovu­tha­yo ova­le­lwe ema­tha­nje­ni ami;w se­ngi­kha­the­le yi­ku­go­dla,x ngi­nge­ke nge­ne­li­se.

10 Ngo­ba ngi­zwi­le uku­hle­ba kwa­ba­ne­ngi,y ukwe­sa­ba inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke,z be­si­thi: Bi­ka­ni,a la­thi si­zaku­bi­ka!b Bo­nke aba­lo­ku­thu­la la­mic ba­li­nde­led uku­khu­be­ka kwa­mi,e be­si­thi: Mhla­wu­mbe anga­kho­hli­se­ka,f kho­na si­za­me­hlu­la,g si­phi­ndi­se­le impi­ndi­se­lo ye­thu ku­ye.

11 Ko­dwa iNko­si ila­mi nje­nge­qha­we ele­sa­be­ka­yo;h nga­kho-ke aba­ngi­zi­nge­la­yo ba­za­khu­be­ka, ka­ba­yi­ku­nqo­ba;i ba­za­ya­nge­ka ka­khu­lu,j ngo­ba be­nga­yi­ku­phu­me­le­la; ihla­zo la­bo eli­la­pha­ka­de ka­li­yi­ku­kho­hla­ka­la.k

12 Ko­dwa, Nko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, ohlo­la­yo olu­ngi­le­yo,l obo­na izi­nso le­nhli­zi­yo,m ngi­bo­ne impi­ndi­se­lo ya­kho ki­bo,no ngo­ba ku­we nga­mbu­li­le uda­ba lwa­mi.p

13 Hla­be­le­la­ni eNko­si­ni,q du­mi­sa­ni iNko­si; ngo­ba yo­phu­le umphe­fu­mu­lo wo­swe­la­yo esa­ndle­ni sa­be­nzi bo­bu­bir.

14 Ka­lu­qa­le­ki­swe usu­ku enga­za­lwa nga­lo;s usu­ku uma­ma angi­za­la nga­lo ka­lu­nga­bu­si­swa.

15 Ka­qa­le­ki­swe umu­ntu owa­le­tha izi­nda­ba ku­ba­ba, esi­thi: Uza­le­lwe umntwa­na we­si­li­sa; eme­nza atho­ko­ze ka­khu­lu.

16 Nja­lo lo­wo­mu­ntu ka­be nje­nge­mi­zi iNko­si eya­yi­ge­nqu­la­yo,t inga­zi­so­li; nja­lo ke­zwe uku­kha­la eku­se­ni,u lo­ku­hla­ba umkho­si nge­si­kha­thi se­mi­ni enku­lu.v

17 Ngo­ba inga­ngi­bu­la­la­nga kwa­se­si­swi­ni;w ku­mbe uma­ma wa­ba li­ngcwa­ba la­mi, le­si­su sa­khe sa­khu­le­lwa ko­ku­phe­la.

18 Nga­phu­me­la­ni esi­swi­nixyz uku­thi ngi­bo­ne uhlu­pho lo­si­zi,a uku­thi insu­ku za­mi zi­phe­le ehla­zwe­ni?

IJe­ru­sa­le­ma iza­chi­thwa

21Ili­zwi ela­fi­ka ku­Je­re­mi­ya li­ve­la eNko­si­ni la­pho inko­si uZe­de­khi­ya ethu­ma ku­ye uPa­shu­ri indo­da­na ka­Ma­li­ki­ya,a lo­Ze­fa­ni­yab indo­da­na ka­Ma­ha­se­ya, umpri­stic, isi­thi:

2 Ake usi­bu­ze­le eNko­si­ni,d ngo­ba uNe­bhu­ka­di­re­za­ri inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni ulwa eme­le­ne la­thi;e mhla­wu­mbe iNko­si inga­se­nze­la nje­ngo­kwe­zi­ma­nga­li­so za­yo zo­nke,f uku­ze enyu­ke asu­ke ki­thi.

3 UJe­re­mi­ya wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Li­za­ku­tsho nja­lo ku­Ze­de­khi­ya:

4 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li: Kha­nge­la­ni, ngi­za­phe­ndu­le­la emu­va izi­kha­li ze­mpi ezi­se­za­ndle­ni ze­nu, eli­lwa nga­zo le­nko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni la­ma­Kha­la­di­ya,g aba­li­vi­mbe­ze­le­yo nga­pha­ndle ko­mdu­li,h ngi­ba­qo­qe nga­pha­ka­thi kwa­lu­mu­zi.i

5 Nja­lo mi­na ngi­za­ku­lwa la­ni nge­sa­ndla ese­lu­li­we­yo, la­nge­nga­lo ela­ma­ndla,j la­nge­ntu­ku­the­lo, la­ngo­ku­fu­the­ka, la­ngo­la­ka olu­khu­lu.k

6 Nja­lo ngi­za­tsha­ya aba­khi­le­yo ba­lu­mu­zi, umu­ntu ka­nye le­si­fu­yo; ba­za­ku­fa ngo­ma­tsha­ya­bhu­qe we­si­fo omkhu­lu.

7 Ku­thi emva kwa­lo­khu, itsho iNko­si, uZe­de­khi­yal inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da,m le­nce­ku za­khe, la­ba­ntu, la­ba­se­le­yo pha­ka­thi kwa­lu­mu­zi ku­ma­tsha­ya­bhu­qe we­si­fo, enke­mbe­ni, le­ndla­le­ni, ngi­za­ba­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni si­ka­Ne­bhu­ka­di­re­za­ri inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni, le­sa­ndle­ni se­zi­tha za­bo, le­sa­ndle­ni sa­la­bo aba­di­nga impi­lo ya­bo. Nja­lo uza­ba­tsha­ya ngo­bu­kha­li be­nke­mba; ka­yi­ku­ba­ye­ke­la, ka­yi­ku­ha­wu­ke­la, ka­yi­ku­ba lo­mu­sa.n

8 Nja­lo ku­la­ba­ba­ntu uza­ku­thi: Itsho nja­lo INko­si: Kha­nge­la­ni, ngi­be­ka pha­mbi kwe­nu indle­la yo­ku­phi­la le­ndle­la yo­ku­fa.o

9 Osa­la ku­lu­mu­zi uza­ku­fap nge­nke­mba la­nge­ndla­laq la­ngo­ma­tsha­ya­bhu­qe we­si­fo; ko­dwa ophu­ma­yo,r awe­le ku­ma­Kha­la­di­ya ali­vi­mbe­ze­la­yo, uza­phi­la,s le­mpi­lo ya­khe iza­ku­ba yi­mpa­ngo ku­ye.tu

10 Ngo­ba ngi­mi­si­le ubu­so ba­mi bu­me­le­ne la­lu­mu­zi ngo­ku­bi,v ha­tshi ngo­ku­hle, itsho iNko­si;w uza­ni­ke­lwa esa­ndle­ni se­nko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni,x iwu­tshi­se ngo­mli­lo.y

Ama­zwi ma­ye­la­na la­ma­kho­si ako­Ju­da

11 La­ma­ye­la­na le­ndlu ye­nko­si ya­ko­Ju­da, zwa­ni­ni ili­zwi le­Nko­si:z

12 We­na ndlu ka­Da­vi­da, itsho nja­lo INko­si: Ye­hlu­le­la­ni isa­hlu­le­loa eku­se­ni,b lo­phu­le opha­ngi­we­yo esa­ndle­ni so­mci­nde­ze­li,c hle­zi ula­ka lwa­mi lu­phu­me nje­ngo­mli­lo,d lu­tshi­se, uku­thi ku­nga­bi kho­na oci­tsha­yo, nge­nxa yo­bu­bi be­ze­nzo ze­nu.e

13 Kha­nge­la, ngi­me­le­ne la­we,f we­na mhla­li we­si­go­di,g dwa­la le­gce­ke, itsho iNko­si; li­na eli­thi: Ngu­ba­nih oza­kwe­hla ame­la­ne la­thi?i Ku­mbe ngu­ba­ni oza­nge­na enda­we­ni ze­thu zo­ku­hla­la?

14 Ko­dwa ngi­za­li­je­zi­sa nje­ngo­kwe­si­the­lo se­ze­nzo ze­nu,j itsho iNko­si, ngi­phe­mbe umli­lo ehla­thi­ni la­kho,k oza­qe­da ko­nke inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke za­kho.l

22Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Ye­hle­la e­ndlini ye­nko­si ya­ko­Ju­da, ukhu­lu­me kho­na le­li­li­zwi,

2 uthi: Zwa­na ili­zwi le­Nko­si, we­na nko­si ya­ko­Ju­da,a ohle­zi esi­hla­lwe­ni so­bu­kho­si si­ka­Da­vi­da,b we­na, le­zi­nce­ku za­kho, la­ba­ntu ba­khoc aba­nge­na nga­la­ma­sa­ngo.d

3 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Ye­nza­ni isa­hlu­le­lo lo­ku­lu­nga,e lo­phu­le opha­ngi­we­yo esa­ndle­ni so­mci­nde­ze­li;f li­nga­ci­nde­ze­li, li­nge­nzi udla­ke­lag ko­we­zi­zwe, izi­nta­nda­ne, lo­mfe­lo­ka­zi,hi nja­lo li­nga­chi­thi iga­zi eli­nge­la­ca­la ku­li­nda­wo.jk

4 Ngo­ba uba li­se­nza li­nto isi­bi­li, kho­na ku­za­nge­na nga­ma­sa­ngo ali­ndlu ama­kho­sil ahla­le­la uDa­vi­da esi­hla­lwe­ni sa­khe so­bu­kho­si,m ega­de izi­nqo­la la­ma­bhi­za, yo­nan le­nce­ku za­yo la­ba­ntu ba­yo.

5 Ko­dwa uba li­nga­wa­la­le­li la­ma­zwi, ngi­ya­fu­nga nga­mi,o ku­tsho iNko­si, uku­thi li­ndlu iza­ku­ba lu­nxi­wa.p

6 Ngo­ba itsho nja­lo iNko­si ma­ye­la­na le­ndlu ye­nko­si ya­ko­Ju­da: Uyi­Gi­le­ya­di ki­mi, inhlo­ko ye­Le­bha­no­ni;q isi­bi­li ngi­za­kwe­nza inka­nga­la, imi­zi enga­hla­lwa­yo.r

7 Ngi­za­ku­lu­ngi­se­la aba­chi­thi,s ngu­lo­wo ele­zi­kha­li za­khe; nja­lo ba­za­ga­mu­la ikhe­the­lo le­mi­se­da­ri ya­kho,t ba­yi­pho­se­le emli­lwe­ni.u

8 Le­zi­zwe ezi­ne­ngi zi­za­dlu­la ku­lu­mu­zi, zi­thi, ngu­lo­wo ku­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khe: INko­si ye­nze­le­ni ka­nje ku­lu­mu­zi omkhu­lu?v

9 Kho­na ba­za­ku­thi: Nge­nxa yo­ku­thi ba­si­de­li­le isi­vu­me­lwa­no se­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo,w ba­kho­nza aba­nye onku­lu­nku­lu,x ba­ba­se­be­nze­la.

10 Li­nga­mkha­le­liy ofi­le­yo,z li­nga­mli­le­li; kha­le­la­ni ka­khu­lu oha­mbi­le­yo,a ngo­ba ka­sa­yi­ku­bu­ya ku­mbe abo­ne ili­zwe lo­ku­za­lwa kwa­khe.

11 Ngo­ba itsho nja­lo iNko­si ma­ye­la­na lo­Sha­lu­ma indo­da­na ka­Jo­si­ya,b inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da, owa­bu­sa esi­khu­ndle­ni si­ka­Jo­si­ya uyi­se, owa­phu­ma ku­li­nda­wo:cd Ka­sa­yi­ku­bu­ya la­pha;

12 ko­dwa uza­fe­la enda­we­ni aba­mthu­mbe­le ku­yo,e ka­sa­yi­ku­li­bo­na le­li­li­zwe.

13 Ma­yef ko­wa­kha indlu ya­khe ngo­ku­nga­lu­ngi,g la­ma­ka­me­lo akhe aphe­zu­lu ngo­ku­nga­qo­nda­nga,h ose­be­nzi­sa uma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khei nge­ze,j anga­mni­ki umvu­zo wa­khe;

14 othi: Ngi­za­za­khe­la indlu enku­lu la­ma­ka­me­lo aphe­zu­lu aba­nzi;k azi­si­ke­le ama­wi­ndi, ye­mbe­swe nge­mi­se­da­ri,l ico­njwe ngo­ku­bo­mvu.m

15 Uza­bu­sa yi­ni, ngo­ba utshi­se­ke­la ula­ka ugqo­ke imi­se­da­ri?n Uyi­hlo ka­dla­nga yi­ni wa­na­tha, we­nza isa­hlu­le­lo lo­ku­lu­nga,o kwa­se­ku­si­ba ku­hle ku­ye?p

16 We­hlu­le­la uda­ba lo­mya­nga lo­swe­la­yo;q kho­na kwa­ba ku­hle.r Lo­khu ka­ku­si­ku­nga­zi yi­ni?s itsho iNko­si.

17 Ko­dwa ame­hlo akho le­nhli­zi­yo ya­kho ka­ku­kho ko­ku­nyet nga­pha­ndle kwe­mha­wi­ni wa­kho,u le­ku­chi­the­ni iga­zi eli­nge­la­ca­la,v le­nci­nde­ze­lwe­ni,wx le­kwe­nze­ni udla­ke­la.

18 Nga­kho itsho nja­lo iNko­si ma­ye­la­na lo­Je­ho­ya­khi­mi indo­da­na ka­Jo­si­ya, inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da:y Ka­ba­yi­ku­mkha­le­laz be­si­thi: Ha­wu mfo­we­thu! ku­mbe: Ha­wu da­de­we­thu!a Ka­ba­yi­ku­mkha­le­la be­si­thi: Ha­wu nko­si! lo­ba: Ha­wu, bu­kho­si ba­khe!b

19 Uza­ngcwa­tshwa ngo­ku­ngcwa­tshwa ku­ka­ba­bhe­mi, ehu­du­lwa ala­hlwe nga­pha­ndle kwa­ma­sa­ngo eJe­ru­sa­le­ma.c

20 Ye­nyu­ke­la eLe­bha­no­ni, ume­me­ze, upha­ka­mi­se ili­zwi la­kho eBa­sha­ni, ume­me­ze useA­ba­ri­mi,d ngo­ba zo­nke izi­tha­ndwa za­kho zi­bhu­ji­si­we.e

21 Nga­khu­lu­ma la­we eko­nwa­be­ni kwa­kho, ko­dwa wa­thi: Ka­ngi­yi­ku­la­le­la. Lo­khu be­ku­yi­ndle­la ya­kho ku­su­ke­la ebu­tshe­ni ba­kho,f uku­thi unga­li­la­le­li ili­zwi la­mi.g

22 Umo­ya uza­ku­dla bo­nke abe­lu­si ba­kho,h le­zi­tha­ndwa za­kho zi­za­ku­ya eku­thu­njwe­ni;i isi­bi­li kho­na uza­ku­ba le­nhlo­ni, uya­nge­ke, nge­nxa yo­bu­bi ba­kho bo­nke.

23 We­na ohla­la eLe­bha­no­ni,j owa­khe isi­dle­ke pha­ka­thi kwe­mi­se­da­ri,k uza­ha­wu­ke­lwa ka­nga­ka­na­ni eku­ze­ni kwe­nhlu­ngu ku­we, ubu­hlu­ngu obu­nje­ngo­bo­we­si­fa­za­na ohe­le­lwa­yo.l

24 Ku­phi­la kwa­mi,m itsho iNko­si, lo­ba uKo­ni­ya indo­da­na ka­Je­ho­ya­khi­mi, inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da,n ebe­yi­nda­nda­tho elo­pha­wu esa­ndle­ni sa­mi so­ku­ne­ne,o ka­nti be­ngi­za­ku­hlu­thu­la ku­so,

25 ngi­ku­ni­ke­le esa­ndle­ni sa­ba­di­nga impi­lo ya­kho,p le­sa­ndle­ni sa­la­bo owe­sa­ba ubu­so ba­bo,q ngi­tsho esa­ndle­ni si­ka­Ne­bhu­ka­di­re­za­ri inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni, le­sa­ndle­ni sa­ma­Kha­la­di­ya,

26 ngi­ku­pho­se­le pha­ndlers ka­nye lo­nyo­ko owa­ku­be­le­tha­yo,t li­ye kwe­li­nye ili­zwe, eli­nga­za­le­lwa­nga ku­lo; nja­lo li­za­fe­la kho­na.

27 Ko­dwa eli­zwe­ni aba­pha­ka­mi­sa umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­bo uku­bu­ye­la ku­lo, ka­ba­yi­ku­bu­ye­la ku­lo.u

28 Lu­mu­ntu uKo­ni­ya uyi­si­tho­mbe esi­de­le­le­ka­yo le­si­pha­hla­ze­ki­le­yo yi­ni?v Uyi­si­tsha oku­nge­la­nto­ko­zo ku­so yi­ni?w Ba­pho­se­lwa­ni pha­ndle,x ye­na le­nza­lo ya­khe, ye­bo, be­pho­se­lwa eli­zwe­ni aba­nga­la­zi­yo?yz

29 Li­zwe, li­zwe, li­zwe, zwa­na ili­zwi le­Nko­si.a

30 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Bha­la­ni lu­mu­ntu uku­thi ka­la­ba­ntwa­na,b umu­ntu onga­yi­ku­phu­me­le­la ensu­kwi­ni za­khe; ngo­ba ka­ku­la­mu­ntu enza­lwe­ni ya­khe oza­phu­me­le­la, ohle­zi esi­hla­lwe­ni so­bu­kho­si si­ka­Da­vi­da,c esa­bu­sa ko­Ju­da.

Uku­bu­ya kwa­ba­se­le­yo

23Ma­ye ku­be­lu­si aba­chi­tha be­hla­ka­za izi­mvu ze­dle­lo la­mi!a itsho iNko­si.

2 Nga­kho itsho nja­lo iNko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li, ime­le­ne la­be­lu­si abe­lu­sa aba­ntu ba­mi:b Li­zi­hla­ka­zi­le izi­mvu za­mi, la­zi­xo­tsha, ka­li­ze­the­ke­le­la­nga. Kha­nge­la­ni, ngi­za­phi­ndi­se­la phe­zu kwe­nuc ubu­bi be­ze­nzo ze­nu,d itsho iNko­si.

3 Mi­na-ke ngi­za­bu­tha insa­li ye­zi­mvu za­mie iphu­me ku­wo wo­nke ama­zwe la­pho engi­zi­xo­tshe­le kho­na,f ngi­zi­bu­yi­se fu­thi esi­ba­ye­ni sa­zo; nja­lo zi­za­za­la, za­nde.g

4 Ngi­za­mi­sa phe­zu kwa­zo abe­lu­si aba­za­ze­lu­sa;h nja­lo ka­zi­sa­yi­kwe­sa­ba, ka­zi­yi­ku­tsha­ywa lu­va­lo, ka­zi­yi­ku­la­hle­ka, itsho iNko­si.

5 Kha­nge­la, insu­ku zi­ye­za,ij itsho iNko­si, la­pho engi­za­vu­se­la uDa­vi­da iHlu­me­la eli­lu­ngi­le­yo;k nja­lo iNko­si iza­bu­sal iphu­me­le­le,m iza­kwe­nza isa­hlu­le­lo lo­ku­lu­nga emhla­be­ni.n

6 Ensu­kwi­ni za­lo uJu­da uza­si­ndi­swa, loI­sra­ye­li ahla­leo evi­ke­le­ki­le.p Nja­lo le­li li­bi­zo la­yo eza­bi­zwa nga­lo: INko­siq UKU­LU­NGA KWE­THU.r

7 Nga­kho kha­nge­la,s insu­ku zi­ye­za,t itsho iNko­si, la­pho aba­nga­sa­yi­ku­thi: Ku­phi­la kwe­Nko­si, eya­ba­khu­phu­la aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the.

8 Ko­dwa: Ku­phi­la kwe­Nko­si eya­khu­phu­la eya­le­tha inza­lo ye­ndlu kaI­sra­ye­li isu­ka eli­zwe­ni le­nya­ka­tho la­ku­wo wo­nke ama­zwe enga­ngi­yi­xo­tshe­le kho­na.u Nja­lo ba­za­hla­la eli­zwe­ni la­ki­bo.

Aba­pri­sti ba­ma­nga

9 Ma­ye­la­na la­ba­pro­fe­thi: Inhli­zi­yo ya­mi ye­phu­ki­le nga­pha­ka­thi kwa­mi;v ama­tha­mbo ami wo­nke aya­thu­thu­me­la;w ngi­nje­nge­si­da­kwa, la­nje­ngo­mu­ntu owe­hlu­lwe li­wa­yi­ni, nge­nxa ye­Nko­si, la­nge­nxa ya­ma­zwi obu­ngcwe­le ba­yo.x

10 Ngo­ba ili­zwe li­gcwe­le izi­fe­be;y ngo­ba nge­nxa ye­si­qa­le­ki­soz ili­zwe li­ya­li­la;a ama­dle­lo enka­nga­lab omi­le,c lo­ku­ha­mba kwa­bo ku­bi, la­ma­ndla abo ka­wa­qo­nda­nga.

11 Ngo­ba lo­mpro­fe­thi lo­mpri­sti ka­ba­me­sa­bi uNku­lu­nku­lu;d ngi­tsho endli­ni ya­mi ngi­tho­li­le ubu­bi ba­bo,e itsho iNko­si.

12 Nga­kho indle­la ya­bo iza­ku­ba ki­bo nje­ngezi­ndle­la ezi­tshe­le­la­yof emnya­me­ni;g ba­fu­qe­lwa pha­nsi, ba­we­le ku­yo; ngo­ba ngi­za­be­hli­se­la oku­bi ngo­mnya­ka wo­ku­ha­nje­lwa kwa­bo,h itsho iNko­si.

13 Ngi­bo­ni­le-ke ubu­wu­la ku­ba­pro­fe­thii be­Sa­ma­ri­ya;j ba­pro­fe­tha ngo­Bha­li,k ba­du­hi­sa aba­ntul ba­mi uI­sra­ye­li.

14 Ko­dwa ku­ba­pro­fe­thi be­Je­ru­sa­le­ma ngi­bo­ni­le into eye­sa­be­ka­yo;m ba­ya­fe­ba,n ba­ha­mbe ema­nge­ni,o ba­qi­ni­sa iza­ndla za­be­nzi bo­bu­bip uku­ze ba­nga­phe­ndu­ki ngu­lo­wo ebu­bi­ni ba­khe; bo­nke se­be­nje­nge­So­do­maq ki­mi, la­ba­khi­le­yo ba­yo nje­nge­Go­mo­ra.r

15 Nga­kho itsho nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla ma­ye­la­na la­ba­pro­fe­thi:s Kha­nge­la, ngi­za­ba­dli­sat umhlo­nya­ne,u ngi­ba­na­thi­sev ama­nzi enyo­ngo;w ngo­ba ku­su­ke­la ku­ba­pro­fe­thi be­Je­ru­sa­le­ma uku­nga­me­sa­bi uNku­lu­nku­lu ku­phu­me­le ili­zwe lo­nke.

16 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla: Li­nga­la­le­li ama­zwi aba­pro­fe­thi aba­pro­fe­tha ki­ni; ba­le­nza li­be yi­ze; ba­khu­lu­ma umbo­no we­nhli­zi­yo ya­bo,x ha­tshi ove­la emlo­nye­ni we­Nko­si.

17 Ba­qhu­be­ka be­si­thi kwa­ba­ngi­de­le­la­yo: INko­si ithe: Li­za­ku­ba lo­ku­thu­la;y nja­lo ba­thi ku­ye wo­nke oha­mba nge­nka­ni ye­nhli­zi­yo ya­khe: Ubu­bi ka­bu­yi­ku­kwe­hle­la.z

18 Ngo­ba ngu­ba­ni omi ku­ce­bo le­Nko­si,a wa­bo­na we­zwa ili­zwi la­yo? Ngu­ba­ni oqa­phe­li­se ili­zwi la­khe, wali­zwa?

19 Kha­nge­la, isi­vu­ngu­za­ne se­Nko­si, ula­ka lu­phu­mi­le,b ngi­tsho isi­vu­ngu­za­ne esi­bu­hlu­ngu;c si­za­kwe­hle­la nga­ma­ndla phe­zu kwe­kha­nda la­ba­kho­hla­ke­le­yo.d

20 Ula­ka lwe­Nko­si ka­lu­yi­ku­phe­ndu­ka,e ize ye­nze, nja­lo ize iqi­ni­se imi­na­ka­no ye­nhli­zi­yo ya­yo. Eku­ci­ne­ni kwe­zi­nsu­ku li­za­ku­qe­di­si­sa lo­kuku­qe­di­si­sa.fg

21 Ka­ngi­ba­thu­ma­nga la­ba­ba­pro­fe­thi,h ka­nti bo­na ba­gi­ji­ma; ka­ngi­khu­lu­ma­nga la­bo, ka­nti bo­na ba­pro­fe­tha.

22 Ko­dwa uba be­be­mi ku­ce­bo la­mi,i nga­be be­nza aba­ntu ba­mi be­zwa ama­zwi ami, nga­be ba­ba­phe­ndu­la endle­le­ni ya­bo embij le­bu­bi­ni be­ze­nzo za­bo.k

23 Ngi­ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu ose­du­ze yi­ni, itsho iNko­si, nja­lo ha­tshi uNku­lu­nku­lu okha­tsha­na?l

24 Ukho­na yi­ni onga­ca­tsha enda­we­ni ezi­si­the­ki­le­yom uku­ze ngi­nga­mbo­ni?n itsho iNko­si. Ka­ngi­gcwa­li­si yi­ni ama­zu­lu lo­mhla­ba?o itsho iNko­si.

25 Ngi­zwi­le uku­thi aba­pro­fe­thi ba­the­ni, aba­pro­fe­tha ama­nga ebi­zwe­ni la­mip be­si­thi: Ngi­phu­phi­le, ngi­phu­phi­le!q

26 Ko­ze ku­be ni­ni ku­se­nhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­ba­pro­fe­thi aba­pro­fe­tha ama­nga?r Ye­bo, ba­nga­ba­pro­fe­thi be­nko­hli­so ye­nhli­zi­yo ya­bo;s

27 aba­ca­ba­nga ukwe­nza aba­ntu ba­mi ba­kho­hlwe ibi­zo la­mi nga­ma­phu­pho abo aba­wa­la­ndi­sa ngu­lo­wo uma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khe,t nje­nga­bo­yi­se ba­kho­hlwa ibi­zo la­mi nge­nxa ka­Bha­li.u

28 Umpro­fe­thi ole­phu­pho, ka­li­la­ndi­se iphu­pho;v lo­le­li­zwi la­mi, ka­li­khu­lu­me ili­zwi la­mi nge­qi­ni­so. Ama­hla­nga ayi­ni la­ma­be­le? itsho iNko­si.

29 Ili­zwi la­mi ka­li­nja­lo nje­ngo­mli­lo yi­ni,w itsho iNko­si, la­nje­nge­sa­ndo e­si­qhe­ke­za idwa­la li­be yi­zi­cu­cu?x

30 Nga­kho kha­nge­la, ngi­me­le­ne la­ba­pro­fe­thi,y itsho iNko­si, abe­ba ama­zwi ami, ngu­lo­wo ku­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khe.

31 Kha­nge­la, ngi­me­le­ne la­ba­pro­fe­thi, itsho iNko­si, aba­se­be­nzi­sa1 uli­mi lwa­bo, ba­thi: Ithi.

32 Kha­nge­la, ngi­me­le­ne la­ba­pro­fe­tha ama­phu­pho ama­nga,z itsho iNko­si, ba­wa­la­ndi­sa, ba­du­hi­se aba­ntu ba­mi nga­ma­nga abo,a la­ngo­ku­wa­la­ze­la kwa­bo,b ka­nti mi­na ngi­nga­ba­thu­ma­nga,c ngi­nga­ba­la­ya­nga; nga­kho ka­ba­yi­ku­ba­si­za ngi­tsho nga­lu­tho la­ba­ba­ntu, itsho iNko­si.

33 La­la­pho la­ba­ba­ntu, lo­ba umpro­fe­thi, ku­mbe umpri­sti,d be­ku­bu­za, be­si­thi: Uyi­ni umthwa­lo we­Nko­si?e Kho­na uza­ku­thi ki­bo: Umthwa­lo ba­ni? Uku­thi ngi­za­li­de­la,f itsho iNko­si.

34 Ma­ye­la­na lo­mpro­fe­thi, lo­mpri­sti, la­ba­ntu,g aba­za­ku­thi: Umthwa­lo we­Nko­si;h ngi­za­mje­zi­sa la­lo­wo­mu­ntu le­ndlu ya­khe.

35 Li­za­khu­lu­ma nga­li­ndle­la, ngu­lo­wo ku­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khe, la­ngu­lo­wo ku­mfo­wa­bo: INko­si iphe­ndu­le ya­thi­ni?i Lo­ku­thi: INko­si ikhu­lu­me­ni?

36 Ko­dwa umthwa­lo we­Nko­si ka­li­sa­yi­ku­khu­lu­ma nga­wo. Ngo­ba ili­zwi la­ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo­mu­ntu li­za­ku­ba ngu­mthwa­lo wa­khe, ngo­ba li­wa­hla­ne­ke­le ama­zwi ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ophi­la­yo,j iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu.

37 Uza­ku­tsho ngo­ku­nja­lo ku­mpro­fe­thi: INko­si iku­phe­ndu­le­ni?k nja­lo: INko­si ikhu­lu­me­ni?

38 Ko­dwa uba li­si­thi: Umthwa­lo we­Nko­si; nga­kho itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Ngo­ba li­khu­lu­ma la­ma­zwi oku­thi: Umthwa­lo we­Nko­si; nja­lo ngi­thu­me­le ki­ni ngi­si­thi: Li­nga­bo­ku­thi: Umthwa­lo we­Nko­si;

39 nga­kho kha­nge­la­ni, mi­na ngi­za­li­kho­hlwa ngo­ku­phe­le­le­yo,l ngi­tshi­ye li­na lo­mu­zi enga­li­ni­ka wo­na la­bo­yi­hlo,m li­su­ke ebu­swe­ni ba­mi.

40 Nja­lo ngi­za­be­ka phe­zu kwe­nu ihla­zo eli­la­pha­ka­de lo­ku­ya­nge­ka oku­la­pha­ka­de,n oku­nga­yi­ku­kho­hla­ka­la.

Umfa­ne­ki­so wo­mkhi­wa omu­hle lo­mkhi­wa omu­bi

24INko­si ya­nge­nza ngi­bo­ne,a kha­nge­la-ke, izi­tsha ezi­mbi­li ze­mi­khi­wa zi­be­kwe pha­mbi kwe­the­mpe­li le­Nko­si, emva ko­ku­thi uNe­bhu­ka­di­re­za­ri inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni ese­thu­mbeb uJe­ko­ni­ya indo­da­na ka­Je­ho­ya­khi­mi, inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da,c le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­ko­Ju­da,d la­ba­ba­zi,ef la­ba­kha­ndi,g wa­ba­su­sa eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, wa­ba­sa eBha­bhi­lo­ni.

2 Esi­nye isi­tsha sa­si­le­mi­khi­wa emi­hle ka­khu­lu nje­nge­mi­khi­wa evu­thwe ku­qa­la;h ko­dwa esi­nye isi­tsha sa­si­le­mi­khi­wa emi­bi ka­khu­lu,i eya­yi­nge­ke idli­we nge­nxa yo­bu­bi ba­yo.

3 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ki­mi: Ubo­na­ni, Je­re­mi­ya? Nga­se­ngi­si­thi: Imi­khi­wa, imi­khi­wa emi­hle, emi­hle ka­khu­lu; le­mi­bi, emi­bi ka­khu­lu, enge­ke idli­we nge­nxa yo­bu­bi ba­yo.

4 La­fi­ka ki­mi fu­thi ili­zwi le­Nko­si li­si­thi:

5 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li: Nje­nga­li­mi­khi­wa emi­hle, ngo­ku­nja­lo ngi­za­na­nze­le­la aba­thu­nji­we­yo ba­ko­Ju­da, engi­ba­xo­tshe nga­ba­su­sa ku­li­nda­wo nga­ba­sa eli­zwe­ni la­ma­Kha­la­di­ya,j ku­be ku­hle.k

6 Ngo­ba ngi­za­be­ka ili­hlo la­mi phe­zu kwa­bol ngo­ku­hle,m ngi­ba­bu­yi­se­le ku­le­li­li­zwe;n ngi­ba­khe, ngi­ngaba­di­li­zi;op nja­lo ngi­za­ba­hla­nye­la, ngi­ngaba­si­phu­ni.qr

7 Nja­lo ngi­za­ba­ni­ka inhli­zi­yo yo­ku­thi ba­nga­zi mi­na,s uku­thi ngi­yi­Nko­si; nja­lo ba­za­ku­ba nga­ba­ntu ba­mi, mi­na ngi­be ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo;t ngo­ba ba­za­bu­ye­la ki­mi nge­nhli­zi­yo ya­bo yo­nke.u

8 Ko­dwa nje­nge­mi­khi­wa emi­bi enge­ke idli­we nge­nxa yo­bu­bi ba­yo,v isi­bi­li itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Ngo­ku­nja­lo ngi­za­ni­ka uZe­de­khi­ya, inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da,w le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­khe, le­nsa­li ye­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, ese­le­yo ku­le­li­li­zwe, la­la­bo aba­hla­la eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the,x

9 ngi­ba­ni­ke­le ba­be yi­nto eye­sa­be­ka­yo, ba­be yi­bu­bi, ku­yo yo­nke imi­bu­so yo­mhla­ba,y ba­be li­hla­zo,z le­sa­ga,a inhle­ki­sa,b le­si­qa­le­ki­so,c ku­zo zo­nke inda­wo engi­za­ba­xo­tshe­la kho­na.

10 Nja­lo ngi­za­thu­me­lad pha­ka­thi kwa­bo inke­mba,e indla­la, lo­ma­tsha­ya­bhu­qe we­si­fo,f ba­ze ba­qe­dwe ba­su­ke eli­zwe­ni enga­li­ni­ka bo­na la­bo­yi­se.

Ili­zwe la­ko­Ju­da li­za­ku­ba yi­nka­nga­la okwe­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa

25Ili­zwi ela­fi­ka ku­Je­re­mi­ya ma­ye­la­na la­ba­ntu bo­nke ba­ko­Ju­da, ngo­mnya­ka we­si­ne ka­Je­ho­ya­khi­mi indo­da­na ka­Jo­si­ya, inko­si ya­ko­Ju­daa (kwa­ku­ngu­mnya­ka wo­ku­qa­la ka­Ne­bhu­ka­di­re­za­ri, inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni),

2 ali­khu­lu­ma­yo uJe­re­mi­ya umpro­fe­thi ku­bo bo­nke aba­ntu ba­ko­Ju­da, la­ku­bo bo­nke aba­hla­li be­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, esi­thi:

3 Ku­su­ke­la emnya­ke­ni we­tshu­mi la­nta­thu ka­Jo­si­ya, indo­da­na kaA­mo­ni, inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da,b ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hla, se­ku­yi­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nta­thu, ili­zwi le­Nko­si li­fi­ki­le ki­mi, nja­lo ngi­li­khu­lu­mi­le ki­ni, ngi­vu­ka ngo­vi­vi ngi­khu­lu­ma;c ko­dwa ka­li­la­le­la­nga.d

4 Fu­thi iNko­si ithu­mi­le ki­ni zo­nke izi­nce­ku za­yo, aba­pro­fe­thi, ivu­ka ngo­vi­vi iba­thu­ma;e ko­dwa ka­li­la­le­la­nga,f ka­li­be­ka­nga indle­be ye­nu uku­thi li­zwe;g

5 be­si­thi: Phe­ndu­ka­ni kha­the­si ngu­lo­wo la­lo­woh endle­le­ni ya­khe embi,i le­bu­bi­ni be­ze­nzo ze­nu,j li­hla­le eli­zwe­ni iNko­si eli­ni­ke li­na la­bo­yi­hlok ku­su­ke­la ni­ni­ni­ni ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni;l

6 nja­lo li­nga­la­nde­li aba­nye onku­lu­nku­lu uku­ba­se­be­nze­la lo­ku­ba­kho­nza,m li­nga­ngi­thu­ku­the­li­sin ngo­mse­be­nzi we­za­ndla ze­nu;o kho­na ngi­nga­yi­ku­le­nze­la oku­bi.

7 Ko­dwa ka­li­ngi­la­le­la­nga, itsho iNko­si, uku­ze li­ngi­thu­ku­the­li­sep ngo­mse­be­nzi we­za­ndla ze­nu, ku­ze ku­be ku­bi ki­ni.q

8 Nga­kho itsho nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla: Nge­nxa yo­ku­thi li­nga­wa­la­le­la­nga ama­zwi ami,

9 kha­nge­la, ngi­za­thu­ma, ngi­la­nde zo­nke izi­nsa­pho ze­nya­ka­tho,r itsho iNko­si, la­ku­Ne­bhu­ka­di­re­za­ri inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni ince­ku ya­mi, ngi­ba­le­the ba­me­la­ne la­le­li­li­zwes ba­me­la­ne la­ba­khi­le­yo ba­lo, ba­me­la­ne la­zo zo­nke le­zi­zi­zwe inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke,t ngi­ba­tsha­ba­la­li­se, ngi­be­nze ba­be yi­se­sa­bi­so,u ba­be ngo­ku­nci­fe­lwa­yo,v ba­be zi­nci­tha­ka­lo ezi­la­pha­ka­de.

10 Fu­thi ngi­za­phe­li­sa ngi­su­se ku­bo ili­zwi le­nto­ko­zo le­li­zwi le­nja­bu­lo, ili­zwi lo­mye­ni le­li­zwi li­ka­ma­ko­ti,w umsi­ndo wa­ma­tshe oku­cho­la,xy lo­ku­kha­nya kwe­si­ba­ne.z

11 Le­li­zwe lo­nke le­li li­za­ku­ba lu­nxi­waa li­be yi­se­sa­bi­so;b la­le­zi­zi­zwe zi­za­se­be­nze­la inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­nic imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa.d

12 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa isi­phe­le­lee ngi­je­zi­se inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni la­le­so­si­zwe, itsho iNko­si, ngo­bu­bi ba­bo, le­li­zwe la­ma­Kha­la­di­ya, ngi­le­nze li­be nga­ma­nxi­wa la­pha­ka­de.f

13 Nge­hli­se­le phe­zu kwa­le­lo­li­zwe wo­nke ama­zwi ami enga­wa­khu­lu­ma ngi­me­le­ne la­lo, ko­nke oku­bha­li­we­yo ku­lo­lu­gwa­lo,g uJe­re­mi­ya aku­pro­fe­tha­yo nga­zo zo­nke izi­zwe.

14 Ngo­ba izi­zwe ezi­ne­ngihi la­ma­kho­si ama­khu­lujk zi­za­ba­se­be­nzi­sa bo­na uqo­bo;lm nja­lo ngi­za­ba­phi­ndi­se­la nje­ngo­kwe­nza kwa­bon la­nje­ngo­ko­mse­be­nzi we­za­ndla za­bo.

Inke­zo ye­wa­yi­ni egcwe­le ula­ka lwe­Nko­si

15 Ngo­ba itsho nja­lo iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li ki­mi: Tha­tha inke­zo ye­wa­yi­ni ya­lo­lu­la­ka esa­ndle­ni sa­mi,o we­nze zo­nke izi­zwe engi­ku­thu­ma ku­zo zi­yi­na­the.

16 Nja­lo zi­za­na­tha,p zi­di­ya­ze­le,q zi­hla­nye,rs nge­nxa ye­nke­mba engi­za­yi­thu­ma pha­ka­thi kwa­zo.t

17 Nga­se­ngi­tha­tha inke­zo esa­ndle­ni se­Nko­si, nga­na­thi­sa zo­nke izi­zweu iNko­si eya­yi­ngi­thu­me ki­zo,

18 iJe­ru­sa­le­ma, le­mi­zi ya­ko­Ju­da, la­ma­kho­si ayo, le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­yo, uku­be­nza ba­be yi­nci­tha­ka­lo,v ba­be yi­se­sa­bi­so,w ba­be yi­nto yo­ku­nci­fe­lwa,x ba­be yi­si­qa­le­ki­so,y nje­nga­la­mu­hla;

19 uFa­ro inko­si ye­Gi­bhi­the,z le­zi­nce­ku za­khe, le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­khe, la­ba­ntu ba­khe bo­nke;

20 la­bo bo­nke aba­xu­be­ne­yo,a la­wo wo­nke ama­kho­si eli­zweb leU­zi,c la­wo wo­nke ama­kho­si eli­zwe la­ma­Fi­li­sti,d leA­shi­ke­lo­ni,ef le­Ga­za,gh leE­khi­ro­ni,i le­nsa­li yeA­shi­do­di;j

21 iE­do­ma,kl lo­Mo­wa­bi,mn la­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­ni;op

22 la­wo wo­nke ama­kho­si eTi­re,qr la­wo wo­nke ama­kho­si eSi­do­ni,st la­ma­kho­si ezi­hle­nge ezi­nga­phe­tshe­ya ko­lwa­ndle;u

23 iDe­da­ni,v le­Te­ma,w le­Bu­zi,x la­bo bo­nke aba­qu­nywe ezi­ngo­nsi­ni;

24 la­ma­kho­si wo­nkey eA­ra­bhi­ya,z la­ma­kho­si wo­nke aba­ntu aba­xu­be­ne­yoa aba­hla­la enka­nga­la;b

25 la­ma­kho­si wo­nke eZi­mri,c la­ma­kho­si wo­nke eE­la­mu,d la­ma­kho­si wo­nke eMe­de;e

26 la­wo wo­nke ama­kho­si enya­ka­tho,f ase­du­ze la­kha­tsha­na, omu­nye lo­mu­nye, la­yo yo­nke imi­bu­so yo­mhla­ba, ese­bu­swe­ni bo­mhla­ba; le­nko­si ye­She­sha­ki iza­na­tha emva kwa­bo.g

27 Ubu­su­si­thi ki­bo: Itsho nja­lo INko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li: Na­tha­nihi li­da­kwe,j li­hla­nze,k li­we, li­nga­su­ku­mi, nge­nxa ye­nke­mba engi­za­yi­thu­ma pha­ka­thi kwe­nu.l

28 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke la­pho be­sa­la uku­tha­tha inke­zo esa­ndle­ni sa­kho uku­thi ba­na­the,m uthi ki­bo: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla: Li­za­na­tha isi­bi­li.n

29 Ngo­ba kha­nge­la, ngi­ya­qa­la ukwe­nza oku­bi emzi­ni obi­zwa nge­bi­zo la­mi,o li­na-ke be­li­za­ku­ba nga­ba­nge­la­ca­la isi­bi­li yi­ni?p Ka­li­yi­ku­ba nga­ba­nge­la­ca­la;q ngo­ba ngi­za­bi­ze­la inke­mba phe­zu kwa­bo bo­nke aba­khi­le­yo bo­mhla­ba,r itsho iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla.

30 We­na-ke pro­fe­tha wo­nke la­ma­zwi ume­le­ne la­bo, uthi ku­bo: INko­si iza­bho­nga iphe­zu­lu,s iphu­mi­se ili­zwi la­yot ise­nda­we­ni ya­yo engcwe­le;u iza­bho­nga ka­khu­lu phe­zu kwe­nda­wo ya­yo yo­ku­hla­la,v ime­me­zew iphe­ndu­le nje­nga­ba­nya­the­la izi­the­lo ze­vi­ni,x ime­le­ne la­bo bo­nke aba­khi­le­yo bo­mhla­ba.

31 Umsi­ndo uza­fi­ka emkha­wu­lwe­ni wo­mhla­ba;y ngo­ba iNko­si ile­mpi­ki­sa­no le­zi­zwe,z iza­kwe­hlu­le­la yo­nke inya­ma;a aba­kho­hla­ke­le­yo iza­ba­ni­ke­la enke­mbe­ni, itsho iNko­si.

32 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla: Kha­nge­la, ubu­bi bu­za­phu­ma esi­zwe­ni bu­si­ya esi­zwe­ni, le­si­vu­ngu­za­ne esi­khu­lub si­za­vu­swa si­su­ka ezi­nhla­ngo­thi­ni zo­mhla­ba.c

33 La­nga­lo­lo­su­ku aba­bu­le­we­yo be­Nko­si ba­za­su­ke­la komu­nye umkha­wu­lo wo­mhla­ba ba­ze ba­fi­ke komu­nye umkha­wu­lo;d ka­ba­yi­ku­li­le­lwa,e ka­ba­yi­ku­bu­thwa,f ka­ba­yi­ku­ngcwa­tshwa;gh ba­za­ku­ba ngu­mqu­ba phe­zu ko­bu­so bo­mhla­ba.i

34 Qhi­nqa­ni isi­li­lo,j be­lu­si,k li­kha­le, li­zi­bhu­qe emlo­the­ni,l zi­khu­lu zo­mhla­mbi; ngo­ba izi­nsu­ku zo­ku­hla­tshwa le­zo­ku­hla­ka­ze­ka kwe­nu zi­gcwa­li­se­ki­le, nja­lo li­za­ku­wa nje­nge­si­tsha esi­lo­yi­se­ka­yo.

35 Lo­ku­ba­le­ka ku­za­phe­la ku­be­lu­si,m lo­ku­phu­nyu­ka ku­zi­khu­lu zo­mhla­mbi.

36 Ku­za­ku­ba le­li­zwi lo­ku­kha­la kwa­be­lu­sin lo­ku­qhi­nqa isi­li­lo kwe­zi­khu­lu zo­mhla­mbi; ngo­ba iNko­si iza­chi­tha idle­lo la­bo.

37 Le­zi­ba­ya ezi­lo­ku­thu­lao zi­za­chi­thwap nge­nxa yo­ku­vu­tha ko­la­ka lwe­Nko­si.q

38 Itshi­yi­le ubha­lu lwa­yor nje­nge­si­lwa­ne esi­tsha,s ngo­ba ili­zwe la­bo se­li­yi­nci­tha­ka­lo nge­nxa yo­ku­vu­tha ko­mci­nde­ze­li,t la­nge­nxa yo­ku­vu­tha ko­la­ka lwa­yo.u

Aba­ntu ba­thi uJe­re­mi­ya ufa­ne­le uku­bu­la­wa

26Eku­qa­le­ni ko­ku­bu­sa ku­ka­Je­ho­ya­khi­mi indo­da­na ka­Jo­si­ya inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da kwa­fi­ka le­li­li­zwi li­ve­la eNko­si­nia li­si­thi:

2 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Ma­na egu­me­ni le­ndlu ye­Nko­si,b ukhu­lu­me ku­yo yo­nke imi­zi ya­ko­Ju­da, efi­ka­yo ukuza­kho­nza endli­ni ye­Nko­si, wo­nke ama­zwi engi­ku­la­ya uku­thi uwa­khu­lu­me ku­bo;c unga­nci­phi­si la­li­zwi.d

3 Mhla­wu­mbe ba­za­la­le­la,e ba­phe­ndu­ke ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo endle­le­ni ya­khe embi, uku­ze ngi­zi­so­lef ngo­ku­bi ebe­ngi­ca­ba­nga uku­kwe­nza ku­bog nge­nxa yo­bu­bi be­ze­nzo za­bo.h

4 Uza­ku­thi-ke ki­bo: Itsho nja­lo INko­si: Uba li­nga­yi­ku­ngi­la­le­la,i uku­thi li­ha­mbe ngo­mla­yo wa­mi engi­wu­be­ka pha­mbi kwe­nu,

5 uku­thi li­la­le­le ama­zwi ence­ku za­mi aba­pro­fe­thij engi­ba­thu­me ki­ni,k ye­bo ngi­vu­ka ngo­vi­vi ngiba­thu­ma, ko­dwa ka­li­la­le­la­nga,l

6 ngi­za­kwe­nza-ke li­ndlu ibe nje­nge­Shi­lo,m nge­nze lu­mu­zi ube yi­si­qa­le­ki­so ku­zo zo­nke izi­zwe zo­mhla­ba.no

7 Nga­kho aba­pri­sti la­ba­pro­fe­thi la­bo bo­nke aba­ntu ba­mu­zwa uJe­re­mi­ya ekhu­lu­ma la­ma­zwi endli­ni ye­Nko­si.p

8 Kwa­thi uJe­re­mi­ya ese­qe­di­le uku­khu­lu­ma ko­nke iNko­si eya­yimla­ye uku­thi aku­khu­lu­me eba­ntwi­ni bo­nke, aba­pri­sti la­ba­pro­fe­thi la­bo bo­nke aba­ntu ba­mba­mba be­si­thi: Uza­ku­fa lo­ku­fa!q

9 Ku­nga­ni upro­fe­tha nge­bi­zo le­Nko­si usi­thi: Li­ndlu iza­ku­ba nje­nge­Shi­lo,r lo­mu­zi lo uza­ku­ba lu­nxi­wa, unga­bi la­mhla­li?s Bo­nke aba­ntu ba­se­be­mbu­tha­ne­la uJe­re­mi­ya endli­ni ye­Nko­si.

10 Kwa­thi izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­ko­Ju­da se­zi­zwi­le le­zi­zi­nto, ze­nyu­ka zi­ve­la endli­ni ye­nko­si za­fi­ka endli­ni ye­Nko­si, za­hla­la emnya­ngo we­sa­ngo eli­tsha lendlu ye­Nko­si.t

11 Aba­pri­sti la­ba­pro­fe­thi ba­se­be­khu­lu­ma ku­zo izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla la­ku­bo bo­nke aba­ntu be­si­thi: Umu­ntu lo ufa­ne­le isi­gwe­bo so­ku­fa, ngo­ba upro­fe­the eme­le­ne la­lu­mu­zi,u nje­ngo­ba li­zwi­le nge­ndle­be ze­nu.

12 Wa­se­khu­lu­ma uJe­re­mi­ya ku­zo zo­nke izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla la­ku­bo bo­nke aba­ntu esi­thi: INko­si ya­ngi­thu­ma uku­pro­fe­tha ngi­me­le­ne la­li­ndlu ngi­me­le­ne la­lu­mu­zi wo­nke ama­zwi eli­we­zwi­le­yo.

13 Nga­kho-ke lu­ngi­sa­ni indle­la ze­nu le­ze­nzo ze­nu,v li­la­le­le ili­zwi le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu; kho­na iNko­si iza­zi­so­la ngo­bu­bi ebu­khu­lu­me ime­le­ne la­ni.w

14 Ko­dwa mi­na, kha­nge­la, ngi­se­sa­ndle­ni se­nu;x ye­nza­ni ki­mi nje­ngo­ku­lu­ngi­le­yo la­nje­ngo­ku­qo­ndi­le­yo eme­hlwe­ni enu.y

15 Ko­dwa ya­zi­ni isi­bi­li uku­thi uba li­ngi­bu­la­la, isi­bi­li li­za­kwe­hli­se­la iga­zi eli­nge­la­ca­la phe­zu kwe­nu la­phe­zu kwa­lu­mu­zi la­phe­zu kwa­ba­khi­le­yo ba­wo; ngo­ba nge­qi­ni­so iNko­si ingi­thu­me ki­ni uku­thi ngi­khu­lu­me wo­nke la ama­zwi endle­be­ni ze­nu.

16 Izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla la­bo bo­nke aba­ntu ba­se­be­si­thi ku­ba­pri­sti la­ku­ba­pro­fe­thi: Lu­mu­ntu ka­fa­ne­le isi­gwe­bo so­ku­fa, ngo­ba ukhu­lu­mi­le ki­thi ebi­zwe­ni le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu.

17 Kwa­se­ku­su­ku­ma aba­nyez ba­ba­da­la be­li­zwe,a ba­khu­lu­ma ku­lo lo­nke iba­ndla la­ba­ntu, be­si­thi:

18 UMi­ka umMo­ra­she­thi wa­pro­fe­tha ensu­kwi­ni zi­ka­He­ze­khi­ya inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da,b wa­khu­lu­ma ki­bo bo­nke aba­ntu ba­ko­Ju­da esi­thi: Itsho nja­lo INko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla: IZi­yo­ni iza­li­nywa nje­nge­nsi­mu,c le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma ibe zi­nqu­mbi, le­nta­ba ye­ndlu ibe zi­nda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yo ze­gu­su.

19 UHe­ze­khi­ya inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da la­yo wo­nke uJu­da ba­mbu­la­la isi­bi­li yi­ni? Ka­ye­sa­ba­nga yi­ni iNko­si,d wa­nce­nga ubu­so be­Nko­si, nja­lo iNko­si ya­zi­so­la ngo­ku­bi eya­yi­ku­khu­lu­me ime­le­ne la­bo?efg Nga­lo­kho se­nza ubu­bi obu­khu­lu si­me­le­ne le­mi­phe­fu­mu­lo ye­thu.h

20 Kwa­ku­kho­na nja­lo umu­ntu owa­pro­fe­tha ebi­zwe­ni le­Nko­si, uU­ri­ya indo­da­na ka­She­ma­ya owe­Ki­ri­ya­thi-Je­ya­ri­mi,i owa­pro­fe­tha nga­lu­mu­zi la­nga­le­li­li­zwe nje­ngo­kwa­ma­zwi wo­nke ka­Je­re­mi­ya.

21 Kwa­thi inko­si uJe­ho­ya­khi­mij la­wo wo­nke ama­qha­we akhe la­zo zo­nke izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­khe be­si­zwa ama­zwi akhe, inko­si ya­di­nga uku­mbu­la­la; kwa­thi uU­ri­ya eku­zwa, we­sa­ba, wa­ba­le­ka, wa­ya eGi­bhi­the.

22 Inko­si uJe­ho­ya­khi­mi ya­si­thu­ma ama­do­da eGi­bhi­the, uE­li­na­tha­nik indo­da­na kaA­khi­bho­ri,l lama­nye ama­do­da ka­nye la­ye eGi­bhi­the,

23 ba­se­be­mkhi­pha uU­ri­ya eGi­bhi­the, ba­mle­tha enko­si­ni uJe­ho­ya­khi­mi, owa­mbu­la­la nge­nke­mba,m wa­pho­se­la isi­du­mbu sa­khe ema­ngcwa­be­ni aba­ntwa­na ba­ba­ntu.

24 Ko­dwa isa­ndla si­kaA­hi­kha­mun indo­da­na ka­Sha­fa­nio sa­si­lo­Je­re­mi­ya, uku­ze ba­nga­mni­ke­li esa­ndle­ni sa­ba­ntu uku­thi ba­mbu­la­le.

Umfa­ne­ki­so wa­ma­jo­gwe

27Eku­qa­le­ni ko­ku­bu­saa ku­ka­Je­ho­ya­khi­mi indo­da­na ka­Jo­si­ya, inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da,b kwa­fi­ka le­li­li­zwi ku­Je­re­mi­ya li­ve­la eNko­si­ni, li­si­thi:

2 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si ki­mi: Ze­nze­le imi­chi­loc la­ma­jo­gwe,d uku­ga­xe enta­nye­ni ya­kho,

3 uku­thu­me­le enko­si­ni yeE­do­mae le­nko­si­ni ya­ko­Mo­wa­bif le­nko­si­ni ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­nig le­nko­si­ni ye­Ti­reh le­nko­si­ni ye­Si­do­ni,i nge­sa­ndla se­zi­thu­nywa ezi­fi­ka eJe­ru­sa­le­ma ku­Ze­de­khi­ya inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da;j

4 uzi­la­ye uku­thi zi­thi ema­kho­si­ni azo: Itsho nja­lo Nko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li: Li­za­ku­tsho nja­lo ema­kho­si­ni enu:

5 Mi­na nge­nze umhla­ba,k umu­ntu, le­nya­ma­za­na, oku­phe­zu ko­bu­so bo­mhla­ba, nga­ma­ndla ami ama­khu­lu la­nge­nga­lo ya­mi eye­lu­li­we­yo,l ngi­wu­ni­ke lo­wo oku­qo­ndi­le­yo eme­hlwe­ni ami.m

6 Kha­the­si mi­na se­ngi­wa­ni­ke­le wo­nke la­ma­zwe esa­ndle­ni si­ka­Ne­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni ince­ku ya­mi;n nja­lo ngi­mni­ki­le le­nya­ma­za­na ze­ga­nga uku­thi zi­mse­be­nze­le.o

7 Le­zi­zwe zo­nke zi­za­se­be­nze­la ye­na,p le­ndo­da­na ya­khe,q le­ndo­da­na ye­ndo­da­na ya­khe,r ku­ze ku­fi­ke isi­kha­thi se­la­khe ili­zwe uqo­bo;st kho­na izi­zwe ezi­ne­ngi la­ma­kho­si ama­khu­lu be­za­mkho­nzi­sa.u

8 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke isi­zwe lo­mbu­so oku­nga­yi­ku­mse­be­nze­la ye­na, uNe­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni, lo­ku­nga­yi­ku­be­ka inta­mo ya­kho nga­pha­nsi kwe­jo­gwe le­nko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni,v le­so­si­zwe ngi­za­si­je­zi­sa, itsho iNko­si, nge­nke­mbaw la­nge­ndla­la la­ngo­ma­tsha­ya­bhu­qe we­si­fo, ngi­ze ngi­ku­qe­de nge­sa­ndla sa­khe.

9 Li­na-ke li­nga­ba­la­le­li aba­pro­fe­thi be­nux la­ba­vu­mi­si be­nuy la­ba­phu­phi be­nu la­ba­cha­si­si be­mi­bo­no be­nuz la­ba­lu­mbi be­nua aba­khu­lu­ma ki­ni be­si­thi: Ka­li­yi­ku­yi­se­be­nze­la inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni.b

10 Ngo­ba ba­pro­fe­tha ama­nga ki­ni,cd uku­ze ba­li­su­se li­ye kha­tsha­na le­li­zwe la­ki­ni, lo­ku­ze ngi­li­xo­tshe li­phu­me, li­bhu­bhe.

11 Ko­dwa isi­zwe esi­za­nge­ni­sa inta­mo ya­so nga­pha­nsi kwe­jo­gwe le­nko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni,e si­yi­se­be­nze­le, ngi­za­si­ye­ke­la eli­zwe­ni la­so, itsho iNko­si, uku­thi si­li­se­be­nze, si­hla­le ku­lo.

12 Nga­khu­lu­ma la­ku­Ze­de­khi­ya inko­si ya­ko­Ju­daf nje­ngo­kwa­la­wo­ma­zwi wo­nke nga­thi: Nge­ni­sa­ni inta­mo ze­nu nga­pha­nsi kwe­jo­gwe le­nko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni,g li­se­be­nze­le yo­na la­ba­ntu ba­yo, li­phi­le.h

13 Li­za­fe­la­ni, we­na la­ba­ntu ba­kho,i nge­nke­mba, nge­ndla­la, la­ngo­ma­tsha­ya­bhu­qe we­si­fo,j nje­ngo­ku­tsho kwe­Nko­si ma­ye­la­na le­si­zwe esi­nga­yi­ku­yi­se­be­nze­la inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni?k

14 Nga­kho li­nga­wa­la­le­li ama­zwi aba­pro­fe­thi aba­khu­lu­ma ki­ni be­si­thi: Ka­li­yi­ku­yi­se­be­nze­la inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni;l ngo­ba ba­pro­fe­tha ama­nga ki­ni.m

15 Ngo­ba ka­ngi­ba­thu­ma­nga, itsho iNko­si, ko­dwa ba­pro­fe­tha ama­nga nge­bi­zo la­mi,n uku­ze ngi­li­xo­tshe,o li­bhu­bhe, li­na la­ba­pro­fe­thi aba­pro­fe­tha ki­ni.

16 Nga­se­ngi­khu­lu­ma ku­ba­pri­sti la­ku­la­ba­ba­ntu bo­nke, ngi­si­thi: Itsho nja­lo INko­si: Li­nga­wa­la­le­li ama­zwi aba­pro­fe­thi be­nu aba­pro­fe­tha ki­ni be­si­thi:p Kha­nge­la­ni, izi­tsha ze­ndlu ye­Nko­si zi­za­bu­yi­swa kha­the­si ma­si­nya­ne zi­ve­la eBha­bhi­lo­ni;q ngo­ba ba­pro­fe­tha ama­nga ki­ni.r

17 Li­nga­ba­la­le­li; se­be­nze­la­ni inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni,s li­phi­le. Ku­nga­ni umu­zi lo ube lu­nxi­wa?t

18 Ko­dwa uba be­nga­ba­pro­fe­thi, nja­lo uba ili­zwi le­Nko­si li­ku­bo, kha­the­si ka­ba­yi­nce­nge iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla,u uku­thi izi­tsha ezi­se­le­yo endli­ni ye­Nko­si le­ndli­ni ye­nko­si ya­ko­Ju­da le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma zi­nga­yi eBha­bhi­lo­ni.v

19 Ngo­ba itsho nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla ma­ye­la­na le­zi­nsi­ka,w la­ngo­lwa­ndle,x la­nge­zi­se­ke­lo,y la­nge­nsa­li ye­zi­tsha ezi­se­le ku­lu­mu­zi,

20 uNe­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni anga­zi­tha­tha­nga, eku­thu­mbe­ni kwa­khe uJe­ko­ni­ya indo­da­na ka­Je­ho­ya­khi­mi inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da eJe­ru­sa­le­ma emu­sa eBha­bhi­lo­ni,z la­zo zo­nke izi­khu­lu za­ko­Ju­da le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma;

21 ye­bo, itsho nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li ma­ye­la­na le­zi­tsha ezi­se­le­yo endli­ni ka­Je­ho­va le­ndli­ni ye­nko­si ya­ko­Ju­da le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma:

22 Zi­za­si­wa eBha­bhi­lo­ni,a zi­be kho­na ku­ze ku­be lu­su­kub engi­za­ku­zi­ha­mbe­la nga­lo,c itsho iNko­si; kho­na ngi­za­ze­nyu­sa,d ngi­zi­bu­yi­se­le ku­li­nda­wo.ef

UHa­na­ni­ya utshu­ma­ye­la ama­nga

28Kwa­se­ku­si­thi nga­lo­wo­mnya­ka,a eku­qa­le­ni ko­ku­bu­sa ku­ka­Ze­de­khi­ya inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da, ngo­mnya­ka we­si­ne, nge­nya­nga ye­si­hla­nu, uHa­na­ni­yab indo­da­na kaA­zu­ri umpro­fe­thic owa­ye­ngo­we­Gi­be­yo­nid wa­khu­lu­ma ki­mi endli­ni ye­Nko­si eme­hlwe­ni aba­pri­sti la­ba­ntu bo­nke, esi­thi:

2 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li, isi­thi: Ngi­le­phu­li­le ijo­gwe le­nko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni.e

3 Ku­se­se­pha­ka­thi kwe­mi­nya­ka emi­bi­li ye­zi­nsu­ku ngi­za­bu­yi­se­la ku­li­nda­wof izi­tsha zo­nke ze­ndlu ye­Nko­si,g uNe­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni azi­su­sa ku­li­nda­wo wa­zi­sa eBha­bhi­lo­ni.

4 Fu­thi uJe­ko­ni­ya indo­da­na ka­Je­ho­ya­khi­mi inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da, la­bo bo­nke aba­thu­njwa ba­ko­Ju­da, aba­ya eBha­bhi­lo­ni, ngi­zaba­bu­yi­se­la ku­li­nda­wo, itsho iNko­si; ngo­ba ngi­za­le­phu­la ijo­gwe le­nko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni.h

5 Wa­se­khu­lu­ma uJe­re­mi­ya umpro­fe­thi ku­Ha­na­ni­ya umpro­fe­thi eme­hlwe­ni aba­pri­sti le­me­hlwe­ni aba­ntu bo­nke aba­be­mi endli­ni ye­Nko­si;

6 uJe­re­mi­ya umpro­fe­thi wa­se­si­thi: Ame­ni!i iNko­si ka­ye­nze nja­lo, iNko­si ka­yi­qi­ni­se ama­zwi akho owa­pro­fe­thi­le­yo, uku­thi ibu­yi­se izi­tsha ze­ndlu ye­Nko­si, la­bo bo­nke aba­thu­njwa, ku­su­ke eBha­bhi­lo­ni ku­ze ku­li­nda­wo.

7 Ko­dwa ake uzwe le­li­li­zwi engi­li­khu­lu­ma endle­be­ni za­kho le­ndle­be­ni za­bo bo­nke aba­ntu:

8 Aba­pro­fe­thi aba­be­pha­mbi kwa­mi la­ba­be­pha­mbi kwa­kho kwa­se­ndu­lo ba­pro­fe­tha be­me­le­ne la­ma­zwe ama­ne­ngi be­me­le­ne le­mi­bu­so emi­khu­lu, nge­mpi la­ngo­bu­bi la­ngo­ma­tsha­ya­bhu­qe we­si­fo.

9 Umpro­fe­thi opro­fe­thaj ngo­ku­thu­la,k la­pho ili­zwi lo­mpro­fe­thi se­li­fi­ki­le, lo­wo­mpro­fe­thi uza­kwa­zi­wa uku­thi iNko­si imthu­mi­le nge­qi­ni­so.

10 Umpro­fe­thi uHa­na­ni­ya wa­se­li­su­sa ijo­gwe enta­nye­ni ka­Je­re­mi­ya umpro­fe­thi, wa­le­phu­la.l

11 UHa­na­ni­ya wa­se­khu­lu­ma eme­hlwe­ni aba­ntu bo­nke esi­thi: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Ngo­ku­nja­lo ngi­za­le­phu­la ijo­gwe li­ka­Ne­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­nim ngi­li­su­se enta­nye­ni ye­zi­zwe zo­nke ku­se­se­pha­ka­thi kwe­mi­nya­ka emi­bi­li ye­zi­nsu­ku.n UJe­re­mi­ya umpro­fe­thi wa­se­ha­mba nge­ndle­la ya­khe.

12 La­se­li­fi­ka ili­zwi le­Nko­si ku­Je­re­mi­ya, emva ko­ku­thi uHa­na­ni­ya umpro­fe­thi ese­phu­li­le ijo­gwe eli­su­sa enta­nye­ni ka­Je­re­mi­ya umpro­fe­thi,o li­si­thi:

13 Ha­mba uye­tshe­la uHa­na­ni­ya usi­thi: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: We­phu­li­le ama­jo­gwe esi­go­do; ko­dwa uza­we­nza ama­jo­gwe ensi­mbi enda­we­ni ya­wo.

14 Ngo­ba itsho nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li: Ngi­ga­xi­le ijo­gwe le­nsi­mbip enta­nye­ni ya­zo zo­nke le­zi­zi­zweq uku­ze zi­se­be­nze­le uNe­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni; fu­thi zi­za­mse­be­nze­la,r nja­lo ngi­mni­ki­le le­zi­nya­ma­za­na ze­ga­nga.s

15 UJe­re­mi­ya umpro­fe­thi wa­se­si­thi ku­Ha­na­ni­ya umpro­fe­thi: Ake uzwe, Ha­na­ni­ya; iNko­si ka­yi­ku­thu­ma­nga,t ko­dwa we­na we­nza la­ba­ba­ntu uku­thi ba­the­mbeu ama­nga.v

16 Nga­kho itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Kha­nge­la, ngi­za­ku­xo­tsha ebu­swe­ni bo­mhla­ba; lo­nya­ka uza­ku­fa, ngo­ba ukhu­lu­mi­le uku­hla­mu­ka ume­le­ne le­Nko­si.w

17 Wa­fa-ke uHa­na­ni­ya umpro­fe­thi nga­lo­wo­mnya­ka nge­nya­nga ye­si­kho­mbi­sa.

Incwa­di ka­Je­re­mi­ya kwa­ba­thu­nje­lwe eBha­bhi­lo­ni

29La-ke nga­ma­zwi encwa­di ayi­thu­me­la­yo uJe­re­mi­ya umpro­fe­thi ive­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma isi­ya ku­nsa­li ya­ba­da­la ba­ba­thu­nji­we­yoa la­ku­ba­pri­stib la­ku­ba­pro­fe­thi le­ba­ntwi­ni bo­nke aye­ba­thu­mbi­le uNe­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri be­su­ka eJe­ru­sa­le­ma wa­ba­sa eBha­bhi­lo­ni

2 (e­mva ko­ku­phu­ma ku­ka­Je­ko­ni­ya inko­si,cd le­ndlo­vu­ka­zi,ef la­ba­the­nwa,g izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­ko­Ju­da le­ze­Je­ru­sa­le­ma,h la­ba­ba­zi,i la­ba­kha­ndi,j be­su­ka eJe­ru­sa­le­ma),

3 nge­sa­ndla si­kaE­la­sa indo­da­na ka­Sha­fa­ni,k lo­Ge­ma­ri­ya indo­da­na ka­Hi­li­khi­ya,l uZe­de­khi­ya inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da eya­ba­thu­ma eBha­bhi­lo­ni ku­Ne­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni,m isi­thi:

4 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li, ki­bo bo­nke aba­thu­nji­we­yo enga­be­nza ba­thu­njwa be­su­swa eJe­ru­sa­le­ma ba­si­wa eBha­bhi­lo­ni:

5 Ya­kha­ni izi­ndlu,n li­hla­le ki­zo, li­hla­nye­le izi­va­nde, li­dle izi­the­lo za­zo;

6 li­tha­the aba­fa­zi, li­za­le ama­do­da­na la­ma­do­da­ka­zi, li­tha­the­le ama­do­da­na enu aba­fa­zi, le­ndi­se ama­do­da­ka­zi enu ema­do­de­ni, uku­ze aza­le ama­do­da­na la­ma­do­da­ka­zi, la­nde kho­na, li­nga­nci­phi.

7 Li­di­nge uku­thu­la ko­mu­zi la­pho engi­li­thu­mbe­le kho­na, li­wu­khu­le­ke­le eNko­si­ni;o ngo­ba eku­thu­le­ni kwa­wo li­za­ku­ba lo­ku­thu­la.

8 Ngo­ba itsho nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li: Aku­thi aba­pro­fe­thi be­nu la­ba­vu­mi­si be­nup aba­pha­ka­thi kwe­nu ba­nga­li­kho­hli­si;q li­nga­wa­la­le­li ama­phu­pho enu eli­we­nza aphu­tshwe;r

9 ngo­ba ba­pro­fe­tha ama­nga ki­ni nge­bi­zo la­mi;s ka­ngi­ba­thu­ma­nga,t itsho iNko­si.

10 Ngo­ba itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Qi­ni­so, la­pho imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa isi­gcwa­li­se­ki­le eBha­bhi­lo­ni,u ngi­za­li­ha­mbe­la,v ngi­qi­ni­se ili­zwi la­mi eli­hle ki­ni,w uku­thi ngi­li­bu­yi­se ku­li­nda­wo.xy

11 Ngo­ba mi­na ngi­ya­zi imi­ca­ba­ngo engi­yi­ca­ba­nga nga­ni, itsho iNko­si, imi­ca­ba­ngo yo­ku­thu­la, ka­yi­si­yo eyo­ku­bi, uku­thi ngi­li­ni­ke isi­phe­tho lo­ku­li­nde­lwe­yo.z

12 Kho­na li­za­ngi­bi­zaa li­ye­khu­le­ka ki­mi, ngi­li­zwe.

13 Nja­lo li­za­ngi­di­nga,bcd lingi­tho­le, la­pho li­ngi­di­ngi­si­sa nge­nhli­zi­yo ye­nu yo­nke.e

14 Nja­lo ngi­za­tho­lwa yi­ni,f itsho iNko­si, ngi­bu­yi­se uku­thu­njwa kwe­nu,g ngi­li­qo­qe ku­zo zo­nke izi­zweh la­ku­zo zo­nke inda­wo la­pho engi­li­xo­tshe­le kho­na,i itsho iNko­si, ngi­li­bu­yi­se enda­we­ni enga­li­thu­mba li­ve­la kho­na.

15 Ngo­ba li­tshi­lo: INko­si isi­vu­se­le aba­pro­fe­thi eBha­bhi­lo­ni.

16 Ngo­ba utsho nja­lo uJe­ho­va nge­nko­si ehle­zi esi­hla­lwe­ni so­bu­kho­si si­ka­Da­vi­daj la­nga­bo bo­nke aba­ntu aba­hla­la ku­lu­mu­zi, aba­fo­we­nu aba­nga­phu­me­la­nga eku­thu­njwe­ni ka­nye la­ni:

17 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla: Kha­nge­la­ni, ngi­za­thu­me­la pha­ka­thi kwa­bo inke­mba, indla­la, lo­ma­tsha­ya­bhu­qe we­si­fo,k ngi­be­nze ba­be nje­nge­mi­khi­wa eye­nya­nye­ka­yo, enga­dle­ki­yo nge­nxa yo­bu­bi.l

18 Ngi­xo­tsha­ne la­bo nge­nke­mba, nge­ndla­la, la­ngo­ma­tsha­ya­bhu­qe we­si­fo, ngi­ba­ni­ke­le uku­ba yi­se­sa­bi­so ku­yo yo­nke imi­bu­so yo­mhla­ba,m ba­be yi­si­qa­le­ki­so,no le­nto eye­sa­be­ka­yo,pqr lo­ku­nci­fe­lwa­yo,s le­hla­zo,t pha­ka­thi kwa­zo zo­nke izi­zweu la­pho engi­ba­xo­tshe­le kho­na;v

19 nge­nxa yo­ku­thi be­nga­wa­la­le­la­nga ama­zwi ami, itsho iNko­si, enga­wa­thu­me­la ki­bo nge­nce­ku za­mi aba­pro­fe­thi, ngi­vu­ka ngo­vi­vi ngiba­thu­ma,w ko­dwa ka­li­la­le­la­nga,x itsho iNko­si.

20 Li­na-ke zwa­ni­ni ili­zwi le­Nko­si, li­na lo­nke ba­thu­nji­we­yo, enga­ba­thu­ma be­su­ka eJe­ru­sa­le­ma be­si­ya eBha­bhi­lo­ni:y

21 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li, ma­ye­la­na loA­ha­bi indo­da­na ka­Ko­la­ya, la­ma­ye­la­na lo­Ze­de­khi­ya indo­da­na ka­Ma­ha­se­ya, aba­pro­fe­tha ama­nga ki­ni nge­bi­zo la­mi:z Kha­nge­la­ni, ngi­za­ba­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni si­ka­Ne­bhu­ka­di­re­za­ri inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni, oza­ba­bu­la­la pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo enu.

22 Nja­lo ku­za­tha­thwa ku­boa isi­qa­le­ki­so yi­bo bo­nke aba­thu­nji­we­yo ko­Ju­da aba­se­Bha­bhi­lo­nib ku­thi­we: Ku­nga­thi iNko­si iku­mi­se nje­ngo­Ze­de­khi­ya la­nje­ngoA­ha­bi, inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni eya­mo­sa ngo­mli­lo;c

23 nge­nxa yo­ku­thi be­nze ubu­thu­tha koI­sra­ye­li, ba­fe­ba la­ba­fa­zi ba­bo­ma­khe­lwa­ne ba­bo,d ba­qa­mba ama­zwi anga­ma­nga nge­bi­zo la­mi,ef engi­nga­ba­la­ya­nga wo­na; nja­lo yi­mi enga­zi­yo, engi­ngu­mfa­ka­zi,g itsho iNko­si.

24 Uza­khu­lu­ma ku­She­ma­ya umNe­he­la­mi usi­thi:

25 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li, isi­thi: Nge­nxa yo­ku­thi we­na uthu­me­le izi­ncwa­di nge­bi­zo la­kho ku­bo bo­nke aba­ntu aba­se­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, la­ku­Ze­fa­ni­yah indo­da­na ka­Ma­ha­se­ya umpri­sti,i la­ku­bo bo­nke aba­pri­sti, usi­thi:

26 INko­si isi­kwe­nze ube ngu­mpri­sti esi­khu­ndle­ni si­ka­Je­ho­ya­da umpri­sti,j uku­thi li­be nga­ba­bo­ni­si be­ndlu ye­Nko­sik phe­zu kwa­khe wo­nke umu­ntu ohla­nya­yol ozi­tsha­ya umpro­fe­thi,m uku­thi li­mfa­ke esi­to­ki­si­ni ele­za­nko­si enta­nye­ni.n

27 Kha­the­si-ke, ku­nga­ni unga­mkhu­za­nga uJe­re­mi­ya umA­na­tho­thio ozi­tsha­ya umpro­fe­thi ki­ni?p

28 Ngo­ba nge­nxa ya­lo­khu use­thu­me­le ki­thi e­Bha­bhi­lo­ni esi­thi: Ku­za­ku­ba ku­de; ya­kha­ni izi­ndlu,q li­hla­le ki­zo, li­hla­nye­le izi­va­nde, li­dle izi­the­lo za­zo.

29 UZe­fa­ni­ya umpri­sti wa­se­yi­fu­nda li­ncwa­di endle­be­ni zi­ka­Je­re­mi­ya umpro­fe­thi.

30 La­se­li­fi­ka ili­zwi le­Nko­si ku­Je­re­mi­ya li­si­thi:

31 Thu­me­la ku­bo bo­nke aba­thu­nji­we­yo usi­thi: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si ngo­She­ma­ya umNe­he­la­mi: Nge­nxa yo­ku­thi uShe­ma­ya epro­fe­the ki­ni, mi­na-ke ngi­nga­mthu­ma­nga,rs wa­le­nza uku­thi li­the­mbe ama­nga,t

32 nga­kho itsho iNko­si: Kha­nge­la, ngi­za­je­zi­sa uShe­ma­ya umNe­he­la­mi ka­nye le­nza­lo ya­khe; ka­yi­ku­ba la­mu­ntu oza­hla­la pha­ka­thi kwa­la­ba­ba­ntu, anga­bo­ni oku­hle engi­za­kwe­nze­la aba­ntu ba­mi,u itsho iNko­si, ngo­ba ukhu­lu­me uku­hla­mu­ka eme­le­ne le­Nko­si.v

Uku­bu­ye­la kwa­ba­thu­nji­we­yo ku­ya­the­nji­swa

30Ili­zwi ela­fi­ka ku­Je­re­mi­ya li­ve­la eNko­si­ni li­si­thi:

2 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li, isi­thi: Zi­bha­le­le encwa­di­ni wo­nke ama­zwi engi­wa­khu­lu­me ku­we.a

3 Ngo­ba kha­nge­la, insu­ku zi­ye­za,b itsho iNko­si, uku­thi ngi­za­bu­yi­sa uku­thu­njwa kwa­ba­ntu ba­mic uI­sra­ye­li lo­Ju­da,d itsho iNko­si, ngi­ba­bu­yi­se­le eli­zwe­ni enga­li­ni­ka oyi­se, nja­lo ba­za­ku­dla ili­fa la­lo.e

4 La­la nga­ma­zwi iNko­si eya­wa­khu­lu­ma ma­ye­la­na loI­sra­ye­li la­ma­ye­la­na lo­Ju­da.f

5 Ngo­ba itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Si­zwi­le ili­zwi lo­ku­thu­thu­me­la; ku­lo­kwe­sa­ba, ha­tshi uku­thu­la.

6 Ake li­bu­ze, li­bo­ne uba indo­da inga­be­le­tha yi­ni? Ku­nga­ni ngi­bo­na ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo owe­si­li­sa isa­ndla sa­khe si­phe­zu ko­kha­lo lwa­khe nje­ngo­we­si­fa­za­na obe­le­tha­yo,g lo­bu­so bo­nke se­bu­phe­ndu­ke ba­ba mhlo­tsha­na?h

7 Ma­ye! ngo­ba lu­khu­lu lo­lo­su­ku,i oko­ku­thi ka­lu­kho olu­nje­nga­lo;j ku­yi­si­kha­thi so­ku­hlu­phe­ka ku­ka­Ja­ko­be, ko­dwa uza­si­ndi­swa ku­kho.

8 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke nga­lo­lo­su­ku,k itsho iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, ngi­za­kwe­phu­lal ijo­gwe la­khe enta­nye­ni ya­kho,m ngi­qa­mu­leno izi­bo­pho za­kho;p la­be­zi­zweq ka­ba­sa­yi­ku­mse­be­nzi­sa.r

9 Ko­dwa ba­za­se­be­nze­la uJe­ho­va, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo, lo­Da­vi­da inko­si ya­bos engi­za­ba­vu­se­la ye­na.t

10 Nga­kho we­na unge­sa­bi,uv nce­ku ya­mi Ja­ko­be,w itsho iNko­si; fu­thi unga­tsha­ywa lu­va­lo, Isra­ye­li; ngo­ba kha­nge­la, ngi­za­ku­si­ndi­sa ukha­tsha­na,x le­nza­lo ya­kho eli­zwe­ni lo­ku­thu­njwa kwa­yo;y nja­lo uJa­ko­be uza­phe­ndu­ka,z athu­le,a onwa­be,b nja­lo ka­kho ozame­nza esa­be.cd

11 Ngo­ba mi­na ngi­la­we, itsho iNko­si, uku­ku­si­ndi­sa;ef ngo­ba ngi­za­kwe­nza uku­phe­la ku­zo zo­nke izi­zwe engi­ku­hla­ka­ze­le kho­na,gh ko­dwa ka­ngi­yi­kwe­nza uku­phe­la ku­we; ko­dwa ngi­za­ku­la­yaijk ngo­ku­fa­ne­le­yo,l ka­ngi­yi­ku­ku­ye­ke­la unga­je­zi­swa­nga ngo­ku­phe­le­le­yo.mn

12 Ngo­ba itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Ukwa­phu­ka kwa­kho ka­kwe­la­phe­ki,o isi­lo­nda sa­kho si­bi.p

13 Ka­kho owa­hlu­le­la uda­ba lwa­kho, uku­thi abo­phe isi­lo­nda sa­kho; ka­wu­la­mi­thi epho­li­sa­yo.q

14 Zo­nke izi­tha­ndwa za­kho zi­ku­kho­hli­we;r ka­zi­ku­di­ngi; ngo­ba ngi­ku­tsha­yi­le ngo­ku­tsha­ya kwe­si­tha,s ngo­ku­la­ywa ko­lo­lu­nya,t nge­nxa yo­bu­ne­ngi be­si­pha­mbe­ko sa­kho,u izo­no za­kho za­ndi­le.v

15 Ukha­le­la­ni ngo­kwe­phu­ka kwa­kho? Usi­zi lwa­kho ka­lwe­la­phe­ki nge­nxa yo­bu­ne­ngi be­si­pha­mbe­ko sa­kho;w ngo­ba izo­no za­kho za­ndi­le,x ngi­ze­nzi­le le­zi­zi­nto ku­we.

16 Nga­kho bo­nke aba­ku­dla­yoy ba­za­dli­wa;z la­zo zo­nke izi­tha za­kho, zo­nke zi­za­ku­ya eku­thu­njwe­ni; la­ba­ku­pha­nga­yoa ba­za­ku­ba yi­mpa­ngo,b la­bo bo­nke aba­kwe­mu­ka­yo ngi­za­ba­ni­ke­la ekwe­mu­kwe­ni.c

17 Ngo­ba ngi­za­kwe­nyu­se­la uku­phi­la ku­we,d ngi­kwe­la­phe ema­nxe­be­ni akho,e itsho iNko­si; ngo­ba ba­ku­bi­ze ngo­ku­thi oXo­tshi­we­yo,f be­si­thi: Yi­Zi­yo­ni, ka­ku­la­mu­ntu oyi­di­nga­yo.g

18 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Kha­nge­la, ngi­za­bu­yi­sa uku­thu­njwa kwa­ma­the­nte ka­Ja­ko­be,h ngi­ha­wu­ke­le ama­kha­ya abo;i nja­lo umu­zi uza­kwa­khi­wa phe­zu kwe­nqu­mbi ya­wo,j le­si­go­dlo si­za­hla­la nje­ngo­mkhu­ba wa­so.

19 Nja­lo ku­za­phu­ma ku­bo uku­bo­nga,k le­li­zwi la­ba­tho­ko­za­yo;l nja­lo ngi­za­ba­ndi­sa,m ka­ba­yi­ku­ba ba­lu­tshwa­na; ngi­ba­du­mi­se,no ka­ba­yi­kwe­yi­swa.p

20 La­ba­ntwa­na ba­bo ba­za­ku­ba nje­nge­ndu­lo,q le­nhla­nga­no ya­bo iza­mi­swa pha­mbi kwa­mi; nja­lo ngi­za­je­zi­sa bo­nke aba­ba­ci­nde­ze­la­yo.

21 Le­si­khu­lu sa­bo si­za­ve­la ku­bo,r lo­mbu­si wa­bo uza­phu­ma eve­la pha­ka­thi kwa­bo; nja­lo ngi­za­mso­nde­za, aso­nde­le ki­mi;s ngo­ba ngu­ba­ni lo­wo onge­nza inhli­zi­yo ya­khe isi­ba­mbi­so so­ku­so­nde­la ki­mi?t itsho iNko­si.

22 Nja­lo li­za­ku­ba nga­ba­ntu ba­mi, la­mi ngi­be ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­nu.u

23 Kha­nge­la­ni isi­vu­ngu­za­ne se­Nko­si, uku­vu­tha ku­phu­mi­le,v isi­vu­ngu­za­ne esi­khu­khu­la­yo; si­za­kwe­hla nga­ma­ndla phe­zu kwe­kha­nda la­ba­bi.w

24 Uku­vu­thax ko­la­ka lwe­Nko­si ka­ku­yi­ku­de­da,y ize ikwe­nze, ize iqi­ni­se injo­ngo ze­nhli­zi­yo ya­yo;z eku­ci­ne­ni kwe­zi­nsu­ku li­za­na­ka­na nga­lo­khu.ab

31Nga­le­so­si­kha­thi,a itsho iNko­si, ngi­za­ku­ba ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­nsa­pho zo­nke za­koI­sra­ye­li;b bo­na-ke ba­za­ku­ba nga­ba­ntu ba­mi.

2 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Aba­ntu ba­ba­se­le­yo be­nke­mba ba­tho­la umu­sa enka­nga­la; ngi­tsho uI­sra­ye­li, la­pho ngi­si­ya­mphu­mu­za.c

3 INko­si ya­bo­na­ka­la ki­mi ikha­tsha­na isi­thi: Ye­bo, ngi­ku­tha­ndi­led ngo­tha­ndo olu­la­pha­ka­de,e nga­kho-ke ngi­ku­do­nsi­le ngo­tha­ndo­lo­mu­sa.f

4 Ngi­za­bu­ya ngi­kwa­khe,g wa­khe­ke, we­na nto­mbi emsu­lwa ya­koI­sra­ye­li; uza­bu­ya uvu­nu­li­swe nge­zi­gu­ja­na za­kho,h uphu­me pha­ka­thi ko­ku­gi­dai kwa­ba­tho­ko­za­yo.j

5 Uza­bu­ya uhla­nye­le izi­vi­ni phe­zu kwe­zi­nta­bak ze­Sa­ma­ri­ya;l aba­hla­nye­li ba­za­hla­nye­la, ba­dle izi­the­lo1.

6 Ngo­ba ku­za­ku­ba kho­na usu­ku aba­za­me­me­za nga­lo aba­li­ndi enta­be­ni ya­koE­fra­yi­mim be­si­thi: Su­ku­ma­ni, se­nyu­ke si­ye e­Zi­yo­ni, eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu.n

7 Ngo­ba itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Mhla­be­le­le­ni uJa­ko­be nge­nto­ko­zo,o li­me­me­ze­le pha­ka­thip kwe­nhlo­ko ye­zi­zwe;q zwa­ka­li­sa­ni, du­mi­sa­ni, li­thi: Nko­si, si­ndi­sa aba­ntu ba­kho,r insa­li ya­koI­sra­ye­li.

8 Kha­nge­la­ni, ngi­za­ba­le­tha be­ve­la eli­zwe­ni le­nya­ka­tho,s ngi­ba­bu­thet ema­ce­le­ni omhla­ba;u pha­ka­thi kwa­bo ku­kho­na izi­pho­fu la­ba­qhu­la­yo,v abe­si­fa­za­na aba­khu­le­lwe­yo la­ba­be­le­tha­yo nda­wo­nye; ba­za­bu­ya la­pha be­li­ba­ndla eli­khu­lu.

9 Ba­za­bu­ya be­lo­ku­kha­la,w ngi­za­ba­kho­khe­la be­lo­ku­nce­nga;x ngi­za­ba­ha­mbi­sa emi­fu­le­ni ya­ma­nziy nge­ndle­la eqo­ndi­le­yo,z aba­nga­yi­ku­khu­be­ka ku­yo; ngo­ba ngi­ngu­yi­se kaI­sra­ye­li,a loE­fra­yi­mib uli­zi­bu­lo la­mi.c

10 Zwa­ni­ni ili­zwi le­Nko­si, li­na zi­zwe, lili­me­me­ze ezi­hle­nge­ni ezi­kha­tsha­na, li­thi: Ye­na owa­chi­tha uI­sra­ye­li uza­mbu­tha,d amgci­ne, nje­ngo­me­lu­si umhla­mbi wa­khe.e

11 Ngo­ba iNko­si imhle­ngi­le uJa­ko­be, ya­mhla­wu­le­laf emsu­sa esa­ndle­ni so­la­ma­ndla ku­la­ye.g

12 Nga­kho ba­za­ku­za ba­hla­be­le­le eku­pha­ka­me­ni kwe­Zi­yo­ni,h ba­ge­le­ze­lei ko­ku­hle kwe­Nko­si,j nga­ma­be­le,kl la­nge­wa­yi­ni eli­tsha,mno la­nga­ma­fu­tha,p la­nga­ma­zi­nya­ne ezi­mvu, le­nko­mo; lo­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­bo ube nje­nge­si­va­nde esi­the­le­lwe­yo,q ka­ba­sa­yi­ku­bu­ya ba­be lo­si­zi.r

13 Kho­na into­mbi iza­tho­ko­za eku­gi­de­ni,s la­ma­ja­ha la­ba­da­la ka­nye­ka­nye; ngo­ba ngi­za­phe­ndu­la uku­li­la kwa­bo ku­be yi­nto­ko­zo, ngi­ba­du­du­ze, ngi­ba­tho­ko­zi­se, ba­nga­bi lo­si­zi.t

14 Nja­lo ngi­za­su­thi­sa umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­ba­pri­sti nga­ma­no­no,u la­ba­ntu ba­mi ba­za­su­thi­swa ngo­ku­hle kwa­mi, itsho iNko­si.

15 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Ili­zwi le­zwa­ka­lav eRa­ma,w uku­li­la, uku­kha­la inye­mbe­zi oku­ba­ba­yo ka­khu­lu;x uRa­she­li ekha­le­la aba­ntwa­na ba­khe, esa­la uku­du­du­zwa nga­ba­ntwa­na ba­khe, ngo­ba be­ngase­kho.y

16 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Ba­mba ili­zwi la­kho eku­kha­le­ni, la­me­hlo akho ezi­nye­mbe­zi­ni; ngo­ba ku­lo­mvu­zo wo­mse­be­nzi wa­kho, itsho iNko­si, ngo­ba ba­za­bu­ya be­ve­la eli­zwe­ni le­si­tha.z

17 Ku­kho­na-ke ithe­mba enza­lwe­ni ya­kho,a itsho iNko­si; ngo­ba aba­ntwa­na ba­kho ba­za­bu­ye­la emngce­le­ni wa­ki­bo.b

18 Ngi­zwi­le lo­ku­zwa uE­fra­yi­mi ezi­li­le­lac esi­thi: Ungi­la­yi­le, nja­lo nga­la­ywa nje­nge­tho­le eli­nga­tha­mba­nga; ngi­phe­ndu­ka, nja­lo ngi­za­phe­ndu­la;d ngo­ba uyi­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi.

19 Isi­bi­li emva ko­ku­phe­ndu­ka kwa­mi,e nga­zi­so­la, le­mva ko­ku­fu­ndi­swa kwa­mi nga­tsha­ya phe­zu kwe­tha­nga­zi la­mi;f nga­ba le­nhlo­ni, nja­lo nga­ya­nge­ka, ngo­ba nga­thwa­la ihla­zo lo­bu­tsha ba­mi.g

20 UE­fra­yi­mi uyi­ndo­da­na ya­mi eli­gu­gu yi­ni, ungu­mntwa­na wa­mi otho­ko­zi­sa­yo yi­ni?h Ngo­ba se­lo­khu nga­khu­lu­ma ngi­me­le­ne la­ye, ngi­sa­mkhu­mbu­la ngo­qo­tho; nge­nxa ya­lo­kho imi­bi­li­ni ya­mi iya­kha­la nga­ye;i isi­bi­li ngi­za­ku­ba le­si­ha­wu ku­ye, ku­tsho iNko­si.

21 Zi­be­ke­le izi­tshe­ngi­so ze­ndle­la,j uzi­mi­se­le izi­nsi­ka ze­zi­qo­ndi­so, ube­ke inhli­zi­yo ya­kho ku­mgwa­qo omkhu­lu,k indle­la owa­ha­mba nga­yo;l phe­ndu­ka, nto­mbi emsu­lwa ya­koI­sra­ye­li, uphe­ndu­ke­le ku­le imi­zi ya­ki­ni.

22 Ko­ze ku­be ni­ni uzu­la­zu­la,m ndo­da­ka­zi ehle­hle­la nyo­va­ne?n Ngo­ba iNko­si ida­le into entsha emhla­be­ni: Owe­si­fa­za­na uza­ha­nqa indo­da.o

23 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li: Ba­za­bu­ya ba­tsho le­li­li­zwi eli­zwe­ni la­ko­Ju­da le­mi­zi­ni ya­kho, la­pho ngi­bu­yi­se­la uku­thu­njwa kwa­bo:p Kwa­nga­thi iNko­si inga­ku­bu­si­sa,q kha­ya lo­ku­lu­nga,r nta­ba yo­bu­ngcwe­le.s

24 Nja­lo ku­za­hla­la ku­lo uJu­da la­yo yo­nke imi­zi ya­khe nda­wo­nye,t aba­li­mi la­ba­ha­mba le­mi­hla­mbi.

25 Ngo­ba ngi­su­thi­seu umphe­fu­mu­lo okha­the­le­yo,v ngi­gcwa­li­se wo­nke umphe­fu­mu­lo ophe­la ama­ndla.

26 Nga­se­ngi­pha­pha­ma, nga­bo­na; lo­bu­tho­ngo ba­mi ba­bu­mna­ndi ki­mi.

27 Kha­nge­la, insu­ku zi­ye­za,w itsho iNko­si, la­pho ngi­za­hla­nye­la indlu kaI­sra­ye­li le­ndlu ka­Ju­dax nge­nhla­nye­lo ya­ba­ntuy le­nhla­nye­lo ye­nya­ma­za­na.

28 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke nje­nga­lo­khoz ngi­ba­li­ndi­lea uku­thi ngi­si­phu­neb lo­ku­thi ngi­di­li­zec lo­ku­thi ngi­chi­thed lo­ku­thi ngi­bhu­bhi­see lo­ku­thi nge­nze oku­bi, ngo­ku­nja­lo ngi­za­ba­li­ndaf uku­ze nga­khe ngi­hla­nye­le,gh itsho iNko­si.

29 Nga­le­zo­nsu­ku ka­ba­sa­yi­ku­thi:i Oyi­se ba­dli­le izi­the­lo ze­vi­ni ezi­mu­nyu, ama­zi­nyo aba­ntwa­na ase­tshe­le­la.j

30 Ko­dwa ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo uza­fe­la ubu­bi ba­khe;k wo­nke umu­ntu odla izi­the­lo ze­vi­ni ezi­mu­nyu, ama­zi­nyo akhe aza­tshe­le­la.

Isi­vu­me­lwa­no esi­tsha

31 Kha­nge­la,l insu­ku zi­ye­za,m itsho iNko­si, la­pho ngi­za­kwe­nza isi­vu­me­lwa­no esi­tshan le­ndlu kaI­sra­ye­li le­ndlu ka­Ju­da;

32 ku­nge­yi­si­kho nje­nge­si­vu­me­lwa­no enga­se­nza la­bo­yi­se mhla ngi­ba­mba isa­ndla sa­boo uku­ba­khu­pha eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the, osi­vu­me­lwa­no sa­mi bo­na aba­se­phu­la­yo, la­nxa mi­na nga­ngi­ngu­mye­ni wa­bo,p itsho iNko­si.

33 Ko­dwa yi­le­si isi­vu­me­lwa­no engi­za­se­nza le­ndlu kaI­sra­ye­liq emva kwa­le­zo­nsu­ku, itsho iNko­si: Ngi­za­fa­ka umla­yo wa­mi emi­bi­li­ni ya­bo,rs ngi­wu­bha­le enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­bo, ngi­be ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo,t la­bo ba­be nga­ba­ntu ba­mi.

34 Ka­ba­sa­yi­ku­fu­ndi­sa-ke, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo uma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khe, la­ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo umfo­wa­bo, esi­thi: Ya­zi iNko­si; ngo­ba bo­nke ba­za­nga­zi,u ku­su­ke­la ko­mnci­nya­ne wa­bo ku­ze ku­fi­ke ko­mkhu­lu wa­bo,v itsho iNko­si; ngo­ba ngi­za­the­the­le­la isi­pha­mbe­ko sa­bo,wx le­so­no sa­bo ka­ngi­sa­yi­ku­si­khu­mbu­la.yz

35 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si, eni­ka ila­nga li­be yi­ku­kha­nya emi­ni,a izi­mi­so ze­nya­nga le­ze­zi­nka­nye­zi zi­be yi­ku­kha­nya ebu­su­ku,b enya­ka­zi­sa ulwa­ndle uku­ze ama­ga­ga­si alo ahlo­ko­me;cd iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla li­bi­zo la­yo.e

36 Uba le­zo­zi­mi­sof zi­nga­su­ka pha­mbi kwa­mi, itsho iNko­si, inza­lo ya­koI­sra­ye­li la­yo iza­phe­la eku­be­ni yi­si­zwe pha­mbi kwa­mi zo­nke insu­ku.g

37 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Uba enga­li­nga­ni­swa ama­zu­lu phe­zu­lu,h zi­hlo­lwe izi­se­ke­lo zo­mhla­ba pha­nsi, la­mi ngi­za­ya­la yo­nke inza­lo ya­koI­sra­ye­lii nge­nxa ya­kho ko­nke aba­kwe­nzi­le­yo, itsho iNko­si.

38 Kha­nge­la, insu­ku zi­ye­za,j itsho iNko­si, la­pho umu­zi uza­kwa­khe­lwa iNko­si, ku­su­ke­la empho­tsho­ngwe­ni ka­Ha­na­ne­lik ku­ze ku­fi­ke esa­ngwe­ni le­Ngo­nsi.l

39 Le­nta­mbo yo­ku­li­nga­ni­sa ise­za­phu­ma ma­qo­nda­na la­yom ku­ze ku­be so­qa­qe­ni lwe­Ga­re­bi,n iphe­ndu­ke­le nga­se­Go­wa.o

40 Le­si­ho­tsha so­nke se­zi­du­mbup le­so­mlo­tha, la­wo wo­nke ama­si­mu ku­ze ku­fi­ke esi­fu­le­ni se­Ki­dro­ni,q ku­ze ku­fi­ke engo­nsi­ni ye­Sa­ngo la­ma­bhi­za nge­mpu­ma­la­nga,r ku­za­ku­ba yi­bu­ngcwe­le be­Nko­si.s Ka­ku­yi­ku­si­tshu­nwat ka­ku­sa­yi­ku­di­li­zwa ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni.u

UJe­re­mi­ya uthe­nga insi­mu

32Ili­zwi ela­fi­ka ku­Je­re­mi­ya li­ve­la eNko­si­ni emnya­ke­ni we­tshu­mi ka­Ze­de­khi­ya, inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da,a owa­wu­ngu­mnya­ka we­tshu­mi le­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li ka­Ne­bhu­ka­di­re­za­ri.b

2 Ngo­ba nga­le­so­si­kha­thi ibu­tho le­nko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni la­yi­vi­mbe­ze­la iJe­ru­sa­le­ma; uJe­re­mi­ya umpro­fe­thi wa­ye­va­le­lwe-kecd egu­me­ni le­nto­lo­ngo,e ela­li­se­ndli­ni ye­nko­si ya­ko­Ju­da.

3 Ngo­ba uZe­de­khi­ya inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da wa­ye­mva­le­le esi­thi: Ku­nga­ni we­na upro­fe­tha usi­thi: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Kha­nge­la, ngi­wu­ni­ke­la lu­mu­zi esa­ndle­ni se­nko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni,f nja­lo iza­wu­thu­mba;g

4 lo­Ze­de­khi­ya inko­si ya­ko­Ju­dah ka­yi­yi­ku­phu­nyu­ka esa­ndle­ni sa­ma­Kha­la­di­ya,i ko­dwa uza­ni­ke­lwa isi­bi­li esa­ndle­ni se­nko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni, lo­mlo­mo wa­khe uza­khu­lu­ma lo­mlo­mo wa­yo,j la­me­hlo akhe abo­ne ame­hlo ayo;k

5 iza­kho­khe­la-ke uZe­de­khi­ya imu­se eBha­bhi­lo­ni,lmn abe kho­na ngi­ze ngi­mha­mbe­le,o itsho iNko­si; la­nxa li­si­lwa la­ma­Kha­la­di­ya,p ka­li­yi­ku­phu­me­le­la.

6 UJe­re­mi­ya wa­se­si­thi: Ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­fi­ka ki­mi li­si­thi:

7 Kha­nge­la, uHa­na­me­li indo­da­na ka­Sha­lu­maq uma­lu­ma­kho uza­fi­ka ku­we esi­thi: Zi­the­nge­le insi­mu ya­mi eseA­na­tho­thi,r ngo­ba ngu­we ole­lu­nge­lo lo­ku­hle­nga uku­thi uthe­nge.s

8 Kwa­se­ku­fi­ka ki­mi uHa­na­me­li indo­da­na ka­ma­lu­ma­mi, nje­ngo­ku­tsho kwe­Nko­si, egu­me­ni le­nto­lo­ngo,t wa­se­si­thi ki­mi: Ake uthe­nge insi­mu ya­mi eseA­na­tho­thiu ese­li­zwe­ni la­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni, ngo­ba ule­lu­nge­lo le­li­fa, ulo­hle­ngo; zi­the­nge­le yo­na. Nga­se­ngi­sa­zi uku­thi yi­li­zwi le­Nko­si.

9 Nga­se­ngi­yi­the­nga insi­mu ku­Ha­na­me­li indo­da­na ka­ma­lu­ma­mi, eseA­na­tho­thi,v nga­mli­nga­ni­se­la ima­liw enga­ma­she­ke­li* ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa le­nhla­mvu ezi­li­tshu­mi ze­si­li­va.

10 Nga­se­ngi­bha­la incwa­di, ngayi­pha­wu­la,x nge­nza aba­fa­ka­zi ba­fa­ka­ze,y nga­li­nga­ni­sa ima­li nge­si­ka­li.z

11 Nga­se­ngi­tha­tha incwa­di yo­ku­the­nga ena­nye­ki­we­yo nje­ngo­ko­mthe­thoa le­zi­mi­so,b le­vu­le­ki­le­yo,c

12 nga­ni­ka incwa­di yo­ku­the­nga ku­Bha­ru­khid indo­da­na ka­Ne­ri­ya,e indo­da­na ka­Ma­ha­se­ya, pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo ka­Ha­na­me­li indo­da­na ka­ma­lu­ma­mi, la­pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo aba­fa­ka­zi aba­be­pha­wu­le incwa­di yo­ku­the­nga,f pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo awo wo­nke ama­Ju­da aye­hle­zi egu­me­ni le­nto­lo­ngo.g

13 Nga­se­ngi­la­ya uBha­ru­khih pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo abo ngi­si­thi:

14 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li: Tha­tha le­zi­zi­ncwa­di, le incwa­di yo­ku­the­nga, zo­mbi­li ena­nye­ki­we­yoi la­le incwa­di evu­le­ki­le­yo,j uzi­fa­ke embi­ze­ni ye­bu­mba, uku­ze zi­hla­le insu­ku ezi­ne­ngi.

15 Ngo­ba itsho nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li: Ku­za­bu­ya ku­the­ngwe izi­ndlu la­ma­si­mu le­zi­vi­nik ku­le­li­li­zwe.l

16 Nga­se­ngi­khu­le­ka eNko­si­ni, se­ngi­ni­ke uBha­ru­khi indo­da­na ka­Ne­ri­yam incwa­di yo­ku­the­nga,n ngi­si­thi:

17 Ha­wu Nko­si Je­ho­va! Kha­nge­la, ngu­we owe­nze ama­zu­lu lo­mhla­bao nga­ma­ndla akho ama­khu­lup la­nge­nga­lo ya­kho eye­lu­li­we­yo;q ka­ku­la­da­ba olu­nzi­ma ka­khu­lu ku­we;r

18 owe­nza utha­ndo­lo­mu­sa kwa­ba­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne,s uphi­ndi­se­la isi­pha­mbe­ko sa­bo­yi­setu ku­si­fu­ba sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­bo emva kwa­bo;vw uNku­lu­nku­lu omkhu­lu, ola­ma­ndla,x iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla li­bi­zo la­yo;y

19 omkhu­lu nge­se­lu­le­ko,z lo­la­ma­ndla ngo­kwe­nza; ngo­ba ame­hlo akho avu­le­ke­le zo­nke indle­la za­ma­do­da­na aba­ntu,a uku­ni­ka ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo ngo­kwe­ndle­la za­khe,b la­nje­nge­si­the­lo se­ze­nzo za­khe;

20 owa­mi­sa izi­bo­na­ka­li­so le­zi­ma­nga­li­so eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the,cd ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hla, la­koI­sra­ye­li la­pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntu; wa­su­ze­nze­lae ibi­zof nje­nga­la­mu­hla.

21 Wa­ba­khu­pha aba­ntu ba­kho uI­sra­ye­li eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the nge­zi­bo­na­ka­li­so,g la­nge­zi­ma­nga­li­so, la­nge­sa­ndla esi­la­ma­ndla,h la­nge­nga­lo eye­lu­li­we­yo,ij la­ngo­kwe­sa­be­ka oku­khu­lu;k

22 wa­ba­ni­ka le­li­li­zwe, owa­fu­nga ku­bo­yi­se uku­ba­ni­ka lo­na,l ili­zwe eli­ge­le­za ucha­go lo­lu­ju.mn

23 Ba­se­be­nge­na ba­dla ili­fa la­lo, ko­dwa ka­ba­li­la­le­la­nga ili­zwi la­kho,o ka­ba­ha­mba­nga ngo­mla­yo wa­kho, ka­ba­kwe­nza­nga ko­nke owa­ba­la­ya kho­na uku­thi ba­kwe­nze; nga­kho ube­hli­se­le bo­nke lo­bu­bu­bi.

24 Kha­nge­la ama­du­ndu­lu; afi­ki­le emzi­ni uku­wu­thu­mba, lo­mu­zi uni­ke­lwe esa­ndle­ni sa­ma­Kha­la­di­yap alwa eme­le­ne la­wo; nge­nxa ye­nke­mbaq le­ndla­lar lo­ma­tsha­ya­bhu­qe we­si­fo;s la­lo­kho owa­ku­khu­lu­ma­yo kwe­nza­ke­le; kha­nge­la-ke, uyaku­bo­na.

25 Ka­nti, we­na Nko­si Je­ho­va, uthe ki­mi: Zi­the­nge­le insi­mu nge­ma­li,t we­nze aba­fa­ka­zi ba­fa­ka­ze;u ngo­ba umu­zi uni­ke­lwe esa­ndle­ni sa­ma­Kha­la­di­ya.v

26 La­se­li­fi­ka ili­zwi le­Nko­si ku­Je­re­mi­ya li­si­thi:

27 Kha­nge­la, ngi­yi­Nko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­yo yo­nke inya­ma;w ka­mbe, ku­kho­na lo­ba yi­ni oku­nzi­ma ka­khu­lu ki­mi?x

28 Nga­kho itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Kha­nge­la,y ngi­wu­ni­ke­la lu­mu­zi esa­ndle­ni sa­ma­Kha­la­di­ya, le­sa­ndle­ni si­ka­Ne­bhu­ka­di­re­za­ri inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni, oza­wu­thu­mba.

29 La­ma­Kha­la­di­ya alwa eme­le­ne la­lu­mu­zi aza­nge­na, awu­thu­nge­le lu­mu­zi ngo­mli­lo, awu­tshi­se ka­nye le­zi­ndluz obe­ku­ni­ke­le­lwa phe­zu kwa­zo impe­pha ku­Bha­li,a lo­be­ku­thu­lu­le­lwa phe­zu kwa­zo imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­na­thwa­yo kwa­ba­nye onku­lu­nku­lu,b uku­ze ba­ngi­thu­ku­the­li­se.c

30 Ngo­ba aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li la­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ju­da be­be­se­nza oku­bi ku­phe­la eme­hlwe­ni ami, ku­su­ke­la ebu­tshe­ni ba­bo;d ngo­ba aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­ngi­zo­ndi­si­lee ku­phe­la nge­se­nzo se­za­ndla za­bo,f itsho iNko­si.

31 Ngo­ba lu­mu­zi ubu­ki­mi ngo­ko­la­ka lwa­mi la­ngo­kwe­ntu­ku­the­lo ya­mi, ku­su­ke­la ngo­su­ku aba­wa­kha nga­lo ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hla, uku­ze ngi­wu­su­se ebu­swe­ni ba­mi;g

32 nge­nxa ya­bo bo­nke ubu­bi ba­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li lo­ba­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ju­da aba­kwe­nza­yo uku­ngi­thu­ku­the­li­sa,h bo­na,i ama­kho­si abo, izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­bo, aba­pri­sti ba­bo, la­ba­pro­fe­thi ba­bo, la­ba­ntu ba­ko­Ju­da, la­ba­hla­li be­Je­ru­sa­le­ma.

33 Ba­se­be­ngi­phe­ndu­le­la umhla­na,j ha­tshi-ke ubu­so; la­nxa ngi­ba­fu­ndi­si­le ngi­vu­ka ngo­vi­vi ngi­ba­fu­ndi­sa;k ka­nti ka­ba­la­le­la­nga ukwe­mu­ke­la uku­la­ywa.l

34 Ko­dwa ba­mi­sa izi­ne­ngi­so za­bo endli­ni,m obi­zo la­mi li­bi­zwa ku­yo,n uku­ze ba­yi­ngco­li­se.o

35 Ba­se­be­sa­kha inda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yo zi­ka­Bha­lip ezi­se­si­ho­tshe­ni se­ndo­da­na ka­Hi­no­mu,q uku­thi ba­da­bu­li­se ama­do­da­na abo la­ma­do­da­ka­zi abo emli­lwe­ni aye ku­Mo­le­ki,r engi­nga­ba­la­ya­nga kho­nas lo­ku­nga­fi­ka­nga enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­mi, uku­thi be­nze le­si­si­ne­ngi­so, uku­ze be­nze uJu­da one.t

36 Kha­the­si-ke, nga­kho itsho nja­lo iNko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li, ma­ye­la­na lo­mu­zi lo eli­thi nga­wo: Uni­ke­lwe esa­ndle­ni se­nko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni unge­nke­mba la­nge­ndla­la la­ngo­ma­tsha­ya­bhu­qe we­si­fo:v

37 Kha­nge­la­ni, ngi­za­ba­qo­qa be­ve­la ema­zwe­ni wo­nkew la­pho engi­ba­xo­tshe­le kho­nax eku­thu­ku­the­le­ni kwa­mi la­ngo­ku­fu­the­ka kwa­mi la­ngo­la­ka olu­khu­lu;y nja­lo ngi­za­ba­bu­yi­sa ku­li­nda­wo, ngi­be­nze ba­hla­le be­vi­ke­le­ki­le.z

38 Ye­bo, ba­za­ku­ba nga­ba­ntu ba­mi, la­mi ngi­be ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo.a

39 Ngi­za­ba­ni­ka inhli­zi­yo­nyebc le­ndle­la­nye, uku­ze ba­nge­sa­be zo­nke insu­ku,d ku­be ku­hle ku­boe la­ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­bo emva kwa­bo.

40 Nja­lo ngi­za­kwe­nza la­bo isi­vu­me­lwa­no esi­la­pha­ka­de,fg uku­ze ngi­nga­phe­ndu­ki eku­ba­la­nde­le­ni, uku­thi ngi­be­nze­le oku­hle, ngi­fa­ke uku­nge­sa­ba enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­bo,h uku­ze ba­nga­phe­ndu­ki ba­su­ke ki­mi.

41 Ye­bo, ngi­za­tho­ko­za nga­bo uku­be­nze­la oku­hle,i ngi­ba­hla­nye­le ngo­bu­qo­tho ku­le­li­li­zwe, nge­nhli­zi­yo ya­mi yo­nke la­ngo­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi wo­nke.j

42 Ngo­ba itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Nje­ngo­ba nge­hli­se­le phe­zu kwa­la­ba­ba­ntu bo­nke lo­bu­bu­bi obu­khu­lu,k ngo­ku­nja­lo ngi­za­be­hli­se­la ko­nke oku­hle engi­ku­khu­lu­mi­le­yo nga­bo.l

43 Ama­si­mu aza­the­ngwa-ke ku­le­li­li­zwem eli­thi nga­lo: Li­yi­nka­nga­la enge­la­mu­ntu le­nya­ma­za­na,n li­ni­ke­lwe esa­ndle­ni sa­ma­Kha­la­di­ya.o

44 Ba­za­the­nga ama­si­mu nge­ma­li, ba­bha­le izi­ncwa­di,p ba­pha­wu­le,q be­nze aba­fa­ka­zi ba­fa­ka­ze,r eli­zwe­ni la­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­nis le­ma­pha­ndle­ni eJe­ru­sa­le­mat le­mi­zi­ni ya­ko­Ju­dau le­mi­zi­ni ye­zi­nta­bav le­mi­zi­ni ye­si­ho­tshaw le­mi­zi­ni ye­ni­ngi­zi­mu;x ngo­ba ngi­za­bu­yi­sa uku­thu­njwa kwa­bo,y itsho iNko­si.

Oku­hle ku­za­bu­yi­swa eJe­ru­sa­le­ma

33Ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­se­li­fi­ka ku­Je­re­mi­ya ngo­kwe­si­bi­li, esa­va­le­lwe egu­me­ni le­nto­lo­ngo,a li­si­thi:

2 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si, ekwe­nza­yo,b iNko­si, eku­bu­mba­yo, uku­ku­mi­sa;c uJe­ho­va li­bi­zo la­khe:d

3 Ngi­bi­za, ngi­ku­phe­ndu­le,e ngi­kwa­zi­se izi­nto ezi­nku­lu le­zi­fi­hla­ke­le­yo eli­nga­za­zi­yo.f