Jer 14 - Ndebele Bible (iBhayibhili Elingcwele) 1978

Ilizwi leNkosi mayelana lokubalela kwelanga

1Ilizwi leNkosi elafika kuJeremiya mayelana lokubalela kwelanga lathi:

2UJuda uyalila, lemizi yakhe idangele,

abantu bakhe bahlezi phansi bayakhala,

lokukhala kweJerusalema kuyezwakala.

3Izikhulu zakhe zithuma inceku zazo ukuba ziyekukha amanzi,

zifika emithonjeni, kodwa kazifumani manzi,

zibuyele inkonxa zazo zingelalutho,

zilenhloni, zidanile, zimbomboza amakhanda.

4Ngenxa yokuba umhlaba womile, ngoba kungekho izulu elizweni,

abalimi balenhloni, bambomboza amakhanda abo.

5Lezimpala ziyazala ziwatshiye egangeni amathole azo,

ngoba kungelatshani.

6Lobabhemi beganga bayema emadundulwini angelalutho,

baphembele umoya njengamakhanka,

lamehlo abo afiphale, ngoba kungelatshani.

7Loba izono zethu zisilahla,

sebenza, wena Nkosi, ngenxa yebizo lakho;

ngoba sihlamukile kanengi, sonile kuwe.

8Wena themba likaIsrayeli, mkhululi wakhe ngesikhathi sokuhlupheka,

yini ukuba ube njengowezizweni,

ube njengesihambi esiphambukela eceleni ukuhlala okobusuku na?

9Yini ukuba ube njengomuntu odidekileyo,

ube njengeqhawe elingasiziyo.

Kanti, wena Nkosi, ukhona phakathi kwethu,

lathi sibizwa ngebizo lakho; ungasitshiyi.

10INkosi ithi ngalababantu:

Bayakuthanda ukuzula kanje,

kabazinqandanga inyawo zabo.

Ngalokho iNkosi kayibamukeli,

khathesi izakhumbula ububi babo, ibatshaye ngezono zabo.

11INkosi yathi kimi: Ungakhulekeli lababantu ukuba baphiwe okuhle.

12Loba bezila ukudla, kangiyikuzwa ukukhala kwabo; loba benikela umnikelo wokutshiswa lomnikelo wempuphu, kangiyikuthokoza ngabo; kodwa ngizabaqeda ngempi langendlala langomkhuhlane.

13Ngasengisithi: Hawu, Nkosi Nkulunkulu! Khangela, abaprofethi babatshela bathi: Kaliyikubona impi, kaliyikufikelwa yindlala, kodwa ngizalinika ukuthula kulindawo.

14INkosi yathi kimi: Abaprofethi batshumayela amanga ngebizo lami. Kangibathumanga, kangibalayanga, kangikhulumanga kibo; batshumayela kini imibono yamanga, lokuvumisa okuyize, lenkohliso yengqondo zabo.

15Ngalokhoke iNkosi ithi mayelana labaprofethi abatshumayela ngebizo lami bona ngingabathumanga, abathi: Impi lendlala kakuyikufika kulelilizwe. Labobaprofethi bazaqedwa ngumkhonto lendlala;

16kuthi abantu abatshumayela kibo baphoselwe endleleni zeJerusalema, bebulewe yindlala lempi, kungasekho muntu wokubangcwaba, bona labomkabo, lamadodana abo lamadodakazi abo. Ngoba ngizakwehlisela ububi babo phezu kwabo.

17Uzakutsho lelilizwi kibo elokuthi:

Amehlo ami kawehlise inyembezi ebusuku lemini zingakhawuli,

ngoba abantu bami balimele kakhulu,

balinyazwe yikutshaywa okubi.

18Uba ngiphumela ngaphandle, kugcwele khona ababulewe empini.

Uba ngingena emzini, ngibona khona abantu ababulawa yindlala.

Abaprofethi labapristi bahamba besenza umsebenzi wabo,

kodwa bengazi ukuthi benzani.

19Usumlahlile impela uJuda yini, leZiyone liyakunenga na?

Usitshayeleni singabi lakusiliswa na?

Salindela ukuthula, kodwa kakuvelanga okuhle.

Sahlalela isikhathi sokwelatshwa, kodwa kwavela ukwesaba.

20Siyakuvuma ukona kwethu, Nkosi,

lobubi babokhokho bethu, ngoba sonile kuwe.

21Ungasixotshi, ngenxa yebizo lakho,

ungaseyisi isihlalo sobukhosi bakho;

sikhumbule, ungasephuli isivumelwano osenze lathi.

22Kambe bakhona yini phakathi konkulunkulu bamanga bezizwe abanganisa izulu?

Kumbe iphezulu lona lingehlisa izihlambo na?

Atshi! angithi nguwe kuphela, Nkosi, Nkulunkulu wethu?

Thina sithembela kuwe, ngoba nguwe ozenzayo zonke lezizinto.