Jer 40 - Ndebele Bible (iBhayibhili Elingcwele) 1978

UGedaliya umbusi

1Ilizwi leNkosi lafika kuJeremiya, uNebuzaradani induna yabalindi esemkhulule eRama; uJeremiya wayesiwe lapho ebotshiwe ngamaketane kanye labo bonke ababethunjwe eJerusalema lakoJuda, ababesiwa eBabiloni.

2Induna yabalindi yamthatha uJeremiya, yathi kuye: INkosi, uNkulunkulu wakho, yakhuluma lokhu okubi ngalindawo;

3iNkosi isikulethile, yakwenza njengokutsho kwayo. Njengoba lonile eNkosini, kalililalelanga ilizwi layo, ngakhoke lokhu kulehlele.

4Khangela, lamhla ngiyakukhulula kulamaketane asezandleni zakho. Uba uthanda ukuya lami eBabiloni, ungahamba, ngizakukulondoloza; kodwa uba ungathandi ukuya lami eBabiloni, ungahambi. Bona, nanti ilizwe lonke liphambi kwakho; hamba uye lapho ubona ukuthi kuhle khona, lalapho uthanda khona.

5Uba uthanda, buyela kuGedaliya indodana kaAhikamu, indodana kaShafani, emmisileyo inkosi yaseBabiloni ukuba abe ngumbusi wemizi yakoJuda, uhlale laye phakathi kwabantu; loba uye lapho uthanda khona. Ngakho induna yabalindi yasimnika umphako lesipho, yamyekela ukuba ahambe.

6UJeremiya wasesuka waya kuGedaliya indodana kaAhikamu eMizipa, wahlala laye labantu ababesele elizweni.

7Kwathi zonke induna zezimpi ezazisegangeni kanye labantu bazo zisizwa ukuthi inkosi yaseBabiloni ibekile uGedaliya indodana kaAhikamu ukuba ngumbusi elizweni, lokuthi inikele kuye amadodana labesifazana labantwana, abangabayanga belizwe abangathunjelwanga eBabiloni,2 Kho 25:22–24

8baya kuGedaliya eMizipa, oIshmayeli indodana kaNethaniya, loJohanani indodana kaKareya, loSeraya indodana kaTanihumethi, lamadodana kaEfazi waseNetofa, loJezaniya indodana kaMahakathi, bona labantu babo.

9UGedaliya indodana kaAhikamu, kaShafani, wafunga kibo labantu babo, wathi: Lingesabi ukukhonza amaKaladiya. Hlalani elizweni, liyisebenzele inkosi yaseBabiloni, kuzalilungela.

10Mina ngizahlala eMizipa ukulincengela kumaKaladiya azafika kithi; kodwa lina vunani iwayini, lezithelo zasehlobo, lamafutha, likulondoloze ezitsheni zenu, lihlale emizini eliyiphetheyo.

11Futhi, lapho bonke abaJuda ababeseMowabi laseAmoni laseEdoma lakwamanye amazwe sebezwile ukuthi inkosi yaseBabiloni itshiyile ingcosana elizweni lakoJuda, yabeka uGedaliya indodana kaAhikamu, kaShafani, ukuba ngumbusi.

12Bonke abaJuda babuya endaweni zonke ababexotshelwe kuzo, beza elizweni lakoJuda, kuGedaliya eMizipa; bavuna iwayini lezithelo zehlobo, zaba zinengi.

Ukubulawa kukaGedaliya

13Kwathi uJohanani indodana kaKareya lazo zonke induna zamabutho ayesegangeni beza kuGedaliya eMizipa,

14bathi kuye: Uyazi nje ukuthi uBalisi inkosi yamaAmoni uthumele uIshmayeli indodana kaNethaniya ukukubulala na? Kodwa uGedaliya indodana kaAhikamu kabakholwanga.

15UJohanani indodana kaKareya wasekhuluma loGedaliya eMizipa ensitha wathi: Ngivumela ukuba ngihambe, ngiyembulala uIshmayeli indodana kaNethaniya, kungaziwa muntu. Uzakukubulalelani, ukuze bonke abaJuda ababuthene lapha bahlakazeke, kubhubhe ingcosana eseleyo koJuda na?

16Kodwa uGedaliya indodana kaAhikamu wathi kuJohanani indodana kaKareya: Kawuyikwenza into enje, ngoba uqamba amanga ngoIshmayeli.