Jer 51 - Ndebele Bible (iBhayibhili Elingcwele) 1978

INkosi iyahlulela iBabiloni

1INkosi ithi: Ngizavusela iBabiloni labakhileyo eKaladiya

umoya ochithayo,

2ngithumele eBabiloni abelayo,

bazakulela, bathulule ilizwe lalo,

lapho betheleka phezu kwalo bevela inxa zonke ngosuku lokuhlupheka.

3Otshokayo kangawutshoki umtshoko wakhe,

kungasukumi muntu ogqoke ibhatshi lakhe lensimbi.

Lingaziyekeli insizwa zalo,

liyiqede nya impi yalo yonke.

4Bazakuwa befelwe elizweni lamaKaladiya,

bagwazwe endleleni zalo.

5Ngoba uIsrayeli loJuda kabalahlwanga nguNkulunkulu wabo, iNkosi yamabandla;

kodwa ilizwe lamaKaladiya lilecala koNgcwele kaIsrayeli.

6Balekani eBabiloni, lizisilise lonke.

Lingaqedwa ekutshayweni kwalo,

ngoba lesi yisikhathi sokuphindisela kweNkosi,

iyaliphindisela.

7IBabiloni laliyinkezo yegolide esandleni seNkosi,

eyayidakisa umhlaba wonke;

izizwe zanatha iwayini lalo, ngakho zahlanya.

8IBabiloni seliwile masinyane, lachitheka;

likhaleleni, lilidingele umuthi wezilonda,

mhlawumbe lingasila.

9Abezizwe bakhona bathi:

Besizakulelapha iBabiloni, kodwa kalelatshwanga;

litshiyeni, asihambeni sonke siye emazweni akithi;

ngoba ukwahlulelwa kwalo kufinyelele ezulwini,

kuphakanyisiwe kwaze kwafika emkhathini.

10INkosi isitshengisile ukuba thina siqondile;

wozani, silandise eZiyone umsebenzi weNkosi uNkulunkulu wethu.

11Lolani imitshoko, lithathe izihlangu.

INkosi ivusile umoya wamakhosi amaMede, ngoba ilecebo lokulichitha iBabiloni, ngoba lokho kuyimpindiselo yeNkosi, impindiselo yethempeli layo.

12Misani uphawu lwempi ngasemidulini yaseBabiloni,

liqinise ukulinda, libeke abalindi, licathame,

ngoba iNkosi isikumisile,

futhi izakukwenza lokho ekukhulume ngabakhileyo eBabiloni.

13Wena muzi ohlala ngasemanzini amanengi,

olenotho enengi, ukuphela kwakho sekufikile,

kuqunyiwe ukuphila kwakho.

14INkosi yamabandla izifungile uqobo yathi:

Impela ngizakukugcwalisa ngabantu, babe ngangentethe,

bazahlaba umkhosi wokunqoba ngawe.

15UNkulunkulu wawenza umhlaba ngamandla akhe,

walimisa ilizwe ngokuhlakanipha kwakhe,

langokuqedisisa kwakhe walendlala iphezulu.

16Lapho ekhupha ilizwi lakhe, amanzi ayahlokoma phezulu,

uyakhupha inkungu emikhawulweni yomhlaba,

enze imibane iphazime lapho lisina,

akhuphe umoya eziphaleni zakhe.

17Bonke abantu bayizithutha, kabalakwazi;

wonke umkhandi uyangiswa yizithombe zakhe,

ngoba izithombe zakhe ziyinkohliso, kazilamphefumulo.

18Ziyize nje, zingumsebenzi wenkohliso,

ngesikhathi sokutshaywa kwazo zizabhubha.

19UNkulunkulu kaJakobe kanjengazo;

ngoba yena nguye owadala zonke izinto,

isizwe sakoIsrayeli yiso asikhethayo;

yiNkosi yamabandla ibizo lakhe.

20Wena Babiloni uyisando sami lezikhali zami zokulwa;

ngizakwephula izizwe ngawe, ngichithe imibuso,

21ngiphahlaze ngawe ibhiza lomgadi walo,

lenqola yokulwa lomkhweli wayo,

22ngiphahlaze ngawe amadoda labesifazana,

amaxhegu labatsha, insizwa lezintombi,

23ngiphahlaze ngawe umalusi lomhlambi wakhe,

umlimi lenkabi zakhe, ababusi lezinduna zempi.

24Ngizaliphindisela iBabiloni labo bonke abakhileyo eKaladiya okubi kwabo konke abakwenzileyo eZiyone phambi kwenu, kutsho iNkosi.

25Ngimelana lawe, wena ntaba echithayo, kutsho iNkosi,

echitha wonke umhlaba;

ngizaphakamisela isandla sami kuwe,

ngikugiqe ezintabeni,

ngikwenze ube yintaba etshisiweyo.

26Kakuyikuthathwa ilitshe kuwe elengonsi, lelitshe lesisekelo;

kodwa uzakuba yinkangala kuze kube nininini, kutsho iNkosi.

27Misani uphawu lwempi emhlabeni,

litshaye uphondo phakathi kwezizwe,

lilungisele izizwe ukulwa leBabiloni,

lilibizele imibuso ukulwa lalo,

iArarati leMini leAshikenazi;

lilibekele umlawuli wempi,

likhuphe amabhiza abe njengomtshitshi wentethe.

28Lungisani izizwe ukulwa lalo,

amakhosi amaMede lezinduna zalo lababusi balo,

lalo lonke ilizwe elibuswa yiwo.

29Ilizwe liyathuthumela, liqhaqhazele,

ngoba icebo leNkosi limelana leBabiloni,

ukuba yenze ilizwe leBabiloni

libe yinkangala engelamuntu.

30Amaqhawe aseBabiloni ayekele ukulwa,

ahlezi enqabeni zawo,

amandla awo aphelile, asenjengabesifazana;

izindlu zalo ziyatsha, lemigoqo yamasango alo yephukile.

31Isigijimi siyagijima sihlangane lesinye,

umbiki wezindaba uhlangana lombiki wezindaba,

ukutshela inkosi yaseBabiloni ukuthi umuzi wayo unqotshiwe inxa zonke,

32amazibuko asethethwe, lezinqaba zitshisiwe ngomlilo,

amadoda empi ethukile.

33Ngoba iNkosi yamabandla, uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli, ithi:

IBabiloni linjengesiza sokubhulela ngesikhathi sokunyathelwa kwalo;

kuseyisikhatshana nje isikhathi sokuvunwa kwalo sizakufika.

34UNebukadineza inkosi yaseBabiloni usidlile, usiqedile;

wasenza saba yimbiza engelalutho,

wasiginya njengomgobho,

usuthi ngokumnandi kwethu, wasitsaka.

35Ububi obukhulu obenziwe kithi bube phezu kweBabiloni,

kabatsho njalo abaseZiyone.

Ngokuhlupheka kwethu babe lomlandu abaseKaladiya,

kabatsho njalo abaseJerusalema.

36Ngakhoke iNkosi ithi:

Ngizayimela indaba yenu, ngiliphindisele;

ngizakomisa ulwandle lwalo, ngomise lomthombo walo.

37IBabiloni lizakuba lunxiwa oludilikileyo,

lendawo yamakhanka,

into eyesabekayo leyokuncifelwa, kungabi khona ohlala khona.

38Abantu balo bazabhonga njengezilwane, bakhale njengemidlwane yezilwane.

39Lapho sebebukhali, ngizabenzela idili,

ngibadakise baze baqaleke,

balale ubuthongo obungapheliyo,

bangaphindi bavuke, kutsho iNkosi.

40Ngizabaletha ekuhlatshweni njengamawundlu, njengezinqama lezimpongo.

41Yeka ukubanjwa kweBabiloni elidumileyo emhlabeni wonke!

Yeka iBabiloni eseliphenduke laba yinto eyesabekayo phakathi kwezizwe!

42Ulwandle lufikile eBabiloni,

lwasibekelwa ngamavinqo alo ahlokomayo.

43Imizi yalo isingamanxiwa,

ilizwe elomileyo lenkangala,

ilizwe elingahlalwa muntu, okungadluli kulo umuntu.

44Ngizamtshaya unkulunkulu uBeli eBabiloni,

ngikhuphe emlonyeni wakhe lokho akuginyileyo.

Izizwe kazisayikubekelela ziye kuye.

Umduli waseBabiloni uwile.

45Phumani phakathi kwalo, bantu bami,

lizikhulule lonke olakeni olwesabekayo lweNkosi.

46Inhliziyo zenu kazingakhathali,

lingesabi umbiko ozwakala elizweni,

lapho kufika umbiko ngomunye umnyaka,

besekufika omunye umbiko ngomnyaka olandelayo,

ukuthi kukhona isihluku elizweni, lombusi avukele umbusi.

47Ngalokhoke insuku ziyeza, lapho ngizatshaya izithombe zeBabiloni;

ilizwe lonke lalo lizayangeka,

bonke ababuleweyo balo bawele phakathi kwalo.

48Kuthike izulu lomhlaba, lakho konke okukukho,

kuhlabele ngokuthokoza ngeBabiloni,

ngoba abachithi bazalifikela bevela enyakatho, kutsho iNkosi.

49IBabiloni limele ukuwa ngenxa yabafileyo bakoIsrayeli,

njengokuba ngeBabiloni abantu babulawa emhlabeni wonke.

50Lina eliphephileyo ekufeni, hambani, lingemi.

Khumbulani iNkosi lisekhatshana, leJerusalema libe semkhumbulweni wenu.

51Siyangekile ngoba sizwile ihlazo;

ubuso bethu bulenhloni,

ngoba abezizwe sebefikile ezindaweni ezingcwele zethempeli.

52Ngakhoke insuku ziyeza, kutsho iNkosi,

lapho ngizatshaya izithombe zeBabiloni,

labagwaziweyo babubule kulo lonke ilizwe lalo.

53Loba iBabiloni lingaphakamela ezulwini,

loba lingaqinisa amadundulu alo aqinileyo,

kodwa abachithi balo bazalifikela bevela kimi, kutsho iNkosi.

54Zwanini, ukukhala kuvela eBabiloni,

umsindo wokuchitheka okukhulu uvela elizweni lamaKaladiya.

55Ngoba iNkosi iyalichitha iBabiloni,

iyalithulisa ilizwi lalo elilamandla.

Amavinqo alo ayahlokoma njengamanzi amanengi,

lomsindo wokuhlokoma kwawo uyezwakala.

56Ngoba umchithi uyehlela phezu kweBabiloni;

amaqhawe alo ayabanjwa,

lamadandili awo ayephulwa.

Ngoba iNkosi inguNkulunkulu onika umvuzo,

izakuwukhokha umvuzo impela.

57Ngizadakisa izikhulu zalo lezihlakaniphi zalo,

ababusi balo, lezinduna zamabutho alo, lamaqhawe alo;

bazalala ubuthongo obungapheliyo, bangavuki,

kutsho iNkosi, eyiNkosi yamabandla.

58INkosi yamabandla ithi:

Umduli obanzi waseBabiloni uzabhidlizwa,

lamasango alo aphakemeyo atshiswe ngomlilo.

Abantu basebenzela ize,

lomsebenzi wezizwe uphelela emlilweni.

59Ilizwi likaJeremiya umprofethi alaya ngalo uSeraya indodana kaNeriya, kaMahaseya, ekuhambeni kwakhe loZedekiya inkosi yakoJuda, ukuya eBabiloni emnyakeni wesine wokubusa kwakhe. USeraya wayeyisikhulu sezindawo zokuphumula.

60UJeremiya waloba encwadini konke okubi okuzakwehlela iBabiloni, wonke lamazwi alotshiweyo ngeBabiloni.

61UJeremiya wathi kuSeraya: Lapho usufikile eBabiloni, ubone ukuthi uyawafunda wonke lamazwi,

62uthi: Wena Nkosi, ukhulumile ngalindawo ukuthi uzayichitha, ukuze kungabi khona okuhlala kiyo, umuntu loba inyamazana, ibe yinkangala kuze kube nininini.

63Kuthi lapho usuqedile ukuyifunda lincwadi, ubophele ilitshe kuyo, uyiphosele emfuleni iYufrathi,Isam 18:21

64uthi: IBabiloni lizatshona, lingabe lisavela futhi, ngenxa yokubi engizalehlisela khona. Aphelela lapha amazwi kaJeremiya.