uYeremiya uYeremiya 39 - Contemporary Xhosa Bible 2024

1Ngomnyaka wesithoba wobukumkani bukaZedekiya ukumkani wakwaYuda, ngenyanga yeshumi, uNebhukadenetsare ukumkani waseBhabheli wayingqinga iYerusalem, nomkhosi wakhe wonke, wayingqinga.

2Ngomnyaka weshumi elinamnye kaZedekiya, ngenyanga yesine, ngosuku lwesithoba enyangeni leyo, wawiswa umzi.

3Zangena ke zonke iinkosana zokumkani waseBhabheli, zahlala esangweni eliphakathi: ooNergali-saretsere, noSamgarnebho, noSarsegim, noRabhesarisi, noNergali-tseretsere, noRabhege, nabanye abathetheli bokumkani waseBhabheli.

4Wababona uZedekiya ukumkani wakwaYuda, namadoda onke okulwa, basaba baphuma phakathi komzi ebusuku ngendlela yomyezo wokumkani, ngesango eliphakathi kweendonga zombini, baphuma phandle kwindlela ecacileyo.

5Umkhosi wamaKaledi wabasukela, wamthimba uZedekiya ezinkqantosini zaseYeriko; emva kokuba embambile, amzisa kuNebhukadenetsare, ukumkani waseBhabhiloni, eRibhela kwilizwe laseHamati, apho waba ngumgwebi wakhe.

6Wandula ukumkani waseBhabhiloni wababulala oonyana bakaZedekiya uRibhela phambi kwamehlo akhe; zabulala zonke izidwangube zakwaYuda ukumkani waseBhabheli.

7Ngaphezu koko, wamkrukra amehlo uZedekiya, wamkhonkxa ngemixokelelwane ukuze amse eBhabhiloni.

8AmaKaledi ayitshisa indlu yokumkani, nezindlu zabantu, azidiliza neendonga zeYerusalem.

9Wawathabatha uNebhuzaradan umthetheli wabasiki, wabathabatha amasalela abantu ababesele esixekweni, nabaseleyo, wabafudusela eBhabheli, nabanye abantu;

10Ke uNebhuzaradan, umthetheli wabasiki, wabashiya ezweni lakwaYuda inxenye yabantu abazizisweli, ababengenanto, wabanika izidiliya namasimi ngelo xesha.

11uNebhukadenetsare ukumkani waseBhabheli wamwisela umthetho uNebhuzaradan, umthetheli wabasiki, ngoYeremiya, esithi,

12Mbambe, umgcine, ungamenzi nto imbi; kodwa nenze kuye njengoko athethayo kuni.

13Wathuma uNebhuzaradan umthetheli wabasiki, benoNebhusabhanon, noRabhesarisi, noNergali-saretsere, umRabhege, nabathetheli bonke bokumkani waseBhabheli;

14Bathumela ke, bamthabatha uYeremiya entendelezweni yentolongo, bamnikela kuGedaliya, unyana ka-Ahikam, unyana kaShafan, ukuba ambuyisele endlwini yakhe; ke ngoko, wahamba waya kuhlala phakathi kwabantu.

15Kwafika ilizwi likaYehova kuYeremiya ngoxa wayevalelwe eyadini yentolongo, lisithi:

16Yiya uthethe kuEbhedi-melege umKushi, uthi, Utsho uYehova wemikhosi, uThixo kaSirayeli, ukuthi, Utsho uYehova wemikhosi, uThixo kaSirayeli; Yabona, ndiwushumayeza lo mzi ububi, asiwulungele; ziya kuzaliseka phambi kwenu ngaloo mini.

17Ke mna ndiya kunisindisa ngaloo mini,’ utsho uYehova, yaye akuyi kunikelwa ezandleni zabantu oboyikayo.

18Kuba ngokuqinisekileyo ndiya kukusindisa, yaye akuyi kuwa likrele, kodwa umphefumlo wakho uya kuba lixhoba lakho, ngenxa yokuba ukholose ngam,’ utsho uYehova.