uYeremiya uYeremiya 50 - Contemporary Xhosa Bible 2024

uYehova uthetha ngeBhabheli

1Ilizwi uYehova awalithethayo ngeBhabhiloni nelizwe laseGalati ngomprofeti uYeremiya.

2Xelani ezintlangeni, yazisani, niphakamise ibhanile; vakalisani, musani ukuzifihla; nithi, Ithinjiwe iBhabheli, uhlazekile uBhele, waqotywa uMerodaki; zihlazekile izigodo zabo, zaphukile imifanekiso yabo eqingqiweyo.

3Ngokuba abantu basentla basukele phezulu kulowo walenza kube senkangala ilizwe labo, kungamiwa mntu kulo; baya kuphuma bahambe, abantu neenkomo.

4Ngaloo mihla nangelo xesha, utsho uYehova, oonyana bakaSirayeli baya kuhamba kunye noonyana bakaYuda, balile; baya kuhamba baye kufuna uYehova uThixo wabo.

5Baya kubuza indlela yaseZiyon, ubuso babo bubheke kuyo, besithi, Yizani, nisithelele kuYehova emnqophisweni ongunaphakade ongayi kulityalwa.

6Abantu bam baba ngumhlambi weegusha ezilahlekileyo; abalusi babo babandwendwisa, babandwendwisa ezintabeni; besuka entabeni, baya endulini, beyilibele indawo yabo yokuphumla.

7Bonke abawafumanayo bawadla; baza abachasi babo bathi: ‘Asizange sikhubeke, ngenxa yokuba bamonile uYehova, isiseko sobulungisa, uYehova, ithemba lookhokho babo.

8Mkani phakathi kweBhabhiloni nize nilishiye ilizwe lamaKhaledi nize nibe njengeebhokhwe ezikhokela umhlambi.

9Kuba, yabonani, ndinyusa ibandla leentlanga ezinkulu ezweni lasentla, ukuba lihlasele iBhabheli; uya kuthatyathwa khona; Iintolo zabo zibe njengezegcisa; akukho namnye uya kubuya elambatha.

10Loba lixhoba elamaKaledi; bonke abayithabathayo baya kuhlutha; utsho uYehova.

11Ngokuba navuya, ngenxa yokuba ninoyolo, nina batshabalalisi belifa lam;

12uya kudana kakhulu unyoko; uya kuba neentloni lowo wakuzalayo; yabona, isiphelo seentlanga siya kuba yintlango, umhlaba ongumqwebedu, nenkqantosi.

13Ngenxa yomsindo kaYehova ayisayi kumiwa, kodwa iya kuba yinkangala ephanzileyo;

14Zingcwaliseleni imfazwe neBhabheli yonke indawo; bonke abazingelayo utshaba bayamzingela, abangaziyeki utolo; ngokuba wonile kuYehova.

15Dumani ngayo kuyo yonke indawo; wanikela isandla sakhe; ziwile iziseko zayo, zidilikile iindonga zayo; ngokuba yimpindezelo kaYehova; phindezelani kuye; yenzani kuye njengoko enze ngako.

16Mbhubhiseni umhlwayeli eBhabheli, nosebenzisa irhengqa ngexesha lokuvuna; ngenxa yokoyika ikrele elicinezelayo, elowo uya kubheka ebantwini bakowabo, basabele elowo ezweni lakowabo.

17Uyigusha elusali uSirayeli; iingonyama zamsukela; engekadliwa ngukumkani waseAsiriya; waza ekugqibeleni lo Nebhukadenetsare, ukumkani waseBhabhiloni, wawaphula amathambo akhe.

18Ngoko ke utsho uNdikhoyo onamandla onke, uThixo kaSirayeli. Yabona, ndiya kumbetha ukumkani waseBhabheli nelizwe lakhe, njengoko ndambethayo ukumkani waseAsiriya;

19Ndiza kumbuyisela uSirayeli endaweni yakhe yokuhlala, yaye ngokuqinisekileyo uya kudla eKarmele naseBhashan, nomphefumlo wakhe waneliswe eNtabeni yakwaEfrayim naseGiliyadi.

20Ngaloo mihla nangelo xesha, utsho uYehova, buya kufunwa ububi bukaSirayeli, bungabikho; nezono zakwaYuda zingafunyanwa, ngenxa yokuba ndiya kubaxolela abo ndibagcinayo.

21Nyuka uye kwilizwe laseMeratayim ukuze ulwe nalo, nakubemi basePekodi; nibatshabalalise, nibatshabhise ngesiqalekiso, utsho uYehova; nenze njengoko ndaniwiselayo umthetho.

22Kukho isithonga semfazwe elizweni, nesokwaphuka okukhulu.

23Hayi, ukunqamka kwawo elimiweyo liphela, ukuqhekezwa kwawo! Hayi, ukwenziwa ummangaliso kweBhabheli phakathi kweentlanga!

24Ndikubekele isibatha, wabanjiswa, wena Bhabheli, ungazi; wafunyanwa, nawe wathinjwa, ngokuba ulwe noYehova.

25uYehova wazivula iintonga zakhe, wazizisa izixhobo zomsindo wakhe; kuba lo ngumsebenzi weNkosi enguMongami uYehova wemikhosi kwilizwe lamaKhaledi.

26Yizani kuye, nivale ngeenxa zonke, nivule ubuncwane bakhe, nimtyumze njengemfumba yeemfumba, nimtshabalalise ngesiqalekiso; kungabikho nto iseleyo kuye.

27Zibulaleni zonke iinkunzi zalo ezintsha zeenkomo; mabehle baye kuxhelwa nje; yeha kubo! ngokuba ifikile imini yabo, ixesha lokuvelelwa kwabo.

28Ilizwi labasabayo nabasindileyo ezweni laseBhabheli, ukutsho impindezelo kaYehova, uThixo wethu, iZiyon, nempindezelo yetempile yakhe.

29Bahlanganiseleni eBhabheli abatoli besaphetha, bonke abatoli beentshaba, bayirhawule ngeenxa zonke; makungasindi nto; Mvuze ngokwemisebenzi yakhe; yenzani kuye njengoko wenza ngako, ngokuba eqhayisele kuYehova, koyiNgcwele kaSirayeli.

30Ngako oko amadodana ayo aya kuza ezitratweni, onke amagorha ayo anqunyulwe ngaloo mini; utsho uYehova.

31Yabonani, ndinimangalele, nina bakhukhumeleyo, itsho iNkosi uYehova wemikhosi; ngokuba ifikile imini yakho, ixesha lokukuvelela kwam.

32Kwaye abanekratshi baya kukhubeka bawe, kungabikho ubaphakamisayo; Ndiya kuphemba umlilo ezixekweni zakhe, umtshise macal’ onke.

33Utsho uYehova wemikhosi ukuthi, Bacudiswa oonyana bakaSirayeli noonyana bakaYuda kunye, babathimba bonke ababathimbileyo; abavumi ukubakhulula.

34Umsindisi wabo womelele; NguYehova wemikhosi igama lakhe; Yena uya kubagweba aphele, eliphumza ilizwe, akhwankqise abemi baseBhabheli.

35Kuza unkwantyo kumaKhaledi,’ utsho uYehova, “ukuba alwe nabemi baseBhabhiloni neenkosana zayo nezilumko zayo.

36Ikrele malibafikele amaxoki; ikrele maliwafikele amagorha akhe; baya koyika.

37Ikrele lamahashe abo, neenqwelo zabo zokulwa, neempahla zonke ezikuwo; baya kuba njengabafazi; ikrele malibufikele ubuncwane bakhe; yaye baya kuphangwa.

38Ukubalela makuwafikele amanzi alo; baya kubuna, ngokuba lilizwe lemifanekiso eqingqiweyo, abayithandayo nemifanekiso yabo.

39Ngako oko kuya kuhlala khona amarhamncwa asemathafeni, namarhamncwa eziqithi, kuhlale iinciniba khona; kwaye akuyi kubakho abemi ngonaphakade; kwaye akuyi kubakho mmi kwisizukulwana ngesizukulwana.

40Njengoko wayitshabalalisayo uThixo iSodom neGomora, nemimelwane yayo, utsho uYehova; ngako oko akuyi kuhlala mntu khona, akuyi kuphambukela nyana womntu khona.

41Yabonani, kuya kuvela uhlanga lwasentla, lube luhlanga olukhulu, kuxhotywe ookumkani abaninzi emazweni;

42Baphethe isaphetha nentshuntshe; bakhohlakele, abananceba; ilizwi labo liya kugquma njengolwandle, yaye baya kukhwela emahasheni, ngamnye exhobe njengendoda yokulwa, nxamnye nawe, ntombi yaseBhabhiloni.

43Ukumkani waseBhabheli waluva udaba lwabo, zoma izandla zakhe;

44Yabona, utshaba luya kunyuka njengengonyama ephuma emanzini aseYordan, luye ekhayeni eliyingxondorha; ke kwaoko ndiya kubenza basabe ebusweni bakhe; ngubani na ke umnyuliweyo, endinokuthi ndimwise? ngokuba ngubani na onjengam? ngubani na oya kundinika ixesha? Nguwuphi na umalusi onokuma phambi kwam?

45Ngako oko yivani icebo likaYehova, alicebileyo ngeBhabheli; necebo lakhe alicebileyo ngelizwe lamaKaledi: Inene, baya kuzala abancinane emhlambini; inene, uya kuwenza amanxuwa amakhaya abo kunye nabo.

46Ngenxa yesandi sokuthinjwa kweBhabhiloni ihlabathi liyanyikima, nesikhalo sivakala phakathi kweentlanga.