ISAHLUKO 1
Incwadi leyo, uYeremiya wayithumela kwabathinjelwe eBhabheli, ukuba abazise eBhabheli,ukubaabachazele,njengokoabemwisele umthethokaThixo.
2 Ngenxa yezono enazo ngazo phambi koThixo, niya kuthinjelwa eBhabheli nguNebhukadenetsare ukumkaniwaseBhabheli.
3 Xa nithe nafika eBhabheli, niya kuhlala khona iminyaka emininzi linexesha elide, izizukulwana ezisixhenxe, emveni koko ndinikhuphe khona ngoxolo.
4 Ngoku ke niya kubona eBhabheli izithixo zesilivere, nezegolide, nezomthi, zithwelwe emagxeni,ezoyikisaiintlanga.
5 Zilumkeleni ke ngoko, ningabi njengabasemzini, ningabi njengabanye naba, xa nithe nayibona isihlwele phambi kwabo, nasemva kwabo, sibanqula.
6 Kodwa yithini ezintliziyweni zenu, Owu Nkosi, simelesikunqule.
7 Kuba isithunywa sam sinani, kwaye mna ndiyayinyamekelaimiphefumloyenu.
8 Ulwimi lwabo lugutyungelwa yingcibi; Zibubuxoki,azithethi.
9 Bathabatha igolide, njengakwintombi ethanda ukukrexeza, bazenzele izithsaba kwiintloko zoothixobabo.
10 Maxa wambi kwanababingeleli bathabatha koothixo babo igolide nesilivere, bazibeke phezu kwabo.
11 bayinike amahenyukazi awo, bababambise okwamadoda, abe ngoothixo besilivere, noothixo begolide,noomthi.
12 Ke aba thixo abanako ukuzisindisa emhlwa nakwinundu,bathiwewambungeenguboezimfusa.
13 Bayabusula ubuso babo ngenxa yothuli lwetempile,xaluninziphezukwabo.
14 Ongenako ukumbulala omonileyo uphethe intonganjengomgwebiwelizwe.
15 Unekrele nezembe esandleni sakhe sokunene, kodwaakanakoukuzihlangulaemfazweninamasela.
16 16 abangathi ngalo baziwe ukuba bangoothixo, musaniukuboyikangoko.
17 Kuba njengesitya athe umntu wasisebenzisa asinto yanto xa sityunyuzwa; kwanjalo koothixo bazo: ekumisweni kwabo etempileni, amehlo abo azeleluthuliezinyawenizabobangenayo.
18 Njengoko ziqiniselwe iingcango ngeenxa zonke kumkhubekisi ukumkani, ngokungathi ufanelwe kukufa, benjenjalo ukuziqinisa ababingeleli iitempile zabo ngeengcango, nezitshixo, nemivalo, ukuzeoothixobabobaphangwengabaphangi.
19 bakhanyisela izibane ngaphezu kwabo ngokwabo,abangenakubonanoko.
20 Banjengeminye yemiqadi yetempile, ukanti bathi iintliziyo zabo zihluthululwe zizinto ezirhubuluzayo emhlabeni; nokuba bathe bawadla, kwaneempahlazabo,abaziva.
21 Ubuso babo bumnyama ngumsi ophuma etempileni.
22 Emizimbeni yabo, nasentloko, kuhleli amalulwane,neenkonjane,neentaka,kwaneekati. 23Niyakwazingalento,ukubaabangoothixo;
24 Ke yona igolide ephezu kwawo ukuba izenze mhle,ukubaaziwususiumhlwa,aziyikukhanya; 25 Izintoezingenamphefumlozithengwangexabiso eliphakamileyo.
26 Bathwalwa emagxeni, bengenanyawo apho bavakalisaebantwiniukubaabantoyanto.
27 Badane abo bazikhonzayo; ngokuba xa bathe bawaemhlabeni,abanakuvukabephumangokwabo; basuke babeke izipho phambi kwabo njengabafileyo.
28 Ke zona izinto eziwabingelelayo kubo, bayathengisa ngababingeleli babo, banyelise; Kwangokunjalo nabafazi babo, inxalenye yawo, bayigalelangetyuwa;keamahlwempunabasweleyo abanikintongayo.
29 Abafazi ababekelelweyo, nabamithiyo, badla imibingeleloyabo;
30 Kuba bangabizwa njani bona bangoothixo? ngokuba abafazi babeka ukudla phambi koothixo besilivere,abegolide,noomthi.
31 Ababingeleli behleli ezindlwini zabo, bezikrazulwe iingubo zabo, bechetyiwe entloko, neendevuzabo,kungekhontoentloko.
32 Bagquma bakhala phambi koothixo bazo, njengoko benza ngako abantu emthendelekweni ofileyo.
33 Ababingeleli bakhulula iingubo zabo, babamba abafazinabantwanababo.
34Nokubakubi,nokubakubi,nokubakubi,nokuba kukuhle,abanakukubuyekeza;
35 Kwangokunjalo abanako ukunika ubutyebi namali, nokuba uthe umntu wenza isibhambathiso kubo,akasigcina,akayikusibiza.
36Abanakusindisamntuekufeni,nabangenamandla kwabanamandla.
37 Azinakuyibuyisela imfama emehlweni ayo, Azinakunceda namnye umntu embandezelweni yakhe.
38 Abananceba kumhlolokazi, bangenzi okulungileyokwinkedama.
39 Oothixo bazo bomthi, abalakwe ngegolide nesilivere,banjengamatyeaqingqweentabeni; 40 Wothini na umntu ukucinga, athi, bangoothixo, ekubeniedeamaKalediebahlazisanje?
41 Abathi, xa bathe babona umntu osisidenge, ongathethiyo, bamzise, bambongozeuBhele, ukuba athethengathiuyakwaziukuqonda.
42 Noko ke abanakukuqonda oko ngokwabo, bakushiye,ngokubaabanakwazi.
43 Ke nabafazi, beneentsontelo, bebangqongile, behleli ezindleleni, betshisa isiqhumiso; kodwa ke ukuba uthe walala naye othi,utsalwa nguthile odlulayo, uyamngcikiva ummelwane wakhe, ngokuba akakufanelekelanga yena. , nentambo yakheingaqhawuki.
44Yonkeintoeyenzekakubobubuxoki;bangathini nakeukulinganiselwaukubabangoothixo?
45Zenziwengeengcibizemithineengcibizegolide;
46 Kwaye bona ngokwabo abazenzayo abanakuze baqhubeke ithuba elide; bekungathiwani na ke ukubaizintoezenziweyozibengoothixo?
47 Ngokuba bashiya ubuxoki nezingcikivo kwabalandelayo.
48 Kuba xa bathe bawafikela imfazwe, nokuba sisibetho, bacebisana ukuba phakathi kwabo ababingeleli,bazekufihlakalakuwo.
49 bangathini na ke ukubabona abantu, ukuba abathixo bangenako ukuzisindisa emfazweni, nasesibethweni?
50 Kuba, zibonakala zezomthi, zalekwe ngesilivere negolide,kuyakwazekaukubaazibuxoki.
51 Kuya kubonakala kuzo zonke iintlanga nookumkani, ukuba abangethixo, bangumsebenzi wezandla zomntu, nokuba akukho msebenzi kaThixokubo.
52Ngubaninaongaziyo,ukubaabathixo?
53 Kuba abanako ukumisa ukumkani ezweni, nokunisaimvulaebantwini.
54 abanako ukuligweba ityala labo, nokugweba ityala labo, bengakwazi; kuba banjengemazi phakathikwezulunomhlaba.
55 Ekufikeni komlilo phezu kwendlu yothixo womthi, naxa eyalekwe ngegolide nesilivere, basabe ababingeleli babo, basinde; ziya kutshiswa ngokwazonjengemiqadi.
56 Kananjalo akanako ukumelana nokumkani neentshaba zakhe; kungathini na ukulinganiselwa ukubabonabangoothixo?
57 Kwanabo oothixo bomthi, abagqunywe ngesilivere nangegolide, abanamandla okusinda ezihangeni,nakubaphangi.
58igolidenesiliverenezambathozabozokumbatha, abathibomeleleyobathabathebemkanazo,abanako ukuzinceda.
59 Ngoko ke, kulunge kanye ukuba ngukumkani othe wabonakalalisa amandla akhe, nokuba sisitya esinexabiso endlwini, athe umniniso aphathe kulunge kulo ngaphezu koothixo ababuxoki; nokuba lucango endlwini, logcino izinto ezinjalo,
ngaphezu koothixo ababuxoki. nesimiso somthi sebhotwe,ngaphezukoothixoabanjalo.
60 Kuba ilanga, nenyanga, neenkwenkwezi, ziqaqambile,zithunyelweukwenzaimisebenziyazo, ziyathobela.
61 Ngokukwanjalo umbane xa ugqabhuka kulula ukubonakala; kwaye kwangokunjalo umoya uvuthuzakuwoonkeamazwe.
62 Kwaye xa uThixo eyalela amafu ukuba ahambe phezu kwehlabathi liphela, enza njengoko abemenyiwe.
63Umliloovelaphezuluwazitshisaiindulinehlathi, wenzanjengokokuwiselweumthethongako.
64 Ngako oko akufanelanga kucingelwa okanye kuthiwe bangoothixo, ekubeni bona, abanako ukugweba izizathu, nokwenza okulungileyo ebantwini.
65 Usazi ngoko ukuba abangoothixo, musani ukuboyika;
66Ngokubaabanakuqalekisa,ababusisiookumkani;
67 Abanako ukwenza imiqondiso emazulwini phakathi kweentlanga, nokukhanya njengelanga, nokukhanyisanjengenyanga.
68 Úlungile amarhamncwa kunawo; Ngokuba anokuzimelangedwa.
69 Ngoko ababonakali kuthi ukuba bangoothixo; ngokomusaniukuboyika.
70 Njengokuba isithungusi emyezweni wemikomkomko,singagcininto;
71 Kananjalo oothixo bazo bomthi, abalakwe ngesilivere negolide, banjengoviko olumhlophe entsimini, ekuhleli phezu kwalo iintaka zonke; kwanjengomntu ofileyo, empumalanga kude kube mnyama.
72 niya kwazi ukuba bangengabo oothixo bengubo ebomvu, ebomvu ebolileyo phezu kwabo, bathi emvakokobadliwe,babeyingcikivoezweni. 73Lilungilengokolilungileilungisa,engenasithixo; ngokubaliyakubakudenokungcikiveka.