Jeremiah 15

1UThixo wasesithi kimi, “Lanxa uMosi loSamuyeli bengema phambi kwami, inhliziyo yami ingeke iphendukele kulababantu. Basuse phambi kwami! Kabahambe! 2Bangakubuza bathi, ‘Sizakuya ngaphi na?’ uthi kubo, uThixo uthi:

‘Abamiselwe ukufa, baya ekufeni;
abenkemba, enkembeni;
abendlala, endlaleni;
abokuthunjwa, ekuthunjweni.’
3Ngizabathumela imihlobo emine yabachithi,” kutsho uThixo, “inkemba yokubulala lezinja zokuhudulela khatshana njalo lezinyoni zasemoyeni kanye lezinyamazana zeganga ukuba zidle zibhuqe. 4Ngizabenza banengeke emibusweni yonke yasemhlabeni ngenxa yalokho okwenziwa eJerusalema nguManase indodana kaHezekhiya inkosi yakoJuda.

5Ngubani ozakuba lesihawu kuwe wena Jerusalema?
Ngubani ozakukhalela na?
Ngubani ozakuma abuze ukuthi unjani na?
6Ungalile,”
kutsho uThixo.
“Uqhubeka uhlehlela emuva.
Ngakho ngizabeka izandla phezu kwakho ngikuchithe;
ngingeke ngibe lesihawu futhi.
7Ngizabahlungula ngefologwe
yokwela emasangweni amadolobho elizwe.
Ngizaletha ukufelwa lokuchitheka ebantwini bami,
ngoba kabaguqulanga izindlela zabo.
8Ngizakwenza abafelokazi babo bande kakhulu
kuletshebetshebe lasolwandle.
Emini ngizakwehlisela umbulali
phezu kwabonina bamajaha akibo;
khonokho ngizabehlisela
usizi lokwesaba.
9Unina wabayisikhombisa uzaqaleka
aphefumule okokucina.
Ilanga lakhe lizatshona kusesemini;
uzayangiswa njalo eyiswe.
Izinsalela ngizaziqeda ngenkemba
phambi kwezitha zazo,”
kutsho uThixo.

10Maye, wena mama, ngokuthi wangizala,
mina muntu ilizwe lonke elibangisana laye njalo liphikisana laye!
Kangikaze ngebolekise loba ngeboleke,
kodwa bonke bayangithuka.
11 UThixo wathi,

“Ngeqiniso ngizakukhulula ngenjongo enhle;
ngeqiniso ngizakwenza izitha zakho zikuncenge
ezikhathini zomonakalo lezokuhlupheka.

12Umuntu angayiqamula insimbi,
insimbi evela enyakatho kumbe ithusi na?

13Inotho yakho lamatshe akho aligugu
ngizakwenza kube yimpango, yamahala,
ngenxa yezono zakho
kulolonke ilizwe lakini.
14Ngizakwenza ube yisigqili sezitha zakho
elizweni ongalaziyo,
ngoba ulaka lwami luzabhebha
umlilo ozakutshisa.”

15Uyazwisisa wena Thixo;
ngikhumbula ungikhathalele.
Ungiphindiselele kwabangihluphayo.
Uyabekezela, ungangigudluli;
khumbula ukuthi ngithukwa njani ngenxa yakho.
16Ekufikeni kwamazwi akho, ngawadla;
ayeyintokozo yami lenjabulo yenhliziyo yami,
ngoba mina ngibizwa ngebizo lakho,
wena Thixo Nkulunkulu Somandla.
17Kangizange ngihlale enhlanganisweni yabazithokozisayo,
kumbe ngijabule labo;
ngahlala ngedwa ngoba isandla sakho sasiphezu kwami njalo
wawungenze ngagcwala intukuthelo.
18Kungani ubuhlungu engibuzwayo bungapheli
lenxeba lami lilibi kakhulu njalo lingelapheki na?
Kimi uzakuba njengesifula esikhohlisayo,
lanjengomthombo ongelamanzi na?
19Ngakho uThixo uthi:

“Ungaphenduka, ngizakubuyisela
ukuze ungikhonze;
nxa ukhuluma amazwi afaneleyo, hatshi angasizi lutho,
uzakuba yisikhulumeli sami.
Abantu laba kabaphendukele kuwe,
kodwa wena akumelanga uphendukele kubo.
20Ngizakwenza ube ngumduli kulababantu,
umduli ovikelweyo wethusi;
bazakulwa lawe
kodwa kabayikukwehlula,
ngoba mina ngilawe
ukuba ngikuhlenge ngikusize,”
kutsho uThixo.
21“Ngizakuhlenga ezandleni zababi
ngikukhulule ezandleni zabalesihluku.”