Jer 1 | Ndebele | STEP | Amazwi kaJeremiya, indodana kaHilikhiya wabapristi ababeseAnathothi elizweni lakoBhenjamini;

1 Amazwi kaJeremiya, indodana kaHilikhiya wabapristi ^a ababeseAnathothi elizweni lakoBhenjamini; ^b 2 okwafika kuye ilizwi leNkosi ensukwini zikaJosiya ^c indodana kaAmoni, inkosi yakoJuda, ngomnyaka wetshumi lantathu wokubusa kwakhe. ^d 3 Lafika futhi ensukwini zikaJehoyakhimi indodana kaJosiya, inkosi yakoJuda, ^e kwaze kwaba sekupheleni komnyaka wetshumi lanye ^f kaZedekhiya indodana kaJosiya, ^g inkosi yakoJuda, kwaze kwaba sekuthunjweni kweJerusalema ^h enyangeni yesihlanu. ^{i
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4 Kwasekufika kimi ilizwi leNkosi lisithi: 5 Ngingakakubumbi esiswini ^k ngakwazi, ^l njalo ungakaphumi esizalweni ^m ngakwehlukanisa; ⁿ ngakubeka waba ngumprofethi ^o ezizweni. ^p 6 Ngasengisithi: Hawu Nkosi Jehova! Khangela, angikwazi ukukhuluma, ^q ngoba ngingumntwana. ^r 7 Kodwa iNkosi yathi kimi: Ungatsho ukuthi: Ngingumntwana; ngoba uzakuya kubo bonke engikuthuma kubo, lakho konke engikulaya khona uzakukhuluma. ^s 8 Ungesabi ubuso babo, ^{t
,} ^u ngoba mina ngilawe ^{v
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,} ^x ukukophula, ^y itsho iNkosi. 9 INkosi yasiselula isandla sayo, ^z yathinta umlomo wami; ^aa iNkosi yasisithi kimi: Khangela, ngibekile amazwi ami emlonyeni wakho. ^ab 10 Bona, ngikubekile lamuhla phezu kwezizwe laphezu kwemibuso, ^ac ukusiphuna, lokudiliza, lokubhubhisa, lokuphosela phansi, ukwakha, lokuhlanyela. ^ad

11 Ilizwi leNkosi laselifika kimi lisithi: Ubonani, Jeremiya? Ngasengisithi: Ngibona uswazi lwesihlahla se-alimondi*. ^ae 12 INkosi yasisithi kimi: Ubone kuhle, ngoba ngizalinda ilizwi lami ukuze ngilenze.

13 Njalo ilizwi leNkosi lafika kimi ngokwesibili lisithi: Ubonani? Ngasengisithi: Ngibona imbiza ^af ebilayo, ^ag njalo ubuso bayo bungasenyakatho. ^ah 14 INkosi yasisithi kimi: Okubi kuzaqutshulwa kuvela enyakatho ^ai phezu kwabo bonke abakhileyo belizwe. 15 Ngoba khangela, ngibiza insapho zonke zemibuso ^aj yenyakatho, ^ak itsho iNkosi; njalo zizafika, zimise ngasinye isihlalo salo sobukhosi ekungeneni kwamasango eJerusalema, ^al zimelene lemiduli yayo yonke inhlangothi zonke, zimelene lemizi yonke yakoJuda. 16 Ngizakhuluma izigwebo zami zimelene labo ngenxa yabo bonke ububi babo, ^am abangidelileyo, ^{an
,} ^ao batshisela abanye onkulunkulu impepha, ^{ap
,} ^aq bakhonza imisebenzi yezandla zabo. ^ar

17 Wena-ke, bopha ukhalo lwakho, ^as usukume, ukhulume kibo konke mina engikulaya khona. ^at Ungethuki ngenxa yobuso babo, ^au hlezi ngikwethuse phambi kwabo. 18 Ngoba khangela, mina ngikubekile lamuhla ^av ube ngumuzi ovikelweyo, ^{aw
,} ^ax njalo ube yinsika yensimbi, ^ay njalo ube yimiduli yethusi, ^az ukumelana lelizwe lonke, ukumelana lamakhosi akoJuda, ukumelana leziphathamandla zayo, ukumelana labapristi bayo, lokumelana labantu belizwe. 19 Njalo bazakulwa bemelene lawe; kodwa kabayikukwehlula; ^ba ngoba ngilawe, itsho iNkosi, ukukophula. ^{bb
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