Jer 40:1-5 | Ndebele | STEP | Ilizwi elafika kuJeremiya livela eN kosi ni emva kokuthi uNebuzaradani induna yabalindi esemyekele wahamba esuka eRama, esemthethe ebotshiwe ngamaketane phakathi kwabo bonke ababethunjwe eJerusalema lakoJuda, abasiwa ekuthunjweni eBhabhiloni.

Jeremiah 40:1-5

1 Ilizwi elafika kuJeremiya livela eNkosini emva kokuthi uNebuzaradani induna yabalindi esemyekele wahamba ^a esuka eRama, ^b esemthethe ebotshiwe ngamaketane ^c phakathi kwabo bonke ababethunjwe eJerusalema lakoJuda, abasiwa ekuthunjweni eBhabhiloni. ^d 2 Induna yabalindi yasimthatha uJeremiya yathi kuye: ^e INkosi, uNkulunkulu wakho, yakhuluma lokhu okubi ngalindawo. ^f 3 INkosi isikulethile yakwenza njengokutsho kwayo, ngoba lonile eNkosini, ^{g
,} ^h kalilalelanga ilizwi layo; ngakho loludaba lwenzakele kini. 4 Khathesi-ke, khangela, lamuhla ngiyakukhulula kulamaketane asezandleni zakho. ⁱ Uba kukuhle emehlweni akho ukuya lami eBhabhiloni, woza, ngimise ilihlo lami phezu kwakho; kodwa uba kukubi emehlweni akho ukuya lami eBhabhiloni, yekela. Bona, ilizwe lonke liphambi kwakho; ^j lapho kukuhle kuqondile emehlweni akho ukuhamba, hamba uye khona. ^k 5 Kodwa engakabuyeli, wathi: Buyela ^l kuGedaliya, indodana kaAhikhamu, indodana kaShafani, ^m emmisileyo inkosi yeBhabhiloni abe phezu kwemizi yakoJuda, ⁿ uhlale laye phakathi kwabantu; ^o kumbe loba kungaphi lapho kuqondile emehlweni akho ukuya khona, hamba. Ngakho induna yabalindi yasimnika umphako ^p lesipho, ^q yamyekela ukuthi ahambe.