a25:21; Isa 15:1-16; Hez 25:8-11; Amos 2:1-3; Zef 2:8,9
r6:26, 48:1,18,42
t6:26, 48:1,18,42
du6:24, 49:22

Jeremiah 48

Ilizwi ngoMowabi

1Imelene loMowabi, a itsho njalo iNkosi yamabandla, uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli: Maye ngeNebo, b ngoba ichithiwe; iKiriyathayimi c iyangekile, ithunjiwe; indawo ephakemeyo iyangekile, idilikile. d 2Kakusayikuba khona udumo lukaMowabi eHeshiboni e; baceba okubi bemelene layo, besithi: Wozani siyiqume ekubeni yisizwe; f lawe Madimeni, g uzathula, inkemba izakulandela. 3Ilizwi lokukhala livela h eHoronayimi, i incithakalo lokwephuka okukhulu! 4UMowabi wephukile; abancinyane bakhe benze ukukhala kuzwakale. 5Ngoba ekwenyukeni kweLubithi ukukhala kuzakwenyuka lokukhala, j ngoba ekwehleni k kweHoronayimi l izitha zizwile ukukhala kokuchitheka. m 6Balekani, n likhulule impilo yenu, libe njengesihlahla esiyize enkangala.

7Ngoba ngenxa yokuthembela kwakho emisebenzini yakho lemagugwini akho o lawe uzathunjwa; loKemoshi p uzaphumela ekuthunjweni, abapristi bakhe lezikhulu zakhe kanyekanye. q 8Lomchithi uzafikela wonke umuzi, r njalo kakulamuzi ozaphunyuka; isihotsha laso sizachitheka, legceke s liqothulwe, t njengokutsho kweNkosi. 9Nikani uMowabi amaphiko, u ngoba uzaphapha aphume; lemizi yakhe izakuba lunxiwa, v engelamhlali kuyo. w 10Uqalekisiwe lowo owenza x umsebenzi weNkosi y ngokunganakekeli; z uqalekisiwe lalowo ogodla inkemba yakhe egazini.

11UMowabi wonwabile kusukela ebutsheni bakhe, aa uphumule enzeceni zakhe, ab kathululelwanga esuka embizeni esiya embizeni, kahambanga ekuthunjweni; ngakho-ke ukunambitheka kwakhe kumi kuye, lephunga lakhe kaliphenduki. 12Ngakho, khangela, insuku ziyeza, itsho iNkosi, lapho ngizathuma kuye abathambeki ac abazamthambeka, ad bathulule imbiza zakhe, babulale ae izinqayi zabo. af 13Khona uMowabi uzakuba lenhloni ngoKemoshi, njengalokho indlu kaIsrayeli yaba lenhloni ag ngeBhetheli, ithemba layo. ah

14Lingatsho njani ukuthi: Singamaqhawe lamadoda empi alamandla? 15UMowabi uchithiwe, ai wenyuka emizini yakhe, lekhethelo lamajaha akhe selehlele ekubulaweni, aj itsho iNkosi, obizo layo nguJehova wamabandla. ak 16Inkathazo kaMowabi iseduze ukufika, lobubi bakhe buyaphangisa kakhulu. 17Mlileleni, lina lonke elimzingelezeleyo, lani lonke elazi ibizo lakhe; lithi: Yephuke njani al induku elamandla, am udondolo oluhle! an 18Yehla ebukhosini, uhlale ao ekomeni, ap wena ndodakazi ohlala aq eDiboni; ar ngoba umchithi kaMowabi usenyukele ukumelana lawe, as wachitha inqaba zakho. 19Mana endleleni, ulinde, at mhlalikazi weAroweri, au ubuze obalekayo lowesifazana ophunyukileyo, uthi: Kwenzakaleni?

20UMowabi uyangekile, ngoba udilikile; av qhinqani isililo likhale; aw libike eArinoni ax ukuthi uMowabi uchithiwe. ay 21Lesahlulelo sehlele phezu kwelizwe elilamagceke, az phezu kweHoloni, laphezu kweJahaza, ba , bb laphezu kweMefahathi, bc 22laphezu kweDiboni, bd laphezu kweNebo, be laphezu kweBeti-Dibilathayimi, bf 23laphezu kweKiriyathayimi, bg laphezu kweBeti-Gamuli, laphezu kweBeti bh-Meyoni, bi 24laphezu kweKeriyothi, bj laphezu kweBhozira, bk laphezu kwayo yonke imizi yelizwe lakoMowabi, ekhatshana leseduze. 25Uphondo lukaMowabi luqunyiwe, bl lengalo yakhe yephukile, bm itsho iNkosi.

26Mdakiseni, bn ngoba ezikhulisile emelene leNkosi; bo uMowabi uzazibhixa emahlanzweni akhe, bp abe yinhlekisa, bq ngitsho yena. 27Ngoba uIsrayeli kabanga yinhlekisa yini kuwe? br Watholakala yini phakathi kwamasela? bs Ngoba kusukela ngesikhathi samazwi akho ngaye wanyikinya ikhanda. 28Tshiyani imizi, bt lihlale bu edwaleni, bv bahlali beMowabi, libe njengejuba bw , bx elakha isidleke emaceleni omlomo womgodi. by , bz

29Sizwile ngokuzigqaja kukaMowabi ca (uyazigqaja kakhulu), ukuziphakamisa kwakhe, lokuzigqaja kwakhe, lokuzikhukhumeza kwakhe, lokuphakama kwenhliziyo yakhe. 30Mina ngiyayazi, itsho iNkosi, intukuthelo yakhe, cb kodwa kakuyikuba njalo; ukusoma kwakhe kakungenzi njalo. cc , cd 31Ngalokho-ke ngizaqhinqa isililo ngoMowabi, ce yebo, ngikhale ngaye wonke uMowabi; cf bazabubula cg , ch ngabantu beKiri-Heresi. ci 32Ngokukhala inyembezi kweJazeri cj ngizakukhalela inyembezi, wena vini ck leSibima. cl Ingatsha zakho zedlula ulwandle, cm zafinyelela elwandle lweJazeri; cn umchithi wehlele phezu kwezithelo zakho zehlobo lemavinini akho avuniweyo. 33Lokuthaba lentokozo kususiwe esivandeni co , cp lelizweni lakoMowabi; ngiqedile lewayini ezikhamelweni; cq kabayikunyathela ngomsindo wentokozo; cr umsindo wentokozo kawuyikuba ngumsindo wentokozo. cs

34Ngenxa yokukhala kweHeshiboni, kuze kube seEleyale, ct kuze kube seJahazi, cu bakhupha ilizwi labo, kusukela eZowari kuze kufike eJoronayimi, cv ithokazi leminyaka emithathu; cw ngoba lamanzi eNimirimi azakuba yincithakalo. cx 35Njalo ngizaqeda koMowabi, itsho iNkosi, lowo onikela endaweni ephakemeyo, cy lotshisela onkulunkulu bakhe impepha. 36Ngenxa yalokho inhliziyo yami cz izakhalela uMowabi njengemihubhe, da lenhliziyo yami izakhala njengemihubhe ngabantu beKiri-Heresi; db ngoba inotho ababeyizuzile ichithekile. dc 37Ngoba lonke ikhanda dd liyimpabanga, de lazo zonke indevu zigeliwe; df izandla zonke zisikiwe, dg lokhalweni dh kulesaka. di 38Phezu kwazo zonke impahla zezindlu zakoMowabi dj lezitaladeni zakhe dk yonke indawo kulokuqhinqa isililo, ngoba ngimphahlazile uMowabi njengembiza engathokozelwayo, dl itsho iNkosi. 39Bazaqhinqa isililo besithi: Udilike njani! UMowabi uphendule njani umhlana elenhloni! dm Ngakho uMowabi waba yinhlekisa lesesabiso kuye wonke omzingelezeleyo. dn

40Ngoba itsho njalo iNkosi: Khangela, uzaphapha ngesiqubu njengokhozi, do , dp elulele impiko zakhe phezu kukaMowabi. dq , dr 41Imizi ithunjiwe, ds lezinqaba zibanjiwe, lenhliziyo yamaqhawe akoMowabi ngalolosuku ibe njengenhliziyo dt yowesifazana ohelelwayo. du 42LoMowabi uzachithwa angabi yisizwe, dv ngoba wazikhulisa emelene leNkosi. dw 43Ukwesaba dx , dy lomgodi dz lomjibila kuphezu kwakho, mhlali wakoMowabi, itsho iNkosi. 44Obalekela ukwesaba uzawela emgodini, ea lowenyuka ephuma emgodini uzabanjwa ngumjibila; eb ngoba ngizakwehlisela phezu kwakhe, ec phezu kukaMowabi, umnyaka wempindiselo yabo, ed itsho iNkosi.

45Emthunzini ee weHeshiboni ef ababalekayo bayema bengelamandla, ngoba umlilo uphumile eHeshiboni, eg lelangabi livela phakathi eh kukaSihoni, ei njalo kudlile ingonsi yakoMowabi, ej lenkanda yabantwana besiphithiphithi. 46Maye kuwe, Mowabi! ek Abantu bakaKemoshi baphelile, ngoba amadodana akho athethwe asiwa ekuthunjweni, lamadodakazi akho ekuthunjweni. 47Kodwa ngizabuyisa ukuthunjwa kukaMowabi el , em , en ekucineni kwezinsuku, eo , ep itsho iNkosi. Kuze kube lapha kuyisehlulelo sakoMowabi. eq

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