20 Bonke ababengabulawanga ngenkemba+ yabathumba yabasa eBhabhiloni. Baba zinceku zayo+ lezamadodana ayo kwaze kwaqalisa ukubusa umbuso wePhesiya,+ 21 ukuze kugcwaliseke ilizwi likaJehova alikhuluma esebenzisa uJeremiya,+ lelizwe libhadale wonke amasabatha alo.+ Ngesikhathi ilizwe lingamanxiwa laligcina isabatha, kwaze kwaphela iminyaka engu-70.+

2 ngomnyaka wokuqala wokubusa kwakhe, mina Danyeli ngazwisisa emabhukwini* inani leminyaka elaliqanjwe elizwini likaJehova elalisiya kumphrofethi uJeremiya mayelana lokuthi iJerusalema yayizahlala ilunxiwa okweminyaka emingaki.+ Iminyaka le yayingu-70.+

12 Ingilosi kaJehova yasisithi: “Awu Jehova wamabutho, kuzaze kube nini ulokhu ungayizweli isihawu iJerusalema njalo ungabi lomusa emadolobheni akoJuda+ obulokhu uwathukuthelele iminyaka yonke le engu-70?”+

5 “Khuluma labantu bonke abaselizweni kanye labaphristi uthi, ‘Ngesikhathi lizila ukudla futhi lilila ngenyanga yesihlanu leyesikhombisa+ okweminyaka engu-70,+ lalikwenzela mina yini?