UJeremiya
12 Ulungile Jehova+ nxa ngisethula izikhalazo zami kuwe,
Ulungile nxa ngikhuluma lawe ngendlela owahlulela ngayo.
Kodwa kungani abantu abenza okubi bephumelela?+
Kungani abantu abalobuqili bengakhathazeki ngalutho?
2 Ubahlanyelile baba lempande,
Sebekhule baze bathela izithelo.
Bahlala bekhuluma ngawe, kodwa awukho enhliziyweni zabo.+
3 Wena Jehova ungazi kuhle+ futhi uyangibona.
Uhlole inhliziyo yami wathola ukuthi ivumelana lawe.+
Bakhethe njengezimvu eziyahlatshwa,
Ubagcinele ilanga labo lokubulawa.
4 Kuzaze kube nini ilizwe lilokhu lomile?
Kuzaze kube nini utshani bonke obusegangeni butshile?+
Inyamazana lenyoni kuphelile,
Ngenxa yezinto ezimbi ezenziwa ngabahlala elizweni.
Phela bathi: “Kaboni ukuthi kuyini okuzakwenzakala kithi.”
5 Nxa udinwa ugijima lamabutho,
Uzakwenelisa yini ukugijima lamabhiza?+
Lanxa ulesibindi nxa uselizweni elilokuthula,
Awusoze wesabe yini usuphakathi kwegusu elimnyama eliseduze kukaJodani?
6 Phela labafowenu abazalwa nguyihlo
Bakukhohlisile.+
Bayamemeza bekhuluma kubi ngawe.
Lanxa bangaze bakutshele izinto ezinhle,
Ungabathembi.
7 “Ngitshiye indlu yami+ lelifa lami.+
Othandekayo wami sengimnikele ezandleni zezitha zakhe.+
8 Lowo olilifa lami usenjengesilwane esiseguswini.
Ungibhongele,
Yikho sengimzonda.
9 Kimi usenjengenyoni ezingelayo emibalabala,
Ezinye inyoni ezizingelayo ziyamhanqa zimhlasele.+
Buyani lonke zinyamazana zeganga libuthane,
Wozani lidle.+
10 Abelusi abanengi sebetshabalalise insimu yami yamagilebisi,+
Banyathenyathela indawo yami elizweni.+
Batshabalalise indawo yami bayitshiya iyinkangala.
11 Ilifa lami selilunxiwa,
Selomile.
Ngilibona lingaselalutho.+
Ilizwe lonke seliyinkangala,
Kodwa akulamuntu ozihlupha ngakho.+
12 Abahlaselayo bathutshe ngazo zonke indlela ezivuthiweyo ezidabula enkangala,
Inkemba kaJehova izabulala abantu kusukela emngceleni welizwe kusiya komunye umngcele.+
Kakho ozahlala ngokuthula.
13 Bahlanyele ingqoloyi kodwa bavuna ameva.+
Basebenze nzima kodwa abatholanga lutho.
Bazayangeka ngesivuno sabo,
Ngenxa yolaka lukaJehova oluvuthayo.”
14 Nanku okutshiwo nguJehova kubo bonke omakhelwane abenza okubi, abahlasela ilizwe* engenza ukuthi abantu bami bako-Israyeli bahlale kulo,+ uthi: “Ngizabasusa elizweni labo,+ ngisuse lendlu yakoJuda phakathi kwabo. 15 Kodwa ngemva kokubasusa ngizaphinda ngibe lesihawu kubo, ngibuyisele ngamunye wabo elifeni lakhe lasendaweni yakhe.”
16 “Nxa bangafunda izindlela zabantu bami, bafunde lokufunga ngebizo lami besithi, ‘Sifunga ngoJehova uNkulunkulu ophilayo,’ njengoba nje babefundisa abantu bami ukufunga ngoBhali, lapho-ke labo ngizabenza babe ngabantu bami. 17 Kodwa nxa isizwe leso singalaleli, ngizasisusa ngisitshabalalise siphele,” kutsho uJehova.+