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Indoda Enesibindi

QALA abantu bahlekisa ngendoda eseseyitja le. Uyazi bonyana ngubani? NguJeremiya. Bekamphorofidi kaZimu oqakathekileko.

Msinyana ngemva kokobana iKosi uJosaya itjhabalalise iinthombe enarheni, uJehova watjela uJeremiya bona abe mphorofidi Wakhe. Namtjhana kunjalo, uJeremiya wacabanga bona usesemncani bona angaba mphorofidi. Kodwana uJehova wamtjela bonyana Yena uzomrhelebha.

UJeremiya watjela ama-Israyeli bona alise ukwenza izinto ezimbi. Wathi: ‘Abozimu abakhulekelwa babantu beentjhaba ngebamala.’ Kodwana ama-Israyeli amanengi bekazokukhetha ukukhulekela iinthombe kunokukhulekela uJehova uZimu wamambala. Lokha uJeremiya nekatjela abantu bona uZimu bekazobanikela isibetho ngobumbi ababenzileko, bamhleka.

Kwadlula iimnyaka. UJosaya wahlongakala, begodu ngemva kweenyanga eentathu ngokukhamba kwesikhathi indodanakhe uJehoyakimi yaba yikosi. UJeremiya watjela abantu wathi: ‘IJerusalema lizokutjhatjalaliswa nengabe anitjhuguluki eendleleni zenu ezimbi.’ Abapristi babamba uJeremiya bamthuka bathi: ‘Mdele ubulawe ngokutjho kwakho iintwezi.’ Ngemva kwalokho batjela amakhosana wakwa-Israyeli: ‘UJeremiya mdele abulawe, ngombana ukhulume kumbi ngedorobha lethu.’

Khuyini uJeremiya azokwenza kwanjesi? Waba nesibindi! Wabatjela boke wathi: ‘UJehova ungithume bona ngizokukhuluma iintwezi kini. Neningatjhugulukiko eendleleni zenu ezingakalungi zokuphila, uJehova uzokutjhabalalisa iJerusalema. Kodwana qinisekani ngalokhu: Neningangibulala, nizabe nibulele indoda enganamlandu.’

Amakhosana amlisa uJeremiya waphila, kodwana ama-Israyeli khenge atjhugulule iindlela zawo ezimbi. Ngokukhamba kwesikhathi uNebukadinezari ikosi yeBhabhiloni, yeza yazokulwa nabantu beJerusalema. Emaswapheleni uNebukadinezari wenza ama-Israyeli aba ziinceku zakhe. Wathatha iinkulungwana ezinengi wazisa eBhabhiloni. Cabanga bonyana bekuzokuba njani bona abantu ongabaziko bakuthathe ekhenu bakuse enarheni ongayaziko!

Jeremiya 1:1-8; 10:1-5; 26:1-16; 2 Amakhosi 24:1-17.