Jehovah Lukaftarem Tu Man Wanwan

8. Wanem nao mekem Asaph feel nogud?

⁸ Jehovah lukaftarem full tribe bilong olketa Levite. Bat samfala Levite iusim datfala toktok “Jehovah nao lukaftarem mi” taem olketa storyim wei wea olketa fren gud witim God and trustim hem. (Lam. 3:24) Olsem example, Bible story abaotem wanfala Levite wea savve singsing and raetem olketa song. Maet hem Asaph or samwan long famili bilong Asaph wea hem nao main wan for singsing long taem bilong King David. (1 Chron. 6:31-43) Psalm 73 storyim wei wea Asaph feel nogud long pipol wea duim nogud samting bikos luk olsem olketa garem gudfala laef. Hem sei: “Hem iusles nomoa for mi tingim olketa gud samting and duim stret samting.” Luk olsem Asaph start for no tinghae long spesol waka wea Jehovah givim hem. Hem no trustim wei wea Jehovah bae lukaftarem hem. Hem feel nogud go kasem taem hem “go insaed long holy temple bilong God.”​—Ps. 73:2, 3, 12, 13, 17.

11. Wanem nao Jeremiah askem long Jehovah, and hao nao Jehovah ansarem hem?

¹¹ Nara Levite wea sei Jehovah lukaftarem hem, hem profet Jeremiah. Hem stap long Anathoth, wanfala taon bilong olketa Levite klosap long Jerusalem. (Jer. 1:1) Jeremiah tu askem Jehovah why nao pipol wea duim gud samting safa bat pipol wea duim nogud samting garem gudfala laef. (Jer. 12:1) Hem komplen long Jehovah abaotem olketa nogud samting wea hem lukim long Jerusalem and Judah. Jeremiah savve Jehovah hem raeteous. Jehovah herem wanem Jeremiah talem. Hem talem Jeremiah for warnim evriwan hem bae finisim olketa nogud pipol. Jehovah mekem datfala profesi kamap tru. Olketa wea obeyim Jehovah stap laef, bat pipol wea no followim datfala warning, olketa dae.​—Jer. 21:9.

12, 13. (a) Wanem nao happen wea mekem Jeremiah for sei: “Jehovah nao lukaftarem mi”? (b) Wanem nao Jeremiah duim, and why nao evri Israelite mas duim sem samting?

¹² Gogo Jeremiah feel olsem hem wakabaot long darkness taem hem lukim enemy spoelem Jerusalem. Hem feel olsem Jehovah mekem hem for “olsem man wea dae for longtaem finis.” (Lam. 1:1, 16; 3:6) Jeremiah talem olketa Israelite for fren bak witim Jehovah, bat olketa gohed for duim nogud samting. So Jehovah finisim Jerusalem and Judah. Nomata Jeremiah duim stret samting, hem sorre tumas long wanem hem happen. Bat Jeremiah tingim mercy bilong God and hem sei: “Jehovah mekem iumi stap laef.” Tru tumas, Jehovah garem bigfala mercy! Jeremiah tingim olketa samting hia and hem sei: “Jehovah nao lukaftarem mi.” Jeremiah gohed duim waka bilong hem olsem profet.​—Readim Lamentations 3:22-24.

¹³ For 70 year, no eni Israelite stap long Jerusalem and Judah. (Jer. 25:11) Bat Jeremiah trustim Jehovah bae lukaftarem hem. Hem patient and “weitim” Jehovah for duim samting. Evri tribe bilong Israel lusim land bilong olketa, so olketa Israelite tu need for garem sem wei olsem Jeremiah. Jehovah nomoa savve helpem olketa. Bihaen 70 year, olketa Israelite go bak long hom bilong olketa and worshipim Jehovah moa.​—2 Chron. 36:20-23.