Jeremiya Chapter 12

1. Ulungile wena Jehova, noma ngimelana nawe; ngiyakukhuluma nawe ngokwahlulela: iphumelelani indlela yababi, kungani ukuba babe nokuthula abakhohlisa nokukhohlisa, na?

2. Ubatshalile, futhi bagxilile; bayakhula, bathela izithelo; useduze nomlomo wabo, kepha ukude nezinhliziyo zabo.

3. Kepha wena Jehova uyangazi, uyangibona, uvivinya inhliziyo yami ukuthi injani kuwe; bakhiphe njengezimvu zokuhlatshwa, ubalungisele usuku lokuhlatshwa.

4. Koze kube nini izwe lidabuka, nemifino yonke yasendle ibuna, na? Ngobubi babakhileyo khona izinkomo nezinyoni ziyabhubha, ngokuba bathi: “Akayikubona ukugcina kwethu.”

5. “Uma ugijimile nemigundatshani, yakukhathaza, ungancintisana kanjani namahhashi na? Uma wethemba ezweni lokuthula kuphela, uyakwenze njani ekukhukhumaleni kweJordani na?

6. Ngokuba nabafowenu nendlu kayihlo nabo bakukhohlisile, nabo bamemeza kakhulu emva kwakho; ungabethembi, noma bekhuluma okuhle kuwe.”

7. “Ngiyishiyile indlu yami, ngililahlile ifa lami, nginikele othandiweyo womphefumulo wami esandleni sezitha zakhe.

8. Ifa lami likimi njengengonyama ehlathini; lingiphumisele izwi; ngalokho ngiyalizonda.

9. Ifa lami liyinqe elimanakanaka kimi, amanqe angakulo alihaqile nxazonke; hambani, nibuthe zonke izilwane zasendle, nizilethe, zidle.

10. Abelusi abaningi basichithile isivini sami, basinyathele phansi isabelo sami, benze ifa lami elinxanelekayo ihlane elichithakeleyo.

11. Basenze incithakalo; siyincithakalo, sikhala kimi; izwe lonke lichithiwe, kepha akakho okubeka enhliziyweni.

12. Abaphangi bafikele onke amaduli angenalutho, ngokuba inkemba kaJehova iyadla, kusukela komunye umkhawulo womhlaba kuze kufike komunye, nenyama enokuthula ayikho.

13. Bahlwanyele ukolweni, bavuna ameva, bakhandlekile bengasizakalanga; yebo, niyakuba namahloni ngezithelo zenu ngenxa yokufutheka okuvuthayo kukaJehova.”

14. Usho kanje uJehova ngabakhelwane bonke bami ababi, abalithinta ifa lami engabanika lona abantu bami u-Israyeli, uthi: “Bheka, ngiyakubasiphula ezweni lakubo, ngiyisiphule indlu yakwaJuda phakathi kwabo.

15. Kepha kuyakuthi lapho ngibasiphulile, ngibuye ngibahawukele, ngibabuyisele, kube yilowo nalowo efeni lakhe, kube yilowo nalowo ezweni lakubo.

16. Kuyakuthi uma beyakuzifunda nokuzifunda izindlela zabantu bami ukuba bafunge igama lami ngokuthi: ‘Kuphila kukaJehova,’ njengalokhu kade befundisa abantu bami ukufunga uBali, bakhiwe phakathi kwabantu bami.

17. Kepha uma bengalaleli, ngiyakusisiphula nokusisiphula lesi sizwe, ngisichithe,” usho uJehova.