Jeremiah 51
1 Usho kanje uSimakade, uthi: “IBhabhele nabakhileyo eLebhi Khamayi, ngiyakubavusela umoya wombhubhisi.
2 Ngiyothumela abafokazi eBhabhele, abayolihlunga, balithulule, balenze incithakalo izwe lalo; ngokuba ngosuku lwenhlekelele bayolithelekela nxazonke.
3 Ningamniki thuba lokuciba ngomnsalo wakhe owaseBhabhele, makangahlomi ngezikhali zakhe. Izinsizwa zalo ningazisindisi, niwaqede nya amabutho alo.
4 Bayakuwa begwaziwe ezweni lamaKhaledi, bemanxebanxeba emigwaqweni yalo.
5 Ngokuba u-Israyeli noJuda akabahlamukanga uNkulunkulu wabo, nakuba izwe labo lonakele koNgcwele ka-Israyeli.
6 “Balekani eBhabhele, kube yilowo nalowo asindise impilo yakhe, ningabhujiswa ngenxa yokona kwalo, ngokuba yisikhathi sempindiselo kaSimakade, uyakuphindisela kulo.
7 IBhabhele beliyindebe yegolide, esandleni sikaSimakade, eyadakisa umhlaba wonke; izizwe zaliphuza iwayini lalo, ngalokho izizwe seziyahlanya.
8 IBhabhele seliwe ngokuphazima kweso, libhidliziwe. Likhihleleni isililo, ubuhlungu balo nibutholele ibhalisamu, hleze lingelapheka.
9 “Ngabe silelaphile iBhabhele, kodwa alelapheki, lishiyeni, masihambe, kube yilowo nalowo aye ezweni lakubo, ngokuba ukwehlulelwa kwalo kufinyelela ezulwini, kuphakanyiselwe nasemafini.
10 “USimakade ukubonakalisile ukunqoba kwethu; wozani siyobika eZiyoni, ngomsebenzi awenzile uSimakade uNkulunkulu wethu.
11 “Lolani imicibisholo, nithathe izihlangu. USimakade uvivise amakhosi aseMediya, ngokuba inhloso yakhe ngeBhabhele ngukuba alibhubhise; lokhu kuyimpindiselo kaSimakade, impindiselo ngethempeli lakhe.
12 Phakamisani ibhanela ngasogangeni eBhabhele, nengeze abaqaphi, nimise abalindi, nibeke abazolala unyendle, ngokuba uSimakade ukuhlosile, futhi uyakukwenza lokho akhuluma ngakho kwabakhileyo eBhabhele.
13 Wena ohlala ngasemanzini amaningi, nonengcebo eningi; isiphetho sakho sesifikile, isikhathi sokunqanyulwa kwempilo yakho njengomucu.
14 USimakade Wamabandla uzifunga Yena uqobo, uthi: impela ngiyakukuthelekela ngezinkumbi zamabutho njengesikhonyane, ayokhuza iziqubulo zokunqoba ngawe.
15 “Umhlaba wawenza ngamandla akhe, izwe walimisa ngokuhlakanipha kwakhe, ngokuqonda kwakhe weneka izulu. Izulu walendlala ngokuqonda kwakhe.
16 Lapho eduma ngezwi lakhe, kuhlokoma amanzi ezulwini; ukhuphula inkungu emikhawulweni yomhlaba, athumele umbani nemvula, akhiphe umoya ezinqolobaneni zakhe.
17 “Bonke abantu bayiziphukuphuku, abanalwazi; bonke ababumbi bathelwe ngehlazo, nezithombe zabo ezibunjiweyo ziyinkohliso; azinamphefumulo.
18 Ziyize, umsebenzi wokuhlekwa, ngesikhathi abayojeziswa ngaso ziyakushabalala.
19 Isabelo sikaJakobe asifani nalaba, ngokuba nguye okubumbileyo konke; u-Israyeli uyisizwe nefa lakhe; nguSimakade Wamabandla igama lakhe.
20 “Uyizembe lami nezikhali zokulwa; ngawe ngiphahlaza izizwe, ngawe ngibhubhisa imibuso,
21 ngawe ngiphahlaze ihhashi nomgibeli walo, ngawe ngiphahlaze inqola nogibele kuyo,
22 ngawe ngiphahlaze abesilisa nabesifazane, ngawe ngiphahlaze abadala nabancane, ngawe ngiphahlaze izinsizwa nezintombi.
23 Ngawe ngiphahlaze umelusi nomhlambi wakhe, ngawe ngiphahlaze umlimi nezinkabi zakhe, ngawe ngiphahlaze ababusi nezikhulu.
24 “Ngiyakuziphindiselela kulo iBhabhele, nakubo bonke abakhileyo eKhalideya, ngakho konke okubi abakwenze eZiyoni, nizibonela ngawenu amehlo,” kusho uSimakade.
25 “Bheka, ngimelene nawe ntaba ebhubhisayo,” kusho uSimakade, “wena obhubhisa umhlaba wonke; ngiyakwelula isandla sami ngikushaye, ngikugingqagingqe emadwaleni, ngikuphendule intaba eshisiweyo.
26 Abayukuthatha kuwe itshe legumbi netshe lesisekelo, ngokuba uyakuba yincithakalo, kuze kube phakade,” kusho uSimakade.
27 “Phakamisani ibhanela ezweni, nishaye icilongo ezizweni, nivivise izizwe ukuba zilwe nalo, nibize imibuso yase-Ararathi, yaseMini nase-Ashikhenaze, ilihlasele. Nibeke induna yamabutho amelane nalo, nithumele khona amahhashi anjengequlu lesikhonyane.
28 Vivisani izizwe, amakhosi aseMediya, nezinduna zalo, nababusi balo, nezwe lonke abalibusayo.
29 Umhlaba uyathuthumela, uqhaqhazele; ngokuba inhloso kaSimakade ngeBhabhele izofezeka, enze iBhabhele libe yincithakalo, ukuze kungabi bikho ohlala kulo.
30 Amaqhawe aseBhabhele aseyekile ukulwa, asehlala ezinqabeni zawo; aphelelwe ngamandla, anjengamanina; izindlu zalo zishisiwe, imigoqo yalo inqanyuliwe.
31 Isigijimi siyagijma, sihlangane nesinye, nesithunywa silandela esinye ukuyobikela inkosi yaseBhabhele, ukuthi umuzi wayo usudliwe nxazonke.
32 Amazibuko avinjiwe, umhlanga washiswa ngomlilo, amabutho ayathuthumela.”
33 Usho kanje uSimakade Wamabandla, uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, uthi: “Indodakazi yaseBhabhele injengesibuya, ngesikhathi sinyathelwa. Kuseyisikhashana nje, sizofika nakuyo isikhathi sokuvunwa kwayo.”
34 UNebukhadinezari, inkosi yaseBhabhele ungidlile wangiqeda; ungenze isitsha esingenalutho, wangigwinya njengodrago; ugcwalisile isisu sakhe ngokumnandi kwami, wangiphalaza.
35 “Ubudlova obenziwe kimi nakubantu bakithi, mabube phezu kweBhabhele;” makasho kanjalo owakhileyo eZiyoni. “Igazi lami malibe phezu kwabakhileyo eKhalideya;” malisho kanjalo iJerusalema.
36 Ngakho-ke usho kanje uSimakade, uthi: “Bheka, ngiyakuyimela indaba yakho, ngikuphindiselele, ngilomise ulwandle lwalo, ngenze umthombo walo ushe.
37 IBhabhele liyakuba yizindunduma zamatshe, indawo ehlala amakhanka; incithakalo nento enximfelwayo, kungabi bikho ohlala khona.
38 Khona abantu babhonga kanyekanye njengezingonyama, babhodle njengamabhongo ezingonyama.
39 Kuyothi lapho sebefa yindlala, ngibenzele idili, ngibadakise ukuze baquleke, balale ubuthongo baphakade, bangavuki,” kusho uSimakade.
40 “Ngiyakubehlisa bayohlatshwa njengamawundlu, nanjengezinqama nezimpongo.
41 “Maye, ngokuthunjwa kweSheshakhi, nokubanjwa kwezwe elalinodumo emhlabeni wonke! Maye, iBhabhele seliyinto esabekayo ezizweni!
42 Ulwandle lwenyukele eBhabhele, lwalisibekela ngamaza alo ahlokomayo.
43 Imizi yakhona ibhujisiwe; sekuyizwe elomileyo, nehlane; izwe elingasahlalwa muntu, ngisho nendodana yomuntu ingedlule kulo.
44 Ngiyakujezisa uBheli eBhabhele, ngikukhiphe emlonyeni wakhe lokhu akugwinyileyo; izizwe azisayukugobhozela kuye, ugange lwaseBhabhele luyakuwa.
45 “Phumani kulo, bantu bami, kube yilowo nalowo asindise impilo yakhe olakeni lukaSimakade oluvuthayo.
46 Izinhliziyo zenu mazingadangali, ningayesabi imibiko eniyizwa ezweni; lapho ngalo nyaka kufika umbiko othile, kuthi ngolandelayo kufike omunye umbiko; kube nobudlova ezweni, umbusi avukele umbusi.
47 Ngakho bheka, ziyeza izinsuku, lapho ngiyozijezisa izithombe ezibaziweyo zaseBhabhele, izwe lakhona lijabhe, bonke ababuleweyo badindilize kulo.
48 Izulu nomhlaba, nakho konke okukulo, kuqhumuke, kuhlabelele ngeBhabhele, ngokuba ababhubhisi bayakulithelekela bevela enyakatho,” kusho uSimakade.
49 “IBhabhele kufanele ukuba nalo liwe, ngenxa yababuleweyo bakwa-Israyeli, njengoba ababulawa emhlabeni wonke, babulawa ngenxa yeBhabhele.
50 Nina eniphunyuke enkembeni, hambani, ningami; khumbulani uSimakade nikwelikude izwe, nicabange ngeJerusalema.
51 “Sijabhile, ngokuba sithukiwe; ubuso bethu buthelwe ngehlazo, ngokuba abafokazi bangene ezindaweni ezingcwele zendlu kaSimakade.”
52 “Ngakho bheka, ziyeza izinsuku, lapho ngiyozijezisa izithombe zalo ezibaziweyo, kulo lonke izwe lakhona kuqume abalimeleyo,” kusho uSimakade.
53 “Ngisho noma iBhabhele lingafinyelela esibhakabhakeni, liyiqinise inqaba yalo ephakemeyo, nokho ngiyakuthumela ababhubhisi, balithelekele,” kusho uSimakade.
54 “Yizwani umsindo wokukhala kalusizi uvela eBhabhele, nowencithakalo enkulu ophuma ezweni lamaKhaledi.
55 Ngokuba uSimakade uyalibhubhisa iBhabhele, awuqede umsindo omkhulu kulo. Amaza alo ahlokoma njengamanzi amaningi, kuzwakala nomsindo wokuhlokoma kwawo.
56 Ngokuba umbhubhisi uselithelekele, uhlasele iBhabhele, kuthunjwa amabutho alo, neminsalo yawo iyaphoqozwa, ngokuba uSimakade unguNkulunkulu wemivuzo, uphindisela ngokupheleleyo.
57 Ngiyakudakisa izikhulu zalo; izihlakaniphi zakhona, izinduna zalo, ababusi balo, namabutho alo; bayakulala ubuthongo baphakade, bangavuki,” kusho iNkosi egama layo nguSimakade Wamabandla.
58 Usho kanje uSimakade Wamabandla, uthi: “Ugange olubanzi lwaseBhabhele luyakubhidlizwa nokubhidlizwa, amasango alo aphakemeyo ayakushiswa ngomlilo. Abantu bakhandlekela ize, nomshikashika wezizwe uzophelela emlilweni.”
59 Izwi uJeremiya, umphrofethi, ayala ngalo uSeraya, indodana kaNeriya kaMakhaseya, ngesikhathi ehamba noZedekiya, inkosi yakwaJuda, beya eBhabhele, ngonyaka wesine wokubusa kwakhe. USeraya wayeyisikhulu sezindawo zokuphumula.
60 UJeremiya wawaloba emqulwini wonke amazwi enhlekelele yonke eyayizokwehlela iBhabhele; wonke lawo mazwi alotshwe mayelana neBhabhele.
61 UJeremiya wathi kuSeraya: “Kuyakuthi nje lapho ufika eBhabhele, uqikelele ukuba uwafunde wonke lawa mazwi,
62 uthi: ‘Simakade, Wena ukhulumile ngale ndawo ukuthi uzoyiqeda ukuze kungabi bikho muntu nasilwane okuhlala kuyo, ngoba izokuba yihlane, kuze kube phakade.’
63 Kuyothi lapho usuqedile ukuwufunda lo mqulu, uwubophele etsheni, uwuphonse emfuleni iYufrathe,
64 uthi: ‘IBhabhele liyakushona kanjalo-ke, lingabe lisavuka ngenxa yenhlekelele engiyoyehlisela kulo. Abantu bakhona bayakuphelelwa ngamandla.’ ” Aphela lapha amazwi kaJeremiya.