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1 UThixo wasesithi kimi, “Lanxa uMosi loSamuyeli bengema phambi kwami, inhliziyo yami ingeke iphendukele kulababantu. Basuse phambi kwami! Kabahambe!
2 Bangakubuza bathi, ‘Sizakuya ngaphi na?’ uthi kubo, uThixo uthi:
‘Abamiselwe ukufa, baya ekufeni;
abenkemba, enkembeni;
abendlala, endlaleni;
abokuthunjwa, ekuthunjweni.’
3 Ngizabathumela imihlobo emine yabachithi,” kutsho uThixo, “inkemba yokubulala lezinja zokuhudulela khatshana njalo lezinyoni zasemoyeni kanye lezinyamazana zeganga ukuba zidle zibhuqe.
4 Ngizabenza banengeke emibusweni yonke yasemhlabeni ngenxa yalokho okwenziwa eJerusalema nguManase indodana kaHezekhiya inkosi yakoJuda.
5 Ngubani ozakuba lesihawu kuwe wena Jerusalema?
Ngubani ozakukhalela na?
Ngubani ozakuma abuze ukuthi unjani na?
6 Ungalile,”
kutsho uThixo.
“Uqhubeka uhlehlela emuva.
Ngakho ngizabeka izandla phezu kwakho ngikuchithe;
ngingeke ngibe lesihawu futhi.
7 Ngizabahlungula ngefologwe
yokwela emasangweni amadolobho elizwe.
Ngizaletha ukufelwa lokuchitheka ebantwini bami,
ngoba kabaguqulanga izindlela zabo.
8 Ngizakwenza abafelokazi babo bande kakhulu
kuletshebetshebe lasolwandle.
Emini ngizakwehlisela umbulali
phezu kwabonina bamajaha akibo;
khonokho ngizabehlisela
usizi lokwesaba.
9 Unina wabayisikhombisa uzaqaleka
aphefumule okokucina.
Ilanga lakhe lizatshona kusesemini;
uzayangiswa njalo eyiswe.
Izinsalela ngizaziqeda ngenkemba
phambi kwezitha zazo,”
kutsho uThixo.
10 Maye, wena mama, ngokuthi wangizala,
mina muntu ilizwe lonke elibangisana laye njalo liphikisana laye!
Kangikaze ngebolekise loba ngeboleke,
kodwa bonke bayangithuka.
11 UThixo wathi,
“Ngeqiniso ngizakukhulula ngenjongo enhle;
ngeqiniso ngizakwenza izitha zakho zikuncenge
ezikhathini zomonakalo lezokuhlupheka.
12 Umuntu angayiqamula insimbi,
insimbi evela enyakatho kumbe ithusi na?
13 Inotho yakho lamatshe akho aligugu
ngizakwenza kube yimpango, yamahala,
ngenxa yezono zakho
kulolonke ilizwe lakini.
14 Ngizakwenza ube yisigqili sezitha zakho
elizweni ongalaziyo,
ngoba ulaka lwami luzabhebha
umlilo ozakutshisa.”
15 Uyazwisisa wena Thixo;
ngikhumbula ungikhathalele.
Ungiphindiselele kwabangihluphayo.
Uyabekezela, ungangigudluli;
khumbula ukuthi ngithukwa njani ngenxa yakho.
16 Ekufikeni kwamazwi akho, ngawadla;
ayeyintokozo yami lenjabulo yenhliziyo yami,
ngoba mina ngibizwa ngebizo lakho,
wena Thixo Nkulunkulu Somandla.
17 Kangizange ngihlale enhlanganisweni yabazithokozisayo,
kumbe ngijabule labo;
ngahlala ngedwa ngoba isandla sakho sasiphezu kwami njalo
wawungenze ngagcwala intukuthelo.
18 Kungani ubuhlungu engibuzwayo bungapheli
lenxeba lami lilibi kakhulu njalo lingelapheki na?
Kimi uzakuba njengesifula esikhohlisayo,
lanjengomthombo ongelamanzi na?
19 Ngakho uThixo uthi:
“Ungaphenduka, ngizakubuyisela
ukuze ungikhonze;
nxa ukhuluma amazwi afaneleyo, hatshi angasizi lutho,
uzakuba yisikhulumeli sami.
Abantu laba kabaphendukele kuwe,
kodwa wena akumelanga uphendukele kubo.
20 Ngizakwenza ube ngumduli kulababantu,
umduli ovikelweyo wethusi;
bazakulwa lawe
kodwa kabayikukwehlula,
ngoba mina ngilawe
ukuba ngikuhlenge ngikusize,”
kutsho uThixo.
21 “Ngizakuhlenga ezandleni zababi
ngikukhulule ezandleni zabalesihluku.”