Sin and Judgment

¹“ ‘Ngaleso sikhathi, usho uJehova, bayakuwakhipha amathambo amakhosi akwaJuda, namathambo ezikhulu zakhe, namathambo abapristi namathambo abaprofethi, namathambo abakhileyo eJerusalema emathuneni abo,

²baweneke elangeni nasenyangeni nakulo lonke ibandla lasezulwini, abakuthandile, bakukhonza, bakulandela, bakufuna, bakhuleka kukho; awayikubuthwa, awayikumbelwa, ayakuba ngumquba ebusweni bomhlabathi.

³Ukufa kuyakukhethwa kunokuphila yinsali yonke esele kulowo mndeni omubi, esele ezindaweni zonke, lapho ngiyixoshele khona, usho uJehova Sebawoti.’

⁴“Futhi uyakusho kubo, uthi: ‘Usho kanje uJehova, uthi: “ ‘Abantu bayakuwa, bangabuyi basukume, na? Umuntu uyaphambuka, angabuyi aphenduke, na?

⁵Bahlehlelani laba bantu baseJerusalema ngokuhlehla njalonjalo na? Babambelela enkohlisweni, bala ukubuya.

⁶Ngaqaphela, ngezwa; abakhulumanga kahle; akakho ozisola ngobubi bakhe, ethi: “Ngenzeni na?” Bonke baphendukela emisebenzini yabo njengamahhashi aphulukundlela empini.

⁷Nonogolantethe emkhathini uyazazi izikhathi zakhe ezimisiweyo, ihobhe, nenkonjane, nonohemu bagcina isikhathi sokufika kwabo, kepha abantu bami abazazi izahlulelo zikaJehova.

⁸“ ‘Ningasho kanjani, nithi: “Sihlakaniphile, umthetho kaJehova unathi,” na? Impela bheka, uthi lokuloba lwamanga lwababhali lusebenzile okwamanga.

⁹Abahlakaniphileyo bayakujabha, besabe, babhajwe; bheka, balilahlile izwi likaJehova, banokuhlakanipha kuni na?

¹⁰Ngalokho abafazi babo ngiyakubanika abanye, namasimu abo kwabayakuwadla, ngokuba kusukela kwabancane kuya kwabakhulu bayaphanga impango bonke, nabaprofethi nabapristi bonke baqamba amanga.

¹¹Bapholisa kalula ukulimala kwendodakazi yabantu bami, bathi: “Ngukuthula, ngukuthula;” kepha akukho ukuthula.

¹²Bayakuba namahloni, ngokuba benza izinengiso; nokho abanamahloni nakanye, abakhophozi; ngalokho bayakuwa phakathi kwabawayo, ngesikhathi sokubahambela kwami bayakukhubeka, usho uJehova.

¹³“ ‘Bengiyakubutha nokubutha,’ usho uJehova, ‘kepha azikho izithelo zomvini emvinini, namakhiwane emkhiwaneni; namaqabunga abunile; engibanikile khona kusukile kubo.’ ”

¹⁴“Sihlalelani na? Buthanani, singene emizini ebiyelweyo, sibhubhe khona, ngokuba uJehova uNkulunkulu wethu usibhubhisile, wasiphuzisa amanzi enyongo, ngokuba sonile kuJehova.

¹⁵Silindela ukuthula, kepha okuhle akukho, nesikhathi sokuphulukiswa, kepha bheka, luvalo.

¹⁶Ukuthimula kwamahhashi akhe kuyezwakala kwaDani; ngezwi lokuyiyiza kwanamandla akhe izwe lonke liyathuthumela, ngokuba afikile, alidlile izwe nakho konke okukulo, umuzi nabakhe kuwo.”

¹⁷“Ngokuba ngiyathuma kini izinyoka nawomantshingeyana abangenakulunjwa, bayakuniluma,” usho uJehova.

¹⁸Alunakududuzeka kimi usizi oluphezu kwami, inhliziyo yami idangele.

¹⁹Bheka, izwi lokukhala kwendodakazi yabantu bami livela ezweni elikude, lithi: “Akakho uJehova eSiyoni na? Ayikho inkosi yalo kulo na?” “Bangicunuleleni ngezithombe zabo ezibaziweyo nangokuyize kwabezizwe na?”

²⁰“Ukuvuna kudlulile, ihlobo liphelile, kepha thina asisindiswanga.”

²¹Ngokulimala kwendodakazi yabantu bami ngilimele; ngidabukile, ukumangala kungibambile.

²²Ibhalisamu alikho kwaGileyadi na? Inyanga ayikho lapho na? Pho, ayipheleliswa ngani impilo yendodakazi yabantu bami na?