< Jeremiah 18 >

1 [the] word which to be to(wards) Jeremiah from with LORD to/for to say
Leli yilizwi elafika kuJeremiya livela kuThixo lisithi:
2 to arise: rise and to go down house: home [the] to form: potter and there [to] to hear: hear you [obj] word my
“Suka wehlele endlini yombumbi, lapho engizakutshelela khona ilizwi lami.”
3 and to go down house: home [the] to form: potter (and behold he/she/it *Q(K)*) to make: [do] work upon [the] wheel
Ngakho ngehlela endlini yombumbi, ngambona esebenza ngevili.
4 and to ruin [the] article/utensil which he/she/it to make in/on/with clay in/on/with hand [the] to form: potter and to return: again and to make him article/utensil another like/as as which to smooth in/on/with eye: appearance [the] to form: potter to/for to make: do
Kodwa imbiza ayeyibumba ngebumba yonakala ezandleni zakhe; ngakho umbumbi wayenza yaba ngenye imbiza, ngendlela ayibona ingcono kuye.
5 and to be word LORD to(wards) me to/for to say
Ilizwi likaThixo laselifika kimi lisithi;
6 like/as to form: potter [the] this not be able to/for to make: do to/for you house: household Israel utterance LORD behold like/as clay in/on/with hand [the] to form: potter so you(m. p.) in/on/with hand my house: household Israel
“Wena ndlu ka-Israyeli, ngingeze ngenza kuwe njengokwenziwa ngumbumbi lo na?” kutsho uThixo. “Njengebumba esandleni sombumbi lawe unjalo esandleni sami, wena ndlu ka-Israyeli.
7 moment to speak: promise upon nation and upon kingdom to/for to uproot and to/for to tear and to/for to perish
Nxa ngimemezela langasiphi isikhathi ukuthi isizwe loba umbuso uzasuswa udilizwe, uchithwe,
8 and to return: turn back [the] nation [the] he/she/it from distress: evil his which to speak: speak upon him and to be sorry: relent upon [the] distress: harm which to devise: devise to/for to make: do to/for him
kuthi isizwe leso engisixwayisileyo siphenduke ebubini baso, ngizaxola ngingabe ngisasehlisela ebesengimise ukusehlisela khona.
9 and moment to speak: promise upon nation and upon kingdom to/for to build and to/for to plant
Njalo nxa ngesinye isikhathi ngimemezela ukuthi isizwe kumbe umbuso ngizawakha ngiwumise,
10 and to make: do ([the] bad: evil *Q(K)*) in/on/with eye: seeing my to/for lest to hear: hear in/on/with voice my and to be sorry: relent upon [the] welfare which to say to/for be good [obj] him
ube ususenza ububi emehlweni ami njalo ungangilaleli, ngizacabanga kutsha ngokuhle ebesengicebe ukukwenzela khona.
11 and now to say please to(wards) man: anyone Judah and upon to dwell Jerusalem to/for to say thus to say LORD behold I to form: plan upon you distress: harm and to devise: devise upon you plot to return: return please man: anyone from way: conduct his [the] bad: evil and be good way: conduct your and deed your
Ngakho khathesi tshela abantu bakoJuda lalabo abahlala eJerusalema uthi, ‘Nanku okutshiwo nguThixo: Khangelani! Ngilungisela ukulehlisela umonakalo njalo ngibumba lecebo ngani. Ngakho phendukani ezindleleni zenu ezimbi, omunye lomunye wenu, lilungise izindlela zenu lezenzo zenu.’
12 and to say to despair for after plot our to go: follow and man: anyone stubbornness heart his [the] bad: evil to make: do
Kodwa bazaphendula bathi, ‘Akusizi lutho. Sizaqhubeka ngamacebo ethu; lowo lalowo wethu uzalandela ubulukhuni benhliziyo yakhe embi.’”
13 to/for so thus to say LORD to ask please in/on/with nation who? to hear: hear like/as these horror to make: do much virgin Israel
Ngakho uThixo uthi: “Buzani phakathi kwezizwe ukuthi: Ngubani owake wezwa okunjengalokhu na? Kwenziwe into eyesabekayo kakhulu, yenziwe yintombi egcweleyo u-Israyeli.
14 to leave: forsake from rock Sirion snow Lebanon if: surely yes to uproot water be a stranger cool to flow
Ungqwaqwane waseLebhanoni uyake unyamalale emithezukweni yayo elamatshe na? Amanzi akhona aqandayo avela kude ayake eme ukugeleza na?
15 for to forget me people my to/for vanity: vain to offer: offer and to stumble them in/on/with way: road their path forever: antiquity to/for to go: walk path way: road not to build
Kodwa abantu bami sebengikhohliwe; batshisela izithombe eziyize impepha, ezabenza bakhubeka ezindleleni zabo lasemikhondweni yasendulo. Zabenza bahamba ngezindledlana zeganga lasemigwaqweni engalungiswanga.
16 to/for to set: make land: country/planet their to/for horror: appalled (piping *Q(K)*) forever: enduring all to pass upon her be desolate: appalled and to wander in/on/with head his
Ilizwe labo lizatshabalaliswa, into yokuhlekwa usulu; bonke abadlula khona bazakwethuka banyikinye amakhanda abo.
17 like/as spirit: breath east to scatter them to/for face: before enemy neck and not face to see: see them in/on/with day calamity their
Njengomoya ovela empumalanga, ngizabahlakaza phambi kwezitha zabo; ngizabafulathela ngibancitshe ubuso bami ngosuku lokuhlupheka kwabo.”
18 and to say to go: come! and to devise: devise upon Jeremiah plot for not to perish instruction from priest and counsel from wise and word from prophet to go: come! and to smite him in/on/with tongue and not to listen to(wards) all word his
Bona bathi, “Wozani sicebe amacebo amabi ngoJeremiya; ngoba ukufundisa kwabaphristi umthetho akusoze kuphuthe, kumbe ukweluleka kwezihlakaniphi, loba ilizwi elivela kubaphrofethi. Ngakho wozani, simhlasele ngemilomo yethu singananzi lutho alutshoyo.”
19 to listen [emph?] LORD to(wards) me and to hear: hear to/for voice opponent my
Ake ungizwe, awu Thixo; ulalele okutshiwo yizitha zami!
20 to complete underneath: instead welfare distress: evil for to pierce pit to/for soul: life my to remember to stand: stand I to/for face: before your to/for to speak: speak upon them welfare to/for to return: turn back [obj] rage your from them
Okuhle kuphindiselwa ngokubi na? Ikanti sebengimbele igodi. Khumbula ukuba ngema phambi kwakho ngabakhulumela ukuba ususe ulaka lwakho kubo.
21 to/for so to give: give [obj] son: child their to/for famine and to pour them upon hand: power sword and to be woman: wife their childless and widow and human their to be to kill death youth their to smite sword in/on/with battle
Ngakho-ke abantwababo banikele endlaleni; ubaqhubele emandleni enkemba. Abafazi babo kabangabi labantwana njalo babe ngabafelokazi; amadoda abo kawabulawe, amajaha akhona abulawe ngenkemba empini.
22 to hear: hear outcry from house: home their for to come (in): bring upon them band suddenly for to pierce (pit *Q(K)*) to/for to capture me and snare to hide to/for foot my
Kakuzwakale ukukhala ezindlini zabo, lapho usulethe abahlaseli ukuba babajume, ngoba sebegebhe igodi ukuba bangithumbe njalo bathiya inyawo zami ngemijibila.
23 and you(m. s.) LORD to know [obj] all counsel their upon me to/for death not to atone upon iniquity: crime their and sin their from to/for face: before your not to wipe (and to be *Q(K)*) to stumble to/for face: before your in/on/with time face: anger your to make: do in/on/with them
Kodwa uyawazi, wena Thixo, wonke amaqhinga abo okungibulala. Ungabathetheleli amacala abo loba ucitshe izono zabo phambi kobuso bakho. Kabachithwe phambi kwakho; bahlasele ngesikhathi sokuthukuthela kwakho.

< Jeremiah 18 >