UJeremiya 24

1 Emva kokuba uJekhoniya indodana kaJehoyakhimi inkosi yakoJuda lezikhulu, izingcitshi kanye lezisebenzi zakoJuda sebethunjwe eJerusalema basiwa eBhabhiloni nguNebhukhadineza inkosi yaseBhabhiloni, uThixo wangitshengisa izitsha ezimbili zomkhiwa zibekwe phambi kwethempeli likaThixo.

to see: see me LORD and behold two pot fig to appoint to/for face: before temple LORD after to reveal: remove Nebuchadnezzar king Babylon [obj] Jeconiah son: child Jehoiakim king Judah and [obj] ruler Judah and [obj] [the] artificer and [obj] [the] locksmith from Jerusalem and to come (in): bring them Babylon

2 Esinye isitsha sasilomkhiwa omuhle kakhulu, njengovuthwa kuqala; esinye isitsha sasilomkhiwa omubi, ubolile ungeke wadleka.

[the] pot one fig pleasant much like/as fig [the] early fig and [the] pot one fig bad: harmful much which not to eat from evil

3 UThixo wasesithi kimi, “Kuyini okubonayo, Jeremiya?” Ngathi, “Ngumkhiwa. Omuhle muhle kakhulu, kodwa omubi ubole kakhulu ungeke udliwe.”

and to say LORD to(wards) me what? you(m. s.) to see: see Jeremiah and to say fig [the] fig [the] pleasant pleasant much and [the] bad: harmful bad: harmful much which not to eat from evil

4 Ilizwi likaThixo laselifika kimi lisithi:

and to be word LORD to(wards) me to/for to say

5 “UThixo, uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli uthi, ‘Njengalo umkhiwa omuhle, ngibathatha njengabalungileyo abathunjwa bakoJuda, engabasusa kule indawo ngabasa elizweni laseBhabhiloni.

thus to say LORD God Israel like/as fig [the] pleasant [the] these so to recognize [obj] captivity Judah which to send: depart from [the] place [the] this land: country/planet Chaldea to/for welfare

6 Amehlo ami azabakhangela kokuphela, njalo ngizababuyisa kulelilizwe. Ngizabakha ngingabadilizi; ngizabahlanyela ngingabasiphuni.

and to set: make eye my upon them to/for welfare and to return: return them upon [the] land: country/planet [the] this and to build them and not to overthrow and to plant them and not to uproot

7 Ngizabapha inhliziyo yokungazi, ukuthi mina nginguThixo. Bazakuba ngabantu bami, mina ngibe nguNkulunkulu wabo, ngoba bazabuyela kimi ngenhliziyo yabo yonke.

and to give: give to/for them heart to/for to know [obj] me for I LORD and to be to/for me to/for people and I to be to/for them to/for God for to return: return to(wards) me in/on/with all heart their

8 Kodwa njengomkhiwa omubi, obolileyo ongeke udliwe,’ kutsho uThixo, ‘ngizamphatha kanjalo uZedekhiya inkosi yakoJuda, lezikhulu zakhe kanye labasindayo eJerusalema, langabe basele kulelilizwe loba baseGibhithe.

and like/as fig [the] bad: harmful which not to eat from evil for thus to say LORD so to give: make [obj] Zedekiah king Judah and [obj] ruler his and [obj] remnant Jerusalem [the] to remain in/on/with land: country/planet [the] this and [the] to dwell in/on/with land: country/planet Egypt

9 Ngizabenza bazondakale njalo babe yisinengiso kuyo yonke imibuso yasemhlabeni, insolo lesiga, into yokuhlekwa lokuthukwa, loba kungaphi engibaxotshela khona.

and to give: make them (to/for horror *Q(K)*) to/for distress: evil to/for all kingdom [the] land: country/planet to/for reproach and to/for proverb to/for taunt and to/for curse in/on/with all [the] place which to banish them there

10 Ngizathumela inkemba, indlala lomkhuhlane baze babhujiswe baphele elizweni engabanika lona kanye labokhokho babo.’”

and to send: depart in/on/with them [obj] [the] sword [obj] [the] famine and [obj] [the] pestilence till to finish they from upon [the] land: soil which to give: give to/for them and to/for father their