Jer 28 | Ndebele | STEP | Kwasekusithi ngalowomnyaka, ekuqaleni kokubusa kukaZedekhiya inkosi yakoJuda, ngomnyaka wesine, ngenyanga yesihlanu, uHananiya indodana kaAzuri umprofethi owayengoweGibeyoni wakhuluma kimi endlini yeN kosi emehlweni abapristi labantu bonke, esithi:

1 Kwasekusithi ngalowomnyaka, ^a ekuqaleni kokubusa kukaZedekhiya inkosi yakoJuda, ngomnyaka wesine, ngenyanga yesihlanu, uHananiya ^b indodana kaAzuri umprofethi ^c owayengoweGibeyoni ^d wakhuluma kimi endlini yeNkosi emehlweni abapristi labantu bonke, esithi: 2 Itsho njalo iNkosi yamabandla, uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli, isithi: Ngilephulile ijogwe lenkosi yeBhabhiloni. ^e 3 Kusesephakathi kweminyaka emibili yezinsuku ngizabuyisela kulindawo ^f izitsha zonke zendlu yeNkosi, ^g uNebhukadinezari inkosi yeBhabhiloni azisusa kulindawo wazisa eBhabhiloni. 4 Futhi uJekoniya indodana kaJehoyakhimi inkosi yakoJuda, labo bonke abathunjwa bakoJuda, abaya eBhabhiloni, ngizababuyisela kulindawo, itsho iNkosi; ngoba ngizalephula ijogwe lenkosi yeBhabhiloni. ^h

5 Wasekhuluma uJeremiya umprofethi kuHananiya umprofethi emehlweni abapristi lemehlweni abantu bonke ababemi endlini yeNkosi; 6 uJeremiya umprofethi wasesithi: Ameni! ⁱ INkosi kayenze njalo, iNkosi kayiqinise amazwi akho owaprofethileyo, ukuthi ibuyise izitsha zendlu yeNkosi, labo bonke abathunjwa, kusuke eBhabhiloni kuze kulindawo. 7 Kodwa ake uzwe lelilizwi engilikhuluma endlebeni zakho lendlebeni zabo bonke abantu: 8 Abaprofethi ababephambi kwami lababephambi kwakho kwasendulo baprofetha bemelene lamazwe amanengi bemelene lemibuso emikhulu, ngempi langobubi langomatshayabhuqe wesifo. 9 Umprofethi oprofetha ^j ngokuthula, ^k lapho ilizwi lomprofethi selifikile, lowomprofethi uzakwaziwa ukuthi iNkosi imthumile ngeqiniso.

10 Umprofethi uHananiya waselisusa ijogwe entanyeni kaJeremiya umprofethi, walephula. ^l 11 UHananiya wasekhuluma emehlweni abantu bonke esithi: Itsho njalo iNkosi: Ngokunjalo ngizalephula ijogwe likaNebhukadinezari inkosi yeBhabhiloni ^m ngilisuse entanyeni yezizwe zonke kusesephakathi kweminyaka emibili yezinsuku. ⁿ UJeremiya umprofethi wasehamba ngendlela yakhe.

12 Laselifika ilizwi leNkosi kuJeremiya, emva kokuthi uHananiya umprofethi esephulile ijogwe elisusa entanyeni kaJeremiya umprofethi, ^o lisithi: 13 Hamba uyetshela uHananiya usithi: Itsho njalo iNkosi: Wephulile amajogwe esigodo; kodwa uzawenza amajogwe ensimbi endaweni yawo. 14 Ngoba itsho njalo iNkosi yamabandla, uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli: Ngigaxile ijogwe lensimbi ^p entanyeni yazo zonke lezizizwe ^q ukuze zisebenzele uNebhukadinezari inkosi yeBhabhiloni; futhi zizamsebenzela, ^r njalo ngimnikile lezinyamazana zeganga. ^s

15 UJeremiya umprofethi wasesithi kuHananiya umprofethi: Ake uzwe, Hananiya; iNkosi kayikuthumanga, ^t kodwa wena wenza lababantu ukuthi bathembe ^u amanga. ^v 16 Ngakho itsho njalo iNkosi: Khangela, ngizakuxotsha ebusweni bomhlaba; lonyaka uzakufa, ngoba ukhulumile ukuhlamuka umelene leNkosi. ^w 17 Wafa-ke uHananiya umprofethi ngalowomnyaka ngenyanga yesikhombisa.