Jeremiah 33
1 Moreover Yahweh’s word came to Jeremiah the second time, while he was still locked up in the court of the guard, saying,
Ilizwi leNkosi laselifika kuJeremiya ngokwesibili, esavalelwe egumeni lentolongo, lisithi:
2 “Yahweh who does it, Yahweh who forms it to establish it—Yahweh is his name, says:
Itsho njalo iNkosi, ekwenzayo, iNkosi, ekubumbayo, ukukumisa; uJehova libizo lakhe:
3 ‘Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great and difficult things, which you don’t know.’
Ngibiza, ngikuphendule, ngikwazise izinto ezinkulu lezifihlakeleyo elingazaziyo.
4 For Yahweh, the God of Israel, says concerning the houses of this city and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are broken down to make a defense against the mounds and against the sword:
Ngoba itsho njalo iNkosi, uNkulunkulu wakoIsrayeli, ngezindlu zalumuzi langezindlu zamakhosi akoJuda, ezidilizelwe phansi ukuba ngamadundulu langenxa yenkemba:
5 ‘While men come to fight with the Chaldeans, and to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have killed in my anger and in my wrath, and for all whose wickedness I have hidden my face from this city,
Beza ukulwa lamaKhaladiya, kodwa bayazigcwalisa ngezidumbu zabantu engibatshayileyo ekuthukutheleni kwami lekufuthekeni kwami, njalo engifihle ubuso bami kulumuzi ngenxa yobubi babo bonke.
6 behold, I will bring it health and healing, and I will cure them; and I will reveal to them abundance of peace and truth.
Khangela, ngizawandisela impilo enhle lokusiliswa; ngibelaphe, ngibembulele ukwanda kokuthula leqiniso.
7 I will restore the fortunes of Judah and Israel, and will build them as at the first.
Ngizabuyisa ukuthunjwa kukaJuda lokuthunjwa kukaIsrayeli, ngibakhe njengakuqala.
8 I will cleanse them from all their iniquity by which they have sinned against me. I will pardon all their iniquities by which they have sinned against me and by which they have transgressed against me.
Ngibahlambulule kubo bonke ububi babo abona ngabo kimi, ngithethelele zonke iziphambeko zabo abona ngazo kimi labaphambeka ngazo kimi.
9 This city will be to me for a name of joy, for praise, and for glory, before all the nations of the earth, which will hear all the good that I do to them, and will fear and tremble for all the good and for all the peace that I provide to it.’”
Njalo kuzakuba kimi libizo lenjabulo, kube ludumo, njalo kube yibuhle, kuzo zonke izizwe zomhlaba ezizakuzwa konke okuhle engibenzela khona; zesabe zithuthumele ngakho konke okuhle langakho konke ukuthula engibenzela khona.
10 Yahweh says: “Yet again there will be heard in this place, about which you say, ‘It is waste, without man and without animal, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man and without inhabitant and without animal,’
Itsho njalo iNkosi: Kuzabuya kuzwakale kulindawo, elithi ngayo, ilunxiwa, engelamuntu lengelanyamazana, emizini yakoJuda lezitaladeni zeJerusalema, ezilunxiwa okungelamuntu lokungelamhlali lokungelanyamazana,
11 the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who say, ‘Give thanks to Yahweh of Armies, for Yahweh is good, for his loving kindness endures forever;’ who bring thanksgiving into Yahweh’s house. For I will cause the captivity of the land to be reversed as at the first,” says Yahweh.
ilizwi lokuthaba, lelizwi lentokozo, ilizwi lomyeni, lelizwi likamakoti, ilizwi labathi: Dumisani iNkosi yamabandla, ngoba iNkosi ilungile, ngoba isihawu sayo simi kuze kube nininini; ilizwi lalabo abaletha indumiso endlini yeNkosi. Ngoba ngizabuyisa ukuthunjwa kwelizwe njengakuqala, itsho iNkosi.
12 Yahweh of Armies says: “Yet again there will be in this place, which is waste, without man and without animal, and in all its cities, a habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.
Itsho njalo iNkosi yamabandla: Kule indawo elunxiwa engelamuntu kuze kube senyamazaneni, lemizini yonke yayo, kuzabuya kube khona imizi yabelusi abazakwenza imihlambi ilale kuyo.
13 In the cities of the hill country, in the cities of the lowland, in the cities of the South, in the land of Benjamin, in the places around Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, the flocks will again pass under the hands of him who counts them,” says Yahweh.
Emizini yentabeni, emizini yesihotsha, lemizini yeningizimu, lelizweni lakoBhenjamini, lemaphandleni eJerusalema, lemizini yakoJuda, izimvu zizabuya zedlule ngaphansi kwezandla zalowo obalayo, itsho iNkosi.
14 “Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will perform that good word which I have spoken concerning the house of Israel and concerning the house of Judah.
Khangela, insuku ziyeza, itsho iNkosi, lapho ngizamisa ilizwi elihle engilikhulume endlini kaIsrayeli lendlini kaJuda.
15 “In those days and at that time, I will cause a Branch of righteousness to grow up to David. He will execute justice and righteousness in the land.
Ngalezonsuku langalesosikhathi ngizahlumisela uDavida iHlumela elilungileyo; njalo uzakwenza isahlulelo lokulunga elizweni.
16 In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell safely. This is the name by which she will be called: Yahweh our righteousness.”
Ngalezonsuku uJuda uzasindiswa, leJerusalema ihlale ivikelekile. Njalo yileli ibizo elizabizwa ngalo: INkosi ukulunga kwethu.
17 For Yahweh says: “David will never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel.
Ngoba itsho njalo iNkosi: Kakuyikuqunywa muntu kuDavida ohlala esihlalweni sobukhosi sendlu kaIsrayeli.
18 The Levitical priests won’t lack a man before me to offer burnt offerings, to burn meal offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.”
Njalo kakuyikuqunywa muntu kubapristi, amaLevi, ebusweni bami, onikela umnikelo wokutshiswa, atshise umnikelo wokudla, enze umhlatshelo insuku zonke.
19 Yahweh’s word came to Jeremiah, saying,
Ilizwi leNkosi laselifika kuJeremiya lisithi:
20 “Yahweh says: ‘If you can break my covenant of the day and my covenant of the night, so that there will not be day and night in their time,
Itsho njalo iNkosi: Uba lingasephula isivumelwano sami semini lesivumelwano sami sobusuku, ukuze kungabi khona imini lobusuku ngesikhathi sakho,
21 then my covenant could also be broken with David my servant, that he won’t have a son to reign on his throne; and with the Levitical priests, my ministers.
khona sizakwephulwa isivumelwano sami loDavida inceku yami, ukuze angabi landodana yokubusa esihlalweni sakhe sobukhosi, lesivumelwano lamaLevi, abapristi, izikhonzi zami.
22 As the army of the sky can’t be counted, and the sand of the sea can’t be measured, so I will multiply the offspring of David my servant and the Levites who minister to me.’”
Njengoba ibutho lamazulu lingebalwe, letshebetshebe lolwandle lingelinganiswe, ngokunjalo ngizakwandisa inzalo kaDavida inceku yami lamaLevi angikhonzayo.
23 Yahweh’s word came to Jeremiah, saying,
Ilizwi leNkosi laselifika kuJeremiya lisithi:
24 “Don’t consider what this people has spoken, saying, ‘Has Yahweh cast off the two families which he chose?’ Thus they despise my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.”
Kawubonanga yini abakutshoyo lababantu besithi: Izinsapho ezimbili iNkosi ebizikhethile izilahlile? Yebo badelela abantu bami, ukuthi bangabe besaba yisizwe phambi kwabo.
25 Yahweh says: “If my covenant of day and night fails, if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth,
Itsho njalo iNkosi: Uba isivumelwano sami singeyisiso esemini lesebusuku, uba ngingamisanga izimiso zamazulu lezomhlaba,
26 then I will also cast away the offspring of Jacob, and of David my servant, so that I will not take of his offspring to be rulers over the offspring of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; for I will cause their captivity to be reversed and will have mercy on them.”
khona ngizayala inzalo kaJakobe lekaDavida inceku yami, ukuthi kangiyikuthatha enzalweni yakhe ukuze abuse phezu kwenzalo kaAbrahama, uIsaka, loJakobe; ngoba ngizabuyisa ukuthunjwa kwabo, ngibe lesihawu kibo.
