JEREMIA 19

₁Muṋe washu a mmbudza a ri, “Iyo renga mvuvhelo yo vhumbwaho nga vumba, u i renge kha muvhumbi wa dzikhali. Ṱuwa na vhaṅwe vha vhahulwane vha vhathu na vha vhotshifhe, ₂u livhe Govhani ḽa Murwa wa Hinomu, tsini na Khoro ya Makwati. Henefho u ḓivhadze maipfi ane nda ḓo u vhudza, ₃u ri, ‘Inwi mahosi a Juda na vhathu vha Jerusalema, ipfani ipfi ḽa Yahavee. Yahavee Mulangazwoṱhe Mudzimu wa Israele u ri: Thetshelesani! Ndi ḓo ḓisa khombo hafhano fhethu, i ḓo bvumisa nḓevhe dza muṅwe na muṅwe ane a pfa ngayo. ₄Ndi uri vho nṱamba vha dzhia fhethu hafhano vha hu ita ha midzimu isili; henefha vho fhisa nduvho vha tshi itela midzimu ye vhone na vhokhotsi avho na mahosi a Juda vha vha vha sa i ḓivhi, fhethu hafhano vha hu ḓadza malofha a vha si na mulandu. ₅Vho fhaṱela Baali dziaḽiṱari, vha fhisa vhana vhavho vha vhatuka nga mulilo vha tshi vha ṋekedza Baali – hezwo a tho ngo vhuya nda ri zwi itwe, a tho ngo vhuya nda zwi amba, na u tou zwi elekanya a thi athu vhuya nda zwi elekanya. ₆Huno-ha ni vhone, hu khou ḓa maḓuvha ane vhathu vha si tsha ḓo ri hafhano hu pfi Thofethe kana Govha ḽa Murwa wa Hinomu, vha ḓo ri hu pfi Govha ḽa Bulayo. ₇Hafhano fhethu ndi ḓo piringanya maano oṱhe a Juda na Jerusalema. Ndi ḓo ita uri vha ḽiwe nga pfumo ḽa maswina avho, ndi ḓo vha kumedza zwanḓani zwa vhane vha ṱoḓa u vha vhulaha, zwitumbu zwavho ndi ḓo zwi ṋea maanga na phukha. ₈Ndi ḓo phusukanya hoyu muḓi, wa tou vha ṱano wa nyadzea; vhoṱhe vhafhiri vha nḓila vha ḓo tshenuwa vha akhamala vha tshi vhona mbonzhe dzawo. ₉Ndi ḓo vha ḽisa ṋama ya vhana vhavho vha vhatuka na vha vhasidzana, vha dovha vha ḽana nga tshavho musi zwo vhifha vhó govhelwa nga maswina avho vha tshi ṱoḓa u vha vhulaha.’

₁₀“Zwenezwo u pwashe mvuvhelo heyo vhoṱhe vha no khou tshimbila na iwe vha tshi zwi vhona, ₁₁u vha vhudze uri, ‘Yahavee Mulangazwoṱhe u ri: Ndi ḓo pwasha lushaka holu na muḓi hoyu unga mvuvhelo heyo ya muvhumbi wa khali i tshi pwashiwa, ya si tsha kona u mometshedzwa. Vha ḓo swiṱa vhafu ngei Thofethe nga u shaya zwalo. ₁₂Zwine nda ḓo ita hafhano fhethu, nda zwi ita na vha no dzula hone ndi hezwi: Hoyu muḓi ndi ḓo u kumadza unga Thofethe. ₁₃Nnḓu dza Jerusalema na dza mahosi a Juda dzi ḓo ḓala dzitshika unga hafhano fhethu, Thofethe – nnḓu dzoṱhe dze vha vha vha tshi dubisela ṋaledzi zwioro kha ṱhanga dzadzo, vha ita na u tevhulela miṅwe midzimu thevhula ya mahalwa vha tshi i luvha.’ ”

₁₄Ndi hone Jeremia a tshi vhuya a tshi bva Thofethe he Muṋe washu a vha o mu ruma uri a yo ḓivhadza mafhungo a Muṋe washu, a ima muṱani wa thembele ya Muṋe washu a vhudza vhathu vhoṱhe a ri, ₁₅“Muṋe washu Mulangazwoṱhe Mudzimu wa Israele u ri, ‘Khombo dzoṱhe dze nda bula uri dzi ḓo wela vhathu havha, ndi khou dzi ḓisa muḓini houno na miḓini yo vhandekanaho nawo, nge vha ita tshipimbi vha si thetshelese maipfi anga.’ ”