5. Sengiyakuya kwabakhulu,ngikhulume nabo,ngokuba bona bayayazi indlela kaJehovanokwahlulela kukaNkulunkulu wabo;”kepha bona babelaphulile ijoka kanyekanye,bazigqabulile izibopho.
6. Ngalokho ingonyama yasehlathini iyakubashaya,babhujiswe yimpisi yasehlane,ingwe iyiqamekele imizi yabo,badatshulwe bonke abaphuma kuyo,ngokuba iziphambeko zabo ziningi,nokuhlehla kwabo kwandile.
7. “Ngingakuthethelela kanjani na?Abantwana bakho bangishiyile,bafunga okungesibo onkulunkulu.Ngabafungisa, kepha baphinga,babuthana endlini yezifebe.
8. Banjengamahhashi akhulupheleyo andindayo;yilowo nalowo uyiyizela umfazi womakhelwane wakhe.
9. Angiyikubahambela ngalokho na?” usho uJehova.“Umphefumulo wami awuyikuphindisa esizweni esinjengalesi na?
10. “Khuphukelani ezingangeni zalo,nilichithe,ningaliqedi ngokupheleleyo nokho;susani amagatsha alo,ngokuba awasiwo akaNkulunkulu.
11. Ngokuba indlu ka-Israyeli nendlu kaJudazingikhohlisile nokungikhohlisa,” usho uJehova.
12. Zimphikile uJehova, zathi:“Hhayi yena!Okubi akuyikusehlela,asiyikubona inkemba nendlala.
13. Abaprofethi bayakuba ngumoya,akakho okhulumayo kubo;kuyakwenziwa kanjalo kubo.”
14. Ngalokho usho kanje uJehova uNkulunkulu Sebawoti, uthi:“Ngokuba nikhuluma leli zwi,bhekani, ngiyakwenza amazwi amiabe ngumlilo emlonyeni wakho,nalaba bantu babe yizinkuni, ubadle.
15. Bhekani,ngiyakwehlisela phezu kwenuisizwe esivela kudenina ndlu ka-Israyeli,” usho uJehova;“yisizwe esinamandla, yisizwe esidala,yisizwe ongazi ulimi lwaso,nongezwa lokhu abakukhulumayo.
16. Isambo sabo sinjengethuna elivulekileyo,bangamaqhawe bonke.
17. Bayakudla okuvuniweyo kwakho nesinkwa sakho,badle amadodana akho namadodakazi akho,badle izimvu zakho nezinkomo zakho,badle imivini yakho nemikhiwane yakho,bachithe ngenkemba imizi yakhoebiyelweyo othemba kuyo.
18. “Kepha nangalezo zinsuku,” usho uJehova, “angiyikuniqeda ngokupheleleyo.
19. Kuyakuthi lapho nisho nithi: ‘UJehova uNkulunkulu wenu wenzeleni kithi konke lokhu na?’ usho kubo ukuthi: ‘Njengalokho ningishiyile, nakhonza onkulunkulu babezizwe ezweni lakini, kanjalo niyakukhonza abezizwe ezweni elingesilo elenu.’
20. “Memezani lokhu endlini kaJakobe,nikuzwakalise kwaJuda ngokuthi: