UJeremiya 1:4-12

Izwi likaSimakade lafika kimi, lathi: “Ngingakakubumbi esiswini ngakwazi, ungakaphumi esibelethweni ngakungcwelisa, ngakuqoka ukuba ube ngumphrofethi ezizweni.” Kepha ngathi: “Awu, Nkosi Simakade! Mina angikwazi ukukhuluma, ngokuba ngisengumfanyana nje.” Kepha uSimakade wathi kimi: “Ungathi kimi ungumfanyana, ngokuba uyakuya kubo bonke engikuthuma kubo, futhi uyakukhuluma konke engikuyala ngakho. Ungabesabi, ngokuba nginawe ukuba ngikophule,” kusho uSimakade. USimakade wayeselula isandla sakhe, wathinta umlomo wami; uSimakade wathi kimi: “Ngibekile amazwi ami emlonyeni wakho. Bheka, ngiyakujuba namuhla phezu kwezizwe nemibuso, ukusiphula nokudiliza, ukuchitha nokubhubhisa, ukwakha nokutshala.” Izwi likaSimakade lafika kimi, lathi: “Jeremiya, ubonani na?” Ngathi: “Ngibona igatsha lomu-alimondi.” USimakade wayesethi kimi: “Ubone kahle, ngokuba ngiyakuqikelela ukuba izwi lami ngilifeze.”