SATURDAY 10TH OCTOBER 2020 MORNING JEREMIAH 18:5-12
Jeremiah 18:5-12 New International Version (NIV)
5 Then the word of the Lord came to me. 6 He said, “Can I not do with you, Israel, as this potter does?” declares the Lord. “Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, Israel. 7 If at any time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down and destroyed, 8 and if that nation I warned repents of its evil, then I will relent and not inflict on it the disaster I had planned. 9 And if at another time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be built up and planted, 10 and if it does evil in my sight and does not obey me, then I will reconsider the good I had intended to do for it.
11 “Now therefore say to the people of Judah and those living in Jerusalem, ‘This is what the Lord says: Look! I am preparing a disaster for you and devising a plan against you. So turn from your evil ways, each one of you, and reform your ways and your actions.’ 12 But they will reply, ‘It’s no use. We will continue with our own plans; we will all follow the stubbornness of our evil hearts.’”
God is free to respond to His people according to their own moral conduct and choices. His previous promises do not restrict the exercise of His correction or justice.
JUMAMOSI TAREHE 10 OKTOBA 2020 ASUBUHI YEREMIAH 18:5-12
5 Ndipo neno la Bwana likanijia, kusema,
6 Ee nyumba ya Israeli, je! Siwezi mimi kuwatendea ninyi vile vile kama mfinyanzi huyu alivyotenda? Asema Bwana. Angalieni, kama udongo ulivyo katika mkono wa mfinyanzi, ndivyo mlivyo ninyi katika mkono wangu, Ee nyumba ya Israeli.
7 Wakati wo wote nitakapotoa habari za taifa, na habari za ufalme, kuung'oa, na kuuvunja, na kuuangamiza;
8 ikiwa taifa lile nililolitaja litageuka, na kuacha maovu yake nitaghairi, nisitende mabaya yale niliyoazimia kuwatenda.
9 Na wakati wo wote nitakapotoa habari za taifa, na habari za ufalme, kuujenga na kuupanda,
10 ikiwa watatenda maovu mbele za macho yangu, wasiitii sauti yangu, basi nitaghairi, nisitende mema yale niliyoazimia kuwatendea.
11 Haya! Basi, ukawaambie watu wa Yuda, na wenyeji wa Yerusalemu, ukisema, Bwana asema hivi, Tazama, ninafinyanga mabaya juu yenu, na kuwaza mawazo juu yenu; rudini sasa, kila mmoja na aiache njia yake mbaya; zitengenezeni njia zenu, na matendo yenu.
12 Lakini wao wasema, Hapana tumaini lo lote; maana sisi tutafuata mawazo yetu wenyewe, nasi tutatenda kila mmoja wetu kwa kuufuata ushupavu wa moyo wake mbaya.
Mungu anaweza kuamua kuwatendea watu wake kutokana na mwenendo wao. Maamuzi na ahadi zake aliyofanya hapo mwanzo haviwezi kumzuia katika kuwarudi au kuwatendea haki.