| ← Nahum (3/3) |
| 1. | Maye kumuzi ogcwele igazi, wonke ugcwele amanga lempango! Ukuphanga kakupheli kiwo. |
| 2. | Zwanini ukukhala kwesiswepu lomsindo wokugedlezela kwamavili, lowamabhiza amathayo, lowenqola ezigijimayo. |
| 3. | Abagadi bamabhiza bayasukela; kubonakala ukuphazima kwenkemba, lokucwazimula komkhonto; banengi ababuleweyo; kukhona inqwaba zezidumbu, izidumbu ezinengi ezingelakuphela; abantu bayakhubeka phezu kwazo. |
| 4. | Konke lokhu kungenxa yokuphinga okunengi kwesiphingi esibukekayo langenxa yobuthakathi baso abulalayo, esithengisa izizwe ngokuphinga kwaso labantu ngobuthakathi baso. |
| 5. | Khangela, ngimelene lawe, kutsho i Nkosi yamabandla; ngizakwembula izidwaba zakho, ngitshengise izizwe ubunqunu bakho, lemibuso ihlazo lakho. |
| 6. | Ngizaphosela amanyala phezu kwakho, ngikuthele ihlazo, ngikwenze ube yinto yokubukelwa. |
| 7. | Bonke abakubonayo bazakubalekela, bathi: INineve lichithekile. Ngubani ozalililela? Ngizalidingela ngaphi abaduduzi? |
| 8. | Wena Nineve, ungcono yini kulomuzi weNo owawusemfuleni uNile, uzingelezelwe ngamanzi, omthangala wawo wawululwandle, lamanzi engumduli wawo? |
| 9. | IEtiyopiya leGibhithe kwakungamandla alo angelakuphela; iPuti leLibiya kwakungabasiz balo. |
| 10. | Kanti lathunjwa laya ekuthunjweni, lezingane zalo zachotshozwa engonsini zazo zonke indlela; kwenziwa inkatho yokuphosa ngezikhulu zalo, labo bonke abakhulu balo babotshwa ngamaketane. |
| 11. | Laweke uzadakwa, uyendezele; udinge isiphephelo sokubalekela izitha. |
| 12. | Inqaba zakho zonke zinjengezihlahla zemikhiwa elezithelo zokuqala, uba zinyikinywa, izithelo ziwela emlonyeni wodlayo. |
| 13. | Khangela, amabutho akho anjengabesifazana nje. Amasango elizwe lakho avulekele izitha zakho; umlilo uyiqedile imigoqo yawo. |
| 14. | Zikhelela amanzi ulungisele ukuvinjezelwa, uqinise inqaba zakho; ngena odakeni, uxove ibumba, ulungise ibhokisi lokubumba izitina. |
| 15. | Lalapho umlilo uzakuqeda, lenkemba ikubulale. Zandise njengesikhonyane, uzandise njengezintethe. |
| 16. | Wandise abathengisi bakho baze badlule inkanyezi zamazulu. Kodwa kabasekho njengesikhongwane eselula impiko zaso siphaphe, sihambe. |
| 17. | Iziphathamandla zakho zinjengezintethe, lababhali bakho banjengomhlambi wesikhonyane esimisa inkamba othangweni ngosuku oluqandayo; lapho ilanga seliphumile, siyasuka siphaphe, singabe sizaziwa ukuthi singaphi. |
| 18. | Abelusi bakho balele, nkosi yeAsiriya, leziphathamandla zakho ziyawozela. Abantu bakho bahlakazekile ezintabeni, kakho obabuthayo. |
| 19. | Kakukho okukupholisa ukulimala kwakho, inxeba lakho libi; bonke abezwa umbiko ngawe batshaya izandla. Ngoba ngubani obungafinyelelanga kuye ububi bakho? |
| ← Nahum (3/3) |