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| 1. | Celani e Nkosi ni izulu ngesikhathi sentwasa, e Nkosi ni eyenza amayezi eziphepho, enika abantu izihlambo zezulu, enika bonke utshani egangeni. |
| 2. | Ngoba izithombe ezithiwa amatherafi zikhuluma ize, labavumisi babona okungamanga, labaphuphi balandisa amaphupho ayinkohliso, ukududuza kwabo kuyize. Ngakho-ke abantu bayahambahamba njengezimvu, bahlupheke ngoba bengelamelusi. |
| 3. | Ukuthukuthela kwe Nkosi kuyavutha ngabelusi, izaphindisela abakhokheli; ngoba i Nkosi yamabandla izawuhambela umhlambi wayo uJuda, izabenza babe njengebhiza lobukhosi empini. |
| 4. | Kuzaphuma ilitshe lengonsi kibo, kuphume isikhonkwane sethente, kuphume idandili lempi, kuphume bonke ababusi. |
| 5. | Bebonke bazakuba njengamaqhawe empini anyathela udaka lwezindlela; bazakulwa ngoba i Nkosi ilabo, bayangise abagadi bamabhiza. |
| 6. | Mina ngizamqinisa uJuda. ngikhulule uJosefa. Ngizababuyisa ngoba ngilesihawu kibo, babe njengokungathi kangizanga ngibalahle; ngoba ngiyi Nkosi uNkulunkulu wabo, ngizabaphendula. |
| 7. | UEfrayimi uzakuba njengeqhawe, inhliziyo yabo ithokoze njengokungathi ithokoziswa liwayini. Abantwana babo bazabona lokho bathabe, inhliziyo zabo zizajabula e Nkosi ni. |
| 8. | Ngizabatshayela ikhwelo, ngibabuthe, ngoba ngibahlengile, babebanengi njengakudala. |
| 9. | Njalo ngibachithachithe phakathi kwezizwe, kanti lemazweni akhatshana bazangikhumbula, bazakondla abantwana babobabuye. |
| 10. | Ngizababuyisa ekhaya bevela elizweni leGibhithe, ngibaqoqe eAsiriya; ngizabaletha elizweni leGileyadi leLebhanoni, kuwo kungasali ndawo. |
| 11. | Ulwandle luzakwehlelwa yikuhlupheka okukhulu, lamagagasi olwandle azatshaywa, kutshe lenziki zonke zeNile; kwehliswe ukuzigqaja kweAsiriya, kusuke intonga yobukhosi yeGibhithe. |
| 12. | Amandla abo azakuba se Nkosi ni, bahambe bethokoza ebizweni layo, kutsho i Nkosi. |
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