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| 1. | Buthana, yebo buthana, wena sizwe esingelanhloni, |
| 2. | ungakadudulwa njengamakhoba aphephukayo, ungakehlelwa yintukuthelo eyesabekayo ye Nkosi, ungakafikelwa lusuku lolaka lwe Nkosi. |
| 3. | Dingani i Nkosi, lina lonke abathobekileyo bomhlaba abenza imilayo yayo, dingani ukulunga, lidinge ukuthobeka; mhlawumbe lingavikelwa ngosuku lolaka lwe Nkosi. |
| 4. | Ngoba iGaza lizatshiywa, leAshikeloni lizakuba lunxiwa, labantu beAshidodi bazaxotshwa emini, leEkhironi lidilizwe. |
| 5. | Maye kwabakhileyo ekhunjini lolwandle, lina sizwe samaKerethi! Ilizwi le Nkosi lingawe, Khanani, lizwe lamaFilisti; ngizalichitha kuze kungabi khona ohlala khona. |
| 6. | Wena khumbi lolwandle, uzakuba ngamadlelo, ube yizihotsha zabelusi lezibaya zezimvu. |
| 7. | ukhumbi uzakuba ngelabaseleyo endlini kaJuda belusele kibo, endlini zeAshikeloni bazalala khona kusihlwa. Ngoba i Nkosi uNkulunkulu wabo izabahambela, ibenzele inhlanhla. |
| 8. | Ngizwile ukukloloda kukaMowabi lokuthuka kwamaArnoni, ukuthi babaklolodela njani abantu bami, bezincoma ngelizwe labo. |
| 9. | Ngifunga impilo yami, kutsho i Nkosi yamabandla, uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli, ngithi: UMowabi uzakuba njengeSodoma, lamaAmoni abe njengeGomora, ilizwe lezimbabazane lemigodi yetswayi elachitheka kokuphela. Abaseleyo ebantwini bami bazabaphanga, labasilileyo esizweni sami babathumbe. |
| 10. | Lokhu kuzakuba ngumvuzo wokuziphakamisa kwabo, ngoba bakloloda, bazikhukhumeza ngabantu be Nkosi yamabandla. |
| 11. | I Nkosi izakwenza okwesabekayo kibo; ngoba izabaqeda bonke onkulunkulu bomhlaba, akhuleke kuyo wonke amazwe ezizwe, wonke umuntu esendaweni yakibo. |
| 12. | Lani futhi, maEtiyopiya, lizabulawa ngenkemba yami. |
| 13. | Izaphakamisela isandla sayo ngenyakatho, ichithe iAsiriya, yenze iNineve ukuthi ibe lunxiwa, lome njengenkangala. |
| 14. | Imihlambi izalala phakathi kwalo, lazo zonke inyamazana zeganga, ingabuzane lodwayi kulale ebusuku ezinsikeni zalo, kukhale isidlova ewindini, lewabayi likhale emnyango. |
| 15. | Yiwo lumuzi owajabula, owawulondolozekile, owawusithi: Mina ngikhona; kakho futhi omunye. Yeka ukuchitheka kwawo! Usuyindawo yokubuthanela inyamazana; bonke abadlula kiwo bayancifa, bawukhombe ngengqindi. |
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