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| 1. | Umchithi ukufikele, wena Nineve, gcina inqaba zakho, ulinde indlela, uqinise ukhalo lwakho, uqinise amandla akho. |
| 2. | Ngoba i Nkosi ibuyisa ubukhosi bukaJakobe bube njengobukhosi bukaIsrayeli; ngoba abahlaselayo balikhwexule ivini. baqeda ingatsha zalo |
| 3. | Izihlangu zamaqhawe akhe zibomvu, amabutho akhe agqoke okuyibubende, lenqola zakhe ziphazima njengamalangabi lapho sezilungisa; amabhiza ayagidagida. |
| 4. | Izinqola ziyatheleka emigwaqweni, ziphoseka le lale ezigcawini, zikhanye njengezihlanti, ziphazime njengemibane. |
| 5. | Kubizwe izinduna, zikhubeke ekuhambeni kwazo, zigijimele emithangaleni, zimise izivikelo. |
| 6. | Kuvulwe amasango asemfuleni, lesigodlo sizancibilika. |
| 7. | Inkosikazi ithunjwe, incekukazi zayo zikhale njengamajuba, zitshaye izifuba zazo ngenxa yosizi. |
| 8. | INineve injengechibi elilamanzi afohlayo. Bamemeza besithi: Manini! manini! kodwa kakho ophendukayo. |
| 9. | Phangani isiliva, phangani igolide. Inotho yalo lezinto zalo ezinhle kazilakuphela. |
| 10. | Seliseleze, kaliselalutho, lichithekile; inhliziyo ziphele amandla, amadolo ayatshayana, lobuhlungu busenkalweni zonke, bamukumele. |
| 11. | Singaphi isikhundla sesilwane lezimbalu zezilwane lapho isilwane esasiletha khona esikubambileyo, lalapho amabhongo aso ayehlala khona engethuki lutho? |
| 12. | Isilwane sabamba okwenele imidlwane yaso, sabambela lezilwanekazi zaso; sagcwalisa izimbalu ngesikubambileyo lezikhundla zaso ngenyama. |
| 13. | Khangela, ngimelene lawe, kutsho i Nkosi yamabandla; ngizatshisa ngomlilo inqola zakho, lenkemba izaqeda amabhongo ezilwane akho; ngizaquma konke okubambayo kusuke emhlabeni, lelizwi lezithunywa zakho kalisayikuzwakala. |
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