1Isiqalekiso ngeNiniva. Incwadi yombono kaNahume umʼElikhoshi.
2UThixo uNkulunkulu olobukhwele lophindiselayo;
3UThixo uyaphuza ukuthukuthela njalo ulamandla amakhulu;
4Ukhuza ulwandle alomise;
5Izintaba ziyanyikinyeka phambi kwakhe,
6Ngubani ongamelana lentukuthelo yakhe na?
7UThixo ulungile,
8kodwa ngesikhukhula esikhulu
9Loba engamacebo bani abawenza ngoThixo,
10Bazathandeleka phakathi kwameva,
11Wena Nineve, kuwe sekufike lowo
12Nanku okutshiwo nguThixo:
13Khathesi ngizakwephula ijogwe labo elisentanyeni yakho,
14UThixo usekhuphe ilizwi ngawe Nineve elithi,
15Khangela ezintabeni le,