UNahume 3

¹Maye kulo idolobho legazi,

²Ukukhala kwezaswebhu,

³Ukuhlasela kwabagadi bamabhiza

⁴konke ngenxa yenkanuko embi yesifebe,

⁵“Ngimelana lawe,” kutsho uThixo uSomandla.

⁶Ngizakujikijela ngamanyala,

⁷Bonke abakubonayo bazakubalekela bathi,

⁸Wena ungcono na kuleThebesi

⁹IKhushi leGibhithe kwakungamandla ayo angapheliyo.

¹⁰Kodwa yathunjwa

¹¹Lawe futhi uzadakwa;

¹²Zonke izinqola zakho zinjengezihlahla zemikhiwa

¹³Khangela amabutho akho wonke,

¹⁴Donsa amanzi ulungele ukuvimbezela,

¹⁵Khonapho umlilo uzakuqeda;

¹⁶Usulandisile inani labathengisi bakho.

¹⁷Abalindi bakho banjengentethe,

¹⁸Wena nkosi yase-Asiriya, abelusi bakho bayawozela,

¹⁹Akukho okungapholisa amanxeba akho;