1Awu, sengathi ngabe ikhanda lami lingumthombo wamanzi,
2Awu, sengathi ngabe enkangala
3“Benza izindimi zabo zilunge
4“Qaphela abangane bakho,
5Umngane ukhohlisa umngane,
6Lihlala phakathi kwenkohliso,
7Ngakho uThixo uSomandla uthi:
8Ulimi lwabo lungumtshoko olobuthi,
9Kakufanele ngibajezisele lokhu na?”
10Ngizakhala ngililele izintaba
11“IJerusalema ngizalenza libe yinqumbi yonxiwa,
12Nguphi umuntu ohlakaniphileyo ukuba akuzwisise lokhu? Ngubani ofundiswe nguThixo ongakuchaza? Kungani ilizwe litshabalalisiwe lachithwa njengenkangala ukuze kungadluli muntu kulo?
13UThixo wathi, “Kungenxa yokuthi sebelahle umthetho wami engababekela wona; kabangilalelanga, lomthetho wami kabawulandelanga.
14Esikhundleni salokho, bona balandele ubulukhuni bezinhliziyo zabo; balandele oBhali, njengokufundiswa kwabo ngoyise.”
15Ngakho-ke, uThixo uSomandla, uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli uthi: “Khangelani, abantu laba ngizabadlisa ukudla okubabayo ngibanathise lamanzi alobuthi.
16Ngizabahlakazela ezizweni bona kanye laboyise abangazange bazazi, njalo ngizabalandela ngenkemba ngize ngibaqede du.”
17UThixo uSomandla uthi:
18Kabeze ngokuphangisa,
19Ilizwi lokukhala liyezwakala livela eZiyoni:
20Khathesi, lina abesifazane, zwanini ilizwi likaThixo,
21Ukufa kukhwele kwangena ngamafastela ethu,
22Tshono uthi, uThixo uthi,
23UThixo uthi:
24kodwa lowo ozincomayo,
25UThixo uthi, “Insuku ziyeza, lapho engizabajezisa khona bonke abasoke enyameni kuphela,
26iGibhithe, loJuda, lo-Edomi, lo-Amoni loMowabi labo bonke abahlala enkangala ezindaweni ezikhatshana. Ngoba izizwe zonke lezi kazisokanga, njalo lendlu yonke ka-Israyeli kayisokanga enhliziyweni.”