1 UThixo wasesithi kimi, “Lanxa uMosi loSamuyeli bengema phambi kwami, inhliziyo yami ingeke iphendukele kulababantu. Basuse phambi kwami! Kabahambe!
2 Bangakubuza bathi, ‘Sizakuya ngaphi na?’ uthi kubo, uThixo uthi:
3 Ngizabathumela imihlobo emine yabachithi,” kutsho uThixo, “inkemba yokubulala lezinja zokuhudulela khatshana njalo lezinyoni zasemoyeni kanye lezinyamazana zeganga ukuba zidle zibhuqe.
4 Ngizabenza banengeke emibusweni yonke yasemhlabeni ngenxa yalokho okwenziwa eJerusalema nguManase indodana kaHezekhiya inkosi yakoJuda.
5 Ngubani ozakuba lesihawu kuwe wena Jerusalema?
6 Ungalile,”
7 Ngizabahlungula ngefologwe
8 Ngizakwenza abafelokazi babo bande kakhulu
9 Unina wabayisikhombisa uzaqaleka
10 Maye, wena mama, ngokuthi wangizala,
11 UThixo wathi,
12 Umuntu angayiqamula insimbi,
13 Inotho yakho lamatshe akho aligugu
14 Ngizakwenza ube yisigqili sezitha zakho
15 Uyazwisisa wena Thixo;
16 Ekufikeni kwamazwi akho, ngawadla;
17 Kangizange ngihlale enhlanganisweni yabazithokozisayo,
18 Kungani ubuhlungu engibuzwayo bungapheli
19 Ngakho uThixo uthi:
20 Ngizakwenza ube ngumduli kulababantu,
21 “Ngizakuhlenga ezandleni zababi