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