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