¹ Loku kutsiwa ngu Simakadze: “Ngetoni letintsatfu taMoabi, ngisho naletine angiyikube ngiyekele, ngoba watsotsa amathambo enkhosi yase-Edom wawenta ludaka. ² Ngiyawutfumela umlilo eMoabi, utawushisa emabhalabhala ase Keriothi. Moabi utawufela etinyembeni, ngetihlabelo nalemhalabhala yenshudla yenkhomo. ³ Ngiyawucedza lutsamsebenti lwalabahluleli kuye, ngibulale tonkhe tibuyeletane takhe,” kusho Simakadze. ⁴ Loku kutsiwa ngu Simakadze: “Ngetoni letintsatfu taJuda, ngisho naletine angiyikuyekele, ngoba bahlulelwa umtsetfo waSimakadze, bangawugcini imiyalo yakhe. Imanga yabo yababanga kutsi beduke, njengobe nawodadewabo baduka. ⁵ Ngiyawutfumela umlilo e Juda, utawushisa emabhalabhala ase Jerusalema.” ⁶ Loku kutsiwa nguSimakadze: “Ngetoni letintsatfu ta-Israyeli, ngisho naletine angiyikuyekele, ngoba bathengisa labangenacala ngesiliva, nebantfu labahluphekile bangawentelela sihamba lesivelwe. ⁷ Bayacindzetele etinkhombeni talabaswelako njengalokungatsi balinywa ngumhlaba; bayekisa labacindzeti. Indvodza nebabe wayo baya kumfati munye, ngaloko bayingcolisa libito lami lelingcwele. ⁸ Balala eceleni kwelilati lonkhe, emacansi labatfunywe njengemibambiso; endlini yaNkulunkulu wabo baphuza liwayini lelatfunywe labo labakhokhele imali yesijeziso. ⁹ Kodvwa mina ngacedza ema-Amorite embili kwabo, baphakeme njengemitfini ye-cedari; babanemandla njengemitfini yemakhiwane. Kodvwa ngacedza titselo takhe letingenhla netimphandze takhe letingehla. ¹⁰ Ngaphindze ngabakhipha e Gipita, ngabahola iminyaka lengema 40 ehlane, kutsi bayewudla live lema Amorite. ¹¹ Ngavusa baprofethi emadodeni enu, nebaNazirite kubasha benu. Akusiko yini, bantfu ba-Israyeli? Loku kusho Simakadze. ¹² Kodvwa nawucindezela baNazirite kutsi baphuze liwayini, nawutsintsela baprofethi kutsi bangaphrofethi. ¹³ Buka, ngiyanicindezela njengemgudlwana logcwele ligrain ungacindezela. ¹⁴ Labo labasheshako bangeke basindze; leli nemandla angeke lakhele kumandla akhe; nekhoseni ngeke lizisindze. ¹⁵ Lomgadli ngege asime; lonjiniya ngeke asindze; netihlala ngeke tizisindze. ¹⁶ Ngisho nalabavikela kakhulu batakuBaleka baphuke tinwele ngalolo suku loku kusho Simakadze.”