¹ Tihlanganiseni niphindze nibutsane, tive letingena hlazo- ² ngaphambi kwekutsi nijeziswe futsi nalelo langa lindlula njenge mbali ipheshulwa ngumoya, ngaphambi kwekutsi lilaka laSimakadze lehlela etukwenu, ngaphambi kwelilanga lekubhubhiswa ngu Simakadze lehlela kuwe. ³ Funani Simakadze, nine bantfu labatitfobile emuhlabeni laba lalela imitsetfo yakhe! Funani kulunga. Funani kutitfoba, futsi muhlawumbe nitawu vikeleka elangeni lelilaka la Simakadze. ⁴ Ngoba i Gaza itawulahlwa, futsi Ashkheloni utawugucuka advumale. Batawukhipha Ashdodo emini, baphindze bakhiphe Ekroni! ⁵ Ibadi kulabahlali ngase lwandle, sive sema Kherethithe! Simakadze sewukhulumile angamelani nani, Khenani, live lema Philisti. Ngitaku bhubhisa kute ube bete bahlali. ⁶ Ngako ke indzawo lengase lwandle itawuba madlelo ebalusi kanye nenkambu yetimvu. ⁷ Lendzawo lese lutsentseni le lwandle itawuba yalabo laba sindzile bendlu ya Juda, laba tawulusa imihlambi yabo khona. Bantfu babo entsambama batawulala etindlini tase Ashkeloni, ngoba Simakadze Nkulunkulu wabo utawuba nakekela aphindze abuyise imicebo yabo. ⁸ Sengitivile tinhlamba te Mowabhi nekutfuka kwebantfu base Ammoni uma bahlupha bantfu bami baphindze beca imincele yabo. ⁹ Kungako ke, ngisaphila- nguloku lokushiwo ngu Simakadze wema bandla, Nkulunkulu waka Israyeli- Mowabhi utawufanana ne Sodomu, bese ke bantfu base Ammoni njenge Gomora; indzawo legcwele manyeva kanye nesidvuli seluswayi, ilahlwe inguna phakadze. Kepha ke bantfu bami labasindzile bataba bhubhisa, futsi labo labasalako besive sami batawutsatsa idzawo yabo.'' ¹⁰ Loku kutawenteka ku Mowabhi kanye na Amoni ngenca yeku tigcabha kwabo, ngoba bahlukubete phindze bahlekisa ngebantfu baSimakadze wemabandla. ¹¹ Laphoke batawusaba Simakadze, ngoba utawuhlukubeta bonkhe bonkulunkulwana base muhlabeni. Wonkhe umuntfu utamu khotsama, wonkhe umuntfu endzaweni yakhe, kuso sonkhe sigodzi selwandle. ¹² Nine ma Cushithe nitawu hlatjwa yinkemba yami, ¹³ futsi nesandla sa Nkulunkulu sitawu hlasela inyakatfo siphindze sibhubhise Assyria, kute kutsi iNinive ilwahlwe ngenca yekonakala, yome njenge lihlane. ¹⁴ Laphoke imihlambi itawulala khona, sonkhe silwane setive; tahhukulu tase hlane titawuhlala etukwe tinsika takhe. Libito litawuhlabela liphuma efastelweni; lokubhidlikile kutawuba endleleni yemugcwaco; tinsika takhe leti dulile titawuvetwa. ¹⁵ Leli lidolobha lelitichenyako leliphila ngaphandle kwekusaba, loko kushiwo enhlitiyweni yakhe, ''Ngingimi, futsi kute loku lingana nami.'' Kanjani abe yindzawo lesabekako kuyibuka, indzawo lapho kuhlala khona silo khona. Wonkhe umuntfu londlula kuye utawenta umusindvo wenyoka aphindze anyika nyise tibhakela takhe nakengca.