1Ilizwi likaThixo* lafika kimi lisithi:
2“Ndodana yomuntu, tshono kumbusi waseThire uthi, ‘Nanku okutshiwo nguThixo* Wobukhosi:
3Kambe uhlakaniphile kuloDanyeli na?
4Ngenhlakanipho yakho lokuqedisisa
5Ngolwazi lwakho olukhulu ekuthengiseni
6Ngakho nanku okutshiwo nguThixo* Wobukhosi:
7ngizaletha abezizweni ukuba bamelane lawe,
8Zizakwehlisela phansi egodini,
9Lapho-ke uzakutsho na phambi kwalabo abakubulalayo ukuthi,
10Uzakufa ukufa kwabangasokanga
11Ilizwi likaThixo* lafika kimi lisithi:
12“Ndodana yomuntu, khala isililo ngenkosi yaseThire uthi kuyo: ‘Nanku okutshiwo nguThixo* Wobukhosi:
13Wawuse-Edeni
14Wagcotshwa njengekherubhi elondlayo,
15Wawungelasici ezindleleni zakho
16Ngenxa yokuthengisa kwakho ezindaweni ezinengi
17Inhliziyo yakho yazigqaja
18Ngezono zakho ezinengi lokuthengisa lobuqili
19Zonke izizwe ezazikwazi
20Ilizwi likaThixo* lafika kimi lisithi:
21“Ndodana yomuntu, khangelisa ubuso bakho eSidoni; uphrofithe okubi ngalo
22uthi: ‘Nanku okutshiwo nguThixo* Wobukhosi:
23Ngizathumela isifo kulo,
24Abantu bako-Israyeli kabasayikuba labomakhelwane abalenhliziyo ezimbi njalo abangameva abuhlungu lameva ahlabayo. Lapho-ke bazakwazi ukuthi mina nginguThixo* Wobukhosi.
25Nanku okutshiwo nguThixo* Wobukhosi: Lapho sengiqoqa abantu bako-Israyeli ezizweni ababehlakazelwe kuzo, ngizazibonakalisa ngingongcwele phakathi kwabo phambi kwezizwe. Emva kwalokho bazahlala elizweni labo, engalinika inceku yami uJakhobe.