1UThixo* wasesithi kimi, “Lanxa uMosi loSamuyeli bengema phambi kwami, inhliziyo yami ingeke iphendukele kulababantu. Basuse phambi kwami! Kabahambe!
2Bangakubuza bathi, ‘Sizakuya ngaphi na?’ uthi kubo, uThixo* uthi:
3Ngizabathumela imihlobo emine yabachithi,” kutsho uThixo*, “inkemba yokubulala lezinja zokuhudulela khatshana njalo lezinyoni zasemoyeni kanye lezinyamazana zeganga ukuba zidle zibhuqe.
4Ngizabenza banengeke emibusweni yonke yasemhlabeni ngenxa yalokho okwenziwa eJerusalema nguManase indodana kaHezekhiya inkosi yakoJuda.
5Ngubani ozakuba lesihawu kuwe wena Jerusalema?
6Ungalile,”
7Ngizabahlungula ngefologwe
8Ngizakwenza abafelokazi babo bande kakhulu
9Unina wabayisikhombisa uzaqaleka
10Maye, wena mama, ngokuthi wangizala,
11UThixo* wathi,
12Umuntu angayiqamula insimbi,
13Inotho yakho lamatshe akho aligugu
14Ngizakwenza ube yisigqili sezitha zakho
15Uyazwisisa wena Thixo*;
16Ekufikeni kwamazwi akho, ngawadla;
17Kangizange ngihlale enhlanganisweni yabazithokozisayo,
18Kungani ubuhlungu engibuzwayo bungapheli
19Ngakho uThixo* uthi:
20Ngizakwenza ube ngumduli kulababantu,