1Awu, sengathi ngabe ikhanda lami lingumthombo wamanzi,
2Awu, sengathi ngabe enkangala
3“Benza izindimi zabo zilunge
4“Qaphela abangane bakho,
5Umngane ukhohlisa umngane,
6Lihlala phakathi kwenkohliso,
7Ngakho uThixo* uSomandla uthi:
8Ulimi lwabo lungumtshoko olobuthi,
9Kakufanele ngibajezisele lokhu na?”
10Ngizakhala ngililele izintaba
11“IJerusalema ngizalenza libe yinqumbi yonxiwa,
12Nguphi umuntu ohlakaniphileyo ukuba akuzwisise lokhu? Ngubani ofundiswe nguThixo* ongakuchaza? Kungani ilizwe litshabalalisiwe lachithwa njengenkangala ukuze kungadluli muntu kulo?
13UThixo* wathi, “Kungenxa yokuthi sebelahle umthetho wami engababekela wona; kabangilalelanga, lomthetho wami kabawulandelanga.
14Esikhundleni salokho, bona balandele ubulukhuni bezinhliziyo zabo; balandele oBhali, njengokufundiswa kwabo ngoyise.”
15Ngakho-ke, uThixo* uSomandla, uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli uthi: “Khangelani, abantu laba ngizabadlisa ukudla okubabayo ngibanathise lamanzi alobuthi.
16Ngizabahlakazela ezizweni bona kanye laboyise abangazange bazazi, njalo ngizabalandela ngenkemba ngize ngibaqede du.”
17UThixo* uSomandla uthi:
18Kabeze ngokuphangisa,
19Ilizwi lokukhala liyezwakala livela eZiyoni:
20Khathesi, lina abesifazane, zwanini ilizwi likaThixo*,
21Ukufa kukhwele kwangena ngamafastela ethu,
22Tshono uthi, uThixo* uthi,
23UThixo* uthi:
24kodwa lowo ozincomayo,
25UThixo* uthi, “Insuku ziyeza, lapho engizabajezisa khona bonke abasoke enyameni kuphela,