1Isiqalekiso ngeNiniva. Incwadi yombono kaNahume umʼElikhoshi.
2UThixo* uNkulunkulu olobukhwele lophindiselayo;
3UThixo* uyaphuza ukuthukuthela njalo ulamandla amakhulu;
4Ukhuza ulwandle alomise;
5Izintaba ziyanyikinyeka phambi kwakhe,
6Ngubani ongamelana lentukuthelo yakhe na?
7UThixo* ulungile,
8kodwa ngesikhukhula esikhulu
9Loba engamacebo bani abawenza ngoThixo*,
10Bazathandeleka phakathi kwameva,
11Wena Nineve, kuwe sekufike lowo
12Nanku okutshiwo nguThixo*:
13Khathesi ngizakwephula ijogwe labo elisentanyeni yakho,
14UThixo* usekhuphe ilizwi ngawe Nineve elithi,