20. Kumenyezwa intshabalalo kantshabalalo, ngokuba libhuqiwe lonke ilizwe; zibhuqiwe ngesiquphe iintente zam; ngephanyazo, amalengalenga am.
21. Kunini na ndibona ibhanile,* ndisiva isandi sesigodlo?
22. Kuba bamathile abantu bam, mna àbandazi; ngoonyana abazizidenge, àbanangqondo bona; banobulumko bokwenza ububi, ukulungisa àbakwazi.
23. Ndakhangela emhlabeni, nanko kusenyanyeni, lilubala; nasezulwini, akwabakho kukhanya kulo.
24. Ndakhangela ezintabeni, nanzo zinyikima, neenduli zonke zididizela.
25. Ndakhangela, nanko ke kungekho mntu, neentaka zonke zezulu zibalekile.
26. Ndakhangela, nantso iKarmele* iyintlango, yonke imizi yayo idilikile phambi koYehova, phambi kokuvutha komsindo wakhe.
27. Ngokuba utsho uYehova ukuthi, Kuya kuba senkangala kulo lonke ilizwe; kodwa ndingàligqibeli kuphele.
28. Ngenxa yoko ihlabathi liya kuba nesijwili, libe nezimnyama zokuzila izulu ngaphezulu; ngenxa enokuba ndithethile, ndinkqangiyele, andisayi kuzohlwaya, andiyi kubuya umva kuloo nto.
29. Ngesandi sabamahashe nabezaphetha, iyabaleka yonke imizi; bangena ezintshinyeleni zehlathi, benyuka emixawukeni; yonke imizi ishiyiwe, akuhlali mntu kuyo.
30. Ke wena ubhuqiweyo, uya kuthini na? Nokuba uthe wambatha ezibomvu, nokuba uthe wavatha izivatho zegolide, nokuba uthe wawazoba amehlo akho ngestibhiya,* ufumane wahomba; ziya kukucekisa izithandane, zifuna umphefumlo wakho,
31. Ngokuba ndivé ilizwi elinjengelomfazi onenimba, imbandezelo enjengeyozibulayo, izwi lentombi enguZiyon; inesingqala, izolula izandla zayo, isithi, Athi ke mna! ngokuba umphefumlo wam utyhafile ngababulali.