3. uthi: Itsho iNkosi uNdikhoyo kwiJerusalem ukuthi: Imvelaphi nenkaba yakho ikwilizwe lamaKanana; uyihlo ngumAmori, unyoko engumHiti.
4. Ayisikwanga inkaba yakho mhla wazalwa; awuhlanjwanga nangamanzi ukuze ucoceke; awuhlikihlwanga nangetyuwa; awusongelwanga nangengubo.
5. Akubangakho mntu uvelanayo nawe, ukuze abe nemfesane akwenzele ezi zinto. Kodwa suka walahlelwa phandle, kuba ubujongelwe phantsi mini wazalwa.
6. “Ndathi ndidlula ndakubona ukhaba-khaba egazini lakho, ndaza ndathi, ulele njalo egazini lakho: ‘Phila!’
7. ndakukhulisa okwesihluma edlelweni. Wakhula wahluma waba njengelona litye lihle kumatye aqaqambileyo, antshula amabele akho, zakhula neenwele zakho, kodwa wawuze.
8. “Ndadlula kwakhona emva kwexesha, ndathi ndakukujonga ndabona intombi eseyifikisile, ndaza ndakwambathisa ngesondo lengubo, ndabufihla ubuze bakho. Ndafunga ndenza umnqophiso nawe, waba ngowam ke ngoko, itsho iNkosi uNdikhoyo.
9. “Ndakufaka emanzini, ndalihlamba igazi kuwe, ndakuthambisa ngamafutha.
10. Ndakunxiba ilokhwe ehonjisiweyo, ndakufaka iimbadada zothwathwa, ndakunxiba ilinen ecikiziweyo, ndakwambesa iingubo zexabiso.
11. Ndakuhombisa ngamatye anqabileyo, ndakufaka izacholo ezingalweni nentsimbi yomqala entanyeni yakho.
12. Ndaza ndakufaka amacici empumlweni nasezindlebeni zakho, ndakuthwalisa isithsaba esihle entloko.
13. Ewe, wawuhombe ngegolide nesiliva; izinxibo zakho zizezelinen ecikiziweyo nelaphu lexabiso elihonjisiweyo. Ukutya kwakho ibingowona mgubo ucoliweyo, nobusi, namafutha omnquma. Waba mhle kakhulu ngokungathi ungukumkanikazi.
14. Udumo lwakho lwaba ngundaba-mlonyeni ezizweni ngenxa yobuhle bakho, kuba ubuqheleqhele endikunike bona babenza babalasela ubuhle bakho, itsho iNkosi uNdikhoyo.
15. “Wasuka wathembela kubuhle bakho, lwaza udumo lwakho lwakwenza walihenyukazi. Waba lukhuko lwabahambi, baza ubuhle bakho bangobabo.
16. Enye impahla yakho wenza ngayo isibingelelo sokunqula izithixo apho waqhuba khona izenzo zobuhenyukazi. Azenziwa ezo zinto, kungekho mfuneko yokuba zenzeke.
17. Izihombiso zam endandikunike zona, zegolide nesiliva yam, wasuka wenza ngazo *izithixo ezingamadoda, wahenyuza nawo.
18. Wazambathisa ngezinxibo zakho ezihonjisiweyo, wanikezela kuzo ngamafutha neziqhumiso zam.