1. Isihlabo esisingisele kwiDamasko. Yabona, iDamasko iya kususwa ekubeni ngumzi, ibe ngumwewe owileyo.
2. Ishiyiwe imizi yaseArohere; iya kuba yeyemihlambi, ibuthe khona, kungabikho uyothusayo;
3. iphelìswe inqaba kwaEfrayim nobukumkani kwiDamasko, amasalela ama-Aram* abe njengobuqaqawuli boonyana bakaSirayeli; utsho uYehova wemikhosi.
4. Kuya kuthi ngaloo mini, busweleke ubuqaqawuli bukaYakobi, ingcumbeke inyama yakhe etyebileyo.
5. Kuya kuba njengomvuni ehlanganisa ingqolowa emiyo, ingalo yakhe isika izikhwebu, kube njengokubhikica izikhwebu esihlanjeni samaRafa;