1. Ngokusingisele kwelakwaMowabhi, utsho uYehova wemikhosi, uThixo kaSirayeli, ukuthi:Yeha iNebho, ngokuba ibhuqiwe. Ihlazisiwe, ithinjiwe iKiriyatayim; ihlazekile, iqhiphuke umbilini ingxonde leyo.
2. Iqhayiya lakwaMowabhi alisekho; eHeshbhon bacebe ububi ngaye, bathi, Yizani simnqumle, angabi luhlanga. Nawe, Mademena, uya kudaka; ikrele liya kukulandela.
3. Phulaphulani ukukhala eHoronayim! Yimbuqo nokwaphuka okukhulu!
4. UMowabhi waphukile, iimbedlenge zakhe zivakala zikhala.
5. Ngokuba ekunyukeni eqhineni laseLuhoti, baya kulila, balile; ngokuba ekuhlèni eHoronayim ababandezelwa baya kuvakala bekhaliswa kukwaphulwa.
6. Sabani, sizani imiphefumlo yenu, yibani njengoze entlango.
7. Ngenxa enokuba ùkholose ngezenzo zakho nangobuncwane bakho, nawe uya kuthinjwa, aphume afuduswe uKemoshe,* ababingeleli bakhe nabathetheli bakhe kunye.
8. Úya kufika umbhuqi emizini yonke, kungasindi mzi, idake intili, litshabalale ihewu, njengoko watshoyo uYehova.
9. Mnikeni amaphiko uMowabhi; ngokuba wóphuma ebaleka, imizi yakhe ibe ngamanxuwa, ingemiwa.
10. Makaqalekiswe owenza umsebenzi kaYehova ngokudangala, aqalekiswe onqanda ikrele lakhe egazini.
11. Wonwaba uMowabhi kwasebuncinaneni bakhe, wee tywa phezu kweentsipho zakhe; akakhutshelwanga kwesinye isitya, akahambanga efuduswa; ngenxa yoko isongo sakhe sihleli kuye, nevumba lakhe aliguqukanga.
12. Ngako oko, yabonani, kuza imihla, utsho uYehova, endiya kuthumela abathululi kuye, bamthulule, bazikhuphele izitya zakhe, bayiqhekeze imiphanda yakhe.
13. Úya kudana uMowabhi nguKemoshe, njengoko yadanayo indlu kaSirayeli yiBheteli, inkoloseko yayo.
14. Ningáthini na ukuthi, Singamagorha, singamadoda anobukroti emfazweni?