1. Wo kumuzi wezingazi!Wonke ugcwele amanga nempango,ukuphanga akupheli.
2. Ngukuqhuma kwesiswebhu,nomsindo wokugodlozela kwamasondo,namahhashi agadulayo,nezinqola ezixhumayo;
3. ngabamahhashi abasukelayo,nenkemba enjengelangabi, nomkhonto onyazimayo,abaningi ababuleweyo nenqwaba yezidumbu,kungekho ukuphela kwezidikadika;bakhubeka ngezidikadika zabo,
4. ngenxa yobuningi bobufebe besifebe esibukekayo,umnikazi wokulumba,esithengisa izizwe ngobufebe baso,nemindeni ngamalumbo aso.
5. “Bheka, ngimelene nawe,” usho uJehova Sebawoti;“ngiyakuphakamisa imiphetho yakho ebusweni bakho,ngibonise izizwe ubunqunu bakho,nemibuso ihlazo lakho.
6. Ngiyakuphonsa okunengakayo phezu kwakho,ngikuhlazise,ngikubeke ube yinto ebukwayo.
7. Kuyakuthi bonke abakubonayo bakubalekele, bathi:‘INineve lichithekile,ngubani oyakulililela na?’Ngiyakukufunelaphi abaduduzi na?”
8. Umuhle wena kuneNo Amoni elaliphakathi kwemifula,elalizungezwe ngamanzi,elilugange lwalo lwalululwandle,nelidonga lwalo lungamanzi, na?
9. IKushe neGibithe kwakungamandla alo angenakuphela;uPhuthi namaLubi babe ngabasizi bakho.
10. Nalo lamukiswa,laya ekuthunjweni,nezingane zalo zachotshozwa ezingosini zazo zonke izitaladi;benza inkatho ngezikhulu zalo,nabo bonke abakhulu balo baboshwa ngamaketanga.
11. Uyakudakwa nawe, ufihlwe;futhi uyakufuna inqaba yokubalekela izitha.
12. Zonke izinqaba zakho ziyimikhiwaneenamakhiwane ayingqalabutho;uma inyakaziswa,awela emlonyeni wodlayo.
13. Bheka, abantu bakho phakathi kwakho bangabesifazane nje;amasango ezwe lakho avulekele impela izitha zakho,umlilo udlile imigoqo yakho.
14. Zikhelele amanzi okuvinjezelwa,uqinise izinqaba zakho;ngena odakeni,uxove ibumba,uqinise uhonela.
15. Lapho umlilo uyakukuqeda,inkemba ikunqume,ikudle njengenkasa;zandise njengenkasa,zandise njengesikhonyane!
16. Wandisile abathengisi bakho kunezinkanyezi zezulu;inkasa iyakhula, indize imuke.
17. Izikhulu zakho zinjengezinkumbi,nezinduna zakho zinjengamaqulo esikhonyaneesihlezi phakathi kwezingange ngosuku olumakhaza,kepha lapho liphuma ilanga, sindize simuke,ingabe isaziwa indawo yaso ukuthi iphi.
18. Abelusi bakho balele,nkosi yase-Asiriya;abakhulu bakho bayaphumula;abantu bakho bahlakazekile ezintabeni,akakho obabuthayo.
19. Akukho ukupholiswa kokwaphulwa kwakho;umvimbo wakho unzima;bonke abezwa umbiko ngawe bashaya izandla ngawe,ngokuba ngubani ububi bakhoobungadlulelanga njalo phezu kwakhe na?