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1 Thumelani izimvu njengendlela yokuhlonipha
kumbusi welizwe
evela eSela, edabula enkangala,
esiya entabeni yeNdodakazi yeZiyoni.
2 Njengenyoni ephaphazelayo
isuswe esidlekeni,
banjalo abesifazane baseMowabi
emazibukweni ase-Arinoni.
3 UMowabi uthi, “Zinzisani ingqondo zenu
lenze isinqumo.
Yenzani isithunzi senu sibe njengobusuku
emini enkulu;
bafihleni ababalekayo,
linganikeli iziphepheli.
4 Vumelani iziphepheli zamaMowabi zihlale kini;
libe yisiphephelo sazo kubachithi.”
Umncindezeli uzakufa,
ukuchitheka kuzaphela,
umhlaseli uzanyamalala elizweni.
5 Ngothando, kuzamiswa isihlalo sobukhosi;
ngokwethembeka, indoda izahlala kuso,
ivela endlini kaDavida,
yona ethi ekwahluleleni ifune imfanelo,
njalo iphangisisa indlela yokulunga.
6 Sizwile ngokuzigqaja kukaMowabi.
Ukuzigqaja kwakhe kokuzikhukhumeza lokuzazisa,
ukuzigqaja kwakhe lobuqholo bakhe,
kodwa ukuzikhukhumeza kwakhe kuyize.
7 Ngakho-ke abaseMowabi bayalila,
balilela iMowabi bonke.
Khalani libubulele
izinkwa ezilezithelo zevini eKhiri-Haresethi.
8 Amasimu aseHeshibhoni ayabuna,
anjalo lamavini aseSibhima.
Ababusi bezizwe
sebewanyathelele phansi amavini amahle
kuqala ayefika eJazeri,
njalo anda kusiya ngasenkangala.
Amahlumela awo anaba
aze ayafika ngasolwandle.
9 Ngakho ngiyakhala njengalokhu iJazeri ikhala,
ngikhalela amavini aseSibhima.
Awu Heshibhoni lawe Eliyale,
ngilithambisa ngezinyembezi.
Ukuklabalalela izithelo zenu esezivuthiwe
ngentokozo lezivuno zenu sekuphelile.
10 Ukuthokoza lokuthaba akusekho ezivinini;
kakho ohlabelayo loba amemeze ezivinini;
kakho onyathela iwayini ezikhamelweni
ngoba umsindo sengiwuqedile.
11 Inhliziyo yami ikhalela uMowabi njengechacho,
ingaphakathi yami ikhalela iKhiri-Haresethi.
12 Lapho uMowabi evela endaweni yakhe ephakemeyo
uyazidinisa nje kuphela;
lalapho esiya endaweni yakhe yokukhonzela
ukuba akhuleke akusizi lutho.
13 Leli yilizwi uThixo avele eselikhulumile ngoMowabi. 14 Kodwa khathesi uThixo uthi: “Phakathi kweminyaka emithathu, njengesisebenzi esibotshwe yisivumelwano singayibala, udumo lukaMowabi labantu bakhe bonke abanengi kuzakweyiswa, njalo abazasinda bakhona bazakuba balutshwana kakhulu njalo bengelamandla.”