Ngokuba bazithathele amadodakazi abo, bona namadodana abo, kuze kuthi inzalo engcwele isixubene nabantu bezizwe; izandla zezikhulu nababusi yizona ebeziphambili kuleso siphambeko.”
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Ngokuba bazithathele amadodakazi abo, bona namadodana abo, kuze kuthi inzalo engcwele isixubene nabantu bezizwe; izandla zezikhulu nababusi yizona ebeziphambili kuleso siphambeko.”
UHamani wathi enkosini u-Ahashiveroshi: “Kukhona isizwe esithile esihlakazekile, sisakazekile phakathi kwabantu bezifunda zonke zombuso wakho; nemithetho yaso yahlukene neyezizwe zonke; futhi asigcini imithetho yenkosi; ngalokho akufanele ukuba inkosi isiyeke.
Ngokuba kuyakwaziwa ngani ukuthi ngifumene umusa emehlweni akho, mina nabantu bakho, na? Akungalokhu yini ukuthi uhamba nathi, ukuze sahlukaniswe, mina nabantu bakho, nabanye abantu abasebusweni bomhlaba na?”
Ungesabi wena Jakobe, nceku yami,” usho uJehova, “ngokuba nginawe, ngokuba ngiyakuqeda ngokupheleleyo zonke izizwe engikuxoshele kuzo, kepha wena angiyikukuqeda; kodwa ngiyakukulaya ngokwahlulela, ngingakwenzi ube ngongenacala.”
“Sukani, nikhuphukele kuso isizwe esizinzileyo, esihlala ngokulondeka,” usho uJehova, “esingenazicabha nemigoqo, sakhe sodwa.
“Ngokuba bheka, ngiyakuyaleza, ngizulazulise indlu yakwa-Israyeli phakathi kwabo bonke abezizwe, njengalokhu kuhlungwa ngesihlungo, kepha akuyikuwela nembewu eyodwa emhlabathini.
Yalusa abantu bakho ngentonga yakho, izimvu zefa lakho ezihlala zodwa ehlathini phakathi kweKarmeli; mazaluke eBashani nakwaGileyadi njengasezinsukwini zasendulo.
“Ngakho-ke phumani phakathi kwabo, nahlukane nabo, isho iNkosi; ningathinti okungcolileyo; khona ngiyakunamukela,
Lapho oPhezukonke wazinika izizwe ifa lazo, lapho wahlukanisa abantwana babantu, wamisa imikhawulo yezizwe njengokomumo wabantwana bakwa-Israyeli.
U-Israyeli usehlezi elondekile; umthombo kaJakobe wahlukene wodwa ezweni lamabele nelewayini; yebo, amazulu akhe aconsisa amazolo.
owazinikela ngenxa yethu, ukuze asihlenge ebubini bonke, asihlambulule isizwe esingesakhe, sishisekele imisebenzi emihle.
kepha nina niluhlanga olukhethiweyo, ubupristi obobukhosi, isizwe esingcwele, abantu abazuziweyo, ukuze nishumayele ubukhosi balowo owanibiza niphume ebumnyameni, ningene ekukhanyeni kwakhe okumangalisayo;