4 Anikaticinisi letibutsakatsaka naletigulako, anikatelaphi nabopha nemanceba aletilimele. Letedukile anikatifuni natibuyisa, nangete natifuna naletilahlekile. Nitibuse ngelunya, natiphatsa ngesihluku.
Kona nisashayelwani nje? Nisachubekelani nekuhlubuka? Inhloko yenu yonkhe ilimele, nenhlitiyo yenu yonkhe ishayiwe.
Kodvwa ngalelo langa uyawukhala atsi: “Ngeke ngibe ngumphilisi! Ngite kudla nekwekwembatsa endlini yami; ungangenti umholi wesive.”
Balindzi bema-Israyeli batimphumphutse, bonkhe abati lutfo; batigolwane, abakwati ngisho nekutsi buku; balibala kutsi bunyalala, babhudze kuphela, bayakutsandza kulala.
“Nako kulowo lowakha sigodlo sakhe, asakhe ngebubi, lowakha emakamelo akhe lasetulu ngebuhumusha, lowenta takhamiti takhe tisebentele lite, angatikhokheli ngekusebenta kwato.
Sekute yini ibhalisamu kulakaGileyadi? Sekute yini inyanga lapho? Kepha sekute leni kuphiliswa kwemanceba ebantfu bami?
Lajangaza emkhatsini wemabhubesi, ngobe phela lase lilibhubesi lelicinile. Lafundza kudladlabula tinyamatane, lakhona nekushwabudzela bantfu.
Labhidlita tinqaba tabo, labhubhisa nemadolobha abo. Live kanye nalabo labakhile kulo betfuka batfutfumela ngenca yekubhavumula kwalo.
Talidvonsa ngetintweba, talifaka ehhokweni, tase tilimikisa enkhosini yaseBhabhulona, talivalela ejele, ngako akuzange kuphindze kuvakale kubhavumula kwalo, etintsabeni taka-Israyeli.
Ngiyakutifuna letilahlekile, naletedukile ngitibuyise. Letilimele ngiyawutibopha emanceba, ngiticinise emadvolo letibutsakatsaka, kodvwa letesulekile naleticinile ngiyawutibhubhisa. Ngiyakwelusa umhlambi ngemtsetfocotfo.
Kufanele ningawabusi ngelulaka, kodvwa yesabani Nkulunkulu wenu.
Esikhundleni saloko hambani niyewufuna timvu letilahlekile letisive sema-Israyeli.
Leticashi tatibamba letisebenti, lesinye tasishaya, lesinye tasibulala, lesinye tasigcoba ngematje.
bese sicala kushaya letisebenti letikanye naso, sidle sinatse naletinye tidzakwa,
Nabona ticumbi tebantfu, inhlitiyo yakhe yagcwala sihawu, ngobe bebakhatsatekile bahlakatekile, banjengetimvu letite umelusi.
Asisho kutsi tsine sitikhulu etikwekukholwa kwenu, kodvwa sibambisene nani ekusebenteleni kujabula kwenu, ngobe nisimile ekukholweni.
Ngako-ke cinisani tandla tenu letibutsakatsaka nemadvolo enu lacekako;