3 “Lalelani kimi, awu ninendlu yakaJakobe, nonkhe nine lenisasele bendlu yaka-Israyeli, nine lesolo nganetfwala kwasesiswini, lenganetfwala kusukela ekutalweni kwenu.
Sindzisa sive sakho, ubusise labo labalifa lakho. Beluse ubetfwale, kuze kube phakadze naphakadze.
Seloku ngatalwa ngeyeme kuwe, nguwe lowangenta ngatalwa, ngiyawukudvumisa ngingakhawuli.
‘Nakubona kambe loko lengakwenta kumaGibhithe, nekutsi nganetfwala njani ngemaphiko elusweti nganiletsa kimi.
Kube Simakadze longuSomandla akasishiyelanga insali, ngabe sesifanana neSodoma, yebo, ngabe sesifanana neGomora.
Ngalelo langa insali yaka-Israyeli, ngisho labo labasasele bendlu yakaJakobe, bangeke basetsembela kuye lowo lowabashaya balahleka phansi; kodvwa bayakwetsembela ngeliciniso kuSimakadze, Longcwele waka-Israyeli.
Insali iyawubuyela emuva, insali yakaJakobe iyawubuyela kuSomandla longuNkulunkulu.
Nome sive sakho, wena Israyeli, singaba sinyenti ngangesihlabatsi saselugwini lwelwandle, kuyawubuyela insali kuphela. Imbhubhiso ikhishwe, iphuphume ngekulunga.
Ngalelo langa Simakadze uyakwelula sandla sakhe kwesibili atibutsele imisalela yesive sakhe leyawube isasele e-Asiriya, naseGibhithe Lengentansi, neGibhithe Lengenhla, naseKushe, nase-Elamu, naseBhabhulona, naseHamathi, nasemaveni langaselwandle.
Kungenteka kube Simakadze Nkulunkulu wakho utaweva emavi endvuna lenkhulu, letfunywe ngumphatsi wayo, inkhosi yase-Asiriya, kutsi itewuhlazisa Nkulunkulu lophilako, nekutsi yena utayitsetsisela emavi Simakadze Nkulunkulu wakho lawevile. Ngako-ke thandazela lensali lesolomane isasele.’ ”
Labo labashiyiwe eSiyoni, labasasele eJerusalema, bayawubitwa ngekutsi ngulabangcwele, bonkhe labo labayawube babhaliswe nalabaphila eJerusalema.
“Khumbula letintfo, wena Jakobe, ngobe uyinceku yami, wena Israyeli. Ngikwentile, wena uyinceku yami, ngingeke ngikukhohlwe, wena Israyeli.
Lalelani kimi, nine bonhlitiyo letinenkhani, nine lenikhashane nekulunga.
“Lalelani lapha, ninendlu yakaJakobe, nine lenibitwa ngelibito la-Israyeli, futsi niyintalelwane yakaJuda, nine lenenta tifungo egameni laSimakadze, nikhonte Nkulunkulu wema-Israyeli, kodvwa kungabi ngeliciniso nangekulunga,
“Lalelani kimi, nine lenifunisisa kulunga, nalenifuna Simakadze: Bukani kulelo dvwala lenacetulwa kulo nakuleyo nkwali lenacotwa kuyo,
“Ngilaleleni, nine lenati kutsi kuyini lokulungile, nine bantfu leninemtsetfo wami etinhlitiyweni tenu: Ningakwesabi kusolwa bantfu, ningetfuswa ngisho natinhlamba tabo.
Kuko konkhe kukhatsateka kwabo naye abekhatsatekile, ingilosi yebukhona bakhe yabasindzisa, ngelutsandvo lwakhe nangemusa wakhe wabahlenga. Wabatsatsa wabetfwala kuwo onkhe emalanga akadzeni.
kanjalo nasehlane futsi. Nabona lapho kutsi Simakadze Nkulunkulu wenu wanetfwala kanjani, njengababe etfwele indvodzana yakhe, kuyo yonkhe indlela nahamba naze nefika kuyo lendzawo.’