8 Wena Nineve, uncono yini kuneThebesi, lekuyindlunkhulu yaseGibhithe, letungeletwe ngemanti? Lawo manti bekulubondza lwayo.
Faro, inkhosi yaseGibhithe, netinceku takhe, netiphatsimandla takhe kanye nabo bonkhe bantfu bakhe,
Tive tiyawuva ngelihlazo lakho, kukhala kwakho kuyawugcwalisa wonkhe umhlaba. Ingwazi lenye iyawugilwa ngulenye, tikhubatele tiwe tonkhe kanyekanye.”
Kuyawuba ngumbuso lotfobe kunayo yonkhe leminye, futsi ngeke uphindze utiphakamise ngetulu kwaletinye tive. Ngiyakuwenta ube butsakatsaka kakhulu kangangekutsi ungasaphindzi ubuse etikwetive.
Kutsiwa: “Hambani niye eKhalne, niye kuyibuka. Nibosuka lapho nicondze eHamathi lenkhulu, nisuke lapho nehlele eGathi yaseFilistiya! Nine nincono yini kunaleyo mibuso? Live labo lalilikhulu yini kunelenu?”