16 Ematinyo ami uwagamule ngelukhetse, wangigcobagcoba elutfulini.
Jobe watsatsa lucetu lweludzengelo watenwaya ngalo ahleti emlotseni etaleni.
Emabhubesi angabhodla ahhonge, noko ematinyo alawo mabhubesi lamakhulu ahhumukile.
Ngiyakhala, umlotsa sekudla kwami, tinyembeti titfontsela esinatfweni sami,
Vuka Simakadze, ngisindzise, Nkulunkulu wami, ngobe tonkhe titsa tami utihlakaye imihlatsi, wephula nematinyo alababi.
Hhawu, Nkulunkulu, hhohlota ematinyo lasemilonyeni yabo, wephule imihlatsi yelibhubesi, Simakadze.
Kudla lokutfolakale ngekwebiwa kucala kube njengeluju kulona lokwebile; kodvwa ekugcineni kugcwala umlomo kube shangatsi udla umhlabatsi.
Awu, sive sami, yembatsani emasaka, nitiphucaphuce emlotseni; lilani ngekudzabuka lokukhulu, kube shangatsi kwendvodzana lekukuphela kwayo, ngobe umbhubhisi uyakusitselekela ngekushesha lokukhulu.
Letindzaba tatsi natifika enkhosini yaseNineve, yasukuma esihlalweni sayo sebukhosi, yakhumula ingubo yayo yebukhosi, yatembonya ngendvwangu yemasaka, yahlala phansi emlotseni.
Ngubani emkhatsini wenu lekungatsi umsa wakhe nakacela sinkhwa, yena amnike litje?
Nine bobabe, ningakwenta yini kutsi nangabe umsa wakho acela inhlanti bese umnika inyoka?