5 Yimi engakulondoloza enkangala, elizweni lokoma.
5 Ngalilondoloza enkangala, elizweni elilokutshisa okuvuthayo.
Wamfumana elizweni eliyinkangala, enkangala elezilo ezibhongayo. Wamphahla, wamlondoloza, wamgcina, waba ligugu kuye.
yalihola enkangala enkulu leyesabekayo, eyayigcwele izinyoka ezilobuhlungu lezinkume, elomhlabathi owomileyo, lapho kwakungelamanzi khona. Yalivezela amanzi edwaleni eliqinileyo,
Ngoba iNkosi uNkulunkulu wenu ilibusisile emsebenzini wonke wezandla zenu; ililondolozile ekuhambeni kwenu kulinkangala enkulu. INkosi uNkulunkulu wenu ibe lani liminyaka engamatshumi amane, kaliswelanga lutho.
kodwa khathesi njengalokhu selimazi uNkulunkulu, kumbe kangithi selisaziwa nguNkulunkulu, libuyelelani empini yemimoya yalumhlaba ebuthakathaka leyize na? Lithanda ukuphinda libe yizigqili zawo na?
INkosi ilungile, iyinqaba osukwini lokuhlupheka; iyabakhumbula abaphephela kuyo,
Lapho umoya wami uphela amadla, wena uyayazi indlela yami. Endleleni engihamba kuyo bangithiyile khona.
Nkulunkulu, wena unguNkulunkulu wami, ngiyakukudinga, umphefumulo wami womela wena, lomzimba wami uyakomela njengelizwe elomileyo lapho kungelamanzi khona.
UNkulunkulu wabona abakoIsrayeli, wabakhumbula.
kodwa uba umuntu ethanda uNkulunkulu, yena uyaziwa nguye.
Kabatshongo ukuthi: Ingaphi iNkosi eyasikhupha elizweni laseGibithe, yasikhokhela enkangala, elizweni elilugwadule lelilemigodi, elizweni elomileyo elimnyama kakhulu, elizweni elingahanjwa muntu, lalapho kungahlali muntu khona na?
Hamba uyememezela eJerusalema uthi: INkosi ithi: Ngiyakhumbula ukuthembeka kwakho usemutsha, lothando lwakho usengumlobokazi, lokungilandela kwakho enkangala, elizweni elingahlanyelwanga.
Ngizakuthaba ngithokoze ngothando lwakho olungapheliyo, ngoba ukubonile ukuhlupheka kwami, wazinanzelela inhlupheko zami;
ngoba iNkosi iyayinanzelela indlela yabalungileyo, kodwa indlela yababi izakubhubha.
Nganginjalo; ngabulawa lilanga emini, ebusuku ngabulawa ngamakhaza, ngaze ngaswela ubuthongo.
Ngiyamazi uEfrayimi, loIsrayeli kafihlakalanga kimi, ngoba khathesi, wena Efrayimi, ufebile, uIsrayeli ungcolisiwe.
INkosi ithi: Ngamfumana uIsrayeli njengezithelo zevini egangeni, ngababona okhokho babo njengezithelo zokuqala zomkhiwa. Kodwa bafika eBali‐Peyori, bazinikela kuBali, baba yisinengiso njengento abayithandileyo.