32 Waba ngumfazi oliwule, ongenisa izihambi endaweni yendoda yakhe.
32 Wena mfazi oyisifebe! Uthanda izihambi kulomkakho.
Ngoba indoda yami kayikho, ihambile uhambo olude,
Ungazidinisi ngokuhambahamba ulandela abanye onkulunkulu, loba uzibulale ngomhawu. Kodwa wena wathi: Atshi, kangiyekeli, ngoba ngithandile abezizweni, ngizakubalandela.
Kanti bangaphi onkulunkulu bakho ozenzele bona na? Kabavuke bona uba bengakukhulula ngesikhathi sokuhlupheka kwakho; ngoba onkulunkulu bakho banengi njengemizi yakho, wena Juda.
INkosi ithi: Uba indoda isahlukana lomkayo, abesesiba ngowenye indoda, isazakumbuyisa na? Lelolizwe belingayikungcoliswa kakhulu na? Kanti wena usufebile lezithandwa ezinengi, usabuya kimi na? kutsho iNkosi.
Impela, njengomfazi ongathembekanga etshiya umkakhe, lawe ungikhohlisile, wena ndlu kaIsrayeli, itsho iNkosi.
Wazakhela ithala emahlanganweni endlela zonke, wenza indawo zakho eziphakemeyo zokukhonzela emidangeni yonke. Kanti kawubanga njengewule ngoba wadelela inkokhelo.
Amadoda anika inkokhelo kuwo wonke amawule. Kodwa wena wanika iziphiwo zakho kuzo zonke izithandwa zakho, uzithenga ukuba zize kuwe zivela endaweni zonke, zilanda ukuwula lawe.
Lapho ngidlula kuwe futhi ngakukhangela, ngakubona ususesikhathini sothando; ngendlala ingubo yami phezu kwakho, ngambathisa ubunqunu bakho; ngathembisa ukukuthatha, ngenza isivumelwano lawe, waba ngowami, kutsho iNkosi uNkulunkulu.
Ngoba bafebile, lezandla zabo zigcwele igazi. Bafebile lezithombe zabo, banikela kuzo lamadodana abangizalele wona abe yikudla kwazo.
Kodwa abantu abalungileyo bazabathonisisa, babagwebe ngesigwebo esifanele isifebekazi, langesigwebo esifanele abesifazana abachitha igazi; ngoba beyizifebekazi, lezandla zabo zigcwele igazi.
Solani unyoko, limsole, ngoba kasuye umkami, lami kangisiyo indoda yakhe, ukuba ayekele ukuwula kwakhe, asuse izigqizo zokufeba kwakhe emabeleni akhe,
INkosi yathi kimi: Hamba futhi, uthande owesifazana othandwa yisithandwa sakhe loyisifebe, njengoba iNkosi ithanda abakoIsrayeli, lanxa bephendukela kwabanye onkulunkulu, bethanda izinkwa zezithelo ezomisiweyo zevini ezinikelwa ezithombeni.
Zifebendini, kalazi yini ukuthi ukuthandana lomhlaba kuyibutha kuNkulunkulu na? Ngakhoke lowo othanda ukuba ngumhlobo womhlaba, uzenza abe yisitha sikaNkulunkulu.