1 Ilizwi leNkosi lafika kimi lathi:
1 Ilizwi likaThixo lafika kimi lisithi:
Ngalolosuku bababalela abantu ugwalo lukaMose; kwafunyaniswa kulotshiwe kulo ukuthi abaseAmoni labaseMowabi kabasoze bangene ebandleni likaNkulunkulu,
INkosi ithi mayelana labo bonke omakhelwana ababi abalihlaselayo ilizwe engilinike abantu bami bakoIsrayeli ukuba libe yilizwe labo: Ngizakubasiphuna elizweni labo, ngiyisiphune indlu yakoJuda, ngiyisuse phakathi kwabo.
iEdoma leMowabi, lamaAmoni,
Thumela ilizwi enkosini yaseEdoma leyaseMowabi leyaseAmoni leyaseTire leyaseSidoni, ngezithunywa ezifika eJerusalema zisiza kuZedekiya, inkosi yakoJuda,
Mayelana lamaAmoni. INkosi ithi: UIsrayeli kalamadodana na? Kalayo indlalifa na? Abakhonza uMilkomu bathathelani ilizwe lakoGadi, bahlale emizini yalo na?
Ake uzwe ukububula kwami, kakho ongiduduzayo. Zonke izitha zami zizwile ngokuhlupheka kwami, ziyathokoziswa yikuthi nguwe okwenzileyo. Lufikise usuku osulumemezile, uzenze ukuba zibe njengami.
Ngalolosuku umlomo wakho uzavuleka kophunyukileyo, ukhulume laye, ungabe usaba yisimungulu, ube yisibonakaliso ebantwini; bazakwazi ukuba ngiyiNkosi.
Ndoda, khangela kumaAmoni, utshumayele ngawo.
Bazahlala kilo belondolozekile, bakhe imizi, bahlanyele izivini. Bazahlala belondolozekile nxa sengithonisisa bonke omakhelwana babo ababenze inhlekisa. Ng’khona bazakwazi ukuba ngiyiNkosi uNkulunkulu.
IEdoma likhona lapho, kanye lamakhosi lezikhulu zalo, loba babelamandla balaliswe kanye lalabo ababuleweyo empini, belele labangasokanga labehlela phansi egodini.
Ngalokhoke iNkosi uNkulunkulu ithi: Ngiyazifunga ukuthi izizwe ezilihanqileyo yizo ezizathwala ihlazo.
IGibithe lizakuba yinkangala, leEdoma libe yinkangala engelalutho, ngenxa yesihluku esenziwa kwabakoJuda, langenxa yegazi elingelacala abalichitha elizweni labo.
INkosi ithi: Ngenxa yeziphambeko ezinengi zamaAmoni kangiyikuwayekela, ngoba aqhaqha abesifazana abakhulelwayo eGileyadi, ukuba andise ilizwe labo.
Sizaqhubeka ukusebenzisa umkhonto waso kokuphela, langokubulala izizwe kokuphela na?
Ngizwile ukukloloda kwamaMowabi lokuthuka kwamaAmoni, ukuba babaklolodela kanjani abantu bami, bezincoma ngelizwe labo.
Ngifunga ukuphila kwami, kutsho iNkosi yamabandla, uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli, ngithi: UMowabi uzakuba njengeSodoma, lamaAmoni abe njengeGomora, ilizwe lezimbabazane lemigodi yetshwayi elachitheka kokuphela. Abaseleyo ebantwini bami bazakubaphanga, labasilileyo esizweni sami babathumbe.