14 uyangesabisa ngamaphupho, angethuse ngemibono,
14 lakhona lapho liyangethusa ngamaphupho njalo lingethusele ngemibono,
Kwathi ekuseni umoya wakhe wakhathazeka; wabiza izangoma zonke zaseGibithe lazo zonke izazi. Wazilandisela iphupho lakhe; kodwa kwakungekho muntu owayengamchasisela lona.
Kangilakuchelesa lokuthula, kangiphumuli, ukuhlupheka kuyangifikela.
Lapho ngisithi: Umbheda wami uzangiduduza, lecansi lami lithulise ukukhala kwami;
ukuze ngikhethe ukuklinywa, lokufa kulokuhlupheka kwami.
Lapho ngilala phansi ngithi: Kuzakusa nini na? Ngoba ubusuku bude, ngitshukuma kuze kuse.
Ngomnyaka wesibili wokubusa kwakhe uNebukadineza waphupha amaphupho, lomoya wakhe wakhathazeka waze waswela ubuthongo.
Kube kuhle kimi ukutshengisa izibonakaliso lezimangaliso uNkulunkulu oPhezukonke angenzele zona.
Kwathi esahlezi esihlalweni sokuthetha amacala, umkakhe wathumela kuye, wathi: Ungabi landaba kulowomuntu olungileyo, ngoba lamuhla ngihluphekile kakhulu ngaye ephupheni.