8 “Naku lokushiwo yiNkhosi Simakadze, itsi: ‘Njengobe boMowabi naSeyiri batsi: “Ase nibuke indlu yakaJuda seyigucuke yafanana nato tonkhe letinye tive,”
Bakhuluma kabi ngaNkulunkulu waseJerusalema, balingisa ngesikhatsi bakhuluma ngalabonkulunkulu baletinye tive temhlaba, labangumsebenti wetandla temuntfu.
Emandla aSimakadze ayakuyengama lentsaba, kodvwa Mowabi utawunyatselwa phansi ngetinyawo, njengetibi natigcotjwagcotjwa emcubeni.
Naku-ke lokushiwo nguSimakadze, utsi: “Bonkhe labomakhelwane bami labakhohlakele labatsatsa ngendlovuyangena lifa lami lengalipha sive sami, ema-Israyeli, ngitabazuphuna kulamave abo, ngiphindze ngizuphune nendlu yakaJuda emkhatsini wabo.
bonkhe baka-Edomu, nebakaMowabi, nebaka-Amoni;
bese utfumela lawa lamanye kanye nelivi enkhosini yaka-Edomu, neyakaMowabi, neyaka-Amoni, neyaseThire, neyaseSidoni ngemancusa lefike eJerusalema kuSedekiya, inkhosi yakaJuda.
“Ndvodzana yemuntfu, njengobe iThire seyikhulume ngeJerusalema, yatsi: ‘Hha! Lisango lebetive selephukile, netivalo talo setigedvukele kimi, njengaloku seyibhidlikile iJerusalema, mine Thire sengitawuphumelela.’
“Ngiyambona, noko, hhayi nyalo; ngibuke kuye, noko, akekho edvute. Inkhanyeti iyawuvela kuJakobe, intfonga yebukhosi iyawumila ka-Israyeli, uyawupitjita tinhloko tesive sakaMowabi, tinkhakhayi tawo onkhe emadvodza akaShethi.
Ningabachukuluti kutsi baze balwe nani, ngobe ngingeke ngininike, ngisho nalokuncane kwalelive labo, ngisho nekwekubeka lunyawo lwenu imbala. Ngilinike Esawu lelive letintsaba iSeyiri, kutsi libe lakhe.