11 Leli livi lesembulo lelimacondzana neDuma lelitsi: Kukhona longimemetako kaSeyiri, utsi: “Mlindzi, sekusele kangakanani kutsi kuse? Mlindzi, sekusele kangakanani kutsi kuse?”
naMishma, naDuma, naMasa,
Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze, utsi: “Bantfu baseGaza bone kwaze kwengca, ngaleso sizatfu ngingeke ngihlale ngingabajezisi. Batfumba yonkhe imindeni yesive bayitsengisa ka-Edomu.
Kodvwa iGibhithe iyawuphundleka ibe lihlane, i-Edomu ibe lihlane lelingenalutfo, ngenca yebudlova lobentiwe esiveni sakaJuda, eveni labacitsa kulo ingati lengenacala.
Inkhosi Sedekiya wase uyatfumela kutsi akalandvwe aletfwe kuye esigodlweni, lapho wafike wambuta ngasense, watsi: “Likhona yini livi lelivela kuSimakadze?” Jeremiya waphendvula watsi: “Yebo, likhona, litsi: Wena utawuniketelwa enkhosini yaseBhabhulona.”
Naku-ke lokushiwo nguSimakadze kimi, utsi: “Hamba ubeke umlindzi, umtjele akubikele ngako konkhe lakubonako.
Khumbula, Simakadze, lokwentiwa ngema-Edomu mzukwana kutfunjwa iJerusalema. Khumbula kutsi bakusho kanjani kutsi: “Yibhidliteni! Yibhidliteni iphele nya!”
naMishma, naDuma, naMasa, naHadadi, naThema,
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.
Edomu uyawuncotjwa; Seyiri, sitsa sakhe, naye uyawuncotjwa, kodvwa Israyeli uyawukhula abe nemandla.
Jakobe watfumela tigijimi ku-Esawu umnakabo, eveni laseSeyiri, kulaka-Edomu.
Balindzi basebusuku bangitfola ngesikhatsi bajikeleta ekhatsi edolobheni. Ngatsi kubo: “Nimbonile yini lotsandvwa yinhlitiyo yami?”
Umlindzi uyaphendvula, utsi: “Kuyeta kusa, kodvwa kusesebusuku. Nanifuna kubuta, butani, nibophindze nibuye futsi.”
Ngabeka balindzi etikwenu, ngatsi: ‘Lalelani kukhala kwempalampala,’ kodvwa nine natsi: ‘Ngeke sikulalele.’
Watibamba ngendlebe watsi: “Nitawufika enkhosini yami, Esawu, niyitjele nitsi: ‘Inceku yakho, Jakobe, itsi: Seloku ngahamba bengisolo ngihleti kaLabani, kuze kube ngulamuhla.
Kwakuyi-Arabu, neDuma, ne-Eshani,
“Naku lokushiwo yiNkhosi Simakadze, itsi: ‘Njengobe Edomu wakhiphela sibhongo endlini yakaJuda waba nelicala kakhulu ngekwenta njalo,
“Ndvodzana yemuntfu, sengikubeke kutsi ube ngumlindzi wendlu yaka-Israyeli; ngako-ke vani livi lengilikhuluma kuwe, ubanike secwayiso lesiphuma kimi.