30 kuze avimbe longenaNkulunkulu angabusi, angabekeli bantfu tingibe.
Kodvwa bantfu abazange balalele. Manase wabedukisa, ngako benta lokubi kakhulu kwendlula letive letabhujiswa nguSimakadze, ngesikhatsi nakufika ema-Israyeli.
kutsi kujabula kwalababi kwesikhashana nje, nekutfokota kwalabangenaNkulunkulu kuba kwesikhashana nje.
Umuntfu lotondza umtsetfo angabusa yini? Ungamlahla yini longuSokulunga nalonguSomandla?
“Emehlo akhe abuka kuhamba kwemuntfu njalo, ubona tonkhe tinyatselo takhe.
Kodvwa kube uthulile, ngubani labengamsola? Nakangafihla buso bakhe, ngubani longambona? Noko ubusa etikwemuntfu netive ngalokufananako,
“Ake ngitsi nje umuntfu utsi kuNkulunkulu: ‘Nginelicala, kodvwa ngingeke ngiphindze ngone.
Usindzisa labeswele emlonyeni wekufa, abasindzise nasetidladleni talabo labanemandla sebababambile.
Lababi bayahambahamba; bubi sebaba ligugu kubantfu.
Kuhlakanipha kuncono kunetikhali temphi, kodvwa soni lesisodvwa sibhubhisa lokuhle lokukhulu, lokwentiwe kahle.
Ngako ngekutfukutsela kwami nganinika inkhosi, nangelulaka lwami ngaphindze ngayisusa.
Efrayimu ucindzetelekile wagcotjwagcotjwa ngekwehlulelwa, ngobe utimisele kulandzela tithico.
Loko kuyakwenteka, ngobe nilandzele imikhuba lemibi yenkhosi Omri nendvodzana yakhe Ahabi. Nichubeke nalandzela imitsetfo yabo, ngaloko-ke ngiyawunibhubhisa; bonkhe bantfu bayawunibukela phansi. Bantfu yonkhe indzawo bayawunedzelela ngendzelelo.”