16 Yaphule amazinyo ami ngokhethe, yangidlisa umlotha.
16 Ungihlafunise ukhethe ngamazinyo; wangigiqa ebhuqwini.
Wathatha udengezana, waziphala ngalo, wahlala esilotheni.
Ukubhonga kwesilwane lelizwi lesilwane esesabekayo kuthule, amazinyo emidlwane yesilwane aphukile.
Ngoba ngidla umlotha, ngixubanise okunathwayo kwami lezinyembezi
Vuka, Nkosi! Ngikhulula, Nkulunkulu wami. Ngoba zonke izitha zami uzimukule ezihlathini, waphule amazinyo ababi.
Nkulunkulu, yaphula amazinyo omlomo wabo, uphohloze amazinyo emihlathi yezilwane, Nkosi.
Ukudla okuzuzwa ngenkohliso kumnandi emuntwini, kodwa emva kwesikhathi kunjengetshebetshebe emlonyeni wakhe.
Bantu bami, gqokani izambatho zokulila, libhuquze emlotheni, lenze isililo sibe njengesokulilela indodana eyodwa, lokukhala okubuhlungu. Ngoba umchithi uzakufika kithi masinyane.
Indaba yafinyelela enkosini yaseNineve; yasuka esihlalweni sayo sobukhosi, yakhumula ingubo yayo, yagqoka isambatho sokulila, yahlala emlotheni.
Nguwuphi kini ongathi, uba indodana yakhe icela isinkwa, ayinike ilitshe na?
Nguwuphi kini onguyise, ongathi uba indodana yakhe icela inhlanzi, ayinike inyoka endaweni yenhlanzi;