42 Sithi: Siphambukile, sakuhlamuka, wena kawuthethelelanga.
42 “Sonile sahlamuka, njalo kawusithethelelanga.
langenxa yegazi elingelacala alichithayo: wagcwalisa iJerusalema ngegazi elingelacala, iNkosi yayingamthetheleli.
ngathi: Wena Nkulunkulu wami, ngilenhloni, ngiyesaba ukukukhangela, Nkulunkulu wami, ngoba ububi bethu buphakeme ngaphezu kwamakhanda ethu lesono sethu sifinyelele ezulwini.
Kodwake kabalalelanga, bakuvukela wena, bafulathela umlayo wakho, babulala abaprofethi bakho ababebaxwayisa ukuze babuyele kuwe, bakuhlambaza kakhulu.
ngoba baphambana lamazwi kaNkulunkulu, badelela iseluleko soPhezukonke.
Siyakuvuma ukona kwethu, Nkosi, lobubi babokhokho bethu, ngoba sonile kuwe.
Vuma kuphela icala lakho ukuthi uyihlamukele iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho, wakhonza onkulunkulu bezizweni ngaphansi kwazo zonke izihlahla eziluhlaza, lokuthi kawulalelanga ilizwi lami, kutsho iNkosi.
INkosi ilungile, ngoba ngilihlamukile ilizwi layo. Kodwa ake lizwe, bantu lonke, libone ukuhlupheka kwami. Intombi zami lensizwa zami zithunjiwe.
Umqhele uwile emakhanda ethu. Maye thina, ngoba sonile!
Ukuthomba kwayo kungamanyala enu angcolileyo. Ngoba bengithanda ukulihlambulula, kodwa kalihlambulukanga ekungcoleni kwenu, kalisayikuhlanjululwa ngize ngikholise ukuthukuthela kwami phezu kwenu.
Khathesike, Nkosi Nkulunkulu wethu, owabakhuphayo abantu bakho elizweni laseGibithe ngesandla esilamandla, wazenzela udumo njengalamhlanje, sonile senza okubi.
Okhokho benu bangaphi na? Labaprofethi baphila kokuphela na?
Kodwa amazwi ami lezimiso zami, engalaya ngakho inceku zami abaprofethi, kakubaficanga okhokho benu na? Ngakho baphenduka bathi: Njengalokhu iNkosi yamabandla yazimisela ukusiphatha ngokufanele indlela zethu lezenzo zethu, yenze njalo.