UMowabhi noYuda Babizelwa Ekhaya
Imigwebo iyarhawula isuka kwaMowabhi nakwaYuda isiya kwaSirayeli ngokwaso, size isityholo sithethe ngokucacileyo: ukuthengisa ilungisa ngesilivere nehlwempu ngeembadada, ukunyathela amahlwempu, ukuthulisa abaprofeti. UBawo wethu ubalisa oko wabanika kona, aze athi uya kubacinezela.
2 1Utsho uBawo wethu ukuthi: Ngenxa yezono ezintathu zakwaMowabhi, nangenxa yezine, andiyi kukubuyisa—watshisa amathambo okumkani wakwaEdom ada aba ngumcako. 2Ngako oko ndiya kuthumela umlilo kwaMowabhi, uzidle iimboniselo zaseKeriyoti; uMowabhi uya kufa phakathi kwengxokozelo, ngesikhalo nangesandi sesigodlo. 3Ndiya kumnqumla umphathi phakathi kwayo, ndibabulale bonke abathetheli bayo kunye naye, utsho uBawo wethu.
4Utsho uBawo wethu ukuthi: Ngenxa yezono ezintathu zakwaYuda, nangenxa yezine, andiyi kukubuyisa—balicekisa umyalelo kaBawo wethu, abawagcina amasiko akhe, ubuxoki babo babalahlekisa, bona obu buxoki babulandelayo ookhokho babo. 5Ngako oko ndiya kuthumela umlilo kwaYuda, uzidle iimboniselo zaseYerusalem.
Umgwebo kaBawo wethu kuSirayeli
6Utsho uBawo wethu ukuthi: Ngenxa yezono ezintathu zakwaSirayeli, nangenxa yezine, andiyi kuyekelela—bathengisa ilungisa ngesilivere, nehlwempu ngesibini seembadada. 7Banyathela iintloko zamahlwempu eluthulini lomhlaba, bacezise abacinezelweyo endleleni. Indoda noyise baya kwintombi enye, bengcolisa igama lam elingcwele. 8Bolula imizimba yabo ecaleni lesibingelelo ngasinye phezu kweengubo ezithatyathwe njengesibambiso, nasendlwini kaThixo wabo basele iwayini yabo babahlawulisileyo. 9Kanti ndim owamtshabalalisayo umAmori phambi kwabo, emide njengemisedare, eqinileyo njengemioki; ndasitshabalalisa isiqhamo sakhe ngaphezulu, neengcambu zakhe ngezantsi. 10Yaye ndim owaninyusayo ezweni laseYiputa, ndanihambisa iminyaka engamashumi amane entlango, ukuze nidle ilifa lelizwe lama-Amori. 11Ndavusa inxenye yoonyana benu ukuba babe ngabaprofeti, nenxenye yabafana benu ukuba babe ngamaNaziri. Akunjalo na, bantu bakwaSirayeli? utsho uBawo wethu. a a v11 AmaNaziri ayengamaSirayeli awenza isibhambathiso esikhethekileyo sokuzinikela kuThixo, ezila iwayini engazichebi iinwele zawo (jonga iNumeri 6). 12Kodwa niwaselisa iwayini amaNaziri, nabawisela umthetho abaprofeti, nisithi: “Musani ukuprofeta.” 13Khangelani, ndiya kunityumza endaweni yenu, njengenqwelo ezele zizithungu ityumza umhlaba ophantsi kwayo. 14Kwanonamendu akayi kusinda, onamandla akayi kubamba amandla akhe, negorha aliyi kuwusindisa umphefumlo walo. 15Intoli ayiyi kuma endaweni yayo, onenyawo ezinamendu akayi kusinda, nomkhweli wehashe akayi kuwusindisa umphefumlo wakhe. 16Kwelona gorha linobukroti phakathi kwamagorha liya kubaleka lihamba ze ngaloo mini, utsho uBawo wethu.
