Isithe sabagxothiweyo
Ababaleki bakwaMowabhi babhabhazela njengendlu echithakeleyo, baza baxelelwa ukuba bazimele ngomthunzi weZiyon, kunikwa itrone yothando lomnqophiso. Kodwa ikratshi likaMowabhi kukuqhayisa okulilize, nemithandazo yakhe esendaweni ephakamileyo ayiyi kuphumelela. UBawo wethu uthethile; sekunjalo umprofeti uyalila.
16 1Thumelani amathokazi ezimvu kumlawuli welizwe, nithabathele eSela ngendlela yasentlango, niye entabeni yentombi yaseZiyon. 2Njengeentaka ezibhabhazelayo, njengendlu echithakeleyo, zinjalo iintombi zakwaMowabhi emazibukweni aseArnon. 3Nikani icebo; nikani ubulungisa; wenze umthunzi wakho ube njengobusuku emini enkulu. Fihlani abagxothiweyo; ningambhenceli lowo osabileyo. 4Abagxothiweyo bam mabahlale kuwe, wena Mowabhi; yiba sisithe kubo kumtshabalalisi. Xa ongcungcuthekisayo engekho, nokutshabalalisa kuthe cwaka, nabanyatheli benyamalele ezweni, 5iya kuzinziswa ke itrone ngothando lomnqophiso, kuhlale phezu kwayo ngokuthembeka, ententeni kaDavide, lowo ugwebayo efuna ubulungisa, ekhawuleza ukwenza okulungileyo. 6Sivile ngokukhukhumala kwakwaMowabhi—indlela akhukhumele ngayo kakhulu—ikratshi lakhe, ukukhukhumala kwakhe, nobushushu bakhe; ukuqhayisa kwakhe lilize. 7Ngenxa yoko uMowabhi makamlilele uMowabhi; wonke umntu makalile. Lilani, nixhelekile kanye, ngenxa yezicumba zeerasintyisi zaseKiri-haresete. 8Kuba amasimi aseHeshbhon ayabuna, nomdiliya waseSibhema; ababusi beentlanga bawaxabele amasebe awo anyuliweyo, abesithabathela eYazere, abhadulela entlango; amahlumela awo asasazeka, awela ulwandle. 9Ngenxa yoko ndilila ngesililo saseYazere ngenxa yomdiliya waseSibhema; ndikunyakamisa ngeenyembezi zam, Heshbhon ne-Elale, kuba phezu kweziqhamo zakho zasehlotyeni nesivuno sakho kuwe ukuduma kwemfazwe. 10Imihlali nemivuyo kususiwe entsimini eqhamayo, nasezidiliyeni akukho ngoma zivunywayo, akukho kumemelela. Akukho bani uxovula iwayini ezixovulelweni; ndikuphelisile ukudanduluka. 11Ngenxa yoko intliziyo yam iyagquma njengohadi ngoMowabhi, nomphefumlo wam ongaphakathi ngenxa yaseKiri-heres. a a v11 Intliziyo kaBawo wethu iyagquma nokugquma ngoMowabhi — usizi lwakhe lufikelela zonke izizwe esizichukumisa ngomgwebo wakhe. 12Kuya kuthi xa uMowabhi ezibonakalisa, akuba ediniwe esigangeni, aze engcweleni yakhe esiya kuthandaza, akayi kweyisa. b b v12 'Isiganga' sasiyingcwele esencotsheni yenduli esasisetyenziswa ekunquleni nasekubingeleleni kobuhedeni.
13Lilizwi eli awalithethayo uBawo wethu ngoMowabhi kwixesha elidluleyo.
14Kodwa ngoku uBawo wethu uthethile wathi: “Emva kweminyaka emithathu, njengeminyaka yomqeshwa, uzuko lwakwaMowabhi luya kudelwa, phezu kwayo yonke inkitha yabantu bakhe; amasalela aya kuba mbalwa kakhulu, ebuthathaka.”
