Ilixa lokuGwetywa kweNineve
Ungqingo lufika: amakhaka abomvu, iinqwelo zokulwa ezibhabha njengombane, amasango omlambo avulwa ngetshova, ibhotwe liwe, ukumkanikazi uthwalwe wemka lo gama abakhonzazana bakhe bebetha izifuba zabo. IAsiriya yayiyingonyama eyayizalisa umsele wayo ngenyama eqwengiweyo; uBawo wemikhosi yasemazulwini uthi umelene nayo.
2 1Lowo uchithayo uyenyukele, Nineve. Gcina inqaba, ulindele indlela, uzibhinqe, uqokelele onke amandla akho!
2Kuba uBawo wethu ubuyisela ubungangamsha bukaYakobi, njengobungangamsha bukaSirayeli, nangona abo baphangayo bebahlubile beze, bawonakalisa namasebe abo. a a v2 Nasencwadini yesigwebo phezu kweNineve, intliziyo yayo nguBawo wethu obuyisela imbeko yabantwana bakhe ababethakeleyo.
3Amakhaka amagorha akhe enziwe abomvu, amadoda anobukroti ambethe iingubo ezibomvu; iinqwelo zokulwa zibengezela njengomlilo ngemini ekulungiselwa ngayo, zajijiswa neentshuntshe zemisipres. 4Iinqwelo zokulwa ziphithizela ezitratweni, zizulazula ezindaweni zembutho; zikhangeleka njengezikhuni ezivuthayo, zibhabha njengombane. 5Ubiza amabamba akhe; akhubeka ngethutyana ehamba; akhawuleza esiya eludongeni, lize limiswe ikhaka elisithelisayo. 6Amasango omlambo avulekile tu, laza labhukuqa ibhotwe. 7Kumiswe: uhluthwe wemka, lo gama abakhonzazana bakhe bencwina njengamahobe, bebetha izifuba zabo. 8INineve injengechibi athi amanzi alo aphele. Bakhala besithi: “Yimani! Yimani!” kodwa akukho namnye obuyayo. 9Phangani isilivere! Phangani igolide! Abunasiphelo ubutyebi, yindyebo yento yonke enqabileyo. 10Yinkangala, yintlango, yincithakalo! Iintliziyo ziyanyibilika, amadolo ayagexa, imizimba yonke ibanjwe kukuzibhijabhija, bubuthaka ubuso bonke.
11Uphi na ngoku umgongxo weengonyama, indawo yokudla yamathole eengonyama, apho yayizulazula khona ingonyama nengonyamakazi, namathole engonyama, kungekho namnye owawasabisayo? 12Ingonyama yaqwenga into eyanele amathole ayo, yakrwitshela iingonyamakazi zayo ixhoba; yayizalisa ngexhoba imiqolomba yayo, neengxande zayo ngento eqwengiweyo.
13“Khangela, ndikuchasile,” utsho uBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini. “Ndiya kuzitshisa iinqwelo zakho zokulwa zibe ngumsi, lize ikrele lidle amathole akho eengonyama. Ndiya kulinqamla ixhoba lakho emhlabeni, lize izwi labathunywa bakho lingabi saviwa.”