Umgwebo weNineve
INineve yathengisa iintlanga ngemilingo yayo, waza uBawo wethu wayihluba wayibonisa ubuze bayo, kungabikho namnye oyithuthuzelayo. IThebhe yawa ngendlela enye, kunye neentsana zayo. Abarhwebi bayo bahluba ilizwe, baze babhabhe bemke njengeenkumbi. Inxeba lifa, kwaye wonke oyivayo uyaqhwaba izandla.
3 1Yeha, mzi wamagazi, uzele bubuxoki nokuphanga— okuqwengiweyo akusayi kusuka! 2Isithonga sesibatha, ukugquma kweevili, amahashe aphalayo, neenqwelo ezitsibayo! 3Abamahashe abahlaselayo, amakrele abengezelayo, iintshuntshe ezibengezelayo—inkitha yababuleweyo, imfumba yezidumbu, izidumbu ezingenasiphelo; bakhubeke kwabafileyo. 4Konke oku ngenxa yokuhenyuza okukhulu kweli henyukazi eliyengayo, inkosikazi yemilingo, ethengisa iintlanga ngokuhenyuza kwayo nezizwe ngemilingo yayo.
5“Khangela, ndimelene nawe,’ utsho uBawo wemikhosi yasemazulwini, ‘ndophakamisela iingubo zakho phezu kobuso bakho; ndiya kubonisa iintlanga ubuze bakho, nezikumkani ihlazo lakho. 6Ndiya kukuphosa ngamanyala, ndikudele, ndikwenze into yokubukwa.’ 7Bonke abakubonayo baya kusaba kuwe, bathi: ‘INineve ingamanxuwa; ngubani oya kuyikhalela?’ Ndingabafumana phi na abakuthuthuzeli?’”
8Ungcono na kuneThebhe, ebehleli ngasemlanjeni iNayile, inamanzi ngeenxa zonke, enomsele wongqameko olulwandle, enodonga lwamanzi? a a v8 IThebhe—isixeko esikhulu esiyintloko yeYiputa engaphezulu—satshatyalaliswa yiAsiriya ngokwaso; uNahume uphakamisa ukuwa kwaso njengesilumkiso sokuba iNineve ingekho khuselekile nganto. 9IKushi yayingamandla ayo, neYiputa engenamda; uPuti namaLibhiya babephakathi kwamanqophisana ayo. 10Kanti yona yafuduselwa kwelinye ilizwe; yaya ekuthinjweni. Iintsana zayo zaphahlazwa ezimbombeni zezitrato zonke. Bawisa amaqashiso ngamadoda ayo abekekileyo, onke amadoda ayo amakhulu abotshwa ngemixokelelwane. 11Nawe uya kunxila; uya kuzifihla; nawe uya kufuna igwiba kutshaba. 12Zonke iinqaba zakho zinjengemikhiwane enamakhiwane entlahlela—xa ihlukuzwa, awela emlonyeni wodlayo. 13Khangela, impi yakho ngabafazi phakathi kwakho. Amasango elizwe lakho avulelwe iintshaba zakho tu; umlilo uyidle imivalo yakho. b b v13 Ukubiza impi ngokuthi ngabafazi yayiyintlekisa yamandulo ethetha ukuba babelahlekelwe bubukroti babo bonke bokulwa.
14Zikhelele amanzi okungqingwa; womeleze iinqaba zakho; ngena ebumbeni, unyathele udaka; ubambe imbumbo yezitena! 15Apho umlilo uya kukudla; ikrele liya kukunqumla; likudle njengenkumbi esencinci. Zandiseni njengenkumbi encinci; yandani njengenkumbi enyakazelayo! 16Wandisile abarhwebi bakho ngaphezu kweenkwenkwezi zezulu. Inkumbi encinci iyalihluba ilizwe ize ibhabhe imke. 17Abalindi bakho banjengeenkumbi, nezikhulu zakho zinjengemihlambi yeenkumbi ezihlala eludongeni ngemini ebandayo—lakuphuma ilanga, zibhabhe zimke, kungaziwa apho zikhoyo.
18Abalusi bakho balele, kumkani waseAsiriya; abanumzana bakho balele phantsi. Abantu bakho bachithakele ezintabeni, kungekho bani ubabuthayo. 19Akukho qabu ekwaphukeni kwakho; inxeba lakho libulalayo. Bonke abeva iindaba zakho baqhwaba izandla ngenxa yakho—kuba ngubani ongazange eve ukhohlakalo lwakho olungenasiphelo ludlula phezu kwabo amaxesha ngamaxesha?
