UNahumi 2

2 ¹Umhlakazi wenyukele ukumelana nawe, Nineve. Qapha inqaba, bheka indlela, ziqinise, hlanganisa onke amandla akho!

²Ngokuba uBaba wethu ubuyisela ubukhosi bukaJakobe, njengobukhosi buka-Israyeli, nakuba abaphangi bebahlubulile bebashiya ze, bawabhubhisa amagatsha abo. ^a a v2 Ngisho nasencwadini yokwahlulelwa kweNineve, inhliziyo yayo nguBaba wethu obuyisela udumo lwabantwana bakhe abalimele.

³Izihlangu zamaqhawe akhe zibomvu, amadoda anesibindi embethe okubomvu; izinqola zempi zicwebezela njengomlilo ngosuku zilungiswa ngalo, nemikhonto yomsayipuresi iyazanyazanyiswa. ⁴Izinqola zempi zihaluzela emigwaqweni, zigijima zibheduka ezinkundleni; zibukeka njengezibani, ziphazima njengombani. ⁵Ubiza izikhulu zakhe; ziyakhubeka lapho zihamba; ziphuthuma odongeni, kumiswe isihlangu sokuvikela. ⁶Amasango omfula ayavulwa, isigodlo siyadilika. ⁷Kunqunyiwe: wembulwe wathwalwa wasuswa, kuthi izincekukazi zakhe zibubula njengamajuba, zishaya izifuba zazo. ⁸INineve injengechibi amanzi alo achithekayo. “Yimani! Yimani!” bayamemeza, kodwa akekho ophendukayo. ⁹Phangani isiliva! Phangani igolide! Ayinakuphela ingcebo, ubuningi bazo zonke izinto eziyigugu. ¹⁰Ukungabi nalutho nencithakalo nokubhuqwa! Izinhliziyo ziyancibilika, amadolo ayaxega, ubuhlungu bubamba wonke umzimba, bonke ubuso buphaphatheke.

¹¹Uphi manje isikhundla samabhubesi, indawo yokudlela yamabhubesi asemancane, lapho ibhubesi nebhubesikazi ayehambahamba khona, kanye namawundlu ebhubesi, kungekho obethusayo? ¹²Ibhubesi ladabulela amawundlu alo ngokwanele, laklinyela amabhubesikazi alo inyamazane; lagcwalisa izikhundla zalo ngokubuleweyo, nemihume yalo ngenyama edatshuliweyo.

¹³“Bheka, ngimelene nawe,” kusho uBaba wamabutho asezulwini. “Ngiyakushisa izinqola zakho zempi zibe yintuthu, inkemba iyakudla amabhubesi akho asemancane. Ngiyakunquma impango yakho emhlabeni, nezwi lezithunywa zakho ngeke lisezwakale.”