1Umci̔ti unyukele pambi kwako: gcina inqaba, linda indlela, qinisa izinqe, yomeleza amandla kakulu. 2Ngokuba uyehova ebubuyisile ubungcwalisa buka‐Yakobi, njengabo ubungcwalisa buka‐Sirayeli; ngokuba abavutululi bebavutulule, namasebe abo bewonakalisile. 3Ikaka lamagoṙa ake lenziwe bomvu, amadoda obuṙoti ambete isibomvumnyama; inqwelo zinentsimbi ezibengezelayo, ngomhla wokulungisa kwake; iyavivinywa nemibilati. 4Inqwelo ziti dlongodlongo ezitarateni, ziyasukasuka ezindaweni ezibanzi; ukubonakala kwazo zinjengezibane, ziyabaleka njengemibane. 5Uyakumbula amanene ake; ayaku̔beka ekuhambeni kwawo; ayakauleza ukuya eludongeni lwayo, liti ikuselo lilungiswe. 6Amasango emilambo ovulwa, nendlukazi iya kucumbuluka. 7Waye u‐Hutsave eya kuhlutywa, uya kunyuswa, nezicakakazi zake zoncwina njengelizwi lamahobe, zibeta pezu kwezifuba zazo. 8Nangona i‐Nineve injengecibi lamanzi, kwa kuselokwokuqala kwemihla yayo, baya kwesaba noko. Kutwa: Yimani! yimani! kodwa akuko mntu obeka ngomva. 9Pangani isilivere, pangani igolide; akuko ukupela kwokubekelweyo, kwobuninzi bempahla zonke ezinqwenelekileyo. 10Uci̔takalo, notshabalalo, nokwenzwa zé! intliziyo iyanyibilika, namadolo ayahexa; kuko intutumbo ezinqeni zonke, nobuso bonke buyazuza ubumnyama. 11Ipina indlu yengonyama? lipina nedlelo lengonyama ezintsha? apo yahamba kona ingonyama, nengonyamakazi, netole lengonyama, kungeko mntu obezoyikisa. 12Ingonyama yaqwengela amatole ayo okwaneleyo, yaṙwishela ingonyamakazi zayo; yazalisa iminxuma yayo ngokuqwengiweyo, nendlu zayo ngokubanjiweyo. 13Bona ke, ndingakuwe, utsho uyehova wemikosi; ndandiya kutshisa inqwelo zayo zide zibe ngumsi; nengonyama ezintsha zako isiṙele siya kuzidla: ndandiya kunqamla into yokuqwenga yako emhlabeni: nelizwi lezigidimi zako alisayi kuviwa kanjako.
