UAMOSE 2

Ngenxa yeziphambeko ezintathu zakwaMowabi,

yebo, ngenxa yezine, angiyikuguquka,

ngokuba washisa amathambo enkosi yakwaEdomi

aba-ngumcako.

₂Kepha ngiyakuthuma umlilo kwaMowabi,

uqede izindlu zamakhosi zaseKeriyote,

uMowabi afe ngokuxokozela,

nangokumemeza, nangokukhala kwecilongo.

₃Ngiyakunquma umahluleli phakathi kwakhe,

ngibulale zonke izikhulu zakhe kanye naye, usho uJehova.

Ngenxa yeziphambeko ezintathu zakwaJuda,

yebo, ngenxa yezine, angiyikuguquka,

ngokuba bawulahlile umthetho kaJehova,

abagcinanga izimiso zakhe,

namanga abo abadukisile,

abawalandelayo nawoyise.

₅Kepha ngiyakuthuma umlilo kwaJuda,

uqede izindlu zamakhosi zaseJerusalema.

Ngenxa yeziphambeko ezintathu zakwaIsrayeli,

yebo, ngenxa yezine, angiyikuguquka,

ngokuba bathengisile olungileyo ngesiliva,

nompofu ngamabhangqa ezicathulo.

₇Bazondelela amakhanda abampofu ukuba abe-sothulini lomhlabathi,

bachezukisa indlela yabathobileyo;

indoda noyise baya entombininye,

ukuze balihlambalaze igama lami elingcwele,

₈bacambalale ezingutsheni

ezithathwé zaba-yisibambiso

eceleni kwawo onke ama-altare,

baphuze iwayini labahlawulisiweyo

endlini kaNkulunkulu wabo.

₉Nokho mina ngachitha ama-Amori ebusweni babo,

akuphakama kwawo kwakunjengokuphakama kwemisedari*,

ayenamandla njengamaoki*;

kepha ngachitha nokho izithelo zawo phezulu

nezimpande zawo phansi.

₁₀Futhi mina nganikhuphula ezweni laseGibithe,

nganihambisa iminyaka engamashumi amane ehlane

ukuba nidle ifa lezwe lama-Amori.

₁₁Ngavusa kumadodana enu abaprofethi

nasezinsizweni zenu amaNaziri*.

Akunjalo, nina-bantwana bakwaIsrayeli, na? usho uJehova.

₁₂Kepha naphuzisa amaNaziri iwayini,

nayaleza abaprofethi

ngokuthi: Ningaprofethi.

₁₃Bhekani, ngiyakunicindezela endaweni yenu

njengengqukumbane icindezela, igcwele izithungu.

₁₄Onejubane uyakuswela ukubaleka;

onamandla akayikuqinisa amandla akhe,

neqhawe aliyikuzikhulula.

₁₅Obambé umnsalo akayikuma;

onejubane ngezinyawo zakhe kayikuzikhulula,

nokhwele ihashi akayikuzikhulula;

₁₆onesibindi phakathi kwamaqhawe

uyakubaleka-ze ngalolosuku, usho uJehova.