1Leli livi lesembulo macondzana neNineve, yincwadzi yembono waNahume wase-Elkhoshi.
Nkulunkulu utfukutselela iNineve
2Simakadze nguNkulunkulu lonesikhwele
nalophindziselako.
Simakadze uyabuyisela,
futsi ugcwele intfukutselo.
Simakadze uyatiphindziselela etitseni takhe,
ehlisele njalo lulaka lwakhe kulabo labemelene naye.
3Simakadze akasheshi atfukutsele,
kodvwa unemandla lamakhulu.
Simakadze angeke ahlale
angabajezisi labanelicala.
Indlela yakhe isesiwunguwungwini
nasesivunguvungwini;
emafu alutfuli lwetinyawo takhe.
4Wekhuta lwandle, kome emanti alo;
womisa yonkhe imifula yemanti.
Tikhotsa taseBhashani tiyoma,
iNtsaba iKhameli ihamuke,
timbali taseLebanoni tibune.
5Tintsaba tiyatfutfumela embikwakhe,
nemagcuma ancibilike aphele.
Umhlaba nalabahlala kuwo kuyatfutfumela,
nakuchamuka yena.
6Ngubani nje longamelana nentfukutselo yakhe?
Ngubani longabhekana nelulaka lwakhe
lolwesabeka kangaka?
Nakacitsa intfukutselo yakhe lenjengemlilo,
emadvwala agayeka phansi abe tincetu embikwakhe.
7Simakadze ulungile,
usiphephelo ngetikhatsi tekuhlupheka.
Uyabanakekela labo labakhosela kuye.
8Ngesikhukhula lesinemandla
baseNineve labaphambene naye uyawubacedza,
abacoshe baye ebumnyameni.
9Onkhe emacebo labamakhela wona
labamelene naSimakadze uyawacedza.
Kute labaphindze bamvukele.
10Bayawugigeleka bona emanyeveni,
nasekudzakweni liwayini labo.
Bayawushwabudzeleka njengemahlanga lomisiwe.
11Kuwe, Nineve, kuphume umuntfu
loceba emacebo lamabi ngaSimakadze,
umuntfu longumsunguli walokubi.
12Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze, utsi:
“Nome ema-Asiriya anemandla futsi amanyenti,
ayakubhujiswa aphele.
Nome senginihluphe nganishaya kangaka,
nine maJuda, ngingeke ngisachubeka nekunihlupha.
13Nyalo sengitawuncamula lijoko labo
lelisentsanyeni yenu,
ngidzabule naletinketane tabo letinibophile.”
14Simakadze sewukhiphe umyalo mayelana nawe, Nineve, lotsi:
“Awusayikuba natitukulwane letiyawumisa libito lakho.
Ngitawutibhubhisa tonkhe titfombe takho
netithico takho
letisemathempelini abonkulunkulu bakho.
Ngitanilungiselela emathuna,
ngobe nibabi kakhulu!”
15Bukani lapha etikwetintsaba,
tinyawo talowo loniletsela tindzaba letimnandzi,
lowo lomemetela kuthula.
Gubhani imikhosi yenu, nine maJuda,
nigcwalise tifungo tenu.
Sekute lababi labayakunihlasela.
Bayawubhubha bonkhe baphele.
