7Ewe, uNdikhoyo ulungile:
ungumqolomba ngamaxesha eenkathazo;
ubakhathalele abo bathembele kuye.
8Ngeempuphuma ezikhukhulisayo uyayigubungela iNiniva,
aye kuzitshonisa ebumnyameni iintshaba zakhe.
9Nimjikeleza ngantoni uNdikhoyo?
Wosuka yena anitshabalalise;
inkathazo soze iphindelele.
10Noba sebebhijeleke okobobo,
noba sebemanzi ngokwamanxila,
bofana nomququ owomileyo,
bovutha baphele kuthi nya.
11Apho kuwe kuthe gqi umfo
owenzela uNdikhoyo ubugwenxa,
umfo ofutha inkohlakalo.
12Utsho uNdikhoyo ukuthi:
“Nangona bomelele beyinyambalala,
baya kunqanyulwa bathi shwaka.
Nangona ndakubandezelayo, Juda,
ngoku andiyi kuphinda.
13Idyokhwe yabo ndiza kuyaphula;
ewe, ndoyisusa entanyeni yakho,
ndiziqhawule iimbophelelo zakho.”
14UNdikhoyo umisele umyalelo ngawe, Niniva:
“Wena akuyi kuba nasizukulwana;
igama lakho aliyi kuhlwayeleka.
Ndoyitshabalalisa imifanekiso eqingqiweyo netyhidiweyo
apho kuloo ndlu yothixo wakho.
Sendikumbela ingcwaba,
kuba uphuthile.”
15Khawukhangele phaya ezintabeni;
nazo iinyawo zalowo uzisa iindaba ezimnandi,
lowo uvakalisa uxolo.
Xhamlani imibhiyozo yenu, maJuda;
zifezekiseni izibhambathiso zenu.
Anisayi kuphinda nihlaselwe sisikhohlakali;
sona sitshatyalaliswe kwaphela.
