UMowabi Uwa Ngobunye Ubusuku
UMowabi ubhujiswa ngobunye ubusuku, futhi isahluko ikakhulukazi singumsindo walokho — amakhanda aphuculiwe, ukukhala phezu kophahla, ababalekayo bekhuphuka indlela bekhala. Inhliziyo yomprofethi uqobo iyamkhalela. Akukho nsindiso enikezwayo; kuthenjiswa okwengeziwe.
15 1Isiprofetho ngoMowabi. Ngobunye ubusuku i-Ari yaseMowabi ibhujisiwe, yachithwa; ngobunye ubusuku iKiri yaseMowabi ibhujisiwe, yachithwa. 2Benyukela ethempelini naseDiboni, ezindaweni eziphakemeyo ukuyokhala; uMowabi uyalila ngaphezu kweNebo naseMedeba. Lonke ikhanda liphuculwe laba yimpandla, zonke izilevu ziphuculwe. 3Ezitaladini zawo bagqoka izingubo zokuzila; eziphahleni zezindlu zabo nasezinkundleni wonke umuntu uyalila, encibilika ezinyembezini. 4IHeshiboni ne-Eleyale ziyakhala; izwi lazo lizwakala kude kuze kufike eJahazi. Ngalokho amadoda ahlomile akwaMowabi ayamemeza ngezwi elikhulu; umphefumulo wakhe uyathuthumela ngaphakathi kuye. 5Inhliziyo yami iyakhala ngoMowabi; ababalekayo bakhe babalekela kude kuze kufike eSowari, e-Egilati-shelishiya. Benyuka emmangweni waseLuhiti, bekhala njengoba bekhuphuka; emgwaqweni oya eHoronayimi baphakamisa isikhalo sencithakalo. a a v5 Nanxa ukwahlulela kwehla, inhliziyo kaBaba wethu uqobo iyakhala ngoMowabi — usizi lwakhe lufinyelela kubantu abangaphandle kuka-Israyeli, ebalangazelela nabo. 6Amanzi aseNimrimi omile; utshani bubunile, okuhlumayo okusha kuphelile, akusekho okuluhlaza okusalayo. 7Ngakho bathwala badlulisele ngaphesheya koMfudlana weMinyezane ingcebo abayizuzayo nalokho abakubekelela. 8Ngokuba isikhalo sesihambe sazungeza isifunda sakwaMowabi; ukulila kwakhe kufinyelela e-Egilayimi, ukulila kwakhe kufinyelela eBheri-elimi.
9Amanzi aseDimoni agcwele igazi, kodwa ngiyakwengeza okunye futhi phezu kweDimoni— ibhubesi kulabo abasindayo bakwaMowabi, kulabo abasele ezweni.
