Maye kwabathemba iGibhithe
Amahhashi aseGibhithe ayinyama, awawona umoya; ukuncika kuwo kuwisa umsizi nosizwayo ndawonye. UBaba uyibhubesi elingenakwesatshiswa ngabelusi abamemezayo, futhi unjengezinyoni ezindiza phezu kweJerusalema. I-Asiriya iwa ngenkemba engaphethwe muntu, abantu balahle izithombe zabo.
31 1Maye kwabehlela eGibhithe befuna usizo, abancika emahhashini, abathemba ezinqoleni zokulwa ngokuba ziningi, nakubagibeli bamahhashi ngokuba banamandla amakhulu—kodwa ababheki koNgcwele ka-Israyeli, uBaba wethu, abamfuni. 2Kodwa naye uhlakaniphile, uletha inhlekelele; akawahoxisi amazwi akhe. Uyakuvukela indlu yabenzi bokubi, nosizo lwalabo abenza okubi. 3AmaGibhithe angabantu, hhayi uNkulunkulu; amahhashi awo ayinyama, hhayi umoya. Lapho uBaba wethu eselula isandla sakhe, osizayo uyakukhubeka, nosizwayo uyakuwa, bayakuphela bonke kanyekanye.
4Ngokuba yilokhu uBaba wethu akusho kimi: Njengokuba ibhubesi noma ingwenyama ibhodla phezu kwenyamazane yayo—noma kubizwa iqembu labelusi ukuba limelane nalo, alethuswa yizwi lokumemeza kwabo, alesatshiswa umsindo wabo—kanjalo uBaba wamabutho asezulwini uyakwehla ukuyokulwa entabeni yaseZiyoni nasekuphakameni kwayo. 5Njengezinyoni eziphapha phezulu, kanjalo uBaba wamabutho asezulwini uyakulivikela iJerusalema; uyakulivikela, alikhulule lona, uyakweqa phezu kwalo alisindise.
6Buyelani kuye abantwana bakwa-Israyeli abamfulathela ngokujulile kangaka. 7Ngokuba ngalolo suku yilowo nalowo uyakulahla izithombe zakhe zesiliva nezithombe zakhe zegolide, ezenziwa yizandla zenu uqobo ngesono.
8Khona i-Asiriya iyakuwa ngenkemba engesiyo eyomuntu, nenkemba engesiyo eyabantu iyakumdla yena. Uyakubaleka phambi kwenkemba, izinsizwa zakhe ziyakuphoqwa emsebenzini wobugqila. 9Inqaba yakhe iyakudilika ngenxa yokwesaba, nezikhulu zakhe ziyakubaleka ngovalo, zisuke efulegini lempi, kusho uBaba wethu, onomlilo wakhe useZiyoni nesithando sakhe siseJerusalema.
