Isikhathi seNineve sokwahlulelwa
Ukuvinjezelwa kuyafika: izihlangu ezibomvu, izinqola eziphenya njengombani, amasango omfula aphushwa avuleke, isigodlo siwa, indlovukazi ithunjwa kuyilapho izincekukazi zayo zishaya izifuba. I-Asiriya yayiyibhubesi eligcwalisa umgede walo ngenyama edwengulweyo; uBaba wamabutho asezulwini uthi umelene nayo.
2 1Umhlakazi wenyukele ukumelana nawe, Nineve. Qapha inqaba, bheka indlela, ziqinise, hlanganisa onke amandla akho!
2Ngokuba uBaba wethu ubuyisela ubukhosi bukaJakobe, njengobukhosi buka-Israyeli, nakuba abaphangi bebahlubulile bebashiya ze, bawabhubhisa amagatsha abo. a a v2 Ngisho nasencwadini yokwahlulelwa kweNineve, inhliziyo yayo nguBaba wethu obuyisela udumo lwabantwana bakhe abalimele.
3Izihlangu zamaqhawe akhe zibomvu, amadoda anesibindi embethe okubomvu; izinqola zempi zicwebezela njengomlilo ngosuku zilungiswa ngalo, nemikhonto yomsayipuresi iyazanyazanyiswa. 4Izinqola zempi zihaluzela emigwaqweni, zigijima zibheduka ezinkundleni; zibukeka njengezibani, ziphazima njengombani. 5Ubiza izikhulu zakhe; ziyakhubeka lapho zihamba; ziphuthuma odongeni, kumiswe isihlangu sokuvikela. 6Amasango omfula ayavulwa, isigodlo siyadilika. 7Kunqunyiwe: wembulwe wathwalwa wasuswa, kuthi izincekukazi zakhe zibubula njengamajuba, zishaya izifuba zazo. 8INineve injengechibi amanzi alo achithekayo. “Yimani! Yimani!” bayamemeza, kodwa akekho ophendukayo. 9Phangani isiliva! Phangani igolide! Ayinakuphela ingcebo, ubuningi bazo zonke izinto eziyigugu. 10Ukungabi nalutho nencithakalo nokubhuqwa! Izinhliziyo ziyancibilika, amadolo ayaxega, ubuhlungu bubamba wonke umzimba, bonke ubuso buphaphatheke.
11Uphi manje isikhundla samabhubesi, indawo yokudlela yamabhubesi asemancane, lapho ibhubesi nebhubesikazi ayehambahamba khona, kanye namawundlu ebhubesi, kungekho obethusayo? 12Ibhubesi ladabulela amawundlu alo ngokwanele, laklinyela amabhubesikazi alo inyamazane; lagcwalisa izikhundla zalo ngokubuleweyo, nemihume yalo ngenyama edatshuliweyo.
13“Bheka, ngimelene nawe,” kusho uBaba wamabutho asezulwini. “Ngiyakushisa izinqola zakho zempi zibe yintuthu, inkemba iyakudla amabhubesi akho asemancane. Ngiyakunquma impango yakho emhlabeni, nezwi lezithunywa zakho ngeke lisezwakale.”
