1 Awu! Kusisizungu kwisixekoebesifudula sinenyambalala yabantu,nqwa nomhlolokazi obesakuba nodumo ezizweni.Lowo wayeyikumkanikazi yamazwana suka waba likhobokazana ngoku.
2 Uyangqukruleka elila ebusuku,izidlele zakhe zisihla iinyembezi.Kuzo zonke izithandwa zakhe akukho simthuthuzelayo;bonke abahlobo bakhe bamngcatshile, suka baziintshaba zakhe.
3 UJuda uye ekuthinjweni, weva iinkxwaleko nokusebenza nzima.Uhleli phakathi kweentlanga; akakufumani ukuphumla.Bamfumene bonke abamsukelayo, bamxina macala onke.
4 Zizilile iindlela ezibheka eZiyon,kuba akukho mntu uzayo kwimisitho yakhe.Asebugxwayibeni amasango akhe;ababingeleli bakhe babandezelekile;lusizi lodwa kumthinjana,ke yena usentlungwini ekrakra.
5 Ababandezeli bakhe basuke baba ziinkosi zakhe;iintshaba zakhe azinaxhala.Ubekwe elusizini *nguNdikhoyo ngenxa yezikreqo zakhe ezininzi.Abantwana bemkile ezweni labo, bangabathinjwa beentshaba.
6 Buphele tu ubungangamsha bentombi enguZiyon.Iziphathamandla zayo zinjengeenyamakazi ezingenadlelo;zibuthathaka zinjalo ziyasaba, zibaleka abasukeli.
7 Ngemihla yayo yenkxwaleko nokubhadulaiJerusalem iyabukhumbula bonke ubuncwane bayo bamandulo.Akubangakho mntu wakuyinceda xa abantu bayo babesoyiswa lutshaba.Iintshaba zayo zayiwa ngeentsini zakubona isiphelo sayo.