1 Ngosuku lokuqala kwinyanga yesithathu yonyaka weshumi elinanye ndaliva ilizwi *likaNdikhoyo lisithi kum:
2 “Mntundini, bhekisa kukumkani waseJiputa nezihlwele zakhe, uthi:“Ngubani na onokufaniswa nawe ngobungangamsha?
3 Khangela iAsiriya eyaye ingumsedare eLebhanon,omasebe mahle ongamele ihlathi.Kaloku wawukhule wamde,uyivelele kanye loo ntshinyela yehlathi.
4 Waba mde kuba wawusela amanziemithombo ephuma emathunjini omhlaba,emilanjana inkcenkceza amanzi phezu kweengcambu zawo,ize isele neminye imithi yasendle.
5 Ngoko ke waba mde lee kuneminye imithi apho endle,aqhama amasetyana awo, axanda amasebe,ngenxa yamanzi amaninzi.
6 Zonke iintakazana zakha iindlwana zazo kumasetyana awo;zonke izilo zasendle zazala amathole azo phakathi kwamasebe awo;zonke izizwe ezinodumo zaphumla emthunzini wawo.
7 Wawongamele ngobuhle, uxandile ngamasebe,kuba iingcambu zawo zazisela amanzi ezantsi emathunjini omhlaba.