1 Nango amaMowabhi entlango kwisixeko iSela;ngoku athumela umrhumo:amatakane eegusha kwiziphathamandla eJerusalem.
2 AmaMowabhikazi ayazula-zula;axel' intaka egxothwe endlwaneni yayo.Nango ephithizela kumazibuko eAnon.
3 “Izwe lifile, yizani kusophula!Sicela uncedo, khanisikhusele!Yibani njengomthunzi mhla ligqatsileyo.Besingoobani kakade siziimbacu nje!Hayi bo, sincedeni ningasingcothozi!
4 Iimbacu zaseMowabhi maziphambukele kuni;sikhuseleni kulo mtshabalalisi.”Le ngcinezelo iza kubuya yethe,nale ntshabalalo iza kuphela,nomphembi-dushe aphel' emehlweni.
5 Ngelo thuba ke kosekwa ubukumkani,bumiselwe ngothando olunezibele.Esihlalweni kongqendeva onyanisekileyo.Lowo ke woba ngowendlu kaDavide.Yena ke uya kulawula ngobulungisa,alangazelele ulungelelwano nocwangco.
6 Sivile ngokuzikhukumalisa kwamaMowabhi,elingako lona ikratshi nendelelo;ewe, angade abe ucikekile likratshi,kodwa ke, akulele nto apho.
7 Myeke ke uMowabhi abhomboloze.Mabamthelele uMowabhi nabo balile;mabenze isililo nesijwili xa bekhumbula amaqebengwane aseKir-hareshete.
8 Amasimi aseHeshbhon ayadodobala,nezidiliya zaseSibhema zitshabalele.Amakhosi ezizwe azixangxathile izidiliya zodidi,zona fudula zifikelela eYazere,zenjenjeya zithi xhaxhe ngentlango,amasebe azo ethe gaa ngolwandle.
9 Ngoko ke ndilila kunye neYazere;ndiyakhala ngezidiliya zaseSibhema;ndiyinyhididi, Heshbhon nawe Eliyali.Ewe kaloku, isivuno asibonwa,imivuyo nemincili iyalambatha.
10 Amasimi akezi namihlali nalonwabo;ezidiliyeni ayisekho ingoma nemiyeyezelo.Ezixovulelweni akusekho baxovuli;imiyiyizelo yabavuni iphelile.
11 Ngoko ke ndinesimbonono ngenxa yeMowabhi;ngenene ndihlahlamba njengesigingci,ngenxa yeKir-hareshete ndibindekile.
12 AmaMowabhi aziduba nje ngokunyuka intaba esiya kunqula; yonke loo nto yinkcitha-xesha.
13 Olu ludaba awaluthetha kwamandulo uNdikhoyo ngokubhekiselele kwiMowabhi.
14 Kambe ke ngoku uNdikhoyo uthi: “Kwiminyaka emithathu yokunyamezela ubutyebi beMowabhi buya kuphel' emehlweni. Obu bunewu-newu naloo nyambalala yabantu konke kuya kutshabha, naloo mingqandanda isindileyo yoba ngamabhetye-bhetye.”