1 Nanko ke *uNdikhoyo onamandla onke!EJerusalem nakwaJuda ubhubhisa yonke intookwakuyinkxaso nesixhaso.Uza kutshayela kuthi tuukutya ngokunjalo namanzi.
2 Asisathethi ke ngamagorha namajoni,abagwebi kwakunye *nabashumayeli,oosangoma ngokunjalo neenkunkqela,
3 iingqwayi-ngqwayi zomkhosi noosomaqhuzu,amaphakathi nawo onke amachule,abakhafuli kanti nabemilingo.
4 UNdikhoyo uya kubayekela abantu balawulwe ngamakhwenkwe,amagosa abo abe ngabantu abangenankathalo.
5 Kaloku abantu baya kuxhaphazana,ibe nguwashiywa nowashiywa,nakubamelwane kube kwanjalo,nabantwana bangabahloneli abadala,nabaphantsi bangazikhathaleli izihandiba.
6 Ewe, liyeza ixesha apho abendlu enye baya kunyanzelana bathi:“Ngokuba wena unawo nomnwebangoko ke sikhokele kuwo lo mbodamo.”
7 Kambe ke lowo uya kuphendula athi:“Hayi, ndiyekeni, andinako mpela mna.Ndiyimpula kalujaca; andinakutya nazambatho;ngoko ke andinako ukunikhokela.”
8 Kaloku iJerusalem iyafadalalanelakwaJuda livuthulukile.Kaloku ukuthetha nokwenza kwabo kusoloko kuchasene noNdikhoyo.UThixo bamdelile; abamazele nto mpela.
9 Ubutyala babo abufihlakali;kaloku banjengeSodom, badlisela ngokona.Futhi ke abanazazela ngaloo nto;ewe, kunyembelekile kubo!Isikhuni sibuye nomkhwezeli.
10 Kambe ke, hayi inyhweba yâbo balungisayo!Bona baya kuxhamla iziqhamo zemisebenzi yabo.
11 Kodwa ke kunyembelekile ngakwizikhohlakali,kuba zojikelwa kwazizenzo zazo.
12 Abantu bam baxhatshazwa naziimveku,bade balawulwe nangabafazi.Ewe, lusapho lwam, iinkokheli zenu ziyanintlokothisa;senide nadideka, anayazi nemaniyenze.
13 Ngoku *uNdikhoyo uzimisele ukuxoxa;seleza kugweba iintlanga.
14 Ewe, uza kuwisa isigwebo kumadod' amakhulu nakumatshawe.Nasi isityholo asimisayo:“Nini abanqwamze isidiliya,nemizi yenu iyaphuphuma zizinto eniziphange kubantu abahlelelekileyo.
15 Ngani ukuba nibaxushe abantu bam?Ngani ukuba niwaxhaphaze amahlwempu?Lumkani ke, kuba ndithethile mna Ndikhoyo onamandla onke.”
16 *UNdikhoyo uyathetha, uthi:“Asikratshi kubafazi baseJerusalem!Bafathula nje, beqhiwul' iintamo.Ungafika belaqaza, becel' injezu.Ewe, nâbo bechul' ukunyathela,bekrocozisa loo miliza yabo.
17 Ewe, ndiza kubagugula iinwele,ndibarhawule ngesikhakh' entloko,batsho ngaloo mabunzi achengezelayo.”
18 Ewe, uyeza umhla apho iNkosi iya kubohlutha konke abazidla ngako abafazi baseJerusalem – nditsho loo miliza bayinxibayo, naloo malaphu bawathwalayo, amaso ngokunjalo,
19 neebhengile namacici. Iya kuzisusa izigqubuthelo zabo,
20 iminqwazi, izacholo zamaqatha, imitya ehonjisiweyo esinqeni, amaso anesiqholo, kunye namakhubalo.
21 Iya kuyohlutha naloo misesane bayifaka eminweni nasezimpumlweni,
22 nditsho zonke iingubo, imiwundu-wundu neelokhwe, ngokunjalo nezipaji,
23 nezipili. Iya kuthatha nezo lokhwe zabo zicikiziweyo, iitshefu zelinen nezikhafu, naloo malaphu bagquma iintloko ngawo.
24 Mh-mh-mh, kuthi khaphu!Kaloku abasaziqholi!Ngoku abasenabhanti; babhinqa ngeentsontela.Neenwele zigugulwe; asiyonkqayi; yehaa!Abasenalokhwe ngoku, bayadlakazela.Ubunzwakazi babo sebukukuhlazeka.
25 Okwakungamadoda esixekweni apho,nditsho namagorha la embala,akayi kubuya emfazweni.
26 Ewe, namasango esixeko ngokwawo osuka ahlahlambe agixe,nesixeko ngokwaso sofana nomfazi othe bhaxa phantsi ngengub' esele.