1 Lavakala ilizwi *likaNdikhoyo lisithi kum:
2 “Hamba uluvakalise olu daba ezindlebeni zeJerusalem, uthi uNdikhoyo uthi:“ ‘Ndikhumbula ukuzimisela kwakho ebutsheni bakho,ukundithanda kwakho usengumtshakazi,ukundilandela kwakho entlango, kumhlaba ongumqwebedu.
3 Ewe, uSirayeli wayengokaNdikhoyo ncakasana,efana nolibo lwesivuno –abaludlayo badla ityala,intlekele ibafikele.’ ”Lowo ngumlomo kaNdikhoyo.
4 Libekeleni iindlebe ilizwi *likaNdikhoyo,mzi kaYakobi, nani nonke zizwe zakwaSirayeli.
5 Utsho uNdikhoyo ukuthi:“Bubi buni abâbubonáyo kum ooyihlobade bandityeshele nje belandela *oothixo abangento,bade nabo babe zizinto ezingento?
6 Abazange babuze bathi:‘Uphi na lo Ndikhoyo owasikhupha kumhlaba waseJiputa,wasihambisa entlango kwilizwe elingumqwebedu lemiwewe;kwilizwe lembalela nesithokothoko sobumnyama,ilizwe ekungahambi bani kulo, kungekho namntu umiyo kulo?’
7 Ndanisa kumhlaba wendyebo,ukuze nixhamle iziqhamo nentlutha yawo.Koko nina nithe nakufika nawuxabhela umhlaba wam,nalitsho lanezothe ilifa endininike lona.