1 Malunga noMowabhi *uNdikhoyo onamandla onke, uThixo kaSirayeli, uthi:“Kunyembelekile!INebho ibhukuqiwe!Yona iKiriyatayim ihlazekile, ithinjiwe;inqaba idiliziwe yahlazeka.
2 Luphele nya udumo lwakwaMowabhi.EHeshbhon baceba ububi ngoMowabhi,bathi: ‘Yizani simphanzise, angabi saba luhlanga.’Nawe Mademena, uza kucinyw' igama;ikrele liza kukusukela.
3 Yivani, naso isililo sivela eHoronayim:‘Lubhukuqo nogonyamelo!’
4 UMowabhi ubhukuqiwe!Iimveku zakhe zivakala zikhala.
5 Amadoda anyuka induli yaseLuhiti ehamba elila engaphezi.Endleleni ehlayo eya eHoronayim ayambambazela;atsho ngesimbonono ngenxa yobhukuqo lukaMowabhi.