1 “Balekani nisabe,bantu bakwaBhenjamin,niyishiy' iJerusalem!Vuthelani isigodlo eTekowa,nenz' umqondiso phezu kweBhete-hakerem ngomlilo.Kub' intlekele evela ngasentla igalelekile,ngokunjalo nentshabalalo engathethekiyo.
2 Intombi eyiZiyon ndiyifanisa nedlelo elikhethekileyo.
3 Yokhatshelwa kulo imihlambi ngabelusi,bafike bee thande, bagxumeke iintente,elowo adlise kweyakhe indawo.
4 “Zigonyeni, niqulele imfazwe,sihlasele esi sixeko ilanga lisahlab' umhlaba.Hayi bo! Amathunz' awile, imini selisangene!
5 Phakamani, sihlasele ngobusuku,sizidilize ezo nqaba.”
6 Utsho uNdikhoyo onamandla onke ukuthi:“Gawulani imithi,nifumbe iingqumba zomhlaba kwiindonga zeJerusalem.Sisixeko esifanelwe kukohlwaywa,intw' ezele yingcinezelo yodwa.
7 Njengoko ahlala empompoza amanz' omthombo,buhlala bunjalo ukumpompoza ububi baseJerusalem.Kuhlala kuvakala ugonyamelo nembuqe kuyo;iimbandezelo neentlungu zihlala ziphambi kwam njalo.
8 Lumka, Jerusalem, hleze ndikulahle,naloo mhlaba wakho ndiwutsho ufane nenkangala engahlalwa bani.”
9 Utsho uNdikhoyo onamandla onke ukuthi:“Khwahlaza loo masalela akwaSirayeli,uxele umntu okhwahlaza emdiliyeni,ebhikica loo minqandandana isele emasebeni.”
10 Ndibhekise kubani?Ngubani owondiphulaphula,abamkele ubungqina bam?NingamaSirayeli alukileyo,ukanti iindlebe zenu zivalekile,aniva tu!Kubo ilizwi likaNdikhoyo lisisinyeliso;abalikhathalele nganto.
11 Ndiyaphuphuma yingqumbo kaNdikhoyo ngenxa yabo.Kudala ndizibambile, ngoku ndidiniwe.“Yibhodlele kubantwana ezitalatweni,nakubafana ezimbuthweni.Kochatshazelwa bonke: amadoda nabafazi.Ewe, kochatshazelwa nabagugileyo, nditsho iinkothovu zamaxhego.
12 Imizi yabo yothathwa bantu bambi,ngokunjalo amasimi nabafazi babo,xa ndibohlwaya abantu beli lizwe.”Lowo ngumlomo kaNdikhoyo.
13 “Kususela koyena uphantsi umntu,kuse kwabona baphakamileyo,xa bebonke basemva kwenzuzo.Kwanabashumayeli, nababingeleli ngabakhohlisi xa bebonke.
14 Amanxeba abantu bam banga bayawanyangangokuthi: ‘Ngxe, ngxe, akukho ngozi!’Ukanti alixolanga.
15 Zizinto ezingenazintloni naxa zenze amanyundululu;azibi nalo nonyungu olu!Ngoko ke baza kuwa nabawileyo;bokhubeka mhla ndabavelela.”Utsho uNdikhoyo.
16 Utsho *uNdikhoyo ukuthi:“Yimani eziphambukeni nikhangele,nibuzise ngomendo wamandulo,niqonde ukuba yiyiphi na indlela eyiyona-yona,nihambe ngayo ke,ukuze nifumane inzolo emphefumlweni.Ke nina nathi: ‘Asiyi kuhamba ngayo!’
17 Ndanimisela abalindi, ndathi: ‘Phulaphulani izwi lesigodlo!’Kodwa nina nathi: ‘Asiyi kuphulaphula.’
18 “Bekani iindlebe ke ngoko, nina zintlanga,niyiqonde, mabandlandini, into endiza kubenza yona.
19 Phulaphula, mhlaba,ubone ishwangusha endiza kulithumela aba bantu.Sisiphumo samayelenqe abo,kuba kaloku abalinanzanga ilizwi lam –andisathethi ke ngomyalelo wam abawubukuleyo.
20 Andiyihoyanga intlaka yesiqhumiso yaseSheba,ndingawakhathalele namakha avela kwelasemzini.Andinamdla kumadini enu;andikholiswa nangala atshiswayo.”
21 Ngoko ke utsho uNdikhoyo ukuthi:“Aba bantu ndiza kubabekela imiqobo abaya kukhubeka kuyo,kuwe uyise nonyana kunye nabamelwana nezihlobo,batshabalale xa bebonke.”
22 Utsho *uNdikhoyo ukuthi:“Nâlo uhlanga oluvela ngasentla,isizwe esinamandla esixhokonxwe lee emalandalahla.
23 Baxhobe ngeentolo nemikhonto;izinto ezinolunya ezingenalusini.Batsho ngesandi esinga kugquma ulwandle,beza bekhwele amahashebengamabutho okuhlasela wena, Ziyon.”
24 Ewe, zifikile kuthi ezo ndaba,zangenwa ngumkhinkqi iingalo,lwangongoza uvalo oku komfazi olunywayo.
25 Musa ukuphumela ngaphandle,ungakhe ubonwe ezindleleni,kuba utshaba luxhobile;lunxunguphalo macal' onke.
26 Zithini wambu ngerhonya, bantu bam,nizibhuqa-bhuqe eluthuthwini,nibe ngathi nizilele unyana okuphela kwakhengesikrakra sona isililo,kuba uza kusifikela ngequbuliso yena umtshabalalisi.
27 “Ndikwenze umgocagoci wabantu bam,ukuze uziqonde uzivavanye kakuhle iindlela zabo.
28 Bangabakreqi abanenkani;balukhuni okwesinyithi nentsimbi.Zizinto ezihamba zisasaza ulwimi;bonakele xa bebonke.
29 Imfutho ivuthela umlilo wokunyibilikisa ilothe.Uyawenza umsebenzi wakhe umkhandi,kodwa yonke loo nto lilize,kuba zona izikhohlakali azipheli.
30 Kuthiwa abantu bayintlenge yesiliva,kuba uNdikhoyo ubabukule.”