2 kwafika uHanani omnye kumawethu, evela kwelakwaJuda namanye amadoda. Ndabancina ngemibuzo, ndifuna ukuqonda ngemeko yamaJuda abhungcileyo ekuthinjweni, nangobume beJerusalem.
3 Bandiphendula bathi: “Abo basindileyo, baza babuya ekuthinjweni, bakho phaya kwiphondo lakwaJuda, kambe bakwinkxwaleko enkulu nasehlazweni. Iindonga zeJerusalem ziwile, namasango ayo atshiswe ngomlilo.”
4 Ndithe ke ndakuziva ezi zinto ndahlala phantsi ndalila. Yaba ziintsuku ndizilile, ndingatyi, koko ndithandaza uThixo wamazulu.
5 Ndasuka ndathi:“Camagu, *Ndikhoyo, Thixo wamazulu, ngangalala yoThixo owoyikekayo owugcinayo umnqophiso wakho wentembeko kwabo bakuthandayo, beyithobela imiyalelo yakho!
6 Khawubek' iindlebe, uvul' amehlo akho, ukuze uwuve umthandazo owenziwa sisicaka sakho phambi kwakho umhla nezolo, ngenxa yezicaka zakho amaSirayeli. Ndiyavuma, mna kunye nendlu kabawo, ndawonye namaSirayeli, sikonile.
7 Inkulu inkohlakalo esiyenzileyo kuwe; asiyithobelanga imiyalelo nemimiselo nemithetho owayinikezela kwisicaka sakho uMosis.
8 “Khawusikhumbule isiyalo owasinika isicaka sakho uMosis, usithi: ‘Xa nithe ananyaniseka ndiya kunichitha-chitha phakathi kwezizwe,