3 Ke uTobhiya umAmon owayesecaleni kwakhe wathi: “Iyintoni yona khona le bayakhayo? Kolu donga lwabo lwamatye kungathi kuqabele impungutye lusuke luwe!”
4 Khawuve usivelele, Thixo wethu, kuba sideliwe. Izishwabulo zabo zibuyisele kwaphezu kwabo. Banikezele babe ngamaxhoba kwilizwe lokuthinjwa.
5 Ungalingcwabi ityala labo, nezono zabo ungazisusi emehlweni akho. Kaloku bona babagibisele ngezithuko abakhi.
6 Ngoko ke saqhuba salwakha udonga lwada lwasisiqingatha ukuphakama. Kaloku abantu babesebenza ngokuzinikela.
7 USanebhalati, uTobhiya, ama-Arabhu, ama-Amon, namadoda aseAshdode, bathi bakuva ukuba umsebenzi wokuvusa iindonga zeJerusalem uqhubele phambili, zaye nezikhewu zivaliwe, basuka bakhathazeka gqitha.
8 Badibana bonke, benza iyelenqe lokuza kulwa neJerusalem, badale isiphithi-phithi.
9 Kambe ke sakhunga kuThixo wethu, samisa abalindi ukujongana nabo imini nobusuku.