1 Utsho uYehova ukuthi, Ngenxa yezikreqo ezithathu zakwaMowabhi, ngenxa yeziné — andiyi kuyibuyisa umva le nto — ngenxa yokuwatshisa kwakhe amathambo ookumkani bakwaEdom, ába yikalika:
2 ndiya kuthumela umlilo kwaMowabhi, utshise iingxande ezinde zeKeriyoti, afe uMowabhi, kúphithizelwa, kúhlatywa umkhosi, kúvuthelwa izigodlo.
3 Ndomnqumla umgwebi phakathi kwakhe, ndibabulale bonke abathetheli bakhe kunye naye; utsho uYehova.
4 Utsho uYehova ukuthi, Ngenxa yezikreqo ezithathu zakwaYuda, ngenxa yeziné — andiyi kuyibuyisa umva le nto — ngenxa yokuwucekisa kwabo umyalelo kaYehova, àbayigcina imimiselo yakhe; amanga abo, ababelandela wona ooyise, àbandwendwisa: