1 Isihlabo esisingisele kwiDamasko. Yabona, iDamasko iya kususwa ekubeni ngumzi, ibe ngumwewe owileyo.
2 Ishiyiwe imizi yaseArohere; iya kuba yeyemihlambi, ibuthe khona, kungabikho uyothusayo;
3 iphelìswe inqaba kwaEfrayim nobukumkani kwiDamasko, amasalela ama-Aram* abe njengobuqaqawuli boonyana bakaSirayeli; utsho uYehova wemikhosi.
4 Kuya kuthi ngaloo mini, busweleke ubuqaqawuli bukaYakobi, ingcumbeke inyama yakhe etyebileyo.