7 Ngaloo mini umntu uya kondela kuMenzi wakhe, amehlo akhe akhangele koyiNgcwele kaSirayeli;
8 anganoneleli izibingelelo, izenzo zezandla zakhe, angayikhangeli into eyênziwa yiminwe yakhe, noAshera,* nezithixo zelanga.
9 Ngaloo mini imizi yakhe enqabileyo iya kuba ngamanxuwa asezintshinyeleni zehlathi, nawasezincotsheni zeentaba, abawashiyáyo phambi koonyana bakaSirayeli; koba senkangala.
10 Ngokokuba ùmlibele uThixo, umsindisi wakho, akwalikhumbula neliwa lokunqaba kwakho; ngenxa yoko watyala izityalo ezimnandi, wamilisela kuzo iintswazi zomdiliya wasemzini.
11 Ngemini yokutyala kwakho wawubiyela, kusasa wayityatyambisa imbewu yakho — sisitha sokwindla eso ngemini yesifo, nomvandedwa obulalayo.
12 Yeha, ukuguguma kwezizwe ezininzi, ziguguma njengokuguguma kweelwandle! Yeha, ukungxola kwezizwe, zingxola njengokungxola kwamanzi anamandla!
13 Izizwe zingxola njengokungxola kwamanzi amaninzi; ke uThixo wozikhalimela, zisabe ziye kude, zisukelwe njengomququ weentaba phambi komoya, njengefukufuku lothuli phambi kwesaqhwithi.