16 “ ‘Ngalokho bonke abakudlayo bayakudliwa,nabo bonke abamelene nawe bayakuthunjwa bonkana,nabakuphangayo bayakuphangwa,nabo bonke abakwamukayongiyakubanikela ukuba bamukwe.
17 Ngokuba ngiyakubuyisela ukuphila kuwe,ngelaphe izilonda zakho,’ usho uJehova,‘ngokuba bakubize ngokuthi OxoshiweyoneSiyoni elingafunwa muntu.’
18 “Usho kanje uJehova, uthi:“ ‘Bheka,ngiyakukubuyisa ukuthunjwa kwamatende kaJakobe,ngiwahawukele amakhaya akhe;umuzi uyakwakhiwa edumeni lawo,indlu yamakhosi ihlale njengokufaneleyo.
19 Kuyakuphuma kubo udumiso nezwi labathokozayo;ngiyakubenza babe baningi,bangabi ngabayingcosana,ngibadumise, bangeyiswa.
20 Abantwana bakhe bayakuba njengakuqala,ibandla lakhe lime phambi kwami,ngijezise bonke abamcindezelayo.
21 Isikhulu sakhe siyakuba ngesiphuma kuye,nombusi wakhe uyakuvela phakathi kwakhe;ngiyakumsondeza, asondele kimi,ngokuba ngubani oke waba nesibindisokusondela kimi na?’ usho uJehova.
22 “ ‘Niyakuba ngabantu bami,mina ngibe nguNkulunkulu wenu.’ ”