1 Maye kini lina elingakhathaliyo eZiyoni,

lakini elizizwa livikelekile eNtabeni iSamariya,

lina madoda adumileyo esizwe sokuqala,

abantu bako-Israyeli abaya kuso!

2 Yanini eKhaline liyikhangele;

lisuka lapho yanini eHamathi enkulu,

beselisehlela eGathi eseFilistiya.

Bangcono kulemibuso yenu emibili na?

Ilizwe labo likhulu kulelenu na?

3 Lisusa usuku olubi

lisondeze eduze ukubusa ngodlakela.

4 Lilala emibhedeni eyenziwa ngempondo zendlovu

licambalale phezu kwemibheda yenu yokuphumulela.

Lidla inyama yezimvu zekhethelo

leyamathole anonisiweyo.

5 Lihweba amachacho njengoDavida

kodwa engamachacho ezaba.

6 Linatha iwayini ligcwele inqayi,

ligcobe ngamagcobo amahle,

kodwa kalikhathazeki ngokuchitheka kukaJosefa.

7 Ngakho-ke lizakuba ngabanye bakuqala ekuthunjweni;

ukuzitika kwenu lokuhleka kuzaphela.

8 UThixo Wobukhosi uzifungele yena ngokwakhe, uThixo uNkulunkulu uSomandla uthi:

"Ngiyakwenyanya ukuzigqaja kukaJakhobe

njalo ngiyazizonda izinqaba zakhe;

ngizalinikela idolobho lakho

konke okukulo."

9 Nxa amadoda alitshumi esele endlini eyodwa, lawo azakufa. 10 Njalo nxa isihlobo okumele sitshise izidumbu zifika ukuba sizisuse kuleyondlu besesibuza loba ngubani oyabe elokhu ecatshile khonapho, sithi, "Kulomunye olawe na?" Yena athi, "Hatshi," lapho-ke uzakuthi, "Thula! Akumelanga sithinte ibizo likaThixo."

11 Ngoba uThixo usekhuphe umlayo,

njalo uzaphahlaza indlukazi ibe yizihlephu

kuthi indlu encinyane ibe yizicucu.

12 Amabhiza ayagijima emadwaleni angamawa na?

Umuntu uyalima khonapho ngenkabi na?

Kodwa lina liphendule ukulunga kwaba yitshefu

lesithelo sokulunga saba yibuhlungu,

13 lina elithokoziswa yikunqotshwa kweLo-Debhari

beselisithi, "IKharinayimi kasiyithumbanga ngamandla ethu na?"

14 Ngoba uThixo uNkulunkulu uSomandla uthi,

"Ngizakuvusela isizwe, wena ndlu ka-Israyeli,

esizakuncindezela indawo yonke

kusukela eLebho Hamathi kusiyafika esigodini sase-Arabha."