1 Lesi yiso isibusiso esethulwa nguMosi umuntu kaNkulunkulu kwabako-Israyeli engakafi. 2 Wathi:

"UThixo wehla evela eSinayi

njalo wakhazimula kubo ngaseSeyiri;

wakhanyisa njalo kusiya eNtabeni yasePharani.

Wabuya labazinkulungwane ezilitshumi zabangcwele

bevelela eningizimu, emehlweni ezintaba zakhe.

3 Ngempela nguwe othanda abantu,

bonke abangcwele basezandleni zakho.

Ezinyaweni zakho bayakhothama

bonke bamukele iziqondiso ezivela kuwe,

4 umthetho esawuphiwa nguMosi,

inotho yebandla likaJakhobe.

5 Wayeyinkosi phezu kukaJeshuruni

lapho abakhokheli babantu bebuthene,

ndawonye lezizwana zako-Israyeli.

6 Kaphile uRubheni njalo angafi,

abesilisa bakhe bangaphunguki babebalutshwana."

7 Lokhu wakutsho ngoJuda:

"Zwana, wena Thixo wami, ukukhala kukaJuda;

mlethe ebantwini bakhe.

Ngezandla zakhe uvikela lokho akumeleyo.

Yebo, msize amelane lezitha zakhe!"

8 NgoLevi wathi:

"IThumimi kanye le-Urimi yakho ngokwayo

inceku yakho ethembekileyo.

Wamhlola eMasa;

waba laye emachibini aseMeribha.

9 Wathi ngoyise lonina,

‘Angilandaba labo mina.’

Kazange akwamukele ukuthi ulabafowabo

njalo kazange ananze abantwabakhe,

kodwa walilondoloza ilizwi lakho

wasigcina isivumelwano sakho.

10 Ufundisa amanyathelo akho kuJakhobe

lomthetho wakho ku-Israyeli.

Unikela ngempepha phambi kwakho

langeminikelo egcweleyo yokutshiswa e-alithareni.

11 Busisa bonke ubuciko bakhe, Thixo,

ujabule ngomsebenzi wezandla zakhe.

Babhubhise labo abamvukelayo;

zitshaye izitha zakhe zingaphindi zimvukele."

12 NgoBhenjamini wathi:

"Yekelani othandekayo kaThixo

aphumule kuye evikelekile,

ngoba umvikela ilanga lonke,

kanti njalo lowo uThixo amthandayo

uphumula emahlombe akhe."

13 NgoJosefa wathi:

"Sengathi uThixo angabusisa umhlaba wakhe

ngamazolo aligugu avela phezulu ezulwini

langamanzi ajulileyo ageleza ngaphansi;

14 langobuhle obuyingqala obulethwa lilanga

kanye lokucoleka okungalethwa yinyanga;

15 lezipho zekhethelo zasezintabeni zendulo

lokuthela kwezithelo zamaqaqa emi nini lanini;

16 langezipho eziyingqala zomhlaba lokugcwala kwawo

lozwelo lwakhe yena owayesesixukwini esivuthayo.

Konke lokhu akube sekhanda likaJosefa,

ebunzini lobuso benkosana phakathi kwabafowabo.

17 Ebukhosini unjengenkunzi encane elizibulo;

impondo zakhe zinjengezenyathi.

Ngazo uzagweba abhuqe izizwe,

aze agwebe lalezo ezisemaphethelweni omhlaba.

Banjalo abezinkulungwane zamatshumi baka-Efrayimi;

banjalo abezinkulungwane zikaManase."

18 NgoZebhuluni wathi:

"Jabula, Zebhuluni, ekuphumeni kwakho,

lawe wena, Isakhari, emathenteni akho.

19 Bazabizela abantu ezintabeni khonale

banikele imihlatshelo yabo yokulunga;

bazakudla baminze ngobunengi bokusolwandle

ngawo amagugu afihlakele etshebetshebeni."

20 NgoGadi wathi:

"Ubusisiwe lowo oqhelisa umbuso kaGadi!

UGadi uhlala khona njengesilwane,

edlithiza engalweni loba ekhanda.

21 Wazikhethela umhlaba omuhle okwamagama waba ngowakhe;

isabelo somkhokheli sagcinelwa yena.

Kwathi ekuhlanganeni kwabakhokheli babantu,

wakwenza lokho okufunwa nguThixo olungileyo,

kanye lokwahlulela kwakhe kwabako-Israyeli."

22 NgoDani wathi:

"UDani ngumdlwane wesilwane,

otshakala uphuma eBhashani."

23 NgoNafithali wathi:

"UNafithali uyaphuphuma ngozwelo lukaThixo

njalo ugcwele izibusiso zakhe;

elakhe ilifa uzazuza kusiya eningizimu ngechibini."

24 Ngo-Asheri wathi:

"Obusisiweyo kakhulu kulawo wonke amadodana ngu-Asheri;

ababelozwelo kuye abafowabo,

myekeleni ageze inyawo zakhe emafutheni.

25 Amabhawudo emasangweni akho azakuba ngawensimbi lethusi

njalo amandla akho azalingana insuku zakho.

26 Kakho ofana loNkulunkulu kaJeshuruni,

ophezulu emazulwini ukuze akuncede

kanti njalo lasemayezini ngobukhosi bakhe.

27 UNkulunkulu ongusimakade uyisiphephelo sakho,

njalo ngaphansi kuzingalo ezingelakuphela.

Uzazixotsha izitha phambi kwakho

esithi, ‘Mbulale!’

28 Ngakho u-Israyeli uzaphila yedwa evikelekile,

umthombo kaJakhobe uvikelekile,

elizweni lamabele kanye lewayini elitsha,

lapho amazulu phezulu akhithizela khona amazolo.

29 Ubusisiwe wena, Oh Israyeli!

Ngubani onjengawe,

abantu abahlengwa nguThixo?

Ulihawu lakho lomsizi wakho

njalo uyinkemba yakho ekhazimulayo.

Izitha zakho zizatshotshobala phambi kwakho

njalo uzazinyathela phansi

zonke izindawo zabo zokukhonza eziphakemeyo."