1 Ngomnyaka wetshumi lanye, ngenyanga yesithathu ngosuku lwakuqala, ilizwi likaThixo lafika kimi lisithi: 2 "Ndodana yomuntu, tshono kuFaro inkosi yaseGibhithe lakumaxuku akhe uthi:

‘Ngubani ongalinganiswa lawe ngobucwazicwazi?

3 Cabanga i-Asiriya, eyake yaba ngumsedari eLebhanoni,

olamagatsha amahle embese ihlathi ngomthunzi;

wawumude uphezulu le,

isihloko sawo singaphezu kwamahlamvu avitshileyo.

4 Amanzi awondla,

imithombo etshonayo yawenza wakhula waba mude;

izifudlana zayo zageleza

emaceleni esidindi sawo sonke,

imisele yazo ayafika

kuzozonke izihlahla zeganga.

5 Wawuphakeme kanjalo umude

kulazo zonke izihlahla zeganga;

ingatsha zawo zanda,

ingatsha zawo zakhula zaba zinde

zendlalekile ngenxa yobunengi bamanzi.

6 Zonke izinyoni zasemoyeni

zakhela izidleke zazo ezingatsheni zawo,

zonke izinyamazana zeganga

zazalela ngaphansi kwezingatsha zawo;

zonke izizwe ezinkulu

zahlala emthunzini wawo.

7 Wawunkanyazela ngobuhle bawo,

ngezingatsha zawo ezendlalekileyo,

ngoba impande zawo zazitshona

phansi emanzini amanengi.

8 Imisedari esivandeni sikaNkulunkulu

yayingeke ilingane lawo,

kumbe izihlahla zemiphayini

zibe lezingatsha ezingafana lezawo,

akukho sihlahla esivandeni sikaNkulunkulu

esasingaba sihle njengawo.

9 Ngawenza waba muhle

ngezingatsha ezinengi,

wahawukelwa yizihlahla zonke zase-Edeni

esivandeni sikaNkulunkulu.

10 Ngakho-ke nanku okutshiwo nguThixo Wobukhosi: Ngoba wawumude uphezulu le, isihloko sawo siphakamele ngaphezu kwezingatsha ezivitshileyo, njalo ngenxa yokuthi wawuziqhenya ngobude bawo, 11 ngawunikela kumbusi wezizwe ukuba awuphathe ngokufanele ububi bawo. Ngawulahlela eceleni, 12 njalo isizwe sasezizweni esilesihluku kulazo zonke sawucakazela phansi sawutshiya. Ingatsha zawo zawela phezu kwezintaba lasezigodini zonke, amagatsha awo ephukela ezindongeni zonke zelizwe. Zonke izizwe zasemhlabeni zasuka emthunzini wawo zawutshiya. 13 Zonke izinyoni zasemoyeni zahlala phezu kwesihlahla esiwileyo, lezinyamazana zonke zeganga zaziphakathi kwezingatsha zaso. 14 Ngakho kazikho ezinye izihlahla ngasemanzini ezizaphakama ngokuziqhenya phezulu le, zifikise izihloko zazo ngaphezu kwezingatsha. Kazikho ezinye izihlahla ezizuza amanzi kuhle kanjalo ezizake zifike phezulu kangako; zonke zimiselwe ukufa, emhlabeni ongaphansi, phakathi kwabantu abafayo, kanye lalabo abehlela egodini.

15 Nanku okutshiwo nguThixo Wobukhosi: Ngosuku owehliselwa ngalo engcwabeni, ngavala imithombo etshonayo ngokulilelwa kwawo, ngamisa izifudlana zawo, lamanzi awo amanengi avinjelwa. Ngenxa yawo ngembesa iLebhanoni ngomnyama, njalo zonke izihlahla zeganga zabuna. 16 Ngenza izizwe zathuthunyeliswa ngumdumo wokuwa kwawo lapha ngawehlisela phansi engcwabeni kanye lalabo abehlela phansi egodini. Lapho-ke zonke izihlahla zase-Edeni, ezikhethekileyo lezinhle kakhulu zaseLebhanoni, zonke izihlahla ezazithola amanzi kuhle, zaduduzeka ngaphansi komhlaba. 17 Labo ababehlala emthunzini wawo, ababevumelana lawo phakathi kwezizwe, basebehlele phansi engcwabeni kanye lawo, bahlangana lalabo ababulawa ngenkemba.

18 Yisiphi sezihlahla zase-Edeni esingafaniswa lawe ngobuhle langobucwazicwazi na? Ikanti lawe futhi uzakwehliselwa phansi ngaphansi komhlaba kanye lezihlahla zase-Edeni; uzalala phakathi kwabangasokanga, lalabo ababulawa ngenkemba.

Lo nguFaro kanye lamaxuku akhe wonke, kutsho uThixo Wobukhosi.’ "