1 Khangelani khathesi UThixo,

uThixo uSomandla

usezasusa eJerusalema lelizweni lakoJuda

okufunekayo losizo:

konke ukudla lamanzi,

2 iqhawe lebutho,

umahluleli lomphrofethi,

isangoma lomuntu omdala,

3 induna yebutho labangamatshumi amahlanu

lamadoda ayizikhulu,

umeluleki, ingcitshi yemisebenzi,

lesanuse esihlakaniphileyo.

4 "Ngizakwenza abafana babeyizikhulu zabo;

abantwana nje bazababusa."

5 Abantu bazancindezelana,

umuntu avukele umuntu,

umakhelwane avukele umakhelwane.

Abatsha bazavukela abadala,

abeyisekayo bavukele abahlonitshwa.

6 Indoda izabamba omunye wabafowabo

emzini kayise ithi,

"Ulesembatho, woba ngumkhokheli wethu,

inqwaba yamanxiwa le

izakuba ngaphansi kombuso wakho."

7 Kodwa ngalolosuku uzakhala athi,

"Angilamasiza.

Endlini yami akulakudla loba izigqoko;

ungangenzi umkhokheli wabantu."

8 IJerusalema liyadiyazela,

uJuda uyawa;

amazwi abo lezenzo zabo kuphambene loThixo,

kweyisa ubukhosi bakhe.

9 Ukukhangeleka kobuso babo kufakaza kubi ngabo;

babukisa izono zabo njengeSodoma;

kabazifihli.

Maye kubo!

Bazilethele incithakalo phezu kwabo.

10 Tshela abalungileyo ukuthi kuzakuba kuhle kubo,

ngoba bazakholisa izithelo zezenzo zabo.

11 Maye kwababi!

Incithakalo isiphezu kwabo!

Bazaphindiselwa

ngalokho izandla zabo ezikwenzileyo.

12 Abatsha bancindezela abantu bami,

abesifazane bayababusa.

Awu, bantu bami, abakhokheli benu bayaliduhisa;

bayaliphambula endleleni.

13 UThixo uphakama ukuba afakaze indaba yakhe,

uyasukuma ukuba ahlulele abantu.

14 UThixo uqalisa ukwahlulela

abadala labakhokheli babantu esithi,

"Yini elitshabalalise isivini sami;

elikuthumbe kubayanga kusezindlini zenu.

15 Litshoni ngokuchoboza abantu bami

langokuchola ubuso babayanga?"

kutsho iNkosi, uThixo uSomandla.

16 UThixo uthi,

"Abesifazane baseZiyoni bayaziphakamisa,

bahamba belule izintamo,

behuga ngamehlo abo,

begwenxeka ngamanyathelo amancane,

izigqizo zikhencezela enqagaleni zabo.

17 Ngakho-ke uThixo uzakwenza amakhanda

abesifazane baseZiyoni abe lezilonda;

uThixo uzakwenza

isikhumba samakhanda abo siphuceke."

18 Ngalolosuku uThixo uzahluthuna imiceciso yabo: amasongo, imincwazi, lemigaxo yentanyeni 19 amacici, izigqizo lezimbombozo, 20 amaqhiye, izigetsho lamabhanti; amambodlela amakha lezintebe, 21 indandatho ezilophawu lamasongo empumulo, 22 izembatho ezinhle lezingubo lezigqoko, izikhwama 23 lezibuko, lezigqoko zelineni, imiqhele lamaveli.

24 Endaweni yephunga elimnandi

kuzakuba lomnuko omubi;

endaweni yebhanti kuzakuba legoda,

endaweni yenwele ezilungiswe kuhle

kuzakuba lempabanga,

endaweni yezigqoko ezinhle

kuzakuba ngamasaka,

endaweni yobuhle, kuzakuba lihlazo.

25 Amadoda akini azakuwa ngenkemba,

kanjalo lamabutho akini empini.

26 Amasango aseZiyoni azakhala alile,

kuthi yona ihlale phansi ichithekile.