Ukukekela kwemeko yamaMowabhi

1 Nango amaMowabhi entlango kwisixeko iSela;

ngoku athumela umrhumo:

amatakane eegusha kwiziphathamandla eJerusalem.

2 AmaMowabhikazi ayazula-zula;

axel’ intaka egxothwe endlwaneni yayo.

Nango ephithizela kumazibuko eAnon.

3 “Izwe lifile, yizani kusophula!

Sicela uncedo, khanisikhusele!

Yibani njengomthunzi mhla ligqatsileyo.

Besingoobani kakade siziimbacu nje!

Hayi bo, sincedeni ningasingcothozi!

4 Iimbacu zaseMowabhi maziphambukele kuni;

sikhuseleni kulo mtshabalalisi.”

Le ngcinezelo iza kubuya yethe,

nale ntshabalalo iza kuphela,

nomphembi-dushe aphel’ emehlweni.

5 Ngelo thuba ke kosekwa ubukumkani,

bumiselwe ngothando olunezibele.

Esihlalweni kongqendeva onyanisekileyo.

Lowo ke woba ngowendlu kaDavide.

Yena ke uya kulawula ngobulungisa,

alangazelele ulungelelwano nocwangco.

6 Sivile ngokuzikhukumalisa kwamaMowabhi,

elingako lona ikratshi nendelelo;

ewe, angade abe ucikekile likratshi,

kodwa ke, akulele nto apho.

7 Myeke ke uMowabhi abhomboloze.

Mabamthelele uMowabhi nabo balile;

mabenze isililo nesijwili xa bekhumbula amaqebengwane aseKir-hareshete.

8 Amasimi aseHeshbhon ayadodobala,

nezidiliya zaseSibhema zitshabalele.

Amakhosi ezizwe azixangxathile izidiliya zodidi,

zona fudula zifikelela eYazere,

zenjenjeya zithi xhaxhe ngentlango,

amasebe azo ethe gaa ngolwandle.

9 Ngoko ke ndilila kunye neYazere;

ndiyakhala ngezidiliya zaseSibhema;

ndiyinyhididi, Heshbhon nawe Eliyali.

Ewe kaloku, isivuno asibonwa,

imivuyo nemincili iyalambatha.

10 Amasimi akezi namihlali nalonwabo;

ezidiliyeni ayisekho ingoma nemiyeyezelo.

Ezixovulelweni akusekho baxovuli;

imiyiyizelo yabavuni iphelile.

11 Ngoko ke ndinesimbonono ngenxa yeMowabhi;

ngenene ndihlahlamba njengesigingci,

ngenxa yeKir-hareshete ndibindekile.

12 AmaMowabhi aziduba nje ngokunyuka intaba esiya kunqula; yonke loo nto yinkcitha-xesha.

13 Olu ludaba awaluthetha kwamandulo uNdikhoyo ngokubhekiselele kwiMowabhi.

14 Kambe ke ngoku uNdikhoyo uthi: “Kwiminyaka emithathu yokunyamezela ubutyebi beMowabhi buya kuphel’ emehlweni. Obu bunewu-newu naloo nyambalala yabantu konke kuya kutshabha, naloo mingqandanda isindileyo yoba ngamabhetye-bhetye.”