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1 Kwafika ilizwi likaYehova kum, lisithi,2 Nyana womntu, bhekisa ubuso bakho koonyana baka-Amon, uprofete ngabo,3 uthi koonyana baka-Amon, Liveni ilizwi leNkosi uYehova. Itsho iNkosi uYehova ukuthi, Ngenxa enokuba usithi kwingcwele yam, Tshotsho! ngokuba ihlanjelwe; nakumhlaba wakwaSirayeli, Tshotsho! ngokuba wenziwe kwaba senkangala; nakwindlu yakwaYuda, Tshotsho! ngokuba bathinjiwe:4 ngako oko, yabona, ndikunikela koonyana basempumalanga, ukuba bamele kuwe, bamise iingqili zabo kuwe, benze neendawo zokuhlala kwabo kuwe. Bona baya kudla iziqhamo zakho, basele amasi akho.5 Ndiya kuyenza iRabha ibe likriwa leenkamela, eloonyana baka-Amon ndilenze libe yindawo yokubutha kwemihlambi; nazi ukuba ndinguYehova.6 Ngokuba itsho iNkosi uYehova ukuthi, Ngenxa enokuba ubethe esandleni sakho, wangqisha ngonyawo, wawuvuyela umhlaba wakwaSirayeli ngokucekisa komphefumlo:7 ngako oko, yabona, ndisolula phezu kwakho isandla sam, ndikunikele ezintlangeni, ukuba ube lixhoba, ndikunqumle ezizweni, ndikwenze udake, ungabikho emazweni. Ndiya kukutshabalalisa; wazi ukuba ndinguYehova.

8 Itsho iNkosi uYehova ukuthi, Ngenxa enokuba besithi ooMowabhi, noSehire, Yabonani, injengeentlanga zonke indlu yakwaYuda:9 ngako oko, yabonani, ndivula icala likaMowabhi, ndithabathela emizini yakhe, kwesekupheleni kwakhe, eligugu lelizwe, iBhete-yeshimoti, neBhahali-mehon, ndise eKiriyatayim.10 Ndolivulela oonyana basempumalanga, kunye neloonyana baka-Amon, ndibanike limiwe, ukuze bangabi sakhunjulwa ezintlangeni oonyana baka-Amon;11 ndenze izigwebo kwaMowabhi; bazi ukuba ndinguYehova.12 Itsho iNkosi uYehova ukuthi, Ngenxa enokuba uEdom esebenze ngokuphindezela impindezelo kwindlu yakwaYuda, wazeka ityala elikhulu ngokuphindezela kubo:13 ngako oko itsho iNkosi uYehova ukuthi, Ndiya kusolula isandla sam naphezu kwelakwaEdom, ndinqumle kulo umntu nenkomo; ndilibharhise, kuthabathele kwaTeman; bawe likrele, kuse nakwaDedan.14 Ndiya kuphindezela kwaEdom ngesandla sabantu bam amaSirayeli, benze kwaEdom ngokomsindo wam nangokobushushu bam; bakwazi ke ukuphindezela kwam; itsho iNkosi uYehova.15 Itsho iNkosi uYehova ukuthi, Ngenxa yokwenza kwamaFilisti ngempindezelo, ephindezela ngempindezelo, ecekisa emphefumlweni, esonakalisa, enobutshaba obungunaphakade:16 ngako oko itsho iNkosi uYehova ukuthi, Yabona, ndiya kusolula isandla sam phezu kwamaFilisti, ndiwanqumle amaKreti, ndiwatshabalalise amasalela aselunxwemeni lolwandle.17 Ndiya kwenza kuwo iimpindezelo ezinkulu, ezishushu; bazi ukuba ndinguYehova, ekwenzeni kwam impindezelo kuwo.