3. Babengamahenyukazi kwaseJiputa beselula. Apho kwelo zwe babephathwa-phathwa amabele, becofwa-cofwa iingono.
4. Igama lalo mkhulu lalinguOhola, udade wabo omncinane inguOholibha. Yayingabam, baza bandizalela oonyana neentombi. UOhola yiSamariya, uOholibha yiJerusalem.
5. “UOhola wabuqala ubuhenyukazi esengowam, wasemva kwezithandwa zakhe, ama-Asiriya, amadoda omkhosi,
6. wona egaxele impahla yawo ezuba; ewe, abalawuli nabaphathi-mkhosi, onke ingamagatyana anomkhitha nomfaneleko xa ekhwele emahashini awo.
7. Waba lihenyukazi lazo zonke izinxiba-mxhaka zaseAsiriya, wazenyelisa ngezithixo zabo bonke awayebabawela.
8. Akabuyekanga ubuhenyukazi awayebuqale eJiputa ebutsheni bakhe, apho abafana babelala naye, bamphatha-phathe amabele, bemnyumbazela ukufeba.
9. “Ndasuka ke mna ndamyekela kwizithandwa zakhe ama-Asiriya awayezilangazelela.
29-30. Baza kuyikhuphela kuwe intiyo yabo, bazihluthe izinto ozibileleyo. Baya kukushiya uze, ihlazo lobuhenyukazi lakho litshiswe lilanga. Konke oku kungenxa yobufebe namanyala akho, kuba kaloku unqwenele ezinye iintlanga waza wazigqwalisa ngezithixo zazo.
31. Ulandele ikhondo lodade wenu; ngako oko uza kurhabula kwindebe yakhe.
32. “Itsho iNkosi uNdikhoyo ukuthi:“Uya kurhabula kwindebe yodade wenu enomthamo omkhulu;iya kukuzisela ukuphoxeka, kuba ithwele lukhulu.
33. Uya kunxila kube lusiziyindebe yokuphalala nembubho,indebe yodade wenu uSamariya.
34. Uya kuyisela uyifince;uya kuyicumza ibe ziingceba,uwaphale amabele akho.Ndithethile, itsho iNgangalala uNdikhoyo.
35. “Ngoko ke itsho iNkosi uNdikhoyo ukuthi: Kuba usuke wandilibala, wandifulathela, uza kusithwala isono sokufeba nobuhenyukazi bakho.”
36. Wathi kum uNdikhoyo: “Mntundini, bagwebe oo-Ohola no-Oholibha! Baxelele ngezenzo zabo ezibi,
37. kuba bakrexezile, baza baphalaza igazi. Bakrexezile nezithixo zabo; bade benza amadini ngabantwana babo ababendizalele bona, batyisa izithixo.
38. Naku abakwenzileyo kum: kwangelo xesha basigqwalisile isibingelelo sam, bawunyelisa *noMhla wam wokuPhumla.
39. Kanye ngalo mhla benza idini ngabantwana babo kwizithixo zabo, bangena esibingelelweni sam, basigqwalisa. Nantso ke into abayenzileyo endlwini yam.
40. “Bade bathumela izigidimi emadodeni, afika evela kude, aza athi akufika nahlamba umzimba, nisenzela wona, naqaba amehlo, nafaka izihombo zenu.