1. Isihlabo selizwi likaYehova, esisingisele kuSirayeli.Utsho uYehova, umaneki wezulu, umseki wehlabathi, umenzi womoya womntu phakathi kwakhe, ukuthi,
2. Yabona, iYerusalem ndiyenza ibe yindebe enombilini, yokuhexisa zonke izizwe ngeenxa zonke, imfikele noYuda ekungqingweni kweYerusalem.
3. Kothi ngaloo mini, ndiyenze iYerusalem ibe lilitye elingumthwalo ezizweni zonke; bonke abalifunqulayo baya kuzisikisa, bazilimazise, ziyihlanganyele zonke iintlanga zehlabathi.
4. Ngaloo mini, utsho uYehova, ndiya kuwabetha othuke amahashe onke, ndibabethe babe nomgada abakhweli bawo, ndiwavule amehlo am phezu kwendlu kaYuda, onke amahashe ezizwe ndiwabethe abe ziimfama.