1. Wo kubona abehlela eGibitheukuba basizwe khona,bencike emahhashini, bethemba ezinqoleni,ngokuba ziningi,nakubo abamahhashi,ngokuba benamandla;kepha ababheki koNgcwele ka-Israyeli,noJehova abamfuni.
2. Nokho naye uhlakaniphile,uyakuletha okubi;akayikubuyisa amazwi akhe,kepha uyakuvukela indlu yababinosizo lwabenza okubi.
3. AbaseGibithe bangabantu,abasiye uNkulunkulu,amahhashi abo ayinyama,awasiwo umoya,nalapho uJehova eyakwelula isandla sakheuyakukhubeka naye osizayo,kuwe naye osizwayo,baphele bonke kanyekanye.
4. Ngokuba usho kanje kimi uJehova, uthi:“Njengengonyama ebhongayo,ibhongo lengonyama phezu kwempango yalo,lapho abelusi abaningi belibizelwe,aliyikwesaba izwi labo,lingazithobi ngomsindo wabo,kanjalo uJehova Sebawoti uyakwehlaukuba alwe entabeni yaseSiyoni nasegqumeni layo.
5. Njengezinyoni ezindizayokanjalo uJehova, uJehova Sebawoti,uyakulivikela iJerusalema;uyakulivikela, alophule,alidlule, alikhulule.”
6. Buyelani kuye enimhlubukile ngokujulileyo kangako nina bantwana bakwa-Israyeli.
7. Ngokuba ngalolo suku bayakulahla, kube yilowo nalowo izithombe zakhe zesiliva nezithombe zakhe zegolide, ezizenzile izandla zenu zaba yisono senu.
8. “I-Asiriya liyakuwa ngenkemba,kungengamuntu,nenkemba engesiyo eyomuntu iyakuliqeda;liyakubalekela usiko lwenkemba,kepha izinsizwa zalo ziyakuba yizinceku zempoqo.
9. Idwala lakhe liyakunyamalala ngovalo,nezikhulu zalo ziyakuphela amandla ngebhanela,”*usho uJehova omlilo wakhe useSiyoni,nosithando sakhe siseJerusalema.