1. Izwi likaJehova lafika kimi, lathi:
2. “Ndodana yomuntu, kwakukhona abesifazane ababili, amadodakazi omfazi munye.
3. Babefeba eGibithe, bafeba ebusheni babo; bapotozwa khona amabele abo, zacindezelwa khona izingono zobuntombi babo.
4. Amagama abo ayengu-Ohola, omkhulu, no-Oholiba udadewabo; baba ngabami, bazala amadodana namadodakazi. Amagama abo: iSamariya lingu-Ohola, neJerusalema lingu-Oholiba.
5. “U-Ohola wafeba esengowami, wakhanukela izithandwa zakhe, abase-Asiriya, abakhelwane bakhe,
6. ababembethe okuluhlaza, izinduna nababusi, izinsizwa ezinxanelekayo zonke, izinkweli ezikhwele amahhashi.
7. Wabanika ubufebe bakhe, bengamadoda akhethekileyo ase-Asiriya; bonke abakhanukelayo, wangcoliswa ngazo zonke izithombe zabo.
8. Kepha akashiyanga ubufebe bakhe baseGibithe, ngokuba balala naye ebusheni bakhe, bacindezela izingono zobuntombi bakhe, bathulula ubufebe babo phezu kwakhe.
9. “Ngalokho ngamnikela esandleni sezithandwa zakhe, isandla sabase-Asiriya abakhanukelayo.
10. Bona bambula ubunqunu bakhe, bathatha amadodana akhe namadodakazi akhe; yena bambulala ngenkemba, waba yisaga phakathi kwabesifazane, lapho kwenziwa ukwahlulelwa kuye.
11. “Udadewabo u-Oholiba wakubona, kepha wonakala ekukhanukeni kwakhe kunaye, nasebufebeni bakhe obadlula ubufebe bukadadewabo.
12. Wakhanukela abase-Asiriya, izinduna nababusi, abakhelwane, ababembethe kahle kakhulu, beyizinkweli ezikhwele amahhashi, zonke ziyizinsizwa ezinxanelekayo.