1. Kwathi ngomnyaka weshumi nanye ngolokuqala lwenyanga izwi likaJehova lafika kimi, lathi:
2. “Ndodana yomuntu, ngenxa yokuba iTire lishilo ngeJerusalema ukuthi: ‘Ashila; laphukile ebe liyisango labantu; seliphendukele kimi; ngiyakugcwala lapho selichithekile,’
3. ngalokho isho kanje iNkosi uJehova, ithi: Bheka, ngiphezu kwakho, Tire; ngiyakwenyusela kuwe izizwe eziningi njengolwandle lukhuphula amaza alo.
4. Ziyakuchitha izingange zaseTire, zibhidlize imibhoshongo yalo; ngiyakukhukhuza umhlabathi walo kulo, ngilenze idwala eliyinyabule.
5. Liyakuba yindawo yokweneka amanetha phakathi kolwandle, ngokuba mina ngikukhulumile, isho iNkosi uJehova; liyakuba yimpango yezizwe.
6. Amadodakazi alo asendle ayakubulawa ngenkemba, bazi ukuthi nginguJehova.
7. “Ngokuba isho kanje iNkosi uJehova, ithi: Bheka, ngiyakuyisa eTire uNebukadinesari inkosi yaseBabele, evela enyakatho, eyinkosi yamakhosi, enamahhashi, nezinqola, nabamahhashi, nesixuku sabantu abaningi.
8. Uyakubulala amadodakazi akho endle ngenkemba, enze inqaba ngakuwe, akunqwabele iduli, akumisele ihawu.
9. Uyakubekisa izinqama zakhe zokungqubuza ezingangeni zakho, abhidlize imibhoshongo yakho ngamazembe akhe.
10. Ngenxa yobuningi bamahhashi akhe ibhuqu lawo liyakukusibekela, izingange zakho zizamazame ngomdumo wabamahhashi, nowokunamasondo, nowezinqola, lapho engena esangweni lakho njengalokhu kungenwa emzini ofohliweyo.
11. Ngezinselo zamahhashi akhe uyakunyathela zonke izitaladi zakho, abulale abantu bakho ngenkemba, kuwe phansi izinsika zemandla akho.