1. Ngabantwana bakwa-Amoni. Usho kanje uJehova, uthi:“U-Israyeli kanamadodana,kanandlalifa, na?UMilkomu udleleni ifa likaGadi,abantu bakhe bahlale emizini yakhe, na?
2. Ngalokho bheka, izinsuku ziyeza,” usho uJehova,“lapho ngiyakwenza ukuba kuhlatshwe umkhosi wempingeRaba labantwana bakwa-Amoni;liyakuba yincithakalo,imizi yalo ishiswe ngomlilo,u-Israyeli abeselidla ifa lowalidla elakhe,” usho uJehova.
3. “Hhewula, Heshiboni,ngokuba i-Ayi lichithekile,nikhale, madodakazi aseRaba,nibhince izindwangu zamasaka,nilile, nigijime phakathi kwezintango,ngokuba uMilikomu uyakuya ekuthunjweni,abapristi bakhe nezikhulu zakhe kanyekanye.
4. Uzidumiselani ngezigodi,isigodi sakho esichichimayo,wena ndodakazi ehlubukayo,othemba engcebeni yakho ngokuthi:‘Ngubani ongehlela mina, na?’
5. Bheka, ngiyakwehlisela phezu kwakho uvalo,” isho iNkosi uJehova Sebawoti,“luvela kubo bonke abakuzungezayo,nixoshwe, kube yilowo nalowo ngendlela yakhe,kungabikho obutha ababalekileyo.
6. “Kepha ngasemuva ngiyakubuyisaukuthunjwa kwabantwana bakwa-Amoni,” usho uJehova.
7. Ngo-Edoni.Usho kanje uJehova Sebawoti, uthi:“Akusekho ukuhlakanipha eThemani na?Amasu aphelile kwabaqondileyo,ukuhlakanipha kwabo kunyamalele, na?
8. Balekani, nibuye,nihlale ezigoxini nina bakhileyo eDedani,ngokuba ngiyakwehlisela phezu kwakhe ingozi ka-Esawungesikhathi sokumhambela kwami.
9. Uma bekufika kuwe abavuna izithelo zomvini,abayikushiya umkhothozo;namasela ebusukuabeyakuchitha aze aneliswe.
10. Kepha mina ngiyakumhlubula u-Esawu,ngambule izindawo zakhe ezichithekileyo, kanakucasha;inzalo yakhe ichithekile,nabafowabo, nabakhelwane bakhe,yena abe engasekho.
11. Shiya izintandane zakho,mina ngiyakuziphilisa,abafelokazi bakho bethembe kimi.”
12. Ngokuba usho kanje uJehova, uthi: “Bheka, labo okwakungesibo okwabo ukuphuza indebe bayakuyiphuza nokuyiphuza; ubuyakuba ngongenacala na? Awuyikuba ngongenacala, ngokuba uyakuyiphuza nokuyiphuza.
13. Ngokuba ngizifungile,” usho uJehova, “ukuthi iBosira liyakuba yisimangaliso, nehlazo, nencithakalo, nesiqalekiso, yonke imizi yalo ibe yizincithakalo eziphakade.”
14. Ngizwile imibiko evela kuJehova;kuthunyiwe isithunywa phakathi kwezizwe ngokuthi:“Buthanani, nilihlasele,nisukele ukulwa.”
15. “Ngokuba bheka,ngiyakukwenza ube mncane phakathi kwezizwe,udelelwe phakathi kwabantu.
16. Ukwesabeka kwakho kukudukisile,ukuziqhenya kwenhliziyo yakho,wena ohlezi emifantwini yamawaubambe isiqongo sentaba;noma wakha isidleke sakho njengokhozi,ngiyakukwehlisa khona,” usho uJehova.
17. “U-Edomi uyakuba yisimangaliso,kumangale yilowo nalowo odlula kuye,ancimfe ngenxa yezinhlupheko zakhe.
18. Njengasekuchithweni kweSodoma neGomoranemizi yangakhona,” usho uJehova,“akuyikuhlala muntu khona,nendodana yomuntu ayiyikugogobala khona.
19. “Bheka,njengengonyama ekhuphuka ezihlahleni zaseJordani,iye endaweni eyinqaba,ngiyakubazuma, ngibagijimise, basuke kuyo;nobani okhethwayo ngiyakumbeka phezu kwabo,ngokuba ngubani onjengami,ngubani onginqumelayo,ngumuphi umalusi oyakuma phambi kwami, na?”