1. Kwathi ngenyanga kaNisani ngomnyaka wamashumi amabili ka-Aritahishashita inkosi, iwayini liphambi kwakhe, ngaliphakamisa iwayini, ngalinika inkosi. Ngangingazange ngibiphe phambi kwayo.
2. Inkosi yathi kimi: “Ubuso bakho bubipheleni, lokhu ungaguli, na? Lokhu kungukudabuka kwenhliziyo kuphela.”Ngase ngesaba kakhulu.
3. Ngathi enkosini: “Mayime njalo inkosi; ubuso bami bungebiphe ngani, lapho umuzi, indawo yamathuna awobaba, uchithekile namasango awo eshiswe ngomlilo, na?”
4. Yayisithi inkosi kimi: “Ukhala ngani?”Ngase ngikhuleka kuNkulunkulu wezulu.
5. Ngathi enkosini: “Uma kukuhle enkosini, uma inceku yakho ifumene umusa emehlweni akho, ungivumele ukuba ngiye kwaJuda emzini wamathuna awobaba ukuba ngiwuvuse.”
6. Inkosi yathi kimi, inkosikazi ihlezi eceleni kwayo: “Uhambo lwakho luyakuba yisikhathi esingakanani, nokubuya kuyakuba nini na?” Kwaba kuhle-ke enkosini ukuvuma ukuba ngihambe; ngayitshela isikhathi esithile.
7. Futhi ngathi enkosini: “Uma kukuhle enkosini, manginikwe izincwadi kubabusi phesheya koMfula,* ukuze bavume ukuba ngidlule ngize ngifike kwaJuda,
8. kanye nencwadi ku-Asafa umlindihlathi lenkosi ukuba anginike imithi yemishayo yamasango enqaba ehlangene nethempeli, neyongange lomuzi, neyendlu engiyakungena kuyo.” Inkosi yanginika lokhu ngokwesandla esihle sikaNkulunkulu wami esasiphezu kwami.