Woe to Those at Ease

¹Wo kwabazinzileyo eSiyoni, nabalondekile entabeni yaseSamariya, abaqhamileyo besokuqala sezizwe, efika kubo indlu yakwa-Israyeli!

²Dlulelani eKaline, nibone; nisuke lapho, niye eHamati elikhulu, bese nehlela eGati lamaFilisti; bahle kunale mibuso yini, umkhawulo wabo mkhulu kunomkhawulo wenu na?

³nina enidedisela kude usuku olubi, kepha nisondezile isihlalo sobudlova.

⁴Balele emibhedeni yophondo lwendlovu, bacambalala ezinkukhweni zabo; badla amawundlu omhlambi namathole avela phakathi kwesibaya.

⁵Bahaya ngomsindo wogubhu, baziqambela izinto zokubethwa njengoDavide.

⁶Baphuza imikhele yewayini, bazigcoba ngamafutha amahle, kepha abadabuki ngokuchithwa kukaJosefa.

⁷Ngalokho sebeyakuthunjwa phakathi kwabokuqala abathunjwayo, kusuke ukuxokozela kwabacambalalayo.

⁸INkosi uJehova izifungile, usho uJehova uNkulunkulu Sebawoti, yathi: “Ngiyanengwa ngukuzidla kukaJakobe, ngizonda izindlu zakhe zamakhosi; ngiyakukhaphela umuzi nokugcwala kwawo.”

⁹Kuyakuthi uma kusele amadoda ayishumi endlini inye, afe.

¹⁰Lapho umngane womuntu emphakamisa kanye noshisayo ukuba bakhiphe amathambo endlini, abesesho kophakathi kwendlu impela ukuthi: “Kusekhona muntu kuwe na?” yena esephendula athi: “Akusekho,” khona wothi: “Thula, ngokuba asinakuthinta igama likaJehova.”

¹¹Ngokuba bhekani, uJehova uyayaleza: uyakushaya indlu enkulu ibe yizihlephu, nendlu encane ibe yizingcezu.

¹²Amahhashi ayagijima emadwaleni, kulinywa elwandle ngezinkabi, na? Ngokuba niphendulile ukwahlulela kwaba yisihlungu, nezithelo zokulunga zaba ngumhlonyane,

¹³nina enithokoza ngento engelutho, nithi: “Asizithathelanga izimpondo ngamandla ethu na?”

¹⁴“Ngokuba bhekani, ngiyakunivusela isizwe nina ndlu ka-Israyeli,” usho uJehova uNkulunkulu Sebawoti; “bayakunicindezela kusukela ekuyeni eHamati kuze kube semfuleni wase-Araba.”