God's Anger Against Nineveh

¹Isiprofetho ngeNineve, incwadi yombono kaNahume wase-Elikoshi.

²UJehova unguNkulunkulu oshisekelayo nophindiselayo; uJehova uyaphindisela, ugcwele ukufutheka; uJehova uphindisela kwabamelene naye, ugcinela izitha zakhe intukuthelo.

³UJehova wephuza ukuthukuthela, mkhulu ngamandla, akenzi onecala abe msulwa; uJehova unendlela yakhe esivunguvungwini nasesiphephweni, namafu ayibhuqu lezinyawo zakhe.

⁴Uyakhuza ulwandle, alomise, ashise nemifula yonke; iBashani liyawuma kanye neKarmeli, nezimbali zaseLebanoni ziyabuna.

⁵Izintaba ziyathuthumela phambi kwakhe, amagquma ayancibilika; umhlaba uyaphakama ebusweni bakhe, yebo, nakho konke okuhlala kuwo.

⁶Ngubani ongema ebusweni bentukuthelo yakhe na? Ngubani ongema ekufuthekeni kolaka lwakhe na? Ukufutheka kwakhe kuthululiwe njengomlilo, namadwala ayaqhekezeka phambi kwakhe.

⁷UJehova muhle, uyinqaba ngosuku lwenhlupheko, uyabazi abaphephela kuye.

⁸Kepha ngesikhukhula esiphuphumayo uyakuqeda indawo yakhona, axoshele izitha zakhe ebumnyameni.

⁹Enikucebayo ngoJehova uyakuqeda yena; ukuhlupheka akuyikuvela ngokwesibili.

¹⁰Lapho bethandela njengameva, benjengabaminzileyo ophuzweni lwabo, bayakuqedwa nokuqedwa njengamabibi omileyo.

¹¹Kuphume kuwe owamcebela uJehova okubi, wanika isiluleko esibi.

¹²Usho kanje uJehova, uthi: “Noma benamandla, futhi bebaningi, nokho bayakuqedwa, banyamalale; noma ngikuhluphile, angisayikukuhlupha.

¹³Sengiyakulaphula ijoka eliphezu kwakho, ngigqabule izibopho zakho.”

¹⁴Kepha uJehova uyalezile ngawe ukuthi akusayikuhlwanyelwa okwegama lakho; endlini yawonkulunkulu bakho ngiyakunquma izithombe ezibaziweyo nezibunjiweyo; ngiyakulungisa ithuna lakho, ngokuba awuyinto yalutho.

¹⁵Bheka ezintabeni izinyawo zoletha izindaba ezinhle, omemezela ukuthula. Gubha imikhosi yakho, Juda, ugcwalise izithembiso zakho, ngokuba omubi akasayikudabula kuwe; unqunyiwe ngokupheleleyo.