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₁Ndeva ilizwi *likaNdikhoyo lisithi: ₂“Mntundini, bhekisa kwintaba iSeyire, uyikhalimele, ₃uthi: Itsho iNkosi uNdikhoyo ukuthi: Ndiyalwa nawe, ntaba yaseSeyire, ndaye ndiza kukufika ngesandla, ndikutsho ube yinkangala yentlango. ₄Ndiya kuzidiliza izixeko zakho, kutsho kube senxuweni. Uya kuqonda ke ukuba ndinguNdikhoyo.

₅“Ngenxa yokuba ubambe ubutshaba obudala, amaSirayeli wawayekela atyakatywa ngekrele ngexesha lawo lentlekele, apho isohlwayo sawo sasifikelele encotsheni, ₆ndikho nje ndiyafunga, itsho iNkosi uNdikhoyo, ndiza kukunikezela kwabakusukelayo bazingise ukuliphalaza igazi lakho. Kaloku wena awukuthiyanga ukuphalazwa kwegazi, ke ngoko impalalo-gazi iya kuhlala ikusukela. ₇Ndiya kuyenza intaba yaseSeyire ibe yinkangala, ndibathintele abo bafuna ukuma kuyo. ₈Iintaba zakho ndiya kuzenza zizale zizidumbu zabagwintiweyo; izidumbu zabatyakatywe ngekrele ziya kuzalisa iinduli zakho, neentlambo zakho, neengxingwa zakho. ₉Ndiya kukwenza ube yinkangala ngonaphakade; izixeko zakho zilil' ibhungane. Uya kuqonda ke ukuba mna ndinguNdikhoyo.

₁₀“Kaloku uthe: ‘Zozibini ezi zizwe, nawo omabini la mazwe, siza kuwathatha abe ngawethu.’ Loo nto uyithethe nakuba mna Ndikhoyo ndandikho. ₁₁Ngako oko, ndikho nje ndiyafunga, mna Nkosi Ndikhoyo, ndiza kukohlwaya ngokomsindo nobukhwele bakho, kuba wakhuphela intiyo yakho kumaSirayeli. Xa kunjalo aya kuqonda ukuba ndingakuwo. ₁₂Uya kuqonda ke ukuba mna Ndikhoyo ndizivile zonke izinyeliso zakho kwiintaba zakwaSirayeli. Uthe wena: ‘Zibhujisiwe zaza zanikelwa kuthi ukuba siziqwenge.’ ₁₃Wandiqhayisela wathetha wadlulisa, mna ke ndakuva. ₁₄Itsho ke iNgangalala uNdikhoyo ukuthi: Xa umhlaba wonke uchulumanca, wena ndiya kukutshabalalisa. ₁₅Ngenxa yokuba wena wazala luvuyo mhla litshabalala ilifa lendlu kaSirayeli, nawe ndiza kukuvisa loo nto. Uza kutshabalala, ntaba yaseSeyire, wena ne-Edom iphela. Niya kutsho niqonde ukuba ndinguNdikhoyo.”