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₁Nalu udaba olundilisekileyo, nditsho ilizwi *likaNdikhoyo elisingisele kumaSirayeli. UNdikhoyo ongumtwabululi wesibhakabhaka, ongumseki wehlabathi, ongumdali wobomi bomntu, uthi: ₂“IJerusalem ndoyenza ibe yindebe ehexisayo kuzo zonke izizwe eziyingqongileyo. IJerusalem iya kungqingwa kunye nazo zonke iidolophu zakwaJuda. ₃Ngaloo mihla iJerusalem ndoyenza ifane nelitye elinzima kunene, yaye ke nabani na ozama ukuliphakamisa losuka limgcimfize. Zonke izizwe zehlabathi zodibana ziyihlanganyele. ₄Ngaloo mini, utsho uNdikhoyo, ndowarhwaqelisa onke amahashe abo, batsho baphakuzele abaphezu kwawo. Indlu kaJuda yona ndiya kuyilondoloza; ke wona amahashe onke eentlanga ndowabetha ngobumfama. ₅Iinkokheli zakwaJuda zosuka zithi ezintliziyweni zazo: ‘Abantu baseJerusalem bomelele, kuba uThixo wabo nguNdikhoyo onamandla onke.’

₆“Ngaloo mini iinkokheli zakwaJuda ndozenza zibe njengomlilo ophenjwe ehlathini okanye isikhuni esintumeka izithungu zengqolowa. Ziya kuzitshabalalisa zonke izizwe ezimjikelezileyo, nditsho ekunene nangasekhohlo. Ke yona iJerusalem iya kuphinda imiwe kwasendaweni yayo.

₇“UNdikhoyo uya kuqala ngokuhlangula imizi yakwaJuda, ukuze isidima sendlu kaDavide neso siya kuzuzwa ngabemi baseJerusalem singasidluli esakwaJuda. ₈Ngaloo mini ke uNdikhoyo uya kubakhusela abemi beJerusalem, khon' ukuze nelona bhetyebhetye phakathi kwabo lomelele njengoDavide. Isizukulwana sendlu kaDavide siya kuba phambili, sifane nesithunywa sikaNdikhoyo, sibe njengoThixo ngenkqu. ₉Ngaloo mini ndiya kukulungela ukuzitshabalalisa zonke izizwe ezihlasela iJerusalem.”

₁₀“Indlu kaDavide ngokunjalo nabantu baseJerusalem ndiya kubathululela umoya wenceba nowokutarhuzisa. Baya kuthi besakujonga kum, mna lowo bamhlabileyo, basuke bangqukruleke ngesililo, babe ngathi bakhalela umntwana okuphela kwakhe; ewe, baya kutsho ngesofelweyo ngunyana olivela-tanci. ₁₁Ngaloo mini isililo esiseJerusalem soba sikhulu njengeso sokulilela uHadade-rimoni kumathafa aseMegido. ₁₂Ilizwe liya kuzila, umzi ngamnye uwodwa, nabafazi bawo bebodwa. Yoba yindlu kaDavide nabafazi bayo, ibe yindlu kaNatan nabafazi bayo, ₁₃ibe yindlu kaLevi nabafazi bayo, ibe yindlu kaShimeyi nabafazi bayo, ₁₄ize ibe zizindlu zonke eziseleyo, iyileyo iyodwa, nabafazi bebodwa.”