¹ Uma leti tintfo setentiwe, tikhulu tefika kimi tafike tatsi, '' Bantfu baka Israyeli, bapristi, kanye nema Levi labengaka tihlukanisi kubantfu bakuletinye tindzawo nekutinyanya kwabo: Ema Khenani, Hittities, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, ema Ghibhithe kanye nema Amorites. ² Ngoba bebatsetse incenye yemadvodzana nemadvodzakati abo, baphindze bahlanganisa bantfu laba ngcwele nebantfu betindzawo, kanye netikhulu neba holi bebasekucaleni ngekwe tsembeka.'' ³ Uma ngiva loku, ngadzabula incenye yetembatfo tami kanye nelijazi ngapindze ngadvonsa tinwele enhloko yami nase silevini, ngabese ngihlala phasi, ngidvumatekile. ⁴ Bonkhe labachahatela emavini aNkulunkulu waka Israyeli ngaloku tsembeka loku hlanganiseke kimi ngisahleti ngihlazekile kwate kwaba ngumnikelo wase ntsambama. ⁵ Kepha ngesikhatsi semunikelo wantsamba ngasukuma esikhundleni sami selihlazo etimphahleni tami letidzabukile kanye nelijazi, ngabese ngiguca phasi ngilula tandla tami tibheke ku Simakadze Nkulunkulu wami. ⁶ Ngatsi, '' Nkulunkulu wami, ngine mahloni futsi ngihlazekile kuphakamisela buso bami kuwe, ngoba tento tetfu letikhohlakele tinyuke kwengca tinhloko tetfu, nembeza wetfu naye ukhulela emazulwini. ⁷ Kusukela emalangeni abo Khokhomkhulu kute kube ngunyalo sisemacaleni lamakhulu, ngenca yalokubi lesikwentile, emakhosi etfu, kanye neba pristi banikelelwa etandleni temakhosi alona muhlaba. enkembeni, ekutfunjweni, ekubambeni inkunzi kanye nebuso lobuse mahlazweni, ngengobe sinjalo namuhla. ⁸ Kepha nyalo ngesikhatsi lesifisha, umusa lochamuka ku Simakadze Nkulunkulu wetfu utile watosishiyela labasindzile neku sivusetela endzaweni yakhe lengcwele. Loku bekukwa Nkulunkulu asivula emehlo nekusikhulula ebugcileni betfu. ⁹ Ngoba sitigcila, kepha Nkulunkulu wetfu akasilibali kepha ungetetele sitsembiso sekwetsembeka kitsi. Wente loku emehlweni enkhosi yase Persia kute atosiniketa emandla lamasha,sitewu khona kwakhaa indlu ya Nkulunkulu bese sivusa layonakele khona. Wenta loku kute atewukhona kusinika libondza lekusivikela kaJuda nase Jerusalema. ¹⁰ Kepha nyalo. Nkulunkulu wetfu, singatsini ngemuva kwaloku singatsini? Asika yikhohlwa ¹¹ imiyalo yakho, imiyalo lowayiniketa tisebenti takho baphrofethi, uma utsi, ''Lena ndzawo leningena kiyo kutoyitsatsa ingcolile. Ingcoliswa bantfu bemihlaba laba tenyanyako. Bayingcwalisa yonkhe lendzawo ngaloku ngcola kwabo. ¹² Ngakoke nyalo, ninga niketi emadvodzakati enu emadvodzaneni abo; ningatsatsi emadvodzakati abo niwanikete emadvodzana enu, niphindze ningafuni kuthula kwabo lokusa chubeka nenhlalakahle, kute nitawucina nibese nidla lokuhle kwalomuhlaba, lokutawubangela kutsi bantfwa benu bawuphatse sikhatsi sonkhe.'' ¹³ Kepha ngemuva kwayonkhe intfo leyehlela kitsi ngenca yebubi lesibentako kanye nemacala etfu lamakhulu-ngoba wena, Nkulunkulu wetfu, ubambele emuva tijeziso tetfu wasishiya kutsi sisindze- ¹⁴ kufanele siphindze siphule imiyalo yakho siphindze sente imishado lebhicene nalabantfu labenta loku khohlakele? Angeke yini ukwate ubese uyasi bhubhisa kute kube bete losalako, kute naloto weca? ¹⁵ Yahweh, Nkulunkulu waka Israyeli, ulungile, ngoba sihleti njengalaba ncane basindzi ngalelilanga. Buka! Silana embikwakho emacaleni etfu, ngoba kute longema embikwakho ngenca yaloku,