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.”