4 Ngako ngathantaza ngatsi: “Awu Nkulunkulu wetfu, silalele ngobe siyedzelelwa+ futsi wente tinhlamba tabo tibuyele kubo,*+ ubanikele etitseni tabo futsi ubente batfunjelwe kulelinye live.

15 Lolubondza lwacedvwa kwakhiwa ngelilanga lesi-25 enyangeni ya-Eluli,* futsi lwakhiwa ngemalanga langu-52.

16 Ngekushesha nje tonkhe titsa tetfu nativa ngalo, nato tonkhe tive letisitungeletile natilubona, tahlazeka kakhulu,*+ futsi tabona kutsi lomsebenti siwente ngobe sisitwa nguNkulunkulu wetfu.

13 Watsi Hamani nakacocela umfati wakhe Zereshi+ nabo bonkhe bangani bakhe konkhe lobekwentekile kuye, beluleki bakhe* kanye nemfati wakhe batsi kuye: “Njengobe Modekhayi losasesikhundleni lesiphakeme kunesakho angumJuda,* ngeke umehlule, kunaloko utakuncoba.”

5 EmaJuda ahlasela tonkhe titsa tawo ngenkemba, atibulala futsi aticotfula; atentela lakutsandzako kuto.+

“Yidziliteni! Dzilitani ngisho netisekelo tayo!”+

3 Ngalelolanga ngitawenta iJerusalema ifanane nelitje lelisindzako* kuto tonkhe tive. Bonkhe bantfu labetama kuliphakamisa batawulimala kakhulu;+ futsi tonkhe letive titawubutsana ndzawonye timelane neJerusalema.”+