1 Ngoku kwenzekile okokuba emva kokuba uAmyuleki ephezile ukuthetha la mazwi, bazikhupha kuso isihlwele baza baya ngaphesheya kulo ilizwe laseYershan.

2 Ewe, kwaye nabaseleyo kubazalwana, emva kokuba belishumayele ilizwi kumaZoramayithi, nabo kanjalo baya ngaphesheya kulo ilizwe laseYershan.

3 Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba emva kokuba eyona nxalenye ibaluleke ngakumbi yamaZoramayithi yabonisana kunye ngokunxulumene namazwi athe ashunyayelwa kuwo, abanomsindo ngenxa yelizwi, kuba laye lazitshabalalisa izenzo zawo ^azobuqhinga; ke ngoko awazange afune ukuwaphulaphula amazwi.

4 Aza athumela kwaye ahlanganisana kunye bonke abantu kulo lonke ilizwe, aza abonisana kunye nabo ngokunxulumene namazwi athethiweyo.

5 Ngoku abalawuli babo nababingeleli babo nootitshala babo abazange babazise abantu malunga neminqweno yabo; ke ngoko bazifumanisa ekhusini izimvo zabo bonke abantu.

6 Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba emva kokuba bezifumanisile izimvo zabo bonke abantu, abo babevumelana namazwi abethethwe nguAlma nabazalwana bakhe bakhutshelwa ngaphandle kwelizwe; kwaye babebaninzi; kwaye nabo kanjalo baya ngaphesheya bangena kulo ilizwe laseYershan.

7 Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba uAlma nabazalwana bakhe baye babafundisa.

8 Ngoku abantu bamaZoramayithi baba nomsindo ngakubantu baka-Amon ababeseYershan, kwaye nomlawuli oyintloko wamaZoramayithi, ekubeni eyindoda ekhohlakele kakhulu, wathumela ngaphesheya kubantu baka-Amon enqwenela ukuba babakhuphele ngaphandle kwelizwe labo bonke abo babewelele ngaphesheya besuka kubo bangena elizweni labo.

9 Kwaye wafutha izisongelo ezininzi ngokuchasene nabo. Kwaye ngoku abantu baka-Amon abazange bawoyike amazwi abo; ke ngoko abazange babakhuphele ngaphandle, kodwa baye babamkela bonke abangamahlwempu bamaZoramayithi abathi beza kubo; kwaye baye ^ababondla, babombesa, kwaye baye babanika imihlaba njengelifa labo; kwaye babalungiselela ngokweemfuno zabo.

10 Ngoku oku kwawavuselela emsindweni amaZoramayithi ngokuchasene nabantu baka-Amon, baza baqalisa ukuxubana kunye namaLeymenayithi nokuwavuselela nawo kanjalo emsindweni ngokuchasene nabo.

11 Kwaye njalo amaZoramayithi namaLeymenayithi aqalisa ukwenza amalungiselelo emfazwe ngokuchasene nabantu baka-Amon, kananjalo nangokuchasene namaNifayithi.

12 Waza njalo waphela oweshumi elinesixhenxe unyaka wolawulo lwabagwebi phezu kwabantu bakaNifayi.

13 Baza abantu baka-Amon balishiya ilizwe laseYershan, baza baya ngaphesheya bangena elizweni laseMeleki, baza benzela imikhosi yamaNifayithi indawo elizweni laseYershan, ukuze abe nokubambana kunye nemikhosi yamaLeymenayithi nemikhosi yamaZoramayithi; kwaza njalo kwaqalisa imfazwe phakathi kwamaLeymenayithi namaNifayithi, koweshumi elinesibhozo unyaka wolawulo lwabagwebi; kwaye ^aingxelo yeemfazwe zabo iya kunikwa emva koku.

14 Waza uAlma, noAmon, nabazalwana babo, kananjalo noonyana ababini baka-Alma babuyela elizweni laseZarahemla, emva kokuba bebezizixhobo ezandleni zikaThixo zokuzisa ^aabaninzi bamaZoramayithi enguqukweni; kwaye ngobuninzi babo ababeziswe enguqukweni bagxothelwa ngaphandle kwelizwe labo; kodwa banayo imihlaba yelifa labo kulo ilizwe laseYershan, kwaye balwile ukuze bazikhusele, nabafazi babo, nabantwana, nemihlaba yabo.

15 Ngoku uAlma, elusizi ngenxa yobugwenxa babantu bakhe, ewe nangenxa yeemfazwe, nempalalo-gazi, neembambano ezaye ziphakathi kwabo; kwaye nasekubeni ebevela kuvakalisa ilizwi, okanye ebethunyiwe ukuba avakalise ilizwi, phakathi kwabo bonke abantu kuzo zonke izixeko; kwaye ebona okokuba iintliziyo zabantu zaqalisa ukuba lukhuni, nokokuba baqalisa ^aukukhubeka ngenxa yobungqongqo belizwi, intliziyo yakhe yabalusizi ngokugqithisileyo.

16 Ke ngoko, wabangela akokuba oonyana bakhe bahlanganiswe kunye, ukuze abe nokubanika elowo ^aumsebenzi wakhe, ngokwahlukeneyo, ngokunxulumene nezinto eziphathelele nasebulungiseni. Kwaye sinayo ingxelo yemiyalelo yakhe, awathi wabanika yona ngokweyakhe imbali.