1 Ndodana yami ethandekayo, ngiyaphinda futhi ngiyakubhalela ukuze wazi ukuthi ngisaphila; kepha ngibhala ngalokho okuthize okungikhathazayo.

2 Ngokuba bheka, ngibe nempi enzima namaLamani, esinganqobanga kuyo; futhi u-Akhiyentasi usewile ngenkemba, futhi kanjalo noLuramu kanye no-Emroni; yebo, futhi silahlekelwe ngabaningi bamadoda ethu akhethekileyo.

3 Manje bheka, ndodana yami, ngiyesaba hleze amaLamani azobabhubhisa laba bantu; ngokuba abaphenduki, futhi uSathane ubaphehla njalo ukuthi bathukuthelelane omunye nomunye.

4 Bheka, ngisebenza nabo njalo; futhi uma ngikhuluma izwi likaNkulunkulu ^angokuqina bayaqhaqhazela futhi bangithukuthelele; futhi uma ngingakusebenzisi ukuqina baqinisa izinhliziyo zabo ngokumelene nalo; ngalokho-ke, ngiyesaba hleze uMoya weNkosi useyekile ^bukusebenza kubo.

5 Ngokuba sebethukuthela kakhulu ngendlela yokuthi kimi sekubonakala sengathi abasakwesabi ukufa; futhi sebelahlekelwe wukuthandana; futhi ^abomele igazi kanye nempindiselo njalo.

6 Manje, ndodana yami ethandekayo, naphezu kobulukhuni babo, thina masisebenze ^angokukhuthala; ngokuba uma siyeka ^bukusebenza, siyolethwa ekulahlweni ngecala; ngokuba sinomsebenzi okufanele siwenze ngesikhathi sisekulelidokodo lobumba, ukuze sisinqobe isitha sakho konke ukulunga, futhi siphumuze imiphefumulo yethu embusweni kaNkulunkulu.

7 Manje sengibhala okuthile mayelana nezinhlupheko zalaba bantu. Ngokuba ngokolwazi engiluthole ku-Amoroni, bheka, amaLamani aneziboshwa eziningi, azithatha embhoshongweni kaSheriza; futhi kwakungamadoda, abesifazane, kanye nabantwana.

8 Futhi abayeni kanye noyise balabo besifazane kanye nabantwana bababulala; futhi bondla abesifazane ngenyama yabayeni babo, kanye nabantwana ngenyama yoyise; futhi akukho manzi, ngaphandle kwamancane nje, ababanika wona.

9 Futhi naphezu kwezingaka izinengiso zamaLamani, azizedluli ezabantu bethu eMoriyantumu. Ngokuba bheka, amaningi amadodakazi amaLamani bawathatha bawabopha; futhi emva kokubaphuca lokho okwakuthandeka kakhulu futhi kuyigugu ngaphezu kwezinto zonke, ^aokungubumsulwa—

10 Futhi emva kokuthi sebenze lento, bababulala ngendlela enonya kakhulu, bebazwisa ubuhlungu emizimbeni yabo beze befa; futhi emva kokuthi sebekwenzile lokhu, badla inyama yabo njengezilwane zasendle, ngenxa yobulukhuni bezinhliziyo zabo; futhi bakwenza lokhu njengophawu lokuba nesibindi.

11 O ndodana yami ethandekayo, kungenzeka kanjani ukuthi abantu abanjengalaba, abangena mpucuko—

12 (Futhi yiminyaka embalwa nje kuphela esidlulile, futhi babengabantu abaphucuzekile kanye nabathandekayo)

13 Kepha O ndodana yami, kungenzeka kanjani ukuthi abantu abanjengalaba, abathokoza ezinengisweni kangaka—

14 Singalindela kanjani ukuthi uNkulunkulu ^auzosimisa isandla sakhe ekusahluleleni na?

15 Bheka, inhliziyo yami iyakhala ithi: Maye kulaba bantu. Woza ngokwahlulela, O Nkulunkulu, futhi ufihle izono zabo, nobubi babo, kanye nezinengiso phambi kobuso bakho!

16 Futhi phezu kwalokho, ndodana yami, kukhona ^aabafelokazi abaningi kanye namadodakazi abo abasele eSheriza; kanye naleyo ngxenye yokudla amaLamani angayithathanga, bheka, impi kaZenefi ithathiwe, futhi bashiywa ukuthi bazulazule baye noma kuphi lapho bengaya khona ukuyofuna ukudla; futhi abaningi abesifazane abadala bayaquleka endleleni bafe.

17 Futhi ibutho enginalo libuthakathaka; futhi amabutho amaLamani aphakathi kweSheriza nami; futhi ngobuningi balabo ababalekele empini ka-^aAroni babulawe yiwo ngesihluku esibi.

18 O ukonakala kwabantu bami! Abanakuhleleka nasihawu. Bheka, ngingumuntu nje, futhi nginamandla omuntu nje, futhi ngeke ngisayiphoqelela imiyalelo yami.

19 Futhi sebeqinile ebubini babo; futhi sebegcwele unya ngokufanayo, abashiyi lutho, omdala noma omncane; futhi bathokozela zonke izinto ngaphandle kwalokho okuhle; futhi ukuhlupheka kwabesifazane bethu kanye nezingane zethu kubo bonke ubuso balelizwe kwedlula izinto zonke; yebo, ulimi alunakukuchaza, futhi akunakubhalwa.

20 Manje, ndodana yami, angisezukuhlala kulesimo esibi kangaka. Bheka, uyabazi ububi balaba bantu; uyazi ukuthi abanamigomo, futhi nemizwa seyithuntubezekile; futhi ububi babo ^asebedlula lobo bamaLamani.

21 Bheka, ndodana yami, ngeke ngibakhulumele kuNkulunkulu hleze angishaye.

22 Kepha bheka, ndodana yami, wena ngiyakukhulumela kuNkulunkulu, futhi ngethemba kuKristu ukuthi uyosindiswa; futhi ngiyakhuleka kuNkulunkulu ukuthi ^aayisindise impilo yakho, ukuze uzibonele ukubuyela kwabantu bakhe kuye, noma ukubhujiswa kwabo nya; ngokuba ngiyazi ukuthi kufanele babhubhe ngaphandle kokuthi ^bbaphenduke futhi babuyele kuye.

23 Futhi uma bebhubha kuyokuba njengokwamaJarede, ngenxa yentando yezinhliziyo zabo, ^abefuna igazi kanye ^bnempindiselo.

24 Futhi uma kungukuthi bayabhubha, siyazi ukuthi iningi labafowethu ^alembukele kumaLamani, futhi baningi abanye nabo abasazokwembukela kuwo; ngalokho-ke, bhala izinto ezithile ezimbalwa, uma kwenzeka usinda futhi mina ngifa futhi ngingabe ngisakubona; kepha ngiyethemba ukuthi ngisazokubona masinyane; ngokuba nginemibhalo engcwele ^bengizoyiletha kuwe.

25 Ndodana yami, thembeka kuKristu; futhi sengathi lezi zinto engizibhalile zingekukhathaze, ukuthi zikudonsele phansi ekufeni; kepha sengathi uKristu angakuphakamisa, futhi sengathi ^aukuhlupheka kwakhe kanye nokufa, nokukhombisa umzimba wakhe kobaba bethu, kanye nesihawu sakhe nokuba nenhliziyo ende kwakhe, nethemba lenkazimulo yakhe kanye ^bnelokuphila okuphakade, kungahlala ^cengqondweni yakho ingunaphakade.

26 Futhi sengathi umusa kaNkulunkulu uBaba, isihlalo sakhe sobukhosi esiphezulu emazulwini, kanye neNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu, ohlezi ^angakwesokunene samandla akhe, kuze kube zonke izinto ziba phansi kwakhe, ungaba nawe, futhi uhlale nawe ingunaphakade. Amen.