¹ Kepha kwavela nabaprofethi bamanga phakathi kwesizwe , njengokuba nakinina kuzakuba khona abafundisi bamanga abazakungenisa ngasese izifundiso zamanga ezibhubhisayo , bephika noMbusi owabathengayo, bezilethela ukubhujiswa okusheshayo; ² nabaningi bayakulandela amanyala abo ; ngenxa yabo indlela yeqiniso iyakuhlanjalazwa; ³ nangokufisa bayakuthengiselana ngani ngamazwi obuqili , abakulahlwa kwabo kwamandulo akulibali nokubhujiswa kwabo akozeli. ⁴ Ngokuba uma uNk ulunkulu engayekanga izingelosi ezonileyo , kodwa wazinikela ukuba ziphonswe esihogweni , emigodini yobumnyama , ukuba zigcinelwe ukwahlulelwa, ⁵ nezwe lamandulo engaliyekanga , kodwa wamlondoloza uNowa , umshumayeli wokulunga , engowesishiyagalombili, mhla elet ha uzamcolo ezweni elingamesabi uNkulunkulu; ⁶ nemizi yaseSodoma neGomora wayahlulela wayichitha ngokuyiphendula umlotha, eyenza ibe yisiboniso kubo abangayikumesaba uNkulunkulu; ⁷ noLoti olungileyo, ehlushwa ngukuhamba ngamanyala kwabangenamthetho, wamhlangulisa -- ⁸ ngokuba ngokubona nangokuzwa lona olungileyo , ehlala phakathi kwabo , wezwisa ubuhlungu umphefumulo wakhe olungileyo imihla ngemihla ngenxa yezenzo ezingenamthetho -- ⁹ iNkosi iyakwazi ukuhlangulisa ekulingweni abamesabayo uNkulunkulu , kepha abangalungile iyabagcinela usuku lokwahlulelwa, bajeziswe, ¹⁰ ikakhulu labo abahamba ngokwenyama enkanukweni yokuzingcolisa , bedelela ubukhosi ; bengamaphikankani nabaziqhenyayo abesabi nokuhlambalaza abenkazimulo, ¹¹ kanti izingelosi, nokuba zizinkulu ngobuqhwaga namandla, azibamangaleli ngenhlamba phambi kweNkosi. ¹² Kepha laba behlambalaza , benjengezidalwa ezingenangqondo , ngemvelo zizalelwe ukubanjwa nokubhujiswa, nabo bazakubhujiswa ekubhujisweni kwazo, behlambalaza abangakwaziyo, ¹³ bamukele umvuzo wokungalu ngi. Labo bathi ukutamasa emini kungukujabula; bayizisihla nezinsolo , bezitika ekukhohliseni kwabo bedla nani; ¹⁴ benamehlo agcwele ukuphinga nangayeki izono , bayenga imiphefumulo engaqinile, benenhliziyo ejwayele ukufisa, abantwana bokuqalekiswa, ¹⁵ beshiya indlela eqondileyo beduka , belandela indlela kaBalami kaBeyori owathanda umvuzo wokungalungi, ¹⁶ kepha waba nokusolwa ngenxa yokweqa kwakhe umthetho : imbongolo eyisimungulu yakhuluma ngezwi lomuntu , yanqabela ukuhlanya komprofethi. ¹⁷ Labo bayimithombo en genamanzi nezinkungu eziqhutshwa yisiphepho , abagcinelwe ubumnyama bobumnyama. ¹⁸ Ngokuba bekhuluma udwadwa , amazwi ayize, babayenga ngezinkanuko zenyama nangamanyala labo abasaphephayo abahamba ngokuduka; ¹⁹ bebathembisa inkululeko , kanti bona uqobo lwabo bayizigqila zokubhubha; ngokuba lokho umuntu ahlulwa yikho uyisigqila sakho. ²⁰ Ngokuba uma bebuye bahilelwe, bahlulwe yikho, sebebalekele ukungcola kwezwe ngokuyazi iNkosi noMsindisi uJesu Kristu , khona ukugcina kwabo kubi kunokuqala. ²¹ Ngokuba ngabe kwab a ngcono kubo ukuba babengayazanga indlela yokulunga kunokuba kuthi sebayazile bafulathele umyalo ongcwele ababewunikeziwe. ²² Kubehlele njengokwesaga esiqinisileyo esithi : Inja yabuyela ebuhlanzweni bayo, nokuthi: Ingulube igezwe qede yaphindela ukuzibhixa odakeni.