uIsaya
15:1 Isihlabo esisingisele kuMowabhi. Ngenxa yokuba ngobusuku iAri yakwaMowabhi iphangiwe, yaye
kwenziwa cwaka; ngokuba ngobusuku ibhuqiwe iKire yakwaMowabhi;
kwenziwa cwaka;
15:2 Banyuke baya eBhayiti naseDibhon, ezigangeni, besiya kulila;
baya kubhomboloza phezu kweNebho, naphezu kweMedebha, zibe phezu kweentloko zabo zonke
zonke iindevu zichetyiwe.
15:3 Ezitratweni zabo baya kubhinqa ezirhwexayo phezu kwentloko
Ezindlwini zabo nasezitratweni zabo baya kubhomboloza balile
kakhulu.
15:4 Iyakhala iHeshbhon, ne-Elale; livakala nakwilizwi labo
eYahazi; ngenxa yoko abaxhobileyo bakwaMowabhi benza isijwili; ubomi bakhe
kuya kuba buhlungu kuye.
15:5 Intliziyo yam iyakhala ngenxa kaMowabhi; abasabileyo bakhe baya kusabela eTsohare;
ithokazi lenkomo eminyaka mithathu, ngokuba lilile encotsheni yaseLuhoti
baya kunyuka ngayo; ngokuba baya kumiswa ngendlela yaseHoronayim
isikhalo sentshabalalo.
15:6 kuba amanzi aseNimrim athe qoko, kuba ingca yomile
iphelile ingca, ayisekho into eluhlaza.
15:7 ngenxa yoko intabalala ababeyizuzile, nento ababeyibekile;
banyuke, bafudukele emfuleni wemingculuba.
15:8 Ngokuba isikhalo sijikeleze emdeni wakwaMowabhi; ukubhomboloza kwayo
e-Eglayim nokubhomboloza kwayo kwesa eBherelim.
15:9 Kuba amanzi aseDimon azele ligazi;
phezu kweDimon kukho iingonyama phezu kwabasindileyo bakwaMowabhi nabaseleyo
zomhlaba.