3 “Um-Amoni nobe umMowabi naye ngeke abe yincenye yesive saJehova.+ Ngisho nebantfwana babo besitukulwane sabo selishumi abayoze babe yincenye yalesive saJehova, 4 ngobe abazange baniphe kudla kanye nemanti ngesikhatsi nisendleleni ngemuva kwekuphuma eGibhithe,+ nangenca yekutsi batsenga Bhalamu indvodzana yaBheyori wasePhethori leseMesophothamiya kutsi anicalekise.+

9 Ngekushesha nje nasetentiwe letintfo, tindvuna teta kimi tafike tatsi: “Bantfu baka-Israyeli kanye nebaphristi nemaLevi abakatehlukanisi kubantfu baletive letisitungeletile kanye nasemikhubeni yabo lemibi,+ lokuyimikhuba yemaKhenani, yemaHethi, yemaPheresi, yemaJebhusi, yema-Amoni, yemaMowabi, yebaseGibhithe+ neyema-Amori.+ 2 Batitsatsele bafati emadvodzakatini aletive futsi batsatsela nemadvodzana abo bafati kuto.+ Nyalo ema-Israyeli, layintalelwane* lengcwele,+ atihlanganise nebantfu bakuletive.+ Tindvuna nemasekela ebabusi bahambe embili ekwenteni lesono.”

10 Ngemuva kwaloko Ezra umphristi wasukuma watsi kubo: “Aniketsembeki ngekutsi nitsatse bafati bakuletinye tive,+ futsi ngekwenta loko nengete tono tema-Israyeli.

14 Ningaboshelwa* ejokeni linye nebantfu labangakholwa.+ Ngobe kulunga kunabudlelwane buni nekungalungi?+ Kukhanya kunabudlelwane buni nebumnyama?+