16 Wandula ke wathetha naye wathi: “Utsho uYehova ukuthi, ‘Ngenxa yokuba uye wathumela abathunywa+ ukuba baye kubuza kuBhahali-zebhubhi uthixo wase-Ekron,+ kungenxa yokuba kungekho Thixo kwaphela kwaSirayeli ekunokubuzwa egameni lakhe? Ngoko ke ngokubhekisele kwisingqengqelo oye wenyuka waya kuso, akuyi kuhla kuso, ngenxa yokuba uya kufa ngokuqinisekileyo.’”

4 Nam ndiya kunyula iindlela zokubaphatha kabuhlungu;+ yaye ndiya kubazisela izinto ezibothusayo;+ ngenxa yokuba ndibizile, kodwa akwabikho bani uphendulayo; ndathetha, kodwa akukho bani waphulaphulayo;+ yaye baqhubeka besenza okubi emehlweni am, kwaye banyula into engandiyolisanga.”+