1 Kodwa-ke akusayikuba khona ukudangala kulabo ababesosizini. Ensukwini ezedlulayo walithobisa ilizwe likaZebhuluni lelizwe likaNafithali. Kodwa ensukwini ezizayo uzayipha udumo iGalile yabezizweni, eNdleleni eya oLwandle elandela iJodani:
2 Abantu abahamba emnyameni
3 Usikhulisile isizwe
4 Ngoba njengamhla wokwehlulwa kukaMidiyani
5 Lonke inyathela lebutho elisetshenziswe empini,
6 Ngoba sizalelwe umntwana,
7 Ukwanda kombuso wakhe lokuthula
8 INkosi isithumele ilizwi lesixwayiso kuJakhobe
9 Abantu bonke bazakwazi
10 “Izitina sezidilikele phansi,
11 Kodwa uThixo usebaqinisele izitha zikaRezini,
12 Ama-Aramu avela empumalanga lamaFilistiya avela entshonalanga
13 Kodwa abantu abakabuyeli kuye owabatshayayo.
14 Ngakho uThixo uzaquma ko-Israyeli ikhanda lomsila,
15 abadala lezikhulu balikhanda,
16 Labo abakhokhela abantu laba bayabalahlekisa,
17 Ngakho iNkosi kayiyikuthokoza ngezinsizwa zabo,
18 Ngeqiniso ububi butshisa njengomlilo,
19 Ngolaka lukaThixo uSomandla
20 Bazaqeda kwesokudla
21 UManase uzakudla u-Efrayimi, u-Efrayimi adle uManase;