6 For the Lord would not suffer, after he had led them out of the land of Jerusalem and kept and preserved them from falling into the hands of their enemies, yea, he would not suffer that the words should not be verified, which he spake unto our fathers, saying that: Inasmuch as ye will not keep my commandments ye shall not prosper in the land.
6 Ngokuba iNkosi yayingenakuvuma, emva kokuthi isibaholile baphuma ezweni laseJerusalema futhi yabagcina yabavikela ekuweleni ezandleni zezitha zabo, yebo, yayingenakuvuma ukuthi amazwi angaqinisekiswa, eyawakhuluma kobaba bethu, ithi: Kangangokuba ningezukuyigcina imiyalelo yami aniyikuphumelela ezweni.