7 "Now therefore, thus says the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: 'Why do you commit this great evil (A) against yourselves, to cut off from you man and woman, child and infant, out of Judah, leaving none to remain, 8 in that you (B) provoke Me to wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt where you have gone to dwell, that you may cut yourselves off and be (C) a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?
7"Nyalo-ke, naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze longuSomandla, Nkulunkulu wema-Israyeli, utsi: Niyehliselelani lenhlekelele lenkhulu kangaka etikwenu ngekubesusa laba bakaJuda emadvodza, nebafati, nebantfwana kanye netinswane, kuze nisale senite insali? 8Ningicunulelani ningitfukutselise ngaloko lokwentiwe tandla tenu, nangekutfuncisa imphepho kulabanye bonkulunkulu baseGibhithe, lapho nitewuhlala khona?