UHoseya 12

1 UEfrayimi udla umoya, axotshane lomoya wempumalanga; usuku lonke wandisa amanga lencithakalo; benza isivumelwano leAsiriya, lamafutha athwalelwa eGibhithe.

2 IN kosi layo ilengxabano loJuda, izahambela uJakobe ngokwendlela zakhe, imphindisele ngokwezenzo zakhe.

3 Esiswini wabamba umfowabo ngesithende, langamandla akhe wabindana loNkulunkulu.

4 Yebo, waba lamandla phezu kwengilosi, wanqoba, wakhala inyembezi wayincenga; e Bhetheli wamthola, lalapho wakhuluma lathi.

5 Ngitsho iN kosi, uNkulunkulu wamabandla, iN kosi iyisikhumbuzo sayo.

6 Ngakho wena, phendukela kuNkulunkulu wakho, gcina umusa lokulunga, ulindele uNkulunkulu wakho njalonjalo.

7 Ung umthengisi, izilinganiso ezikhohlisayo zisesandleni sakhe, uthanda ukucindezela.

8 LoEfrayimi uthi: Kanti nginothile, se ngizitholele inotho; kuyo yonke imitshikatshika yami kabayikuthola ububi kimi, obuyisono.

9 Kodwa ngiyiN kosi, uNkulunkulu wakho, kusukela elizweni leGibhithe; ngisezakuhlalisa emathenteni njengensukwini zomkhosi omisiweyo.

10 Ngizakhuluma futhi labaprofethi, mina ngandise umbono, ngisebenzise imifanekiso ngesandla sabaprofethi.

11 Bukhona yini ububi e Gileyadi? Isibili bayize, bahlaba izinkunzi eGiligali; yebo, amalathi abo anjengenqumbi emiseleni yamasimu.

12 Kanti uJakobe wabalekela e liz weni leSiriya, loIsrayeli wasebenzela umfazi, welusa izimvu ngenxa yomfazi.

13 Langomprofethi iN kosi yamenyusa uIsrayeli eGibhithe, langomprofethi walondolozwa.

14 UEfrayimi uyicunule ngobuhlungu obukhulu; ngakho izayekela igazi lakhe phezu kwakhe, leNkosi yakhe ilibuyisele kuye ihlazo lakhe.