uHoseya
5:1 Kuveni oku, babingeleli; bazani iindlebe, ndlu kaSirayeli; nani niphe
indlebe, ndlu yokumkani; ngokuba ninogwebo oluya kuni, ngokuba ninobulungisa
yaba sisibatha eMizpa, nomnatha otwatyululweyo phezu kweTabhore.
5:2 Bangxokile ukuxhela abagwiliki, nakuba mna ndinguma
umkhalimeli wabo bonke.
5:3 Mna ndiyamazi uEfrayim, noSirayeli akafihlakele kum;
wahenyuza, uSirayeli wazenza inqambi.
5:4 Izenzo zabo azivumi ukuba babuyele kuThixo wabo, kuba umoya
ubuhenyu buphakathi kwabo, abamazi uYehova.
5:5 Iqhayiya likaSirayeli liyangqina ebusweni bakhe;
wawa uEfrayim ngobugwenxa babo; noYuda wokhubeka kunye nabo.
5:6 Baya kuya kumfuna uYehova, benempahla yabo emfutshane neenkomo zabo;
ke abasayi kumfumana; urhoxile kubo.
5:7 Banginiza kuYehova, ngokuba bezele
oonyana bolunye uhlanga; ngoku inyanga iya kubadla, kunye nezabelo zabo.
5:8 Vuthelani isigodlo eGibheha, nexilongo eRama; hlabelelani ngezwi elikhulu.
IBhetaven, emva kwakho, Bhenjamin.
5:9 Kuya kuba senkangala kwelakwaEfrayim ngemini yokohlwaya ezizweni zakwaSirayeli
USirayeli ndimazisile okuya kubakho.
5:10 Abathetheli bakwaYuda baba njengabashenxisi bomda;
ndiya kubuphalazela phezu kwabo ubushushu bam njengamanzi.
5:11 UEfrayim uyacudiswa, watyunyuzwa ngokomthetho, ngokuba wahamba ngokuzithandela
emva komyalelo.
5:12 Ndiya kuba njengenundu kwaEfrayim, ndinjengenundu kwindlu kaYuda
ukubola.
5:13 Xa wasibonayo uEfrayim isifo sakhe, uYuda walibona inxeba lakhe, wemka
uEfrayim kuAsiriya, wathumela kukumkani uYarebhi, akaba nako ukuphilisa
wena, ungakunyangi kwinxeba lakho.
5:14 Kuba ndinjengengonyama kwaEfrayim, nanjengengonyama entsha endlwini.
Mna, ewe, mna ndiyaqwenga, ndimke; ndiya kuthabatha, akukho namnye
uya kumhlangula.
5:15 Ndiya kuhamba ndibuyele endaweni yam, bade bevume ityala labo;
nifune ubuso bam; ekubandezelekeni kwabo baya kundifuna benyamekile.