uHoseya
7:1 Ekumphiliseni kwam uSirayeli, kwabakho ubugwenxa bukaEfrayim
kubhencwa okungendawo kwaSamari; ngokuba benzé ubuxoki;
isela lingene, amatutu abhuqe ngaphandle.
7:2 kananjalo abacingi entliziyweni yabo, ukuba ndiyabakhumbula bonke abantu babo
kungokunje iintlondi zabo zibangqongile; zikho ngaphambili
ubuso bam.
7:3 Bamvuyisile ukumkani ngeento zabo ezimbi, nabathetheli kunye
ubuxoki babo.
7:4 Bonke bephela bangabakrexezi;
ekuvusweni kwakhe, emveni kokuba uyixovule, ide ifukuke.
7:5 Ngemini yokumkani wethu, abathetheli bamxhakamfule ngeentsuba
isiselo somdiliya; wasolula isandla sakhe kunye nabagxeki.
7:6 Ngokuba bayisondeze intliziyo yabo, banjengeziko lezonka;
Lindani; ubusuku bonke ulele umoji-zonka wabo; kusasa livutha njengomlilo
umlilo odangazelayo.
7:7 Bonke bephela bashushu njengeziko lezonka, bayabadla abagwebi babo; zonke zabo
ookumkani bawile, akukho namnye kubo undinqulayo.
7:8 Uzixunele uEfrayim phakathi kwezizwe; UEfrayim akayoqebengwana
ijikile.
7:9 Abasemzini bawadlile amandla akhe, ukanti yena akazi yena;
iinwele zilapha phezu kwakhe, akazi yena.
7:10 Iqhayiya likaSirayeli liyangqina ebusweni bakhe, ukuba ababuyi
kuYehova uThixo wabo, abamfuni kuko konke oko.
7:11 UEfrayim unjengevukuthu elimathileyo, elingenantliziyo;
baya eAsiriya.
7:12 Ndothi, bakubon' ukuba bayaya, ndiwutwabulule phezu kwabo umnatha wam; ndiya kuzizisa
zihla njengeentaka zezulu; ndiya kubathethisa ke ngoko kubo
Livile ibandla.
7:13 Yeha ke bona! ngokuba babalekile kum; yintshabalalo kubo!
ngokuba bakreqile kum; ngokuba ndibakhulule ngentlawulelo;
kanti bathetha ubuxoki ngam.
7:14 Abakhalanga kum ngeentliziyo zabo, basuka bamana bebhomboloza;
baqukana ngenxa yengqolowa newayini entsha, bakreqa
ngokuchasene nam.
7:15 Mna ndiziqeqeshile, ndazomeleza, iingalo zabo, bona ke bacinga;
ububi ngakum.
7:16 Bayabuya, kodwa ababuyeli kOsenyangweni; banjengesaphetha esinenkohliso;
abathetheli babo baya kuwa likrele, ngenxa yobhavumo lolwimi lwabo
ibe yintlekisa kubo ezweni laseYiputa.