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.