uHoseya
8:1 Faka isigodlo emlonyeni wakho. uya kubazela njengexhalanga
ngokuba bewugqithile umnqophiso wam nendlu kaYehova;
bakreqa kumthetho wam.
8:2 Baya kukhala kum, bathi, Thixo wethu, siyakwazi, Thixo wethu.
8:3 Iyanuka kuSirayeli into elungileyo; utshaba malumsukele.
8:4 Bamise ookumkani, bengaveli kum; bamise abathetheli, nam ke
bengakwazi oko; ngesilivere yabo nangegolide yabo babenze izithixo,
ukuze banqunyulwe.
8:5 Ithole lakho, msamariya, liya kukulahla; Umsindo wam uvuthelwe
bona: koda kube nini bengekabi msulwa?
8:6 Ngokuba nalo liphuma kwaSirayeli; lenza ingcibi; ngoko ke akunjalo
Liya kutyunyuzwa ithole lenkomo lakwaSamari.
8:7 Ngokuba behlwayele umoya, baya kuvuna isaqhwithi
isiqu asiyi kuvelisa kudla; ukuba sithe savela, saba nabasemzini
iya kuliginya.
8:8 Uginyiwe uSirayeli; ngoku baya kuba phakathi kweentlanga njengesitya
apho kungekho luyolo.
8:9 Kuba bona banyuke baya eAsiriya, njenge-esile lasendle lihamba lilodwa, lakwaEfrayim
uqeshe izithandwa.
8:10 Nakuba beqesha nokuqesha ezintlangeni, ndobabutha ngoku;
baya kuba buhlungu kancinane ngenxa yomthwalo wokumkani wabathetheli.
8:11 Kuba uEfrayim uzandisile izibingelelo zokona;
ukona.
8:12 Ndambhalela izinto ezinkulu zomyalelo wam, zabalelwa kuye
njengento engaqhelekanga.
8:13 Imibingelelo yezipho zam bayayibingelela, bayidla ngokwenyama;
ke ayakholeka kuYehova; ngoku uya kubukhumbula ubugwenxa babo;
uya kuzivelela izono zabo, babuyele eYiputa.
8:14 Ngokuba uSirayeli wamlibala uMenzi wakhe, wakha iitempile; noYuda
uyandisa imizi enqatyisiweyo; ke mna ndiya kuthumela umlilo emizini yakhe.
buya kuziqwenga iingxande zayo ezinde.