uHoseya
12:1 UEfrayim usukelana nomoya, usukelana nolophu lwasempumalanga;
wandisa ubuxoki nentshabalalo; kwaye ke benza umnqophiso kunye noNdikhoyo
Ama-Asiriya, kwaye ioli isiwa eYiputa.
12:2 UYehova ubambene noYuda, umvelela uYakobi
ngokweendlela zakhe; uya kumbuyisela ngokweentlondi zakhe.
12:3 Wambamba umninawa wakhe ngesithende esizalweni, waba namandla ngamandla
amandla noThixo:
12:4 Waba namandla ke phezu kwesithunywa eso, weyisa; walila, wenza
Wamfumana eBheteli, apho ke wayethetha naye
thina;
12:5 UYehova, uThixo wemikhosi; uYehova sisikhumbuzo sakhe.
12:6 Wena ke, buyela kuThixo wakho: Gcina inceba nokusesikweni, uthembele kuwe
UThixo ngamaxesha onke.
12:7 Ungumrhwebi unezikali zenkohliso esandleni sakhe;
cinezela.
12:8 Wathi uEfrayim, Noko ndisisityebi, ndizifumanele ubutyebi;
emigudwini yam yonke abayi kufumana bugwenxa kum, busisono.
12:9 mna ndinguYehova, uThixo wakho, kwasezweni laseYiputa ndisaya kukwenza
kuhlale eminqubeni, ngokweemini zomthendeleko.
12:10 Ndithethe ngabaprofeti, ndayandisa imibono;
kusetyenziswa imizekeliso, ngolungiselelo lwabaprofeti.
12:11 Bukho na ubutshinga eGiliyadi? okunene ngamampunge lawo, bayabingelela
iinkunzi ezintsha zeenkomo eGiligali; Ewe, nezibingelelo zabo zoba ziimfumba zemisele kaYehova
amasimi.
12:12 UYakobi wabalekela ezweni lakwa-Aram, uSirayeli wakhonza ngenxa yomfazi.
waye walusa iigusha ngenxa yomfazi.
12:13 UYehova wamkhupha uSirayeli eYiputa ngomprofeti ke, nangomprofeti;
wagcinwa.
12:14 UEfrayim wamqumbisa kakhulu;
amagazi akhe phezu kwakhe, nongcikivo lwakhe luya kubuyela kuye uYehova wakhe.