Hoseya
2:1 Thanini kubazalwane benu, Ami; nakodadewenu uRuhama.
2:2 Melani nonyoko, nincenge, ngokuba akasiye umkami, nami angiyena
indoda: makasuse ubufebe bakhe ebusweni bakhe, futhi
ubufebe bakhe phakathi kwamabele akhe;
2:3 funa ngimhlubule abe nqunu, ngimbeke njengasosukwini lokuzalwa kwakhe, futhi
ulenze libe njengehlane, ulimise libe njengomhlaba owomileyo, ulibulale ngalo
ukoma.
2:4 Futhi ngeke ngihawukele abantwana bakhe; ngoba bangabantwana
ubufebe.
2:5 Ngoba unina uye wafeba, yena owakhulelwa
ngokuba wathi: 'Ngizakulandela izithandwa zami ezingiphayo.'
isinkwa sami, namanzi ami, uboya bezimvu bami, nefilakisi lami, amafutha ami nesiphuzo sami.
2:6 Ngakho, bheka, Ngizobiyela indlela yakho ngameva, futhi ngenze ugange.
ukuze angayitholi imikhondo yakhe.
2:7 Futhi uyolandela izithandwa zakhe, kodwa ngeke azithole;
uyakuzifuna, kepha akayikuzithola; khona uzakuthi: Mina
ngizohamba ngibuyele endodeni yami yokuqala; ngoba ngalesosikhathi kwaba ngcono kimi
kunamanje.
2:8 Ngoba wayengazi ukuthi ngamnika amabele, newayini, namafutha, futhi
bamandisela isiliva negolide lalo, abalilungisela uBali.
2:9 Ngakho-ke ngizobuya, futhi ngithathe amabele ami ngesikhathi sawo, futhi
iwayini lami ngesikhathi salo, ngibuyise uboya bami bezimvu nefilakisi lami
unikezwe ukumboza ubunqunu bakhe.
2:10 Manje ngizokwambula ukukhanuka kwakhe emehlweni izithandwa zakhe, futhi
akakho oyomophula esandleni sami.
2:11 Ngiyakuqeda yonke intokozo yakhe, imikhosi yakhe, nokuthwasa kwenyanga yakhe;
namasabatha alo, nayo yonke imikhosi yalo emisiweyo.
2:12 Futhi ngiyochitha imivini yakhe nemikhiwane yakhe, okuyinto ashilo.
Lezi zingumvuzo wami engiwunikwe yizithandwa zami: futhi ngizowenza
ihlathi, nezilwane zasendle ziyakuzidla.
2:13 Futhi ngiyomhambela phezu kwakhe izinsuku oBhali, lapho ashise impepho
kubo, wahloba ngamacici akhe namagugu akhe, futhi
wazilandela izithandwa zakhe, wangikhohlwa mina,” usho uJehova.
2:14 Ngakho, bheka, Ngizomyenga, futhi ngimlethe ehlane.
futhi ukhulume kahle kuye.
2:15 Futhi ngiyomnika izivini zakhe kusukela lapho, kanye nesigodi sase-Akori
ngomnyango wethemba, futhi uyohlabelela khona, njengasezinsukwini zayo
ubusha, nanjengasosukwini lokukhuphuka kwakhe ezweni laseGibithe.
2:16 Kuyothi ngalolo suku, kusho uJehova, ukuthi uzongibiza
Ishi; ungabe usangibiza ngoBhali.
2:17 Ngoba ngizosusa amagama oBhali emlonyeni wakhe, futhi bona
kabasayikukhunjulwa ngamabizo abo.
2:18 Futhi ngalolo suku ngiyobenzela isivumelwano nezilwane zasendle
insimu, nezinyoni zezulu, nezilwanyana ezinwabuzelayo
umhlabathi: ngiyakwaphula umnsalo nenkemba nempi kuphume ezweni
emhlabeni, futhi izokwenza ukuba balale phansi ngokuphepha.
2:19 Futhi ngizokugana kuze kube phakade; yebo, ngizokugana
ekulungeni, nangokwahlulela, nangomusa, naphakathi
izihe.
2:20 Ngiyokwenza ube ngowami ngokwethembeka, futhi uzokwazi
iNkosi.
2:21 Kuyothi ngalolo suku, Mina ngiphendule, kusho uJehova
uyakuzwa amazulu, wona aphendule umhlaba;
2:22 Umhlaba uyakuphendula amabele, newayini, namafutha; futhi bona
uyakuzwa uJizreyeli.
2:23 Futhi ngizohlwanyela wakhe kimi emhlabeni; ngiyakuba nomusa kuye
owayengahawukelwanga; futhi ngizakuthi kwabangesibo abami
bantu, Ningabantu bami; bayakuthi: Wena unguNkulunkulu wami.