Hoseya
5:1 Yizwani lokhu, O bapristi; lalelani nina ndlu yakwa-Israyeli; futhi nginike
indlebe, wena ndlu yenkosi; ngokuba ukwahlulela kukini, ngokuba ninakho
kwaba lugibe eMispa, nenetha elelulwe phezu kweThabori.
5:2 Futhi abahlubuki bajulile ukuze babulale, nakuba ngibe a
umkhuzi wabo bonke.
5:3 Mina ngiyamazi u-Efrayimi, no-Israyeli akafihlekile kimi;
wenza ubufebe, u-Israyeli uyangcoliswa.
5:4 Ngeke bahlele izenzo zabo ukuba baphendukele kuNkulunkulu wabo, ngoba umoya
ubufebe buphakathi kwabo, abamazi uJehova.
5:5 Ukuziqhenya kuka-Israyeli kuyafakaza ebusweni bakhe;
u-Efrayimi uyawa ebubini bakhe; uJuda naye uyakuwa kanye nabo.
5:6 Bayakuhamba nezimvu zabo nezinkomo zabo ukuyofuna uJehova;
kodwa ngeke bamthole; usezihoxile kubo.
5:7 Baphambukile kuJehova, ngoba baye bazala
abantwana bezizwe; manje inyanga iyakubadla kanye nezabelo zabo.
5:8 Vuthelani icilongo eGibeya, necilongo eRama; hlabelelani ngezwi elikhulu.
Bethaveni, emva kwakho, Benjamini.
5:9 U-Efrayimi uyakuba yincithakalo ngosuku lokusolwa: phakathi kwezizwe
u-Israyeli ngimazisile okuyakuba khona impela.
5:10 Izikhulu zakwaJuda zazifana nabasusa umngcele
ngizathululela ulaka lwami phezu kwabo njengamanzi.
5:11 U-Efrayimi ucindezelwe futhi waphulwa ekwahluleleni, ngoba wahamba ngokuzithandela
emva komyalo.
5:12 Ngakho ngiyoba njengenundu ku-Efrayimi, futhi endlini kaJuda njengoba
ukubola.
5:13 Lapho u-Efrayimi ebona ukugula kwakhe, futhi uJuda wabona inxeba lakhe, khona-ke wahamba
u-Efrayimi kumAsiriya, wathumela enkosini uJarebi, kepha ayikwazanga ukuphulukisa
wena, noma ukwelapha isilonda sakho.
5:14 Ngoba ngizakuba njengengonyama ku-Efrayimi, nanjengebhongo lengonyama endlini.
kwaJuda: Mina, yebo, mina ngiyakudwengula, ngimuke; ngizothatha, futhi akukho
uzomkhulula.
5:15 Ngiyakuhamba, ngibuyele endaweni yami, baze balivume icala labo;
nifune ubuso bami: osizini lwabo bayakungifuna masinyane.