Hoseya
7:1 Lapho ngingathanda ukumphulukisa u-Israyeli, khona-ke ububi buka-Efrayimi kwaba
bonakalisiwe, nobubi beSamariya, ngokuba benza amanga;
isela liyangena, iviyo labaphangi liphanga ngaphandle.
7:2 Futhi abacabangi ezinhliziyweni zabo ukuthi ngiyakhumbula zonke zabo
ububi; manje izenzo zabo zibahaqile; bakhona ngaphambili
ubuso bami.
7:3 Bajabulisa inkosi ngobubi babo, kanye nezikhulu nge
amanga abo.
7:4 Bonke bayiziphingi, njengeziko elishiswe ngumbhaki, oyekayo
kusukela ekuvusweni kwakhe, emva kokuxova inhlama, ize ibile.
7:5 Ngosuku lwenkosi yethu, izikhulu ziye zayigulisa ngamabhodlela ka
iwayini; welula isandla sakhe kanye nabaklolodayo.
7:6 Ngoba baye balungisa inhliziyo yabo njengeziko, kuyilapho belele
Lindani; umbhaki wabo ulele ubusuku bonke; ekuseni liyavutha njenge
umlilo ovuthayo.
7:7 Bonke bashisa njengeziko, bashwabadele abahluleli babo; zonke zabo
amakhosi awile, akakho phakathi kwabo ongibizayo.
7:8 U-Efrayimi, uzixubile phakathi kwabantu; U-Efrayimi uyikhekhe hhayi
waphenduka.
7:9 Abezizwe bawadlile amandla akhe, futhi yena akazi, yebo, grey
izinwele zilapha nalaphaya kuye, nokho akazi.
7:10 Futhi ukuzidla kuka-Israyeli kufakaza ebusweni bakhe, futhi ababuyi
kuJehova uNkulunkulu wabo, bangamfuni kukho konke lokhu.
7:11 U-Efrayimi unjengejuba elingenangqondo elingenangqondo;
baya e-Asiriya.
7:12 Lapho sebehamba, ngiyokwelulela inetha lami phezu kwabo; ngizobaletha
phansi njengezinyoni zezulu; ngizabajezisa njengabo
ibandla lizwile.
7:13 Maye kubo! ngoba bangibalekile;
ngokuba baphambukile kimi, nakuba ngibahlengile;
nokho bakhulume amanga ngami.
7:14 Futhi abazange bakhale kimi ngenhliziyo yabo, lapho bekhala phezu
imibhede yabo: babuthana amabele newayini, bahlubuka
ngokumelene nami.
7:15 Nakuba ngizibophile futhi waqinisa izingalo zabo, nokho bacabanga
okubi kimi.
7:16 Babuyela, kodwa hhayi koPhezukonke: banjengomnsalo okhohlisayo.
izikhulu zabo ziyakuwa ngenkemba ngenxa yokufutheka kolimi lwabo
kuyakuba yinhlekisa kubo ezweni laseGibithe.