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.