1U-Efrayimi udla umoya;
uxotshana lomoya wasempumalanga ilanga lonke
andise amanga lodlakela.
Wenza isivumelwano le-Asiriya,
athumele amafutha e-oliva eGibhithe.
2Kulecala uThixo azalethesa uJuda;
uzajezisa uJakhobe mayelana lezindlela zakhe
aphindisele kuye mayelana lezenzo zakhe.
3Esiswini wabamba isithende sikamfowabo;
eseyindoda wabindana loNkulunkulu.
4Wabindana lengilosi wayehlula;
wakhala wacela umusa kuyo.
Wayifica eBhetheli
wakhuluma layo khonapho,
5 uThixo uNkulunkulu uSomandla,
uThixo yilo ibizo lakhe lodumo!
6Kodwa kumele ubuyele kuNkulunkulu wakho;
ugcine uthando lokulunga,
umlindele kokuphela uNkulunkulu wakho.
7Umthengisi usebenzisa izikali zenkohliso;
uthanda ukuqilibezela.
8U-Efrayimi uyazincoma esithi,
“Nginothe kakhulu; sengiyisipatsha.
Ngenotho yami kabayikufumana ububi
loba isono kimi.”
9“Mina nginguThixo uNkulunkulu wenu
owalikhupha eGibhithe;
ngizalenza lihlale emathenteni futhi,
njengasezinsukwini zemikhosi yenu emisiweyo.
10Ngakhuluma labaphrofethi,
ngabatshengisa imibono eminengi
ngakhuluma imizekeliso ngabo.”
11IGiliyadi ixhwalile na?
Abantu bakhona bakhohlakele!
EGiligali bayanikela umhlatshelo wenkunzi na?
Ama-alithare abo azakuba njengezinqwaba zamatshe
ensimini elinyiweyo.
12UJakhobe wabalekela elizweni lase-Aramu;
u-Israyeli wasebenzela ukuthola umfazi,
njalo welusa izimvu ukuba amlobole.
13 UThixo wasebenzisa umphrofethi ekukhupheni u-Israyeli eGibhithe;
wamlondoloza ngomphrofethi.
14Kodwa u-Efrayimi umthukuthelise kabuhlungu;
UThixo wakhe uzaliyekela liphezu kwakhe
icala lokuchitha kwakhe igazi
njalo uzaphindisela kuye ukudelela kwakhe.
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