UHOSIYA 12

₁UEfrayim walusana nomoya;

usukelana nolophu lwasempuma;

imini yonke wandisa ubuxoki nobubhoja.

Yena unqophisana neAsiriya;

nango amafutha omnquma ewasa eJiputa.

₂*UNdikhoyo umangalela uJuda;

uYakobi womohlwaya ngezono zakhe,

ambuyekeze ngezinto azenzileyo.

₃Engekaveli wabamba umntakwabo,

wamthi nqaku ngesithende.

Ebudodeni wabambana noThixo,

₄wajijisana nesithunywa woyisa,

wakhala ecela inceba.

Wahlangana noThixo eBhetele,

waza wathetha-thethana naye khona apho –

₅uNdikhoyo uThixo uSomandla.

Gama lakhe ke nguNdikhoyo;

uthuthwa ngalo xa enqulwa.

₆Ngoko ke buyela kuThixo wakho;

gcina uthando nobulungisa,

uhlale uthembele kuThixo wakho.

₇Isikali somrhwebi sesobuqhophololo;

yena uthanda ukuxhaphaza.

₈Kodwa uEfrayim uthi:

“Ndimi kakuhle, ndisisinhanha.

Ekuzityebiseni kwam akukho bugwenxa nasono esinokufunyanwa.”

₉“NdinguNdikhoyo uThixo wakho

owakukhuphulula kwelaseJiputa.

Ndophinda ndinihlalise ezintenteni

njengakwimihla yamatheko amisiweyo.

₁₀Ndim owathetha nabashumayeli,

ndabathi jize ngemibono,

ndathetha ngemizekeliso ngemilomo yabo.”

₁₁IGiliyadi ibimi kakuhle,

kodwa ngoku ayisento yanto.

Koba njalo naseGiligali –

noxa kwakubingelelwa ngeenkunzi khona

amaqonga ayo ofana neengqumba zamatye,

nditsho ezo zikumasimi alinyiweyo.

₁₂UYakobi wabhacela kwa-Aram,

uSirayeli wamsebenzela umfazi –

ukuze amlobole walusa iigusha.

₁₃UNdikhoyo wasebenzisa *umshumayeli

ukukhupha uSirayeli eJiputa;

ewe, wabalondoloza ngomshumayeli.

₁₄Kodwa uEfrayim umcaphukise gqitha.

Ngoko ke ityala legazi liza kumfumana,

iNkosi yakhe imbuyekeze ngehlazo alenzileyo.