UHOSEYA 5

₁Yizwani lokhu nina-bapristi,

nilalele nina-ndlu kaIsrayeli,

nibeke indlebe nina-ndlu yenkosi,

ngokuba ukwahlulela kukinina,

lokhu nanilugibe eMispa

nenetha elenekwé eThabori.

₂Abahlubuki bashoné phansi ngokuhlaba kwabo,

kepha ngingumlayi wabo bonke.

₃Ngiyazi mina uEfrayimi,

uIsrayeli akafihlekile kimi,

ngokuba manje, Efrayimi, ufebile,

uIsrayeli uzingcolisile.

₄Abenzi izenzo

zokuba babuyele kuNkulunkulu,

ngokuba umoya wobufebe uphakathi kwabo,

noJehova abamazi.

₅Ukuzidla kukaIsrayeli kuyafakaza ebusweni bakhe;

oIsrayeli noEfrayimi bayakukhubeka ngobubi babo;

naye uJuda uyakukhubeka kanye nabo.

₆Bayakuhamba nezimvu zabo nezinkomo zabo

ukuyofuna uJehova;

kepha abayikumfumana;

umonyukile kubo.

₇Bamkhohlisile uJehova,

ngokuba bazalile abantwana abangabafokazi;

manje inyanga eyethwasayo iyakubadla kanye nezabelo zabo.

₈Bethani umtshingo eGibeya necilongo eRama;

hlabani umkhosi eBeti-Aveni:

basemva kwakho, Benjamini!

₉UEfrayimi uyakuba-yincithakalo ngosuku lokujeziswa;

ngazisile izizwe zakwaIsrayeli okuqinisekileyo.

₁₀Izikhulu zakwaJuda zinjengabasusa imincele;

ngiyakuthulula phezu kwazo intukuthelo yami njengamanzi.

₁₁UEfrayimi ucindezelekile, uchotshoziwe ekwahlulelweni,

ngokuba wavuma ukulandela umyalo oyize.

₁₂Mina-ke senginjengenundu kuEfrayimi,

nanjengokubola kuyo indlu yakwaJuda.

₁₃Lapho uEfrayimi abona isifo sakhe

noJuda isilonda sakhe,

uEfrayimi waya eAsiriya,

wathumela enkosini uJarebi;

kepha ingeniphulukise,

ayinakusipholisa isilonda senu.

₁₄Ngokuba ngiyakuba-njengengonyama kuEfrayimi,

nebhongo lengonyama kuyo indlu yakwaJuda;

mina, yebo, mina ngiyakudwengula, besengimuka;

ngiyakususa, kungekho owophulayo.

₁₅Ngiyakuhamba, ngibuyele endaweni yami,

baze bazithwese icala labo, bafune ubuso bami;

osizini lwabo bayakungifunisisa.