UHoseya 10

₁U-Israyeli wayengumvini owenabileyo,

ngokobuningi bezithelo zakhe wandisa ama-altare akhe;

ngokobuhle bezwe lakhe wenza izinsuku ezinhle.

₂Inhliziyo yabo yayahlukene;

uyakuwaphula ama-altare abo,

achithe izinsika zabo.

₃Yebo, manje bayakuthi:

“Asinankosi,

ngokuba asimesabanga uJehova;

kepha inkosi ingasenzelani na?”

₄Bakhuluma amazwi nje,

befunga amanga,

benza isivumelwano;

bese kumila ukwahlulela njengenhlungunyembe emiseleni yamasimu.

₅Abakhileyo eSamariya bayakuba novalo

ngenxa yamathole aseBeti Aveni,

ngokuba abantu balo bayakulila ngawo,

abapristi bezithombe bakhale ngawo ngenxa yodumo lwawo

ukuthi lumukile kuwo.

₆Iyakuyiswa e-Asiriya ibe yisipho kuyo inkosi uJarebi;

u-Efrayimi uyakwamukela ihlazo,

u-Israyeli ajabhe ngeziluleko zakhe.

₇Inyamalele inkosi yaseSamariya njengebazelo ebusweni bamanzi.

₈Izindawo eziphakemeyo zase-Aveni,

isono sakwa-Israyeli, ziyakuchithwa;

ameva namakhakhasi ayakukhuphukela ema-altare abo;

bayakuthi kuzo izintaba: “Sisibekeleni,”

nakuwo amagquma: “Welani phezu kwethu.”

₉“Kwasezinsukwini zaseGibeya wonile, Israyeli;

bema khona;

impi nabo abobubi ayiyikubafica eGibeya na?

₁₀Lapho ngithanda, ngiyabajezisa;

abantu babahlanganyele ekubabopheleni ebubini obubili.

₁₁U-Efrayimi uyisithole esifundisiweyo,

esithanda ukubhula amabele;

kepha mina ngiyekile intamo yaso enhle;

sengiyakumbophela u-Efrayimi,

uJuda alime,

uJakobe azidubele.

₁₂Zihlwanyeleleni ngokulunga,

niyakuvuna ngomusa;

qathani umqatho wenu;

sekuyisikhathi sokumfuna uJehova,

aze afike, anise ukulunga phezu kwenu.

₁₃Nilime ububi,

navuna okubi;

nidlile izithelo zamanga,

ngokuba nethemba endleleni yenu

nakubo ubuningi bamaqhawe enu.

₁₄Kuyakuvela ukuxokozela phakathi kwabantu bakho,

zichithwe zonke izinqaba zakho,

njengalokho uShalimani achitha iBeti Aribeli ngosuku lokulwa,

unina echotshozwa phezu kwabantwana.

₁₅Kanjalo iBethele liyakwenza kini ngenxa yobubi benu obukhulu;

ekuseni inkosi yakwa-Israyeli iyakunqunywa nokunqunywa.