UHoseya 5

₁“Yizwani lokhu nina bapristi,

nilalele nina ndlu ka-Israyeli,

nibeke indlebe nina ndlu yenkosi,

ngokuba ukwahlulela kukinina,

lokhu nanilugibe eMispa nenetha elenekwe eThabori.

₂Abahlubuki bashone phansi ngokuhlaba kwabo,

kepha ngingumlayi wabo bonke.

₃Ngiyamazi mina u-Efrayimi,

u-Israyeli akafihlekile kimi,

ngokuba manje, Efrayimi, ufebile,

u-Israyeli uzingcolisile.

₄“Abenzi izenzo zokuba babuyele kuNkulunkulu,

ngokuba umoya wobufebe uphakathi kwabo,

noJehova abamazi.

₅Ukuzidla kuka-Israyeli kuyafakaza ebusweni bakhe;

o-Israyeli no-Efrayimi 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.

₈“Bethani umtshingo eGibeya necilongo eRama;

hlabani umkhosi eBeti Aveni:

basemva kwakho, Benjamini!

₉U-Efrayimi uyakuba yincithakalo ngosuku lokujeziswa,

ngazisile izizwe zakwa-Israyeli okuqinisekileyo.

₁₀Izikhulu zakwaJuda zinjengabasusa imincele;

ngiyakuthulula phezu kwazo intukuthelo yami njengamanzi.

₁₁U-Efrayimi ucindezelekile,

uchotshoziwe ekwahlulelweni,

ngokuba wavuma ukulandela umyalo oyize.

₁₂Mina-ke senginjengenundu ku-Efrayimi,

nanjengokubola kuyo indlu yakwaJuda.

₁₃“Lapho u-Efrayimi abona isifo sakhe

noJuda isilonda sakhe,

u-Efrayimi waya e-Asiriya,

wathumela enkosini uJarebi;

kepha ingeniphulukise,

ayinakusipholisa isilonda senu.

₁₄Ngokuba ngiyakuba njengengonyama ku-Efrayimi,

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.”