UHoseya 8

₁“Beka icilongo emlonyeni wakho;

onjengokhozi wehlela indlu kaJehova;

ngokuba beqile isivumelwano sami,

baphambuka emthethweni wami.

₂Bakhala kimi ngokuthi:

‘Nkulunkulu wethu,

thina Israyeli siyakwazi.’

₃U-Israyeli ukulahlile okuhle;

isitha siyakumxosha.

₄Bona bazibekela amakhosi engavelanga kimi;

bamisa izikhulu, ngingazi;

isiliva labo negolide labo bakwenza kwaba yizithombe zabo,

ukuze banqunywe.

₅Ithole lakho, Samariya, linengekile;

intukuthelo yami iyabavuthela;

koze kube nini bengakwazi ukuba msulwa na?

₆Ngokuba livela ku-Israyeli;

umkhandi walenza, alisiye uNkulunkulu;

yebo, ithole laseSamariya liyakuba yizihlephu.

₇“Ngokuba bahlwanyele umoya,

bayakuvuna isivunguvungu;

izele alinahlumela, alivezi impuphu;

uma liyiveza,

iyakuqedwa ngabafokazi.

₈U-Israyeli uyagwinywa;

manje sebephakathi kwabezizwe

njengesitsha okungekho intokozo kuso.

₉Ngokuba benyukele e-Asiriya

bezihambele njengezimbongolo zasendle;

u-Efrayimi uyaqasha ngenkokhelo yothando.

₁₀Noma beqasha phakathi kwabezizwe,

manje sengiyakubabutha,

bakhululwe kancane emthwalweni wenkosi yezikhulu.

₁₁“Ngokuba u-Efrayimi wandisile ama-altare aba ngukona;

ama-altare ayakuba ngukona kuye.

₁₂Noma ngimlobela imithetho yami kaningi,

iyashaywa okungaziwayo.

₁₃Imihlatshelo yeminikelo yami bayihlaba,

bayidle inyama,

kepha uJehova akayenameli.

Useyakhumbula ububi babo,

abahambele ngezono zabo,

babuyele eGibithe.

₁₄Ngokuba u-Israyeli ukhohliwe uMdali wakhe,

wakha izindlu zamakhosi,

noJuda wandisile imizi ebiyelweyo,

ngiyakuthuma umlilo emizini yakhe,

uqede izindlu zayo zobukhosi.”