UPhuli inkosi yase-Asiriya walihlasela izwe, uMenahemu wamnika uPhuli amathalenta ayinkulungwane esiliva ukuba isandla sakhe sibe naye ukuqinisa ubukhosi esandleni sakhe.
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UPhuli inkosi yase-Asiriya walihlasela izwe, uMenahemu wamnika uPhuli amathalenta ayinkulungwane esiliva ukuba isandla sakhe sibe naye ukuqinisa ubukhosi esandleni sakhe.
U-Ahazi wayesethuma izithunywa kuThigilati Phileseri inkosi yase-Asiriya, wathi: “Ngiyinceku yakho nendodana yakho; khuphuka ungisindise esandleni senkosi yase-Aramu nasesandleni senkosi yakwa-Israyeli evukayo ngokumelene nami.
Kungani kukhona umvuzo esandleni sesiwula ukuze sizuze ukuhlakanipha, njengoba singenanhliziyo yakho?
Manje, unani endleleni yaseGibithe ukuba niphuze amanzi aseSihori na? unani endleleni yase-Asiriya ukuba niphuze amanzi omfula na?
Kungani uzimisele kangaka ukuguqula izindlela zakho? uyakuba namahloni ngeGibithe, njengalokho waba namahloni nge-Asiriya.
Bayakuthuthumela ezweni lase-Asiriya njengenyoni nanjengejuba; futhi ngizobabeka ezindlini zabo,” kusho uJehova.
U-Efrayimi udla umoya, uxosha umoya wasempumalanga; imihla ngemihla wandisa amanga nokubhubhisa; benza isivumelwano nama-Asiriya, kwangeniswa amafutha eGibithe.
UJehova uphikisana noJuda, uyakuhambela uJakobe ngokwezindlela zakhe; uyakumbuyisela ngokwezenzo zakhe.
IAsiriya ngeke isikhulule; asiyikugibela amahhashi, nomsebenzi wezandla zethu asisayikusho ukuthi: Ningonkulunkulu bethu, ngokuba intandane ithola umusa kuwe.
Abantu bami babhubha ngokuswela ukwazi; ngokuba ukulahlile ukwazi, nami ngiyakukulahla, ungabi ngumpristi wami; ngoba ukhohliwe umlayo kaNkulunkulu wakho, lami ngizakhohlwa abantwana bakho.
Lapho u-Efrayimi ebona ukugula kwakhe, noJuda ebona isilonda sakhe, u-Efrayimi waya e-Asiriya, wathumela enkosini uJarebi; kodwa akakwazanga ukukuphulukisa nokukuphulukisa isilonda sakho.
Kabayikuzimisa izenzo zabo ukuthi babuyele kuNkulunkulu wabo, ngoba umoya wobufebe uphakathi kwabo, njalo kabamazi uJehova.
Bahlabela inyama yemihlatshelo yami, bayidle; kepha uJehova akabemukeli; manje uyakukhumbula ukona kwabo, ahambele izono zabo; bayakubuyela eGibithe.
Abayikuhlala ezweni likaJehova; kepha u-Efrayimi uyakubuyela eGibithe, badle okungcolileyo e-Asiriya.
Ngokuba bhekani, sebehambile ngenxa yokubhujiswa; izindawo zobumnandi besiliva labo liyakudliwa yizimbabazane; ameva ayakuba sematendeni abo.
Wonke amadoda esivumelwano sakho akulethile emngceleni; abantu ababenokuthula nawe bakukhohlisile, bakwehlula; abadla isinkwa sakho babeke inxeba phansi kwakho; akukho ukuqonda kuye.
Bhekani, ngiyanithuma ninjengezimvu phakathi kwezimpisi; ngakho hlakaniphani njengezinyoka, nibe msulwa njengamajuba.