Kwafika ukuhlasela izwe uPhuli inkosi yase-Asiriya; uMenahemu wamnika uPhuli amatalenta* ayinkulungwane esiliva ukuba isandla sakhe sibe naye ukuwuqinisa umbuso esandleni sakhe.
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Kwafika ukuhlasela izwe uPhuli inkosi yase-Asiriya; uMenahemu wamnika uPhuli amatalenta* ayinkulungwane esiliva ukuba isandla sakhe sibe naye ukuwuqinisa umbuso esandleni sakhe.
U-Ahazi wathuma izithunywa kuThigilati Phileseri inkosi yase-Asiriya ngokuthi: “Mina ngiyinceku yakho nendodana yakho: yenyuka, ungisindise esandleni senkosi yase-Aramu nasesandleni senkosi yakwa-Israyeli angivukelayo.”
Onqaba ukulaywa udelela umphefumulo wakhe, kepha olalela ukusolwa uzuza ingqondo.
Yini ukuba kube yimali esandleni sesiwula ukuthenga ukuhlakanipha, kungekho ukuqonda, na?
Ophinga nowesifazane akanakho ukuqonda; wenza lokho okuchitha umphefumulo wakhe.
Manje unani endleleni eya eGibithe ukuba uphuze amanzi aseSihori, na? Unani endleleni eya e-Asiriya ukuba uwaphuze amanzi omfula na?
Usheshelani kangaka ukuyiguqula indlela yakho na? Uyakujabha nangeGibithe, njengalokho wajabhiswa yi-Asiriya.
Bayakuvela ngokuthuthumela eGibithe njengezinyoni, nanjengejuba ezweni lase-Asiriya, ngibahlalise ezindlini zabo,” usho uJehova.
U-Efrayimi uyadla umoya, ulandela umoya wasempumalanga; uyandisa imihla yonke amanga nencithakalo; benza isivumelwano ne-Asiriya, namafutha ayiswa eGibithe.
UJehova unokuphikisana noJuda futhi; uyakuhambela uJakobe ngenxa yezindlela zakhe, ambuyisele ngokwezenzo zakhe.
I-Asiriya aliyikusisindisa, asisayikukhwela amahhashi, singasasho kuyo imisebenzi yezandla zethu ukuthi ngonkulunkulu bethu, ngokuba intandane iphiwa umusa kuwe.”
Abantu bami babhujiswa ngokuswela ukwazi; ngokuba ukulahlile ukwazi nami ngiyakukulahla wena, ungabi ngumpristi wami; lokhu ukhohliwe umthetho kaNkulunkulu wakho nami ngiyakukhohlwa abantwana bakho.
“Lapho u-Efrayimi abona isifo sakhe noJuda isilonda sakhe, u-Efrayimi waya e-Asiriya, wathumela enkosini uJarebi; kepha ingeniphulukise, ayinakusipholisa isilonda senu.
“Abenzi izenzo zokuba babuyele kuNkulunkulu, ngokuba umoya wobufebe uphakathi kwabo, noJehova abamazi.
Imihlatshelo yeminikelo yami bayihlaba, bayidle inyama, kepha uJehova akayenameli. Useyakhumbula ububi babo, abahambele ngezono zabo, babuyele eGibithe.
Abayikuhlala ezweni likaJehova; u-Efrayimi uyakubuyela eGibithe, nase-Asiriya bayakudla okungcolileyo.
Bhekani, ngokuba bemukile ekuchithweni iGibithe liyakubabutha, iNofi libembele; izinto zabo zamagugu zesiliva ziyakudliwa yizimbabazane, kube ngameva ematendeni abo.
Bonke abantu besivumelwano sakho bayakukuxosha emkhawulweni; abantu ababehlalisana nawe ngokuthula bayakukukhohlisa, bakwahlule; abadla isinkwa sakho bayakubeka ugibe phansi kwakho; akakho oluqondayo.
Bhekani, ngiyanithuma ninjengezimvu phakathi kwezimpisi; ngakho-ke hlakaniphani njengezinyoka, nibe mnene njengamajuba.