5 Kutigcabha kwema-Israyeli kubufakazi lobumelene nawo; ema-Israyeli, ngisho na-Efrayimu, bayakhubateka esonweni sabo; ngisho naJuda ukhubateka kanye nabo.
Kuliciniso kutsi bantfu lababi bayawujeziswa; kodvwa bantfu labalungile bayawusindza.
Indlela yebantfu labate kusoleka yentiwa ibe ngulebekile ngekutiphatsa kahle kwabo; kodvwa kuwa kwemuntfu lokhohlakele kusungulwa nguye matfupha.
Umuntfu lomubi ucitfwa kutiphatsa kabi kwakhe; kodvwa lolungile uyasindza ngekuhlonipheka kwakhe.
ngobe nome lolungile angawa emahlandla lasikhombisa, noko uyawuvuka; kodvwa lababi bayawubhubha.
Labanye bayatigcabha, bahlala ngekuchukuluta labanye bantfu.
IJerusalema iyayendza, Juda uyawa; emavi abo kanye netento tabo kuphambene naSimakadze, bedzelela nebukhosi bakhe.
Kukhetsa kwabo buso ekwehluleleni kubufakazi lobumelene nabo; bashengetisa ngesono sabo njengeSodoma, abasifihli nakancane. Maye kubo! Batiletsele inhlekelele etikwabo.
Bonkhe labenta tithico balite, naletintfo letiligugu kangaka kubo tilite. Labo lababetikhulumela batimphumphutse, futsi abati lutfo, lokulihlazo kubo.
Tiphambuko tetfu tinyenti emehlweni akho, netono tetfu tiyasimangalela. Tiphambuko tetfu tikitsi njalo nje, kona kwetfu siyakuvuma:
Nome tono tetfu tisilahla ngelicala, awu Simakadze, mane wente lutfo ngenca yeLibito lakho. Ngobe kuhlubuka kwetfu kukhulu, sonile kuwe.
Bubi benu butanijezisa, nekuhlubuka kwenu kutanitsetsisa. Cabangani-ke nibukisise kahle kutsi kubi kangakanani nekutsi kunibabela kangakanani, nanishiya Simakadze Nkulunkulu wenu, ningangesabi mine,” kusho Simakadze, Simakadze longuSomandla.
Awu, ma-Israyeli, buyani, nibuyele kuSimakadze Nkulunkulu wenu. Tono tenu ngito letiniwisile.
Tsatsani emavi nibuyele nawo kuSimakadze. Thandazani kuye, nitsi: “Sitsetselele tonkhe tono tetfu, usemukele ngemusa, khona sitewunikela ngetitselo temilomo yetfu.
Nikhubateka emini nasebusuku, nebaphrofethi bakhubateka kanye nani, nine baphristi. Ngako ngitambhubhisa unyoko,
Ngobe ngiyawuba njengelibhubesi ku-Efrayimu, ngifanane nelibhubesi lelikhulu kuJuda. Ngiyawubadzabudzabula babe ticucu, ngisuke lapho ngibashiye. Ngiyawubetfwala ngibesuse, kubete nalobalamulelako.
Kutigcabha kwa-Israyeli kubufakazi lobumelene naye, kodvwa etikwako konkhe loko akabuyeli kuSimakadze Nkulunkulu wakhe, nome-ke amfune.
Israyeli sewumkhohliwe uMenti wakhe, wakha tigodlo; Juda sewubiyele emadolobha lamanyenti. Kodvwa ngitawutfumela umlilo etikwalamadolobha abo, loyawushisa letinqaba tabo uticedze.”
“Iwile iNtfombi yaka-Israyeli, ingeke iphindze ivuke futsi, ayinakwa ngumuntfu eveni layo, kantsi futsi kute longayivusa ime.”
Kanjalo nitifakazela nine kutsi ningemadvodzana alabo lababulala baphrofethi.
Yase itsi lenkhosi kuso: ‘Wena sisebenti lesibi, ngitakulahla ngelicala ngemavi akho! Uyati kutsi ngingumuntfu lonelulaka, ngitsatsa lokungesiko kwami, ngivune lapho ngingazange ngihlanyele khona!