7 Obaba bafa, kabasekho, thina sithwele izono zabo.
7 Okhokho benza isono kodwa kabasekho, thina yithi esesijeziswa.
Ngalezonsuku kabasayikutsho ukuthi: Oyise badlile izithelo zevini ezimunyu, amazinyo abantwana asetshelela.
langoba lina lenze okubi ukwedlula okhokho benu; ngoba lonke lilandela inkani yenhliziyo zenu ezimbi, liyala ukungilalela.
Litsho ukuthini ngalesisaga koIsrayeli sokuthi: Oyise badlile izithelo zevini ezimunyu, amazinyo abantwana asetshelela?
Siyakuvuma ukona kwethu, Nkosi, lobubi babokhokho bethu, ngoba sonile kuwe.
ungazikhothameli, ungazikhonzi; ngoba mina Nkosi, uNkulunkulu wakho, nginguNkulunkulu olomona; ngehlisela ububi baboyise ebantwaneni besizukulwana sesithathu lesesine sabangizondayo,
INkosi ithi: Ilizwi liyezwakala eRama, ukulila lokukhala okubuhlungu. URaheli ukhalela abantwana bakhe, uyala ukududuzwa ngabantwana bakhe, ngoba bengasekho.
UJakobe uyise wathi kubo: Liyangamuka abantwana bami; uJosefa kasekho loSimeyoni kasekho, lakhathesi selizakuthatha uBenjamini; konke lokhu kwehlela phezu kwami.
Okhokho benu bangaphi na? Labaprofethi baphila kokuphela na?
Kawungithetheleli ngani isiphambeko sami, ususe isono sami na? Ngoba khathesi ngizalala phansi elibeni; uzangidinga, kodwa kangiyikuba khona.
Lelihlo longibonayo kaliyikungibona futhi; lapho usangibona, ngizakusuka.
Bathi: Thina zinceku zakho siyizelamani ezilitshumi lambili, amadodana andodanye elizweni laseKanani; khangela, encinyane ikubaba, enye kayisekho.
INkosi iyaphuza ukuthukuthela, igcwele uthando olungapheliyo, ithethelela ububi leziphambeko, kodwa kayiyikubayekela abalecala, kodwa yehlisela ububi baboyise phezu kwabantwana besizukulwana sesithathu lesesine.
Wena uthi kibo: Kungoba okhokho benu bangitshiyile, kutsho iNkosi; baye kwabanye onkulunkulu, babasebenzela, babakhonza, bangitshiya mina, kabawugcinanga umlayo wami;
Ufanele ukuthwala umvuzo wobubi bakho lamanyala akho, kutsho iNkosi.