Mpaka zuŵanji ukayingangayinganga, wa mwana munthukazi wambura magomezgeka? Pakuti Ambuya achita chinthu chifya, pa charu chapasi: munthukazi ndiyo wavikiriya munthurumi.”
Po Efraimu wanguwona utenda wake, ndi Yuda wanguwona chironda chake, Efraimu wanguruta ku Asiriya ndi kutuma mazu ku karonga mkuru. Kweni iyo kuti waziŵa kumuchizgani cha pamwenga kuchizga chironda chinu.
Kumbi mungakamba uli kuti, ‘Ndakazuzgika cha, kuti ndandondoloska ŵaBala cha.’? Lereskani pa nthowa yinu muchidika, ziŵani cho mwachita, gamila mu mana wa mtafu wakwendayenda kosekose.
Asiriya kuti watitaskenge cha, kuti tikwerenge pa ŵakavalo cha. Ndipo tinenenge so cha kuti, ‘Chiuta widu,’ ku nchitu ya manja ghidu. Mwaku imwe mranda wasaniya lisungu.”
Inya, chikozgu chitolekiyenge ku Asiriya, kuŵa munthulu ku karonga mukuru. Efraimu walengeskekenge, ndipo Yisraele walengenge soni chifukwa cha ngoza wake.
“Viyo atiti Ambuya, Chiuta waku Yisraele: Viyo ndimo ukakambiye karonga waku Yuda yo wakutuma kwaku ine kuzachifumba kwaku ine, ‘Ehe, nkhondo yaku Farao yo yinguza kwazachikuwovya ye pafupi kuwere ku Egipiti, ku charu chawo.
Mphepo yikaliskanga ŵaliska ŵako wose, ndipo mabwezi ghako ghakarutanga ku umkoli; sono ukalengeskekanga ndi kutimbanizgika chifukwa cha mautimbanizi ghako ghose.