Thothokiso ya Asafo, e nang le thuto. Modimo, na o re lahletse ruri? Keng ha o halefela mohlape, mohlape wa makgulo a hao, o o halefela ka bohale bo tukang?
“Na o fela o lahlile Juda ho hang? na o fela o se o nyonya Sione? Ke hobaneng ha o re otlile, re se na pheko? Re ne re lebeletse kgotso, empa molemo ha re o fumane; re ne re lebeletse nako ya ho fodiswa, empa re bona ditsietsi feela!
“ ‘Wena Jerusalema, beola moriri wa hao, o o lahle, bina kodi-ya-malla hodima maralla, hobane Morena, ka baka la kgalefo ya hae, o lahlile, a furalla moloko o mo halefisitseng.
“ ‘Ditshila tsa hao ke bokgopo, hobane ke lekile ho o hlwekisa, empa ditshila tseo tsa hao ha di a ka tsa tloha. O ke ke wa hlola o hlweka ho fihlela kgalefo ya ka e kokobela.
Jwale Morena a re ho nna: “Wena ngwana motho, masapo ana a tshwantsha bohle ba ntlo ya Iseraele. Ha ba bua ba re: ‘Masapo a rona a omeletse, re feletswe ke tshepo, re timeletswe.’
Gomere a boela a emola, mme a beleha ngwana wa ngwanana. Morena a re ho Hosea: “Yena o mo ree lebitso la Mohanuwa, hoba ke tla hana ho hauhela Baiseraele, le ho ba tshwarela nke ke ka ba tshwarela.