4 Kumbi ndichitenji kwaku iwe, Efraimu? Kumbi ndichitenje kwaku iwe Yuda? Chanju chinu che nge ndi mtambo wa mlenji; ndi nge ndi dungwi lo likamuka ruŵi.
“ ‘Ndingughanaghana mo ndingakumikiyani mukati mu ŵana ŵangu, ndi kukupaskani charu chakukondweska, chiŵe chihara chakutowa kwakuruska cha mitundu yose. Ndipo ndingughanaghana kuti mukandidananga, Ada, ndi kuti mukarekanga cha kundilondo.
Ruŵi mungung'anamuka mtima ndi munguchita cho nchakurunjika mu maso ghangu pakumemeza wanangwa, we yose ku mwanasi wake, ndipo munguchita phanganu paurongo pangu mu nyumba yo yidanika ndi zina langu:
“Ndingamugowokiyani uli? Ŵana ŵinu ŵakundisiya ine ndipo ŵarapiya paku wo kuti mba chiuta cha. Penipo ine ndinguŵahiŵa kwakuguta iwo ŵangureŵa, ndipo ŵangusere ŵanandi mu nyumba za ŵareŵi.
Chifukwa ichi ŵakaŵanga nge ndi nyankhuŵinda wa mlenji, pamwenga nge ndi dungwi lo lakamuka ruŵi. Nge ndi mwere wo wuputa pa malo ghakupepete, pamwenga nge ndi usi wakuturiya pa dangazi.
ndi kuchizga Yisraele, uheni waku Efraimu uvumbukwa ndi so milimu yiheni ya Samaria; pakuti ŵachita kwautesi, munkhungu wasere, ndi wakuphanga waphanga kubwalo.
Ndipo ŵaYisraele ŵanguwerezgapo kuchita uheni mu maso gha Ambuya, ndipo Ambuya angukhozga Egloni karonga wa Moabu kumikana ndi Yisraele, chifukwa ŵanguchita uheni mu maso gha Ambuya.