UHosiya 12 - iBhayibhili Elingcwele 1978

Ukungathembeki kukaIsrayeli loJuda

¹ UEfrayimi uhamba lomoya, alandele umoya wasempumalanga usuku lonke; bayandisa amanga lesihluku, benze isivumelwano leAsiriya, base amafutha eGibithe.

² INkosi ilecala loJuda, izamtshaya uJakobe ngokufanele indlela zakhe, imphindisele ngokufanele izenzo zakhe.

³ Lasesiswini waphica umfowabo, eseyindoda wabindana loNkulunkulu.

⁴ Wabindana lesithunywa wanqoba, wakhala ecela umusa kuso. Wahlangana loNkulunkulu eBetheli, uNkulunkulu wakhuluma laye lapho.

⁵ UyiNkosi, uNkulunkulu wamabandla, yiNkosi ibizo lakhe.

⁶ Ngakhoke, wena, ngokusizwa nguNkulunkulu wakho, buyela, ubambelele othandweni lakokufaneleyo, uthembe kuNkulunkulu wakho njalonjalo.

⁷ INkosi ithi: Wena Israyeli, unjengomthengi ophethe izilinganiso ezikhohlisayo othanda ukuqilibizela.

⁸ UEfrayimi uthe: Senginothile, ngizizuzele inotho. Kodwa yonke inotho yakhe ingelihlawulele icala alenzileyo.

⁹ Mina ngiyiNkosi, uNkulunkulu wakho, kusukela ekuhlaleni kwakho eGibithe. Ngisazakukuhlalisa emathenteni njengensukwini zasendulo.

¹⁰ Ngakhuluma kubaprofethi, yimi engandisa imibono, ngakhuluma ngemifanekiso ngabaprofethi.

¹¹ Kwakukhonzwa izithombe eGileyadi na? Yebo, babonakele, bahlabela onkulunkulu bezinkunzi eGiligali. Ama‐altare abo anda njengenqumbi zamatshe emasimini.

¹² UJakobe wabalekela elizweni laseAramu, lapho uIsrayeli asebenzela khona ukuthola umfazi, welusa izimvu ngenxa yomfazi.

¹³ INkosi yamkhupha uIsrayeli eGibithe ngomprofethi, walondolozwa ngumprofethi.

¹⁴ UEfrayimi ucunule kabuhlungu; ngakho iNkosi yakhe izakwehlisela phezu kwakhe icala lakhe legazi, ibuyisele kuye inhlamba yakhe.