Hoseya
12 “Efrayimu wetsembele etintfweni letingenamsebenti.*
Ucoshana nemoya wasemphumalanga lilanga lonkhe.
Uhlala akhuluma emanga futsi enta budlova.
Wenta sivumelwane ne-Asiriya+ futsi utsatsa emafutsa awayise eGibhithe.+
2 Jehova ubeke Juda licala;+
Utawunika Jakobe sijeziso lesifanele imisebenti yakhe,
Futsi utatiphindziselela kuye ngaloko lakwentile.+
3 Ngesikhatsi Jakobe asesiswini samake wakhe, wabamba sitsendze semnakabo.+
Walwa naNkulunkulu ngawo onkhe emandla akhe.+
4 Wachubeka alwa nengilosi futsi wayehlula.
Wakhala, ayincenga kutsi imbusise.”+
Nkulunkulu watfola Jakobe eBetheli, wakhuluma naye khona lapho.+
6 “Ngako-ke buyelani kuNkulunkulu wenu,+
Kufanele nihlale ninelutsandvo lolucotfo, nente tintfo ngekulunga,+
Futsi netsembele kuNkulunkulu wenu njalo.
7 Kodvwa umtsengisi uphatsa tikali letikhohlisako;
Uyakutsandza kugebenga labanye.+
Wonkhe lomcebo ngiwusebentele kamatima, futsi kute lokubi nobe sono labatasitfola kimi.’
9 Kodvwa mine nginguJehova Nkulunkulu wenu kusukela ngesikhatsi niseGibhithe.+
Ngitawenta kutsi niphindze nihlale emathendeni
Njengasemalangeni emkhosi lobekiwe.
10 Ngakhuluma nebaphrofethi,+
Ngabenta babona imibono leminyenti,
Futsi ngasho imifanekiso ngisebentisa bona.
11 EGileyadi kugcwele kukhohlisa*+ nemanga.
Bantfu benta imihlatjelo yetinkunzi eGilgali,+
Ema-al’thare abo afanana netindvundvuma tematje emiseleni yensimu.+
12 Jakobe wabaleka waya eveni* lase-Aramu;*+
Israyeli+ wasebenta lapho kuze atfole umfati,+
Welusa timvu kuze atotfola umfati.+