Hoseya
13 “Efrayimu abetsi nakakhuluma, kuchachatele bantfu;
Bekabaluleke kakhulu ka-Israyeli.+
Kodvwa waba nelicala lekukhonta Bhali,+ futsi wafa.
2 Nyalo bantfu bakhona bachubeka netono tabo
Futsi bakha tithico tensimbi basebentisa lisiliva;+
Bakha tithico ngebuciko lobukhulu, futsi konkhe kungumsebenti webantfu labanelikhono.
Batsi kuto: ‘Bantfu labenta imihlatjelo abacabuze lamatfole.’+
3 Ngako batawufanana nemafu asekuseni,
Bafanane nematolo lasheshe anyamalale,
Batawuba njengemakhoba lapheshulwa sivunguvungu ebaleni lekubhulela,
Futsi batawuba njengentfutfu lephuma embotjeni yeluphahla.
4 Kodvwa mine nginguJehova Nkulunkulu wenu kusukela ngesikhatsi niseGibhithe;+
Kute lomunye Nkulunkulu weliciniso lenike namati ngaphandle kwami,
Futsi kute lomunye uMsindzisi ngaphandle kwami.+
5 Nganinakekela ehlane,+ eveni lelomile.
6 Ngenca yekutsi beninekudla lokunyenti, nadla nesutsa,+
Natsi kube nesutse nabese niyatigabatisa,
Futsi nangikhohlwa.+
7 Kini ngitawuba njengelibhubesi lelisakhula,+
Ngibe njengengwe lenilalele endleleni.
8 Ngitanihlasela njengelibhele lelemukwe bantfwana balo,
Futsi ngidzabule sifuba senu.
Ngitanishwabadzela khona lapho kuhle kwelibhubesi;
Silwane sesiganga sitanidzabudzabula nibe ticucu.
9 Awu Israyeli, lesilwane sitakucotfula,
Ngobe umelene nami, mine msiti wakho.
10 Iphi-ke lenkhosi yakho, kuze itokusindzisa kuwo onkhe emadolobha akho?+
Baphi labaholi* bakho, labo lowakhuluma ngabo watsi:
‘Nginike inkhosi netikhulu’?*+
12 Licala la-Efrayimu litawuhlale likhunjulwa;*
Netono takhe tibaliwe tase tibhalwa phansi.
13 Yena utawuva buhlungu njengemfati nakaphetfwe ngumhelo.
Kodvwa ufana nemntfwana longakahlakaniphi,
Kutsi nasekusikhatsi sekutsi abelekwe, yena angafuni kuphuma.
Wena Kufa, luphi ludvonsi lwakho?+
Nawe wena Thuna, kuphi kubhubhisa kwakho?+
Kodvwa Efrayimu yena angeke ngimvele.
15 Ngisho nobe angahluma njengemhlanga,
Kutawufika umoya waJehova, umoya losuka emphumalanga,
Lomoya utawuchamuka elugwadvule ufike womise umtfombo wakhe nesiyalu sakhe.
Tonkhe tintfo takhe letiligugu titawutsatfwa.+
16 ISamariya itawubekwa licala+ ngobe ihlubuke Nkulunkulu.+
Bantfu bakhona batawubulawa ngenkemba,+
Bantfwana batawubulawa kabuhlungu,
Futsi bafati labatetfwele batawuhhubhutwa tisu.”