Hoseya
ISAHLUKO1
1IzwilikaJehovaelafikakuHoseya,indodanakaBeri, emihlenika-Uziya,noJothamu,no-Ahazi,noHezekiya, amakhosiakwaJuda,nasemihlenikaJerobowamuindodana kaJowashi,inkosiyakwa-Israyeli.
2UkuqalakwezwilikaJehovangoHoseyaUJehovawathi kuHoseya:“Hambauzithatheleumfaziwobufebe nabantwanabobufebe,ngokubaizwelenzeubufebe obukhulungokuphambukakukaJehova
3NgakhowahambawathathauGomereindodakazi kaDibilayimi;owakhulelwa,wamzalelaindodana.
4UJehovawathikuye:“MqambeigamalokuthiuJizreyeli; ngokubakuseyisikhashananjengiphindiseleigazi laseJizreyeliphezukwendlukaJehu,ngiqedeumbuso wendluyakwa-Israyeli
5Kuyakuthingalolosukungiphuleumnsaloka-Israyeli esigodinisaseJizreyeli.
6Wabuyewakhulelwa,wazalaindodakaziUNkulunkulu wathikuye:“MqambeigamalokuthiuLoruhama,ngokuba angisayikubanomusakuyoindluyakwa-Israyeli;kodwa ngizabasusa
7KodwangiyohawukelaindluyakwaJuda,futhi ngiyobasindisangoJehovauNkulunkuluwabo,futhingeke ngibasindisengomnsalo,nomangenkemba,noma ngokulwa,nangamahhashi,nomangezinkwelizamahhashi 8EselumulileuLoruhama,wakhulelwa,wazalaindodana.
9WayesethiuNkulunkulu:"Mqambeigamalokuthi uLoami,ngokubaanisiboabantubami,namiangiyikuba nguNkulunkuluwenu."
10Nokhoisibalosabantwanabakwa-Israyelisiyakuba ngangesihlabathisolwandleesingenakulinganiswa, esingenakubalwa;kuyakuthiendawenilaphookwathiwa kubo:‘Anisiboabantubami,’khonakuyakuthiwakubo: ‘NinaningamadodanakaNkulunkuluophilayo.
11KhonaabantwanabakwaJudanabantwanabakwaIsrayelibayakubuthanandawonye,bazimiseleinhloko eyodwa,bakhuphukebaphumeezweni,ngobaluyoba lukhuluusukulwaseJizreyeli
ISAHLUKO2
1Thaninikubafowenu,Ami;nakodadewenuuRuhama
2Melananinonyoko,nincenge,ngokubaakasiyeumkami, angisiyoindodayakhe;
3funangimhlubuleabenqunu,ngimbekenjengasosukwini lokuzalwakwakhe,ngimenzeihlane,ngimbekenjengezwe elomileyo,ngimbulalengokoma
4Kangiyikubalesihawukubantwanabakhe;ngoba bangabantwanabobufebe.
5Ngokubauninaufebile,nowabakhulelweyowenzeihlazo, ngokubawathi:‘Ngiyakulandelaizithandwazami ezinginikaisinkwasaminamanziami,noboyabezimvu bami,nelinenilami,namafuthaami,nesiphuzosami
6Ngakho-kebheka,ngiyakubiyelaindlelayakhongameva, ngenzeugange,ukuzeangayitholiimikhondoyakhe.
7Uyakulandelaizithandwazakhe,kephaakayikuzifica; uyakuzifuna,kephaakayikuzithola;khonauyakushoukuthi:
‘Ngiyakuhamba,ngibuyeleendodeniyamiyokuqala; ngokubangalesosikhathikwakungconokimikunamanje 8Ngokubawayengaziukuthiyiminaengimnikeamabele, newayini,namafutha,ngamandiselaisilivanegolide, abakulungiselauBali
9Ngakhongiyakubuya,ngithatheamabeleamingesikhathi sakho,newayinilamingesikhathisakho,ngibuyiseuboya bamibezimvunelinenilamilokusibekelaubunqunubakhe
10Manjesengizakwambulaukuxhwalakwakheemehlweni ezithandwazakhe,njalokakhoozamophulaesandlenisami
11Ngiyakuqedakonkeukuthokozakwakhe,imikhosi yakhe,nokuthwasakwenyangayakhe,namasabathaakhe, nayoyonkeimikhosiyakheemisiweyo
12Ngiyakuchithaimiviniyakhenemikhiwaneyakheashilo ngakhoukuthi:‘Leziziyinkokheloyamiezinginikeyona izithandwazami;
13NgiyakumhambelangezinsukuzawoBaliabashisela ngazoimpepho,wahlobangamaciciakhenangezintozakhe ezicwebezelayo,walandelaizithandwazakhe, wangikhohlwamina,”ushouJehova
14Ngalokhobheka,ngiyakumyenga,ngimyiseehlane, ngikhulumekahlekuye
15Ngiyakumnikaizivinizakhekusukelalapho,nesigodi sase-Akorisibengumnyangowethemba,ahlabelelekhona njengasezinsukwinizobushabakhe,nanjengasosukwini lokukhuphukakwakheezwenilaseGibithe
16“Kuyakuthingalolosuku,”ushouJehova,“ungibize ngokuthiu-Ishi;ungabeusangibizangoBhali
17NgokubangiyakuwasusaamagamaawoBhali emlonyeniwakhe,bangasayikukhunjulwangamagamaabo 18Ngalolosukungiyakubenzelaisivumelwanonezilwane zasendle,nezinyonizezulu,nezilwanyanaezinwabuzelayo emhlabeni,ngephuleumnsalonenkembanempiemhlabeni, ngibalalisengokulondeka
19Ngiyakuganawenaubengowamikuzekubephakade; yebo,ngiyakukuganaubengowamingokulunga, nangokwahlulela,nangobubele,nangobubele
20Ngiyakuganawenaubengowamingokuthembeka, uyakumaziuJehova
21“Kuyakuthingalolosukungiphendule,”ushouJehova, “ngiphenduleamazulu,wonaaphenduleumhlaba; 22Umhlabauyakuphendulaamabele,newayini,namafutha; bayakulalelauJizreyeli
23Futhingiyohlwanyelayenaemhlabeni;ngiyakuba nomusakongahawukelwanga;ngiyakuthikwabangebona abantubami:Ningabantubami;bayakuthi:Wena unguNkulunkuluwami.
ISAHLUKO3
1WayesethiuJehovakimi:“Hambafuthi,uthande owesifazaneothandwangumnganewakhe,eyisifebe, ngokothandolukaJehovakubantwanabakwa-Israyeli, ababhekaabanyeonkulunkulu,abathandaizicucuzewayini 2Ngamthengelayenangezinhlamvueziyishuminanhlanu zesiliva,nangehomerelebhali,nehomerelebhali; 3Ngathikuye:“Uyakuhlalakimiizinsukueziningi; ungafebi,ungabingowenyeindoda;namingiyakubangawe 4Ngokubaabantwanabakwa-Israyelibayohlalaizinsuku eziningi bengenankosi, bengenasikhulu, bengenamhlatshelo,bengenasithombeesibaziweyo, nenguboyamahlombe,namatherafi.
5Ngasemuvaabantwanabakwa-Israyelibayakubuya, bamfuneuJehovauNkulunkuluwabo,noDavideinkosi yabo;bayakumesabauJehovanokulungakwakhe ngezinsukuezizayo.
ISAHLUKO4
1ZwaniniizwilikaJehovaninabantwanabakwa-Israyeli, ngokubauJehovaunokuphikisananabakhileyoezweni, ngokubakungekhoqiniso,nabubele,nakwaziuNkulunkulu ezweni
2Ngokufunga,nokuqambaamanga,nokubulala,nokweba, nokuphinga,bayafohla,igazilithintaigazi.
3Ngalokhoizweliyakulila,bonkeabakhileyokulo bayadangala,nezilwanezasendle,nezinyonizezulu;yebo, nezinhlanzizolwandleziyakumuka.
4Kephamakungabikhomuntuophikisanayo,nomaosola omunye,ngokubaabantubakhobanjengabaphikisana nompristi.
5Ngalokhouyakukhubekaemini,nomprofethiawekanye naweebusuku,minangichitheunyoko
6Abantubamibabhujiswangokuswelaukwazi,ngokuba ukulahlileukwazi,namingiyakukulahla,ungabingumpristi wami;
7Ngokukhulakwabo,kanjalobonakimi;
8Badlaisonosabantubami,babekainhliziyoyaboebubini babo
9Kuyakuthi,njengabantu,kubenjaloumpristi,ngibajezise ngenxayezindlelazabo,ngibabuyiseleizenzozabo 10Ngokubabayakudla,bangasuthi;
11Ubufebenewayininewayinielishakususainhliziyo.
12Abantubamibabuzaezigxotshenizabo,nodondolo lwaboluyabatshela,ngokubaumoyawobufebeubadukisile, baphingilebesukaphansikukaNkulunkuluwabo.
13Bahlabelaeziqongwenizezintaba,bashisaimpepho emagqumeni,phansikwama-oki,nemipopulari, nemimango,ngokubaumthunziwakhomuhle;ngalokho amadodakazienuayaphinga,nabalinganebenubayaphinga 14“Angiyikuwajezisaamadodakazienulaphoefeba, nawomlinganebenulaphoephinga,ngokubaahlukene nezifebe,ahlabelanezifebe;ngalokhoabantuabangaqondi bayakuwa
15NomawenaIsrayeliufeba,uJudamakangakhubeki; ningezieGiligali,ningakhuphukelieBetiAveni,ningafungi ukuthi:‘KuphilakukaJehova
16Ngokubau-Israyeliuyahlubukanjengethokazi elihlubukayo;
17U-Efrayimiuhlangenenezithombe;
18Uphuzolwabolumuncu,baphinganjalo;ababusibalo bathandaihlazo;
19Umoyaumbophilengamaphikoakhe,futhibayakuba namahloningenxayemihlatsheloyabo.
ISAHLUKO5
1Yizwanilokhu,ninabapristi;lalelanininandluyakwaIsrayeli;bekaniindlebeninandluyenkosi;+ngoba ukwahlulelakukini,+ngobabenilugibeeMispa+nenetha elenekwephezukweThabori
2Abahlubukibajulileekubulaleni,nakuba bengingumkhuziwabobonke
3Minangiyamaziu-Efrayimi,no-Israyeliakacashilekimi, ngokubamanje,Efrayimi,uyafeba,no-Israyeliungcolile.
4IzenzozaboaziyikuphendukelakuNkulunkuluwabo, ngokubaumoyawobufebeuphakathikwabo,kepha uJehovaabamazi.
5Ukuzidlakuka-Israyelikuyafakazaebuswenibakhe; uJudanayeuyakuwakanyenabo
6Bayakuhambanezimvuzabonezinkomozaboukumfuna uJehova;kodwangekebamthole;usezihoxilekubo
7BamkhohlisileuJehova,ngokubabazeleabantwana bezizweni;manjeinyangaiyakubadlakanyenezabelozabo 8VuthelaniicilongoeGibeya,necilongoeRama,nimemeze eBetiAveni,emvakwenu,Benjamini.
9U-Efrayimiuyakubayincithakalongosukulokusolwa; 10IzikhuluzakwaJudazazinjengabasusaumngcele; ngalokhongiyakuthululaukufuthekakwamiphezukwazo njengamanzi
11U-Efrayimiucindezelwe,waphulwaekwahlulelweni, ngokubawavumaukulandelaumyalo.
12Ngalokhongiyakubanjengenunduku-Efrayimi, nanjengokubolakuyoindlukaJuda
13Laphou-Efrayimiebonaisifosakhe,noJudaebona isilondasakhe,u-Efrayimiwayae-Asiriya,wathumela enkosiniuJarebi;
14Ngokubangiyakubanjengengonyamaku-Efrayimi, nanjengebhongolengonyamakuyoindluyakwaJuda; ngiyakumsusa,akakhooyomkhulula;
15Ngiyakuhamba,ngibuyeleendaweniyami,baze balivumeicalalabo,bafuneubusobami;
ISAHLUKO6
1WozanisibuyelekuJehova,ngokubaudwengulile, uyakusiphulukisa;ushayile,futhiuyakusibopha.
2Emvakwezinsukuezimbiliuyakusiphilisa,ngosuku lwesithathuasivuse,siphilephambikwakhe
3Khonasizokwazi,umasiphuthumaukumaziuJehova; ukuphumakwakhekulungiselwenjengokusa;futhiuyofika kithinjengemvula,njengemvulayamuvaneyokuqala emhlabeni.
4OEfrayimi,ngiyakwenzanikuwena?Juda, ngiyakwenzanikuwena?ngokubaumusawenuunjengefu lokusa,nanjengamazoloamukayoekuseni.
5Ngalokhongibaqobilengabaprofethi;Ngibabulele ngamazwiomlomowami;izahlulelozakho zinjengokukhanyaokuphumayo.
6Ngokubangifunaumusa,hhayiumhlatshelo;nolwazi ngoNkulunkulukuneminikeloyokushiswa.
7Kephabeqileisivumelwanonjengabantu,bangkhohlisa lapho
8IGileyadiingumuziwabenzaokubi,ungcolisweyigazi
9Njengamaviyoabaphangibeqamekelaumuntu,kanjalo ibandlalabapristiliyabulalaendleleningokuvunyelwa, ngokubabenzaamanyala
10Endliniyakwa-Israyelingiboneintoeyesabekayo: kukhonaubufebebuka-Efrayimi,no-Israyeliungcolile
11Futhi,Juda,ukubekeleisivuno,laphongibuyisa ukuthunjwakwabantubami
1Laphongifunaukumphulukisau-Israyeli,ububibukaEfrayimikanyenobubibaseSamariyababonakaliswa, ngobabenzaamanga;iselaliyangena,iviyolabaphangi liphangangaphandle
2Abacabangiezinhliziywenizaboukuthingiyakhumbula bonkeububibabo;ziphambikobusobami.
3Bajabulisainkosingobubibabo,nezikhulungamangaabo
4Bonkebayiziphinginjengezikoelibaselwe ngumphekizinkwa,oyekaukukhwezelangemvakokuxova inhlama,izeibile
5Ngosukulwenkosiyethuizikhuluzayigulisangezimvaba zewayini;welulaisandlasakhekanyenabaklolodayo
6Ngokubabalungisileinhliziyoyabonjengeziko beqamekela;umbhakiwaboulalaubusukubonke;ekuseni liyavuthanjengomliloovuthayo
7Bonkebashisanjengeziko,badlileabahlulelibabo;onke amakhosiaboawile,akakhophakathikwaboongibizayo.
8U-Efrayimiuzixubilephakathikwabantu;U-Efrayimi uyikhekheelingaphenduki
9Abafokazibadlileamandlaakhe,yenaengakwazi; 10Ukuzidlakuka-Israyelikuyafakazaebuswenibakhe, kephaababuyelangakuJehovauNkulunkuluwabo, abamfunangakukhokonkelokhu.
11U-Efrayimiunjengejubaelingenangqondo elingenangqondo;babizaiGibithe,bayae-Asiriya 12Laphosebehamba,ngizakwendlalainethalamiphezu kwabo;ngizabehliselaphansinjengezinyonizezulu; ngiyakubajezisanjengokuzwakwebandlalabo
13Mayekubo!ngobabangibalekile;ngokubabeqilekimi; nakubangibahlengile,bakhulumeamangangami
14Abakhalangakimingenhliziyo,laphobehhewula emibhedeniyabo,babuthanaamabelenewayini, bangihlubukile
15Nomangizibophilengaziqinisaizingalozabo,nokho bacebaokubingami.
16Bayabuya,kephaababuyelikoPhezukonke, banjengomnsalookhohlisayo;izikhuluzaboziyakuwa ngenkembangenxayokufuthekakolimilwazo;lokhu kuyakubayikuhlekwakwaboezwenilaseGibithe
ISAHLUKO8
1BekaicilongoemlonyeniwakhoUyofikanjengokhozi ngokumelenenendlukaJehova,ngobabeqileisivumelwano sami,futhibeqileemthethweniwami
2U-Israyeliuyakukhalakimi,uthi:'Nkulunkuluwami, siyakwaziwena
3U-Israyeliukulahlileokuhle;isithasiyakumxosha
4Bazibekileamakhosi,kodwabengavelikimi,benze izikhulu,minangingazi;
5Itholelakho,Samariya,likulahlile;intukutheloyami iyabavuthela;kozekubeninibengafikiekubenimsulwana?
6Ngokubanalolivelakwa-Israyeli;ngalokhoakusiye uNkulunkulu,kephaitholelaseSamariyaliyakuchotshozwa
7Ngokubabahlwanyeleumoya,bayakuvuna isivunguvungu,asinazihlanga;
8U-Israyeliuginyiwe;manjebayakubaphakathi kwabezizwenjengesitshaokungathokozisimuntungaso.
9Ngokubabakhuphukelee-Asiriya,imbongoloyasendle iyodwa;u-Efrayimiuziqasheleizithandwa
10Yebo,nomabeqashaphakathikwezizwe,manje ngiyakubabutha,badabukekancanengomthwalowenkosi yezikhulu
11Ngokubau-Efrayimiwandiseama-altareukubaone, ama-altareayakubangezonokuye.
12Ngimlobeleizintoezinkuluzomthethowami,kepha zathathwanjengezingavamile
13Banikelangenyamanjengemihlatsheloyeminikeloyami, bayidle;kephauJehovaakabemukeli;manje useyakukhumbulaububibabo,ahambeleizonozabo, babuyeleeGibithe
14Ngokubau-IsrayeliukhohliweuMenziwakhe,wakha amathempeli;uJudauyandisaimiziebiyelweyo,kepha ngiyakuthumaumliloemiziniyakhe,uqedeizinqabazakhe
ISAHLUKO9
1Ungathokozi,Israyeli,ngokujabulanjengezizwe, ngokubaumkileuNkulunkuluwakhongokufeba,uthandile umvuzoezibuyenizonkezamabele
2Isibuyanesikhamosewayiniakuyikubadlisa,newayini elishaliyakuphelakuso.
3AbayikuhlalaezwenilikaJehova;kephau-Efrayimi uyakubuyelaeGibithe,badleokungcolileyoe-Asiriya
4AbayikunikelangewayinikuJehova,ayiyikubamnandi kuye;imihlatsheloyaboiyakubakubonjengesinkwa sabalilayo;bonkeabakudlayobayakubangabangcolile, ngokubaisinkwasabosomphefumulowaboasiyikungena endlinikaJehova
5Niyakwenzenjaningosukuolumisiweyonangosuku lomkhosikaJehovana?
6Ngokubabhekani,bahambilengenxayokubhujiswa, iGibitheliyakubabutha,iMofilibembela;izindawozabo ezithandekayozesilivaziyakudliwayizimbabazane,kube amevaematendeniabo
7Izinsukuzokuhanjelwaziyeza,izinsukuzokuphindisela sezifikile;u-Israyeliuyakukwazi:umprofethiuyisiwula, nomuntuongokomoyauyahlanyangenxayobuningibobubi bakhonangenxayenzondoenkulu
8Umlindiwakwa-EfrayimiwayenoNkulunkuluwami, kephaumprofethiulugibelomcuphiwezinyoniezindleleni zakhezonke,nenzondoendlinikaNkulunkuluwakhe
9Bayonakalisilengokujulilenjengasezinsukwini zaseGibeya;ngalokhouyakukhumbulaububibabo, ahambeleizonozabo
10Ngafumanau-Israyelienjengezithelozomviniehlane; Ngabonaoyihlobenjengolibolomkhiwaneekuqaleni kwawo,kephabayaeBaliPeyori,bazihlukaniselalelo hlazo;nezinengisozabozazinjengokuthandakwabo
11Kephau-Efrayimi,udumolwakheluyakundizalumuke njengenyoni,ekuzaleni,nasesiswini,nasekukhulelweni 12Nomabekhulisaabantwanababo,nokho ngiyakubaphuca,kungabikhomuntu;yebo,mayekubo futhilaphongimukakubo!
13U-Efrayimi,njengalokhongabonaiTire,etshalwe endaweniemnandi,kephau-Efrayimiuyakukhiphela umbulaliabantwanabakhe.
14Baphe,Jehova;banikeisisuesiphuphumayonamabele omile
15BonkeububibabobuseGiligali,ngokubangabazonda lapho;ngenxayobubibezenzozabongiyakubaxosha
endliniyami,angisayikubathanda;zonkeizikhuluzabo ziyizihlubuki.
16U-Efrayimiushayiwe,impandeyaboyomile, abayikuthelaisithelo;
17UNkulunkuluwamiuyakubalahla,ngokuba abamlalelanga,bayakubayizihambiphakathikwezizwe
ISAHLUKO10
1U-Israyeliungumviniongenalutho,uzithelaizithelo; njengobuningibezithelozakhewandisaama-altare; ngokobuhlebezwelakhebenzileizithombeezinhle
2Inhliziyoyaboyahlukenephakathi;manjebayakutholwa benecala;uyakudilizaama-altareabo,aphangeizithombe zabo
3Ngokubamanjebayakuthi:‘Asinankosi,ngokuba asimesabangauJehova;pho,inkosiingasenzanina?
4Bakhulumaamazwi,bafungaamanga,benza isivumelwano;
5AbakhileyoeSamariyabayakwesabangenxayamathole aseBetiAveni,ngokubaabantubalobayakulilela, nabapristibaloabajabulayongalo,ngenxayodumolwalo, ngokubalumukilekulo
6Liyakuyiswae-AsiriyalibeyisiphoenkosiniuJarebi;uEfrayimiuyakwamukelaihlazo,no-Israyeliabenamahloni ngamasuakhe
7ISamariyainkosiyaloiqunyiwenjengegwebuphezu kwamanzi.
8Izindawoeziphakemeyozase-Aveni,isonosika-Israyeli, ziyakuchithwa;amevanekhakhasikuyakumilaema-altare abo;bayakuthiezintabeni:Sisibekeleni;nasezintabeni: "Welaniphezukwethu"
9OIsrayeli,wonilekusukelaezinsukwinizaseGibeya; bemalapho;ukulwaeGibeyangokumelenenabantwana bobubiakubaficanga
10Kusesifisosamiukubangibajezise;abantubayobuthana ngokumelenenabo,laphosebezibopheemiseleniyabo emibili
11U-Efrayimiunjengethokazielifundisiweyo,elithanda ukubhula;kephaminangadlulaentanyeniyaloenhle, ngiyakumkhwelisau-Efrayimi;UJudauyakulima,uJakobe aphuleamagabadeakhe
12Zihlwanyeleleniekulungeni,nivunengesihe; liphukeleniumlimiwenu,ngokubasekuyisikhathi sokumfunauJehova,azeafike,aniseukulungaphezu kwenu.
13Nilimaububi,navunaububi;nidlileizithelozamanga, ngokubawethembaindlelayakhongobuningibamaqhawe akho
14Kuyakuvelaukuxokozelaphakathikwabantubakini, zonkeizinqabazakhoziphangwe,njengalokhouShalimani aphangaiBetiAribelingosukulokulwa;unina wachotshozwaphezukwabantwanabakhe
15IBetheleliyakwenzakanjalokiningenxayobubibenu obukhulu;ekuseniinkosiyakwa-Israyeliiyakunqunywa nokuqunywa
ISAHLUKO11
1Laphou-Israyeliesengumntwana,ngamthanda,ngayibiza indodanayamiiphumeeGibithe
2Bebabizakanjalo,basukakubo,bahlabelaoBali, bashiselaizithombeezibaziweyoimpepho.
3Minangamfundisau-Efrayimiukuhamba,ngibabamba ngezingalo;kodwababengaziukuthingabaphulukisa.
4Ngabadonsangezintambozomuntu,ngezibopho zothando,futhikubongabanjengomuntuokhululaijoka emihlathiniyabo,futhingababekelaukudla
5KayikubuyelaelizwenileGibhithe,kodwaiAsiriya lizakubayinkosiyayo,ngobabalaukubuya
6Inkembaiyakuhlalaphezukwemiziyakhe,iqede amagatshaakhe,iziqedengenxayamaceboabo
7Abantubamibathambekeleekuhlubukenikimi; 8Ngingakunikelakanjani,Efrayimi?ngingakukhulula kanjani,Israyeli?ngingakumisakanjaniubenjenge-Adima na?ngingakubekakanjaninjengeSeboyimina?inhliziyo yamiiphendukilephakathikwami,ukuzisolakwami kuvuthakanyekanye
9Angiyikwenzaukuvuthakwentukutheloyami, angiyikubuyangichitheu-Efrayimi,ngokuba nginguNkulunkulu,angisiyeumuntu;oNgcwelephakathi kwakho,angiyikungenaemzini
10BayakulandelauJehova;uyakubhonganjengengonyama; laphoebhonga,abantwanabayakuthuthumela entshonalanga
11BayakuthuthumelanjengenyoniephumaeGibithe nanjengejubabephumaezwenilase-Asiriya,ngibabeke ezindlinizabo,”ushouJehova
12U-Efrayimiungihaqangamanga,nendluka-Israyeli ngenkohliso,kephauJudausabusanoNkulunkulu, uthembekilekwabangcwele
ISAHLUKO12
1U-Efrayimiudlaumoya,ulandelaumoya wasempumalanga;benzaisivumelwanonama-Asiriya, amafuthaayiswaeGibithe
2UJehovaunokuphikisananoJuda,amshayeuJakobe ngokwezindlelazakhe;uyakubuyiselakuyengokwezenzo zakhe
3Wabambaumfowabongesithendeesiswini,ngamandla akhewabanamandlakuNkulunkulu;
4Yebo,wabanamandlaphezukwengelosi,wanqoba; wakhala,wamnxusa;wamfumanaeBethele,wakhuluma nathikhona;
5Yebo,uJehovauNkulunkuluSebawoti;uJehova uyisikhumbuzosakhe.
6NgakhobuyelakuNkulunkuluwakho,ugcineumusa nokwahlulela,uthembelekuNkulunkuluwakhonjalo.
7Ungumthengisi,izilinganisozenkohlisozisesandleni sakhe,uthandaukucindezela
8U-Efrayimiwathi:“Nomangicebile,ngizitholeleimfuyo; 9MinanginguJehovauNkulunkuluwakhokwasezweni laseGibithengisazokuhlalisaemadokodweni njengasezinsukwinizemikhosiemisiweyo
10Futhingikhulumilengabaprofethi,ngayandisaimibono, ngenzaizifanekisongenkonzoyabaprofethi 11KukhonaububikwaGileyadina?impelabayize; bahlabelaizinkunzieGiligali;yebo,ama-altareabo anjengezinqwabaemiseleniyamasimu
12UJakobewabalekelaezwenilase-Aramu,u-Israyeli wakhonzaukuzeatholeumfazi,walusaizimvuukuze atholeumfazi
13NgomprofethiuJehovawamkhiphau-IsrayelieGibithe, walondolozwangomprofethi.
14U-Efrayimiwamthukuthelisakakhulu;
ISAHLUKO13
1Laphou-Efrayimiekhuluma,ukuthuthumelawaphakama kwa-Israyeli;kodwalaphoonangoBhali,wafa.
2Manjebanezelaukona,bazenzelaizithombe ezibunjiweyongesilivalabo,nezithombenjengokuqonda kwabo,konkekungumsebenziwengcweti;bathingazo: ‘Abahlabayomabangaamathole
3Ngakhobayakubanjengefulokusa,nanjengamazolo amukaekuseni,namakhobaapheshulwaesibuyeni, nanjengomusiophumakushimula
4NokhonginguJehovauNkulunkuluwakhokwasezweni laseGibithe,awazinkulunkulungaphandlekwami, ngokubaakakhoumsindisingaphandlekwami
5Minangaziwenaehlane,ezwenielomileyo.
6Basuthangokwamadleloabo;basutha,inhliziyoyabo yaphakama;ngalokhobangikhohliwe
7Ngakhongizakubanjengengonyamakubo,njengengwe endleleningiyakubaqapha
8Ngiyakuhlangananabonjengebhereeliphucwe amazinyanealo,ngiklebhuleisifubasenhliziyoyabo, ngibashwabadelenjengengonyamakazi;isilosasendle siyabadwengula
9OIsrayeli,uzichithile;kephakimikukhonausizolwakho.
10Minangizakubayinkosiyakho;ungaphiomunye ongakukhululaemiziniyakhoyonke?nabahlulelibakho owashongaboukuthi:‘Nginikeinkosinezikhulu; 11Ngakunikainkosientukuthelweniyami,ngayisusa ngokufuthekakwami
12Ububibuka-Efrayimibuboshiwe;isonosakhesifihliwe.
13Izinhlunguzobelethaziyakufikaphezukwakhe: uyindodanaeyisiwula;ngobaakufaneleahlaleisikhathi esideendaweniyokuqhamukakwabantwana.
14Ngiyakubahlengaesandlenisendawoyabafileyo; Ngiyakubahlengaekufeni;kufa,ngibeyizinhluphozakho; Thuna,ngizakubayincithakaloyakho;ukuphenduka kufihlweemehlweniami
15Nomaethelaphakathikwabafowabo,kuyakufikaumoya wasempumalanga,umoyakaJehovaukhuphukeuvela ehlane,nomthombowakheuyokoma,nomthombowakhe wome,aphangeingceboyazozonkeizitshaezithandekayo 16ISamariyaliyakubayincithakalo;bayakuwangenkemba, abantwanababobachotshozwe,nabakhulelweyobabo baqanyulwe.
ISAHLUKO14
1OIsrayeli,buyelakuJehovauNkulunkuluwakho;ngoba uwengobubibakho
2Thabathaniamazwi,niphendukelekuJehova,nithikuye: 'Susazonkeiziphambeko,usamukelengomusa,ukuze sinikeleamatholeezindebezethu'
3IAsiriyangekeisisindise;asiyikugibelaamahhashi, asisayikushoemsebenziniwezandlazethuukuthi: 'Ningonkulunkulubethu,'ngokubaintandaneitholaumusa kuwe.
4Ngiyakuphulukisaukuhlubukakwabo,ngibathande ngesihle,ngokubaintukutheloyamiisukilekuye
5Ngiyakubanjengamazoloku-Israyeli,uyakumila njengomnduze,anabeizimpandezakhenjengeLebanoni. 6Amagatshaakheayakunwebeka,nobuhlebakhebube njengomnqumo,nephungalakhelibenjengeLebanoni.
7Abahlalaemthunziniwakhebayakubuya;bayakuphila njengamabele,bahlumenjengomvini,iphungalawolibe njengewayinilaseLebanoni
8“U-Efrayimiuyakuthi:‘Ngisenaninezithombena? Ngimuzwile,ngimbhekile:nginjengomsayipuresioluhlaza Izithelozakhozitholwakimi
9Ngubaniohlakaniphileyo,aqondelezizinto? ohlakaniphileyo,uyakuzazina?ngokubaizindlela zikaJehovazilungile,abalungileyobahambakuzo,kepha abaphambukayobayakuwakuzo