UHosiya 8:1-14
8 “Faka uphondo emlonyeni wakho!+
Isitha siza njengokhozi sizohlasela indlu kaJehova,+Ngoba bephule isivumelwano sami,+ bephula lomthetho wami.+
2 Bayakhala kimi besithi, ‘Thina abako-Israyeli siyakwazi Nkulunkulu wethu!’+
3 Abako-Israyeli bakwalile okuhle.+
Yekela isitha sixotshane labo.
4 Babeke amakhosi ngingabaphanga imvumo,Babeka izikhulu kodwa angizamukelanga.
Benze izithombe ngesiliva sabo langegolide labo,+Lokhu kuzabenza babhujiswe.+
5 Isithombe sakho esifana lethole silahliwe, wena Samariya.+
Ngithukuthele kakhulu ngenxa yabo.+
Kuzaze kube nini besehluleka ukuba msulwa?
6 Ithole leli lenziwe ko-Israyeli.
Libunjwe yingcitshi njalo kalisuye Nkulunkulu,Ithole leSamariya lizaphahlazwa libe yizicucu.
7 Bahlanyela umoya,Ngakho bazavuna isivunguzane.+
Akulangqoloyi ezakhahlela ibe lesikhwebu,+Nxa ingaba laso akulafulawa ezaphuma
Nxa kukhona okutholakeleyo, abezizweni* bazakuginya konke.+
8 Abako-Israyeli bazaginywa yisitha.+
Bazakuba njengomganu ongafunekiyo
Phakathi kwezizwe.+
9 Sebeye e-Asiriya+ njengobabhemi weganga ohlanhlatha yedwa.
Abako-Efrayimi sebeqhatshe izithandwa.+
10 Lanxa izithandwa lezi beziqhatshe ezizweni,Ngizababuthanisa ndawonye.
Bazaqalisa ukuhlupheka+ ngenxa yobunzima ababetheswe ngamakhosi lezikhulu.
11 Abako-Efrayimi bakhe ama-alithare amanengi ukuze bone.+
Asebe ngama-alithare abo okwenzela isono.+
12 Ngababhalela imithetho eminengi,Kodwa bayithatha njengento engazwakaliyo.+
13 Banginika imihlatshelo yezipho, besebezidlela inyama yakhona,Kodwa uJehova kathokozi ngayo.+
Ngakho uzalikhumbula icala labo, abajezise ngenxa yezono zabo.+
Sebebuyele* eGibhithe.+
14 U-Israyeli usemkhohliwe uMenzi wakhe,+ wakha amathempeli,+UJuda laye usezakhele amadolobho amanengi avikelwe ngemiduli.+
Kodwa ngizathumela umlilo emadolobheni akhe,Uzatshisa ulobise yonke imiphotshongo yawo.”+
