UHOSIYA 10

₁U-Israyeli ube sidiribe esimrarela;

isithelo sakhe sanda.

Isithelo sakhe nasilokhu sanda,

wakha ama-aldari amanengi.

Inarhakhe nayilokhu iphumelela,

wakghabisa amatjakhe akhethekileko.

₂Bavuma imilandwabo ngeenhliziyo ezinobuqili,

kodwana uSomnini uzakubhidla ama-aldarabo,

abe ahlakaze namatjabo akhethekileko.

₃Yeke bathi:

“Thina abesinakosi nasinje

ngombana sibhalelwe kuhlonipha uZimethu.

Njekhona ikosi leyo,

beyizasenzelani nje?”

₄Bakhuluma umonyani, bafunga amanga

lokha nabenza iimvumelwano.

Kodwana ukulunga kuzakuqubuka

njengekhula elimila esimini elinyiweko.

₅Abantu beSamariya bagugunwa

yindaba yethole leBhethe-Aveni.

Abalotjhi balo bayalililela,

nabaphristi ababalotjhi balo bayabubula –

babubula ngomnothwalo

ngombana lisiwe ekuthunjweni.

₆Lizokuthathwa lisiwe e-Asiriya

libe sibiko sekosi ekulu yakhona.

U-Efrayimu uzakurhubutjhwa;

u-Israyeli abe neenhloni nabosingazimu bakhe

beengodo.

₇Lokha iSamariya nayibhujiswako,

ikosayo izakufana nesigodo esipapamele emanzini.

₈Iindunduma zobukhohlakali, okusisono saka-Israyeli,

zizakubhidlizwa.

Kuzakumila ameva nabosotokolo

bathi talala phezu kwama-aldarabo.

Yeke bazokuthi eentabeni:

“Sigubuzesani!”

bese bathi emibundwini: “Sigirikelani!”

₉Kusukela emihleni yeGibeya,

u-Israyeli soloko uyona;

sese athuwelele.

Kazi ipi ayizukuwafunyana amaphikakani weGibeya na?

“Ngiqede ngokuthi, ngizabahlunguphaza,

ngenze izizwe zibahlanganyele,

zibabophe ngebanga lezonokazi zabo ezinengi.

₁₁“U-Efrayimu lithodlana elibanduliweko

nelithanda ukubhula amabele.

Yeke ngaqeda ngokuthi angibeke ijogi

phezu kwentanyanakhe ehle le.

Ngizakubophela u-Efrayimu,

uJuda alime,

bese uJakopo uphadlha amagade.

₁₂Bengithi, ‘Zitjaleleni ukulunga,

khona nizakuvuna isithelo sokwethembeka;

bese nizikghemela ihlabathi engakalinywa

ngombana kusikhathi sokufuna uSomnini,

abe afike anise ukulunga phezu kwenu.’

₁₃Kodwana nirhatjhe ubukhohlakali,

navuna ubumbi;

nje-ke nigome isithelo sekohliso.

Ngombana fenathembela emaqhingenenu

nemabuthwenenu amanengi,

₁₄umdumo wepi uzokusahlela isizwe senu

kubhidlike woke amarholwenu.

Kuzakuba njengamhlana uSalamani abhidliza

iBhethe-Aribele:

ngelanga lepi mhlana abomma

nabantwababo baphihlizelwa ehlabathini.

₁₅USalimani uzanenza soneso eBhethele,

ngebanga lobukhohlakali benu obukhulu.

Ngokusa kwamhlokho,

ikosi yakwa-Israyeli izabe seyabhujiswa nya.”