UHOSEYA 8

₁Beka icilongo emlonyeni wakho;

onjengokhozi wehlela indlu kaJehova;

ngokuba beqile isivumelwano sami,

baphambuka emthethweni wami.

₂Bakhala kimi ngokuthi: Nkulunkulu wethu,

thina-Israyeli siyakwazi.

₃UIsrayeli ukulahlile okuhle;

isitha siyakumxosha.

₄Bona bazibekela amakhosi engavelanga kimi;

bamisa izikhulu, ngingazi;

isiliva labo negolide labo bakwenza kwaba-yizithombe zabo,

ukuze banqunywe.

₅Ithole lakho, Samariya, linengekile;

intukuthelo yami iyabavuthela;

koze kube-nini bengakwazi ukubamsulwa na?

₆Ngokuba livela kuIsrayeli;

umkhandi walenza, alisiye uNkulunkulu;

yebo, ithole laseSamariya liyakuba-yizihlephu.

₇Ngokuba bahlwanyele umoya,

bayakuvuna isivunguvungu;

izele alinahlumela, alivezi impuphu;

uma liyiveza, iyakuqedwa ngabafokazi.

₈UIsrayeli uyagwinywa;

manje sebephakathi kwabezizwe

njengesitsha okungekho intokozo kuso.

₉Ngokuba benyukele eAsiriya

bezihambele njengezimbongolo zasendle;

uEfrayimi uyaqasha ngenkokhelo yothando.

₁₀Noma beqasha phakathi kwabezizwe,

manje sengiyakubabutha,

bakhululwe kancane

emthwalweni wenkosi yezikhulu.

₁₁Ngokuba uEfrayimi wandisile ama-altare aba-ngukona;

ama-altare ayakuba-ngukona kuye.

₁₂Noma ngimlobela imithetho yami kaningi,

iyashaywa okungaziwayo.

₁₃Imihlatshelo yeminikelo yami bayihlaba,

bayidle inyama,

kepha uJehova akayenameli.

Useyakhumbula ububi babo,

abahambele ngezono zabo,

babuyele eGibithe.

₁₄Ngokuba uIsrayeli ukhohliwe uMdali wakhe,

wakha izindlu zamakhosi,

noJuda wandisile imizi ebiyelweyo,

ngiyakuthuma umlilo emizini yakhe,

uqede izindlu zayo zobukhosi.