UHOSEYA 12

₁UEfrayimi uyadla umoya,

ulandela umoya wasempumalanga;

uyandisa imihla yonke amanga nencithakalo;

benza isivumelwano neAsiriya,

namafutha ayiswa eGibithe.

₂UJehova unokuphikisana noJuda futhi;

uyakuhambela uJakobe ngenxa yezindlela zakhe,

ambuyisele ngokwezenzo zakhe.

₃Esiswini wabamba umfowabo ngesithende,

nasebudodeni bakhe walwa noNkulunkulu;

₄walwa nengelosi, wanqoba;

wakhala, wanxusa kuyo;

yamfumana eBethele,

yakhuluma naye lapho.

₅NguJehova uNkulunkulu-Sebawoti,

nguJehova igama lakhe lodumo.

₆Ngalokho buyela wena kuNkulunkulu wakho,

ugcine umusa nokulunga,

ulindele uNkulunkulu wakho njalo-njalo.

₇IKhanani linesilinganiso esikhohlisayo esandleni salo,

lithanda ukukhahlameza.

₈UEfrayimi uthi: Impela ngicebile, ngitholé imfuyo;

kukho konke ukuzuza kwami abayikufumana-bubi obuyisono.

₉Kepha mina nginguJehova uNkulunkulu wakho kwasezweni laseGibithe;

ngisezakukuhlalisa ematendeni

njengasezinsukwini zemikhosi emisiweyo.

₁₀Ngikhulumile kubaprofethi,

ngandisile imibono,

ngifanekisile ngesandla sabaprofethi.

₁₁Uma iGileyadi linobubi,

impela bayakuba-ngabachithiwe;

uma behlabela izinkunzi eGiligali,

ama-altare abo ayakuba-njengezinqwaba

ngasemiseleni yamasimu.

₁₂UJakobe wabalekela ezweni laseAramu,

uIsrayeli wakhonzela umfazi,

walusa umhlambi ngenxa yomfazi.

₁₃UJehova wakhuphula uIsrayeli eGibithe ngomprofethi,

wagcinwa ngomprofethi.

₁₄UEfrayimi ucunulile ngokubabisayo;

icala lakhe legazi liyakuphonswa phezu kwakhe;

iNkosi yakhe ibuyisele kuye ihlazo lakhe.