8“Ngingakunikela kanjani, Efrayimi,
ngikukhaphele, Israyeli, na?
Ngingakwenza kanjani ube njenge-Adima,
ngikubeke ufane neSeboyimi, na?
Inhliziyo iyaphenduka phakathi kwami,
sonke isihawu sami sivusiwe.
9Angiyikwenza ukufutheka kwentukuthelo yami,
ngingabuyeli ukumchitha u-Efrayimi,
ngokuba nginguNkulunkulu,
angisiye umuntu;
ngingoNgcwele phakathi kwenu,
angiyikufika ngolaka.
10Bayakulandela uJehova oyakubhonga njengengonyama,
ngokuba uyakubhonga,
abantwana bakhe bavele entshonalanga ngokuthuthumela.
11Bayakuvela ngokuthuthumela eGibithe njengezinyoni,
nanjengejuba ezweni lase-Asiriya,
ngibahlalise ezindlini zabo,” usho uJehova.
