UHosiya 12

1U-Efrayimi udla umoya;

uxotshana lomoya wasempumalanga ilanga lonke

andise amanga lodlakela.

Wenza isivumelwano le-Asiriya,

athumele amafutha e-oliva eGibhithe.

2Kulecala uThixo azalethesa uJuda;

uzajezisa uJakhobe mayelana lezindlela zakhe

aphindisele kuye mayelana lezenzo zakhe.

3Esiswini wabamba isithende sikamfowabo;

eseyindoda wabindana loNkulunkulu.

4Wabindana lengilosi wayehlula;

wakhala wacela umusa kuyo.

Wayifica eBhetheli

wakhuluma layo khonapho,

5uThixo uNkulunkulu uSomandla,

uThixo yilo ibizo lakhe lodumo!

6Kodwa kumele ubuyele kuNkulunkulu wakho;

ugcine uthando lokulunga,

umlindele kokuphela uNkulunkulu wakho.

7Umthengisi usebenzisa izikali zenkohliso;

uthanda ukuqilibezela.

8U-Efrayimi uyazincoma esithi,

“Nginothe kakhulu; sengiyisipatsha.

Ngenotho yami kabayikufumana ububi

loba isono kimi.”

9“Mina nginguThixo uNkulunkulu wenu

owalikhupha eGibhithe;

ngizalenza lihlale emathenteni futhi,

njengasezinsukwini zemikhosi yenu emisiweyo.

10Ngakhuluma labaphrofethi,

ngabatshengisa imibono eminengi

ngakhuluma imizekeliso ngabo.”

11IGiliyadi ixhwalile na?

Abantu bakhona bakhohlakele!

EGiligali bayanikela umhlatshelo wenkunzi na?

Ama-alithare abo azakuba njengezinqwaba zamatshe

ensimini elinyiweyo.

12UJakhobe wabalekela elizweni lase-Aramu;

u-Israyeli wasebenzela ukuthola umfazi,

njalo welusa izimvu ukuba amlobole.

13UThixo wasebenzisa umphrofethi ekukhupheni u-Israyeli eGibhithe;

wamlondoloza ngomphrofethi.

14Kodwa u-Efrayimi umthukuthelise kabuhlungu;

UThixo wakhe uzaliyekela liphezu kwakhe

icala lokuchitha kwakhe igazi

njalo uzaphindisela kuye ukudelela kwakhe.