UEfrayim Udla Umoya

Isifundo sembali esisetyenziswa njengesimangalo sikaBawo wethu. UYakobi wasibamba isithende somkhuluwa wakhe waza wabambana eBhetele; inzala yakhe ngoku isukela umoya wasempumalanga, yenza iminqophiso neAsiriya, isebenzisa izikali ezingathembekanga ngelixa igxininisa ukuba akukho bani unokufumana tyala kuyo. Buyela, namathela eluthandweni nasebulungiseni, ulinde.

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UEfrayim udla umoya, asukele umoya wasempumalanga imini yonke; bafumba ubuxoki nogonyamelo. Benza umnqophiso nama-Asiriya, ioli yabo ithwalwe yasiwa eYiputa. UBawo wethu unesimangalo noYuda, uya kubuza kuYakobi ngeendlela zakhe; uya kumbuyisela ngokwezenzo zakhe. Esizalweni wasibamba isithende somkhuluwa wakhe, waza ngamandla akhe wabambana noBawo wethu. Wabambana nesithunywa weyisa; walila, wambongoza ubabalo lwakhe. EBhetele wamfumana, waza apho wathetha nathi. UBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini—uBawo wethu ligama akhunjulwa ngalo. Ngoko ke wena—buyela kuBawo wakho; namathela eluthandweni lomnqophiso nasebulungiseni, uze umlindele uBawo wakho ngamaxesha onke.

Umrhwebi onezikali ezingathembekanga esandleni sakhe—uthanda ukucudisa. UEfrayim uthi: “Hayi, kambe ndisuke ndaba sisityebi; ndizifumanele ubutyebi. Kuyo yonke imisebenzi yam, abayi kufumana tyala kum—akukho nto eyisono ngokwenene.”

“Kodwa ndinguBawo wakho, owakukhuphayo ezweni laseYiputa; ndiya kubuya ndikuhlalise ezintenteni, njengemihla yomthendeleko omisiweyo. ^a Ndathetha kubaprofeti; ndim owandisa imibono, ndaza ngabaprofeti ndenza imizekeliso.”

Ukuba iGiliyadi ikukungendawo, baphelele nya; eGiligali babingelela iinkunzi zeenkomo—nezibingelelo zabo zinjengeemfumba zamatye emijelweni yentsimi. UYakobi wabalekela ezweni lakwa-Aram; apho uSirayeli wakhonza ngenxa yomfazi, wala ngenxa yomfazi ngokwalusa izimvu. Ngomprofeti uBawo wethu wamnyusa uSirayeli eYiputa, waza ngomprofeti wagcinwa. UEfrayim ube nokuqumbisa okukrakra; ngoko uBawo wakhe ongaMakhosi uya kushiya igazi lakhe phezu kwakhe, amphindezele ngendelo yakhe.