UEfrayim Akayi Kubuyela Ekhaya

UEfrayim usisonka esingavuthwanga kakuhle, lihobe elisisidenge elibhabha phakathi kweYiputa neAsiriya, liziko elimlilo wawo uvutha ubusuku bonke. Ookumkani bawa omnye emva komnye, akukho namnye obiza uBawo wethu. Uthi ubeya kubakhulula, kodwa babhomboloza ezililini zabo endaweni yokuguquka.

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Xa ndifuna ukumphilisa uSirayeli, isono sikaEfrayim siyatyhileka, nobubi baseSamari; kuba benza ubuxoki—isela liyagqobha, amatutu aphanga ngaphandle. Kodwa abathi ezintliziyweni zabo ukuba ndikhumbula bonke ububi babo. Ngoku izenzo zabo ziyabarhawula; ziphambi kobuso bam.

Ngobubi babo bamvuyisa ukumkani, nabathetheli ngobuxoki babo. Bonke bangabakrexezi, njengeziko elifudunyezwe ngumoji wezonka, ongasawuvuseleli umlilo ukususela ekuxovuleni intlama ide ibe negwele. Ngomhla wokumkani wethu abathetheli bazigulisa ngobushushu bewayini; wabamba izandla nabagxeki. Kuba basondela ngeentliziyo ezivuthayo njengeziko besalalele; ubusuku bonke umsindo wabo ulele, kuthi kusasa uvuthe njengelangatye lomlilo. Bonke bashushu njengeziko, badla abalawuli babo. Bonke ookumkani babo bawa; akukho namnye kubo ondibizayo.

UEfrayim uzixuba nezizwe; uEfrayim usisonkana esisicaba esingaguqulwanga. Abasemzini badla amandla akhe, engakwazi oko; izimvi zithe saa phezu kwakhe, engakwazi oko. Ukukhukhumala kukaSirayeli kungqina ebusweni bakhe, kanti ababuyeli kuBawo wabo, bengamfuni, kuko konke oku.

UEfrayim unjengehobe, esisidenge esingenangqondo, ebiza iYiputa, esiya eAsiriya. Ekuhambeni kwabo, ndiya kuwutwabulula umnatha wam phezu kwabo; ndiya kubathoba njengeentaka zezulu. Ndiya kubathethisa njengoko ibandla labo laqononondiswayo.

Yeha kubo, kuba benxaxhile besuka kum! Intshabalalo kubo, kuba bevukele mna! Bendithanda ukubakhulula bona, kodwa bathetha ubuxoki ngam. Abakhali kum bephuma entliziyweni yabo, kodwa bayabhomboloza ezinkukweni zabo; ngenxa yengqolowa newayini entsha bayazicenta; bayandifulathela. ^a Nangona ndaziqeqesha ndazomeleza iingalo zabo, kanti bayila ububi ngam. Bajika, kodwa bengabheki phezulu; baye banjengesaphetha esixegayo. Abathetheli babo baya kweyela ekreleni ngenxa yokukhukhumala kolwimi lwabo; oku kuya kubenza intlekisa ezweni laseYiputa.