U-Efrayimi udla umoya
Isifundo somlando esisetshenziswa njengecala likaBaba wethu. UJakobe wabamba isithende somfowabo futhi walwa eBethele; inzalo yakhe manje ijaha umoya wasempumalanga, yenza izivumelwano ne-Asiriya, futhi isebenzisa izikali ezikhohlisayo kuyilapho igcizelela ukuthi akekho ongathola icala kuyo. Buyani, nibambelele othandweni nasebulungiseni, nilinde.
12 1U-Efrayimi udla umoya, axoshe umoya wasempumalanga usuku lonke; babuthelela amanga nodlame. Benza isivumelwano ne-Asiriya, amafutha abo athwalelwa eGibhithe. 2uBaba wethu unombango noJuda, uyakumbeka uJakobe icala ngenxa yezindlela zakhe; uyakumvuza ngokwezenzo zakhe. 3Esesesiswini wabamba isithende somfowabo, ngamandla akhe wabindana noBaba wethu. 4Wabindana nesithunywa wanqoba; wakhala wancenga umusa waso. EBheteli wamthola, lapho wakhuluma nathi. 5uBaba wamabutho asezulwini—uBaba wethu yigama akhunjulwa ngalo. 6Ngakho wena—buyela kuBaba wakho; bambelela othandweni lwesivumelwano nasebulungiseni, ulinde uBaba wakho njalonjalo.
7Umthengisi onesilinganiso esikhohlisayo esandleni sakhe—uthanda ukucindezela. 8U-Efrayimi uthi: “Hawu, kodwa sengicebile; sengizitholele umcebo. Kuyo yonke imisebenzi yami, abayikufumana cala kimi—lutho oluyisono ngempela.”
9“Kodwa mina nginguBaba wakho, owakukhipha ezweni laseGibhithe; ngiyakuphinde ngikuhlalise ematendeni, njengasezinsukwini zomkhosi omisiweyo. a a v9 Umkhosi omisiweyo yiSukkoti (uMkhosi wamaDokodo), lapho u-Israyeli ayehlala khona ematendeni noma emadokodweni esikhashana ukuze akhumbule iminyaka yasehlane. 10Ngakhuluma kubaprofethi; yimi engandisa imibono, nangabaprofethi nganika imifanekiso.”
11Uma iGileyadi iyibubi, baphenduke ize; eGiligali banikela ngezinkunzi—nama-altare abo anjengezinqwaba zamatshe emiseleni yensimu. 12uJakobe wabalekela ezweni lase-Aramu; lapho u-Israyeli wasebenzela umfazi, wagcina izimvu ngenxa yomfazi. 13Ngomprofethi uBaba wethu wamkhuphula u-Israyeli eGibhithe, nangomprofethi walondolozwa. 14U-Efrayimi uvuse intukuthelo ebabayo; ngakho uBaba wakhe oyiNkosi uyakushiya icala legazi lakhe phezu kwakhe, amphindisele ngokwedelela kwakhe.
