‏ Hosea 10

1UIsrayeli ulivini elithululwayo a, lizenzela b izithelo; njengobunengi bezithelo zakhe wandisa c amalathi akhe; ngobuhle belizwe lakhe wenza d insika zakhe eziyizithombe e zibe zinhle. 2Iyehlukanisile inhliziyo yabo; khathesi bazakuba f lecala; yona izabhidliza g amalathi abo, ichithe insika zabo eziyizithombe h. 3Ngoba khathesi bazakuthi: Kasilankosi i; ngoba kasimesabanga uJehova; pho, inkosi izakwenzani kithi? 4Bakhulume amazwi, befunga amanga besenza isivumelwano; ngakho isahlulelo j sizahluma njengokhula oluyitshefu k emifolweni l yensimu. 5Abahlali beSamariya m bazakwesaba n ngenxa yethole o leBeti-Aveni p; ngoba abantu bayo bazalililela, labapristi q balo ababethokoza ngalo, ngodumo r lwalo, ngoba lusukile s kulo. 6Yebo, lizathwalelwa t eAsiriya, libe yisipho enkosini u uJarebhi. UEfrayimi uzakuba lenhloni, loIsrayeli ayangeke v ngenxa yeseluleko sakhe w. 7ISamariya x iqunyiwe y, lenkosi yayo z injengebazelo aa ebusweni bamanzi ab. 8Lendawo eziphakemeyo zeAveni ac, isono ad sikaIsrayeli, kuzachithwa; ameva ae lokhula oluhlabayo af kuzamila phezu kwamalathi abo. Njalo bazakuthi ag ezintabeni: Sisibekeleni; lemaqaqeni: Welani phezu kwethu. 9Kusukela ah ensukwini zeGibeya wonile, Israyeli; lapho bema; impi ai eGibeya emelene labantwana bobubi kayibaficanga.

10Kusesiloyisweni aj sami ukubajezisa; izizwe ak zizabuthana zimelene labo, lapho ngizababopha ngenxa yeziphambeko zabo ezimbili. 11Njalo uEfrayimi ulithokazi elifundisiweyo, elithanda al ukubhula am, kodwa mina ngedlule phezu kwentamo yakhe an yobuhle; ngigadise uEfrayimi, uJuda uzalima, uJakobe uzaziharela ao. 12Zihlanyeleleni ekulungeni ap, livune aq emuseni ar; qhathani as ingqatho yenu at; ngoba sekuyisikhathi sokuyidinga iNkosi, ize ifike, inise ukulunga phezu kwenu au. 13Lilime inkohlakalo av, lavuna isiphambeko aw , ax, lidle izithelo zamanga; ngoba lithembele endleleni yenu, ebunengini bamaqhawe enu. 14Ngalokho kuzakuba khona ukuxokozela phakathi kwabantu bakho, lenqaba zakho zonke ay zizachithwa az, njengalokhu uShalimani ba wachitha bb iBeti-Aribeli ngosuku lwempi; unina wachotshozwa phezu kwabantwana bc. 15Izakwenza njalo iBhetheli kini, ngenxa yobubi bobubi bakho bd; emadabukakusa inkosi yakoIsrayeli izaqunywa lokuqunywa be.

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