Hosea 8
INkosi isola amaIsrayeli ngezithombe zawo
1Uphondo a emlonyeni wakho b. Uzakuza njengokhozi c lumelene lendlu yeNkosi; ngoba sebeqe d isivumelwano sami, baphambuke bemelene lomlayo wami. 2Bazamemeza kimi: Nkulunkulu wami e, thina, uIsrayeli, siyakwazi. 3UIsrayeli walile f okuhle; isitha sizaxotshana laye. 4Bona g babeke amakhosi, kodwa h kungengami; bamisa iziphathamandla, kodwa ngangingakwazi; ngesiliva sabo i legolide labo bazenzela izithombe, ukuze baqunywe. 5Ithole lakho j, Samariya k, likwalile l; intukuthelo yami iyavutha imelene labo; koze m kube nini ukuthi banganelisi ukuba msulwa n? 6Ngoba laleli livela koIsrayeli; umbazi walenza, njalo kalisuye Nkulunkulu; kodwa ithole o leSamariya p lizakuba q yizihlephu. 7Ngoba behlanyele r umoya, bazavuna s isivunguzane; kakuyikuba lamabele t emiyo; ihlumela kaliyikwenza impuphu; uba mhlawumbe lingayiveza, abezizwe u bazayiginya. 8UIsrayeli v useginyiwe; khathesi baphakathi kwezizwe, njengesitsha w okungelantokozo kiso. 9Ngoba bona x benyukele eAsiriya, ubabhemi weganga y oyedwa z ngokwakhe. UEfrayimi aa uqhatshe izithandwa ab. 10Yebo, lanxa beqhatsha ac phakathi kwezizwe, sengizabaqoqa ad; yebo, bazaqala ae ukuba balutshwana af ngenxa yomthwalo wenkosi ag yeziphathamandla. 11Ngoba uEfrayimi wandise ah amalathi ngawokona, amalathi azakuba ngawokona kuye. 12Ngimbhalele ai izinto aj ezinkulu zomlayo wami kodwa zabalwa njengento yemzini. 13Mayelana lemihlatshelo yeminikelo yami, bahlaba ak inyama, bayidle, kodwa iNkosi al kayithokozi ngabo. Khathesi izakhumbula am , an ububi babo, iphindisele ao izono zabo; bona bazabuyela ap eGibhithe. 14Ngoba uIsrayeli aq umkhohliwe uMenzi wakhe ar, wakha as amathempeli; njalo uJuda wandisile imizi ebiyelweyo; kodwa at ngizathumela umlilo emizini yakhe, ozaqothula au izigodlo zakhe.
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