Hosea 5

INkosi izatshaya uIsrayeli ngenxa yobubi bakhe

1Zwanini a lokhu, bapristi, lilalele, ndlu kaIsrayeli, libeke indlebe, lani ndlu yenkosi. Ngoba isahlulelo singakini, ngoba b selibe ngumjibila c eMizipa d, lembule e elendlalwe phezu kweThabhori f. 2Labahlamuki g batshonisa h ukuhlaba, kodwa ngizakuba ngumlayi i wabo bonke. 3Mina j ngiyamazi uEfrayimi, loIsrayeli kafihlakalanga kimi; ngoba khathesi ufebile, wena Efrayimi k, uIsrayeli l uzingcolisile. 4Kabaqondisi izenzo zabo ukuze baphendukele kuNkulunkulu wabo, ngoba umoya m wokuwula uphakathi kwabo, leNkosi kabayazi. 5Lokuzigqaja n kukaIsrayeli kuyafakaza ebusweni o bakhe; ngakho uIsrayeli loEfrayimi bazakhubeka esiphambekweni sabo, loJuda uzakhubeka kanye labo. 6Bazahamba lezimvu p zabo lenkomo zabo ukuyadinga q iNkosi, kodwa kabayikuyithola r; imonyukile s kubo. 7Benze t ngenkohliso ngakuyo iNkosi, ngoba bazele abantwana bezizweni. Khathesi inyanga u ethwasayo izabaqeda lezabelo zabo. 8Vuthelani v uphondo w lwenqama eGibeya x, uphondo y eRama z, lihlabe aa umkhosi eBeti-Aveni ab lithi: Emva ac kwakho, wena Bhenjamini. 9UEfrayimi uzakuba yincithakalo ngosuku lokujeziswa; phakathi kwezizwe zakoIsrayeli ngikwazisile okuliqiniso. 10Iziphathamandla zakoJuda sezinjengalabo ad abatshedisa umngcele; ngizathululela phezu kwabo ulaka lwami njengamanzi. 11UEfrayimi ucindezelwe ae wachotshozwa af ngesahlulelo, ngoba wavuma ukuhamba elandela umlayo ag. 12Ngakho ngizakuba njengenundu ah , ai koEfrayimi, lanjengokubola aj endlini yakoJuda. 13Kwathi uEfrayimi ebona umkhuhlane wakhe, loJuda isilonda ak sakhe, uEfrayimi waya al eAsiriya, wathumela am ilizwi enkosini yeJarebhi; kodwa yona kayiyikuba lakho ukulelapha, kayiyikupholisa an isilonda senu. 14Ngoba ao ngizakuba njengesilwane ap koEfrayimi, lanjengebhongo lesilwane endlini yakoJuda. Mina aq, uqobo lwami, ngizadabudabula, besengihamba, ngisuse, kungabi ar lomophuli.

15Ngizahamba ngibuyele endaweni yami, baze as bavume at icala labo, badinge ubuso bami; ekucindezelweni au kwabo bazangidinga av ngovivi.

Copyright information for Ndebele