UHO­SE­YA

Umka­Ho­se­ya la­ba­ntwa­na ba­khe

1Ili­zwi le­Nko­si ela­fi­ka ku­Ho­se­ya indo­da­na ka­Be­ye­ri ensu­kwi­nia za­boU­zi­ya, uJo­tha­mu, uA­ha­zi, uHe­ze­khi­ya, ama­kho­si ako­Ju­da, le­nsu­kwi­ni zi­ka­Je­ro­bho­wa­mub indo­da­na ka­Jo­wa­si inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li.

2 Uku­qa­la kwe­li­zwi le­Nko­si ngo­Ho­se­ya. INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Ho­se­ya: Ha­mbac uzi­tha­the­le umfa­zi wo­bu­wu­le, la­ba­ntwa­nad bo­bu­wu­le; ngo­ba ili­zwee li­ya­wu­la ka­khu­lu ngo­ku­nga­yi­la­nde­lif iNko­si.

3 Wa­se­ha­mba wa­tha­tha uGo­me­ri indo­da­ka­zi ka­Di­bi­la­yi­mi; wa­se­khu­le­lwa, wa­mza­le­la indo­da­na.

4 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­ye: Bi­za ibi­zo la­yo uthi ngu­Ji­ze­re­ye­li, ngo­ba ku­se­se­yisi­kha­tsha­na ngi­za­phi­ndi­se­lagh ica­la le­ga­zi le­Ji­ze­re­ye­li phe­zu kwe­ndlu ka­Je­hu, ngi­wu­qe­dei umbu­so we­ndlu kaI­sra­ye­li.

5 Ku­za­ku­thi nga­lo­lo­su­ku nge­phu­lej ida­ndi­li li­kaI­sra­ye­li esi­go­di­nik se­Ji­ze­re­ye­li.

6 Wa­se­bu­ya ekhu­le­lwa, wa­za­la indo­da­ka­zi. UNku­lu­nku­lul wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Bi­za ibi­zo la­yo uthi ngu­Lo-Ru­ha­mam, ngo­ba ka­ngi­sa­yi­ku­bu­yan ngi­ha­wu­ke­le indlu kaI­sra­ye­li, ko­dwao ngi­za­ba­su­sa lo­ku­ba­su­sa.

7 Ko­dwa ngi­za­yi­ha­wu­ke­lap indlu ya­ko­Ju­da, ngi­ba­si­ndi­se nge­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo; nja­lo ka­ngi­yi­ku­ba­si­ndi­saq nge­da­ndi­li, lo­ba nge­nke­mba, lo­ba nge­mpir, nga­ma­bhi­zast, ku­mbe nga­ba­ga­di ba­ma­bhi­za.

8 Ese­mlu­mu­li­leu uLo-Ru­ha­ma, wa­khu­le­lwa, wa­za­la indo­da­na.

9 UNku­lu­nku­luv wa­se­si­thi: Bi­za ibi­zo la­yo uthi ngu­Lo-A­miw; ngo­bax ka­li­si­bo aba­ntu ba­mi, nga­kho mi­na ka­ngi­su­ye owe­nu.

10 Ku­be ka­nti ina­niy la­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li li­za­ku­ba nga­nge­tshe­be­tshe­be lo­lwa­ndle eli­nge­ke li­li­nga­ni­swe eli­nge­ke li­ba­lwe. Nja­loz ku­za­ku­thia, enda­we­ni yo­ku­thi ku­thi­we ki­bo: Ka­li­si­bo aba­ntu ba­mi; ku­za­ku­thi­wa ki­bo: Li­nga­ba­ntwa­nabc ba­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ophi­la­yod.

11 La­ba­ntwa­nae ba­ko­Ju­da la­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­za­bu­tha­ni­swa nda­wo­nye, ba­zi­mi­se­lef inhlo­kog eyo­dwa, be­nyu­keh ba­phu­me eli­zwe­ni. Ngo­ba lu­za­ku­ba lu­khu­lu usu­ku lwe­Ji­ze­re­ye­lii.

INko­si itha­nda aba­ntu ba­yo aba­nga­the­mbe­ka­nga

2Khu­lu­ma­nia ku­ba­fo­we­nu li­thi: Amib1; la­ku­bo­da­de­we­nu li­thi: Ru­ha­mac2.

2 Phi­ki­sa­na­ni lo­nyo­ko, li­phi­ki­se, ngo­bad ka­su­ye umka­mi, la­mi ka­ngi­si­yo indo­da ya­khe, uku­thi asu­se uku­wu­lae kwa­khe pha­mbi kwa­mi, lo­ku­fe­ba kwa­khe nga­pha­ka­thif kwa­ma­be­le akhe,

3 hle­zi ngi­mhlu­bu­leg abe nqu­nu, ngi­mbe­ke abe nje­ngo­su­kwinih lo­ku­za­lwa kwa­khe, ngi­me­nze afa­na­ne le­nka­nga­lai, ngi­mbe­ke nje­nge­li­zwe elo­mi­le­yoj, ngi­mbu­la­le ngo­ko­makl.

4 La­ba­ntwa­na ba­khe ka­ngi­yi­ku­ba­ha­wu­ke­lam, ngo­ba ba­nga­ba­ntwa­nan bo­bu­fe­be.

5 Ngo­ba uni­na uwu­li­leo, owa­ba­za­la­yo we­nzi­le ihla­zo; ngo­ba wa­thi: Ngi­za­zi­la­nde­lap izi­tha­ndwa za­mi, ezingi­phaq uku­dla kwa­mi, la­ma­nzi ami, ubo­ya be­zi­mvu ba­mir, le­fi­la­ki­si ya­mi, ama­fu­tha ami, lo­ku­na­thwa­yo kwa­mi.

6 Nga­kho, kha­nge­la, ngi­za­bi­yast indle­la ya­kho nga­me­va, ngi­ma­khe­leuv umdu­li uku­ze anga­tho­li imi­kho­ndo ya­khe.

7 Ala­nde­le izi­tha­ndwa za­khew, ko­dwa anga­zi­fi­ci; uza­zi­di­nga, ko­dwa angazi­tho­li. Abe­se­si­thi: Ngi­za­ha­mbax ngi­bu­ye­le endo­de­ni ya­mi yo­ku­qa­lay, ngo­baz kwa­ku­ngco­no ki­mi nga­le­so­si­kha­thi ku­la­kha­the­si.

8 Ngo­ba wa­ye­nga­zia uku­thib mi­na nga­mni­ka ama­be­lec, le­wa­yi­nid eli­tsha, la­ma­fu­thae, nga­ma­ndi­se­la isi­li­va le­go­li­de, a­bali­se­be­nzi­se­laf uBha­li.

9 Nga­kho ngi­za­bu­ye­la, ngi­tha­theg ama­be­le ami nge­si­kha­thi sa­wo, le­wa­yi­ni la­mi eli­tsha nge­si­kha­thi sa­lo esi­mi­si­we­yo, ngi­hlu­thu­neh ubo­ya be­zi­mvu ba­mii le­fi­la­ki­si ya­mi okwe­mbe­sa ubu­nqu­nu ba­khe.

10 Kha­the­si se­ngi­za­kwa­mbu­laj ihla­zo la­khe eme­hlwe­ni ezi­tha­ndwa za­khe, nja­lo ku­nga­bi kho­na omo­phu­la­yo esa­ndle­ni sa­mi.

11 Se­ngi­za­qe­dak into­ko­zo ya­khe yo­nke, ama­di­lil akhem, uku­thwa­sa kwe­nya­nga za­kheno, la­ma­sa­ba­tha akhep, le­mi­kho­si ya­khe yo­nke emi­si­we­yoq.

12 Se­ngi­za­chi­thar ivi­ni la­khe lo­mkhi­wa wa­khe, atsho nga­kho uku­thi: Lo­khus ku­ngu­mvu­zo wo­bu­wu­le ba­mi izi­tha­ndwa za­mit ezi­ngi­ni­ke kho­na; ko­dwa ngi­za­kwe­nzau ku­be li­gu­su, uku­ze inya­ma­za­na ze­ga­nga zi­ku­dle.

13 Nja­lo ngi­za­phi­ndi­se­lav phe­zu kwa­khe insu­kuw za­bo­Bha­li, aye­ba­tshi­se­lax nga­zo impe­pha, ezi­ce­ci­say nga­ma­so­ngo akhez la­nga­ma­ngqo­ngqo akhea, wa­la­nde­lab izi­tha­ndwa za­khe, ko­dwa wa­ngi­kho­hlwac, itsho iNko­si.

14 Nga­kho, kha­nge­la, ngi­za­mhu­ga, ngi­mu­sed enka­nga­la, ngi­khu­lu­mee enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­khe.

15 Ngi­be se­ngi­mni­ka izi­vi­ni za­khef ku­su­ke­lag la­pho, le­si­ho­tshah seA­ko­ri, si­be ngu­mnya­ngo we­the­mba. Nja­lo uza­hla­be­lai la­pho nje­nge­nsu­kwi­nij zo­bu­tsha ba­khe, la­nje­ngo­su­kuk lo­kwe­nyu­ka kwa­khe eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the.

16 Ku­za­ku­thi nga­lo­lo­su­kul, itsho iNko­si, ungi­bi­ze uthi: Ndo­da ya­mim; unga­be usa­ngi­bi­za ngo­ku­thi: Bha­lino wa­mi.

17 Ngo­ba ngi­za­su­sap ama­bi­zo abo­Bha­li emlo­nye­ni wa­khe, ba­nga­beq be­sa­khu­nju­lwa fu­thi nge­bi­zo la­bo.

18 La­nga­lo­lo­su­kur ngi­za­be­nze­las isi­vu­me­lwa­no le­nya­ma­za­na ze­ga­nga le­nyo­ni za­ma­zu­lu le­zi­nto ezi­hu­qu­ze­la­yo zo­mhla­ba; nge­phu­let ida­ndi­li, le­nke­mba, le­mpi ku­su­ke emhla­be­ni, ngi­ba­la­li­se pha­nsi be­vi­ke­le­ki­leu.

19 Nja­lo ngi­za­ku­ga­na ube ngo­wa­mi ku­ze ku­be pha­ka­de, ye­bo, ngi­ku­ga­nev ube ngo­wa­mi ngo­ku­lu­nga la­nge­sa­hlu­le­lo la­ngo­tha­ndo­lo­mu­sa la­nge­zi­ha­wu.

20 Ye­bo, ngi­za­ku­ga­naw ube ngo­wa­mi ngo­the­mbe­ko; nja­lo uza­ya­zix iNko­si.

21 Ku­za­ku­thi nga­lo­lo­su­kuy, ngi­za­phe­ndu­laz, itsho iNko­si, ngi­za­phe­ndu­la ama­zu­lu, wo­na aphe­ndu­le umhla­ba,

22 lo­mhla­ba uphe­ndu­le ama­be­lea le­wa­yi­nib eli­tsha la­ma­fu­thac, kho­na ku­phe­ndu­le uJi­ze­re­ye­lid.

23 Be­se­ngi­zi­hla­nye­le­lae ye­na emhla­be­ni, ngi­befg lo­mu­sa phe­zu ko­nga­zu­za­nga umu­sah, ngi­thii kwa­ba­be­nga­si­ba­ntu ba­mi: Li­naj li­nga­ba­ntu ba­mi; bo­na ba­thi: Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi.

UHo­se­ya le­si­fe­be

3INko­si ya­si­si­thi ki­mi: Ha­mbaa fu­thi, utha­nde owe­si­fa­za­na, otha­ndwe ngu­mnga­neb wa­khe ka­nti uya­fe­ba, nje­nge­Nko­si itha­nda aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, ko­dwa ba­kha­nge­la kwa­ba­nye onku­lu­nku­lu, be­tha­nda izi­nkwac ze­zi­the­lod ze­vi­ni ezo­nyi­si­we­yo.

2 Nga­se­ngi­zi­the­nge­lae ye­na nge­zi­nhla­mvu ze­si­li­va ezi­li­tshu­mi la­nhla­nu, le­ho­me­ri*f ye­bha­li* le­ngxe­nye ye­ho­me­ri ye­bha­li*.

3 Nga­se­ngi­si­thi ku­ye: Uza­hla­lag ungo­wa­mi insu­ku ezi­ne­ngi; unga­wu­li, unga­bi ngo­wenye indo­da, ngo­ku­nja­lo la­mi ngi­za­ku­ba ngo­wa­kho.

4 Ngo­ba aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­za­hla­la insu­ku ezi­ne­ngi be­nge­la­nko­sih, be­nge­la­si­pha­tha­ma­ndla, be­nge­la­mhla­tshe­loi, be­nge­la­nsi­ka eyi­si­tho­mbejk, be­nge­la-e­fo­di*lm la­ma­the­ra­fino.

5 Emvap kwa­lo­kho aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­za­phe­ndu­ka, ba­di­ngeq iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo, lo­Da­vi­dar inko­si ya­bo; ba­ye­sa­bes iNko­si lo­ku­lu­ngat kwa­yo eku­ci­ne­niu kwe­zi­nsu­ku.

4Zwa­ni­nia ili­zwi le­Nko­si, ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, ngo­bab iNko­si ile­mpi­ki­sa­no la­ba­hla­li be­li­zwe; ngo­ba ka­ku­la­qi­ni­so, nja­lo ka­ku­la­mu­sa, nja­lo ka­ku­la­lwa­zic lu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu eli­zwe­ni.

2 Ku­lo­ku­fu­ngad, lo­ku­qa­mba ama­nga, lo­ku­bu­la­la, lo­kwe­ba, lo­ku­fe­ba; ba­ya­fo­hla, la­ma­ca­la ega­zi athi­nta ama­ca­la ega­zie.

3 Nge­nxa ya­lo­kho ili­zwe li­za­li­laf, la­ye wo­nkegh ohla­la ki­lo uda­nge­lei, ka­nye le­nya­ma­za­najkl ze­ga­nga, nja­lo ka­nye le­nyo­nimn za­ma­zu­lu; ye­bo le­nhla­nziop zo­lwa­ndle zi­za­su­swa.

4 Ko­dwaq ka­ku­nga­bi kho­na umu­ntu ophi­ki­sa­yo, ka­nga­so­li omu­nye; ngo­ba aba­ntu ba­khor ba­nje­nga­ba­phi­ki­sa­nas lo­mpri­sti.

5 Nga­kho uza­khu­be­ka emi­ni, ye­bo, lo­mpro­fe­thi uza­khu­be­ka ka­nye la­we ebu­su­ku; nja­lo ngi­za­mchi­that unyo­kou.

6 Aba­ntu ba­mi ba­bhu­ji­si­wev ngo­ku­swe­law ulwa­zi; ngo­ba we­na ulwa­li­le ulwa­zi, la­mi ngi­za­kwa­la, uku­ze unga­ngi­se­be­nze­lix nje­ngo­mpri­sti. Lo­khu usu­wu­kho­hli­wey umla­yo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, la­mi ngi­za­kho­hlwa aba­ntwa­na ba­kho.

7 Nje­ngo­kwa­ndaz kwa­bo ngo­ku­nja­loa bo­ni­le ki­mi. Udu­mo lwa­bo ngi­za­lu­phe­ndu­la lu­be li­hla­zo.

8 Ba­dlab iso­no sa­ba­ntu ba­mi, ba­pha­ka­mi­se­lacd umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­bo esi­pha­mbe­kwe­ni sa­bo.

9 Ku­za­ku­thi-kee nje­nga­ba­ntuf abe nja­lo umpri­sti; ngi­za­je­zi­sagh izi­ndle­la za­bo phe­zu kwa­bo, ngi­phi­ndi­se­leij ize­nzo za­bo ku­bo.

10 Ngo­bak ba­za­ku­dla, ko­dwa ba­nga­su­thi; ba­wu­le, ko­dwa ba­nga­ndil; ngo­ba ba­ye­ke­le uku­qa­phe­la iNko­si.

11 Ubu­wu­lem le­wa­yi­nino le­wa­yi­ni eli­tshap ku­su­saq inhli­zi­yo.

12 Aba­ntu ba­mi ba­bu­zar esi­go­dwe­nis sa­bo, le­nto­nga ya­bot iza­ba­tshe­la. Ngo­ba umo­yau wo­ku­wu­la uba­du­hi­si­le, uku­ze ba­wu­le be­su­ka pha­nsi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo.

13 Be­nzav imi­hla­tshe­lo engqo­nge­ni ze­zi­nta­ba, ba­tshi­sa impe­pha phe­zu kwa­ma­qa­qa, nga­pha­nsi kwe­si­hla­hla se-o­khi*w, le­pho­phu­la*x, le­si­hla­hla esi­khu­luy, ngo­ba umthu­nzi wa­so mu­hle. Nge­nxa ya­lo­kho ama­do­da­ka­zi enuz aza­wu­la, la­bo­ma­ko­ti be­nu ba­za­fe­ba.

14 Ka­ngi­yi­ku­wa­je­zi­sa ama­do­da­ka­zi enu la­pho ewu­la, la­bo­ma­ko­ti be­nu la­pho be­fe­ba; ngo­ba bo­na ngo­kwa­bo ba­ze­hlu­ka­ni­saa la­ma­wu­le, ba­se­be­se­nza imi­hla­tshe­lo ka­nye le­zi­fe­be ze­the­mpe­li; nga­kho aba­ntub a­ba­nge­la­ku­qe­di­si­sa ba­za­wi­se­lwa pha­nsic.

15 Lo­ba we­na Isra­ye­li uwu­la, uJu­da ka­nga­bi la­ca­lad. Li­nga­nge­ni-ke eGi­li­ga­lief, li­nge­nyu­ke­li eBe­ti-A­ve­nigh, li­nga­fu­ngii li­thi: Ku­phi­la ku­ka­Je­ho­va.

16 Ngo­ba uI­sra­ye­li uji­laj nje­nge­jo­ngo­sik eli­yi­si­qho­lo; kha­the­si iNko­si iza­be­lu­sa nje­nge­wu­ndlu enda­we­ni eba­nzi.

17 UE­fra­yi­mil uhla­nge­ne le­zi­tho­mbe; mye­ke­lem.

18 Oku­na­thwa­yon kwa­bo oku­la­ma­ndla ku­su­ki­le, ba­zi­ni­ke­la eku­wu­le­ni, aba­ba­vi­ke­la­yoop ba­tha­nda ngo­ku­tha­ndaq ihla­zo.

19 Umo­yar uba­bo­phe­le empi­kwe­ni za­wos, nja­lo ba­za­ku­bat le­nhlo­ni nge­nxa ye­mi­hla­tshe­lo ya­bo.

INko­si iza­tsha­ya uI­sra­ye­li nge­nxa yo­bu­bi ba­khe

5Zwa­ni­nia lo­khu, ba­pri­sti, li­la­le­le, ndlu kaI­sra­ye­li, li­be­ke indle­be, la­ni ndlu ye­nko­si. Ngo­ba isa­hlu­le­lo si­nga­ki­ni, ngo­bab se­li­be ngu­mji­bi­lac eMi­zi­pad, le­mbu­lee ele­ndla­lwe phe­zu kwe­Tha­bho­rif.

2 La­ba­hla­mu­kig ba­tsho­ni­sah uku­hla­ba, ko­dwa ngi­za­ku­ba ngu­mla­yii wa­bo bo­nke.

3 Mi­naj ngi­ya­ma­zi uE­fra­yi­mi, loI­sra­ye­li ka­fi­hla­ka­la­nga ki­mi; ngo­ba kha­the­si ufe­bi­le, we­na Efra­yi­mik, uI­sra­ye­lil uzi­ngco­li­si­le.

4 Ka­ba­qo­ndi­si ize­nzo za­bo uku­ze ba­phe­ndu­ke­le ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo, ngo­ba umo­yam wo­ku­wu­la upha­ka­thi kwa­bo, le­Nko­si ka­ba­ya­zi.

5 Lo­ku­zi­gqa­jan ku­kaI­sra­ye­li ku­ya­fa­ka­za ebu­swe­nio ba­khe; nga­kho uI­sra­ye­li loE­fra­yi­mi ba­za­khu­be­ka esi­pha­mbe­kwe­ni sa­bo, lo­Ju­da uza­khu­be­ka ka­nye la­bo.

6 Ba­za­ha­mba le­zi­mvup za­bo le­nko­mo za­bo uku­ya­di­ngaq iNko­si, ko­dwa ka­ba­yi­kuyi­tho­lar; imo­nyu­ki­les ki­bo.

7 Be­nzet nge­nko­hli­so nga­ku­yo iNko­si, ngo­ba ba­ze­le aba­ntwa­na be­zi­zwe­ni. Kha­the­si inya­ngau ethwa­sa­yo iza­ba­qe­da le­za­be­lo za­bo.

8 Vu­the­la­niv upho­ndow lwe­nqa­ma eGi­be­yax, upho­ndoy eRa­maz, li­hla­bea umkho­si e­Be­ti-A­ve­nib li­thi: Emvac kwa­kho, we­na Bhe­nja­mi­ni.

9 UE­fra­yi­mi uza­ku­ba yi­nci­tha­ka­lo ngo­su­ku lo­ku­je­zi­swa; pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwe za­koI­sra­ye­li ngi­kwa­zi­si­le oku­li­qi­ni­so.

10 Izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­ko­Ju­da se­zi­nje­nga­la­bod aba­tshe­di­sa umngce­le; ngi­za­thu­lu­le­la phe­zu kwa­bo ula­ka lwa­mi nje­nga­ma­nzi.

11 UE­fra­yi­mi uci­nde­ze­lwee wa­cho­tsho­zwaf nge­sa­hlu­le­lo, ngo­ba wa­vu­ma uku­ha­mba ela­nde­la umla­yog.

12 Nga­kho ngi­za­ku­ba nje­nge­nu­nduhi koE­fra­yi­mi, la­nje­ngo­ku­bo­laj endli­ni ya­ko­Ju­da.

13 Kwa­thi uE­fra­yi­mi ebo­na umkhu­hla­ne wa­khe, lo­Ju­da isi­lo­ndak sa­khe, uE­fra­yi­mi wa­yal eA­si­ri­ya, wa­thu­me­lam ili­zwi enko­si­ni ye­Ja­re­bhi; ko­dwa yo­na ka­yi­yi­ku­ba la­kho uku­le­la­pha, ka­yi­yi­ku­pho­li­san isi­lo­nda se­nu.

14 Ngo­bao ngi­za­ku­ba nje­nge­si­lwa­nep koE­fra­yi­mi, la­nje­nge­bho­ngo le­si­lwa­ne endli­ni ya­ko­Ju­da. Mi­naq, uqo­bo lwa­mi, ngi­za­da­bu­da­bu­la, be­se­ngi­ha­mba, ngi­su­se, ku­nga­bir lo­mo­phu­li.

15 Ngi­za­ha­mba ngi­bu­ye­le enda­we­ni ya­mi, ba­zes ba­vu­met ica­la la­bo, ba­di­nge ubu­so ba­mi; eku­ci­nde­ze­lwe­niu kwa­bo ba­za­ngi­di­ngav ngo­vi­vi.

Uku­phe­ndu­ka ku­kaI­sra­ye­li ka­ku­qo­tho

6Wo­za­ni si­bu­ye­lea eNko­si­ni, ngo­bab yo­na idwe­ngu­li­lec, nja­lo iza­se­la­phade; itsha­yi­le, nja­lo iza­si­bo­phaf.

2 Iza­si­vu­se­le­lag emva kwe­nsu­ku ezi­mbi­li, ngo­su­kuh lwe­si­tha­thu isi­vu­se, nja­lo si­phi­le pha­mbi kwa­yo.

3 Kho­nai si­za­kwa­zi, si­la­nde­le uku­ya­zi iNko­si; uku­phu­maj kwa­yo ku­lu­ngi­swe nje­ngo­ku­sak; nja­lo iza­fi­kal ki­thi nje­nge­zu­lu, nje­nge­zu­lumn le­mu­vao le­lo­ku­qa­la emhla­be­ni.

4 Ngi­za­kwe­nza­ni ku­we, Efra­yi­mip? Ngi­za­kwe­nza­ni ku­we, Ju­daq? Ngo­ba umu­sar we­nu unje­nge­ye­zis le­ku­se­ni, la­nje­nga­ma­zo­lot ovi­vi athi­nti­the­ka­yo.

5 Nge­nxa ya­lo­khu ngiba­ga­mu­le nga­ba­pro­fe­thiu, nga­ba­bu­la­la nga­ma­zwiv omlo­mo wa­mi; le­za­hlu­le­lo za­kho zinje­ngo­ku­kha­nya oku­phu­ma­yo.

6 Ngo­ba nga­lo­yi­saw umu­sa, ha­tshi-kexy umhla­tshe­lo, lo­lwa­ziz lu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ku­le­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swa.

7 Ko­dwa bo­naa ba­se­qi­le isi­vu­me­lwa­no nje­ngo­lu­ntub1; la­pho be­nzac nge­nko­hli­so ki­mi.

8 IGi­le­ya­did ingu­mu­zi wa­be­nzi bo­ku­bi, ile­mi­kho­ndo ye­ga­zi.

9 Nje­nga­ma­vi­yoe aba­pha­ngi aca­tha­me­le umu­ntu, li­nja­lof ixu­kug la­ba­pri­sti; ba­ya­bu­la­la e­ndle­le­ni ye­She­ke­ma; ngo­ba be­nzah inko­hla­ka­lo.

10 Endli­ni ya­koI­sra­ye­li ngi­bo­ne intoi eye­sa­be­ka­yo; la­phoj ku­lo­bu­wu­le bu­kaE­fra­yi­mi, uI­sra­ye­lik ungco­li­si­we.

11 La­we Ju­da, uku­mi­se­lel isi­vu­no, la­phom ngi­bu­yi­se uku­thu­njwa kwa­ba­ntu ba­mi.

7La­pho be­ngi­nge­la­pha uI­sra­ye­li, kho­na isi­pha­mbe­ko si­kaE­fra­yi­mi se­mbu­lwa, lo­bu­bia be­Sa­ma­ri­yab; ngo­ba be­nza ama­nga, le­se­la li­ya­nge­na, le­vi­yoc la­ba­pha­ngi li­ya­pha­nga1de nga­pha­ndle.

2 Nja­lo ka­ba­nga­tsho enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­bo uku­thi ngi­ya­bu­khu­mbu­la bo­nke ubu­bif ba­bo. Kha­the­si ize­nzo za­bog zi­ba­ha­nqi­le, zi­pha­mbih ko­bu­so ba­mi.

Ubu­bi bu­kaI­sra­ye­li lo­ku­hla­mu­ka kwa­khe

3 Ba­ya­yi­tho­ko­zi­sai inko­si ngo­bu­bij ba­bo, le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla nga­ma­ngak abo.

4 Bo­nkel ba­ya­fe­ba; ba­nje­nge­zi­ko eli­ba­se­lwa ngu­mphe­ki­zi­nkwa, o­ye­ke­la uku­khwe­ze­lam umli­lo ku­su­ke­la eku­xo­ve­nin inhla­ma ku­ze ku­be se­ku­bi­le­ni kwa­yo.

5 Ku­lu­su­ku lwe­nko­sio ye­thu; izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla ziyi­gu­li­se ngo­ku­tshi­sa kwe­wa­yi­nip; ye­lu­le­la isa­ndla sa­yo ka­nye la­ba­klo­lo­da­yo.

6 Ngo­ba za­lu­ngi­saq inhli­zi­yo ya­zo nje­nge­zi­kor ngo­ku­ca­tha­me­la kwa­zos; umphe­ki­zi­nkwa wa­zot ula­la ubu­su­ku bo­nke; eku­se­niuv li­bhe­bhe nje­ngo­mli­lo ole­la­nga­bi.

7 Zo­nke zi­ya­tshi­sa nje­nge­zi­ko; zi­dle abe­hlu­le­li ba­zo; ama­kho­si azo wo­nkew awi­lex; ka­ku­la­mu­ntuy pha­ka­thi kwa­zo ongi­bi­za­yo.

8 UE­fra­yi­mi ye­na uzi­hla­nga­ni­sez le­zi­zwe; uE­fra­yi­mi uli­qe­be­le­ngwa­na eli­nga­phe­ndu­lwa­nga.

9 Abe­zi­zwea ba­dla ama­ndla akhe, ko­dwab ye­na ka­zi. Ye­bo, inwe­le ezi­mpu­nga zi­hla­ka­ze­ki­lec phe­zu kwa­khe, ko­dwad ye­na ka­zi.

10 Lo­ku­zi­gqa­jae ku­kaI­sra­ye­li ku­ya­fa­ka­za ebu­swe­ni ba­khe, ko­dwa ka­ba­bu­ye­lif eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo, ka­ba­yi­di­ngi nga­kho ko­nke lo­khu.

11 Nja­lo uE­fra­yi­mig unje­nge­ju­ba eli­yi­si­phu­ku­phu­kuh eli­nge­la­ngqo­ndo; ba­kha­lelaijk iGi­bhi­the, ba­yelm eA­si­ri­ya.

12 La­pho be­ha­mba ngi­za­kwe­ndla­lan imbu­le la­mi phe­zu kwa­bo, ngi­be­hli­se pha­nsi nje­nge­nyo­ni za­ma­zu­lu, ngi­ba­je­zi­seo nje­ngo­kwe­zwa­ka­lap eba­ndle­ni la­bo.

13 Ma­ye ki­bo, ngo­ba ba­ba­le­ki­le ki­mi! Inci­tha­ka­loqr ku­bo, ngo­ba ba­pha­mbu­ki­le be­me­le­ne la­mi. La­nxa mi­nas be­ngi­nga­ba­hle­nga, ku­be ka­nti bo­na ba­qa­mbat ama­nga be­me­le­ne la­mi.

14 Ka­ba­kha­le­li-keu ki­mi nge­nhli­zi­yo ya­bo, la­pho be­qhi­nqa isi­li­lo emi­bhe­de­niv ya­bo; ba­bu­tha­na nge­nxa ya­ma­be­le le­wa­yi­ni eli­tshaw, ba­ya­pha­mbu­ka be­me­le­ne la­mi.

15 La­nxa mi­na ngiba­la­yax ngi­qi­ni­say izi­nga­lo za­bo, ka­nti ba­ce­ba oku­bi be­me­le­ne la­mi.

16 Ba­ya­phe­ndu­ka ko­dwa ku­nge ko­Phe­zu­ko­nkez; ba­nje­nge­da­ndi­lia eli­kho­hli­sa­yo; izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­bo zi­wa nge­nke­mba nge­nxab ye­ntu­ku­the­lo yo­li­mi lwa­bo. Lo­khu ku­za­ku­ba yi­nhle­ki­sa ya­bo eli­zwe­nic le­Gi­bhi­the.

INko­si iso­la amaI­sra­ye­li nge­zi­tho­mbe za­wo

8Upho­ndoa emlo­nye­ni wa­khob. Uza­ku­za nje­ngo­kho­zic lu­me­le­ne le­ndlu ye­Nko­si; ngo­ba se­be­qed isi­vu­me­lwa­no sa­mi, ba­pha­mbu­ke be­me­le­ne lo­mla­yo wa­mi.

2 Ba­za­me­me­za ki­mi: Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mie, thi­na, uI­sra­ye­li, si­ya­kwa­zi.

3 UI­sra­ye­li wa­li­lef oku­hle; isi­tha si­za­xo­tsha­na la­ye.

4 Bo­nag ba­be­ke ama­kho­si, ko­dwah ku­nge­nga­mi; ba­mi­sa izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla, ko­dwa nga­ngi­ngakwa­zi; nge­si­li­va sa­boi le­go­li­de la­bo ba­ze­nze­la izi­tho­mbe, uku­ze ba­qu­nywe.

5 Itho­le la­khoj, Sa­ma­ri­yak, likwa­li­lel; intu­ku­the­lo ya­mi iya­vu­tha ime­le­ne la­bo; ko­zem ku­be ni­ni uku­thi ba­nga­ne­li­si uku­ba msu­lwan?

6 Ngo­ba la­le­li li­ve­la koI­sra­ye­li; umba­zi wa­le­nza, nja­lo ka­li­su­ye Nku­lu­nku­lu; ko­dwa itho­leo le­Sa­ma­ri­yap li­za­ku­baq yi­zi­hle­phu.

7 Ngo­ba ba­hla­nye­ler umo­ya, ba­za­vu­nas isi­vu­ngu­za­ne; ka­ku­yi­ku­ba la­ma­be­let emi­yo; ihlu­me­la ka­li­yi­kwe­nza impu­phu; uba mhla­wu­mbe li­ngayi­ve­za, abe­zi­zweu ba­za­yi­gi­nya.

8 UI­sra­ye­liv use­gi­nyi­we; kha­the­si ba­pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwe, nje­nge­si­tshaw oku­nge­la­nto­ko­zo ki­so.

9 Ngo­ba bo­nax be­nyu­ke­le eA­si­ri­ya, uba­bhe­mi we­ga­ngay oye­dwaz ngo­kwa­khe. UE­fra­yi­mia uqa­tshe izi­tha­ndwab.

10 Ye­bo, la­nxa be­qa­tshac pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwe, se­ngi­za­ba­qo­qad; ye­bo, ba­za­qa­lae uku­ba ba­lu­tshwa­naf nge­nxa yo­mthwa­lo we­nko­sig ye­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla.

11 Ngo­ba uE­fra­yi­mi wa­ndi­seh ama­la­thi nga­wo­ko­na, ama­la­thi aza­ku­ba nga­wo­ko­na ku­ye.

12 Ngi­mbha­le­lei izi­ntoj ezi­nku­lu zo­mla­yo wa­mi ko­dwa za­ba­lwa nje­nge­nto ye­mzi­ni.

13 Ma­ye­la­na le­mi­hla­tshe­lo ye­mi­ni­ke­lo ya­mi, ba­hla­bak inya­ma, bayi­dle, ko­dwa iNko­sil ka­yi­tho­ko­zi nga­bo. Kha­the­si iza­khu­mbu­lamn ubu­bi ba­bo, iphi­ndi­se­leo izo­no za­bo; bo­na ba­za­bu­ye­lap eGi­bhi­the.

14 Ngo­ba uI­sra­ye­liq umkho­hli­we uMe­nzi wa­kher, wa­khas ama­the­mpe­li; nja­lo uJu­da wa­ndi­si­le imi­zi ebi­ye­lwe­yo; ko­dwat ngi­za­thu­me­la umli­lo emi­zi­ni ya­khe, oza­qo­thu­lau izi­go­dlo za­khe.

UI­sra­ye­li uza­tsha­ywa nge­nxa yo­ku­nga­the­mbe­ki kwa­khe

9Unga­ja­bu­lia, we­na Isra­ye­li, ku­be yi­nja­bu­lo, nje­nge­zi­zwe, ngo­ba uwu­li­leb usu­ka ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho; utha­nda umvu­zoc wo­bu­wu­le ema­ba­le­ni wo­nke oku­bhu­le­la ama­be­le.

2 Iba­lad lo­ku­bhu­le­la le­si­kha­me­loe se­wa­yi­nif ka­ku­yi­ku­bo­ndlag, le­wa­yi­ni eli­tshahi li­za­ba­kho­hli­sa.

3 Ka­ba­yi­ku­hla­la eli­zwe­ni le­Nko­sij, ko­dwa uE­fra­yi­mik uza­bu­ye­la eGi­bhi­the, ba­dlel oku­ngco­li­le­yo eA­si­ri­yam.

4 Ka­ba­yi­ku­thu­lu­le­lan iwa­yi­ni eNko­si­ni, ka­ba­yi­ku­yi­tho­ko­zi­sao; imi­hla­tshe­lo ya­bo iza­ku­ba nje­nge­si­nkwap so­ku­li­la ku­bo; bo­nkeq aba­si­dla­yo ba­za­ngco­la; ngo­ba isi­nkwa sa­bo nge­so­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­bo, ka­si­yi­ku­fi­ka endli­ni ye­Nko­si.

5 Li­za­kwe­nza­ni ngo­su­ku lo­mkho­sir omi­si­we­yo, la­ngo­su­ku lwe­di­lis le­Nko­si?

6 Ngo­ba kha­nge­la, ba­ha­mbi­le nge­nxa yo­ku­chi­the­kat, iGi­bhi­theu iza­ba­bu­tha, iMo­fiv iba­ngcwa­be, izi­nda­wo za­bo ezi­lo­yi­se­ka­yow ze­si­li­va, ukhu­la olu­hla­ba­yox lu­za­ku­dla ili­fa la­zo, ame­vay abe se­ma­the­nte­ni abo.

7 Insu­kuz zo­ku­ha­nje­lwa se­zi­fi­ki­le, insu­ku ze­mpi­ndi­se­loa se­zi­fi­ki­le; uI­sra­ye­lib uza­kwa­zi; umpro­fe­thic uyi­si­thu­tha, umu­ntu wo­mo­yade uya­hla­nyaf, nge­nxa yo­bu­ne­ngi bo­bu­bi be­nu, le­nzo­ndo enku­lu.

8 Umli­ndig wa­koE­fra­yi­mi ulo­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi, ko­dwa umpro­fe­thih uyi­si­fui so­mthi­yi we­nyo­ni endle­le­ni za­khe zo­nke, inzo­ndo endli­nij ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­khe.

9 Bazo­na­ka­li­si­lek ngo­ku­ju­li­le­yol nje­nge­nsu­kwi­nim ze­Gi­be­ya. Uza­khu­mbu­lan ubu­bi ba­bo, aje­zi­seo izo­no za­bo.

10 Nga­mtho­la uI­sra­ye­li nje­nge­zi­the­lo ze­vi­ni enka­nga­la, nga­ba­bo­na oyi­hlo nje­nge­zi­the­lop zo­ku­qa­laq emkhi­we­ni eku­qa­le­ni kwa­zo. Ko­dwa bo­nar ba­ya eBha­li-Pe­yo­ris, ba­ze­hlu­ka­ni­se­lat le­lo­hla­zou, ba­bav ngo­ku­ne­nge­ka­yo nje­ngo­ku­tha­nda kwa­bo.

11 NgoE­fra­yi­mi, udu­mo lwa­bow lu­za­pha­pha lu­ha­mbe nje­nge­nyo­ni, ku­su­ke­la eku­za­lwe­ni, nja­lo ku­su­ke­lax esi­swi­ni, nja­lo ku­su­ke­la eku­mi­thwe­ni.

12 Lo­bay be­khu­li­sa aba­ntwa­na ba­bo, ku­be ka­nti ngi­za­be­nza ba­fe­lwe, ku­nga­sa­li mu­ntu. Ye­bo-ke, ma­yez ki­bo eku­su­ke­ni kwa­mia ki­bo!

13 UE­fra­yi­mi, nje­ngo­ku­bo­na kwa­mi iTi­re, uhla­nye­lwe enda­we­ni yo­ku­hla­la; ko­dwa uE­fra­yi­mi uza­khu­phe­lab aba­ntwa­na ba­khe ku­mbu­la­li.

14 Ba­ni­ke, Nko­si! Uza­ni­ka­ni? Ba­ni­ke isi­za­lo esi­phu­nza­yocd, la­ma­be­le omi­le­yoe.

15 Bo­nke ubu­bi ba­bo bu­se­Gi­li­ga­lif, ngo­ba nga­ba­zo­nda kho­na, nge­nxa yo­bu­bi be­ze­nzo za­bo, ngi­za­ba­xo­tsha endli­ni ya­mi, ka­ngi­sa­yi­ku­ba­tha­nda; zo­nke izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­bog zi­nga­ba­hla­mu­kih.

16 UE­fra­yi­mi utsha­yi­we; impa­nde ya­boij yo­mi­le, ka­ba­yi­ku­the­la isi­the­lo; ye­bo lo­bak be­za­la, ngi­za­bu­la­la izi­the­lo ze­si­za­lo sa­bo ezi­tha­nde­ka­yol.

17 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi uza­ba­la, ngo­ba ka­ba­mla­le­li; ba­za­ku­bam nga­ba­zu­la­yo pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwe.

10UI­sra­ye­li uli­vi­ni eli­thu­lu­lwa­yoa, li­ze­nze­lab izi­the­lo; nje­ngo­bu­ne­ngi be­zi­the­lo za­khe wa­ndi­sac ama­la­thi akhe; ngo­bu­hle be­li­zwe la­khe we­nzad insi­ka za­khe ezi­yi­zi­tho­mbee zi­be zi­nhle.

2 Iye­hlu­ka­ni­si­le inhli­zi­yo ya­bo; kha­the­si ba­za­ku­baf le­ca­la; yo­na iza­bhi­dli­zag ama­la­thi abo, ichi­the insi­ka za­bo ezi­yi­zi­tho­mbeh.

3 Ngo­ba kha­the­si ba­za­ku­thi: Ka­si­la­nko­sii; ngo­ba ka­si­me­sa­ba­nga uJe­ho­va; pho, inko­si iza­kwe­nza­ni ki­thi?

4 Ba­khu­lu­me ama­zwi, be­fu­nga ama­nga be­se­nza isi­vu­me­lwa­no; nga­kho isa­hlu­le­loj si­za­hlu­ma nje­ngo­khu­la olu­yi­tshe­fuk emi­fo­lwe­nil ye­nsi­mu.

5 Aba­hla­li be­Sa­ma­ri­yam ba­za­kwe­sa­ban nge­nxa ye­tho­leo le­Be­ti-A­ve­nip; ngo­ba aba­ntu ba­yo ba­za­li­li­le­la, la­ba­pri­stiq ba­lo a­ba­be­tho­ko­za nga­lo, ngo­du­mor lwa­lo, ngo­ba lu­su­ki­les ku­lo.

6 Ye­bo, li­za­thwa­le­lwat eA­si­ri­ya, li­be yi­si­pho enko­si­niu uJa­re­bhi. UE­fra­yi­mi uza­ku­ba le­nhlo­ni, loI­sra­ye­li aya­nge­kev nge­nxa ye­se­lu­le­ko sa­khew.

7 ISa­ma­ri­yax iqu­nyi­wey, le­nko­si ya­yoz inje­nge­ba­ze­loa ebu­swe­ni ba­ma­nzib.

8 Le­nda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yo zeA­ve­nic, iso­nod si­kaI­sra­ye­li, ku­za­chi­thwa; ame­vae lo­khu­la olu­hla­ba­yof ku­za­mi­la phe­zu kwa­ma­la­thi abo. Nja­lo ba­za­ku­thig ezi­nta­be­ni: Si­si­be­ke­le­ni; le­ma­qa­qe­ni: We­la­ni phe­zu kwe­thu.

9 Ku­su­ke­lah ensu­kwi­ni ze­Gi­be­ya wo­ni­le, Isra­ye­li; la­pho be­ma; impii eGi­be­ya eme­le­ne la­ba­ntwa­na bo­bu­bi ka­yi­ba­fi­ca­nga.

10 Ku­se­si­lo­yi­swe­nij sa­mi uku­ba­je­zi­sa; izi­zwek zi­za­bu­tha­na zi­me­le­ne la­bo, la­pho ngi­za­ba­bo­pha nge­nxa ye­zi­pha­mbe­ko za­bo ezi­mbi­li.

11 Nja­lo uE­fra­yi­mi uli­tho­ka­zi e­li­fu­ndi­si­we­yo, eli­tha­ndal uku­bhu­lam, ko­dwa mi­na nge­dlu­le phe­zu kwe­nta­mo ya­khen yo­bu­hle; ngi­ga­di­se uE­fra­yi­mi, uJu­da uza­li­ma, uJa­ko­be uza­zi­ha­re­rao.

12 Zi­hla­nye­le­le­ni eku­lu­nge­nip, li­vu­neq emu­se­nir; qha­tha­nis ingqa­tho ye­nut; ngo­ba se­ku­yi­si­kha­thi so­ku­yi­di­nga iNko­si, ize ifi­ke, ini­se uku­lu­nga phe­zu kwe­nuu.

13 Li­li­me inko­hla­ka­lov, la­vu­na isi­pha­mbe­kowx, li­dle izi­the­lo za­ma­nga; ngo­ba li­the­mbe­le endle­le­ni ye­nu, ebu­ne­ngi­ni ba­ma­qha­we enu.

14 Nga­lo­kho ku­za­ku­ba kho­na uku­xo­ko­ze­la pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntu ba­kho, le­nqa­ba za­kho zo­nkey zi­za­chi­thwaz, nje­nga­lo­khu uSha­li­ma­nia wa­chi­thab iBe­ti-A­ri­be­li ngo­su­ku lwe­mpi; uni­na wa­cho­tsho­zwa phe­zu kwa­ba­ntwa­nac.

15 Iza­kwe­nza nja­lo iBhe­the­li ki­ni, nge­nxa yo­bu­bi bo­bu­bi ba­khod; ema­da­bu­ka­ku­sa inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li iza­qu­nywa lo­ku­qu­nywae.

UNku­lu­nku­lu utha­nda aba­ntu ba­khe aba­du­hi­le­yo

11UI­sra­ye­li ese­ngu­mntwa­naa nga­mtha­ndab, nga­yi­bi­zac indo­da­na ya­mi uku­thi iphu­me eGi­bhi­thed.

2 Kwa­thi be­ba­bi­za, ngo­ku­nja­lo ba­su­ka pha­mbi kwa­boe; ba­hla­be­la oBha­lif, ba­tshi­se­la izi­tho­mbe ezi­ba­zi­we­yo impe­phag.

3 Mi­na-ke nga­ca­thu­li­sa uE­fra­yi­mi; nga­ba­ba­mba nge­zi­nga­lo za­boh; ko­dwa ka­ba­za­nga uku­thi ngi­be­la­phi­lei.

4 Nga­ba­do­nsa nga­ma­go­daj omu­ntu, nge­nta­mbo zo­tha­ndok, nga­ba ki­bol nje­nga­la­bo aba­su­sa ijo­gwe ezi­hla­thi­ni za­bom, nga­kho­tha­ma ki­bo, ngaba­ni­ka uku­dlan.

5 Ka­yi­ku­bu­ye­la eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­theo, ko­dwa umA­si­ri­ya ye­na uza­ku­ba yi­nko­si ya­khep, ngo­ba ba­li­le uku­phe­ndu­kaq.

6 Inke­mba iza­the­le­ka emi­zi­ni ya­kher, iqe­de imi­go­qo ya­khes, iba­dle, nge­nxa ya­ma­ce­bo abot.

7 Nja­lo aba­ntu ba­mi ba­na­ma­the­la eku­hle­hle­le­ni mu­va ki­miu; la­nxa be­ba­bi­ze­lav ko­Phe­zu­ko­nkew, ka­kho ngi­tsho owa­ye­ngampha­ka­mi­sax.

8 Ngi­za­ku­ni­ke­la nja­ni, Efra­yi­miy? ngi­ku­de­le, Isra­ye­li? Ngi­za­kwe­nza nja­ni ube nje­ngeA­di­maza? ngi­ku­be­ke nje­nge­Ze­bo­yi­mib? Inhli­zi­yo ya­mi isi­phe­ndu­ki­le pha­ka­thi kwa­mic, izi­ha­wu za­mid zi­ya­khu­du­ma­lae ka­nye­ka­nye.

9 Ka­ngi­yi­kwe­nza uku­vu­tha ko­la­ka lwa­mi; ka­ngi­yi­ku­bu­ye­la ngi­chi­the uE­fra­yi­mi; ngo­ba ngi­ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu, ka­ngi­su­ye umu­ntuf, oNgcwe­leg pha­ka­thi kwa­khoh; ka­ngi­yi­ku­nge­na emzi­ni.

10 Ba­za­yi­la­nde­la iNko­sii; iza­bho­ngaj nje­nge­si­lwa­nek; la­pho yo­na iza­bho­nga, kho­na aba­ntwa­na ba­za­ve­la entsho­na­la­ngal be­qha­qha­ze­la.

11 Ba­za­qha­qha­ze­la nje­nge­nyo­ni eve­la eGi­bhi­them, la­nje­nge­ju­ban eli­ve­la eli­zwe­ni leA­si­ri­yaop; nja­lo ngi­za­be­nza ba­hla­le ezi­ndli­ni za­bo, itsho iNko­siq.

12 UE­fra­yi­mi ungi­zi­nge­le­ze­le nga­ma­nga, le­ndlu kaI­sra­ye­li nge­nko­hli­so; ko­dwa uJu­dar usa­bu­sa lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu, uthe­mbe­ki­les ka­nye la­ba­ngcwe­let.

Uku­nga­the­mbe­ki ku­kaI­sra­ye­li lo­Ju­da

12UE­fra­yi­mi udla umo­ya, axo­tsha­nea lo­mo­ya we­mpu­ma­la­ngab; usu­ku lo­nke wa­ndi­sa ama­nga le­nci­tha­ka­locd; be­nza isi­vu­me­lwa­no leA­si­ri­yae, la­ma­fu­tha athwa­le­lwaf eGi­bhi­theg.

2 INko­si la­yo ile­ngxa­ba­no lo­Ju­dah, iza­ha­mbe­la uJa­ko­be ngo­kwe­ndle­la za­khei, imphi­ndi­se­lej ngo­kwe­ze­nzo za­khek.

3 Esi­swi­ni wa­ba­mba umfo­wa­bo nge­si­the­ndel, la­nga­ma­ndla akhe wa­bi­nda­na lo­Nku­lu­nku­lum.

4 Ye­bo, wa­ba la­ma­ndla phe­zu kwe­ngi­lo­si, wa­nqo­ban, wa­kha­la inye­mbe­zi wa­yi­nce­ngao; e­Bhe­the­li wa­mtho­la, la­la­pho wa­khu­lu­ma la­thip.

5 Ngi­tsho iNko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­ma­ba­ndla, iNko­si iyi­si­khu­mbu­zo sa­yoq.

6 Nga­kho we­na, phe­ndu­ke­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­khor, gci­na umu­sa lo­ku­lu­ngas, uli­nde­le uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho nja­lo­nja­lot.

7 Ungu­mthe­ngi­si, izi­li­nga­ni­so ezi­kho­hli­sa­yo zi­se­sa­ndle­ni sa­kheu, utha­nda uku­ci­nde­ze­la.

8 LoE­fra­yi­mi uthi: Ka­nti ngi­no­thi­le, se­ngi­zi­tho­le­le ino­thov; ku­yo yo­nke imi­tshi­ka­tshi­ka ya­mi ka­ba­yi­ku­ngi­tho­le­la ubu­bi, obu­yi­so­now.

9 Ko­dwa ngi­yi­Nko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, ku­su­ke­la eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­thex; ngi­se­za­ku­hla­li­sa ema­the­nte­niy nje­nge­nsu­kwi­ni zo­mkho­si omi­si­we­yoz.

10 Ngi­za­khu­lu­ma fu­thi la­ba­pro­fe­thia, mi­na nga­ndi­se umbo­nob, ngi­se­be­nzi­se imi­fa­ne­ki­so nge­sa­ndla sa­ba­pro­fe­thi.

11 Bu­kho­na yi­ni ubu­bi e­Gi­le­ya­di? Isi­bi­li ba­yi­zec, ba­hla­ba izi­nku­nzi eGi­li­ga­lid; ye­bo, ama­la­thi abo anje­nge­nqu­mbie emi­se­le­ni ya­ma­si­muf.

12 Ka­nti uJa­ko­be wa­ba­le­ke­la e­li­zwe­ni le­Si­ri­yag, loI­sra­ye­li wa­se­be­nze­la umfa­zih, we­lu­sa izi­mvu nge­nxa yo­mfa­zii.

13 La­ngo­mpro­fe­thij iNko­si ya­me­nyu­sa uI­sra­ye­li eGi­bhi­thek, la­ngo­mpro­fe­thil wa­lo­ndo­lo­zwam.

14 UE­fra­yi­mi uyi­cu­nu­le ngo­bu­hlu­ngu obu­khu­lun; nga­kho iza­ye­ke­la iga­zi la­khe phe­zu kwa­kheo, le­Nko­si ya­khe ili­bu­yi­se­le ku­yep ihla­zo la­kheq.

Uku­chi­the­ka ku­kaI­sra­ye­li

13La­pho uE­fra­yi­mi ekhu­lu­ma eqhu­qha, wa­zi­pha­ka­mi­sa koI­sra­ye­lia; ko­dwa wa­ba le­ca­lab ngo­Bha­lic, wa­fa.

2 Kha­the­si-ke ba­qhu­be­ka be­so­na, ba­ze­nze­la izi­tho­mbe ezi­bu­njwe ngo­ku­nci­bi­li­ki­sa ze­si­li­va sa­bo, izi­tho­mbe nje­ngo­ku­qe­di­si­sa kwa­bod, zo­nke zi­ngu­mse­be­nzi we­zi­ngci­tshie; aba­thi nga­zo: Aba­ntu aba­ni­ke­la imi­hla­tshe­lo ba­za­kwa­nga ama­tho­lef.

3 Nga­kho ba­za­ku­ba nje­nge­ye­zi le­ku­se­nig, la­nje­nga­ma­zo­lo ovi­vi aha­mba­yoh; nje­ngo­mu­le ophe­tshu­lwa yi­si­vu­ngu­za­ne eba­le­ni lo­ku­bhu­le­lai, nje­nge­ntu­thu ephu­maj etshi­mi­ni­nik.

4 Ku­be ka­nti mi­na ngi­yi­Nko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, ku­su­ke­la eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the; nga­kho ka­wu­yi­kwa­zi unku­lu­nku­lu nga­pha­ndle kwa­milm, ngo­ba ka­kho umsi­ndi­sino nga­pha­ndle kwa­mip.

5 Mi­na nga­kwa­zi enka­nga­laq, eli­zwe­ni elo­mi­le­yo ka­khu­lur.

6 Nje­ngo­kwe­dle­lo la­bo, ngo­ku­nja­lo ba­su­thast; ba­su­tha, le­nhli­zi­yo ya­bo ya­pha­ka­mau; nge­nxa ya­lo­kho ba­ngi­kho­hlwavw.

7 Nga­kho ngi­za­ku­ba ku­bo nje­nge­si­lwa­nex, nje­nge­ngwe endle­le­niy ngi­zaba­ca­tha­me­laz.

8 Ngi­za­ba­hla­nga­be­za nje­nge­bhe­re eli­tha­the­lwe imi­dlwa­nea, ngi­da­bu­le isi­si­be­ke­lo se­nhli­zi­yo ya­bo, ngi­ba­dle­le la­pho nje­nge­si­lwa­ne; isi­lo se­ga­nga si­za­ba­da­bu­da­bu­la.

9 Ku­ku­chi­thi­le, Isra­ye­lib, ko­dwa ki­mi ku­lo­si­zo lwa­khoc.

10 Pho, inga­phi inko­si ya­kho, uku­thi iku­si­ndi­se emi­zi­ni ya­kho yo­nked? La­be­hlu­le­li ba­kho owa­thi nga­bo: Ngi­ni­ke inko­si le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndlae?

11 Nga­ku­ni­ka inko­si eku­thu­ku­the­le­ni kwa­mif, ngayi­su­sa ngo­la­ka lwa­mig.

12 Ubu­bi bu­kaE­fra­yi­mi bu­bo­tshi­we, iso­no sa­khe si­be­ki­weh.

13 Insi­zi zo­we­si­fa­za­na ohe­le­lwa­yo zi­za­mfi­ke­la; uyi­ndo­da­na enga­hla­ka­ni­pha­ngai, ngo­ba inge­hla­le isi­kha­thij emlo­nye­ni we­si­za­lo sa­ba­ntwa­nak.

14 Ngi­za­be­nze­la inhla­wu­lo yo­ku­thu­lalm ema­ndle­ni engcwa­ban, ngi­ba­hle­nge eku­fe­nio. Ku­fa, ba­nga­phi oma­tsha­ya­bhu­qe be­zi­fo za­khop? Ngcwa­ba, inga­phi inci­tha­ka­lo ya­khoq? Uphe­ndu­ko lu­za­si­the­li­swa eme­hlwe­ni amir.

15 Lo­ba ye­na enga­ve­za izi­the­lo pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­fo­wa­bos, ku­za­fi­ka umo­ya we­mpu­ma­la­ngat, umo­ya we­Nko­si, use­nyu­kau enka­nga­lav, lo­mtho­mbo wa­khew uza­ku­tshax, ko­me le­si­phe­thu sa­khey; wo­na uza­pha­nga oku­li­gu­gu kwa­zo zo­nke izi­tsha ezi­lo­yi­se­ka­yo.

16 ISa­ma­ri­yaz iza­ku­ba lu­nxi­waa, ngo­ba ihla­mu­ke­le uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­yob; ba­za­ku­wa nge­nke­mba, la­ba­ntwa­na ba­bo ba­cho­tsho­zwecd, la­be­si­fa­za­na ba­bo aba­khu­le­lwe­yo ba­qha­qhweef.

UI­sra­ye­li uya­ce­lwa uku­bu­ye­la eNko­si­ni

14Bu­ye­la, Isra­ye­li, eNko­si­ni, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khoa; ngo­ba ukhu­be­ki­le nge­si­pha­mbe­ko sa­khob.

2 Tha­tha­ni ama­zwi la­ni, li­bu­ye­le eNko­si­ni, li­thi ki­yoc: Su­sa bo­nke ubu­bi, use­mu­ke­le ngo­mu­sad; nga­kho si­za­bha­da­la ama­jo­ngo­si ende­be ze­thue.

3 IA­si­ri­ya ka­yi­yi­ku­si­si­ndi­saf, ka­si­yi­ku­ga­da ama­bhi­zag; ka­si­sa­yi­ku­tsho ku­yo imi­se­be­nzi ye­za­ndla ze­thu uku­thi: Li­ngo­nku­lu­nku­lu be­thuh; ngo­ba ku­we inta­nda­ne iza­tshe­ngi­swa umu­sai.

4 Ngi­za­kwe­la­phaj uku­hle­hle­la mu­va kwa­bokl, ngi­za­ba­tha­ndam nge­si­hlen, ngo­ba intu­ku­the­lo ya­mi ipha­nju­lwe ku­ye.

5 Ngi­za­ku­ba nje­nga­ma­zo­lo kuI­sra­ye­lio; uza­kha­hle­la nje­ngo­mdu­zep, agxi­li­se impa­nde za­khe nje­nge­Le­bha­no­niqr.

6 Ama­hlu­me­la akhe aza­na­bas, le­nka­zi­mu­lo ya­khe ibet nje­nge­si­hla­hla so­mhlwa­thiu, abe le­phu­nga nje­nge­Le­bha­no­niv.

7 Ba­za­bu­ye­la aba­hla­la emthu­nzi­ni wa­khewx, ba­vu­se­le­le­ke nje­nga­ma­be­le, ba­kha­hle­le nje­nge­vi­ni, isi­khu­mbu­zo sa­khe si­be nje­nge­wa­yi­ni le­Le­bha­no­ni.

8 Efra­yi­mi, ngi­se­se­la­ni le­zi­tho­mbeyz? Mi­na ngimphe­ndu­lea, ngi­mna­nze­le­leb; ngi­be nje­nge­fi­ri* eli­lu­hla­zacd; isi­the­lo sa­kho si­fu­nya­nwa ki­mie.

9 Ngu­ba­ni ohla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo aqe­di­si­se le­zi­zi­nto? okha­li­phi­le­yo aza­zif? Ngo­ba indle­la ze­Nko­sig zi­qo­ndi­leh, la­ba­lu­ngi­le­yo ba­za­ha­mba nga­zoi, ko­dwa aba­pha­mbu­kij ba­za­khu­be­ka ku­zok.