8 Ngumboniseli uEfrayim ngakuThixo wam; umprofeti ngumgibe womthiyeli ezindleleni zakhe zonke, uyintshutshiso endlwini yoThixo wakhe.
9 Batshonisile ukonakalisa kwabo, njengokwemihla yaseGibheha; úya kubukhumbula ubugwenxa babo, úya kuzivelela izono zabo.
10 Ndamfumana uSirayeli enjengeediliya entlango; ndababona ooyihlo benjengamakhiwane aqalelayo emkhiwaneni, ekuqaleni kwawo; basuka bona baya kuBhahali-pehore,* bazahlulela entweni eziintloni, baba yinto enezothe, njengesithandane sabo.
11 UEfrayim, uzuko lwakhe luya kubaleka, lumke njengentaka; kungabikho kuzala, nakumitha, nakukhawula.
12 Ewe, nokuba bathe bakhulisa oonyana, ndobahlutha abantwana, kungabikho luntu. Yeha ke bona, ekusukeni kwam kubo!
13 Ngoko ndazibonela uEfrayim, ukuba abe yiTire, etyelwe ekriweni; kodwa uEfrayim uya kubakhuphela kumbulali oonyana bakhe.
14 Bánike, Yehova; wòbanika ntoni na? Bánike isisu esiphumayo, namabele awomileyo.