1 U-Efrayimi uyadla umoya,ulandela umoya wasempumalanga;uyandisa imihla yonke amanga nencithakalo;benza isivumelwano ne-Asiriya,namafutha ayiswa eGibithe.
2 UJehova unokuphikisana noJuda futhi;uyakuhambela uJakobe ngenxa yezindlela zakhe,ambuyisele ngokwezenzo zakhe.
3 Esiswini wabamba umfowabo ngesithende,nasebudodeni bakhe walwa noNkulunkulu;
4 walwa nengelosi, wanqoba;wakhala, wanxusa kuyo;yamfumana eBethele,yakhuluma naye lapho.
5 NguJehova uNkulunkulu Sebawoti,nguJehova igama lakhe lodumo.
6 Ngalokho buyela wena kuNkulunkulu wakho,ugcine umusa nokulunga,ulindele uNkulunkulu wakho njalonjalo.
7 IKhanani linesilinganiso esikhohlisayo esandleni salo,lithanda ukukhahlameza.
8 U-Efrayimi uthi:“Impela ngicebile, ngithole imfuyo;kukho konke ukuzuza kwami abayikufumana bubi obuyisono.”
9 “Kepha mina nginguJehova uNkulunkulu wakho kwasezweni laseGibithe;ngisezakukuhlalisa ematendeninjengasezinsukwini zemikhosi emisiweyo.
10 Ngikhulumile kubaprofethi,ngandisile imibono,ngifanekisile ngesandla sabaprofethi.”
11 Uma iGileyadi linobubi,impela bayakuba ngabachithiwe;uma behlabela izinkunzi eGiligali,ama-altare abo ayakuba njengezinqwabangasemiseleni yamasimu.
12 UJakobe wabalekela ezweni lase-Aramu,u-Israyeli wakhonzela umfazi,walusa umhlambi ngenxa yomfazi.
13 UJehova wakhuphula u-Israyeli eGibithe ngomprofethi,wagcinwa ngomprofethi.
14 U-Efrayimi ucunulile ngokubabisayo;icala lakhe legazi liyakuphonswa phezu kwakhe;iNkosi yakhe ibuyisele kuye ihlazo lakhe.