12 Noma bekhulisa abantwana babo,nokho ngiyakubaphuca bona kungasali muntu;yebo, maye kubo,lapho ngimuka kubo!
13 U-Efrayimi, njengalokho ngibone eTire,utshalwe endaweni emnandi,kepha u-Efrayimi uyakukhiphela umbulali abantwana bakhe.
14 “Banike, Jehova uyakunikani?Banike isisu esiphuphumayo namabele omileyo.
15 “Bonke ububi babo buseGiligali;ngalokho ngabazonda khona;ngenxa yobubi bezenzo zabo ngiyakubaxosha endlini yami,angisayikubathanda;zonke izikhulu zabo zingabahlubuki.
16 U-Efrayimi ushayiwe,impande yabo yomile,abayikuthela izithelo.Noma bezala,ngiyakubulala okuthandekayo kwesisu sabo.”
17 UNkulunkulu wami uyakubalahla,ngokuba abamlalelanga,babe ngabazulazulayo phakathi kwabezizwe.