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1U-Israyeli wayelivini eliqhelayo,wazizalela izithelo.Ngokwanda kwezithelo zakhewakha ama-alithare amanengi;kwathi ngokuphumelela kwelizwe lakhewahlobisa amatshe akhe akhonzwayo.2Inhliziyo zabo ziyakhohlisa,khathesi kufanele bathwale icala labo.UThixo uzawabhidliza ama-alithare abo,uwachithile lamatshe abo, akhonzwayo.3Ngakho bazakuthi, “Thina kasilankosingoba kasimhloniphanga uThixo.Kodwa loba sasingaba lenkosi,kuyini eyayingasenzela khona?”4Benza izithembiso ezinengi,bafunge izifungo zamanga,benze lezivumelwano;ngakho amacala ayandanjengokhula olubulalayo ensimini elinyiweyo.5Abantu abahlala eSamariya bayesabangenxa yesithombe sethole saseBhethi-Aveni.Abantu bakhona bazasililelabenzenjalo labaphristi bakhona abakhonza izithombe,labo abathokozela ubuhle basongoba sithethwe kubo ekuthunjweni.6Sizathwalelwa e-Asiriyanjengomthelo enkosini enkulu.U-Efrayimi uzayangeka;u-Israyeli uzakuba lenhloni ngezithombe zakhe zezigodo.7ISamariya lenkosi yakhona kuzabhujiswakuzakhukhulwa kuhambe njengogatshanyana phezu kwamanzi.8Izindawo zokukhonzela zobuxhwali zizachithwa,kuyisono sika-Israyeli.Ameva lokhula kuzakhulakwembese ama-alithare abo.Lapho-ke bazakuthi ezintabeni, “Sembeseni!”Lakuwo amaqaqa bathi, “Welani phezu kwethu!”9“Kusukela ensukwini zaseGibhiya wenze isono, we Israyeli,njalo ulokhu usele khonapho.Kanje impi kayibaficanga yiniabenza okubi eGibhiya?10Lapho sengifuna, ngizabajezisa;izizwe zizaqoqanela ukumelana laboukuba zibabophele isono sabo esiphindiweyo.11U-Efrayimi ulithokazi elifundisiweyoelithanda ukubhula amabele;ngakho ngizagaxa ijogweentanyeni yakhe enhle.U-Efrayimi ngizamtshayela,uJuda kumele alimeuJakhobe kumele abulale amagade.12Zihlanyeleleni ukulunga,vunani isithelo sothando olungapheliyo,liqeqebule lomhlabathi wenu ongalinywanga; ngobakuyisikhathi sokudinga uThixo,aze abuyeathele ukulunga phezu kwenu.13Kodwa lina lihlanyele ukuxhwala,livune ububi,lidle isithelo senkohliso.Njengoba lithembe amandla enulamabutho enu amanengi,14ukuhlokoma kwempi kuzakuba khona ebantwini bakini,ngakho zonke izinqaba zenu zizabhidlizwanjengalokhu uShalimani wabhidliza iBhethi-Abheli ngosuku lwempi,lapho onina basakazelwa phansi labantwababo.15Kuzakwenzakala kanjalo lakuwe, wena Bhetheli,ngoba ukuxhwala kwakho kukhulu.Lapho lolosuku lusisa,inkosi yako-Israyeli izachithwa okupheleleyo.”