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Uthando LukaNkulunkulu Kwabako-Israyeli

1“U-Israyeli esesengumntwana, ngangimthandanjalo indodana yami ngayikhupha eGibhithe.2Kodwa kwathi lapho u-Israyeli ngimbiza kanengikwayikhona ehlehlela khatshana lami.Banikela imihlatshelo kuboBhali,batshisela lezifanekiso impepha.3Yimi engafundisa u-Efrayimi ukuhamba,ngibabambe ngezingalo;kodwa kababonangaukuthi yimi engabelaphayo.4Ngabakhokhela ngentambo zomusa woluntu,ngezibopho zothando;ngaba njengomuntu osusaamajogwe entanyeni zabo,ngakhothamela phansi ukuba angiphe ukudla.
5Kabayikubuyela eGibhithe na,njalo i-Asiriya kayiyikubabusa nanjengoba besala ukuphenduka?6Izinkemba zizaphazima emadolobheni abo,zizachitha imigoqo yamasango aboziqede amacebo abo.7Abantu bami bazimisele ukungihlamukela.Lanxa bekhuleka koPhezukonkekasoze abaphakamise.
8Ngingakukhalela kanjani, Efrayimi?Ngingakunikela kanjani, Israyeli?Ngingakuphatha kanjani njengo-Adima na?Ngingakwenza kanjani, njengoZebhoyimi na?Inhliziyo yami iguqukile phakathi kwami;isihawu sami sonke siqubukile.9Kangiyikwenza okwentukuthelo yami eyesabekayo,kumbe ngiphenduke ngimqothule u-Efrayimi.Ngoba nginguNkulunkulu, hatshi umuntu,oNgcwele phakathi kwenu.Kangiyikuza ngolaka.10Bazamlandela uThixo;uzabhonga njengesilwane.Lapho esebhonga,abantwana bakhe bazakuza beqhaqhazela bevela entshonalanga.11Bazakuza bevela eGibhithebeqhaqhazela njengezinyonibevela e-Asiriya bephaphazela njengamajuba.Ngizabahlalisa emakhaya abo,”kutsho uThixo.

Isono Sika-Israyeli

12“U-Efrayimi usengizingeleze ngamanga,lendlu ka-Israyeli ngenkohliso.LoJuda uluhlaza kuNkulunkulu,kanye lakuye othembekileyo oNgcwele.”