Hosea 12

Xhosa XHO96 (IBHAYIBHILE)

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1UEfrayim walusana nomoya; usukelana nolophu lwasempuma; imini yonke wandisa ubuxoki nobubhoja. Yena unqophisana neAsiriya; nango amafutha omnquma ewasa eJiputa.

2*UNdikhoyo umangalela uJuda; uYakobi womohlwaya ngezono zakhe, ambuyekeze ngezinto azenzileyo.

3Engekaveli wabamba umntakwabo, wamthi nqaku ngesithende. Ebudodeni wabambana noThixo,

4wajijisana nesithunywa woyisa, wakhala ecela inceba. Wahlangana noThixo eBhetele, waza wathetha-thethana naye khona apho –

5uNdikhoyo uThixo uSomandla. Gama lakhe ke nguNdikhoyo; uthuthwa ngalo xa enqulwa.

6Ngoko ke buyela kuThixo wakho; gcina uthando nobulungisa, uhlale uthembele kuThixo wakho.

7Isikali somrhwebi sesobuqhophololo; yena uthanda ukuxhaphaza.

8Kodwa uEfrayim uthi: “Ndimi kakuhle, ndisisinhanha. Ekuzityebiseni kwam akukho bugwenxa nasono esinokufunyanwa.”

9“NdinguNdikhoyo uThixo wakho owakukhuphulula kwelaseJiputa. Ndophinda ndinihlalise ezintenteni njengakwimihla yamatheko amisiweyo.

10Ndim owathetha nabashumayeli, ndabathi jize ngemibono, ndathetha ngemizekeliso ngemilomo yabo.”

11IGiliyadi ibimi kakuhle, kodwa ngoku ayisento yanto. Koba njalo naseGiligali – noxa kwakubingelelwa ngeenkunzi khona amaqonga ayo ofana neengqumba zamatye, nditsho ezo zikumasimi alinyiweyo.

12UYakobi wabhacela kwa-Aram, uSirayeli wamsebenzela umfazi – ukuze amlobole walusa iigusha.

13UNdikhoyo wasebenzisa *umshumayeli ukukhupha uSirayeli eJiputa; ewe, wabalondoloza ngomshumayeli.

14Kodwa uEfrayim umcaphukise gqitha. Ngoko ke ityala legazi liza kumfumana, iNkosi yakhe imbuyekeze ngehlazo alenzileyo.

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