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Isahluko 12

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 ematendeni njengasezinsukwini 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 njengezinqwaba ngasemiseleni 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.