Hosea 10
1 U-Israyeli wayengumvini owenabileyo, wathela izithelo zakhe eziningi, ngokwanda kwesithelo sakhe wandisa ama-althare akhe; kwathi ngokuchuma kwezwe lakhe wenza izinsika ezingcwele.
2 Inhliziyo yabo inobuqili; manje-ke bayakulithwala icala labo. USimakade uyakuwacekela phansi ama-althare abo, abhidlize izinsika zabo ezingcwele.
3 Impela, manje bayakuthi: “Asinankosi, ngokuba asimesabanga uSimakade; pho inkosi ibizosenzelani na?”
4 Bakhuluma amazwi nje, bafunga amanga, benza isivumelwano; bese kuqubuka ukwehlulela njengesithombo esinobuthi emiseleni yamasimu.
5 Izakhamuzi zaseSamariya ziyakwesaba ngenxa yethole laseBhethi Aveni, ngokuba abantu bakhona nabaphristi balo bayakulililela, phela udumo lwalo selushabalele kulo.
6 Liyakuthwalwa lisiwe e-Asiriya libe yisipho senkosi uJarebi; u-Efrayimi uyakwemukela ihlazo, u-Israyeli abe namahloni ngezeluleko zakhe.
7 ISamariya nenkosi yalo kuyomuka njengebazela lintanta emanzini.
8 Izindawo eziphakemeyo e-Aveni, eziyisono sakwa-Israyeli, ziyakubhidlizwa. Kuyakumila ameva namakhakhasi kumboze ama-althare abo; bayakuthi ezintabeni: “Simbozeni,” bathi emagqumeni: “Welani phezu kwethu.”
9 “Israyeli, selokhu wona kusukela ezinsukwini zaseGibheya. Bahlala lapho; impi nabantu bobubi ayiyukubafica eGibheya na?
10 Kuyakuthi uma sengithanda, ngibajezise. Izizwe ziyakubahlanganyela lapho zibabopha ngeziphambeko zabo eziphindwe kabili.
11 U-Efrayimi uyisithole esifundisiweyo, esithanda ukubhula okusanhlamvu; ngizomgaxa ijoka entanyeni yakhe enhle, u-Efrayimi ngimdonsise, uJuda alime, uJakobe azicubuzele amagade.
12 Zihlwanyeleleni ukulunga, nivune umlomo wothando, niqathe insimu yenu engalinyiwe, ngokuba sekuyisikhathi sokufuna uSimakade, aze afike, anise ukulunga phezu kwenu.
13 Nilime inkohlakalo, navuma ukungalungi, nidle isithelo senkohliso, ngokuba nethembela endleleni yenu nasebuningini bamabutho enu.
14 Kuyakuqubuka ukuxokozela phakathi kwabantu bakho, zibe yincithakalo zonke izinqaba zakho, njengencithakalo eyenziwa uShalimani, eBhethi Aribheli ngosuku lwempi, kuphihlizwa unina nezingane.
15 Kuyokwenziwa kanjalo nakuwe Bhethele, ngenxa yokonakala okukhulu; inkosi yakwa-Israyeli iyobhujiswa iphele nya entathakusa.”