UHosiya 12

¹U-Efrayimi udla umoya;

²Kulecala uThixo azalethesa uJuda;

³Esiswini wabamba isithende sikamfowabo;

⁴Wabindana lengilosi wayehlula;

⁵uThixo uNkulunkulu uSomandla,

⁶Kodwa kumele ubuyele kuNkulunkulu wakho;

⁷Umthengisi usebenzisa izikali zenkohliso;

⁸U-Efrayimi uyazincoma esithi,

⁹“Mina nginguThixo uNkulunkulu wenu

¹⁰Ngakhuluma labaphrofethi,

¹¹IGiliyadi ixhwalile na?

¹²UJakhobe wabalekela elizweni lase-Aramu;

¹³UThixo wasebenzisa umphrofethi ekukhupheni u-Israyeli eGibhithe;

¹⁴Kodwa u-Efrayimi umthukuthelise kabuhlungu;