1“Beka icilongo emlonyeni wakho; onjengokhozi wehlela indlu kaJehova; ngokuba beqile isivumelwano sami, baphambuka emthethweni wami.
2Bakhala kimi ngokuthi: ‘Nkulunkulu wethu, thina Israyeli siyakwazi.’
3U-Israyeli ukulahlile okuhle; isitha siyakumxosha.
4Bona bazibekela amakhosi engavelanga kimi; bamisa izikhulu, ngingazi; isiliva labo negolide labo bakwenza kwaba yizithombe zabo, ukuze banqunywe.
5Ithole lakho, Samariya, linengekile; intukuthelo yami iyabavuthela; koze kube nini bengakwazi ukuba msulwa na?
6Ngokuba livela ku-Israyeli; umkhandi walenza, alisiye uNkulunkulu; yebo, ithole laseSamariya liyakuba yizihlephu.
7“Ngokuba bahlwanyele umoya, bayakuvuna isivunguvungu; izele alinahlumela, alivezi impuphu; uma liyiveza, iyakuqedwa ngabafokazi.
8U-Israyeli uyagwinywa; manje sebephakathi kwabezizwe njengesitsha okungekho intokozo kuso.
9Ngokuba benyukele e-Asiriya bezihambele njengezimbongolo zasendle; u-Efrayimi uyaqasha ngenkokhelo yothando.
10Noma beqasha phakathi kwabezizwe, manje sengiyakubabutha, bakhululwe kancane emthwalweni wenkosi yezikhulu.
11“Ngokuba u-Efrayimi wandisile ama-altare aba ngukona; ama-altare ayakuba ngukona kuye.
12Noma ngimlobela imithetho yami kaningi, iyashaywa okungaziwayo.
13Imihlatshelo yeminikelo yami bayihlaba, bayidle inyama, kepha uJehova akayenameli. Useyakhumbula ububi babo, abahambele ngezono zabo, babuyele eGibithe.
14Ngokuba u-Israyeli ukhohliwe uMdali wakhe, wakha izindlu zamakhosi, noJuda wandisile imizi ebiyelweyo, ngiyakuthuma umlilo emizini yakhe, uqede izindlu zayo zobukhosi.”