1. Musa ukuvuya, Sirayeli, ude ugcobe njengezizwe; ngokuba ùhenyuzile, wemka kuThixo wakho; uthandé utshequ ezandéni zonke zengqolowa.
2. Isandá nesixovulelo seoli asiyi kubondla, newayini entsha iya kunidanisa.
3. Abayi kuhlala ezweni likaYehova; uEfrayim uya kubuyela eYiputa, badle izinto eziyinqambi eAsiriya.
4. Abayi kumthululela uYehova iwayini, ayiyi kuba mnandi kuye nemibingelelo yabo; ukudla kwabo kubo kuya kuba njengesonka sabalilayo. Bonke abakudlayo baya kuba ziinqambi; ngokuba ukudla kwabo kuya kuba kokwabo, akuyi kungena endlwini kaYehova.
5. Nòthini na ngemini yexesha elimisiweyo, nangemini yomthendeleko kaYehova?
6. Kuba, yabonani, bemkile ngenxa yembuqo; iYiputa iya kubabutha, iMofi iya kubangcwaba; izinto zabo ezinqwenelekayo zesilivere ziya kuhluthwa ngamarhawu; yimithi enameva ezintenteni zabo.
7. Kufiké iimini zokuvelela, kufiké iimini zempindezelo; úya kwazi uSirayeli. Umprofeti sisimathane, ngumbhudi indoda enomoya, ngenxa yobukhulu bobugwenxa bakho nckutshutshisa okuninzi.
8. Ngumboniseli uEfrayim ngakuThixo wam; umprofeti ngumgibe womthiyeli ezindleleni zakhe zonke, uyintshutshiso endlwini yoThixo wakhe.