¹ Bhwakati Israeli huali musumba namuteha, no kumwita mwanawakumwane kufuma Misri. ² Kubhalya bhaketwa, haho bhakabhukange kumwane bhabhelila dhabihu ila bhahensa ubhumba. Kulimkiti. ³ Tukubha une onakamufundisyange Efraimu kulyata. Honakabhabhusyanga silaha syabho, lukubha tebhakamanyanga kubha bhanyomilwe. ⁴ Nakabhalomosyanga ndukusa lwa bhantu no mafungo ghabhunyomwe. Une kabhele kobhe muntu ghaka pungusyanga jozi halughulu jya laya syabho, nokwinama nokubhalisya. ⁵ Kwa hiyo tebhahelele lugho lwa Misri? Kwa hiyo Ashuru teja lawale halughulu jabho kusabhabhu bhatunile kuhelela kumwane? ⁶ Lupanga lulogwa halughulu jya ngosyabho no kubhihya makomeo ghangoo syabho; jilobhatekelesye kusabhabhu jya mipango jyabho bhene. ⁷ Bhantu bhane bhaamue kundeka, Nansibhobhakwita kughulya alikughulu kutuhu muntu alokabhafuna. ⁸ Nakobholabhuti kukuleka Efraimu? Nakobhola bhuti kukufela, Israeli? Ndokobhola bhuti kukwila kobhe Adma? Ndokobhola bhuti kobhe seboimu? Mwgho ghwane ghwahinduka mkati jyne hulma syane syonse syanghungilika. ⁹ Syajile sisila Syane sikali, tenankubhaangamiza Efraimu kabhili kusabhabhu une nikabhumba, wala lemuntu uneni mlafu kati jynyu, none Syakese kughazabhu. ¹⁰ Bhalononda Bhwana. Ndokutolombo kobhe simba none ndakubhombolesya, no bhantu bhalojisa bhakatetema kufuma maghalibi. ¹¹ Bhalakwisa bhakatetema kobhe inyonyi kufuma Misiri, kobhe ijibha kufuma lugho lwa Ashuru Ndobhela bhapate kwikala kunyumba syabho." Leli ghwetamuka lya Bhwana. ¹² Efraimu akushunguluka kumaghambo ghamalamino nyumba jya Israeli kumalami. Tukubha Yuda asyali aendelee nane, kabhumba, nimwaminifu kumwane, mlafu.