¹ Israeli, bweleleni kuli Yahweh Lesa wenu, ico namutalasunka kumulandu wa bubifi. ² Piteni na mashiwi no kubwelela kuli Yahweh. Landa kuli wo, ''Pita fyonse ifya bubifi bwesu no kusuminisha ifya bune, pakuti twinga kutula ifisabo fya milimo yesu. ³ Assyria takatupusushe; tatwa kenshe bakabalwe ukuya kukondo. Nangula kulanda nakabili kumilimo yaku minwe yesu, muli ba lesa besa wesu, 'ico muli mwebo inshiwa shisangwamo inkumbu.'' ⁴ ''Nkaposha ubupondamishi bwabo; nkabatemwa umupwilapo, ico ukukalipwa kwandi no kufumishiwapo pali wo. ⁵ Nkaba kubati cime kuli Israeli; akalabengeshima kubati liluba no kubika imishila kubati ni cedar mu Lebanoni. ⁶ Imisambo yakwe ukusalangana ukuyenba kwakwe kukaba kubati kwa fimuti fya miolife, no kununkila kubati ni cedar mu Lebanoni. ⁷ Abantu abekala mu cintelelwe cakwe bakabweluluka; bakaputuka kubati lubuti no kubengeshima kubati myangashi. Ukulumbukwa kwakwe kukaba kubati mwangashi wamu Lebanoni. ⁸ Ephraimu, finshi fimbi ifyi ningacita ku tulubi? Naba kubati muulemu uwo amabula yauko yabafya ayakatapa katapa; kuli nebo ekufums ifisabo fyobe. ⁹ Nani uwamano wakuti wailuka ifi fintu? Uwingeluka ifi fintu icakutila ena afishiba? Ico inshila shakwa Yahweh shalilungama, nobulungami bukala enda muli bo, nomba bacisanguka bakatalansuka muli bo.