Okuteka kwaEfraim oku li popepi
1 Tula enghuma mokanya! Ngaashi onhwa kongulu yOmwene! Osheshi ova nyona ehangano lange, ndele va efa omhango yange 2 Otava ifana nge tava ti: Kalunga kange, ofye Israel tu ku shii. 3 Israel osha efa ouwa Omutondadi ne ke mu taatae. 4 Ova nangeka eehamba, ndelenee inashi dja mwaame. Va hoolola omalenga, ndelenee Ame inandi shi shiiva. Oisiliveli noingoldo yavo oya ninga oikalunga yavo fiyo enyonauko tali va hange.
5 Onhana yoye oixuna, Samaria! Ehandu lange le va xwamenena. Fiyo onaini otava efiwa inava handukilwa? 6 Aishe oya dja muIsrael, omuhambwidi e i ninga ndele yo kai fi Kalunga. Ndelenee onhana yomuSamaria tai ka hanaunwa moutandu. 7 Osheshi otava kunu omhepo ndelenee otava ka teya oshikungulu. Oilya itai kulu nomoilya yavo itamu di oufila. Nonande namu dje oufila, ovanailongo tave u pona po. 8 Israel a ponwa hamudilu. Ove li paife mokati koiwana ngaashi oshiyuma shihe noshilonga. 9 Osheshi ova ya ko kuAsiria va fa ongolo tai likalele. Efraim e likongela ovaholike noimaliwa. 10 Ndele nande nava shingife mokati koiwana, ohandi ke va ongela paife, ndele otava ka ninipikwa omolwoudjuu womafendelo omalenga ohamba. 11 Osheshi Efraim a hapupalifa eealtari opo a kale nokunyona. Oiyambelo oya ninga oulunde kuye. 12 Onde mu shangela eemhango omayovi omilongo, ndelenee oda talwa dokoilongo. 13 Ohava yambe ombelela etomenoyambo lange. Ndele tave i li po. Omwene ine shi hokwa. Paife ota ka dimbulukwa owii wavo, ndele ta handukile omatimba avo. Ove nokushuna kuEgipiti.
14 Israel eshi a dimbwa Omushiti waye, ndele a tunga eengulu doupuna, naJuda a tunga oilandohote ihapu ya pama, onghee ohandi ka tuma omundilo koilando yaye, ndele oo tau ka xwika po eengulu daye doupuna.
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