Loo midlalo iyamxhalabisa uApleni njengoko esithi kusekude egqinibeni. Ayikacaci indebe yeSasol League ukuba iya kweliphi icala okwangoku. "13 “xa wathethayo uefrayim, kwabakho ukungcangcazela; yena ngokwakhe waphakanyiswa kwasirayeli.+ kodwa waba netyala ngobhahali+ waza wafa.+ 2 ke kaloku wenza isono esongezelelekileyo ngomfanekiso otyhidiweyo ngeesilivere zakhe,+ izithixo ngokuqonda kwakhe,+ nomsebenzi wengcibi, wonke.+ wathi kubo, ‘abantu ababingelelayo mabawange amathole.’+ 3 ngoko ke uya kuba njengamafu akusasa+ nanjengombethe omka ekuseni; njengomququ ophetshethwa sisaqhwithi kwisanda+ nanjengomsi ophuma kumngxuma wophahla. 4 “kodwa mna ndinguyehova uthixo wakho kwasezweni laseyiputa,+ yaye kwakungekho thixo wawumazi; kwakungekho msindisi ngaphandle kwam.+ 5 mna ndakwazi entlango,+ kwilizwe lemikhuhlane.+ 6 ngokuphathelele idlelo lakhe wanela.+ wanela yaza yaphakama intliziyo yakhe.+ kungenxa yoko le nto wandilibalayo.+ 7 ndiya kuba njengengonyama entsha kuye.+ ndiya kumkhangela njengehlosi endleleni.+ 8 ndiya kuqubisana naye njengebhere elahlekelwe ngamathole+ ayo yaye ndiya kusikrazula isivingco sentliziyo yakhe. yaye ndiya kumqwengela apho njengengonyama;+ irhamncwa lasendle liya kumqwenga.+ 9 ngokuqinisekileyo oku kuya kukonakalisa,+ sirayeli, ngenxa yokuba kwakunxamnye nam, nxamnye nomncedi wakho.+ 10 “uphi, ke ngoko, ukumkani wakho, ukuze akusindise kuzo zonke izixeko zakho,+ nabagwebi bakho, owathi ngabo, ‘ndinike ukumkani neenkosana’?+ 11 ndakunika ukumkani ndinomsindo,+ yaye ndiya kumsusa ndivutha ngumsindo.+ 12 “isiphoso sikaefrayim siyasongwa, isono sakhe siyagcinwa.+ 13 inimba yomfazi ozalayo iya kuza kuye.+ ungunyana ongenabulumko,+ kuba ngexesha elifanelekileyo uya kuma ngxi ekuqhambukeni koonyana esibelekweni.+ 14 “ndiya kumkhulula esandleni seshiyol;+ ekufeni ndiya kumkhulula.+ luphi na ulwamvila lwakho, kufa?+ kuphi na ukutshabalalisa kwakho, shiyol?+ imfesane iya kufihlwa emehlweni am.+ 15 “nokuba kungenzeka ukuba avelise iziqhamo+ njengezityalo zengcongolo, uya kufikelwa ngumoya wasempuma, umoya kayehova.+ unyuka usuka entlango, yaye uya kulomisa iqula lakhe uze uwutshise umthombo wakhe.+ uya kubuphanga bonke ubuncwane beempahla ezinqwenelekayo.+ 16 “isamariya iya kugqalwa inetyala,+ kuba inemvukelo nxamnye nothixo wayo.+ iya kuwa likrele.+ abantwana bayo baya kutyunyuzwa,+ nabafazi bayo abamithiyo baya kuqhaqhwa.”+