1. Oko uSirayeli ebemncinane, ndamthanda, ndambiza unyana wam ukuba aphume eYiputa.
2. Bababiza, kwaba kukhona bemkayo ebusweni babo; babingelela kooBhahali,* baqhumisela kwimifanekiso eqingqiweyo.
3. Mna ke ndamfundisa uEfrayim ukuhamba, ndibaphatha ngeengalo zam; àbazanga noko, ukuba ndabaphilisa.
4. Ndabatsala ngezintya zomntu, ngeentsontelo zothando; kubo ndaba njengomnyinyisi wedyokhwe emihlathini yabo, ndathantamisa ukumnika ukudla.
5. Akayi kubuyela ezweni laseYiputa; nguAsiriya ukumkani wakhe; kuba abavumanga ukubuya.
6. Ikrele liya kuyijikeleza imizi yakhe, liyigqibele imivalo yakhe, liyidle, ngenxa yamacebo abo.
7. Abantu bam baphikele ukubuya umva kum; nakuba bebizelwa phezulu, àbaziphakamisi mpela.
8. Ndingàthini na ukukulahla, Efrayim? ndikuncame, Sirayeli? Ndingàthini na ukukulahla njengeAdama, ndikwenze ube njengeTsebhoyim? Intliziyo yam iphethukile phakathi kwam, ububele bam buvuthile kunye.