1. “Beka icilongo emlonyeni wakho;onjengokhozi wehlela indlu kaJehova;ngokuba beqile isivumelwano sami,baphambuka emthethweni wami.
2. Bakhala kimi ngokuthi:‘Nkulunkulu wethu,thina Israyeli siyakwazi.’
3. U-Israyeli ukulahlile okuhle;isitha siyakumxosha.
4. Bona bazibekela amakhosi engavelanga kimi;bamisa izikhulu, ngingazi;isiliva labo negolide labo bakwenza kwaba yizithombe zabo,ukuze banqunywe.
5. Ithole lakho, Samariya, linengekile;intukuthelo yami iyabavuthela;koze kube nini bengakwazi ukuba msulwa na?
6. Ngokuba livela ku-Israyeli;umkhandi walenza, alisiye uNkulunkulu;yebo, ithole laseSamariya liyakuba yizihlephu.
7. “Ngokuba bahlwanyele umoya,bayakuvuna isivunguvungu;izele alinahlumela, alivezi impuphu;uma liyiveza,iyakuqedwa ngabafokazi.
8. U-Israyeli uyagwinywa;manje sebephakathi kwabezizwenjengesitsha okungekho intokozo kuso.
9. Ngokuba benyukele e-Asiriyabezihambele njengezimbongolo zasendle;u-Efrayimi uyaqasha ngenkokhelo yothando.