45 “Zonke lezi ziqalekiso + nakanjani ziyokwehlela zikuxoshe, zikufice kuze kube yilapho usuqothuliwe, + ngoba awuzange ulilalele izwi likaJehova uNkulunkulu wakho ngokuba ugcine imiyalo yakhe nemithetho yakhe akuyale ngayo. +

6 Ngonyaka ka-9 kaHosheya, inkosi yase-Asiriya yalinqoba iSamariya. + Ngemva kwalokho yathatha abantu bakwa-Israyeli yabadingisela + e-Asiriya yabahlalisa eHala naseHabori ngasemfuleni iGozani + nasemadolobheni amaMede. +

7 Lokhu kwabehlela ngenxa yokuthi abantu bakwa-Israyeli babonile kuJehova uNkulunkulu wabo, owabakhipha ezweni laseGibhithe ngaphansi kwesandla sikaFaro inkosi yaseGibhithe. + Bakhonza* abanye onkulunkulu, +

4 Amagama abo kwakungu-Ohola,* omdala, no-Oholiba* udadewabo. Baba ngabami bazala amadodana namadodakazi. Ngokuqondene namagama abo, u-Ohola yiSamariya, + u-Oholiba yiJerusalema.

5 “U-Ohola waqala ukufeba esengowami. + Wayekhanukela labo ababemkhanukela, + omakhelwane bakhe ama-Asiriya. +