< Hoseya 10 >
1 Israeli anali mpesa wotambalala; anabereka zipatso zambiri. Pamene zipatso zawo zinanka zichuluka, anawonjezera kumanga maguwa ansembe. Pamene dziko lake linkatukuka, anakongoletsa miyala yake yopatulika.
Israel a vine full of branches, the fruit is agreeable to it: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath multiplied altars, according to the plenty of his land he hath abounded with idols.
2 Mtima wawo ndi wonyenga ndipo tsopano ayenera kulangidwa chifukwa cha kulakwa kwawo. Yehova adzagumula maguwa awo ansembe ndi kuwononga miyala yawo yopatulika.
Their heart is divided: now they shall perish: he shall break down their idols, he shall destroy their altars.
3 Pamenepo anthuwo adzanena kuti, “Ife tilibe mfumu chifukwa sitinaope Yehova. Koma ngakhale tikanakhala ndi mfumu, kodi mfumuyo ikanatichitira chiyani?”
For now they shall say: We have no king: because we fear not the Lord: and what shall a king do to us?
4 Mafumu amalonjeza zambiri, amalumbira zabodza pochita mapangano. Kotero maweruzo amaphuka ngati zitsamba zakupha mʼmunda umene walimidwa.
You speak words of an unprofitable vision, and you shall make a covenant: and judgment shall spring up as bitterness in the furrows of the field.
5 Anthu amene amakhala mu Samariya akuchita mantha chifukwa cha fano la mwana wangʼombe ku Beti-Aveni. Anthu ake adzalirira fanolo, chimodzimodzinso ansembe ake adamawo, amene anakondwera ndi kukongola kwake, chifukwa lachotsedwa pakati pawo ndi kupita ku ukapolo.
The inhabitants of Samaria have worshipped the king of Bethaven: for the people thereof have mourned over it, and the wardens of its temple that rejoiced over it in its glory because it is departed from it.
6 Fanolo lidzatengedwa kupita ku Asiriya ngati mphatso kwa mfumu yayikulu. Efereimu adzachititsidwa manyazi chifukwa cha mafano ake amitengo.
For itself also is carried into Assyria, a present to the avenging king: shame shall fall upon Ephraim, and Israel shall be confounded in his own will.
7 Samariya ndi mfumu yake adzatengedwa kupita kutali ngati kanthambi koyenda pa madzi.
Samaria hath made her king to pass as froth upon the face of the water.
8 Malo opembedzerako mafano a ku Aveni adzawonongedwa. Ili ndiye tchimo la Israeli. Minga ndi mitungwi zidzamera ndi kuphimba maguwa awo ansembe. Kenaka anthu adzawuza mapiri kuti, “Tiphimbeni!” ndipo adzawuza zitunda kuti, “Tigwereni!”
And the high places of the idol, the sin of Israel shall be destroyed: the bur and the thistle shall grow up over their altars: and they shall say to the mountains: Cover us; and to the hills: Fall upon us.
9 “Iwe Israeli, wachimwa kuyambira mʼmasiku a Gibeya, ndipo wakhala uli pomwepo. Kodi nkhondo sinagonjetse anthu ochita zoyipa ku Gibeya?
From the days of Gabaa, Israel hath sinned, there they stood: the battle in Gabaa against the children of iniquity shall not overtake them.
10 Pamene ndifunire, ndidzalanga anthuwo; mitundu ya anthu idzasonkhanitsidwa kudzalimbana nawo, kuwayika mʼndende chifukwa cha uchimo wawo waukulu.
According to my desire I will chastise them: and the nations shall be gathered together against them, when they shall be chastised for their two iniquities.
11 Efereimu ndi mwana wangʼombe wamkazi wophunzitsidwa amene amakonda kupuntha tirigu, choncho Ine ndidzayika goli mʼkhosi lake lokongolalo. Ndidzasenzetsa Efereimu goli, Yuda ayenera kulima, ndipo Yakobo ayenera kutipula.
Ephraim is a heifer taught to love to tread out corn, but I passed over upon the beauty of her neck: I will ride upon Ephraim, Juda shall plough, Jacob shall break the furrows for himself.
12 Mufese nokha chilungamo ndipo mudzakolola chipatso cha chikondi changa chosasinthika. Ndipo tipulani munda wanu wosalimidwawo; pakuti ino ndi nthawi yofunafuna Yehova, mpaka Iye atabwera kudzakugwetserani mivumbi ya chilungamo.
Sow for yourselves in justice, and reap in the mouth of mercy, break up your fallow ground: but the time to seek the Lord is, when he shall come that shall teach you justice.
13 Koma inu munadzala zolakwa, mwakolola zoyipa; mwadya chipatso cha chinyengo. Chifukwa mumadalira mphamvu zanu ndiponso ankhondo anu ochulukawo,
You have ploughed wickedness, you have reaped iniquity, you have eaten the fruit of lying: because thou hast trusted in thy ways, in the multitude of thy strong ones.
14 phokoso lankhondo lidzamveka pakati pa anthu anga kotero kuti malinga anu onse adzawonongeka, monga momwe Salimani anawonongera Beti-Aribeli pa nthawi ya nkhondo; pamene anapha amayi pamodzi ndi ana awo omwe.
A tumult shall arise among thy people: and all thy fortresses shall be destroyed as Salmana was destroyed, by the house of him that judged Baal in the day of battle, the mother being dashed in pieces upon her children.
15 Momwemonso zidzakuchitikira, iwe Beteli chifukwa kuyipa kwako ndi kwakukulu. Tsiku limeneli likadzafika, mfumu ya Israeli idzawonongedwa kwathunthu.
So hath Bethel done to you, because of the evil of your iniquities.