Hoseya 2
1 “Nena kwa abale ako kuti, ‘Ndinu anthu anga,’ kwa alongo ako kuti ‘Ndinu okondedwa anga.’”
So call your brothers, My People, and your sisters, Compassion.
2 “Dzudzulani amayi anu, adzudzuleni iwo, pakuti si mkazi wanga, ndipo ine sindine mwamuna wake. Iyeyo achotse maonekedwe adama pa nkhope yake, ndi kusakhulupirika pa mawere ake.
Accuse, accuse your mother: for she is not my wife, and I will not be her husband. Let her put her acts of infidelity out of her sight, and her lovers from between her breasts,
3 Akapanda kutero ndidzamuvula, ndipo adzakhala wamaliseche monga tsiku limene anabadwa; ndidzamuwumitsa ngati chipululu, adzakhala ngati dziko lopanda madzi, ndi kumupha ndi ludzu.
else I will strip her bare, expose her as she was on the day of her birth, make her like the wilderness, let her become like a parched land, and let her die of thirst.
4 Sindidzaonetsa chikondi changa pa ana ake, chifukwa ndi ana a mʼchiwerewere.
And on her children I will have no pity, since they are children of adultery,
5 Amayi awo akhala akuchita zachiwerewere ndipo anawabereka anawo akuchita zinthu zochititsa manyazi. Iwo anati, ‘Ine ndidzatsatira zibwenzi zanga, zimene zimandipatsa chakudya ndi madzi, ubweya ndi thonje, mafuta ndi chakumwa.’
for their mother has become a prostitute, she who conceived them has behaved shamefully. She has said, “I will go after my lovers who gave me my bread and my water, my wool, my flax, my oil, and my drink.”
6 Choncho njira yake ndidzayitseka ndi minga; ndidzamuzinga ndi khoma kotero kuti sadzapezanso njira yotulukira.
That is why I am going to hedge up her ways with thorns, and build a wall about her, so that she cannot find her paths.
7 Adzathamangira zibwenzi zake koma sadzazipeza; adzazifunafuna koma sadzazipeza. Pamenepo iye adzati, ‘Ndibwerera kwa mwamuna wanga woyamba uja, pakuti ndinali pabwino ndi iyeyo kusiyanitsa ndi pano.’
She will pursue her lovers, but will not overtake them. She will seek them, but not find them. In time she will say, “I will go back to my first husband, I was better off then than now.”
8 Iye sanazindikire kuti ndine amene ndinkamupatsa tirigu, vinyo watsopano ndi mafuta. Ndine amene ndinkamukhuthulira siliva ndi golide, zimene ankapangira mafano a Baala.
She herself did not know that it was I who gave her the grain, the sweet wine, and the oil, who lavished on her silver and gold – that they used in worshipping Baal!
9 “Choncho Ine ndidzamulanda tirigu wanga pa nthawi yokolola, ndi vinyo wanga watsopano pa nthawi yopsinya mphesa. Ndidzamulanda ubweya ndi thonje langa, zomwe akanaphimba nazo umaliseche wake.
So I will take back my grain at the harvest, and my sweet wine in its season. I will withdraw my wool and my flax, given to cover her nakedness;
10 Motero tsopano ndidzaonetsa maliseche ake pamaso pa zibwenzi zake; palibe ndi mmodzi yemwe adzamupulumutse mʼmanja mwanga.
and so I will strip her naked before her lovers, and no one shall deliver her out of my hand.
11 Ndidzathetsa zikondwerero zake zonse: zikondwerero zake za chaka ndi chaka, za mwezi watsopano, za pa masiku a Sabata ndi maphwando ake onse a pa masiku okhazikitsidwa.
I will end all her celebrations, her yearly feasts, her new moons, and her sabbaths, all her festivals.
12 Ndidzawononga mitengo yake ya mpesa ndi mitengo yake yamkuyu, imene iye ankanena kuti inali malipiro ake ochokera kwa zibwenzi zake. Ndidzayisandutsa chithukuluzi, ndipo zirombo zakuthengo zidzadya zipatsozo.
I will lay waste her vines and her fig trees, of which she says, “These are my wages which my lovers have given me.” I will make them a thicket, and the wild animals will eat them.
13 Ndidzamulanga chifukwa cha masiku amene anafukiza lubani kwa Abaala; anadzikongoletsa povala mphete ndi mikanda yamtengowapatali ndipo anathamangira zibwenzi zake, koma Ine anandiyiwala,” akutero Yehova.
In this way I will punish her for the days of the Baals, in which she made offerings to them, and decked herself with earrings and jewels, and went after her lovers, but forgot me, – declares the Lord.
14 “Koma tsopano ndidzamukopa mkaziyo; ndidzapita naye ku chipululu ndipo ndidzamuyankhula mwachikondi.
So I am going to court her, bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her.
15 Kumeneko ndidzamubwezera minda yake ya mpesa, ndipo ndidzasandutsa Chigwa cha Akori kukhala khomo la chiyembekezo. Kumeneko iye adzayimba nyimbo monga mʼmasiku a ubwana wake, monga tsiku limene anatuluka ku Igupto.
I will give her from there her vineyards, and the valley of Achor as a door of hope. There she will respond as in the days of her youth, as in the days when she came up from the land of Egypt.
16 “Tsiku limeneli,” Yehova akuti, “udzandiyitana kuti, ‘Amuna anga;’ sudzandiyitananso kuti, ‘Mbuye wanga.’
At that time, declares the Lord, you will call me your husband, and will no more call me your master.
17 Ndidzachotsa mayina a Abaala pakamwa pake; sadzatchulanso mayina awo popemphera.
I will remove the name of the Baals from her mouth, their names never again uttered.
18 Tsiku limenelo ndidzachita pangano ndi zirombo zakuthengo ndi mbalame zamumlengalenga ndiponso zolengedwa zokwawa pansi kuti ziyanjane ndi anthu anga. Ndidzachotsa mʼdzikomo uta, lupanga ndi zida zonse zankhondo, kuti onse apumule mwamtendere.
On that day I will make for them a covenant with the wild animals, the birds of the sky, and the creatures that crawl on the earth. I will break the bow and the sword, banish battle from the land, and I will make them lie down in safety.
19 Ndidzakutomera kuti ukhale mkazi wanga mpaka muyaya; ndidzakutomera mwachilungamo, mwaungwiro, mwachikondi ndi mwachifundo.
I will take you for my wife forever, I will take you for my wife in righteousness, in justice, in kindness, and in mercy.
20 Ndidzakutomera mokhulupirika ndipo udzadziwa Yehova.
I will take you for my wife in faithfulness, and you will know the Lord.
21 “Tsiku limenelo Ine ndidzayankha,” akutero Yehova. “Ndidzayankha mlengalenga pempho lake lofuna mitambo ndipo mvula idzagwa pa dziko lapansi;
On that day I will answer – declares the Lord, I will answer the empty skies, and they will answer the dry earth.
22 ndipo nthaka idzamvera kupempha kwa tirigu, vinyo ndi mafuta, ndipo zidzamvera Yezireeli.
The earth will answer with grain, and new wine and oil, and they will answer Jezreel,
23 Ndidzadzala Israeli mʼdziko kuti akhale wanga: ndidzaonetsa chikondi changa kwa anthu amene ndinkawatchula dzina loti, ‘Sakondedwa.’ Ndidzawawuza amene ndinkawatchula dzina loti, ‘Si anthu anga,’ kuti, ‘Ndinu anthu wanga;’ ndipo adzanena kuti, ‘ndinu Mulungu wathu,’”
and I will plant her in the land. I will have compassion to No-Compassion, I will say to Not-My-People, “You are my people,” and they will say, “You are my God.”
