Hosea 5
1 “Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O royal house! For this judgment is against you because you have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor.
“Ansembe inu, imvani izi! Inu Aisraeli, tcherani khutu! Inu nyumba yaufumu, mvetserani! Chiweruzo ichi ndi chotsutsa inu: Inu munali ngati msampha ku Mizipa, munali ngati ukonde woyalidwa pa phiri la Tabori.
2 The rebels are deep in slaughter; but I will chastise them all.
Owukira azama mʼmoyo wakupha, Ine ndidzawalanga onsewo.
3 I know all about Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me. For now, O Ephraim, you have turned to prostitution; Israel is defiled.
Ndimadziwa zonse za Efereimu; Aisraeli ndi osabisika kwa Ine. Efereimu wayamba tsopano kuchita zachiwerewere; Israeli wadziyipitsa.
4 Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God, for a spirit of prostitution is within them, and they do not know the LORD.
“Ntchito zawo siziwalola kubwerera kwa Mulungu wawo. Mʼmitima mwawo muli mzimu wachiwerewere; Iwo sadziwa Yehova.
5 Israel’s arrogance testifies against them; Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; even Judah stumbles with them.
Kudzikuza kwa Israeli kwakhala umboni womutsutsa; Aisraeli, ngakhale Aefereimu, anagwa mʼmachimo awo; Yudanso anagwa nawo pamodzi.
6 They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they do not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them.
Pamene adzapita ndi nkhosa zawo ndi ngʼombe zawo kukapereka nsembe kwa Yehova, iwo sadzamupeza; Iye wawachokera.
7 They have been unfaithful to the LORD; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the New Moon will devour them along with their land.
Iwo ndi osakhulupirika kwa Yehova; amabereka ana amʼchigololo ndipo chikondwerero chawo cha mwezi watsopano chidzawawononga pamodzi ndi minda yawo.
8 Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the battle cry in Beth-aven: Lead on, O Benjamin!
“Womba lipenga mu Gibeya, liza mbetete mu Rama. Fuwulani mfuwu wankhondo mu Beti-Aveni; iwe Benjamini tsogolera.
9 Ephraim will be laid waste on the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel I proclaim what is certain.
Efereimu adzasanduka bwinja pa tsiku la chilango. Ine ndikulengeza zomwe zidzachitikadi pakati pa mafuko a Israeli.
10 The princes of Judah are like those who move boundary stones; I will pour out My fury upon them like water.
Atsogoleri a Yuda ali ngati anthu amene amasuntha miyala ya mʼmalire. Ndidzawakhutulira ukali wanga ngati madzi a chigumula.
11 Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.
Efereimu waponderezedwa, akulangidwa chifukwa chotsatira mafano.
12 So I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah.
Ine ndili ngati njenjete kwa Efereimu, ngati chinthu chowola kwa anthu a ku Yuda.
13 When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria and sent to the great king. But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.
“Efereimu ataona nthenda yake, ndi Yuda ataona zilonda zake, pamenepo Efereimu anatembenukira kwa Asiriya, ndipo anawatumizira mfumu yayikulu kudzawathandiza. Koma mfumuyo singathe kukuchizani, singathe kuchiritsa mabala anu.
14 For I am like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them to pieces and then go away. I will carry them off where no one can rescue them.
Pakuti Ine ndidzakhala ngati mkango kwa Efereimu. Ngati mkango wamphamvu kwa Yuda. Ndidzawakhadzula nʼkuchokapo; ndidzawatenga ndipo palibe amene adzawalanditse.
15 Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”
Ndipo ndidzabwerera ku malo anga mpaka anthu anga atavomereza kulakwa kwawo. Ndipo iwo adzafunafuna nkhope yanga; mʼmasautso awo adzandifunitsitsa Ine.”
