Hosea 13
1 When the words of my law came from Ephraim, he was lifted up in Israel; but when he did evil through the Baal, death overtook him.
Efulayimu buli lwe yayogeranga, abantu baakankananga. Yagulumizibwanga mu Isirayiri. Naye bwe yayonoona olw’okusinza Baali, n’afa.
2 And now their sins are increased; they have made themselves a metal image, false gods from their silver, after their designs, all of them the work of the metal-workers; they say of them, Let them give offerings, let men give kisses to the oxen.
Ne kaakano bongera okwonoona; ne beekolera ebifaananyi ebisaanuuse mu ffeeza yaabwe, ng’okutegeera kwabwe bwe kuli, nga byonna mulimu gw’abaweesi. Kigambibwa nti, “Bawaayo ssaddaaka ez’abantu, ne banywegera ebifaananyi eby’ennyana.”
3 So they will be like the morning cloud, like the dew which goes early away, like the dust of the grain which the wind is driving out of the crushing-floor, like smoke going up from the fireplace.
Kyebaliva babeera ng’olufu olw’oku makya, oba ng’omusulo oguvaawo amangu, ng’ebisusunku embuyaga ze bifumuula okubiggya mu gguuliro, oba ng’omukka ogufulumira mu ddirisa.
4 But I am the Lord your God, from the land of Egypt; you have knowledge of no other God and there is no saviour but me.
“Nze Mukama Katonda wo eyakuggya mu nsi ya Misiri; so tolimanya Katonda mulala wabula nze, so tewali mulokozi wabula nze.
5 I had knowledge of you in the waste land where no water was.
Nakulabirira mu ddungu, mu nsi ey’ekyeya ekingi.
6 When I gave them food they were full, and their hearts were full of pride, and they did not keep me in mind.
Bwe nabaliisa, bakkuta; bwe bakkuta ne beegulumiza, bwe batyo ne banneerabira.
7 So I will be like a lion to them; as a cruel beast I will keep watch by the road;
Kyendiva mbalumba ng’empologoma, era ndibateegera ku kkubo ng’engo.
8 I will come face to face with them like a bear whose young ones have been taken from her, and their inmost hearts will be broken; there the dogs will make a meal of them; they will be wounded by the beasts of the field.
Ng’eddubu erinyagiddwako abaana baalyo, ndibalumba ne mbataagulataagula. Era okufaananako ng’empologoma bw’ekola ndibaliira eyo, ensolo ey’omu nsiko eribataagulataagula.
9 I have sent destruction on you, O Israel; who will be your helper?
Ndibazikiriza mmwe Isirayiri, kubanga munnwanyisa.
10 Where is your king, that he may be your saviour? and all your rulers, that they may take up your cause? of whom you said, Give me a king and rulers.
Kabaka wammwe ali wa, abalokole? Abafuzi ab’omu bibuga byo byonna bali ludda wa, be wayogerako nti, ‘Tuwe kabaka n’abafuzi?’
11 I have given you a king, because I was angry, and have taken him away in my wrath.
Nabawa kabaka nga nsunguwadde, ate ne mmubaggyako nga ndiko ekiruyi.
12 The wrongdoing of Ephraim is shut up; his sin is put away in secret.
Omusango gwa Efulayimu guterekeddwa, era n’ekibi kye kimanyiddwa.
13 The pains of a woman in childbirth will come on him: he is an unwise son, for at this time it is not right for him to keep his place when children come to birth.
Obubalagaze ng’obw’omukyala alumwa okuzaala bumujjira, naye omwana olw’obutaba n’amagezi, ekiseera bwe kituuka, tavaayo mu lubuto.
14 I will give the price to make them free from the power of the underworld, I will be their saviour from death: O death! where are your pains? O underworld! where is your destruction? my eyes will have no pity. (Sheol h7585)
“Ndibanunulayo mu maanyi g’emagombe, era ndibalokola mu kufa. Ggwe kufa, endwadde zo ziri ludda wa? Ggwe Magombe, okuzikiriza kwo kuli ludda wa? “Sirimusaasira, (Sheol h7585)
15 Though he gives fruit among his brothers, an east wind will come, the wind of the Lord coming up from the waste land, and his spring will become dry, his fountain will be without water: it will make waste the store of all the vessels of his desire.
ne bw’anaakulaakulana mu baganda be. Empewo ey’ebuvanjuba erijja okuva eri Mukama, ng’eva mu ddungu, n’ensulo ze ne zikalira, n’oluzzi lwe ne lukalira. Eggwanika lye lirinyagibwa, eby’omuwendo byonna ne bitwalibwa.
16 Samaria will be made waste, for she has gone against her God: they will be cut down by the sword, their little children will be broken on the rocks, their women who are with child will be cut open.
Abantu b’e Samaliya balivunaanibwa omusango gwabwe kubanga bajeemedde Katonda waabwe. Balittibwa n’ekitala, n’abaana baabwe abato balibetentebwa, n’abakyala baabwe abali embuto balibaagibwa.”
