Osee 1
1 The word of the Lord which came to Osee the son of Beeri, in the days of Ozias, and Joatham, and Achaz, and Ezekias, kings of Juda, and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joas, king of Israel.
Hili ni neno la Bwana lililofika kwa Hosea mwana wa Beeri siku za Uzia, Yothamu, Ahazi na Hezekia, wafalme wa Yuda, na katika siku za Yeroboamu mwana wa Yoashi, mfalme wa Israeli.
2 The beginning of the word of the Lord by Osee. And the Lord said to Osee, Go, take to thyself a wife of fornication, and children of fornication: for the land will surely go a-whoring in departing from the Lord.
Wakati Bwana alipozungumza kwanza kupitia Hosea, akamwambia, “Nenda ukajitwalie mke ambaye ni kahaba. Atakuwa na watoto ambao ni matokeo ya ukahaba wake. Kwa maana nchi inafanya uzinzi mkubwa kwa kumwacha Bwana.”
3 So he went and took Gomer, daughter of Debelaim; and she conceived, and bore him a son.
Basi Hosea akaenda akamwoa Gomeri binti Diblaimu, naye akachukua mimba, akazaa mtoti mwanamume.
4 And the Lord said to him, Call his name Jezrael; for yet a little [while], and I will avenge the blood of Jezrael on the house of Juda, and will make to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.
Bwana akamwambia Hosea, Mwite jina lake Yezreeli. Kwa maana kwa muda mfupi nitaiadhibu nyumba ya Yehu kwa sababu ya kumwaga damu huko Yezreeli; nami nitamaliza ufalme wa nyumba ya Israeli.
5 And it shall be, in that day, [that] I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezrael.
Itatokea siku ile nitakapovunja upinde wa Israeli katika bonde la Yezreeli.
6 And she conceived again, and bore a daughter. And he said to him, Call her name, Unpitied: for I will no more have mercy on the house of Israel, but will surely set myself in array against them.
Gomeri akachukua mimba tena akamzaa binti. Ndipo Bwana akamwambia Hosea, “Mwite jina lake Lo Ruhama; kwa maana sitawahurumia tena nyumba ya Israeli, nisije nikawasamehe kwa njia yoyote.
7 But I will have mercy on the house of Juda, and will save them by the Lord their God, and will not save them with bow, nor with sword, nor by war, nor by horses, nor by horsemen.
Hata hivyo nitawahurumia nyumba ya Yuda, nami nitawaokoa mwenyewe, Bwana, Mungu wao. Sitawaokoa kwa upinde, upanga, vita, farasi, au wapanda farasi. '
8 And she weaned Unpitied; and she conceived again, and bore a son.
Baada ya Gomeri kumwachisha Lo Ruhama, alipata mimba na kuzaa mtoto mwingine mwanamume.
9 And he said, Call his name, Not my people: for ye are not my people, and I am not your [God].
Ndipo Bwana akasema, “Mwite jina la Lo Ami; kwa kuwa ninyi si watu wangu, wala mimi si Mungu wenu.”
10 Yet the number of the children of Israel was as the sand of the sea, which shall not be measured nor numbered: and it shall come to pass, [that] in the place where it was said to them, Ye are not my people, even they shall be called the sons of the living God.
Hata hivyo idadi ya watu wa Israeli itakuwa kama mchanga wa bahari, ambayo haiwezi kupimwa au kuhesabiwa. Itakuwa pale ambapo waliambiwa, “Ninyi si watu wangu,” wataambiwa, “Ninyi ni watu wa Mungu aliye hai.”
11 And the children of Juda shall be gathered, and the children of Israel together, and shall appoint themselves one head, and shall come up out of the land: for great [shall be] the day of Jezrael.
Watu wa Yuda na watu wa Israeli watakusanyika pamoja. Wao wataweka kiongozi mmoja wao wenyewe, na watatoka kutoka nchi, kwa maana itakuwa siku ya Yezreeli kuu.
