Hosea 12
1 Ephraim feedeth on wind, and pursueth after the east wind: all day long he multiplieth lies and desolation; and they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.
Efuremu anodya mhepo; anodzingana nemhepo yokumabvazuva zuva rose uye anowedzera nhema pamwe chete nechisimba. Anoita sungano neAsiria, uye anoendesa mafuta omuorivhi kuIjipiti.
2 Jehovah hath also a controversy with Judah, and he will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
Jehovha ane mhaka yaanopa Judha; acharanga Jakobho maererano nenzira dzake uye achamupa mubayiro maererano namabasa ake.
3 He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and in his strength he wrestled with God.
Muchizvaro akabata chitsitsinho chomukoma wake; somunhu akaita mutsimba naMwari.
4 Yea, he wrestled with the Angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us,
Akaita mutsimba nomutumwa akamukurira; akachema akakumbira kuti anzwirwe nyasha naye. Akamuwana paBheteri akataura naye ipapo,
5 — even Jehovah, the God of hosts, — Jehovah is his memorial.
Jehovha Mwari Wamasimba Ose, Jehovha ndiro zita rake raane mukurumbira naro!
6 And thou, return unto thy God: keep loving-kindness and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
Asi unofanira kudzokera kuna Mwari wako; chengetedza rudo nokururamisira, uye umirire Mwari wako nguva dzose.
7 [He is] a merchant, balances of deceit are in his hand; he loveth to oppress.
Mutengesi anoshandisa chiero chinonyengera; anofarira kubiridzira.
8 And Ephraim saith, Nevertheless I am become rich, I have found me out substance; in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.
Efuremu anozvikudza achiti, “Ndakapfuma kwazvo; ndazova mupfumi chaiye. Noupfumi hwangu hwose havangawani mandiri chakaipa chipi zvacho kana chivi mukati mangu.”
9 But I [that am] Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt will again make thee to dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.
“Ndini Jehovha Mwari wako, akakubudisa kubva muIjipiti; ndichakugarisazve mumatende, sapamazuva emitambo yakatarwa.
10 And I have spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and by means of the prophets have I used similitudes.
Ndakataura kuvaprofita, ndikavapa zviratidzo zvizhinji uye ndikataura mifananidzo kubudikidza navo.”
11 If Gilead is iniquity, surely they are but vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.
Ko, Gireadhi yakaipa here? Vanhu vayo havana maturo! Vanobayira nzombe here paGirigari? Aritari dzavo dzichava semirwi yamatombo mumunda wakarimwa.
12 And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept [sheep].
Jakobho akatizira kunyika yeAramu; Israeri akashandira kuti awane mukadzi, uye kuti amuwane akafudza makwai.
13 And by a prophet Jehovah brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
Jehovha akashandisa muprofita kuti abudise Israeri kubva muIjipiti, nomuprofita akavachengeta.
14 Ephraim provoked [him] to anger most bitterly; and his Lord shall leave his blood upon him, and recompense unto him his reproach.
Asi Efuremu akamutsamwisa zvikuru kusvikira ashatirwa; Ishe wake achaisa paari mhosva dzake dzokudeura ropa uye achamupa mubayiro wokuzvidza kwake.
