Hosea 6
1 Come and let us return unto Jehovah: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
“Ũkai, rekei tũcookerere Jehova. Nĩatũtambuurangĩte, no nĩegũtũhonia; nĩatũtihangĩtie, no nĩegũtuoha ironda ciitũ.
2 After two days will he revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before his face;
Thuutha wa matukũ meerĩ, nĩagatwarahũra; mũthenya wa ĩtatũ nĩagatũcookereria nĩguo tũtũũre muoyo mbere yake.
3 and we shall know, — we shall follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is assured as the morning dawn; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain which watereth the earth.
Nĩtũmenyei Jehova, na tũkĩrĩrĩrie kũmũmenya. Ti-itherũ o ta ũrĩa riũa rĩrathaga-rĩ, noguo o nake akooneka; agooka kũrĩ ithuĩ ta mbura ya hĩndĩ ya heho, kana ta mbura ya gũkũria irio ĩrĩa yuraga thĩ.”
4 What shall I do unto thee, Ephraim? What shall I do unto thee, Judah? For your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that early passeth away.
“Wee Efiraimu-rĩ, ingĩgwĩka atĩa? Na wee Juda-rĩ, ngũgwĩka atĩa? Wendo waku ũhaana ta kĩbii kĩa rũciinĩ, ũkahaana ta ime rĩa rũciinĩ rĩrĩa rĩcookaga rĩgathira.
5 Therefore have I hewed [them] by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and my judgment goeth forth as the light.
Nĩkĩo ndaagũtinangirie icunjĩ na tũnua twa anabii akwa, ngĩkũũraga na ciugo cia kanua gakwa; matuĩro makwa magĩkĩhenũka ta rũheni igũrũ rĩaku.
6 For I delight in loving-kindness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.
Nĩgũkorwo nyendaga tha no ti igongona, na kũmenya Ngai gũkĩra maruta ma njino.
7 But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
O ta ũrĩa Adamu aathũkirie kĩrĩkanĩro gĩakwa, noguo maagire kwĩhokeka ũndũ-inĩ ũcio.
8 Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity; it is tracked with blood.
Gileadi nĩ itũũra inene rĩa andũ aaganu, rĩhakĩtwo imeni nĩ makinya marĩ na thakame.
9 And as troops of robbers lie in wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way of Shechem; yea, they commit lewdness.
O ta ũrĩa ikundi cia atunyani ciĩhithagĩra mũndũ, no taguo ikundi cia athĩnjĩri-Ngai ciĩkaga; moraganagĩra njĩra-inĩ ya gũthiĩ Shekemu, makagera ngero cia thoni.
10 In the house of Israel have I seen a horrible thing: the whoredom of Ephraim is there; Israel is defiled.
Niĩ nĩnyonete ũndũ mũũru mũno nyũmba-inĩ ya Isiraeli. Kũu nĩkuo Efiraimu eheanĩte ahũũre ũmaraya, nake Isiraeli nĩakanyiitwo nĩ thaahu.
11 Also, for thee, Judah, is a harvest appointed, when I shall turn again the captivity of my people.
“O na kũrĩ we, wee Juda, nĩwathĩrĩirio ihinda rĩa magetha. “O hĩndĩ ĩrĩa ndaacookeria andũ akwa maũndũ ma kũmaguna,
