Hosea 2
1 Say ye unto your brethren: 'Ammi'; and to your sisters, 'Ruhamah.'
Waambie ndugu zenu wanaume, 'Watu wangu!' na kwa dada zako, 'umeonyeshwa huruma.'”
2 Plead with your mother, plead; for she is not My wife, neither am I her husband; and let her put away her harlotries from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
Leteni mashtaka dhidi ya mama yenu, leteni mashtaka, kwa kuwa yeye si mke wangu, wala mimi si mumewe. Na auondoe uzinzi wake mbele yake, na matendo yake ya uzinzi kati ya matiti yake.
3 Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.
Ikiwa sio, nitamvua nguo na kumuonyesha uchi wake kama siku aliyozaliwa. Nami nitamfanya kama jangwa, kama nchi iliyoharibika, nami nitamfanya afe kutokana na kiu.
4 And I will not have compassion upon her children; for they are children of harlotry.
Sitakuwa na rehema kwa watoto wake, kwa maana wao ni watoto wa ukahaba.
5 For their mother hath played the harlot, she that conceived them hath done shamefully; for she said: 'I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.'
Maana mama yao amekuwa kahaba, na yeye aliye mimba amefanya mambo ya aibu. Alisema, “Nitawafuata wapenzi wangu, kwa maana wananipa mkate wangu na maji, sufu yangu na kitani, mafuta yangu na kinyweji.”
6 Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and I will make a wall against her, that she shall not find her paths.
Kwa hiyo nitajenga ua wa kuzuia njia yake kwa miiba. Nitajenga ukuta dhidi yake ili asiweze kupata njia. Yeye atawafuatilia wapenzi wake, lakini yeye hatawafikia.
7 And she shall run after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them, and she shall seek them, but shall not find them; then shall she say: 'I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.'
Yeye atawatafuta, lakini hatawapata. Kisha atasema, “Nitarejea kwa mume wangu wa kwanza, kwa maana ilikuwa ni bora kwangu zamani kuliko sasa.”
8 For she did not know that it was I that gave her the corn, and the wine, and the oil, and multiplied unto her silver and gold, which they used for Baal.
Kwa maana hakujua kwamba mimi ndimi niliyempa nafaka, divai mpya na mafuta, na ambaye nilimwongezea fedha na dhahabu, ambazo walizitumia kwa Baali.
9 Therefore will I take back My corn in the time thereof, and My wine in the season thereof, and will snatch away My wool and My flax given to cover her nakedness.
Kwa hiyo nitachukua nafaka yake wakati wa mavuno, na divai yangu mpya katika msimu wake. Nitachukua sufu yangu na kitambaa kilichotumiwa kufunika uchi wake.
10 And now will I uncover her shame in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of My hand.
Ndipo nitamvua nguo machoni pa wapenzi wake, wala hakuna mtu atakayemwokoa mkononi mwangu.
11 I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feasts, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her appointed seasons.
Nitasitisha furaha yake yote- sikukuu zake, mwandamo wa mwezi, sabato zake na sikukuu zake zote zilizowekwa.
12 And I will lay waste her vines and her fig-trees, whereof she hath said: 'These are my hire that my lovers have given me'; and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.
Nitaharibu mizabibu yake na mtini wake, ambayo alisema, 'Hii ni mishahara ambayo wapenzi wangu walinipa.' Nitawafanya kuwa msitu, na wanyama wa shambani watakula.
13 And I will visit upon her the days of the Baalim, wherein she offered unto them, and decked herself with her ear-rings and her jewels, and went after her lovers, and forgot Me, saith the LORD.
Nami nitamuadhibu kwa ajili ya Sikukuu ya Baali, alipowafukizia uvumba, akijipamba kwa pete zake na mavazi yake, naye akafuata wapenzi wake, akanisahau.” Hili ndilo tamko la Bwana.
14 Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly unto her.
Kwa hiyo nitaenda kumshawishi. Nitamleta jangwani na kumwambia kwa huruma.
15 And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope; and she shall respond there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
Nami nitamrudishia mizabibu yake, na bonde la Akori kama mlango wa tumaini. Yeye atanijibu huko kama alivyofanya katika siku za ujana wake, kama katika siku ambazo alitoka katika nchi ya Misri.
16 And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call Me Ishi, and shalt call Me no more Baali.
“Itakuwa katika siku hiyo”-hili ndilo tamko la Bwana-”kwamba utaniita, 'Mume wangu,' na hutaniita tena mimi, 'Baal wangu.'
17 For I will take away the names of the Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be mentioned by their name.
Kwa maana nitaondoa majina ya Baali kinywani mwake; majina yao hayatakumbukwa tena.”
18 And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground; and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the land, and will make them to lie down safely.
“Siku hiyo nitafanya agano pamoja na wanyama katika mashamba kwa ajili yao, na ndege wa angani, na vitu vya kutambaa chini. Nitaondoa upinde, upanga, na vita katika nchi, nami nitakufanya ulale kwa usalama.
19 And I will betroth thee unto Me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto Me in righteousness, and in justice, and in lovingkindness, and in compassion.
Nitakuwa mume wako milele. Nitakuwa mume wako katika haki, hukumu, uaminifu wa agano, na huruma.
20 And I will betroth thee unto Me in faithfulness; and thou shalt know the LORD.
Nitakuwa mume wako kwa uaminifu. Nawe utanijua mimi, Bwana.
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, I will respond, saith the LORD, I will respond to the heavens, and they shall respond to the earth;
Na siku ile, nitajibu”-hili ndilo tamko la Bwana. “Nitazijibu mbingu, nao watajibu dunia.
22 And the earth shall respond to the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall respond to Jezreel.
Dunia itashughulikia nafaka, divai mpya na mafuta, na watajibu Yezreeli.
23 And I will sow her unto Me in the land; and I will have compassion upon her that had not obtained compassion; and I will say to them that were not My people: 'Thou art My people'; and they shall say: 'Thou art my God.'
Nitatampanda mwenyewe katika nchi kwa ajili yangu, na nitamhurumia Lo Ruhama. Nami nitamwambia Lo Ami, 'Wewe ni Ami Ata,' nao wataniambia, 'Wewe ni Mungu wangu.'”
