Hosea 5
1 Hear you this, O priests; and listen, you house of Israel; and give you ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because you have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread on Tabor.
“Iguai ũhoro ũyũ, inyuĩ athĩnjĩri-Ngai! Tegai matũ, inyuĩ andũ a Isiraeli! Thikĩrĩria, wee nyũmba ya ũthamaki! Nĩ inyuĩ mũgũtuĩrwo ciira ũyũ: Mũkoretwo mũrĩ mũtego kũu Mizipa, na mũrĩ wabu ya gũtegana yarĩtwo kũu Taboru.
2 And the rebels are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all.
Aregi a watho nĩmarikĩire ũragani-inĩ. Niĩ nĩngamaherithia othe.
3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, you commit prostitution, and Israel is defiled.
Niĩ nĩnjũũĩ maũndũ mothe ma Efiraimu; Isiraeli ndahithĩtwo kuuma kũrĩ niĩ. Wee Efiraimu, rĩu nĩũhũrĩte ũmaraya; Isiraeli nake nĩathũkĩte.
4 They will not frame their doings to turn to their God: for the spirit of prostitutions is in the middle of them, and they have not known the LORD.
“Ciĩko ciao itingĩmetĩkĩria gũcookerera Ngai wao. Roho wa ũmaraya ũrĩ ngoro-inĩ ciao, nao makaaga kũmenya Jehova.
5 And the pride of Israel does testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity: Judah also shall fall with them.
Mwĩtĩĩo wa Isiraeli nĩũrutaga ũira wa kũmookĩrĩra; andũ a Isiraeli na Efiraimu mahĩngagwo nĩ mehia mao; Juda o nake akahĩngwo hamwe nao.
6 They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he has withdrawn himself from them.
Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa magaathiĩ na ndũũru ciao cia mbũri na cia ngʼombe kũrongooria Jehova-rĩ, matikamuona; we nĩamehereire.
7 They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.
Nĩmagĩte kwĩhokeka harĩ Jehova; nao magaciara ciana itarĩ na ũngai. Na rĩrĩ, ciathĩ ciao cia Karũgamo ka Mweri nĩikaamameria, o hamwe na mĩgũnda yao.
8 Blow you the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Bethaven, after you, O Benjamin.
“Huhai karumbeta kũu Gibea, na mũhuhe coro kũu Rama. Muuge mbu ya gwĩtana mbaara kũu Bethi-Aveni; wee Benjamini, wĩhũũge.
9 Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.
Efiraimu nĩgũgakira ihooru mũthenya ũcio wa ituĩro. Gatagatĩ-inĩ ka mĩhĩrĩga ya Isiraeli-rĩ, niĩ ngwanĩrĩra ũrĩa kũrĩ.
10 The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath on them like water.
Atongoria a Juda mahaana andũ arĩa meheragia mahiga ma mĩhaka. Nĩngamaitĩrĩria mangʼũrĩ makwa, taarĩ kĩguũ kĩa maaĩ.
11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
Efiraimu nĩmũhinyĩrĩrie, akarangĩrĩrio ituĩro-inĩ rĩa ciira, nĩ ũndũ wa kwenda kũrũmĩrĩra mĩhianano.
12 Therefore will I be to Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
Niĩ haana memenyi kũrĩ Efiraimu, na ngahaana ta ũbuthu kũrĩ andũ a Juda.
13 When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.
“Rĩrĩa Efiraimu oonire ndwari yake, nake Juda akĩona ironda ciake-rĩ, hĩndĩ ĩyo Efiraimu agĩthiĩ kũrĩ Ashuri, na agĩtũmana kũrĩ mũthamaki ũcio mũnene nĩguo amũteithie. Nowe ndangĩhota gũkũhonia, o na kana ahonie ironda ciaku.
14 For I will be to Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.
Niĩ ngaatuĩka ta mũrũũthi kũrĩ Efiraimu, nduĩke ta mũrũũthi ũrĩ hinya kũrĩ Juda. Ngaamatambuuranga, njooke ndĩthiĩre; ngaamataha, na gũtirĩ mũndũ ũkaamahonokia.
15 I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
Ningĩ niĩ nĩngacooka gwakwa, nginya rĩrĩa magetĩkĩra mahĩtia mao. Nao nĩmakarongooria ũthiũ wakwa; nao mona mathĩĩna nĩmakanongoria na kĩo.”
