Hosea 5
1 “Hear this, O priests, and attend, O house of Israel, And, O house of the king, give ear, For the judgment [is] for you, For you have been a snare on Mizpah, And a net spread out on Tabor.
“Sikieni hili, enyi makuhani! Kuweni wasikivu, enyi Waisraeli! Sikieni, ee nyumba ya mfalme! Hukumu hii ni dhidi yenu: Mmekuwa mtego huko Mispa, wavu uliotandwa juu ya Tabori.
2 And to slaughter sinners have gone deep, And I [am] a chain to them all.
Waasi wamezidisha sana mauaji. Mimi nitawatiisha wote.
3 I have known Ephraim, And Israel has not been hid from Me, For now you have gone whoring, Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
Ninajua yote kuhusu Efraimu, Israeli hukufichika kwangu. Efraimu, sasa umegeukia ukahaba, Israeli amenajisika.
4 They do not give up their habitual doings, To turn back to their God, For a spirit of whoredoms [is] in their midst, And YHWH they have not known.
“Matendo yao hayawaachii kurudi kwa Mungu wao. Roho ya ukahaba imo ndani ya mioyo yao, hawamkubali Bwana.
5 And humbled has been the excellence of Israel to his face, And Israel and Ephraim stumble by their iniquity, Judah has also stumbled with them.
Kiburi cha Israeli kinashuhudia dhidi yao; Waisraeli, hata Efraimu, wanajikwaa katika dhambi zao; pia Yuda atajikwaa pamoja nao.
6 With their flock and with their herd, They go to seek YHWH, and do not find, He has withdrawn from them.
Wakati wanapokwenda na makundi yao ya kondoo na ngʼombe kumtafuta Bwana, hawatampata; yeye amejiondoa kutoka kwao.
7 Against YHWH they dealt treacherously, For they have begotten strange sons, Now a month consumes them [with] their portions.
Wao si waaminifu kwa Bwana; wamezaa watoto haramu. Sasa sikukuu zao za Mwandamo wa Mwezi zitawaangamiza wao pamoja na mashamba yao.
8 Blow a horn in Gibeah, a trumpet in Ramah, Shout, O Beth-Aven, after you, O Benjamin.
“Pigeni tarumbeta huko Gibea, baragumu huko Rama. Paza kilio cha vita huko Beth-Aveni, ongoza, ee Benyamini.
9 Ephraim is for a desolation in a day of reproof, I have made known a sure thing among the tribes of Israel.
Efraimu ataachwa ukiwa katika siku ya kuadhibiwa. Miongoni mwa makabila ya Israeli ninatangaza lile ambalo halina budi kutukia.
10 Princes of Judah have been as those removing a border, I pour out My wrath as water on them.
Viongozi wa Yuda ni kama wale wanaosogeza mawe ya mpaka. Nitamwaga ghadhabu yangu juu yao kama mafuriko ya maji.
11 Ephraim is oppressed, broken in judgment, When he pleased he went after the command.
Efraimu ameonewa, amekanyagwa katika hukumu kwa kuwa amekusudia kufuatia sanamu.
12 And I [am] as a moth to Ephraim, And as a rotten thing to the house of Judah.
Mimi ni kama nondo kwa Efraimu, na kama uozo kwa watu wa Yuda.
13 And Ephraim sees his sickness, and Judah his wound, And Ephraim goes to Asshur, And sends to a warlike king, And he is not able to give healing to you, Nor does he remove a scar from you.
“Wakati Efraimu alipoona ugonjwa wake, naye Yuda vidonda vyake, ndipo Efraimu alipogeukia Ashuru, na kuomba msaada kwa mfalme mkuu. Lakini hawezi kukuponya, wala hawezi kukuponya vidonda vyako.
14 For I [am] as a lion to Ephraim, And as a young lion to the house of Judah, I tear and go, I carry away, and there is no deliverer.
Kwa maana nitakuwa kama simba kwa Efraimu, kama simba mkubwa kwa Yuda. Nitawararua vipande vipande na kuondoka; nitawachukua mbali, na hakuna wa kuwaokoa.
15 I go—I return to My place, Until they are desolate, and have sought My face. In their distress they seek Me speedily!”
Kisha nitarudi mahali pangu mpaka watakapokubali kosa lao. Nao watautafuta uso wangu; katika taabu yao watanitafuta kwa bidii.”
