Hosea 5
1 "Listen to this, you priests. Listen, house of Israel, and give ear, house of the king. For the judgment is against you; for you have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread on Tabor.
“Ansembe inu, imvani izi! Inu Aisraeli, tcherani khutu! Inu nyumba yaufumu, mvetserani! Chiweruzo ichi ndi chotsutsa inu: Inu munali ngati msampha ku Mizipa, munali ngati ukonde woyalidwa pa phiri la Tabori.
2 The rebels are deep in slaughter; but I discipline all of them.
Owukira azama mʼmoyo wakupha, Ine ndidzawalanga onsewo.
3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me; for now, Ephraim, you have played the prostitute. Israel is defiled.
Ndimadziwa zonse za Efereimu; Aisraeli ndi osabisika kwa Ine. Efereimu wayamba tsopano kuchita zachiwerewere; Israeli wadziyipitsa.
4 Their deeds won't allow them to turn to their God; for the spirit of prostitution is within them, and they do not know YHWH.
“Ntchito zawo siziwalola kubwerera kwa Mulungu wawo. Mʼmitima mwawo muli mzimu wachiwerewere; Iwo sadziwa Yehova.
5 The pride of Israel testifies to his face. Therefore Israel and Ephraim will stumble in their iniquity. Judah also will stumble with them.
Kudzikuza kwa Israeli kwakhala umboni womutsutsa; Aisraeli, ngakhale Aefereimu, anagwa mʼmachimo awo; Yudanso anagwa nawo pamodzi.
6 They will go with their flocks and with their herds to seek YHWH; but they won't find him. He has withdrawn himself from them.
Pamene adzapita ndi nkhosa zawo ndi ngʼombe zawo kukapereka nsembe kwa Yehova, iwo sadzamupeza; Iye wawachokera.
7 They are unfaithful to YHWH; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the new moon will devour them with their fields.
Iwo ndi osakhulupirika kwa Yehova; amabereka ana amʼchigololo ndipo chikondwerero chawo cha mwezi watsopano chidzawawononga pamodzi ndi minda yawo.
8 "Blow the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah. Sound a battle cry at Beth Aven, behind you, Benjamin.
“Womba lipenga mu Gibeya, liza mbetete mu Rama. Fuwulani mfuwu wankhondo mu Beti-Aveni; iwe Benjamini tsogolera.
9 Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel, I have made known that which will surely be.
Efereimu adzasanduka bwinja pa tsiku la chilango. Ine ndikulengeza zomwe zidzachitikadi pakati pa mafuko a Israeli.
10 The princes of Judah are like those who remove a landmark. I will pour out my wrath on them like water.
Atsogoleri a Yuda ali ngati anthu amene amasuntha miyala ya mʼmalire. Ndidzawakhutulira ukali wanga ngati madzi a chigumula.
11 Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment; Because he is intent in his pursuit of idols.
Efereimu waponderezedwa, akulangidwa chifukwa chotsatira mafano.
12 Therefore I am to Ephraim like a moth, and to the house of Judah like rottenness.
Ine ndili ngati njenjete kwa Efereimu, ngati chinthu chowola kwa anthu a ku Yuda.
13 "When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his wound, Then Ephraim went to Assyria, and sent to king Jareb: but he is not able to heal you, neither will he cure you of your wound.
“Efereimu ataona nthenda yake, ndi Yuda ataona zilonda zake, pamenepo Efereimu anatembenukira kwa Asiriya, ndipo anawatumizira mfumu yayikulu kudzawathandiza. Koma mfumuyo singathe kukuchizani, singathe kuchiritsa mabala anu.
14 For I will be to Ephraim like a lion, and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I myself will tear in pieces and go away. I will carry off, and there will be no one to deliver.
Pakuti Ine ndidzakhala ngati mkango kwa Efereimu. Ngati mkango wamphamvu kwa Yuda. Ndidzawakhadzula nʼkuchokapo; ndidzawatenga ndipo palibe amene adzawalanditse.
15 I will go and return to my place, until they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face. In their affliction they will seek me earnestly."
Ndipo ndidzabwerera ku malo anga mpaka anthu anga atavomereza kulakwa kwawo. Ndipo iwo adzafunafuna nkhope yanga; mʼmasautso awo adzandifunitsitsa Ine.”
