Hosea 6
1 Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
“Bwerani, tiyeni tibwerere kwa Yehova. Iye watikhadzula, koma adzatichiritsa. Iye wativulaza, koma adzamanga mabala athu.
2 After two days will he revive us: on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before him.
Pakapita masiku awiri adzatitsitsimutsa; pa tsiku lachitatu Iye adzatiukitsa kuti tikhale ndi moyo pamaso pake.
3 And let us know, let us follow on to know the LORD; his going forth is sure as the morning: and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.
Tiyeni timudziwe Yehova, tiyeni tilimbike kumudziwa Iye. Adzabwera kwa ife mosakayikira konse ngati kutuluka kwa dzuwa; adzabwera kwa ife ngati mvula ya mʼchilimwe, ngati mvula ya nthawi yamphukira imene imakhathamiritsa nthaka.”
4 O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that goeth early away.
Iwe Efereimu, kodi ndichite nawe chiyani? Kodi ndichite nawe chiyani, iwe Yuda? Chikondi chanu chili ngati nkhungu yammawa, ngati mame a mmamawa amene amakamuka msanga.
5 Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are [as] the light that goeth forth.
Choncho ndakuwazani ngati nkhuni kudzera mwa aneneri anga, ndakuphani ndi mawu a pakamwa panga; chigamulo changa chinangʼanima ngati mphenzi pa inu.
6 For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
Pakuti Ine ndimafuna chifundo osati nsembe, ndi kudziwa Mulungu kulekana ndi nsembe zopsereza.
7 But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
Monga Adamu, anthuwa aphwanya pangano langa, iwo sanakhulupirike kwa Ine.
8 Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, it is stained with blood.
Giliyadi ndi mzinda wa anthu ochita zoyipa, okhala ndi zizindikiro za kuphana.
9 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem; yea, they have committed lewdness.
Monga momwe mbala zimadikirira anthu, magulu a ansembe amachitanso motero; iwo amapha anthu pa njira yopita ku Sekemu, kupalamula milandu yochititsa manyazi.
10 In the house of Israel I have seen an horrible thing: there whoredom is [found] in Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
Ndaona chinthu choopsa kwambiri mʼnyumba ya Israeli. Kumeneko Efereimu akuchita zachiwerewere, ndipo Israeli wadzidetsa.
11 Also, O Judah, there is an harvest appointed for thee, when I bring again the captivity of my people.
“Kunenanso za iwe Yuda, udzakolola chilango. “Pamene ndiwabwezere anthu anga zinthu zabwino.”
