Hosea 1

1 word LORD which to be to(wards) Hosea son: child Beeri in/on/with day Uzziah Jotham Ahaz Hezekiah king Judah and in/on/with day Jeroboam son: child Joash king Israel

Ilizwi likaThixo lafika kuHosiya indodana kaBheri ngezinsuku zemibuso yabo-Uziya, loJothamu, lo-Ahazi loHezekhiya amakhosi akoJuda, kanye lasezinsukwini zokubusa kukaJerobhowamu indodana kaJowashi inkosi yako-Israyeli.

2 beginning to speak: speak LORD in/on/with Hosea and to say LORD to(wards) Hosea to go: went to take: marry to/for you woman: wife fornication and youth fornication for to fornicate to fornicate [the] land: country/planet from after LORD

Kwathi uThixo eseqalise ukukhuluma ngoHosiya, uThixo wathi kuye, “Hamba uyethatha umfazi oyisifebe ubelabantwana bobufebe, ngoba ilizwe lilecala lobufebe obubi kakhulu ngokweduka kuThixo.”

3 and to go: went and to take: marry [obj] Gomer daughter Diblaim and to conceive and to beget to/for him son: child

Ngakho wathatha uGomeri indodakazi kaDibilayimi, njalo wathatha isisu wamzalela indodana.

4 and to say LORD to(wards) him to call: call by name his Jezreel for still little and to reckon: punish [obj] blood Jezreel upon house: household Jehu and to cease kingdom house: household Israel

UThixo wasesithi kuHoseya, “Methe ibizo uthi nguJezerili, ngoba masinyane nje ngizayijezisa indlu kaJehu ngenxa yesihluku sokubulala abantu abanengi eJezerili, njalo ngizawuqeda umbuso wako-Israyeli.

5 and to be in/on/with day [the] he/she/it and to break [obj] bow Israel in/on/with Valley (of Jezreel) (Valley of) Jezreel

Ngalolosuku ngizakwephula idandili lika-Israyeli eSigodini saseJezerili.”

6 and to conceive still and to beget daughter and to say to/for him to call: call by name her No Mercy No Mercy for not to add: again still to have compassion [obj] house: household Israel for to lift: forgive to lift: forgive to/for them

UGomeri wathatha isisu futhi, wazala indodakazi. UThixo wasesithi, “Muphe ibizo uthi nguLo-Ruhama, ngoba kangisoze ngibe lothando futhi endlini ka-Israyeli, ukuba ngibathethelele.

7 and [obj] house: household Judah to have compassion and to save them in/on/with LORD God their and not to save them in/on/with bow and in/on/with sword and in/on/with battle in/on/with horse and in/on/with horseman

Kodwa ngizakuba lothando endlini kaJuda, njalo ngizabakhulula, kungayisikho ngedandili, inkemba kumbe impi, loba ngamabhiza langabagadi bamabhiza, kodwa ngoThixo uNkulunkulu wabo.”

8 and to wean [obj] No Mercy No Mercy and to conceive and to beget son: child

UGomeri eselumule uLo-Ruhama ebeleni, waba lenye indodana.

9 and to say to call: call by name his Not My People Not My People for you(m. p.) not people my and I not to be to/for you

UThixo wasesithi, “Muphe ibizo lokuthi nguLo-Ami, ngoba lina kalisibo bantu bami, lami kangisuye uNkulunkulu wenu.

10 and to be number son: descendant/people Israel like/as sand [the] sea which not to measure and not to recount and to be in/on/with place which to say to/for them not people my you(m. p.) to say to/for them son: descendant/people God alive

Kodwa abako-Israyeli bazakuba njengetshebetshebe ekhunjini lolwandle elingeke lilinganiswe kumbe libalwe. Endaweni lapho okwakuthiwe khona kubo, ‘Kalisibo bantu bami,’ bazabizwa ngokuthi, ‘bantwana bakaNkulunkulu ophilayo.’

11 and to gather son: descendant/people Judah and son: descendant/people Israel together and to set: appoint to/for them head: leader one and to ascend: rise from [the] land: country/planet for great: large day Jezreel

Abantu bakoJuda labantu bako-Israyeli bazamanyana, njalo bazakhetha umkhokheli oyedwa baphume elizweni, ngoba luzakuba lukhulu usuku lukaJezerili.”