Hosea 6

1 to go: come! and to return: return to(wards) LORD for he/she/it to tear and to heal us to smite and to saddle/tie us

“Wozani sibuyele kuThixo. Usesidabule saba yizicucu kodwa uzaselapha; usilimazile kodwa uzawabopha amanxeba ethu.

2 to live us from day in/on/with day [the] third to arise: raise us and to live to/for face: before his

Emva kwensuku ezimbili uzasivuselela; ngosuku lwesithathu uzasibuyisela ukuze sihlale lapho akhona.

3 and to know to pursue to/for to know [obj] LORD like/as dawn to establish: establish exit his and to come (in): come like/as rain to/for us like/as spring rain to shoot land: soil

Kasimamukeleni uThixo; kasiqiniseni ukumamukela. Ngoqotho njengoba ilanga liphuma, uzabonakala; uzakuza kithi njengezulu lebusika, lanjengezulu lentwasa elithambisa umhlaba.”

4 what? to make: do to/for you Ephraim what? to make: do to/for you Judah and kindness your like/as cloud morning and like/as dew to rise to go: went

“Ngingenzani ngawe, Efrayimi na? Ngingenzani ngawe, Juda na? Uthando lwenu lunjengenkungu yekuseni, lunjengamazolo ekuseni anyamalalayo.

5 upon so to hew in/on/with prophet to kill them in/on/with word lip my and justice: judgement your light to come out: come

Ngakho ngaliqumaquma ngabaphrofethi bami, ngalibulala ngamazwi omlomo wami; ukwahlulela kwami kwaphazima njengombane phezu kwenu.

6 for kindness to delight in and not sacrifice and knowledge God from burnt offering

Ngoba mina ngifuna isihawu, hatshi umhlatshelo, lokwamukela uNkulunkulu kuleminikelo yokutshiswa.

7 and they(masc.) like/as Adam to pass: trespass covenant there to act treacherously in/on/with me

Njengo-Adamu, sebesephule isivumelwano babengathembekanga khonale.

8 Gilead town to work evil: wickedness insidious from blood

IGiliyadi lidolobho labantu abaxhwalileyo. Lingcolile ngezinyathelo zegazi

9 and like/as to wait man band fellow priest way: road to murder Shechem [to] for wickedness to make

Njengezigebenga zicathamela umuntu, zenzanjalo izigangi zabaphristi; zibulala abantu emgwaqweni oya eShekhemu zisenza izinto ezimbi.

10 in/on/with house: household Israel to see: see (horror *Q(k)*) there fornication to/for Ephraim to defile Israel

Sengibone into etshaqisayo endlini ka-Israyeli. U-Efrayimi uwela khonapho, lo-Israyeli ungcolisiwe.

11 also Judah to set: appoint harvest to/for you in/on/with to return: rescue I captivity people my

Lakuwe futhi Juda, ukuvuna sekulungiselwe. Lapho ngingabuyisela inotho yabantu bami.