Hosea 5
1 Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment [is] towards you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
Sikilizeni haya, makuhani! kuweni makini, nyumba ya Israeli! Sikilizeni, nyumba ya mfalme! Kwa maana hukumu itakuja juu yenu nyote. Mmekuwa mtego huko Mizpa na wavu uliosambazwa juu ya Tabori.
2 And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I [have been] a rebuker of them all.
Waasi husimama sana katika mauaji, lakini nitawaadhibu wote.
3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou art guilty of lewdness, [and] Israel is defiled.
Najua Efraimu, na Israeli hajajificha kwangu. Efraimu, sasa umekuwa kama kahaba; Israeli ni unajisi.
4 They will not frame their doings to turn to their God: for the spirit of lewdness [is] in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.
Matendo yao hayawataruhusu kumgeukia Mungu, maana mawazo ya uzinzi yako ndani yao, na hawatamjua Bwana.
5 And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.
Kiburi cha Israeli kinawashuhudia; Kwa hiyo Israeli na Efraimu watajikwaa kwa hatia zao; na Yuda pia wataanguka pamoja nao.
6 They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find [him]; he hath withdrawn himself from them.
Watakwenda pamoja na kondoo zao na ng'ombe zao kumtafuta Bwana, lakini hawatamuona, kwa kuwa amejiondoa kutoka kwao.
7 They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.
Walikuwa wasio waaminifu kwa Bwana, kwa kuwa wamezaa watoto haramu. Sasa sherehe mpya za mwezi zitawaangamiza na mashamba yao.
8 Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, [and] the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud [at] Beth-aven, after thee, O Benjamin.
Piga tarumbeta huko Gibea, na tarumbeta huko Rama. Sauti ya kilio cha vita huko Beth Aveni 'Tutakufuata, Benyamini!'
9 Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.
Efraimu itakuwa ukiwa siku ya adhabu. Miongoni mwa makabila ya Israeli nimetangaza habari itakayotokea.
10 The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: [therefore] I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
Viongozi wa Yuda ni kama wale wanaondoao jiwe la mipaka. Nami nitamwaga ghadhabu yangu juu yao kama maji.
11 Ephraim [is] oppressed [and] broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
Efraimu ameangamizwa; ameangamizwa kwa hukumu, kwa sababu ametembea kwa hiari kufuata sanamu.
12 Therefore [will] I [be] to Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
Kwa hiyo nitakuwa kama nondo kwa Efraimu, na kama uozo kwa nyumba ya Yuda.
13 When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah [saw] his wound, then Ephraim went to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet he could not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.
Efraimu alipoona ugonjwa wake, Yuda akaona jeraha lake; Efraimu akaenda Ashuru; Yuda akatuma wajumbe kwa mfalme mkuu. Lakini hakuweza kuwaponya watu au kuponya jeraha lako.
14 For I [will be] to Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, [even] I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue [him].
Kwa hiyo nitakuwa kama simba kwa Efraimu, na kama simba kwa nyumba ya Yuda. Mimi, naam mimi, nitapotea na kwenda mbali; Nitawachukua, na hakutakuwa na mtu wa kuwaokoa.
15 I will go [and] return to my place, till they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
Nitakwenda na kurudi mahali pangu, mpaka watambue hatia yao na kutafuta uso wangu, hata wakanitafute kwa bidii katika dhiki yao.
