Hosea 6
1 “Come! Let’s return to the LORD; for he has torn us to pieces, and he will heal us; he has injured us, and he will bind up our wounds.
“Bịanụ ka anyị laghachikwuru Onyenwe anyị. Ya onwe ya adọkaala anyị, ọ ga-agwọkwa anyị; o tipụla anyị ọnya, ma ọ ga ekechikwa ọnya anyị.
2 After two days he will revive us. On the third day he will raise us up, and we will live before him.
Ọ ga-eme ka anyị dịkwa ndụ ọzọ mgbe ụbọchị abụọ gasịrị. Nʼụbọchị nke atọ, ọ ga-eme ka anyị bilie guzokwa nʼụkwụ anyị, meekwa ka anyị dịrị ndụ nʼihu ya.
3 Let’s acknowledge the LORD. Let’s press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, the LORD will appear. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth.”
Ka anyị mara Onyenwe anyị; ka anyị gbalịsie ike ịmata ya. Ọ bụladị dịka anyanwụ na-awalite, nʼezie, ọ ga-apụta ìhè dịka chi ọbụbọ, ọ ga-abịakwute anyị dịka mmiri ozuzo, dịka mmiri na-ezosa ala nʼoge udu mmiri.”
4 “Ephraim, what shall I do to you? Judah, what shall I do to you? For your love is like a morning cloud, and like the dew that disappears early.
“Gịnị ka m ga-eji gị mee, O Ifrem? Gịnị ka m ga-eji gị mee, O Juda? Ịhụnanya gị dịka igwe ojii nke ụtụtụ, dịka igirigi na-anọ naanị nwa mgbe nta.
5 Therefore I have cut them to pieces with the prophets; I killed them with the words of my mouth. Your judgements are like a flash of lightning.
Nke mere m ji si nʼọnụ ndị amụma gbukasịa ha. Ejirila m okwu ọnụ m gbuo ha, ikpe ọmụma m na-achawapụta dịka ìhè.
6 For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
Nʼihi na ana m achọ ebere, ọ bụghị aja, ịmata Chineke kama aja nsure ọkụ niile.
7 But they, like Adam, have broken the covenant. They were unfaithful to me there.
Ma dịka Adam, ha emebiela ọgbụgba ndụ m; nʼebe ahụ ka ha nọ gosi ekwesighị ntụkwasị obi ha.
8 Gilead is a city of those who work iniquity; it is stained with blood.
Gilead bụ obodo nke ndị na-eme ajọ ihe, nke eji nzọ ụkwụ ọbara zọtọsịa.
9 As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man, so the company of priests murder on the path towards Shechem, committing shameful crimes.
Dịka ndị na-apụnara mmadụ ihe na-ezo na-eche onye ga-agafe, otu a ka ndị nchụaja si egbu ndị mmadụ nʼụzọ Shekem, leenụ oke ajọ omume ihere dị otu a.
10 In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing. There is prostitution in Ephraim. Israel is defiled.
Nʼezie, ahụla m ihe jọgburu onwe ya nʼime Izrel. Nʼebe ahụ ka Ifrem nọ na-agba akwụna, emerụọkwala Izrel.
11 “Also, Judah, there is a harvest appointed for you, when I restore the fortunes of my people.
“Ma nye gị onwe gị, Juda, owuwe ihe ubi nọ na-eche gị. “Mgbe ọbụla m ga-eweghachi akụnụba ndị m,
