Hosea 13
1 Efiraimu-rĩ, aaragia andũ makainaina; aarĩ mũtũgĩrie thĩinĩ wa Isiraeli. No rĩrĩ, nĩehirie nĩ ũndũ wa kũhooya Baali, nake agĩkua.
When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel. But he incurred guilt through Baal, and he died.
2 Na rĩrĩ, rĩu no gũkĩrĩrĩria makĩragĩrĩria kwĩhia; methondekagĩra mĩhianano yao ene na betha ciao, mĩhianano ĩthondeketwo na ũũgĩ mũingĩ, yothe ĩrĩ wĩra wa mabundi. Kwĩragwo atĩrĩ, ũhoro wa andũ aya, “Marutaga andũ magongona, na makamumunya mĩhianano ya njaũ.”
Now they sin more and more and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. People say of them, “They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves!”
3 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio makahaana ta kĩbii kĩa rũciinĩ, na ta ime rĩa kĩrooko rĩrĩa rĩcookaga gũthira, na ta mũũngũ ũrĩa ũmbũragwo kuuma kĩhuhĩro-inĩ kĩa ngano, o na ta ndogo ĩgĩtoga yumĩire ndirica-inĩ.
Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes, like chaff blown from a threshing floor, like smoke through an open window.
4 “No rĩrĩ, niĩ nĩ niĩ Jehova Ngai wanyu, ũrĩa wamũrutire bũrũri wa Misiri. Ndũkanetĩkie atĩ nĩ kũrĩ Ngai ũngĩ tiga niĩ, na gũtirĩ Mũhonokia ũngĩ tiga niĩ.
Yet I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but Me, for there is no Savior besides Me.
5 Nĩ niĩ ndaakũmenyagĩrĩra werũ-inĩ, kũu bũrũri-inĩ ũrĩ ũrugarĩ mũingĩ.
I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.
6 Rĩrĩa ndamaheire irio, nĩmahũũnire; na rĩrĩa maahũũnire, magĩtĩĩa; magĩcooka makĩriganĩrwo nĩ niĩ.
When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.
7 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio ngaamahithũkĩra ta mũrũũthi, na ndĩmehithĩre njĩra-inĩ ta ngarĩ.
So like a lion I will pounce on them; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
8 O ta ũrĩa nduba ĩĩkaga rĩrĩa ĩtunyĩtwo twana twayo-rĩ, ngaamatharĩkĩra na ndĩmatarũrange. Ngaamarĩa ta mũrũũthi, ndĩmatambuure o ta ũrĩa nyamũ ya gĩthaka ĩĩkaga.
Like a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a lion, like a wild beast would tear them apart.
9 “Wee Isiraeli-rĩ, ũrĩ mwanange, nĩ ũndũ nĩũnjũkĩrĩire, ũgookĩrĩra mũteithia waku.
You are destroyed, O Israel, because you are against Me— against your helper.
10 Mũthamaki waku akĩrĩ ha, atĩ nĩguo akũhonokie? Aathani aku a matũũra maku mothe marĩ ha, o arĩa woigire atĩrĩ, ‘He mũthamaki, na ũhe anene’?
Where is your king now to save you in all your cities, and the rulers to whom you said, “Give me a king and princes”?
11 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, ndaakũheire mũthamaki ndakarĩte, na ngĩcooka ngĩmweheria ndĩ na mangʼũrĩ.
So in My anger I gave you a king, and in My wrath I took him away.
12 Wĩhia wa Efiraimu nĩmũige, mehia make nĩmandĩkĩtwo makaigwo.
The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is stored up.
13 Ruo ta rwa mũtumia ũkũrũmwo nĩrũramũnyiita, nowe nĩ mwana ũtarĩ na ũũgĩ; ihinda rĩakinya-rĩ, akarega gũikũrũka nĩguo aciarwo.
Labor pains come upon him, but he is an unwise son. When the time arrives, he fails to present himself at the opening of the womb.
14 “Nĩngamahonokia kuuma kũrĩ hinya wa mbĩrĩra; nĩngamakũũra kuuma kũrĩ gĩkuũ. Wee gĩkuũ-rĩ, mĩthiro yaku ĩrĩ ha? Wee mbĩrĩra-rĩ, kũniinana gwaku gũkĩrĩ ha? “Ndikaiguanĩra tha, (Sheol h7585)
I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from Death. Where, O Death, are your plagues? Where, O Sheol, is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes. (Sheol h7585)
15 o na angĩkaagaacĩra arĩ gatagatĩ-inĩ ka ariũ a ithe. Rũhuho rwa mwena wa irathĩro ruumĩte harĩ Jehova nĩrũgooka, rũhurutanĩte kuuma werũ-inĩ; narĩo itherũkĩro rĩake rĩa maaĩ rĩkooma, nakĩo gĩthima gĩake kĩhũe. Nyũmba yake ya mũthiithũ nĩĩgatahwo indo ciayo ciothe cia goro.
Although he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come— a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. His fountain will fail, and his spring will run dry. The wind will plunder his treasury of every precious article.
16 Andũ a Samaria no nginya marĩhio wĩhia wao, nĩ tondũ nĩmaremeire Ngai wao. Nao nĩmakooragwo na rũhiũ rwa njora; natuo tũkenge twao tũgaatungumanio thĩ, na atumia ao arĩa marĩ na nda itarũrwo.”
Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.
