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 exalted himself in Israel, but he became guilty because of Baal worship, 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. They make cast metal figures from their silver, idols as skillfully worked as possible, all of them the work of the craftsmen. People say of them, 'These men who sacrifice kiss 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.
So they will be like the morning clouds, like the dew that goes away early, like the chaff that is driven by the wind away from a threshing floor, and like smoke out of a chimney.
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.
But I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt. You must acknowledge no God but me; you must acknowledge that besides me, there is no other savior.
5 Nĩ niĩ ndaakũmenyagĩrĩra werũ-inĩ, kũu bũrũri-inĩ ũrĩ ũrugarĩ mũingĩ.
I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of great dryness.
6 Rĩrĩa ndamaheire irio, nĩmahũũnire; na rĩrĩa maahũũnire, magĩtĩĩa; magĩcooka makĩriganĩrwo nĩ niĩ.
When you had pasture, then you became full; and when you were filled, your heart became lifted up. For that reason you forgot me.
7 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio ngaamahithũkĩra ta mũrũũthi, na ndĩmehithĩre njĩra-inĩ ta ngarĩ.
I will become like a lion to them; like a leopard I will watch along 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.
I will attack them as a bear that is robbed of her cubs. I will rip open their chests, and there I will devour them as a lion, as a wild beast would tear them to pieces.
9 “Wee Isiraeli-rĩ, ũrĩ mwanange, nĩ ũndũ nĩũnjũkĩrĩire, ũgookĩrĩra mũteithia waku.
I will destroy you, Israel; who will be able to help you?
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 now is your king, that he may save you in all your cities? Where are your rulers, about whom you said to me, 'Give me a king and princes'?
11 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, ndaakũheire mũthamaki ndakarĩte, na ngĩcooka ngĩmweheria ndĩ na mangʼũrĩ.
I gave you a king in my anger, and I took him away in my wrath.
12 Wĩhia wa Efiraimu nĩmũige, mehia make nĩmandĩkĩtwo makaigwo.
Ephraim's iniquity has been stored up; his guilt has been stored up.
13 Ruo ta rwa mũtumia ũkũrũmwo nĩrũramũnyiita, nowe nĩ mwana ũtarĩ na ũũgĩ; ihinda rĩakinya-rĩ, akarega gũikũrũka nĩguo aciarwo.
Pains of childbirth will come on him, but he is an unwise son, for when it is time to be born, he does not come out 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)
Will I rescue them from the hand of Sheol? Will I rescue them from death? Where, death, are your plagues? Where, Sheol, is your destruction? 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.
Though Ephraim is prosperous among his brothers, an east wind will come; the wind of Yahweh will blow in from the wilderness. Ephraim's spring will dry up, and his well will have no water. His enemy will plunder his storehouse of every precious object.
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 be guilty, for she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their young children will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women will be ripped open.
