Hosea 5
1 “Iguai ũhoro ũyũ, inyuĩ athĩnjĩri-Ngai! Tegai matũ, inyuĩ andũ a Isiraeli! Thikĩrĩria, wee nyũmba ya ũthamaki! Nĩ inyuĩ mũgũtuĩrwo ciira ũyũ: Mũkoretwo mũrĩ mũtego kũu Mizipa, na mũrĩ wabu ya gũtegana yarĩtwo kũu Taboru.
“Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O royal house! For this judgment is against you because you have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor.
2 Aregi a watho nĩmarikĩire ũragani-inĩ. Niĩ nĩngamaherithia othe.
The rebels are deep in slaughter; but I will chastise them all.
3 Niĩ nĩnjũũĩ maũndũ mothe ma Efiraimu; Isiraeli ndahithĩtwo kuuma kũrĩ niĩ. Wee Efiraimu, rĩu nĩũhũrĩte ũmaraya; Isiraeli nake nĩathũkĩte.
I know all about Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me. For now, O Ephraim, you have turned to prostitution; Israel is defiled.
4 “Ciĩko ciao itingĩmetĩkĩria gũcookerera Ngai wao. Roho wa ũmaraya ũrĩ ngoro-inĩ ciao, nao makaaga kũmenya Jehova.
Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God, for a spirit of prostitution is within them, and they do not know the LORD.
5 Mwĩtĩĩo wa Isiraeli nĩũrutaga ũira wa kũmookĩrĩra; andũ a Isiraeli na Efiraimu mahĩngagwo nĩ mehia mao; Juda o nake akahĩngwo hamwe nao.
Israel’s arrogance testifies against them; Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; even Judah stumbles with them.
6 Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa magaathiĩ na ndũũru ciao cia mbũri na cia ngʼombe kũrongooria Jehova-rĩ, matikamuona; we nĩamehereire.
They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they do not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them.
7 Nĩmagĩte kwĩhokeka harĩ Jehova; nao magaciara ciana itarĩ na ũngai. Na rĩrĩ, ciathĩ ciao cia Karũgamo ka Mweri nĩikaamameria, o hamwe na mĩgũnda yao.
They have been unfaithful to the LORD; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the New Moon will devour them along with their land.
8 “Huhai karumbeta kũu Gibea, na mũhuhe coro kũu Rama. Muuge mbu ya gwĩtana mbaara kũu Bethi-Aveni; wee Benjamini, wĩhũũge.
Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the battle cry in Beth-aven: Lead on, O Benjamin!
9 Efiraimu nĩgũgakira ihooru mũthenya ũcio wa ituĩro. Gatagatĩ-inĩ ka mĩhĩrĩga ya Isiraeli-rĩ, niĩ ngwanĩrĩra ũrĩa kũrĩ.
Ephraim will be laid waste on the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel I proclaim what is certain.
10 Atongoria a Juda mahaana andũ arĩa meheragia mahiga ma mĩhaka. Nĩngamaitĩrĩria mangʼũrĩ makwa, taarĩ kĩguũ kĩa maaĩ.
The princes of Judah are like those who move boundary stones; I will pour out My fury upon them like water.
11 Efiraimu nĩmũhinyĩrĩrie, akarangĩrĩrio ituĩro-inĩ rĩa ciira, nĩ ũndũ wa kwenda kũrũmĩrĩra mĩhianano.
Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.
12 Niĩ haana memenyi kũrĩ Efiraimu, na ngahaana ta ũbuthu kũrĩ andũ a Juda.
So I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah.
13 “Rĩrĩa Efiraimu oonire ndwari yake, nake Juda akĩona ironda ciake-rĩ, hĩndĩ ĩyo Efiraimu agĩthiĩ kũrĩ Ashuri, na agĩtũmana kũrĩ mũthamaki ũcio mũnene nĩguo amũteithie. Nowe ndangĩhota gũkũhonia, o na kana ahonie ironda ciaku.
When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria and sent to the great king. But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.
14 Niĩ ngaatuĩka ta mũrũũthi kũrĩ Efiraimu, nduĩke ta mũrũũthi ũrĩ hinya kũrĩ Juda. Ngaamatambuuranga, njooke ndĩthiĩre; ngaamataha, na gũtirĩ mũndũ ũkaamahonokia.
For I am like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them to pieces and then go away. I will carry them off where no one can rescue them.
15 Ningĩ niĩ nĩngacooka gwakwa, nginya rĩrĩa magetĩkĩra mahĩtia mao. Nao nĩmakarongooria ũthiũ wakwa; nao mona mathĩĩna nĩmakanongoria na kĩo.”
Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”
