Hosea 6
1 “Ũkai, rekei tũcookerere Jehova. Nĩatũtambuurangĩte, no nĩegũtũhonia; nĩatũtihangĩtie, no nĩegũtuoha ironda ciitũ.
Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.
2 Thuutha wa matukũ meerĩ, nĩagatwarahũra; mũthenya wa ĩtatũ nĩagatũcookereria nĩguo tũtũũre muoyo mbere yake.
After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.
3 Nĩtũmenyei Jehova, na tũkĩrĩrĩrie kũmũmenya. Ti-itherũ o ta ũrĩa riũa rĩrathaga-rĩ, noguo o nake akooneka; agooka kũrĩ ithuĩ ta mbura ya hĩndĩ ya heho, kana ta mbura ya gũkũria irio ĩrĩa yuraga thĩ.”
So let us know— let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.
4 “Wee Efiraimu-rĩ, ingĩgwĩka atĩa? Na wee Juda-rĩ, ngũgwĩka atĩa? Wendo waku ũhaana ta kĩbii kĩa rũciinĩ, ũkahaana ta ime rĩa rũciinĩ rĩrĩa rĩcookaga rĩgathira.
What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.
5 Nĩkĩo ndaagũtinangirie icunjĩ na tũnua twa anabii akwa, ngĩkũũraga na ciugo cia kanua gakwa; matuĩro makwa magĩkĩhenũka ta rũheni igũrũ rĩaku.
Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth, and My judgments go forth like lightning.
6 Nĩgũkorwo nyendaga tha no ti igongona, na kũmenya Ngai gũkĩra maruta ma njino.
For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
7 O ta ũrĩa Adamu aathũkirie kĩrĩkanĩro gĩakwa, noguo maagire kwĩhokeka ũndũ-inĩ ũcio.
But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.
8 Gileadi nĩ itũũra inene rĩa andũ aaganu, rĩhakĩtwo imeni nĩ makinya marĩ na thakame.
Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with footprints of blood.
9 O ta ũrĩa ikundi cia atunyani ciĩhithagĩra mũndũ, no taguo ikundi cia athĩnjĩri-Ngai ciĩkaga; moraganagĩra njĩra-inĩ ya gũthiĩ Shekemu, makagera ngero cia thoni.
Like raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities.
10 Niĩ nĩnyonete ũndũ mũũru mũno nyũmba-inĩ ya Isiraeli. Kũu nĩkuo Efiraimu eheanĩte ahũũre ũmaraya, nake Isiraeli nĩakanyiitwo nĩ thaahu.
In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: Ephraim practices prostitution there, and Israel is defiled.
11 “O na kũrĩ we, wee Juda, nĩwathĩrĩirio ihinda rĩa magetha. “O hĩndĩ ĩrĩa ndaacookeria andũ akwa maũndũ ma kũmaguna,
Also for you, O Judah, a harvest is appointed, when I restore My people from captivity.
