Hosea 6
1 “Ũkai, rekei tũcookerere Jehova. Nĩatũtambuurangĩte, no nĩegũtũhonia; nĩatũtihangĩtie, no nĩegũtuoha ironda ciitũ.
Come, and let us return unto Yhwh: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
2 Thuutha wa matukũ meerĩ, nĩagatwarahũra; mũthenya wa ĩtatũ nĩagatũcookereria nĩguo tũtũũre muoyo mbere yake.
After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
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.”
Then shall we know, if we follow on to know Yhwh: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto 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.
O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.
5 Nĩkĩo ndaagũtinangirie icunjĩ na tũnua twa anabii akwa, ngĩkũũraga na ciugo cia kanua gakwa; matuĩro makwa magĩkĩhenũka ta rũheni igũrũ rĩaku.
Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.
6 Nĩgũkorwo nyendaga tha no ti igongona, na kũmenya Ngai gũkĩra maruta ma njino.
For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
7 O ta ũrĩa Adamu aathũkirie kĩrĩkanĩro gĩakwa, noguo maagire kwĩhokeka ũndũ-inĩ ũcio.
But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
8 Gileadi nĩ itũũra inene rĩa andũ aaganu, rĩhakĩtwo imeni nĩ makinya marĩ na thakame.
Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with 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.
And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
10 Niĩ nĩnyonete ũndũ mũũru mũno nyũmba-inĩ ya Isiraeli. Kũu nĩkuo Efiraimu eheanĩte ahũũre ũmaraya, nake Isiraeli nĩakanyiitwo nĩ thaahu.
I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
11 “O na kũrĩ we, wee Juda, nĩwathĩrĩirio ihinda rĩa magetha. “O hĩndĩ ĩrĩa ndaacookeria andũ akwa maũndũ ma kũmaguna,
Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.
