UHoseya 1

1 Ilizwi leNkosi elafika kuHoseya indodana kaBeyeri ensukwini zaboUziya, uJothamu, uAhazi, uHezekhiya, amakhosi akoJuda, lensukwini zikaJerobhowamu indodana kaJowasi inkosi yakoIsrayeli.

word LORD which to be to(wards) Hosea son: child Beeri in/on/with day Uzziah Jotham Ahaz Hezekiah king Judah and in/on/with day Jeroboam son: child Joash king Israel

2 Ukuqala kwelizwi leNkosi ngoHoseya. INkosi yasisithi kuHoseya: Hamba uzithathele umfazi wobuwule, labantwana bobuwule; ngoba ilizwe liyawula kakhulu ngokungayilandeli iNkosi.

beginning to speak: speak LORD in/on/with Hosea and to say LORD to(wards) Hosea to go: went to take: marry to/for you woman: wife fornication and youth fornication for to fornicate to fornicate [the] land: country/planet from after LORD

3 Wasehamba wathatha uGomeri indodakazi kaDibilayimi; wasekhulelwa, wamzalela indodana.

and to go: went and to take: marry [obj] Gomer daughter Diblaim and to conceive and to beget to/for him son: child

4 INkosi yasisithi kuye: Biza ibizo layo uthi nguJizereyeli, ngoba kuseseyisikhatshana ngizaphindisela icala legazi leJizereyeli phezu kwendlu kaJehu, ngiwuqede umbuso wendlu kaIsrayeli.

and to say LORD to(wards) him to call: call by name his Jezreel for still little and to reckon: punish [obj] blood Jezreel upon house: household Jehu and to cease kingdom house: household Israel

5 Kuzakuthi ngalolosuku ngephule idandili likaIsrayeli esigodini seJizereyeli.

and to be in/on/with day [the] he/she/it and to break [obj] bow Israel in/on/with Valley (of Jezreel) (Valley of) Jezreel

6 Wasebuya ekhulelwa, wazala indodakazi. UNkulunkulu wasesithi kuye: Biza ibizo layo uthi nguLo-Ruhama, ngoba kangisayikubuya ngihawukele indlu kaIsrayeli, kodwa ngizabasusa lokubasusa.

and to conceive still and to beget daughter and to say to/for him to call: call by name her No Mercy No Mercy for not to add: again still to have compassion [obj] house: household Israel for to lift: forgive to lift: forgive to/for them

7 Kodwa ngizayihawukela indlu yakoJuda, ngibasindise ngeNkosi uNkulunkulu wabo; njalo kangiyikubasindisa ngedandili, loba ngenkemba, loba ngempi, ngamabhiza, kumbe ngabagadi bamabhiza.

and [obj] house: household Judah to have compassion and to save them in/on/with LORD God their and not to save them in/on/with bow and in/on/with sword and in/on/with battle in/on/with horse and in/on/with horseman

8 Esemlumulile uLo-Ruhama, wakhulelwa, wazala indodana.

and to wean [obj] No Mercy No Mercy and to conceive and to beget son: child

9 UNkulunkulu wasesithi: Biza ibizo layo uthi nguLo-Ami; ngoba kalisibo abantu bami, ngakho mina kangisuye owenu.

and to say to call: call by name his Not My People Not My People for you(m. p.) not people my and I not to be to/for you

10 Kube kanti inani labantwana bakoIsrayeli lizakuba ngangetshebetshebe lolwandle elingeke lilinganiswe elingeke libalwe. Njalo kuzakuthi, endaweni yokuthi kuthiwe kubo: Kalisibo abantu bami; kuzakuthiwa kubo: Lingabantwana bakaNkulunkulu ophilayo.

and to be number son: descendant/people Israel like/as sand [the] sea which not to measure and not to recount and to be in/on/with place which to say to/for them not people my you(m. p.) to say to/for them son: descendant/people God alive

11 Ngakho abantwana bakoJuda labantwana bakoIsrayeli bazabuthaniswa ndawonye, bazimisele inhloko eyodwa, benyuke baphume elizweni. Ngoba luzakuba lukhulu usuku lweJizereyeli.

and to gather son: descendant/people Judah and son: descendant/people Israel together and to set: appoint to/for them head: leader one and to ascend: rise from [the] land: country/planet for great: large day Jezreel