Hosea 5
1 “Inzwai izvi, imi vaprista! Teererai, imi vaIsraeri! Teerera, iwe imba youmambo! Ndiwe uri kutongwa: Wakanga uri musungo paMizipa, mumbure wakatambanudzwa paTabhori.
“Hear this, O priests, and attend, O house of Israel, And, O house of the king, give ear, For the judgment [is] for you, For you have been a snare on Mizpah, And a net spread out on Tabor.
2 Vapanduki vari mushishi rokuuraya. Ndichavaranga vose.
And to slaughter sinners have gone deep, And I [am] a chain to them all.
3 Ndinoziva zvose zviri pamusoro paEfuremu; Israeri haina kuvanzika kwandiri. Efuremu, watendeukira zvino kuufeve; Israeri aora.
I have known Ephraim, And Israel has not been hid from Me, For now you have gone whoring, Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
4 “Zviito zvavo hazvivatenderi kudzokera kuna Mwari wavo. Mweya woufeve uri mumwoyo yavo; havazivi Jehovha.
They do not give up their habitual doings, To turn back to their God, For a spirit of whoredoms [is] in their midst, And YHWH they have not known.
5 Kuzvikudza kwaIsraeri kunovapa mhosva; vaIsraeri, kunyange Efuremu, vanogumburwa muchivi chavo; Judha anogumburwawo pamwe chete navo.
And humbled has been the excellence of Israel to his face, And Israel and Ephraim stumble by their iniquity, Judah has also stumbled with them.
6 Pavachaenda namakwai nemombe dzavo kundotsvaka Jehovha, havazomuwani; azvibvisa kwavari.
With their flock and with their herd, They go to seek YHWH, and do not find, He has withdrawn from them.
7 Havana kutendeka kuna Jehovha; vanobereka vana voupombwe. Zvino mitambo yavo yoKugara kwoMwedzi ichavadya pamwe chete neminda yavo.
Against YHWH they dealt treacherously, For they have begotten strange sons, Now a month consumes them [with] their portions.
8 “Ridzai hwamanda paGibhea, norunyanga paRama. Ridzai mhere yehondo paBheti Avheni; tungamira pamberi, iwe Bhenjamini.
Blow a horn in Gibeah, a trumpet in Ramah, Shout, O Beth-Aven, after you, O Benjamin.
9 Efuremu achaparadzwa pazuva rokutongwa. Pakati pamarudzi aIsraeri ndinozivisa zvinhu zvechokwadi.
Ephraim is for a desolation in a day of reproof, I have made known a sure thing among the tribes of Israel.
10 Vatungamiri vaJudha vakafanana neavo vanobvisa mabwe omuganhu. Ndichadurura hasha dzangu pavari samafashamu emvura.
Princes of Judah have been as those removing a border, I pour out My wrath as water on them.
11 Efuremu adzvinyirirwa atsikwa-tsikwa mukutongwa, nokuti akada kutevera zvifananidzo.
Ephraim is oppressed, broken in judgment, When he pleased he went after the command.
12 Ndakafanana nechipfukuto kuna Efuremu, sokuora kuvanhu veJudha.
And I [am] as a moth to Ephraim, And as a rotten thing to the house of Judah.
13 “Efuremu paakaona kurwara kwake, naJudha maronda ake, Efuremu ndipo paakatendeukira kuAsiria, akatuma nhume kuna mambo mukuru kundotsvaka rubatsiro. Asi haagoni kukurapa, haagoni kuporesa mavanga ako.
And Ephraim sees his sickness, and Judah his wound, And Ephraim goes to Asshur, And sends to a warlike king, And he is not able to give healing to you, Nor does he remove a scar from you.
14 Nokuti ndichava seshumba kuna Efuremu, seshumba huru kuna Judha. Ndichavabvambura kuita zvidimbu zvidimbu ndigoenda; ndichaenda navo pagoshaya anovarwira.
For I [am] as a lion to Ephraim, And as a young lion to the house of Judah, I tear and go, I carry away, and there is no deliverer.
15 Mushure maizvozvo ndichadzokera kunzvimbo yangu, kusvikira vabvuma mhosva yavo. Uye vachatsvaka chiso changu; pakutambudzika kwavo vachanditsvaka nomwoyo wose.”
I go—I return to My place, Until they are desolate, and have sought My face. In their distress they seek Me speedily!”
