Hoosheeca 6

1 Ina keena aan Rabbiga ku noqonnee, waayo, isagaa ina dillacshay, oo isagaa ina bogsiin doona, isagaa wax inagu dhuftay, oo isagaa nabraheenna inoo duubi doona.

[The Israeli people say, ] “Come, let’s return to Yahweh! He has caused [us] to be injured, but he will heal us. He has caused [us] to be wounded, but [it is as though] he will put bandages on our wounds [MET].

2 Laba maalmood dabadeed ayuu ina soo noolayn doonaa, oo maalinta saddexaadna wuu ina soo sara kicin doonaa, oo hortiisaynu ku noolaan doonnaa.

After a very short time he will revive us; in less than three days he will restore us in order that we may live in his presence.

3 Oo aynu ogaanno, oo aynu dadaalno inaan Rabbiga ogaanno. Soobixitinkiisa sida subaxda baa loo hubaa, oo wuxuu inoogu iman doonaa sida roobka, sida roobka dambe oo dhulka biyeeya.

We must try to know Yahweh; [if we do that, ] he will come [and help] us, as surely as the sun rises [every morning], as surely as rain falls every winter/cold season, and as surely as the rain falls again (in the springtime/at the end of the cold season).”

4 Reer Efrayimow, bal maxaan idinku sameeyaa? Dadka Yahuudahow, bal maxaan idinku sameeyaa? Waayo, wanaaggiinnu waa sida daruurta subaxnimo, iyo sida sayaxa aroor hore baabba'a.

[But Yahweh knows they are insincere; ] [so he says to them, ] “You [people of] Israel, and you [people of] Judah, [I do not know] [RHQ] what I should do to you. Your being faithful [to me will disappear as quickly] as [SIM] the morning mist [disappears], like [SIM] the dew [on the ground] that disappears quickly [when the sun shines].

5 Sidaas daraaddeed waxaan iyaga ku gooyay gacantii nebiyada, oo waxaan ku laayay erayadii afkayga, oo xukummadayduna waa sidii iftiinka soo baxa.

I warned [HYP] you by [the messages that I gave to] the prophets, [but you did not pay attention to my messages]. Therefore I will completely destroy you; the punishment that I give you will strike you like lightning.

6 Waayo, waxaan doonayaa naxariis ee ma aha allabari, oo aqoonta Ilaahna waan ka jeclahay qurbaanno la gubo.

I want [my people] to faithfully love [me] more than [I want them to offer] sacrifices [to me]; [I want them] to know me more than [I want them to] completely burn sacrifices [on the altar].

7 Laakiinse iyagu sidii Aadan oo kale ayay axdigii ku xadgudbeen, oo halkaasay khiyaano iigula macaamiloodeen.

But they have refused to obey my agreement, [just] like Adam did; they have not been faithful to me.

8 Gilecaad waa magaalada kuwa xumaanta ka shaqeeya, oo dhiig baa wasakheeyey.

Gilead is a city [full] of people who do wicked things; [in the streets] are the bloody footprints [of those who have murdered others].

9 Oo sidii guutooyin shufta ahu ay nin ugu gabbadaan ayaa guuto wadaaddo ahu dhiig ku daadisaa jidka u baxa Shekem, oo wasakhnimo bay sameeyeen.

The priests are like [SIM] bandits who wait (in ambushes/along the road) to attack people; they murder [people who are walking] on the road to Shechem, and they commit other disgraceful crimes.

10 Dadka Israa'iil waxaan ku dhex arkay wax aad iyo aad u xun. Reer Efrayim waxaa laga dhex helay sino, dadka Israa'iilna way nijaasoobeen.

I have seen horrible things [being done] in Israel [MTY]. The people have abandoned me [like prostitutes who have abandoned their husbands] [MET]; [so the people of] Israel have become unacceptable to me.

11 Dadka Yahuudahow, markaan dadkayga maxaabiisnimada ka soo celiyo, beergoosasho laydiin amray baa idiin taal.

And you [people of] Judah, I have appointed a time when I will punish [MET] you, too. Whenever I wanted to enable my people to prosper again,”