Hosea 5
1 “Sikieni hili, enyi makuhani! Kuweni wasikivu, enyi Waisraeli! Sikieni, ee nyumba ya mfalme! Hukumu hii ni dhidi yenu: Mmekuwa mtego huko Mispa, wavu uliotandwa juu ya Tabori.
Hear all of you this, O priests; and hearken, all of you house of Israel; and give all of you ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because all of you have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
2 Waasi wamezidisha sana mauaji. Mimi nitawatiisha wote.
And the apostates are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all.
3 Ninajua yote kuhusu Efraimu, Israeli hukufichika kwangu. Efraimu, sasa umegeukia ukahaba, Israeli amenajisika.
I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, you commit whoredom, and Israel is defiled.
4 “Matendo yao hayawaachii kurudi kwa Mungu wao. Roho ya ukahaba imo ndani ya mioyo yao, hawamkubali Bwana.
They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.
5 Kiburi cha Israeli kinashuhudia dhidi yao; Waisraeli, hata Efraimu, wanajikwaa katika dhambi zao; pia Yuda atajikwaa pamoja nao.
And the pride of Israel does testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity: Judah also shall fall with them.
6 Wakati wanapokwenda na makundi yao ya kondoo na ngʼombe kumtafuta Bwana, hawatampata; yeye amejiondoa kutoka kwao.
They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he has withdrawn himself from them.
7 Wao si waaminifu kwa Bwana; wamezaa watoto haramu. Sasa sikukuu zao za Mwandamo wa Mwezi zitawaangamiza wao pamoja na mashamba yao.
They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.
8 “Pigeni tarumbeta huko Gibea, baragumu huko Rama. Paza kilio cha vita huko Beth-Aveni, ongoza, ee Benyamini.
Blow all of you the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Bethaven, after you, O Benjamin.
9 Efraimu ataachwa ukiwa katika siku ya kuadhibiwa. Miongoni mwa makabila ya Israeli ninatangaza lile ambalo halina budi kutukia.
Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.
10 Viongozi wa Yuda ni kama wale wanaosogeza mawe ya mpaka. Nitamwaga ghadhabu yangu juu yao kama mafuriko ya maji.
The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
11 Efraimu ameonewa, amekanyagwa katika hukumu kwa kuwa amekusudia kufuatia sanamu.
Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
12 Mimi ni kama nondo kwa Efraimu, na kama uozo kwa watu wa Yuda.
Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
13 “Wakati Efraimu alipoona ugonjwa wake, naye Yuda vidonda vyake, ndipo Efraimu alipogeukia Ashuru, na kuomba msaada kwa mfalme mkuu. Lakini hawezi kukuponya, wala hawezi kukuponya vidonda vyako.
When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.
14 Kwa maana nitakuwa kama simba kwa Efraimu, kama simba mkubwa kwa Yuda. Nitawararua vipande vipande na kuondoka; nitawachukua mbali, na hakuna wa kuwaokoa.
For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.
15 Kisha nitarudi mahali pangu mpaka watakapokubali kosa lao. Nao watautafuta uso wangu; katika taabu yao watanitafuta kwa bidii.”
I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
