Hosea 6
1 “Njooni, tumrudie Bwana. Ameturarua vipande vipande lakini atatuponya; ametujeruhi lakini atatufunga majeraha yetu.
“Come! Let’s return to the LORD; for he has torn us to pieces, and he will heal us; he has injured us, and he will bind up our wounds.
2 Baada ya siku mbili atatufufua; katika siku ya tatu atatuinua, ili tuweze kuishi mbele zake.
After two days he will revive us. On the third day he will raise us up, and we will live before him.
3 Tumkubali Bwana, tukaze kumkubali yeye. Kutokea kwake ni hakika kama vile kuchomoza kwa jua; atatujia kama mvua za masika, kama vile mvua za vuli ziinyweshavyo nchi.”
Let’s acknowledge the LORD. Let’s press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, the LORD will appear. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth.”
4 “Nifanye nini nawe, Efraimu? Nifanye nini nawe, Yuda? Upendo wako ni kama ukungu wa asubuhi, kama umande wa alfajiri utowekao.
“Ephraim, what shall I do to you? Judah, what shall I do to you? For your love is like a morning cloud, and like the dew that disappears early.
5 Kwa hiyo ninawakata ninyi vipande vipande kwa kutumia manabii wangu; nimewaua ninyi kwa maneno ya kinywa changu, hukumu zangu zinawaka kama umeme juu yenu.
Therefore I have cut them to pieces with the prophets; I killed them with the words of my mouth. Your judgments are like a flash of lightning.
6 Kwa maana nataka rehema, wala si dhabihu, kumkubali Mungu zaidi kuliko sadaka za kuteketezwa.
For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
7 Wamevunja Agano kama Adamu: huko hawakuwa waaminifu kwangu.
But they, like Adam, have broken the covenant. They were unfaithful to me there.
8 Gileadi ni mji wenye watu waovu, umetiwa madoa kwa nyayo za damu.
Gilead is a city of those who work iniquity; it is stained with blood.
9 Kama wanyangʼanyi wamviziavyo mtu, ndivyo magenge ya makuhani wafanyavyo; wanaulia watu kwenye njia iendayo Shekemu, wakifanya uhalifu wa aibu.
As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man, so the company of priests murder on the path toward Shechem, committing shameful crimes.
10 Nimeona jambo la kutisha katika nyumba ya Israeli. Huko Efraimu amejitolea kwa ukahaba na Israeli amenajisika.
In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing. There is prostitution in Ephraim. Israel is defiled.
11 “Pia kwa ajili yako, Yuda, mavuno yameamriwa. “Wakati wowote ningerejesha neema ya watu wangu,
“Also, Judah, there is a harvest appointed for you, when I restore the fortunes of my people.
